Thinking like this, Qiu Tu roughly restored the whole incident in his mind.
As a thousand-year-old family, the Kou family must have a whole set of methods to collude with the powerful and support the reckless.
Throughout the ages, apart from blood ties, the most reliable relationship is obviously "marriage".
Therefore, just as the Kou family used Su Wanqing to "seduce" Qiu Tu and form a strong connection with Qiu Tu, the Kou family must have also contributed to the marriage between King Kang and the queen.
It may even be that because King Kang was in his early years at that time, the marriage between the Kou family would be even stronger.
Of course, for King Kang, relying on a marriage to gain the support of a wealthy family was definitely a profitable business.
Therefore, the two parties hit it off and officially cooperated.
Therefore, this also led to the fact that the Kou family later selected King Kang, supported him all the way, and helped King Kang establish the 6th shelter.
And just like all such "entrepreneurial" combinations, there will always be dissatisfaction and breakup.
After the 6th Sanctuary developed better and better and became more and more powerful, the relationship between King Kang and the Kou family was obviously not as close as before.
During this period, the queen must have been faced with a dilemma like countless daughters of powerful officials: Should she side with her husband or her family?
In the end, maybe because of interests or feelings, the queen chose King Kang.
During this period, Princess Xi appeared.
Princess Xi's family is obviously inherited from before the Cataclysm Era, so it has some marriage connections with the Kou family.
After Princess Xi's family fell, Princess Xi took refuge with her cousin, the queen, and then lived under the queen.
What happened next, maybe the queen was indeed in poor health; maybe Princess Xi was poisoned; or maybe the Kou family noticed that the queen was out of control and took the initiative; in short, the queen was critically ill.
In order to continue to reap the dividends from the 6th shelter, the Kou family must be looking for a woman named Kou for King Kang.
After all, only in this way can the heir apparent be born with half the blood of the Kou family, and the Kou family can be further bound to the 6th shelter and receive more dividends.
However, King Kang had become more mature at this time and did not want to be so controlled by the Kou family anymore.
So, maybe it was King Kang’s instruction, or maybe the queen really fell in love with King Kang completely.
In short, the queen finally chose Princess Xi, a cousin who was somewhat similar to herself.
With the Queen's deathbed designation and King Kang's consent, no one else or force can find fault.
Therefore, Princess Xi came to the top, and with the support or acquiescence of King Kang, she cultivated the power of the royalists and then went against the Kou family.
This also caused the Kou family to always regard Princess Xi as a thorn in their side.
In addition to the conflicts that have accumulated between the two parties over the years, it is obvious that the birth of the heir apparent by Princess Xi has made all the Kou family's plans for the 6th Sanctuary a failure.
Although Qiu Tu was not sure that his guess was 100% correct, he felt that it should be 70% correct.
As for the rest, there are some small details that are difficult to verify as both sides hold different opinions.
For example, who killed the queen? How did King Kang die? Why did King Kang start to trust the Kou family and alienate Princess Xi in his last year, etc.
But the main context of the matter has become clear, which is enough for Qiu Tu to have a clear understanding of the entire 6th and 7th shelters.
At this time, while Qiu Tu was meditating, Princess Xi was also quietly observing Qiu Tu.
I have to say that Qiu Tu was quite handsome to begin with, but since he was in a high position and reached the peak of his strength, he has gained a bit more magnanimity that is different from ordinary people. It can be said that his appearance is excellent.
During the period of contact with Qiu Tu, Princess Xi had already seen how cunning, um, resourceful Qiu Tu was.
In addition, Qiu Tu is now the top power in the entire northwest region and the help he can bring to him.
Princess Xi suddenly felt that if anything happened to such an outstanding man, it would not be considered a disadvantage?
At this time, while Princess Xi was thinking about it, Qiu Tu slowly came to his senses.
He looked at Princess Xi sitting in front of him, and then asked, "The relationship between the princess and Queen Kou is very good?"
When Princess Xi heard this, she was silent for a moment, and then said, "It can only be considered good."
Qiu Tu immediately understood: That seems to be normal.
He couldn't help but asked curiously, "What about Prince Kang?"
Princess Xi was silent again.
After a moment, she said, "I can only say that we treat each other with respect."
Qiu Tu understood instantly again: It was still normal.
It seems that my guess is correct. Most of the complicated marriage between the three people is due to political factors.
Emotional considerations are almost negligible.
This is in line with Qiu Tu's judgment of Princess Xi - a standard political creature.
In this case, the next thing will be easy to do.
With this in mind, Qiu Tu slowly approached Princess Xi under her gaze, and then stopped.
