Cultivation starts with time management

Even if an illegitimate son is in power, he is better than this traitor who ignores his family!

Thinking of this, Qilin Patriarch finally made up his mind, and said in a cold voice:

"Since this child has inherited Qi Weihuan's blood, in order to become the next Qilin patriarch, he must enter the realm of the demon king within a thousand years! You and Patriarch Baihu say this is the bottom line of our Qilin clan!"

"My concubine kowtows to the patriarch!" Lu Ya was overjoyed, and quickly fell to the ground and kowtowed, not forgetting to forcibly press down the children beside her.

The illegitimate son's cultivation level is not high, his spiritual intelligence is not yet mature, and he doesn't know what happened, but Lu Ya forced his head to grab the ground. Under the pain, he couldn't help but helplessly shed tears.

Is Chapter 76 another new character?

After a few more days, Long Long and Long Hu who were trapped in the basement were finally picked up.

The patriarch Qin Bei frowned, and the two great elders were even more expressionless, and received them in the living room.

After the Qilin guards left, Qin Beiwang calmed down and said gently:

"During this time, I have wronged you."

"No grievance, no grievance." Long Long immediately said hypocritically, "Suddenly encountered an assassination incident, and the clan was caught off guard."

"The Qilin clan imprisoned us, after all, under the pretext of protecting our lives, and it was difficult for the clan to deal with it in a short period of time. As for our escape now, we must thank the clan for their many external mediations during this period."

The patriarch and the two elders looked at each other for a moment, and were shocked by Long Long's profound understanding of righteousness and gratitude.

Dragons are tyrannical, especially young dragons.If it were any other junior of the Dragon Clan, who had been imprisoned for so many days either to vent their anger on the clan, or to seek an explanation from the Qilin Clan, how could they be as calm and composed as Long Long?

"It's great that you can think so." Qin Beiwang was relieved, so he gave up his original plan, and explained directly to the two of them, "Actually, after the day you were assassinated, Qi Weihuan used to protect you For the sake of safety, I will take you away without any explanation, the clan is really not prepared at all."

"Actually, the reason why Qi Weihuan did this is because he took a fancy to your bloodline."

What, are you greedy for the body of my fox?Long Long immediately flew into a rage, but then reacted wrongly.

Because the patriarch and the two elders were not looking at Longhu, but themselves.

What?Someone is greedy for my Longlong's body!Only then did Longhu realize that his face was pale and frosty, and he was very angry.

"Longhu is the heir of that person. Originally, the clan thought that the Qilin clan was interested in Longhu." Qin Beiwang explained awkwardly, "It's just that from the follow-up negotiations, Qilin seems to be interested in Longhu's background." The background is quite fearful, and even asked us to downplay her identity and not publicize it to the outside world."

Long Long was silent for a moment, and after thinking about it, he understood his statement effortlessly.

If you were another monster race, you would certainly hope to borrow the title of "Yinglong's Daughter" from Longhu to add some legal rationality to yourself.

However, the Qilin family has been an imperial family for many years and has established its own legal rationality. If it is incorporated into the legal rationality of the previous dynasty through marriage, it is hard to say which one has more advantages or disadvantages.

Qi Weihuan himself is not a tolerant person, so he directly expressed the emperor's attitude to Canglong:

First, Longhu's identity is not allowed to be publicly publicized, and the royal family will not admit it in any form.

If the Dragon Clan does not handle this properly, it will undoubtedly be regarded by the Qilin Clan as a vain attempt to meddle in the throne.

Second, Qi Weihuan is willing to marry his youngest daughter Qi Yingzhu to Long Long as his wife.

Qi Yingzhu's bloodline is not as high as Longlong's, so the Qilin family must have taken advantage of the heirs and got a better bloodline for nothing.

But the Qilin clan is an imperial clan after all, if Long Long becomes the emperor's son-in-law or His Majesty's son-in-law, he will get a lot of benefits politically, and he can even serve as an important link to strengthen the relationship between the Canglong clan and the Qilin clan, in terms of connections and status are more beneficial.

In Qi Weihuan's view, these two proposals to the Dragon Clan can be regarded as a combination of grace and power, quite like "giving a sweet date with a stick".

