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Lingsha had originally given up inviting Nata to be her guest. At this moment, Kong took the initiative to bring up the previous 2.久＼｝⑷邻、,si◆：三←呜≌tumor∮▲私腫×ZhuaNｑun:'s unhappiness made her put away her resentment immediately and blinked:
...You brought this up yourself, didn't you? Could it be that my pitiful appearance really moved you?
"If you need a result urgently, I think I can work with you to start from the aspect of 'intellect'. It is not necessary to focus on the power of 'abundance'."
In fact, Kong was not attracted by her beauty at all. He was still wondering which people in his memory he compared the spiritual sand with to create such a strong sense of déjà vu. These words were just to give her some face and to make up for his previous anger.
"...Doctor, that's a righteous decision, but I hope that the envoy who has not yet sprouted will come in person, not only to develop the elixir, but also to reassure other friendly nations."
Lingsha immediately took advantage of the situation and simply revealed to Kong all the private disagreements among the generals other than Luofu.
This "revelation" of revenge made Kong actually hear some gnashing of teeth in the words.
What she said before was true, but it was not beyond her authority. Now, in order to gain the upper hand, in addition to accepting Taibu's advice, she also hid another demand of hers that could not be put on the table deep in the transaction:
"In addition to the method of killing 'Him', Huai Yan and General Fei Xiao are also concerned about the risks of cooperating with the envoy... General Jing Yuan is willing to guarantee you, but there are quite a few people in the Xianzhou who have opinions about the general. They will not believe everything they hear, and they will definitely contact you separately."
Luofu had actually broken the rules by conducting a transaction with Kong without going through the Marshal. Now Jingyuan, Dandingsi, and the Chiming people who had been badly betrayed by Master Long must use all the resources provided by Kong to testify to other allied ships that it was worth making friends with this special envoy.
If we can bring in another envoy under Kongba's recommendation, who theoretically will never cooperate with Xianzhou, it will have great political weight regardless of whether Nata can really help or not.
“Even if Ms. Natasha doesn’t provide any actual support, as long as she is willing to come, no, just say a few words in support of Luofu, we will have one more reason to convince those generals—the existence pursued by the people of Fengrao and the destroyers and regarded as the supreme miracle is willing to stand on the side of the Immortal Boat. It is enough to form a great public opinion blow to the enemy and attract those foreign creatures who avoid war to come to us to start a war.”
...The latter reason sounded like a lie to deceive the war faction, and it made Kong Xiang laugh.
Despite her personal grudges and some subtle "twists and turns", Lingsha's statement was still very clever, even smart enough to make Kongxiang applaud her. At one point, he had the illusion that Lingsha was more competitive than Fu Xuan for the next general.
The sweet talk was filled with a lot of personal agenda, and was full of the insults like "Only Luofu is your most steadfast ally, Doctor. The other ships in the Xianzhou Alliance are not close enough to you to be on the same side as you."
But after listening carefully, Kong felt that Si Ding was not so "enthusiastic" about winning over Nata. At least she personally did not seem to have the fanatical desire to study the Envoy of the Fertility Order, which made Kong a little confused.
Was it simply to complete the task assigned to her after the meeting?
"...Si Ding must understand that even supporting Luo Fu would bring danger to Nata."
"Of course, I only ask for a few kind words from the Doctor, not for a definite result."
Si Ding let go of his resentment and his eyes immediately became clear.
After hearing this, Kong finally understood where the awkward feeling that Si Ding was giving off came from.
Under the other party's bright and moving gaze, Yixian quietly took a step forward and stood on the left side of Kong.
Yixian never thought that she was qualified to help Kong to check. She just used this action to warn Kong that the other party had impure motives. At the same time, she was also warning the other party - don't think that you can "get my husband for free" just because you are beautiful. Show your sincerity first.
Your little bit of meat is not even enough for your husband to eat, so you should give me some real benefits before asking for help:
"...Mr. Si Ding."
The eldest wife was ready to be the bad guy and reject her on behalf of Sora.
"It's okay Yixian, I understand what she means."
