226 The battle between the Lu family and the Zhou family

The territory of Qi is extremely vast, dominated by mountains and grasslands. Hundreds of places and nomads make a living in the territory. The people are strong and they are not rich. Even the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty is barely close to the wealth of Qingzhou City under the jurisdiction of Nanliang.

Recently, the atmosphere in Northern Qi seems to be a little tense. Soldiers and horses are frequently mobilized in various places, and they are gathering around the border between Northern Qi and Dazhou. The guards of the gates of the king of the Northern Qi Dynasty are even more strict in the inspection of pedestrians entering and leaving the city.

More than ten days later, Ye Qin walked on the streets of the Northern Qi royal city and could clearly feel the tension in the city. After he entered the capital of Northern Qi, he sent notes to Yan Xuan and others for a hundred miles, and made an appointment with them to meet in a first-class restaurant "Drunken Township Building" in the city.

At noon, two male monks who covered their faces with cloaks knocked on the door and entered a private room in the drunken town building.

The monk lifted the red cloak and showed a beautiful and delicate face. This was Yan Xuan. She smiled at Ye Qin, who was drinking alone in the private room, and said, "Brother Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Ye Qin's eyes lit up, and then he returned to plainness. He nodded. Seeing Zhu Changyun and the future, he couldn't help asking, "Why are there only you two, Brother Zhu?"

The chubby Lv Yuan, who followed behind, came out from behind and said angrily, "Don't mention that boy. Since he arrived in the Northern Qi Dynasty, he has never done anything serious except to eat, drink and have fun.

Now I'm drinking flower wine with those Lv's disciples in the palace. How can I get up to business?

Yan Xuan said helplessly, "Brother Zhu is from the Zhu family, and this experience has nothing to do with their Zhu family. He was purely here to make up the number. He just regarded this experience as a game. He would not try his best. He just waited for the three-year experience period to expire and then return to Qingmen. So this experience can only be completed by the three of us.

Ye Qin was very helpless.

After several people exchanged greetings, there was not too much nonsense.

Yan Xuan took out a large scroll from the waist storage bag and spread it out on a square table in the room.

Ye Qin came to the table and looked at it. Now this is a paper terrain map marked with some very detailed fortresses and military towns. This is obviously not a map for immortals, but a secular military map.

"I didn't come to draw the map, so I had to take a map from the army of the Northern Qi court and use it." Yan Xuan explained in a light tone, and then pointed to the terrain above and said, "Here, Northern Qi and Da Zhou are the territory of our Lu family and Zhou family respectively. There are thousands of miles of narrow jungles and valleys between the two countries, and only mountain paths can be passed through. There are some military passes here. This jungle and valley are the natural border between the two countries.

Ye Qin was stunned. The jungle that Yan Xuan referred to was exactly the way he passed. The Northern Qi and Zhou armies fought a small-scale war here.

He looked at the full map drawn, suddenly pointed to a large narrow blank space at the top of the map scroll, and asked, "What is this blank place?" Why is there no label here?

Yan Xuan looked at the blank place on the picture and seemed to be a little afraid. She said, "If you cross the Northern Qi Dynasty and continue to go to the northeast, it will be the Wanyue Lake to cultivate immortals; if you go to the northwest, it will be the Tianqiongyuan to cultivate the immortals. And this blank belt is the buffer belt of the three immortal monks, Lingwu, Wanyue Lake and Tianqiongyuan, which is called the land of chaos. In this chaotic land, there are many powerful monks, and the Lu family rarely go there.

Ye Qin was surprised and said, "So, is it the northern boundary of the spiritual fog cultivation fairyland of the Northern Qi Kingdom?" He once listened to the head of Wu of Qingmen and talked about Wanyue Lake and Tianqiongyuan. They have different origins from the spiritual fog cultivation of immortals.

Yan Xuan nodded and said seriously, "Yes, the Northern Qi Dynasty still belongs to the territory of the spiritual fog cultivation world. After the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is no longer. The monks of Wanyue Lake and Tianqiongyuan's immortal cultivation world, together with our spiritual fog cultivation of immortals, have always been well water that does not violate the river water. Although the monks in the immortal world occasionally enter the territory of the other party, they will not occupy the territory in the territory of the other party. Otherwise, it is easy to lead to the war in the fairyland.

Ye Qinruo thought about it. The group of monks and monks in black, the Buddhist palace and the Red Cloud Sect he met in the jungle, should not be the monks of the spiritual fog cultivation of the fairyland, but from the chaotic land, or the Wanyue Lake and the sky.

