Sanctuary 6, Border State, Southeast Gateway.
As the junction of the control areas of the 6th and 7th shelters, this can be said to be the most desolate and backward place of the two shelters.
Before the Catastrophic Era, this place was a Gobi Desert with sparsely populated areas.
After decades of neglect, this place is desolate. The ground is covered with gravels of various sizes and shapes, some sharp as knives, some round and smooth, gray or brown, baked by the sun.
, glowing with a monotonous and tough color.
And in this desolate wilderness, a large convoy of large military trucks and wheeled armored vehicles was slowly approaching like a long steel queue.
Their heavy and solid wheels ruthlessly rolled over the gravel land. Wherever they passed, the originally stubborn gravels were shattered to pieces under the strong pressure, making a dull sound, and the raised sand and dust lingered behind the cars for a long time.
scattered.
Spies from all forces followed the large convoy at a distance, using telescopes and catastrophic abilities to secretly spy on their movements, and then from time to time passed messages to the rear.
"The Dongye Prefecture's army is passing through the buffer zone of the two major shelters and heading towards the 6th shelter."
"They must have been well prepared for this operation, and they must have received behind-the-scenes support from the 8th Sanctuary. Otherwise, they would not have such abundant supplies and neat equipment."
"Princess Xi is personally leading troops from the border state capital to the border, preparing to welcome her in person."
"Qiu Tu has not shown up yet."
It can be said that this military operation in the four states has been the most influential military operation in the three major sanctuaries in the northwest region in the past ten years.
In recent years, major sanctuaries have been struggling to expand territory, or they have been counterattacked by anti-government armed forces and extremist sects.
However, those were small-scale wars that could not affect the situation in the northwest region.
Even if the 8th Sanctuary has opened up four states in a row in the past two years, it is just a necessary process for each new Sanctuary to expand its territory.
——It was just a "sneak attack" before the evil god could react and send experts to station.
Only Qiu Tu's military operation was different. This was the first attack between sanctuaries in the northwest region.
On a larger scale, this is likely to set a precedent to some extent, and the impact will likely last for a long time.
In fact, most senior executives of major shelters believe that this impact is "negative".
If it weren't for the strength and potential shown by Qiu Tu, he would have become the target of public criticism and besieged by the three major shelters.
On a more minor note, Qiu Tu's military action will definitely affect the political structure of the 6th Sanctuary and the 8th Sanctuary, the two major sanctuaries.
Qiu Tu openly violated the orders of Shelter 8 and participated in the internal affairs of Shelter 6. Shelter 8 must give a public explanation.
The situation in the 6th shelter has become complicated and confusing because of Qiu Tu's participation.
Princess Xi's probability of winning will indeed increase greatly.
But a strong man can kill everyone with the sword in his hand, but he cannot conquer everyone with the sword in his hand.
If all the forces in the 6th Sanctuary and various states violently rebounded due to the participation of Qiu Tu, an external force, they would all rally to the Kou family.
Then the situation in Sanctuary 6 really may not be able to go in any direction.
At this time, under the gaze of everyone, Dongye Prefecture's armored army finally crossed the Gobi Desert and successfully entered the border state of the 6th Sanctuary.
Three hours later, the armored army arrived at Wangbeicheng, the most remote city in the border state.
At this time, Princess Xi had already brought five senior royalists to Wangbei City.
None of these five senior executives are ordinary people.
Xiao Huan, the governor of Yanzhou and Kangzhou, was in charge of the military and political affairs of the two states, and was the leader of the 6th Sanctuary. He followed King Kang to conquer the world. He was an extraordinary minister in both government affairs and military matters.
Before King Kang became seriously ill, he had served as the governor of Zhongxu Prefecture, guarding the "front door" of the 6th Sanctuary, and was deeply trusted by King Kang.
Later, King Kang became seriously ill and the Kou family became powerful. He was transferred from the central state to Yanzhou, and Kangzhou served as the governor of the two states.
It was precisely because he was not in Central Prefecture that the Kou family took control of the 6th Sanctuary so quickly after King Kang passed away.
Li Hanxiang, a high-ranking official in Sanctuary, is the only cabinet minister of the royalist faction. He is a veteran of King Kang's rule when he first conquered the world. He is also the key to Princess Xi's ability to fight with the Kou family in the court in the past two years. He is the mainstay of the royalist faction.
Ji Yuan. A general who traveled thousands of miles to rescue Princess Xi. Level 5 strength. One of the core members of the royalist faction and a high-level executive of the 6th Sanctuary. He was previously the commander of the palace forbidden army. He was later transferred.
The remaining two people, one named Xu Yun and the other Du Wenzhong, are both senior executives of the 6th shelter. They hold important positions in the central core department.
Being able to bring five core members to welcome him in person is enough to show how much Princess Xi attaches importance to Qiu Tu's reinforcements.
