Xuanyuan Po naturally did not doubt what Qi Ning said. Although he was extremely sad about Ximen Wuhen's death, he quickly thought in his heart that when Ximen Wuhen left, the Shenhou Mansion would be without a leader, and the various sects in the martial arts world would likely be turbulent.

Now that the Chu army is heading north to attack Han, the court's attention is all in the north, so it is difficult to take into account the forces in the rivers and lakes. The responsibility of the Shenhou Mansion is to favor the various factions in the rivers and lakes for the court. If the turmoil in the Jianghu Mansion at this time leads to the turmoil in the court, the Shenhou Mansion will definitely be to blame.

He knew very well that for many years, all the sects in the world have been respectful to the Shenhou Mansion, which is nothing more than the existence of Ximen Wuhen.

Once the news of Ximen Wuhen’s death spread, it would be easy to cause trouble. After pondering for a moment, he finally asked: “How many people know about this matter, Duke, the Lord of God, how many people still know about this?”

"The Lord Shen passed away on the Great Snow Mountain. I carried his body down the mountain and handed it over to Hongmendao." Qi Ning said: "Hongmendao brought the Lord Shen's body back to Beijing. He would definitely keep it secret, but... Someone saw it at that time, and I'm afraid they would spread it privately."

"Fifth Junior Brother?" Xuanyuan Po was stunned: "Fifth Junior Brother has also gone to Daxue Mountain?"

Qi Ning nodded slightly and said solemnly: "The Zhuri Temple was burned by the leader of the sect, and the Dharma King of Zhuri was also killed by the Black Lotus Master."

Xuanyuan said in a silence: "Is the Dharma King Zhu Ri dead?" He was shocked.

Qi Ning said: "I can survive, but it is actually a blessing for the leader. When the Dharma King Zhuri killed the God Marquis and wanted to attack me, fortunately the leader appeared and I survived from death."

"So that's it." Xuanyuan Po thought: "The ancient elephant kingdom rarely interacts with me. The news between them is blocked. Even if they know that the Lord Shen has passed away, the news will not be quickly spread to the Central Plains. And even if the news comes, the Central Plains martial arts world may not really believe the news of those lamas. As long as the court conceals the news of the Lord Shen’s passing, there is no conclusive evidence from the various sects in the martial arts world, then they will not be sure that the Lord Shen has left." After pondering slightly, they continued: "The top priority is that the Lord Shen’s mansion must deal with it well. This matter cannot be concealed all the time. If the forces in the martial arts world really know that the Lord Shen’s mansion has passed away."

Qi Ning said: "That's what it should be."

"Duke, it seems that I will rush back to the capital as soon as possible." Xuanyuan Po said seriously.

Qi Ning said: "I have been leaving the northwest for several months. I don't know what the situation is now. First, I will go to Chengdu and learn about the situation. At that time, we will divide the troops into two groups. You can rush back to the capital as soon as possible. I will turn back to the northwest." After thinking for a while, I said: "Yin Wuji and Anau are leaving, but the Xiang Gang leader needs careful diagnosis and treatment, so if you are convenient, secretly bring Xiang uncle back to Beijing, I will write a letter. You will bring the letter and uncle Xiang to the capital and hand it over to my mansion."

Xuanyuan said, "The Duke of the Kingdom will do as he told me." He asked again, "Duke of the Kingdom, that Xiaodie girl..."

"Xiaodie is willing to follow me to the northwest, so I will be with me." Qi Ning said: "There will be nothing to do with me."

Xuanyuan Po nodded, thinking about Ximen Wuhen’s death, his heart felt sad again, but he was not in his expression of joy and anger. Although he was sad, he did not show it too much in front of others.

That night, Anau left with Yin Wuji. Xuanyuan Po hired a coachman with a lot of money in the town. Anau accompanied Yin Wuji to leave. Qi Ning knew that he would be together this time and didn't know when he would meet again in the future. He could only let the two of them find themselves if they arrived in the capital.

After seeing off Yin Wuji and Anau, Qi Ning and others did not delay and took advantage of the car to Chengdu overnight.

Along the way, Xuanyuan Po and Qi Ning took turns driving, traveling day and night. In less than three days, they had already arrived at Chengdu Prefecture City. Before entering the city, Xiang Baiying immediately told him not to take him to the official palace.

Qi Ning knew that Xiang Baiying had no big favors for the government, and it was natural that he did not have any contact with the government. Therefore, after entering the city, he did not go directly to the governor's mansion, but first found an inn and arranged Xiang Baiying and Xiaodie, and then went to the governor's mansion with Xuanyuan Po.

He was already very familiar with the governor's mansion. When Wei Shutong learned that Qi Ning had arrived, he hurried out to greet him. When he saw Qi Ning and Xuanyuan Po were together, he was quite surprised. After leading the two into the hall, he felt relieved and said, "God blesses, the country is fair and safe. This is really great." He took out a secret letter from his sleeve and whispered: "The Duke of the State has been missing for a long time. The emperor sent someone to send a secret decree a month ago, ordering the officials to station troops and accumulate grain in Hanzhong. If there is any change in the northwest, he can receive it at any time." He presented the secret letter, and Qi Ning took it and glanced a few times. It was indeed the emperor's secret decree.

The content of the secret order was just as Wei Shutong said, and the secret order was that Wei Shutong mobilized troops and horses to gather in Hanzhong, and even hoarded food and fodder in Hanzhong. This was because he was worried that there would be changes in the northwest after Qi Ning disappeared, so he was prepared. Once there was turmoil in the northwest, the troops and horses gathered in Hanzhong could pass through the Qinling Mountains to the northwest to provide assistance at any time.

