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"Ha, the emperor's news is really fast and correct. The minister handled a case in Guangping Mansion, and the relevant criminals have ordered the Quang Binh Mansion to escort the capital."

"Why does Aiqing suddenly want to go to Guangping Mansion?"

"I was entrusted by others, but I didn't expect to have an unexpected harvest in the end"

Emperor Yongping's eyes lit up: "What kind of harvest?"

"About the people of the Western Regions"

"Are these aliens again?"

Obviously, Emperor Yongping was extremely repulsive to foreigners.

This is also understandable, because these aliens have always been eyeing the Central Plains and often provoke wars.

"Ok!"

Gu Ming nodded.

"Your Majesty, I have seen some clues about the strange events that happened in the dungeon."

"Really?" Emperor Yongping's eyes lit up: "That's great, I really didn't misunderstand the matter of Ai Qing. Is there someone colluding with the outside world?"

"After some inquiries by the minister, it is possible to rule out the possibility of the guards cooperating internally and externally. As for whether there are officials secretly cooperating, this remains to be verified.

The minister went into the prison to investigate carefully, and suspected that Ni Chenggui and Prince Qing also died at the hands of people from the Western Regions. "

"People from the Western Regions? Why are they again?"

Emperor Yongping's face became gloomy, and there was a strong murderous intent in his eyes.

"The emperor, to be precise, is a foreigner from the Western Regions.

In fact, the emperor does not mean that all the people from the Western Regions who came to the Central Plains have problems.

It's just that these people from the Western Regions have a relatively large proportion of people who have misbehavior. In addition, the culture and philosophy of the two sides are quite different, so it is difficult for them to integrate into each other. "

"Then what should I do? I can't drive them all away, can I? That would be a loss to my style of the Great Yan Dynasty."

"This is indeed an unsolvable problem. The demeanor of a great country must be maintained. At the same time, our Great Yan Dynasty cannot close the country and stand still.

Although the countries in the Western Regions are far behind our Great Yan in terms of industry, agriculture, and military, there are still some things worth learning and learning from.

There is also the exchange of materials between the two sides, which is of great benefit to the development of the Great Yan Dynasty in general. "

"I understand all these reasons. The key is just as Ai Qing said, these aliens are too dishonest, and they have brought a lot of losses and even threats to my Great Yan Dynasty.

That's all, let's not talk about this, how did Aiqing judge the cause of death of Ni Chenggui and his wife? "

"Ni Chenggui turned into a puddle of water, and Lord Qing turned into a pile of ashes. Under normal circumstances, if you want to make a person like this, there must be a lot of trouble.

However, there are so many guards present, none of them heard anything."

"Could it be that these guards have been tricked? For example, they were drugged or fell into some evil spell, so they don't know what happened?"

Gu Ming shook his head: "I can be sure of this, no! Because I have interrogated them one by one.

If they had been under a spell, or had been drugged, there must have been a gap in their memory.

However, after the minister's questioning, everyone's confessions were connected together, and there was a blank paragraph.

At the same time, I also randomly checked a few people, and found no drug residues in the body, or signs of witchcraft. "

"Well, I believe in Aiqing's ability. It's just that I still can't figure it out. Since all the guards are sober and there is no internal response, how did the murderer do it?"

"It's very simple. The murderer didn't sneak into the prison of the two at all, so it was difficult to find."

"Huh? Didn't sneak in? Then how did you kill Ni Chenggui and the two? And make the corpses so weird?"

Gu Ming thought for a while, and said: "It's hard for me to say what the specific method is.

But I can be sure that it is a method of the Western Regions, a kind of incantation similar to witchcraft.

Judging from the technique, the murderer may be one person, or two.

The murderer did not sneak into the prison, but most likely entered the sky prison, and then cast secret spells in secret

There is even a possibility that Ni Chenggui and Prince Qing have already fallen under the spell, and the other party has sneaked into the dungeon. It only needs a simple small spell to activate the spell in their bodies, so that the spells in their bodies The surgery took place instantly, and it turned into pus and ashes before there was even a scream."