Therefore, the two armies merged, and Dongye Prefecture's 90,000 troops were led to station outside the city to recuperate, while Tang Feifei and others were led into the city to accept Princess Xi's banquet.
The harmonious state between the two parties is obviously completely inconsistent with Qiu Tu's claim that he was "furious because the envoys were killed".
Therefore, soon, information from all parties began to be transmitted to various forces in various sanctuaries.
"Princess Xi met with the Dongye Prefecture army, and the two sides were very harmonious. The death of the envoy group can basically be used as an excuse."
"Princess Xi, together with Xiao Huan, Li Hanxiang, Ji Yuan, Xu Yun, Du Wenzhong and others, greeted the senior officials of Qiu Tu's reinforcements."
"What the top brass of the reinforcements can confirm is that they are the chief general Tang Feifei and the deputy general Yu Die. There is a strange man beside them. He is not Qiu Tu, and his identity has not been found yet."
"After the friendly exchanges between the two parties, they are preparing for a banquet. The next plans of both parties are temporarily uncertain."
"Qiu Tu has still not shown up. And he has not been found in Dongye Prefecture. He is suspected to be missing."
"Also, Yudie is suspected to be the 7th shelter, Fengqizhou, the orphan girl who escaped from the Cheng family."
"The Cheng family seems to have also discovered this incident. They are under martial law at this time and are suspected of discussing the impact of this incident."
at the same time.
The 7th shelter, Fengqizhou, Cheng family.
As a veteran local snake in Fengqi Prefecture, the Cheng family has always been attached to the Zhao family, the three giants of the 7th Sanctuary.
Since the establishment of the 7th Sanctuary, the Cheng family has been closely following the footsteps of the Zhao family, and only the Zhao family has followed suit.
With the help of the Zhao family, the Cheng family participated in the development plan of Fengqi Prefecture and successfully established themselves in Fengqi Prefecture.
Thirteen years ago, during the Partridge Terrace Incident, the head of the Cheng family, Cheng Hong, served as the state counselor.
Now 13 years later, Cheng Hong has been promoted to the speaker of Fengqi Prefecture.
And recently, he entered the 7th Sanctuary Senate and officially became one of the top executives of the 7th Sanctuary.
It can be said that the current Cheng family is the real overlord in Fengqi Prefecture, a behemoth. It is a existence that countless officials and people look up to.
However, the Cheng family's door was closed at this time and no one was allowed to visit. The head of the family, Cheng Hong, also returned to the courtyard early and no longer dealt with official duties.
The reason is simple.
As a local snake who wanted to make way for Dongyezhou's army, they of course also sent many spies and spies to monitor and understand the movements of Dongyezhou's army.
As a result, it was okay not to understand, but they were shocked when they found out.
Because how come Speaker Yudie looks so much like the orphan girl who broke up with the Cheng family and ran away alone?
Once you have the clues, the rest is easy to investigate.
Backed by the Zhao family, it is difficult for the Cheng family to investigate the secret information of a high-ranking official of the 8th Sanctuary, but it is relatively easy to disclose the information.
So, it didn't take long for them to get Yudie's information over the years.
Yudie suddenly appeared in the 8th shelter 12 years ago. According to her, she was a refugee fleeing from the surrounding cities. Her parents were dead and she was left alone.
Because the 8th shelter was not fully staffed at that time, and she was too young. Once she could not find food, she might be used as food by the people around her, so the guard felt compassion and put her in the 8th shelter.
He began to be trained as a spy. After six years of training, after Yudie became an adult, he awakened his catastrophic ability by gambling on his life, and successfully joined the Security Department system.
After that, Yudie began to slowly develop upwards in the security department, but because there were few opportunities, there was no good development.
It was not until two years ago that Yudie got the opportunity to develop Dongye Prefecture that Yudie's development was on the fast track.
Later, Yudie risked her life again and participated in the "Pioneer Experiment" of Sanctuary 8, became a candidate and successfully survived.
This made her strength and status leap forward again. Not only was she promoted to the fourth level of Cataclysm, but she also became the deputy speaker of a state.
Finally, because of her old acquaintance with Qiu Tu, Qiu Tu promoted her to become the speaker of a state and a real frontier official after becoming the surrounding garrison.
Looking at this gleaming resume, the Cheng family was sweating all over.
The strength of the 7th shelter is much weaker than that of the 6th shelter, and at most it is about the same as the 8th shelter.
There are two or three fifth-level catastrophes, but they are all in the three major families, like the Cheng family. The strongest one is a fourth-level one.
But now, the orphan girl back then is already comparable to the strongest person in the family, and her status and power are the same as the head of the family.
More importantly, the person behind this orphan girl is a bit scary.
The most powerful person in the northwest region, the controller of the four states, killed the 6th level evil god and blatantly interfered in the internal affairs of the 6th Sanctuary!
Every title that comes out can make the Cheng family tremble with fear.