"The officials had already stored enough food and fodder in Hanzhong, and received the order from the Ministry of War to mobilize troops to garrison in Hanzhong." Wei Shu said, "Where has the Duke been there in the past? It really made the emperor anxious."

After Qi Ning knew that Duan Canghai could hide it for ten days and half a month after he disappeared in the northwest, but after a long time, even Duan Canghai would not dare to continue hiding it. He must have reported it to the court in an urgent manner. After the young emperor learned about this, he would definitely make arrangements quickly.

"What is the current situation in the northwest?" Qi Ning is only worried about the serious consequences of the northwest due to his disappearance, and is extremely concerned about the current situation in the northwest.

Wei Shu said: "Don't worry, Duke, now Duan Canghai is in the northwest. In order to make a decision, the court transferred Hanzhong prefect Ban Yun directly to the northwest to assist General Duan. In addition, dozens of officials were quickly dispatched from the court to the northwest to take office. Fortunately, the dispatch was properly arranged, and there was no major chaos in the northwest."

Qi Ningkuan thought about it. He knew that Hanzhong prefect Ban Yun was a capable man who could fight and dismount and govern the people. With Ban Yun assisting Duan Canghai, and the officials appointed by the court, he could at least control the situation in the northwest.

"Mr. Wei, what's the war on the front line?" Xuanyuan Po asked from the side: "Where has the Qinhuai Legion fought?"

Wei Shu said: "The Qinhuai Legion has conquered the three counties of Northern Han and stationed in Dingtao. A large area of ​​land north of the Huai River is under the control of our Great Chu, but...!" After a slight pause, he continued: "However, the Huai River has been cut off and the logistics can no longer keep up. General Yue can only use war to support the war."

Qi Ning felt a little nervous and asked anxiously: "What's the situation?"

Wei Shu said: "The officials did not fully understand the specific situation, and the information they received was quite strange. Duke, originally, I went north to attack the Han Dynasty and the coalition forces of Qi, but for some reason, I got the news that Linzi of Qi was actually captured by our army, but the Prince of Dongqi took his men to escape. They wanted to escape from the sea, but were intercepted by our Donghai Navy. However, Shentuluo's East Rise Navy defeated our Donghai Navy. The Donghai Navy lost more than ten warships and was almost wiped out... After the Dongqi people controlled the waters, they immediately launched an attack on my grain ships in the Huaihe River, taking away a lot of food and grass."

"The East China Sea Navy was defeated?" Qi Ning said in surprise.

Wei Shu said: "When the Qinhuai army headed north, a strange army took advantage of the Qi army attacking Puyang in the Northern Han Dynasty and rushed into Qi. The Donghai Navy cooperated to block the waterway. Qi was empty and caught off guard. Linzi fell. Before our army entered the Dongqi Palace, the Dongqi people had already burned the palace. Afterwards, the Dongqi king's body was found, but the Prince of Dongqi led his men to escape in the chaos." sighed: "Ten thousand soldiers and horses in the East Qi were unable to return to the rescue, and Maling Mountain was also under our control. They captured Puyang and are now defending Puyang. It is said that the Prime Minister of Dongqi Linghu Xu led his troops to defend in Puyang. After Shentuluo defeated our Donghai Navy, he had been controlling the waters. The court was trying to find a way to deal with Shentuluo's navy."

Qi Ning knew that the strange strategy he had decided at the beginning was to attack Dongqi and Northwest. The northwest road was successful, but there were obviously problems with the plan for Dongqi.

Although the Chu army captured the capital of Dongqi, it did not completely defeat the people of Dongqi. The main force of Qi captured Puyang, and Shentu Luo's navy defeated the Donghai Navy. In other words, the water and land armies of the Dongqi people were still not defeated. What's more important is that the prince of Dongqi Duan Shao did not die, so he gave the people of Dongqi people the hope of restoring the country. When the Northern Han Dynasty launched a large army to attack Dongqi and eventually returned in disgrace, could it be that the Chu State would also suffer the consequences of its defeat this time?

"If Duan Shao does not die, the people of Dongqi will not surrender so easily." Xuanyuan Po frowned and said, "The State of Qi has two states, Qingxu, and only captured Linzi, but cannot completely control the people of Dongqi. As long as Duan Shao does not die for a day, the people of Qi will definitely bring us trouble."

"But the court has ordered the people on both sides of the Huai River to evacuate." Wei Shutong sighed: "It was another repetition after the Qinhuai War, in order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields and prevent Shen Tuluo from replenishing supplies. Shen Tuluo only had the navy cruising on the sea without logistics supply, and the food and fodder needed to be plundered. As long as he had no food to take away, he would naturally be defeated without any attack." After hesitating for a moment, he said softly: "According to the war reports, Wuxiang Hou... seems to have also died in the fire of the Eastern Palace!"

Qi Ning felt a chill and said in a lost voice: "Su Zhen... is dead?"

When Su Zixuan was given a marriage to the prince of Dongqi, Su Zhen personally sent his daughter to Dongqi. Since then, he has been stranded in Dongqi and has not returned to the country. The news is that Dongqi is attentive to treat the Marquis of Wuxiang. Su Zhen is not a capable minister in Chu State, and few people are too concerned about staying in Dongqi. Unexpectedly, he died in Dongqi this time.

Although Qi Ning had a bad impression of Su Zhen, he felt quite at ease when he thought of this man dying in a foreign country.
Chapter completed!