Hearing this, Emperor Yongping frowned and thought for a while, then nodded thoughtfully.

"Aiqing's analysis is quite possible. In fact, during this period of time, I have been thinking about a question. The emperor has always followed the rules, why is he suddenly trying to take over my country?

And Ni Chenggui, Lord Jingguo also discussed this matter with me.

He has never believed that Ni Chenggui would do such a rebellious thing, including me.

After what Aiqing said, I seem to have figured out one thing. Perhaps, the two of them were coerced or bewitched, and that's why they did something they couldn't help themselves. "

Gu Ming nodded: "Well, this possibility is very high. Xin Jiuniang also said this at the time, and suspected that someone from the Western Regions was secretly helping Prince Qing."

"Yes, yes, Ai Qing said this, but we didn't pay enough attention to it at the time.

Now that this is confirmed, the answer is ready to come.”

Speaking of this, Emperor Yongping paused for a moment, and then said murderously: "Aiqing, it seems that the people from the Western Regions in this capital should clean up."

"Your Majesty, in fact, I already have some clues, which is what I said before going to Guangping Mansion.

In Guangping Mansion, Chen captured a foreigner from the Western Regions named Abu.

After some interrogation, this person finally confessed some details, he is a small leader of the Sacred Fire Sect."

"Sacred Fire Cult?"

Hearing this word, Emperor Yongping couldn't help being stunned.

"That's right, it's the mysterious organization that has taken root in the Western Regions for thousands of years."

At this time, Emperor Yongping seemed to be agitated, and he snapped at the desk: "This damned heretic, no matter how powerful it is in the Western Regions, if it dares to make trouble in my Great Yan Dynasty, I will definitely not let them go!"

Gu Ming nodded: "Well, it's natural, otherwise these guys will only become more and more rampant. However, I don't understand a little bit."

"I love you, but it's okay to say."

"Your Majesty, I believe you also know some legends about the Holy Fire Cult.

This organization has been passed down in the Western Regions for thousands of years. Up to now, it is hard to imagine how far they have developed, nor can they imagine how much wealth they have accumulated.

But one thing is, this organization has never had much influence in the Central Plains, and many people don't even know its existence.

This time, there was such a big battle all of a sudden, and they even secretly controlled my ministers to plan a mutiny. What is the purpose of their sudden and crazy behavior?

If, say, the mutiny was successful, what role would they play in it? "

Hearing these words, Emperor Yongping said solemnly: "What Aiqing means, is it that they want to support a puppet to be in power, so as to gradually erode the world?"

Gu Ming couldn't help but sighed: "I can't rule out the possibility. I'm thinking that they have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Could it be that they are setting up an eternal situation and waiting for the opportunity to rule the world?"

Hearing this, Emperor Yongping's face changed in shock: "Aiqing, I'm afraid this is impossible, right? It took thousands of years to lay out a plan, do they really have the ability and patience?"

Gu Ming shook his head: "Your Majesty, I'm just making a hypothesis, the rebellion incident may be accidental to some extent, but it cannot be completely ruled out that it is a layout of the other party.

It is a miracle in itself that an organization can be passed down for thousands of years.

According to the legend, the person who founded the Sacred Fire Cult was a high priest. If this person is really proficient in the art of Tianyan, then it is not impossible to arrange a thousand-year situation. "

"This"

Emperor Yongping couldn't help but frowned and thought hard.

After thinking for a while, his face couldn't help becoming more dignified.

"Ai Qing, if your guess is true, then this organization is really terrible.

Although their plan failed this time, there must be another move, or a preliminary plan.

This is a huge hidden danger that endangers the foundation of our Great Yan Dynasty."

When he said this, Emperor Yongping paused for a while, and then asked solemnly: "Is there any way, Aiqing, to prevent future troubles forever?"

"Forever trouble?"

"Correct!"

Gu Ming thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to eliminate future troubles forever, you can only cut grass and roots and completely disintegrate this organization.

