Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1519: Legend of the Hidden Sea 39

Xiao Jinyue handed the Taoist alchemist suspected to be Zhang Mie to Cang Hai and Mingxiang An Tu for handling. It turned out that Cang Hai was quite capable and cooperated well with Mingxiang An Tu, and they got a lot of information out of Zhang Mie.

For example, the origin of the Zhang family, and the so-called mission of the Zhang family.

However, perhaps Zhang Mie is not a core figure of the Zhang family, so he doesn't know much, but the fact that he knows the usage of the Gui Seal and the secrets in Dansui Mountain has proved that he is not a law-abiding member of the Zhang family, so Zang Hai proposed the idea of cooperating with him.

Zhang Mie was quite impressed with Cang Hai. After all, the Zhang family had special blood, long lifespan, and thousands of years of accumulation, which allowed every member of the Zhang family to be at the pinnacle of all human levels when they were born.

But Cang Hai has nothing. He has no special bloodline inheritance, and his life span is also average. He may even need careful maintenance to live more than half a century. But his brain is indeed good. Even if his family tradition of learning is cut off, he can still compete with the Zhang family with his extraordinary talent and acquired efforts.

But if Zhang Mie wants to cooperate with Zang Hai, Zhang Mie said that their Zhang family will only be inferior to the Zhang family.

Could Xiao Jinyue still allow the uncontrolled Zhang family to be so arrogant?

She said directly to Zhang Mie: "Have you forgotten how I captured you and trapped you?"

"Maybe one of the Zhang family members alone can fight against a hundred, let alone an army of 100,000. If I mobilize 50,000 soldiers, how long can you Zhang family members hold out together?"

"Besides, I still have the Red Cannon."

Zhang Mie looked at this unprecedented female prince who was likely to be unmatched in the future, and could not help but feel fear in his heart: "Variable, you are the variable!"

Zang Hai stared at Zhang Mie nervously, fearing that Zhang Mie would do something bad to Xiao Jinyue.

Xiao Jinyue couldn't help laughing. "Variable? What criteria did you use to determine that I would be the variable you mentioned?"

"I'm really curious, please help me figure it out."

Zhang Mie knew when to tell the truth and when to hold back. At this time, he chose to tell the truth to Xiao Jinyue.

"According to our calculations, Emperor Zhenshun should not have any descendants, but you appeared."

Zang Hai just thought it was ridiculous, "Jin Yue didn't suddenly jump out of a stone. She was born before my father came to the throne. Later, she was awarded the title of princess, and now she is a prince. Are you Zhang family members really so arrogant that you only discovered Jin Yue's existence today?"

Zhang Mie obviously knew the arrogance of the Zhang family, so he felt somewhat regretful that he did not investigate Xiao Jinyue when Xiao Jinyue was conferred the title of prince. Otherwise, he would not have ended up as a prisoner today.

The most important thing is that Xiao Jinyue has already noticed the existence of the Zhang family, and she even has the ability to pose a serious threat to the Zhang family!

Zhang Mie had nothing to say, so Xiao Jinyue asked directly: "What exactly do you, the Zhang family, want to do? For example, why did you send people to remind Queen Dongxia to activate the Gui Seal? I don't believe that you simply don't want Dongxia to be destroyed."

Zhang Mie had nothing to hide about this matter, so he answered directly: "When the Zhang family first rose to power, the countries were only fighting each other around the Central Plains. But after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin Dynasty unified the world, and the later dynasties expanded the territory all the way to the current situation. The Zhang family could not hide itself very well in the Central Plains, so they mostly hid in remote places such as deep mountains and old forests."

"Dongxia is just a small country with a limited population and extremely low quality. Unfortunately, the royal family of Dongxia has a close relationship with the Zhang family. Therefore, whether from the perspective of hiding the Zhang family itself or from the perspective of the friendship between the two families, the Zhang family cannot watch Dongxia perish."

It sounds reasonable, but Xiao Jinyue can conclude based on what he knows about later history that what the Zhang family really values is not the country of Dongxia or its royal family, but another tribe that has gradually begun to emerge between the white clouds and black waters and is more adept at conquering than the tribes in the northern border.

At this time, Xiao Jinyue realized that he was missing a lot of intelligence regarding the Northeast, and he didn't plan to continue wasting time with Zhang Mie. He gave Zang Hai a wink and turned away, preparing to find Shi Quan, the former director of the Capital City Bureau, hoping to use his relationship to obtain detailed intelligence on the various tribes in the Northeast.

Although Zhang Mie showed no expression when watching Xiao Jinyue and Zang Hai leave, he knew very well in his heart that Xiao Jinyue was probably not only targeting Dongxia, but also other places in Northeast China. The situation of the Zhang family in Northeast China was very critical.

Zang Hai also thought that Xiao Jinyue would use Shi Quan's connections to get information about the tribes in Northeast China, but he didn't expect that Xiao Jinyue changed his mind after seeing the light of day again.

Xiao Jinyue stared at Zang Hai for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "I think the information about the various tribes in the Northeast may not be more complete than that of Dongxia, so..."

Zang Hai was not happy when he heard this, and pulled Xiao Jinyue's hand aggrievedly, "Jinyue, how could you——"

Xiao Jinyue also pretended to be pitiful, but her brows were slightly wrinkled, the corners of her mouth were slightly lowered, and her eyes were a little more pitiful, which almost made Zang Hai lose his composure. Fortunately, he held on.

Xiao Jinyue shook Zang Hai's hand and said, "Xiang Antu and I have a mediocre relationship. If I go to her to get information about the tribes in the Northeast, I will definitely pay a lot of unnecessary costs."

"Of course, it's not that I don't want to give up these things, but if I do this, the information I get may not be as complete."

Can Zang Hai still believe this?

But Xiao Jinyue rarely showed weakness, and he really couldn't stand it. Even if the other party just had a slightly pitiful expression, he had actually surrendered in his heart.

With the help of Mingxiang Andu's channels, they were able to obtain a lot of intelligence that the Yong court could not. At least in terms of customs and habits, the people sent by Yong could not understand many practices of the northeastern tribes, and sometimes intelligence was hidden in these seemingly daily things.

With Canghai's help, Mingxiang Antu really did not ask for more compensation. By the way, she also carefully sorted out the relationships between the tribes and small countries around Dongxia, and naturally saw the huge crisis hidden beneath the calm surface of Dongxia.

In name, all the lands in the Northeast, except the Dongxia Kingdom and the nomadic tribes in the northern border, were part of Dayong's territory. However, due to the bitter cold and poor living conditions in the Northeast, Dayong's control over the area was very limited. If there had not been several wars between Dayong and Dongxia before, the Northeast might have been under a unified regime.

Separated from Dongxia by a mountain to the south is the country of Li, a staunch vassal state of Dayong. If it weren't for the fact that Dansui Mountain was covered with snow all year round and was difficult to cross, I'm afraid Li would be very happy to help Dayong get rid of the disease of Dongxia.