"There seems to be a fight in Wangbeicheng."
"Wangbeicheng is suspected of fighting with many high-level catastrophes."
"There should be a conflict between the royalists and Qiu Tu."
"I sensed the auras of multiple fifth-level cataclysms."
"Report it, report it quickly!"
Dongye Prefecture's army set out not in one day or two, but more than a week had passed. Therefore, in these days, all parties, whether they were sensitive or slow, had almost guessed Qiu Tu and Princess Xi's plan.
——Using the murder of the envoy group as an excuse to intervene in the 6th shelter and join forces to deal with the Kou family.
This conclusion has already become the consensus of all high-level officials in the northwest region along with the actions of the Dongye Prefecture army along the route and the proactive attitude of Princess Xi to welcome them.
All high-level officials in the northwest region have acquiesced in the cooperation between Qiu Tu and Princess Xi, and are also waiting for the 6th Sanctuary to undergo major changes that have not been seen in decades.
Who knows, but the two of them had a falling out? And started fighting?
This sudden reversal really surprised everyone.
The first reaction of many high-level officials was: Could it be that they really thought too much? Were Qiu Tu's people really there to deal with the murder case of the envoys?
Then the two sides failed to reach an agreement, and Princess Xi became so arrogant that they started fighting?
So, is this world really a huge grassroots team?
However, after more senior executives learned the news and were shocked, they still noticed something was wrong.
The 8th Sanctuary, formerly the "Officer Academy", is now the "8th Sanctuary Central Academy". Dean's Office.
Huang Shangzong, the new leader of the academic faction, a high-level executive of the shelter, and the dean of Central Academy, is sitting on the sofa accompanied by Xueer.
On the sofa opposite him, a man and a girl were sitting.
The man is not tall, his face is old, and his body is wrinkled, giving people a feeling of decay.
Astonishingly, it is Yan Ai, the current second-in-command of the academic faction and the new Speaker of Nanqu Prefecture.
The girl is of course Qiu Tu’s little bitch Yanyan.
As the victors of this academic purge, second only to Qiu Tu, both Huang Shangzong and Yan Ai can be regarded as rising to prominence.
In contrast, the strength of the academic faction has plummeted. Not only have many middle-level officials been transferred to idle positions, but even the top management has been purged.
Originally the third largest faction in the 8th Sanctuary, the Academic Faction had a deputy speaker and 6-7 members in the Supreme Council.
As a result, now, there are only two of them. Huang Shangzong and another academic big boss who is not concerned with worldly affairs. And they are only at the parliamentary level.
The third person who has the potential to become a high-level member of the shelter and a member of the Supreme Council is Yan Ai.
This still requires him to make some political achievements in Nanqu Prefecture.
It can be said that the entire academic sect has declined extremely drastically.
At this time, Huang Shangzong looked at Yan Ai in front of him, his eyes a little deep, and he said, "Nanqu Prefecture is one of the first states where our shelter was opened. The situation is relatively stable, and it is a bit difficult to achieve political achievements."
"But now the academy can only rely on a few of its own people."
"So, if you need any support, you can call me and I will help you as much as possible."
Hearing Huang Shangzong's words, Yan Ai's old right hand rubbed the back of his left hand, and then said in a hoarse voice, "It's just Nanquzhou, it's not a problem for me. I can do it on my own."
"But... I want long-term intelligence support."
"Intelligence support?" Huang Shangzong was a little confused. His thick eyebrows furrowed and he looked at Yan Ai with a broad and resolute face, "What kind of intelligence support?"
Yan Ai looked at Huang Shangzong with his turbid eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Qiu Tu. I hope he can tell me if there are any changes."
Speaking of this, Yan Ai paused and said, "For example, before I came in just now, I seemed to hear that Qiu Tu and Princess Xi had a falling out?"
Although this information involved Qiu Tu, Yan Ai's confidentiality level was high enough, so Huang Shangzong did not avoid Yan Ai at that time.
