Lu Shanghe sighed: "That Dizang is very cunning. Although he later made me a bullshit ghost master, he was wary of me everywhere and just thought I was the tool in her hand. In order to find Su Ying, I kept holding on and secretly helped her recruit soldiers and horses!"

"Why did she send you to seize the position of the leader of the Beggars' Sect?" Qi Ning said coldly: "Will you use the Beggars' Sect to rebel with the position of the leader?"

Lu Shanghe hesitated for a moment and said carefully: "Dixian assigned us to do things, and never said why. As long as we do it according to her instructions, the Six Envoys of Dijian did not dare to ask too much. I asked twice before, and she said she didn't need to know too much. She didn't tell me so I didn't need to ask too much."

Qi Ning guessed that Lu Shanghe and Dizang had been in contact with Dizang for the years, and he must have had a fear of Dizang.

"In other words, you don't know much, it doesn't matter whether you stay or not?" Xuanyuan said.

Lu Shanghe said anxiously: "No, it's not. Although she didn't say anything about the purpose of seizing the position of the leader of the Beggars' Sect, I guessed that I would use the Beggars' Sect to ruin the world. By the way, there is also the Donghai family. She had long been secretly colluding with the other side. After the Aoki Conference, she sent me to the East China Sea to cooperate with Jiang Mantian on the surface, but in fact she actually asked me to monitor Jiang Mantian."

"Surveying Jiang Mantian?"

Lu Shanghe said: "According to the original plan, once the Chu army goes north, the Donghai family will cause trouble in the East China Sea together with the Donghai Navy. However, Dizang was worried that the Donghai family would change their minds at the time of battle, so he sent me to watch them."

"Do you know who the Hidden Lord is?" Qi Ning asked, "Is the Hidden Lord loyal to Jiang Mantian, Di Ksitigarbha?"

Lu Shanghe was stunned and said in a daze: "I don't know any hidden master, nor have I heard of it."

Although Qi Ning was sure that the East China Sea family had collusion with Di Ksitigarbha, it was still impossible to determine whether Di Ksitigarbha was the hidden master.

"The East China Sea family has accumulated a large number of weapons over the years, and the number is huge." Qi Ning said slowly: "The East China Sea Navy has weapons and armor provided by the imperial court, so naturally it cannot use the weapons of the East China Sea family. Are those weapons really doing things to cause trouble and use them to recruit soldiers and brave men?"

Lu Shanghe hesitated for a moment before saying, "I have seen the weapons stored on the two islands. The number is amazing. Naturally, it is used to cause chaos. But I can't guarantee whether it is used to recruit soldiers."

Yin Wuji suddenly spoke: "If the Donghai family really wants to make trouble while the Chu army goes north, they must be prepared early. In addition to storing money, grain and equipment, they also have to secretly recruit soldiers early. If they wait for the Chu army to go north, will it be too late?"

Qi Ning felt a sudden heart. He thought that those weapons must be used for chaos, but he did not delve into where the source of the troops came from. Yin Wuji's words suddenly made Qi Ning realize an extremely important issue.

"Elder Taiyin is right." Xuanyuan Po said: "If the Donghai family is in chaos, it would be fine if they only rely on the Donghai Navy, but they prepared a large number of weapons, obviously not for the Donghai Navy, but for other purposes. Although the Donghai families are now only local gentry, the Han family was king in the Donghai, and these families were all retainers of the Han family. They knew how to use military formations. Naturally, they knew that the principle of raising troops for a thousand days was to be used for a temporary period of time. If it was to recruit soldiers on the north side of our Great Chu, it would be incredible. Not to mention whether the Donghai family could quickly recruit rebel soldiers and brave soldiers in the East China Sea, even if they could recruit soldiers, the soldiers did not undergo any training. After going to the battlefield, wouldn't they be a group of mobs?" He paused and sneered: "Will the old man named Jiang from the East China Sea be brought into battle and killed the enemy?"

Lu Shanghe hurriedly said, "This is exactly the reason."

However, Qi Ning remained silent and lowered her head to ponder. After a moment, she suddenly looked up: "I understand!"

"Duke?"

"The Donghai family is storing money, grain and weapons, not planning to recruit soldiers by themselves." Qi Ning suddenly realized: "The Beggars' Sect is the Beggars' Sect!" asked Xiang Baiying, "Uncle Xiang, can the Beggars' Sect disciples train on weekdays?"

Xiang Baiying said: "Although not all disciples of the Beggar Sect can practice martial arts, the master of each hall will select capable people from their disciples to practice the Lotus Formation. The Lotus Formation requires at least six people, up to fourteen people. My Beggar Sect has strict orders, and the Lotus Formation must not be slackened. If you find out which master has not led his disciples to practice the Lotus Formation, you will be punished severely. Although the Lotus Formation is not a clever formation, it can allow disciples to advance together. Even if you encounter a good player, it is enough to rely on the Lotus Formation to resist. This is also to prevent someone from bullying the Beggar Sect."