It was impossible for the Dragon Clan to create momentum for Longhu in a short period of time, and there would be no loss if she was temporarily hidden in the snow; and Long Long's giving his wife to Qi Yingzhu did not mean that Long Long could not reproduce with other concubines. The Qilin clan strengthens relationships, so strictly speaking it is a small profit for the Dragon clan.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't understand the internal affairs of the Dragon Clan, and he doesn't know that the Dragon Clan actually wants to assign Qin Ye to be his wife... small profit?Not necessarily!

After hearing Qin Beiwang's explanation, Long Long was also deeply moved.

The background of my fox is really sensitive, so that everyone has a lot of scruples about her. In the end, she is not as popular as me—whether the Canglong clan or the Qilin clan, don’t they all look at my blood in the end?

But Longhu gritted his teeth when he heard this, and he hated the entire Qilin clan in his heart.

Steal a man from me?Very good, from now on I will be sworn to death with you!

Seeing Longhu's angry expression, Qin Bei would naturally not be so stupid as to say "the clan has been discussing seriously for a few days", let alone admit that it was because of this discussion that the time to pick up the two of them was delayed. God...he changed the topic, sighed and said:

"It's just that no matter what the original proposal is, it's impossible to count now."

"You guys don't know... just a few days ago, that His Majesty passed away."

Long Long: ...

Dragon Fox: ...

No, we knew it, and we knew it before you did - listening to him die right there!

The two didn't speak, Qin Beiwang regarded their silence as shock, and continued to sigh:

"The Qilin family said that His Majesty was assassinated, but who can assassinate the emperor in the Dragon Tower guarded by layers of guards?"

"Before the assassination, the assassin poisoned Qi Weihuan and called it 'Cold Mist and Crimson Cloud Saliva'. This is the secret poison of our dragon clan. If the person who takes it is not a dragon clan, his skills will be lost in a short period of time. Even immortals are hard to escape. It was found in His Majesty's flagon..."

"The blade that stabbed His Majesty was 'Purple Scale and Sharp Teeth', but it was the weapon of the Flood Dragon Clan back then. It has the evil power of destroying the armor and destroying the body, and it has been lost for many years... If someone says that it was hidden by our Canglong Clan, How can we justify it?"

"Why do you need to justify this matter?" Long Long said hehe, "Who would use his own weapons to assassinate His Majesty and leave the evidence at the scene? Those who don't want to believe it will naturally not believe it. If they are hostile to our Dragon Clan, even if we will When the evidence is clearly presented, the other party will try to throw dirty water on us, so what's the use of making excuses?"

"The most important thing now is not the outside world's speculation about the murderer, but the judgment of the Qilin family."

"If the Qilin clan pretends not to understand, and insists on using this kind of flawed evidence to bite our dragon clan, that will be a really troublesome thing."

Qin Beiwang looked at Longlong with a complicated expression, and said after a long while:

"You're right. Now the Qilin clan's condition is to betroth that Qi Yingzhu to you."

Dragon Fox:! ! !

Regardless of Longhu who was about to explode, Qin Beiwang shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"As long as you enter into a marriage contract with Qi Yingzhu, the Qilin clan will announce their status as assassins to the outside world, and it has nothing to do with our dragon clan—I heard that this is what the empress meant."

"The queen..." Longhu immediately became angry, and was about to point out that the queen was the murderer who killed the emperor, but was interrupted by Long Long, "I, Long Long, what virtue can I do, but that majesty And why do you insist on marrying his daughter to me?"

"On the surface, it is His Majesty's will." Qin Beiwang replied, "Actually..."

In fact, it is naturally greedy for your blood.

However, Long Long didn't think so.

He knew who was the murderer who killed the emperor, and he knew better that the reason why Lu Ya chose to do this was to take the opportunity to tie the Dragon Clan into the mother and son's chariot.

After all, both Queen Lu Ya and Qilin Patriarch have already decided that Qi Weihong, Qilin Prince of Beizhou, is almost certain to rebel.

Chapter 77 Long Long is in Politics Class

In the hall, the atmosphere was rather awkward.