Now that Yan Ai was asking, he thought about it for a moment and then spoke out all the information he had obtained.
After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh, "Actually, I have been paying attention to Qiu Tu's actions. At that time, I also felt that Qiu Tu and Princess Xi were in harmony with each other."
"The result was unexpected. I guessed wrong."
After hearing Huang Shangzong's words, Yan Ai and Yanyan beside him had slightly subtle expressions for a moment.
Perhaps aware of the change in his daughter's expression, Yan Nai turned to look at her with a look of neither joy nor sorrow.
Yanyan put away the expression on her face and returned to her innocent and ignorant look.
Yan Nai sighed slightly in his heart, then turned around and said softly, "Old Huang, you are making Qiu Tu simple."
"You have dealt with him before. His mind is like an onion, with layers within layers."
"You think he is on the second floor, but actually he may be on the third or fourth floor."
Yan Ai paused, and then analyzed, "It is most likely true that he and Princess Xi were in harmony with each other internally and externally."
"The disappearance of the envoy group is too much of a coincidence. And Princess Xi must have been prepared to take advantage of the situation to occupy the border state."
"As for the two of them falling out now, it could be a show to trick the Kou family into being fooled; or it could be that Qiu Tu betrayed Princess Xi and chose to cooperate with the Kou family."
Compared with Yan Ai's political literacy, Huang Shangzong is obviously far behind.
However, after experiencing a series of recent events, he has one more advantage, that is, he accepts suggestions with an open mind.
He was leaning on the sofa, tapping the armrest of the sofa with his thick knuckles, thinking quietly.
After a moment, he nodded slightly and affirmed, "I think it makes sense."
"Looking at it this way, Qiu Tu may indeed have chosen to cooperate with the Kou family."
"This is reasonable. After all, the Kou family is stronger and can help him even more."
After hearing his words, Yan Ai nodded slightly, his eyes twinkling a little.
To be honest, he just gave an example casually.
If he had to analyze it carefully, he actually felt that Qiu Tu might not have reached the third floor, but probably the fourth or fifth floor.
But after all, he had too little information about Shelter 6, and he knew too little about Shelter 6, so he couldn't figure out what Qiu Tu wanted to do.
But based on his understanding of Qiu Tu, he felt that Qiu Tu's involvement in the 6th shelter should not be that simple.
At the same time, the 8th shelter, Rao Shou's yard.
Rao Shou did not go fishing today, but played chess with Tang Wanfeng there.
Rao Shou was in charge of white and Tang Wanfeng was in charge of black. The two of them were chatting about the situation in the 6th shelter.
"Pah." Rao Shou dropped a white chess piece on the chessboard. He stared at the chessboard and said slowly, "Qiu Tu really likes to play cards that don't follow the rules."
"Originally I thought he was cooperating with Princess Xi, but looking at it now, he should be cooperating with the Kou family."
Tang Wanfeng also stared at the chessboard, and then nodded slightly, "Yes."
"I heard that Su Wanqing, one of the ten outstanding figures of the Kou family, went to Dongye Prefecture not long ago and chatted with him several times."
"Probably, it was at that time that I convinced him."
When Rao Shou heard this, his eyes showed a trace of deep thought, "Su Wanqing"
He commented, "That girl is really not simple."
He straightened up, looked far into the distance, and then said, "Some things have to be admitted. There may really be such a thing as luck in this world."
"Two stars in one discipline, ten heroes. All of them are geniuses."
"The Kou family has been dormant in the northwest for so many years, and it is indeed time to flourish in this generation."
"Cooperating with the Kou family is indeed a better choice for Qiu Tu."
"If the Kou family can really be conquered, Qiu Tu may really be able to go one step further."
After hearing Rao Shou's words, Tang Wanfeng pondered for a moment, then gently played with the black chess piece in his hand.
"To be honest, I don't think this is Qiu Tu's style of conduct."
"Because of Fei, I know him better. I feel that he is not someone who likes to break contracts or betray others."
"Although we old guys don't have a high opinion of his character."