"In other words, the disciples of the Beggars' Gang can fight together through the Lotus Formation." Qi Ning's eyes were sharp: "If the Beggars' Gang is controlled by Dizang, when the Chu army goes north, the disciples of the Beggars' Gang will be broken into pieces and enter the East China Sea. There are weapons and equipment prepared by the East China Sea family, so that they can turn into a soldier in a very short time. Although they are not as good as regular officers and soldiers, they are not considered a mob. The branches of the Beggars' Gang originally restrain the disciples of each helm, and the disciples of each church can cooperate with each other through the Lotus Formation. After entering the battle, they can be fully up and down in an orderly manner."

Although he had always thought that whether Dizang sent people to compete for the position of leader of the Beggars' Sect or colluded with the East China Sea, his purpose was to rebel, he was completely linked to the Beggars' Sect and the East China Sea until this time.

Xuanyuan Po also understood and said, "Yes, the East China Sea prepares weapons and the Beggars' Sect provides troops. When the time comes, the two will immediately become a large army that has always been enough to threaten the court!"

When Qi Ning thought of this, his back felt cold. If Lu Shanghe really controlled the Beggars' Sect and there was nothing wrong with the East China Sea, then now there would be a soldier from the East China Sea to advance straight towards Jianye. Once this is the case, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"You have followed Dizang for six years, and you don't even know her true identity?" Qi Ning said coldly: "Why did she have the ambition of rebellion? You don't know the inside story?"

Lu Shanghe shook his head and said, "If I knew, I would never dare to deceive me. She has been very cautious about me over the years. Although I guessed that he must be rebellious, I really don't know why she wanted to rebel."

"Does she want to be the emperor?" Anau couldn't help saying: "Since she pretended to be a long-lasting figure, you are still her man, and she succeeded in treason, shouldn't she let you be the emperor? Why just let you be the prince? That emperor's position is left to herself?"

Although Anau asked casually, Qi Ning realized something with a flash of inspiration: "The throne? Could it be!" but he did not continue.

Yin Wuji said: "Dixian acts low-key, likes to pretend to be a god and a ghost, and is a woman. If she wants her to sit on the throne, she is afraid she is not feeling well. If she really succeeds in rebelling, she can let Lu Shanghe or others sit on the throne. Wouldn't it be better to control the world behind the scenes?" After a pause, he said: "Qinning, you just said that the East China Sea family served in the Hidden Lord?"

He had no interest in the matter of Di Ksitigarbha before, nor did he know about the East China Sea rebellion or the existence of a hidden master. However, Di Ksitigarbha directly attacked the Black Lotus Sect this time, and he was saved by Qi Ning, but he still helped to speculate the truth about Di Ksitigarbha's rebellion.

"Yes, the backer behind the Donghai family is called the Hidden Lord by the Jiang family, but it is still impossible to determine who this person is. I once thought that Hidden Lord might be Dizang." Qi Ning said: "But it is impossible to prove whether he and Dizang are the same person."

"Is it possible that everything Ksitigarbha does is also for the so-called Hidden Lord?" Yin Wuji said: "Disai Ksitigarbha does not become an emperor, but wants that Hidden Lord to sit on the dragon throne?"

Qi Ning felt a stern, but Yin Wuji's words were not impossible.

"But Dizang is already a great master, how could she obey the Hidden Lord?" Xuanyuan Po said: "Is Hidden Lord even more powerful than Dizang?"

Xuanyuan Po's question was also at the critical point. After all, Ksitigarbha's attainment was already a great master. Who can drive her in the world?

"There is another thing you don't forget." Xiang Baiying suddenly said: "Di Di is in Xichuan for chaos. He was slandered and rebelled earlier. That is the beginning of the turmoil in Xichuan. She has always wanted to control the Miao family's seventy-two buildings in Xichuan for chaos."

Qi Ning nodded and said, "What I told Uncle is that not only the seventy-two caves of the Miao family, but Dizang has privately colluded with Li Hongxin, but Li Hongxin has also been planning to rebel in Xichuan."

"If Li Hongxin and the Miao family rebelled, Xichuan would be in chaos." Xiang Baiying said: "The main force of the Chu army went north, but the Xichuan rebellion had to be put down. Even if the Xichuan army stationed on the western border was transferred to quell the chaos, it might not be able to control the situation. In this way, the court could only transfer troops from other places."

"In other words, when Xichuan is in chaos, the court has to divide its troops into two groups, the main force goes north, and the other group is to mobilize troops to quell the rebellion in Xichuan!" Qi Ning thought to himself: "It may even mobilize the Xuanwu Camp that garrisons the capital."

Xiang Baiying said: "No matter which army is mobilized, the court's attention can only be focused on the north and Xichuan, and there is no time to take care of other places."

Qi Ning said in a lost voice: "I understand. It turns out that all this is a huge layout. Dizang provoked the Miao family's 72 Holes and Li Hongxin to rebel, not just to disrupt the world. She wanted to attract the attention of the court to Xichuan. The Miao family's 72 Holes and Li Hongxin were just chess pieces on her chessboard, just to lure the enemy. Once the court transferred all the available soldiers to Xichuan!" He did not continue, Xuanyuan Po had slowly followed: "Then if any soldiers threaten the capital, the officers and soldiers trapped in Xichuan will not be able to return to help. Dizang's ultimate goal is to have no soldiers to save when the capital is in danger."
Chapter completed!