Princess Xi seemed to have guessed what was going to happen next, she pursed her lips tightly and clenched her hands involuntarily.
Qiu Tu stretched out his hand to lift her face, gently rubbed her beautiful face with his hand, and then said softly, "Princess, do you still remember our agreement this afternoon?"
After hearing Qiu Tu's words, Princess Xi bit her lips lightly.
Even though she had done some mental construction for herself many times today, she still had some tangles and hesitations in her heart when things were about to happen.
After all, no matter what, she was once a high-ranking princess and a woman respected by thousands of people.
As a result, now, just after King Kang passed away, she is about to suffer such humiliation.
Even though she knew that this path was originally her choice, at that moment, her heart was filled with shame.
She sat on the chair, her chin was lifted up by Qiu Tu, and she looked up at Qiu Tu, as if she were looking up at a god.
Because she raised her head, her swan neck was white, slender, and had beautiful lines, making her look like a proud swan.
But now it was clear that the situation was stronger than the human, so after a stalemate for 5 seconds, the proud swan still sighed and lowered his head.
In the early days, Qiu Tu had heard that "a mouth opened at the top will break the legs at the bottom."
But he didn't have a particularly clear understanding at the time.
It wasn't until today that he suddenly understood the meaning of this saying.
The beauty of young women is that when they should be reserved, they may be more reserved than girls, but once they let go, they can let go better than anyone else.
Princess Xi was a little reserved before, but after she really accepted her fate, she stopped struggling and let Qiu Tu do whatever she wanted.
In this way, Qiu Tu ran for more than half an hour. Seeing that Princess Xi was tired and hungry, he gave Princess Xi his old Beijing chicken roll.
Worried that Princess Xi would choke, Qiu Tu prepared a soy milk specially for her.
Just like that, it's all over.
Princess Xi ran to the bathroom next door without any expression on her face to vomit.
As for Qiu Tu, he sat down on Princess Xi's chair, picked up the queen's photo on the table, and looked at it quietly.
If Qiu Tu remembers correctly, Princess Xi's real name is Lin Xi, and her declining family is the "Lin family".
Before the Era of Cataclysm, the Lin family had some power in the northwest region. Later, after the Era of Catastrophe broke out, they joined the other three families to create the 7th Shelter with the help of the 4th and 5th Shelters.
Perhaps because the four families are all about the same strength, there have been constant disputes since the establishment of the 7th Sanctuary.
Later, the Lin family fell and completely lost power, which made the situation of the 7th Sanctuary much better until now. The 7th Sanctuary is still controlled by the Wei family, the Han family, and the Zhao family.
According to the information revealed by Princess Xi just now, the Lin family and the Kou family may have had a good relationship before, and then Kou Xuan, Kou Yu's uncle, married Lin Xi's father's sister.
As a result, the two have established a relationship.
'This Shelter 6 and Shelter 7 are really messy.'
Qiu Tu actually felt that the 8th Sanctuary was chaotic enough before. After all, the central government did not have enough control over the local area, and in the area to be planned, the middle-level officials had great power and could take life and death from the bottom.
As a result, when compared now, the 8th shelter is actually the best shelter in the northwest region.
Look at the 6th and 7th shelters, what kind of monsters are there.
Sure enough, the world is just a huge grassroots team.
At this time, just as Qiu Tu was thinking this, Princess Xi also stepped in from outside.
Maybe she was choked just now, or maybe Qiu Tu's chicken roll was too deep, which made her feel offended. There was no extra emotion on her face, as if nothing happened just now.
When entering the inner hall, Princess Xi's eyes also fell on Qiu Tu.
She said expressionlessly, "Now, I should have satisfied you."
"All that's left is "Yamane", the disaster materials and dozens of alien beauties."
Hearing Princess Xi's words, Qiu Tu smiled, and then joked, "Forget about being a beauty. I'm not in the mood right now."
"But. I really want to get "Yamane" right away. Can you give it to me?"
After hearing Qiu Tu's words, Princess Xi stiffened.
When she first approached Qiu Tu to cooperate, she thought the situation was still under control, so she made the promise of "Shan Gen".
Who would have known that the situation would take a turn for the worse, and her "mountain roots" would become a painting.
Worried that Qiu Tu would break the appointment if she knew this, she had been deliberately concealing the matter.
But since the Kou family asked Qiu Tu yesterday, and Qiu Tu asked now, everything has obviously been exposed.
Coupled with the friendship between the two of them having a "late night snack" together just now, Princess Xi thought about it for a moment and decided to confess.
