Chengguo, one of the four major countries, was originally a mere island with barren land and sparse people. At some point, the residents of the island discovered an iron, and the weapons made of that kind were particularly sharp. Therefore, when the whole people practiced martial arts, coupled with the ambition of the king at that time, Chengguo began to expand outward. In a few years, he included all the surrounding islands. In order to better rule the country, King Cheng killed all the original tribes on the island. In this way, he laid the foundation of Chengguo with his iron-blooded skills.

A hundred years have passed.

Minggong, Cheng's 35th generation, tried to imitate his ancestors to continue to expand, but unfortunately, the three kingdoms of Yan, Bi and Yi were no longer weak countries in the past. They were strong in their country, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although Minggong had magical soldiers and generals in his hands, it was difficult to act. After losing battles, he was so angry that he was hit. Of course, another saying was that Yi Shu poisoned him in order to seize the throne. In short, the plan to support the country with war was completely failed. However, Cheng's country was still very rich.

Where does money come from?

On the surface, it is the weapons trading and taxes in Kabuki Field, which causes its economy to continue to grow in a deformed but prosperous manner. After digging deeper, you will find that it is much more than that.

In terms of the Bi Kingdom alone, Empress Jiang’s father Jiang Zhong raised 3,000 dead soldiers. These dead soldiers had strict division of labor and discipline and could complete many difficult tasks. Such talents were by no means cultivated in three or two years. They had to undergo professional training from a young age and had to go through many tests before they could become dead soldiers. Jiang Zhong himself could not do it. So where did these dead soldiers come from and how were they cultivated?

The answer lies in 397,000.

Over the past twenty years, 397,000 children with records can be found were abducted by human traffickers and sent to Chengguo. A secret organization selected and sorted them: those who are suitable for martial arts will be sent to train; those who are beautiful will be sent to perform arts; those who are weak and sick will die after enslavement and work.

Day after day, year after year.

Drops of water wear away the stone, and the results are amazing.

After Queen Jiang had a falling out with her father, she finally found out the origin of the family's death warriors, and the secret finally came to the surface.

Therefore, the first thing she has to do is to end her sin.

Jiang Chenyu said to Xue Cai: "I don't care about other countries, but I will die if anyone who sells people in the country of Bi."

Xue Cai looked at the queen calmly for a long time before bowing: "I obey the order."

He couldn't sleep all night. The queen's order sounded simple, but it was extremely difficult to implement it.

First of all, after so many years of accumulation and precipitation, the sales organization has become quite large and has its own complete system. They are rich and powerful, and there are people who penetrate into all aspects of life, and it is impossible to eradicate it in an instant. Secondly, the real leader of the organization is in Chengguo. No matter how hard it is in the territory of Biguo, once other countries are involved, it will become a major event for the country. In addition, it has to be said that Biguo is also a beneficiary of this organization. If there are no these dead soldiers, there are no chess pieces that can be sacrificed at will like grass, how to deal with those things that are inconvenient to solve on the surface?

Finally, and the most important point, Ji Ying told him a plan before he died, a plan that was enough to shock the world and make ghosts cry. Ji Ying originally wanted to complete it for five years, but she had no chance, so she had to leave this will to Xue Cai.

"You can do it or not." Ji Ying said so at the time, "If you do it, I am grateful to you; if you don't do it, I won't blame you. Just think it is the fate of the Ji family, the fate of the four countries, and the lives of the people in the world."

No matter how many regrets, no matter how unwilling, no matter how many grievances, no matter how much pain a dying person is, he has seen it all openly because he knows it is about to end.

Xue Cai, who was only eight years old, knelt in front of him, angry and anxious, and was trembling.

Finally, he said hatefully: "Who cares about your gratitude, and who cares about you?"

Ji Ying smiled when she heard this, stretched out her hand, hesitated, gently, and finally firmly placed it on his head.

Too small. Just be bigger.

It's too short. Just teach him a little longer.

Too cruel. He actually gave such a secret to such a child.

"Xiao Cai..." he said word by word, "Don't be afraid."

Xue Cai's trembling stopped because of this sentence. He raised his head and stared at the man called the master in front of him. He looked at his smile and his gentle eyes. He felt like a door was pushed open in his heart. Since then, the sky is high and the sea is wide and fearless.

Don't be afraid. Xiaocai.

A year later, Xue Cai was in Bai Ze Mansion's study room, and remembered Ji Ying's expression at that time. For some reason, he felt relieved and laughed.

