hall.

In front of the table, except for the gurgling sound of fish soup simmering until it bubbles, everything was quiet.

"ridiculous."

The red lips of the candle in the snow softly spat out the slightly harsh words of Da Zhou:

"We have to destroy the Donglin Giant Buddha, but we are not allowed to kill the few dog officials who presided over the statue. Isn't this treating the symptoms rather than the root cause? Let them celebrate the New Year."

Du Shuqing's dull expression seemed to be facial paralysis:

"But killing Lin Cheng, Wang Lengran and Wei's people is only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

"It was good news that Xia Guan Lingtai Lang Lincheng came from the capital to crowd out Ouyang Lianghan, causing him to be demoted and idle. The Xunyang Grottoes were shelved.

"Mr. Wei specially wrote a letter, instructing Her Excellency Da Nujun and other heroes to only destroy the Buddha and not to kill Lin Cheng, Wang Lengran and others, because he is worried that this situation will happen today, and Ouyang Lianghan and the Xunyang Grottoes led by him will be faked.

The emperor used it again...

"But the more you worry about something, the more it will happen."

Xuezhongzhu's face was expressionless and he stared at Du Shuqing coldly:

"I won't kill this, I won't kill that. You should make it clear. There is so much nonsense. You should just say it directly on that day. It's enough to kill this dog official named Ouyang Lianghan. He is all creating a statue for the false emperor and aiding the evil.

All dog officials should be punished, no mercy."

"It's different." Du Shuqing shook his head firmly.

"It's different? What's different?"

The tall Orchid with blond hair like a candle held her chin high and spoke calmly:

"If Ouyang Lianghan was really that powerful, would he have been unable to defeat Lin Cheng who was parachuted in from outside during the dispute over the location of the Giant Buddha?"

Du Shuqing looked forward and spoke as usual:

"A superior man deceives others, and a villain exploits them to gain advantage. Therefore, villains often bully gentlemen in order to gain a disadvantage."

"Regardless of whether he has good methods or not, Ouyang Lianghan works under the false emperor and helps Zhou to do evil. How can he be a true gentleman?

She shook her head, chuckled again, and said to the point:

“If we really want to talk about the way to treat both the symptoms and the root cause, it is actually very simple. There is only one...

"Then you, the Southwest Kuangfu Army, are fighting for your breath, defeating Zhou Ting's army on the frontal battlefield, capturing Qin Jingqin alive, recapturing Jiangzhou in one fell swoop, taking control of Prince Xunyang's Palace, and then heading south to the southeast hinterland.

"Directly seize half of the world, and rule across the river with the Great Zhou... If your Southwest Kuangfu Army is really capable of this on the frontal battlefield, I will go and convince the Lady Queen Palace to lead Yunmeng Jianze in the Jianghu of Tiannan and even the Jianghu of the world.

What if we openly express our stance and clearly support your efforts to reinstate the army?"

At this moment, Xuezhongzhu is sitting cross-legged, with both hands on his thighs and his upper body slightly leaning forward, giving people a very aggressive feeling.

The tone is also undeniably tough:

"In the final analysis, isn't it because Qin Jingqin blocked Jiangzhou and we can only let the pseudo-emperor Wei create statues wantonly? Now you are talking sarcastically to me afterwards. Who gave you the courage to talk to me like this?

Speaker?"

The candles burned brightly in the snow.

Du Shuqing faced the "mountain overwhelming" momentum across from him. He sat motionless, remained quiet for a moment, and shook his head slightly.

Before he could speak again, Wei Shaoqi put down his soup bowl and pressed his hand on Du Shuqing to stop him.

"What the eldest daughter said is not unreasonable. It's a pity that military affairs are important and we have to be cautious. It's not as easy as the eldest daughter thought. This Qin Jingqin is old and cunning. He is really good at using soldiers. He temporarily stopped our offensive...

"So this time regarding the Donglin Giant Buddha, I have no choice but to ask Your Excellency and Guizong to take action.

"In this Xingzi Lake Giant Buddha operation, it can be seen that the queen and many heroes have tried their best. It is useless to look back and worry about it. What to do next is the most important thing. Let's look forward."

Wei Shaoqi smiled slightly and said:

"Besides, with the last investigation, we have now roughly figured out the true and false cards of the female officials in Xunyang City, the Supervisory Yuan, and Si Tianjian, which will be beneficial to our next plan..."

He changed the subject:

"By the way, how prepared are the people on the eldest daughter's side? This time, the Supervisory Yuan and the Xuanwu Battalion's severe arrests in the Jiangnan states should not have hurt their vitality. I heard that many people were arrested. Is it possible?