After all, Qiu Tu is now the dominant tyrant in the northwest region, and even the Kou family in the 6th Sanctuary does not dare to easily provoke him, let alone the Cheng family, which is far away from the Kou family.
When Yudie escaped, they searched for her for a long time. They thought that such a young girl must have died outside long ago, and it was a pity for her.
As a result, I didn't expect that the little girl actually completed the transformation in the dark and grew into a behemoth.
This immediately panicked the Cheng family.
The Cheng family, the inner house, and the master's study.
Cheng Hong looked at the middle-aged man standing in front of him with his head bowed with a livid face. He knocked on the table and said, "So, it is completely confirmed that Yudie is the "furnace tripod" back then?!"
Hearing Cheng Hong's words, the middle-aged man turned pale and said, "Yes. Head of the family, yes."
"She is the furnace cauldron who was planted with the "Butterfly Gu" by the "Zhao family" and then escaped."
"Rain butterfly. Rain butterfly. A butterfly in the rain. A butterfly with a lost life. It turns into a butterfly Gu. No wonder, no wonder." Cheng Hong stood up angrily and walked quickly back and forth behind the desk for a few times before suddenly stopping.
He suddenly looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and then said expressionlessly, "How much does Yudie know about what happened back then? Does she know about the "Butterfly Gu" and the "Zhao Family"?"
The middle-aged man felt like he was mourning his heir. He said with a mournful face, "Master, I don't know either."
"Theoretically, she shouldn't know this. But she escaped suddenly."
"Although after investigation, it was found that her relatives who had a good relationship with her parents couldn't stand it anymore and deliberately let her go. But who knows if she heard some scattered news and then ran away in fear."
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Cheng Hong's face became even more ugly. He asked, "Where is the relative who let her go?"
The middle-aged man swallowed his saliva and said, "Back then, everyone was sent to prison."
"The bodies are probably all rotten now."
Cheng Hong's eyes turned a little dark with anger.
But this really can't be blamed on the middle-aged man, so he could only cover his forehead and hold on forcefully.
After staying like this for a few minutes, Cheng Hong waved his hand and said, "Okay, please step back. I want to report this matter to Elder Zhao."
"Yes." The middle-aged man responded and quickly stepped back.
After the middle-aged man left, the whole study suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin being pressed.
Cheng Hong, the head of the Cheng family, stood expressionlessly in front of his desk for a while, and then his face suddenly turned ferocious!
"Ah!" He shouted and swept everything on the table to the floor. Cheng Hong sat down heavily on the chair, his face full of anger and regret!
After sitting quietly on the chair for a while, Cheng Hong finally came back to his senses.
He muttered, "It's okay, things will turn around, things will turn around."
"If we can cooperate with the Kou family, attack Dongyezhou's army from front to back, and drag Qiu Tu and Yudie to the 6th shelter battlefield, we might still have a chance to survive."
"If the two major shelters work together and invite experts from other shelters, even Qiu Tu will not be able to turn the world upside down."
With this in mind, he quickly picked up a red landline phone on the table and called the secret line.
And at the same time.
No. 6 Shelter, Border State, Wangbei City, City Lord’s Mansion.
The luncheon is gradually coming to an end.
However, compared to the harmonious atmosphere when the banquet first started, the atmosphere now is a bit cold.
The reason is very simple. The guests at this banquet, Tang Feifei, Yudie and the strange man, only ate very few dishes during the whole process, but they did not even answer the toasts offered by Princess Xi and others.
In politics, every move has a profound meaning.
It is impossible to say that the two parties are working well together, but suddenly they are facing each other coldly.
Therefore, the cold treatment of the three people now obviously sends a bad signal.
This also made the faces of Princess Xi and the royalists become more and more solemn.
Sure enough, when the meal was over, Tang Feifei politely picked up a tissue and wiped her mouth gently, then raised her head and said without any expression on her wheat-colored face,
"Princess, Qiu Tu asked me to bring you a message."
"Surrender."
After hearing Tang Feifei's words, the expressions of several royalists present suddenly changed.
Especially Princess Xi, her face was as cold as ice.
She looked at Tang Feifei with burning eyes, and then asked in a cold tone, "Is Speaker Tang kidding?"
"Surrender? Surrender to whom? To that thief of the Kou family?!"
Hearing Princess Xi's words, Tang Feifei said nothing. Yudie, who was sitting next to her, smiled and persuaded warmly, "Princess, don't be so angry."
"We are just conveying orders."
"You have also seen that the Kou family is now powerful, and the royalists have little chance of winning."
"And now, our army has arrived at the 6th shelter and is cooperating with the Kou family. You have no way to resist."
Having said this, Yudie paused for a moment, then patted her hand gently.
The next second, the army of dark soldiers who had been following Princess Yu Xi's orders began to appear one by one inside and outside the banquet hall. Then they began to take control of the entire city lord's palace.
Seeing this scene, Princess Xi and the senior royalist officials were stunned and burst into tears.
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