He put the case files together, closed his eyes and thought slowly. This fact involves too much and has a great impact. He must take every detail into consideration. He seems arrogant, but in fact he is as careful as a haircut. He is best at grasping the boundary between killing and letting go in politics. Although the impression is tough, most of the things are actually handled very tactfully.

Either you will hit it with one blow, or you will endure it and never send it.

This is the new prime minister of the country of Bi, and the style of Xue Cai, who was only nine years old.

In the end, he decided not to move for the time being. This cancer will not be touched for at least three years.

When he reported the result to Queen Jiang, Queen Jiang said nothing. At dusk that day, Queen Jiang went to the inner courtyard to visit her former dead warrior. The flowers that were leaving were flooded due to a heavy rain. He sat in a wheelchair and tried hard to sweep the water with one hand. When Queen Jiang saw the scene, her eyes were slightly red.

On that day, the tired Xue Cai returned to the prime minister's mansion alone and locked up in the study and wrote a letter.

The recipient of the letter was Zhanghua, the king of Yan State.

Soon, I received a reply.

In the reply letter, Zhanghua gave a suggestion: "Why not make it private if you are public? It may not be impossible to shake the tree and the snails."

Xue Cairu was enlightened and realized something immediately.

While he asked someone to make rumors in Chengguo that the king had no children and was not in line with the state; while he bought ministers to put pressure on Yishu in the court; and then let the palace servants give a whisper to the queen and the sons of which clan are so handsome... Three-pronged approach, Yishu was finally moved and decided to choose a husband.

In the territory of Cheng State, of course, the descendants of the five major clans are given priority. In the other three countries, Yi State is interested in Hu Jiuxian's financial resources; Bi State has nothing to ask for, and the queen is disagreeing with her. In order to arouse Jiang Chenyu, Yi Shu deliberately ordered Xue Cai's name; there are too many noble princes in Yan State, and Yi Shu did not consider Feng Xiaoya, but Zhanghua said that anyone can choose, as long as it is not Xiaoya. In this way, Yi Shu opposed Feng Xiaoya and became interested. After inquiring, this man was so domineering-

He has eleven concubines! He always marry one, stays for a few days, doesn't like it anymore, throws it up the mountain, and marry a new one.

Yi Shu was tickling when he heard it and said angrily: "What did he treat women like!"

Moreover, he is a super lazy man, and he needs people to feed him when eating. He walks and slides in and out of the carriage and rarely walks by himself!

Everyone is curious. The greater the power, the more you love it. Yi Shu is undoubtedly a woman who stands at the peak of power. She has experienced all the hardships she should have experienced. There are many strange people she has seen, but this is the first time she has heard of like Feng Xiaoya. Therefore, after the dead man who visited Feng Xiaoya sent back such a secret report, Yi Shu resolutely decided to choose Feng Xiaoya as the candidate for Wang Fu in Yan State.

In this way, the candidates were finalized. Only on the ninth day of the ninth month, eight young men gathered in Luwan and went to the Guiyuan Hall to fight against the male and female.

On the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, Feng Xiaoya came to Biguo and met Xue Cai.

Their plan is to cut off the big tree where the cancer is growing. Moreover, it must be done without realizing it.

This plan seems rough and simple, but after careful consideration, the success rate is very high. In order to increase the bargaining chips, Xue Cai bets Yifei.

In Cheng, the five major clans of Ma Wang, Zhou Yun and Yang were deeply rooted and their status could not be shaken. It was not so easy to defeat them and be elected as Wang Fu. However, if Yi Fei is here, it would be much easier.

First of all, except for Ma, the Wang family is Yishu's loyalty, and the Zhou Yun family are both fence-bearers who change their minds. Back then, they saw that the second prince Hanqi and the third prince Yifei were not good, so they turned to loyal to Yishu. If Yifei went back at this moment and the conditions offered were attractive enough, it would be very likely to win over the two families.

As for the Yang family, it was still in name only. Although it still had the title of aristocrat, it was sent to the neighboring island since three generations ago, and it was no different from ordinary people. However, this generation produced a wise man, Yang Hui, who started school and accepted apprentices everywhere, and had a great reputation among the people. However, this Yang Hui was very pedantic and believed that women were ruthless in proclaiming emperors. In order to show their generous love for talents, Yi Shu visited this "Cheng Guo version of Yan Rui", but was left behind by him and was brought to the laughing stock. If this person had not been too famous, he would have been killed long ago. Therefore, Yi Shu deliberately appointed his son Yang Shuo this time, probably either to please him again or to anger him to death. Everyone thinks that the latter is more likely.