Longhu had already gritted his teeth in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't blame the clan for this matter, so he could only keep silent and act dull.

The patriarch Qin Beiwang and the two great elders also saw that Longhu was very unhappy, so they comforted her one after another, claiming that the clan would definitely not force the two to make sacrifices, but now that Qilin is so powerful, it is not easy to push her away directly. Refuse to say so.

Longhu couldn't tell that this was a tactic to slow down the army, and immediately felt even more depressed.

Long Long first heard from Qin Beiwang that Qilin wanted to betroth Qi Yingzhu to him as his first wife, and he still felt a certain sense of trepidation—a female fox is fine, and a female dragon is also good, isn't this tigress a bit too much? ?

However, many years of lurking as a traitor have already cultivated Long Long's character of being as careful as a hair.

The so-called "take one step, think about two steps, see three steps, step by step", fully described Long Long's cautious and witty character.

He just went through the currently known information and the corresponding situation in his mind, and immediately felt that something was wrong.

After thinking about it again, suddenly the thoughts in my mind suddenly opened up, and I screamed a few times, and said in a serious tone:

"Patriarch, please screen back to the left and right."

Qin Bei was stunned for a moment, we were the only ones in the hall, why did we retreat?

However, he also reacted quickly and winked at the Great Elder Qin Chaocang.

Qin Chaocang quickly cast spells, and Longwei spread in all directions.

"There is no one around." After a while, the Great Elder confirmed, "You can speak now."

"This junior is unclear about something, and I would like to ask the three seniors." Long Long asked slowly, "Now that the patriarch of Qilin and the emperor of the demon clan, Qi Weihuan, has fallen, there are two people who can succeed him. One is his illegitimate son, and the other is his son. younger brother Qi Weihong, are you right?"

"That's right." Qin Bei looked.

"What's the attitude of Patriarch Qilin?" Long Long asked again.

Qin Beiwang was a little disappointed, that's it?

You don't even know the political situation of the Qilin family. Did you listen well to your usual political class?

But he quickly realized the problem: Long Long's usual political class, his grades are the best in the class!How is it possible not to know this?

It's just an inductive question!

So Qin Beiwang showed an encouraging expression, and followed him:

"Patriarch Qilin will never let Qi Weihong succeed him."

"Why?" Long Long asked calmly, but there was no expression on his face asking for an answer.

Great Elder Qin Chaocang glanced at the thoughtful Longhu beside him, and explained:

"Because Qi Weihong excessively borrowed the power of the Xuanwu clan when he and Qi Weihuan fought for the heirloom, as a result, his basic power now almost completely overlaps with that of the Xuanwu clan."

"Introducing foreigners to participate in the family's civil war is a big taboo for any monster clan, so Qilin Patriarch has long been deeply disgusted with Qi Weihong."

Of course, Long Long was very clear about these basic political common sense.It is said that Qi Weihong not only married the Xuanwu clan in his early years, but also signed many deeply binding treaties in private in order to win the heir.

So much so that the neutral factions within the Qilin clan couldn't stand it anymore, and called the Qilin prince "the son-in-law of the turtle family". At the last moment, many elders came out to support Qi Weihuan, and finally pushed him to the position of patriarch and emperor. —It is really because Qi Weihong pursues strength too much, and even sacrifices the interests of the family in turn, which makes many qilins of nationalism feel cold towards him.

"In that case." Long Long asked knowingly again, "Why didn't Patriarch Qilin kill Qi Weihong, but let him continue to roam free in Beizhou?"

"Of course it's because of the protection of the Xuanwu Patriarch." Qin Beiwang replied.

In terms of the overall strength of the Immortal Rank, the Qilin clan is stronger than the other monster clans in the Eastern Emperor's Realm, otherwise they would not be able to sit firmly on the throne of the royal family.

But the problem is that if the Qilin and Xuanwu clans fight each other with immortal ranks, the other monster clans must benefit in the end-naturally no one will be stupid enough to tear their faces into a death fight.

Therefore, unless they have the strength to fully consume the opponent, everyone would rather use the immortal ranks as a nuclear weapon to deter, and usually use negotiations, mediation or proxy wars to resolve conflicts. This also constitutes a rather unique politics in the Eastern Emperor's Realm. ecosystem.