…”

"There is no need for you to worry about Tiannan Jianghu. When Mr. Wei comes here, I and my junior sisters will be responsible for the safety. There is no need to worry."

Wei Shaoqi and Du Shuqing saw it.

Xuezhongzhu has an unusual face, with deep eyes, a high nose, red lips and white teeth, an exotic mixed-race face, and a light expression.

"Mr. Wei... brought Mr. Li's painting this time?"

Wei Shaoqi calmed down, stood up alone, and filled up another bowl of hot fish soup.

Du Shuqing pressed one hand on the edge of the table and the other on the cylindrical cloth bag on his lap, his face dull.

Xuezhongzhu looked at them and asked softly:

"I heard from the fifth junior sister who stayed with Yunmeng that this time Mr. Wei sneaked over and took a detour to Yunmeng Daze. Yunmeng left from the exit of Yuenv Gorge in the upper reaches of Longcheng County.

Here again...

"Well, is it just like before the last Southwest Kuangfu uprising, you and Mr. Li and his entourage entered Yunmengze to look for me, and also looked for that legendary place along the way?"

Wei Shaoqi sighed:

"Why is the queen so interested?"

"No reason why."

Candle in the snow with eyes downcast:

"I just want to say that you don't have to hide it. Regarding that thing, you can talk to our Jianze. The Lady of the Palace knows more than you, who knows... we can still have some cooperation.

.

"However, the Nine Hundred Miles Yunmengze is so big, with thousands of lakes and endless treasures, and some mythical relics occasionally appear in the depths.

"There are some places deep in this great swamp that even our Queen's Palace has not been able to fully explore for thousands of years... In short, just tell us what you are looking for. Such precautions are really meaningless."

Du Shuqing said expressionlessly:

"Didn't Yunmeng Jianze have the stuff that the eldest daughter said? This time to destroy the Xingzi Lake Buddha, the leader Lin Cheng and others also mobilized their forces in that regard. I heard that he was a hidden monarch of the noble sect...

"

Halfway through his speech, his words were interrupted because Xuezhongzhu opposite him suddenly cast a cold gaze.

"One last time, don't mention this incident again, and don't spread rumors about our sect's hidden king again.

"I am not a rude person, and I will not be rude. I will do my best to be a host, but please don't fail to treat me as a guest."

Du Shuqing pursed his lips and looked at Wei Shaoqi.

Wei Shaoqi looked thoughtful.

The atmosphere at the table fell silent.

The three of them were quiet and each finished a bowl of delicious white sturgeon soup.

After receiving Wei Shaoqi's gaze, Du Shuqing took out a file from his arms, put it on the table silently, and pushed it in front of Xue Zhongzhu with two fingers.

Under Xue Zhongzhu's raised eyebrows, Wei Shaoqi spoke softly:

"Topographic map of Xunyang City including Shuangfengjian Xunyang Grottoes."

Xue Zhongzhu opened the map and took a look. After a while, a look of surprise flashed through her eyes.

"It was painted in Shuqing Dynasty. This one is more delicate."

Wei Shaoqi's voice came from the side, and he explained softly to Xuezhongzhu, who was carefully looking at the map of Xunyang City:

"When we were demoted by Zhou Ting, we passed through Xunyang City and stayed for such a long time. We also asked Li Gong to find an opportunity for Ouyang Lianghan to take us to visit the Xunyang Grottoes at the Shuangfeng Peak. One of the purposes was to give Shuqing time to draw

This picture."

Having said this, the middle-aged scribe, who was wearing a washed-to-white Confucian shirt, let out a long sigh:

"Well, there is such a detailed map here... If it hadn't been for Junzhi's incident at Prince Xunyang's Mansion, and if there hadn't been Qin Jingqin behind him blocking the way... Hongzhou was also taken. When our army entered Jiangzhou, we could break through Xunzhou.

Yangcheng is almost a piece of cake.

"It's a pity that there is no such thing as a military strategist."

"nice one."

Xue Zhongzhu, who was browsing with his head down, whispered softly, carefully put away the map and stuffed it into his sleeve.

She took one more look at the dull, stubborn but talkative young man named Du, stood up, and prepared to leave.

"I can see that Mr. Wei and Mr. Du are a little tired. Let's take a rest after eating. It's been hard after traveling for so long. We'll discuss things tomorrow. Second Junior Sister has prepared the guest rooms for you."

"Okay, thank you eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law for your concern."

Wei Shaoqi and Du Shuqing stood up and saluted, watching her tall figure leave.

Xuezhongzhu walked to the door, suddenly stopped and asked:
To be continued...