In short, Xue Cai was bound to win the position of Wang Fu. But he also knew very well that Yi Fei was definitely not so easy to manipulate. So he first tried it. If Yi Fei agreed under the temptation of half of the interests of Chengguo, then this person would be abolished.

***

In the study, Xue Cai finished talking about the causes and consequences and looked at Yifei: "You did not disappoint me."

"Stop looking at me with a grandfather's expression of looking at my grandson with relief." Yi Fei disdained.

"If you really agree to the previous conditions, then we can't use you." Xue Cai smiled for the first time. Such a small face that pretended to be deep was a little bit of a child of this age when he smiled. "No desire is strong, and selfishness is slanted. This matter is too important. I don't want to make mistakes in choosing people from the beginning."

Yi Fei laughed: "So you think I have resisted the temptation and become trustworthy?"

"Actually..." Xue Cai said slowly, "I always think you can trust, but-"

"It's just a proof to me." Feng Xiaoya smiled slightly, "After all, I don't know you, nor do I know you."

Yi Fei was silent.

Feng Xiaoya and Xue Cai stopped talking and left him to think quietly alone.

After a long time, Yi Fei suddenly looked up and looked at Qiu Jiang: "Who is she?"

Qiu Jiang trembled, and deep down, the undercurrent was surging and swaying, and became uncomfortable again because of this explanation.

——The reason why Feng Xiaoya gave up on her was because she wanted to do such a big thing. He was indeed a good person.

If he is a good person... he is... a bad person.

Was I really a bastard?

Qiu Jiang's eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings. She wanted to see Feng Xiaoya's expression at the moment, but she didn't dare to see his expression at the moment.

"She is..." In his ears, he heard Feng Xiaoya's deliberately lowering voice, like a spider silk, tightly hanging her heart, and it would break at any time. Qiu Jiang's breathing stopped involuntarily.

Feng Xiaoya withdrew her gaze and returned to her calm expression: "She is my former concubine."

"Nothing else?" Yi Fei's eyes shined. "If you still lie to me, the so-called cooperation will end here."

Feng Xiaoya and Xue Cai exchanged glances.

Finally, Xue Cai spoke: "You know, just as the human trafficking organization is rooted in Chengguo, the best detailed work organization is also in Chengguo."

Qiu Jiang was shocked and had an ominous premonition.

"The organization is called Ruyimen, and the leader is a man named Ruyi. If the price is high enough, they can take on some commissions to make you fulfill your wish. Qiu Jiang..." Xue Cai looked at her, "It was the detailed work sent by Mrs. Ruyi to spy on Brother Feng's secret."

"You're talking nonsense!" Qiu Jiang immediately retorted, "Impossible! I'm not!"

Xue Cai ignored her protest and continued: "Someone wanted to dig out secrets from Brother Feng. So, Qiu Jiang appeared and became his eleventh concubine. She was with her side for half a year. She was discovered by Brother Feng and her identity was exposed..."

"You're talking nonsense! Impossible! Impossible!" Qiu Jiang rushed to Feng Xiaoya in panic and said anxiously, "You tell them that this is not the case, how could I do it carefully?"

Feng Xiaoya looked at her quietly. Although he didn't say a word, Qiu Jiang's heart was swaying, like duckweed hooked by water plants, and finally sank.

"You found out that you could not hide it anymore, so you simply framed Prime Minister Feng and Gong Xiaohui for having anger. Prime Minister Feng was forced to attack you. You were injured on the head and you didn't remember what happened before when you woke up. Brother Feng spared your life and sent you to Yunmeng Mountain. But you were still in your back and ran away silently. By chance, I came to my mansion. Brother Feng knew about it and asked me not to say it thoroughly, let you stay here for a long time." Xue Cai finished speaking in one breath, glanced at Feng Xiaoya and said, "Do you want me to speak more thoroughly for you?"

"No. This is the fact." Feng Xiaoya looked at Qiu Jiang coldly, "Do you have any questions?"

"You're talking nonsense, you're all liars! I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" Qiu Jiang shouted, turned his head and knocked open the door of the study and rushed out.

The three people in the room did not move and looked at each other.

Feng Xiaoya turned to Yifei: "So what about the third prince, do you have any questions?"

Yifei frowned: "Is she really doing it?"

"Mrs. Ruyi's direct disciple, codenamed Agate, is known as Qi'er, is smart and good at disguising, also known as Qianzhiniao."

Yi Fei said, "You still keep such a dangerous woman? Are you still so nervous to see me kill her?"

Feng Xiaoya's eyes flashed a few times, and she turned around and stopped talking.
To be continued...