He pressed his palm towards the oath ship, signaling the lady not to play the bad guy.
His thinking is basically in sync with Lingsha, and his sufficient experience allows him to always identify the pain points and needs of others by putting himself in their shoes.
Ling Sha, who had only met him once, suddenly became so "active" after the meeting and even raised a lot of banners. How could Kong not guess that she was actually thrown out by Luofu Chiming and Danshi as a "protection fee" to him.
As long as he hooks up with this Si Ding, regardless of whether Liu Yu's plan succeeds or not, it is equivalent to him tacitly agreeing to help the alchemists who were stigmatized by the secret teachings of the King of Medicine, and the Vajra Masters who were badly deceived by the Dragon Master, in the coming storm...
I don’t know if Fu Xuan thought of this when he introduced her... No, maybe she did think of it, which is why she reluctantly agreed to let Si Ding "compete with her".
Despite the pressure, Kong looked at the shrewd beauty in front of him more seriously.
"Does the Doctor really understand what I mean?"
Lingsha's smile gradually became restrained, and in his last smile, there seemed to be a kind of resignation of "this is not bad", and he took the initiative to gaze at Kong's cheek with an appreciative look.
"Well, but support in public, including public statements, is absolutely not possible. As for the request for samples, I can pass it on to Nata and see if she is willing to provide it."
This was still a polite refusal - Kong could accept a slight deficit in effort for the woman he wanted to date, but he would never let the woman around him make the effort for him.
No matter how attractive a woman is to him, no matter how many times better she is than his previous lover, Kong must avoid winning over a newcomer by damaging the interests of the one who already recognizes him.
Nata has not yet entered their big family, but she has been recognized, and Kong will also stick to this bottom line.
“…I’ll leave it to you.”
Just as Sora had expected, Reisha was not disappointed - she was relieved to have completed the "mission" given to her by the Goku and the elders.
As for the desire of her clansmen and subordinates for her self-sacrifice, she also got a reason from Kong to delay, and her tone suddenly became brighter.
"I hope this helps you get your job done. What I hate most is for everyone's fate to rest on one person."
"What about you, Doctor?" Lingsha's question was incoherent. If Kong wasn't barely considered her "soulmate", she would probably be confused by the question.
"I deserve to bear some of the burden. I owe it to them."
"I seem to understand why Taibu cares so much about you~"
Lingsha bowed to Kong again.
Her opinion of Kong suddenly became much higher, and her eyes inexplicably showed a bit of joy: "If you feel unwell in the future, you don't have to go to the medical market to find a prescription. Just come to the Qihuang Office to find me. Just let me show my hospitality."
"Xiaowei, the brothers have packed the samples - uh..."
Unfortunately, this kind of serious "appreciation" of the other party's ambiguity was blown away by Yu Lin's loud voice.
Si Ding's gaze followed the stupid face of Qianhu, who knew he had done something bad, and slowly fell to the large and small bags in his hands - which were filled with plant leaves.
Immediately, the beautiful and relaxed atmosphere fell towards an unpredictable abyss - her face darkened, but she couldn't say a word due to the different positions of Yunqi and Dandingsi. In addition, this was Kong's instruction, so she finally swallowed her anger.
"I hope the Doctor can make good use of these...children."
Here it comes again, that vague resentment -
"Sorry, brothers, I was told to 'weed'. Next time I will ask Si Ding for his opinion."
Kong quickly picked up the pot that Yu Lin almost accidentally carried.
"Ah."
The twitching corners of Miss Chiming's lips finally smoothed out, but her lotus steps became thirty percent faster when she left, probably because she wanted to avoid seeing anything.
"...Master." Zhenhai, who did not say a word throughout the whole process, finally evaluated Lingsha in this way. He felt that this person was worthy of being captured by the commander, and maybe it would add some fun to the confrontation for her.
"But this time... the commander didn't ask me to speak more openly?"
"In order not to make it too difficult for her, since this involves her happiness after all—"
"If only I could be half as patient with her as I am with her when playing against me."
