After recent explanations and negotiations, this mission that nominally celebrated the birthday of the Empress Dowager Zhou was escorted to Chu County, Chuzhou Prefecture. Chuzhou Chief Secretary came forward to resettle the mission, and hundreds of officers and soldiers and yamen runners were sent to guard the resettlement site, mainly because the local officials did not want to cause trouble.

After knowing that Lin Feng was Xiaodie, Lin Feng naturally became Lu Qi's personal soldier. Lu Qi came to Zhou State to bring five guards, namely Tan Yan, Hua Tao, Jiang Yu, Li Wu, Gao Song, and Lu Qi did not bring any brothers from the Warrior Army. They were mainly the martial arts of the Warrior Army brothers, and there were few masters.

In the inn, Lu Qi ordered the five guards to go to rest by themselves. He had already stated that Lin Feng was his relative, and Lin Feng would be responsible for serving him in the future. The guards would be able to protect him.

After entering the guest room with Xiaodie, Lu Qi walked carefully to see if there were any eavesdropping and secret passages. The prince lived next door and could respond in time. However, Lu Qi knew in his heart that the possibility of the prince being assassinated was very low, and neither Tang nor Zhou had the motivation to kill the prince.

Xiaodie was not so cautious about anything, but went to the bed and looked at the bed, then sat on the bed and looked at Lu Qi. Lu Qi looked at it for a while and walked to the bed, turned around and sat next to Xiaodie, and hugged Xiaodie with his right arm.

"Xiaodie, your disguise technique is really amazing." Lu Qi laughed softly.

"I am an assassin, of course I have to learn how to disguise." Xiaodie said softly, but her red lips did not move.

"Assassin? Are you an assassin there?" Lu Qi asked gently. He thought Xiaodie was an assassin trained by Prince Yong's mansion.

"I won't talk about it for now. I want to know what Qilang is thinking?" Xiaodie said in a soft voice.

"What am I thinking? Which aspect are you asking?" Lu Qi responded gently.

"It is because you have ruled Shezhou. What will your plan be in the future? Will you join Jin State? Or you already join Jin State." Xiaodie said in a soft voice.

Lu Qi was stunned, and then looked at the door silently. He didn't know whether he should tell Xiaodie the truth. After a while, he said gently: "Xiaodie, what do you want me?"

"It's very simple. I am your woman, so I will naturally think about my husband. If my husband joins Jin State, I will also join Jin State. If my husband does not join Jin State, I can choose to join Zhou State in the future." Xiaodie replied in a soft voice.

Lu Qiyi looked at Xiaodie in shock and said unexpectedly: "Return to Zhou Kingdom? Xiaodie, are you not the assassin of the Yong Prince's Mansion?"

"No, both Nu and his adopted father were secret spies of Zhou. When his adopted father was ordered to lurk in Tang, he was able to rescue Nu from Wanhua Tower." Xiaodie replied in a soft voice.

Lu Qi nodded clearly, and Xiaodie said softly: "I was very valuable back then. In order to save me, my adoptive father took a pill for me and Dieyi, which made me and Dieyi feel like I had lupus. After Master Li taught me the innate merit to turn poison. As a result, I successfully used the power of the elixir to cultivate innate merit. But Dieyi was very unfortunate. She had never cultivated innate merit, but the elixir was rampant and ended up in a miserable state. I also asked my adoptive father to secretly take in Dieyi, but Master Li refused. At that time, I had no right to speak at that time."

"Who is Lord Li?" Lu Qi asked.

"Mr. Li is the chief spy in Tang State. He is a master of innate martial arts. His official position in Zhou State is the attendant of Sanqi, General Baoxin, the imperial guard of the emperor in Zhou State's palace." Xiaodie replied in a soft voice.

Lu Qi nodded and asked, "How many secret spies in Zhou State are there in Tang State?"

"I don't know the specific slaves. There are probably two or three hundred people, most of them lurking in Jiangning. The main plan that lurked back then was to cause chaos in the Tang Dynasty, so I have been trying to get close to the Yong Prince's Mansion. I wanted to assassinate Li Guozhu when the opportunity came, and then supported Yong Prince. However, there were too many variables, which made the original plan fall into a havoc." Xiaodie replied.

Lu Qi nodded and said, "I always thought that you and uncle were forces of the Yong Palace."

"I am not from Zhou, but I am a secret spy from Zhou. The adoptive father meant that you could join Zhou, but I had different ideas. I just wanted to act with my husband." Xiaodie confessed in a soft voice.