"But looking at his experience, he is very good to his own people or those who take refuge in him."
"Although he laughed, cursed, and conspired, there was always a bottom line."
"So, I don't think he is someone who can betray Princess Xi and cooperate with the Kou family."
After hearing Tang Wanfeng's words, the expression on Rao Shou's face slowly faded away. He played with the chess pieces in his hand and pondered quietly.
After a moment, he said hesitantly, "But if he doesn't betray Princess Xi, what can he do?"
"There is only one Shelter 6. He can't give two copies of the shelter to Princess Xi and the Kou family, and then become the leader himself, right?"
Speaking of this, Rao Shou couldn't help but laugh.
But after laughing twice, the expression on his face suddenly froze.
"Crack!" With a sound, the chess piece in his hand was crushed by him.
Tang Wanfeng looked at him a little puzzled, and then asked, "What's wrong?"
Rao Shouqiang smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, it's okay. I probably thought too much."
He threw away the broken chess piece in his hand and said, "No matter how crazy Qiu Tu is, he wouldn't want to interfere with two shelters at the same time, right?"
"If there is no legitimate reason or excuse, he will be attacked by a group of people."
He shook his head and said, "So, it's impossible, it's impossible."
However, despite what he said, the smile on his face was still a bit forced.
At this time, Tang Wanfeng clearly understood the meaning of Rao Shou's words. His expression also changed suddenly.
But like Rao Shou, after thinking about it carefully for two times, he was a little unbelievable.
‘That shouldn’t be the case, right?’
Thinking this, he couldn't help but look up in the direction of Shelter 7.
Meanwhile. Shelter 7.
Zhao Pan, the head of the Zhao family and veteran, is also listening to the intelligence personnel's report.
When he heard that Qiu Tu and Princess Xi had a falling out, his expression was a little hesitant for a moment.
'A falling out?'
Today, Cheng Honggang, the head of Yudie's family and Cheng family in Fengqi Prefecture, contacted him and said that he suspected that the beautiful speaker Yudie next to Qiu Tu was the "furnace" of the Cheng family who escaped back then.
Later, Cheng Hong was worried that Yudie and Qiu Tu would join forces, which would be detrimental to the Cheng family, and even used this as an excuse to intervene in the affairs of Shelter 7.
But he was really worried about it.
After all, Qiu Tu's personal strength is too strong. If he combined with Princess Xi to control the 6th Sanctuary, he would be the uncrowned king of the northwest region.
When the time comes, if he really puts pressure on the 7th Sanctuary, he will stand up for Yudie.
To be honest, even Elder Zhao would not dare to stand up to him, and would probably choose to sacrifice the Cheng family and kill them to silence them.
As a result, Qiu Tu actually fell out with Princess Xi.
This immediately relieved the pressure in his heart and allowed him to have some fun.
After all, one of his great pleasures is to watch these once-prosperous forces fall from their pedestal.
The Lin family was like this back then, King Kang was like this, and the same is true for Qiu Tu now.
And at this moment, just when he was thinking this.
Suddenly, the phone on his desk rang again.
Zhao Yuanlao picked up the receiver of the landline phone, but before he could speak, the anxious voice of the intelligence officer came from the receiver of the landline phone on the other side of the phone, "Venator, something happened, something happened."
"The twin stars of the Kou family also came to the border state to look at Beicheng. But, but they brought the Lin family's family with them."
"Young and young of the Lin family?" Zhao Yuanlao didn't realize what was going on for a while, "Which Lin family?"
The intelligence officer said, "They are the Lin family, the founders of our shelter."
After hearing what the intelligence officer said, Elder Zhao's expression changed slightly.
He who can become one of the controllers of a shelter and who can discover the value of "Dual Path Experiment" and "Butterfly Gu" is just bad, not stupid.
He looked down on Qiu Tu before because he didn't know Qiu Tu that well. Now that the information and clues are all in front of him, how could he still not understand what Qiu Tu, the Kou family, Princess Xi and the Lin family are doing!