"Yan Shi, you know that there is a Red Cloud Sect and Demon Buddha Palace near the Northern Qi Dynasty."

Yan Xuan shook her head and said, "Red Cloud Religion? I have been in Qingmen since I was a child, and I am not familiar with the situation here. I have never heard of it. Let me tell you first about the current situation in Beiqi. Northern Qi and Da Zhou have been in peace for hundreds of years, and there have even been marriages. The year before last, a low-level monk from Northern Qi was on his way to find an elixir when he accidentally found a small spirit stone vein in the border valley. The Lu family is going to dig the spirit stone here. However, the matter was not strictly confidential and was leaked.

Ye Qin wondered, "How did such important information leak out? Mobile phone access:. ㄧб.”

Yan Xuan said helplessly, "It leaked from the royal palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The Northern Qi and the Zhou royal family had a marriage. A princess of the Zhou family became the prince of our Lv's secular royal family. The prince knew a little about this. When he was drunk, he inadvertently revealed it. As a result, the information was leaked and learned by the monks of the Zhou family. Zhou gave birth to the heart to seize this small spirit stone vein, and the two families fought against each other because of this, and the troops were constantly fighting around the border. Because of this, the prince has been deposed, and the prince has also been given poisoned wine to commit suicide.

Ye Qin was speechless. Such important information was leaked so much that the Lu family was also unlucky enough.

He asked, "How strong are the Lu family and the Zhou family?"

Yan Xuan explained in detail: "Our Lu family has seven monks in the foundation period and more than 80 monks in the Qi period. The Zhou family has six monks in the foundation period and more than 70 monks in the period of Qi practice. The two immortal cultivation families are basically the same. If the two families conflict head-on, neither side can occupy anywhere.

Ye Qin nodded silently, and his heart suddenly felt at ease. The two immortal cultivation families did not have golden elixir monks, so it was easy to do. He is very afraid of the strength of the Jindan period monks.

Yan Xuan said, "If you add the four of us, there will now be eleven foundation-building monks in Northern Qi. However, there are many disciples of the Beast Spirit Gate in the Zhou family, and they will definitely ask for support from the Beast Spirit Gate. So in the end, the strength of both sides to cultivate immortals is almost the same.

"So how are you going to solve this conflict?"

"War!"

"War? How are you going to fight with the Zhou family?

Ye Qin was shocked and wrinkled

If the two immortal cultivation families of Lv and Zhou fight, he will leave here seriously and give up his experience. He went down the mountain and practiced for three years, but he did not come to act as a thman of the Lu family. Even if he offends the Lu family because of this, he does not intend to be involved in such a bloody war. No matter who loses or wins in these two families, there is no direct benefit to him, and he can't risk his life to fight for it.

"Of course, it's not us immortals, but the army of Northern Qi and Zhou to start a war." Yan Xuan smiled cunningly and said, "Brother Ye may not know much about the customs of the great immortal cultivation family. The great immortal cultivation families will never easily fight with each other. The great immortal cultivation families have their own countries and land, and they will not invade each other at will.

The most commonly used means of the great immortal family is to send the mortal army of the country to capture the territory of the other party and occupy the territory of the enemy family. In this way, we can try to avoid blood feuds between immortal families.

If the Zhou immortal cultivation family and the Lv immortal cultivation family fight directly, and the important monks on both sides are killed and injured, it is easy to have a feud. Then it will lead to the intervention of the two sects of Qingmen and the Beast Lingmen, which will escalate the spread of the war, which is a situation that no one wants to see. Therefore, unless it is intended to destroy the opponent, it will not be easy to fight directly between the great immortal families.

Sending a mortal army to attack and occupy the territory is the best way to solve the conflict. The mortal armies of the two countries will wage war on the border and incorporate this thousands of miles of valley into their respective borders. Once the formal national border is established, the family can naturally just rightly occupy the spiritual stone veins in the valley.

We not only do this, but also the Zhou family will do the same. After the war is over, the valley is under the control of which family, and the other party has nothing to say. However, secular wars often last for a long time, lasting for years and decades.

Ye Qin was stunned.

He understood why there were a large number of mortal soldiers mobilized in Northern Qi, and even the royal city was in a tense atmosphere. It turned out that the Lu family wanted to send these mortal troops to compete for the border and seize the spiritual stone minerals in the valley.