So, she walked to the window of the inner hall, and while looking at the false scene outside the window, she slowly explained, "Master Qiu, I have to confess something."
"The Kou family launched too quickly, causing "Shan Gen" to be left in "Kang Wang's Treasure House", and it is no longer in my hands."
"So, I may only be able to fulfill my promise after I take over the center."
Speaking of this, she might be worried that Qiu Tu was deceived by the Kou family, so she added, "Of course. Don't worry, the Kou family doesn't know how to open the "Kang Wang Treasure House". So, although now the "Kang Wang Treasure House"
In their hands, Yamane is still safe."
Regardless of whether Princess Xi's words were true or false, Qiu Tu could only nod slightly to express her belief when the two of them were so close just now.
In this way, after the biggest misunderstanding was resolved, the atmosphere between the two became more harmonious.
So, the two simply sat together again and chatted about the next situation in Shelter 6.
According to Princess Xi, since the help of Qiu Tu's 1,800 dark soldiers, the Kou family's front has been retreating steadily, and is now almost back to the central city.
However, Princess Xi still had some worries in her heart. She felt that the Kou family would not give up so easily. They must have other back-ups.
Therefore, Princess Xi wanted to go all out and capture the central city before the Kou family could fully react, remove the Kou family, and regain the power of the 6th Sanctuary.
Therefore, she hopes Qiu Tu can give her more support.
Put yourself in a position to win this battle.
However, compared to Princess Xi, Qiu Tu is not so optimistic.
Judging from his contact with Kou Xuan, he felt that Kou Xuan was not the kind of person who would sit back and wait for death, let alone the kind of person who would only take one side.
Now he is still waiting for news from himself. Once he does not give a clear answer, he will probably find some other way out.
At this time, Qiu Tu and Princess Xi were taking a step closer.
Sanctuary 6, Hub City.
Kou Xuan, Kou Yu, and three other men who looked dull and bookish at first glance.
The three people are obviously Kou Tianyou, Hou Yu, and Han Dong from the Kou Family 10 Jerry.
Because of their outstanding abilities and the support of their families, these three people have held important positions in various departments of Sanctuary 6.
Tonight, five people gathered here, obviously there was something important to discuss.
Han Dong, "In the past two days, I have had a chat with the family of the 7th shelter."
"What they mean is that if we need it, they can send people to support us. However, the number of disaster survivors cannot be too large. They can only send 800 people at most."
"After all, they are all a bit out of touch now, so they can't even get many people to come."
After hearing what Han Dong said, Hou Yu nodded slightly and then said, "The situation in the 7th shelter is indeed complicated now."
"In other words, it has become very complicated since the "Partridge Incident" occurred more than ten years ago."
"So we must not rush things too hastily."
After saying that, Hou Yu paused and then said, "I have some good news here."
"The 3rd Shelter gave us an accurate answer: If we are sure we need support, Vice Speaker Shen Yuzhou can bring his daughter with him to visit the 6th Shelter again on behalf of the 3rd Shelter."
Hearing Hou Yu's words, the other four people present, including Kou Xuan, couldn't help but frown slightly.
The next second, Kou Yu was the first to be unable to bear it any longer.
"Shen Yuzhou's daughter? I remember her name is Shen Lingshuang, right?"
Seeing Hou Yu agree, Kou Yu said, "That witch caused a lot of trouble in our shelter last time."
"This time her father is on business, why does he come here again?"
Hou Yu is a middle-aged man with a somewhat bald head, a shiny forehead, and gold-rimmed glasses.
After listening to Kou Yu's words, he hesitated for a moment, glanced at Kou Xuan first, and then said slowly, "According to the information we have in the 3rd shelter, this Miss Shen is a bit unusual."
"Although her public information is that she is at the fourth level peak, she seems to be much more than the fourth level peak."
"There was a rumor circulating among the upper class circles of Sanctuary 3. It was said that the reason why Shen Yuzhou was able to sit so firmly in the position of deputy speaker was actually because of his daughter."
Hearing Hou Yu's words, Kou Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Because of his daughter? But the last time we met, I felt that his daughter was just an ordinary girl of sixteen or seventeen years old."
"Could it be spreading rumors?"
At this moment, Kou Xuan, who was sitting in the main seat and had never spoken a word, slowly spoke.
His fingers tapped gently and rhythmically on the armrest of the mahogany chair. As if he had thought of something, he muttered softly, "Shen Lingshuang, Shen Lingshuang."
For a moment, he looked up at the people around him, and then asked, "Do you remember that Qiu Tu had a life secretary, what was his name?"
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