"That is to say, Qi Weihong is protected by the Xuanwu clan, and the Qilin patriarch does not want to tear himself apart with Xuanwu, so he tolerates his existence for the time being. However, it is absolutely unacceptable that the Xuanwu clan uses Qi Weihong's hand to interfere in the internal affairs of the Qilin clan." Long Long finally concluded that seeing the three dragon elders nodding one after another, he asked again:

"Since this is the case, then who will Patriarch Qilin choose to replace Qi Weihong to inherit the throne?"

"Of course it's the illegitimate child." Longhu finally couldn't help but replied.

She really didn't like Long Long's deliberate trickery, who deliberately didn't say anything when he had the answer.

"Oh?" Long Long was noncommittal, and asked again, "But, if you stand on the side of the illegitimate child, won't you attract the influence of the queen's mother clan? Could it be that the Baihu clan is easier to deal with than the Xuanwu clan?"

"That's because the two are fundamentally different." Qin Beiwang explained, "Qi Weihong is already highly bound to the Xuanwu clan, and the two are almost inseparable."

"And the illegitimate child is not the Queen's own, so both the blood relationship and the relationship are much weaker. The Qilin Patriarch has enough time to bring Qi Weihuan's illegitimate son to the Qilin clan."

"And the Queen's recognition of the illegitimate child is also a supplement to his weak legal rationality. The support of the White Tiger Clan behind it can also help the Qilin Clan to resist the interference of the Xuanwu Clan. Therefore, they can cooperate with each other."

Having said that, Qin Beiwang smiled and said to Long Long:

"You think I'm right?"

Long Long was speechless. It was something that could be explained clearly by "the white tiger is weak and can be an alliance, but the Xuanwu is strong and cannot make peace", but he had to waste time with so many words... So he said with a smile:

"The patriarch is wise, but his eyes are like torches."

"It's just that the younger generation has another question: If the Qilin Patriarch chooses to support the Queen's illegitimate son and form an alliance of interests with the White Tiger Clan, will the Xuanwu Clan be able to fight against it?"

Qin Beiwang and the two elders immediately thought deeply.

"No." The Great Elder Qin Chaocang took the lead in making a judgment, "There are Qilin ancestors in the Qilin to deter them. It is estimated that the support for illegitimate children will be greater than the opposition. Coupled with the powerful support of the White Tiger Clan, it will have an absolute impact on the Xuanwu Clan. Advantage."

"Then, what will the Xuanwu clan do when they learn that Qilin Patriarch has made a decision?" Long Long continued to ask, "Will they abandon Prince Qi Weihong and seek peace?"

"It's absolutely impossible!" Qin Beiwang said without hesitation, "The Xuanwu clan has invested too much political cost in Qi Weihong. If we abandon Qi Weihong and seek peace this time, it will be tantamount to wasting all previous efforts!"

"Furthermore, if the power falls to the queen's illegitimate child faction, even if the Xuanwu clan admits the status quo in fear of the strength of the opposing camp, then the benefits they originally gained from the alliance with the Qilin clan will be forced to give up to the White Tiger clan! "

The other two dragon clan elders, following Qin Beiwang's words, suddenly thought of the key point that had been neglected by them:

In fact, when Emperor Qi Weihuan was in power, the political situation in the Eastern Emperor Realm remained very stable.

He hates his wife Lu Ya, but tolerates her staying by his side; he hates his younger brother Qi Weihong, but allows him to live freely in Beizhou.

As a result, the White Tiger Clan and the Xuanwu Clan restricted each other, and neither could bear the cost of pushing the Qilin Clan to the opposite side, so they had to maintain a long-term and stable alliance with the Qilin Clan, so that Qi Weihuan could calmly deter the Dongzhou Dragon Clan, and be able to deal with the Nanzhou Dragon Clan calmly. The Xuanniao clan used troops to finally achieve a powerful rule over the entire Eastern Emperor Realm.

However, the stupidity of Empress Lu Ya, and Qi Weihuan's carelessness and sudden death caused this balance to be completely broken.