Lu Qixin hugged Xiaodie warmly and said gently: "Xiaodie, my original plan was to look for an opportunity to leave after crossing the river, and quietly return to Jin State. After thinking deeply, he wanted to go to Zhou State to learn about the national conditions of Zhou State."

"So, you have already surrendered to Jin State." Xiaodie said quietly in a quiet voice.

"It's not that I am surrendering to the king of Jin, Lu Tianfeng, I am King Lu Bing of Jin." Lu Qi replied in a low voice.

"What? You? Did you establish Jin State?" Xiaodie whispered in surprise.

"Yes, don't you believe it?" Lu Qi smiled and said, feeling proud in his heart.

"How is that possible? If you have the opportunity to establish Jin State, have you already had a strong foundation?" Xiaodie questioned in a soft voice.

In fact, she had read the investigation records about Lu Qi. Not to mention her previous experience, she started to suppress bandits. After the war in Jurong County and Changzhou, Lu Qi went to Maoshan to recuperate and soon returned to Shitai County to worship his ancestors. After worshiping his ancestors, he was transferred to the western magistrate. Lu Qi had time to establish the vast Jin State.

Lu Qiyi smiled and whispered: "I had any strong background in the past? The establishment of Jin State was when I borrowed the Jiang** army to carry troops to attack Suzhou during the Battle of Changzhou. After I got Suzhou, I had the foundation and support to establish Jin State. For a long time, I didn't have much time to participate in the establishment and governance of Jin State, so I always rely on Xin Qiner, the commander of the Central Government, and took charge of military affairs in my name."

Xiaodie nodded and said, "So you once had a surprise attack to occupy Suzhou."

"Yes, after I occupied Wu County, Suzhou, I used the method of changing generals to surrender the Central Wu army of Yue. Later, I went to the west to be the county magistrate, and then I had the idea of ​​developing forces in the west. I used the sea ships of the Jiang** Army to carry 80,000 troops to station Haizhou in the west, which was Liuqiu Island, and then attacked and destroyed the Qingyuan Army and the Min Kingdom, laying the possibility of establishing the Jin Kingdom." Lu Qi said with a feeling of emotion.

Think about it, every decision he made was to deal with the crisis. At first, it was forced by the threat of the Tang and Yue countries, and later it was added with Zhou and Chu countries. The pace of founding the country was forced by the crisis and could not stop and overcome all obstacles. The rise of Jin was a miracle, but the price was constant gambling.

Xiaodie nodded in belief, stunned for a while, then said softly: "Jin State is now a big country. If you are no longer in Jin State, you can be in chaos."

"Of course, people I trust will not be in chaos, but the most important thing is that I have given the generous treatment of Jin State." Lu Qi said gently.

Xiaodie nodded in a daze and whispered: "Qilang, many people suspect that you have a relationship with Jin State, but almost no one will think that you are the King of Jin. The reason is that if Jin State does not have the King of Jin State, it will be in chaos. Moreover, your background is ordinary, so people think that it is possible to establish a huge Jin State in a short period of time."

Lu Qi nodded and said, "The establishment of Jin State is actually the result of my constant gambling. I have no time to be in Jin State myself, so I have always been an extremely trustworthy employer, and the people I use are all military talents, so I have always been able to win."

Xiaodie looked at Lu Qi and said softly: "A famous general with insufficient human hearts and talented military talents will become an ambitious hero after being in charge of heavy troops for a long time. I think Qilang shouldn't have been careless."

Lu Qi smiled and said confidently: "Xiaodie, if you go to Jin State, you will know how prestige I, Lu Tianfeng, has reached. Moreover, the current military power of Jin State, except for a few brothers who are loyal to me, is the only one who commands tens of thousands of troops, and the rest of the military power is the decentralized system of the military government. Today, Jin State has entered the stability of the reign of the rule."

Xiaodie nodded, and Lu Qi said gently again: "In fact, the State of Yue has been secretly destroyed by me. If I enter the State of Tang, it will not be difficult."

Xiaodie looked at Lu Qi in shock, and after a few seconds, she said softly: "Qilang keeps Tang Kingdom, probably because he is concerned about Zhou Kingdom."

Lu Qi smiled and said gently: "Yes, Jin State was first established, and the northerners were more brave and good at fighting than the southerners. If Jin State showed its edge and unified the south of the river, Zhou State would have unwillingly moved south."

"So you want to go to the capital of Zhou State to see it, but you shouldn't have taken the risk for the King of Jin." Xiaodie said in a soft voice.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's son?" Lu Qi replied with a smile.
Chapter completed!