"Isn't my patience with you enough?"
"…Is this being possessed by a 'myth'?"
And a certain bodyguard lady who was outside the atmosphere seemed to be completely unaware of the overt and covert exchange of interests between Kong Si and Ling Sha——
"You should just stick to your sword, Jingliu."
"..."
The sword master who was dissed by Kong was not angry. She squinted her beautiful eyes and said, "...Do you know that she was once a disciple of an exiled criminal, and Luofu has shown little favor to her?"
“…I really don’t know.”
This reminder really sounded a bit like a "gossip", but Jingliu's quick-witted personality actually made him frame people, which made the originally indifferent Kong shudder.
"Now you know."
Mingming Jingliu didn't know how much affection and identification Lingsha still had for the local Chiming after he returned from his studies, but she just didn't want to play ambiguously with him for nothing. She was worried that "what if this man gets fooled, then wouldn't I be a fool if I fell in love with him?"
After making the complaint, Jingliu saw that Kong didn't care much, then she reacted and reflected on herself: Even if she was not trapped by the devil, she would still be trapped by anger and ignorance. She was somewhat obsessed.
"Brother Yulin, did I scare you just now? If I can extract useful ingredients from it, I will share it with Si Ding immediately and help you make medicine. She won't blame me."
"Huh...Xiaowei - I thought Lord Siding would pluck out my tail and make it into a whisk..."
"Don't worry, this is part of our deal."
Kong shook the big bag of "vegetation" and after confirming that the variety inside was quite complete, he happily threw it into his portable warehouse - Ruan Mei was not around, so he had to do this unpleasant job himself.
"Qian Hu, do you have anything else you want to ask sOＵsＵO:⑨〉∷刢4☆♀八死⑵″〈㈨≠.祾悟?"
"Oh, oh, Xiaowei, I don't quite understand why you want to disclose the real-time battle situation to your brothers——"
"Are you wondering why I put a small map for you to see?"
"...I have the same doubt as him, Sora. It should be detrimental to the morale of the infantrymen on the battlefield if they know too much about the enemy's and our own troop movements. Aren't you afraid that their thoughts will become uncontrollable if you pass on such detailed intelligence?"
Cocolia, who had the same confusion, also took the opportunity to ask Sora for advice.
"…I intend to make sure every soldier under my command understands their current situation, even if the situation is irreversible."
"This is too idealistic." Kokolia frowned again and again: "Aren't you afraid of mutiny?"
"But the troops who know they are in a bad situation but are still determined to fight can be considered the real elite."
Sora shook his head: "Don't mind it - I'm just a little nostalgic."
"Nostalgic?"
"I have commanded teams that were very similar in quality and morale before, more than once, and they were all very good."
As he explained, he wiped his shoulder armor - but without the original casting, the light metallic texture of the ceramic steel armor did not pass through his fingertips into his mind.
"As long as Jing Yuan allows me to continue training you in peacetime, I will help you slowly adapt to this command system. As for whether it can be popularized to other Luofu sub-groups... I mean, other brothers, it depends on whether your combat efficiency meets expectations."
"You didn't do this on purpose to sell the potion to Luofu, did you?"
Paimeng looked suspicious and pinched his waist as if to sabotage:
"Mingming Taibu has already declined our offer to bring the goods..."
"Haha, Luofu has so many talented people. We can build a similar command system without relying on psychic power."
Sora muttered again, "The truth is simple."
Yu Lin looked at Kong mumbling to Paimon with a confused look on his face, but he did not forget the order Jing Yuan gave him before transferring him to Kong's side -
【Steal as much as you can. 】
It was hard to imagine that this was the advice of the General Shen Ce, but seeing that the six emperors had different starting points but were all vying for the doctorate, Yu Lin felt that one day he might see big news about Kong Shangren's appointment as a certain official...
457. I also saw a shrimp!
Yu Lin was still trying to figure out which of the six imperial positions Kong was more suitable for, including his relationship with his relatives. His mind was full of gossips, and his tail was turning around, and he almost forgot Jing Yuan's instructions.