For a moment, he was stunned there. For a moment, he laughed angrily, "How brave!"
"Crazy! A bunch of crazy! Do they really think that the three of us are hiding our capabilities and biding their time, and that they can be manipulated by others?!"
"Involving in the 6th shelter is not enough, but you also want to support Princess Xi in checking the 7th shelter!?"
"You really think the Northwest Territory belongs to him!"
After angrily reprimanding him, Mr. Zhao shouted softly, "Let's talk and retaliate again!"
Then he hung up the phone with a bang!
After hanging up the phone, he walked back and forth in the study with a solemn expression, then picked up the phone and said, "Get me a car, I'm going to Han's house!"
At the same time. No. 6 Shelter, Wangbei City, City Lord’s Mansion.
At this time, the city lord's palace had been surrounded by soldiers who rushed to the palace on three floors inside and three floors outside.
But as Qiu Tu analyzed before, in a world with extraordinary power, the power of ordinary soldiers is too small.
What's more, Qiu Tu also brought an army.
In fact, the troops stationed in Wangbeicheng are far smaller than the 90,000 troops in Dongye Prefecture.
Therefore, all forces at the scene maintained relative restraint.
At this time, inside the city lord's palace.
Qiu Tu and Princess Xi also met Kou Xuan.
Kou Xuan in the information is in his thirties, but maybe because of his good strength and good maintenance, he looks like a young boy in his early twenties.
He was wearing a blue Hanfu, made of fine material, delicate and elegant. He had a jade pendant tied around his waist, which was as warm as mutton fat and glowed with a soft luster under the sunlight.
Seeing Qiu Tu, he cupped his hands with a smile on his face, then stretched out his hand to gesture behind, and said, "President Qiu, these are all the current members of the Lin family."
"After you arranged for me, I sent people to find and persuade them. They all came to the 6th shelter voluntarily and agreed that Lin Xi would become their new head of the family."
Hearing Kou Xuan's words, Qiu Tu also had a smile on his face, "Master Kou does everything carefully. This is the best. It saves a lot of trouble."
Princess Xi's eyes fell on the group of Lin family members behind Kou Xuan.
Because it is already spring, the clothes of the Lin family have begun to become thin.
Therefore, judging from their exposed arms, the scars on their chests, and their submissive expressions, they were indeed voluntary.
However, she didn't have much affection for the Lin family, so she moved away with an indifferent expression and listened to the conversation between Qiu Tu and Kou Xuan again.
Kou Xuan, "How do Speaker Qiu plan to deal with the core members of the royalist faction?"
Qiu Tu glanced at Princess Xi, and then said, "I was chatting with the princess just now. The princess meant that Ji Yuan, Xu Yun and Du Wenzhong can all be trusted."
"Xiao Huan and Li Hanxiang are the civil servants and the top military commanders of the royalist faction, and she cannot suppress them."
Hearing this, Kou Xuan glanced at Princess Xi, then looked at Qiu Tu, and asked tentatively, "What?"
This time, before Qiu Tu could speak, Princess Xi said indifferently, "Xiao Huan and Li Hanxiang were the masterminds behind the killing of the envoys. Their crimes are unforgivable."
In a word, it's cold and emotionless.
Qiu Tu and Kou Xuan looked at each other and smiled.
I have to say that maybe the three of them are cold-blooded political creatures, so the cooperation was particularly smooth and the whole plan was implemented very smoothly.
That afternoon, Princess Xi arrested Xiao Huan and Li Hanxiang on suspicion of murdering the 8th Sanctuary Mission.
Immediately afterwards, the Dongyezhou army began to merge with the royalist army.
There were cronies of Xiao Huan and Li Hanxiang within the royalist faction, but under the strong pressure of Qiu Tu and Kou Xuan, they were caught and disappeared.
That night, the Lin family held an extremely depressing ceremony. Princess Xi, or Lin Xi, was officially regarded as the new head of the Lin family, and she had the qualifications to become the four giants of the 7th Sanctuary——
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