However, the foundation of the Sacred Fire Cult is in the Western Regions, what does the emperor mean?"

Gu Ming subconsciously glanced at the emperor, wanting to observe the changes in his expression.

"Aiqing, if you have something to say, you might as well say it boldly!"

These words finally made Gu Ming guess what Emperor Yongping was thinking: he wanted to take this opportunity to expand the territory and conquer the Western Regions.

Only by bringing the Western Regions into the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty can we fundamentally attack the Sacred Fire Sect.Otherwise, they can only defend passively, and the ghost knows when and what tricks the opponent will play.

From this point of view, Emperor Yongping didn't make up his mind temporarily, maybe he had such thoughts before, but he just couldn't make up his mind, or lacked an opportunity.

This time, the opportunity finally came.

"Could it be that the emperor wants to conquer the countries of the Western Regions?"

"Gu Aiqing is the one who knows me!" Emperor Yongping smiled and nodded: "If we don't conquer the Western Regions, then we will always be in a state of being beyond our reach. How can we talk about cutting grass and roots?"

"Well, that's the truth."

"It's just that once this battle is fought, I don't know how many years it will take, and the consumption is quite astonishing. I don't know how many ministers in the court are against it."

Gu Ming smiled and said: "It's natural, who doesn't want to live a leisurely life? Not only the ministers in the court, but the common people don't want to fight.

After all, once a war breaks out, many people will be displaced and their wives will be separated. "

"According to what Aiqing means, you are also unwilling to go to war?"

"Your Majesty, in theory, no one wants to fight. However, the premise is that the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, the nomadic tribes in the north and countries in the Western Regions frequently provoke troubles, and my Great Yan Dynasty has been passively defending.

In the long run, it will undoubtedly consume a huge amount of national power for my Great Yan Dynasty.

At the same time, it will also boost the arrogance of the enemy country, thinking that our Great Yan is strong at the outside and at the center.Therefore, it is indeed necessary to hit him hard and beat him to death."

"Haha, I knew Ai Qing would support me."

Emperor Yongping suddenly laughed happily.

"However, Your Majesty, as far as I know, since your Majesty ascended the throne, there have been almost no interruptions in large or small border wars, and the consumption of troops, food and grass has been extremely high.

Therefore, the current reserves of various parties may not be sufficient to support the launch of a protracted war”

Emperor Yongping nodded: "Well, I know this, even if you want to send troops, you have to prepare for two years to reserve some troops and food."

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"Your Majesty, in my opinion, if you really want to go to war, you might as well change your tactics."

"Oh? What's your opinion, Ai Qing?"

Emperor Yongping asked enthusiastically.

Gu Ming explained: "If we continue to use conventional tactics, we will not only need a large amount of conscription, but also a large amount of food and grass.

In this way, it will not only waste people and money, but also reveal the emperor's intentions prematurely, allowing countries in the Western Regions to take precautionary measures in advance. "

Emperor Yongping asked suspiciously: "Then what is the tactic Aiqing said?"

"To put it simply, it is a variety of combat methods, open warfare, secret warfare, alienation, and win over. In a word, it is to strive to achieve the ultimate goal with the least number of people and the smallest cost."

In just one sentence, it contains too much information.

Emperor Yongping felt that there was something going on, and hurriedly said: "Aiqing might as well explain it in detail."

"Um"

Gu Ming nodded.

"First of all, special operations forces must be established as quickly as possible, and all aspects of tactical training must be carried out, so that each of them can stand alone."

"A group of skilled craftsmen was dispatched from the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time, some were recruited from the private sector, and an ordnance department was secretly formed to tailor some special weapons for special operations forces.

For example, the current firecrackers are improved to make them more portable, have a longer range, and are more powerful.”

"While we are making preparations, we must also cause chaos in the countries of the Western Regions, such as sending experts to infiltrate the Western Regions, and use methods such as assassination, win-win, and alienation to create chaos.

In this way, they can not only distract their attention, but also consume their troops and supplies."