Ye Qin doubtfully said, "Since Northern Qi sent troops to seize the border. So what do we need to do?

Yan Xuan said, "Our experience this time is naturally to help the Lu family occupy this small spirit stone mine. The first thing to do is to find out as much as possible how much reserves there are in this spirit stone vein. Secondly, find out the situation of the Zhou family and their reinforcements. After getting this accurate information, the teacher made a decision on whether more disciples should be sent to support.

Ye Qin said, "How to find out the reserves of spiritual stone veins?"

Yan Xuan said, "At least one mine path must be opened to find out the thickness of the spiritual stone ore layer. The more mine path there are, the more accurate the exploration is. But now the Lu family and the Zhou family have sent many monks to guard near the mine to prevent the other monks from digging holes and mining in the valley. Therefore, it is still difficult for our family to figure out the reserves of the veins. What we can do now is to try to figure out the situation of the Zhou family. In order to complete this experience, Brother Zhu has a proposal.

Ye Qin said, "What's the proposal?"

Yan Xuan looked at Lv Yuan.

Lv Yuan came out from behind and said, "I, Tang and Brother Zhu stayed in the Northern Qi Kingdom, while Brother Ye personally sneaked into the State of Zhou to explore the situation of the Zhou family."

After hearing this, Ye Qin suddenly frowned and said in a low voice, "What does it mean that I'm going to Dazhou alone?"

Lv Yuan showed a helpless expression and said, "I and I are all from the Lv family. There are so many people who know the two of us that we can't sneak into the Great Zhou Kingdom. Even Brother Zhu, he has been swaggering around in the king's city of Northern Qi. He has already exposed his identity, and it is inevitable that he will be targeted by Dazhou's spy. Only Brother Ye has just arrived, and his behavior is secret, and his identity has not been exposed. He can completely disguise his identity and sneak into the State of Zhou to explore intelligence. The teacher sent four of us and others to come to practice. Naturally, we hope that we can make contributions. Brother Ye ventured deep into Dazhou's country alone to inquire about the information. This credit is due to Brother Ye.

After listening to it, Ye Qin did not show any expression on his face, but he scolded Zhu Changyun and Lv Yuan in his heart. He nestled in Northern Qi to have fun, but proposed to let him go to the Great Zhou Dynasty for adventure.

Lv Yuan looked at Ye Qin's expressionless face, and his heart was a little confused. Now, it is very difficult for him to guess what Brother Ye is like. He said, "As far as I know, the Zhou family is recruiting immortals to help. With a strong voice, Brother Ye disguises his identity and mixes into it, he can fully understand their situation."

Ye Qin looked at Yan Xuan and Lv Yuan, who were full of expectations, and was silent. Simply entering the Dazhou territory and inexploring for information is actually not dangerous. What is really dangerous is that it was realized by the foundation-building monks of the Zhou family, which is not a joke.

Yan Xuan blinked at Ye Qin and seemed to guess his worry and said, "Brother Ye, only the four of us know your identity. Except for the four of us, there is no one else in Beiqi and Dazhou who knows your identity. Northern Qi and Da Zhou are far away from Qingmen, and it is a year. Even if someone in the Zhou family doubts your identity, it will take at least a year to be confirmed. When Brother Ye enters the State of Zhou, the Zhou family will only attract you and will not take action against you easily. As long as you can get the information of the Zhou family, this mission will be more than half successful.

"I'm going to Dazhou. But I can't guarantee whether I can get the information of the Zhou family.

Ye Qin said depressedly. I still have to go to the Zhou Dynasty. However, don't expect him to risk his life to get any information back. Zhu Changyun, who nestled in the royal city of Northern Qi, had fun and did not work hard. Yan Xuan and Lv Yuan also stayed peacefully in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Why did he, an irrelevant person, take this risk?

Even if you want to take risks, the people of the Lu family should take risks, not him, an outsider.

If you are an ordinary monk, you may try your best to help the Lu family seize the spirit stone ore, so as to flatter the Lu family. But Ye Qin didn't have any idea about this.

His contributions to Qingmen are far more beneficial than Qingmen's. The Lu family still owes him a favor.

In the past three years, he has to travel around the surrounding countries, or find a quiet place to retreat and retreat, and return to Qingmen after time. Even if he doesn't make any credit in his experience, can Qingmen remove him from the title because of this?

Yan Xuan and Lv Yuan didn't know what Ye Qin thought at this moment. Seeing that he agreed, they were immediately overjoyed.