The three of them arrived at Villa No. 1 while chatting. When they stepped into the lobby of the villa, they saw Zhou Xingming sitting on the sofa.

Seeing them coming in, Zhou Xingming didn't dare to neglect and hurriedly stood up to say hello.

"We are all our own people. There is no need to be polite, Minister Zhou. Let's sit down and talk." Ye Qing smiled and waved his hands, sitting on the sofa opposite Zhou Xingming.

After everyone sat down, Ye Qing looked at Zhou Xingming and said with a smile: "Seriously, if you don't ask me out today, Minister Zhou, I should ask you out as well."

In fact, Ye Qing still valued Zhou Xingming very much. After all, Zhou Xingming had the highest official position among his people.

To be honest, it doesn't count as a sign of surrender. The relationship between the two is more definitely a cooperative relationship.

After all, what Ye Qing promised at the beginning was to push the Zhou family to be one of the three major families in Kyoto after pulling the Qin family down. He did not talk about whether the Zhou family would be used by Ye Qing after they moved up.

In fact, if the Zhou family really replaced the Qin family, then Ye Qing would no longer have any relationship with the Zhou family in order to avoid suspicion, otherwise it would be a taboo.

Therefore, this kind of surrender only lasts until the Zhou family replaces the Qin family. From now on, the Zhou family will have to develop on its own. As for whether the Zhou family will turn against the Ye family in the future, to be honest, Ye Qing cannot predict it.

But at least for now, Zhou Xingming is fine.

Hmm... Ye Qing can still analyze this from the information he provided some time ago.

Although that information is not the most core and direct secret of the Qin family, such as what the Qin family and the Xiong family are doing secretly, it is still very valuable.

At least, through this information, Ye Qing could still find some clues.

In fact, Ye Qing was able to roughly judge that the Qin family wanted to change the world, largely due to the analysis of the intelligence provided by Zhou Xingming.

With this in mind, Ye Qing believed that whether it was seeking refuge or cooperating, at least Zhou Xingming was sincere now.

As for what will happen in the future, let's wait until the future. Ye Qing can't think so much.

Ye Qing could also understand Zhou Xingming's inability to provide him with the most core information about the Qin family. Although Zhou Xingming was the right-hand man of the Qin family, the shrewd old man of the Qin family might not tell him everything.

Hmm... with the old man's suspicious character, even his most trusted people would probably be wary of him.

"Minister Zhou, are you so anxious to see me? Is there anything important you have to do?" Ye Qing asked straight to the point.

"It's nothing important." After Zhou Xingming responded, he glanced at the beauties sitting on both sides of Ye Qing and said, "I just saw two beauties and I had some doubts, so I asked Ye Tao to see if he could

I can’t see you.”

"What do you suspect?" Ye Qing asked with narrowed eyes.

"When I was dealing with some affairs in the Qin faction camp, I discovered that a battalion controlled by the Qin family has been stationed on the border between Jincheng and Kyoto for a long time. It has never been mobilized for more than ten years." Zhou Xingming said solemnly.

"Is there a problem with this?" Ye Qing asked.

"This is very strange, because according to Dahua's garrison principle, it is impossible for an army to be stationed in the same place for a long time." Zhou Xingming said thoughtfully.

Ye Qing did not speak, he just tilted his head and looked at Zhou Xingming. When he continued, he knew that there was something in Zhou Xingming's words.

As for the garrison principle, Ye Qing didn't take it seriously. After all, although the Qin family's troops were controlled by the military, there were very few opportunities for the military to intervene. Therefore, the military had no control over whether the Qin family changed its defenses.

Even if the military headquarters issued an order, the Qin family could just change the name and report it, and it would not be easy for the military headquarters to investigate.

Zhou Xingming glanced at Ye Qing, and seeing that he had no intention of interrupting, he continued: "What's even more surprising is that the strength of this battalion is no less than five thousand. In Dahua, even a reinforced battalion only has seven

Eight hundred people."

"Five thousand people?" Ye Qing frowned and said, "How did you find out that there are five thousand people in this battalion-level establishment?"

"It was analyzed from the supply and demand list." Zhou Xingming responded.

"Supply and demand order?" Ye Qing looked at Zhou Xingming doubtfully.

"Yeah!" Zhou Xingming nodded and explained: "That's right, the Qin family will buy some supplies through my relationship every year, such as quilts, military uniforms and the like. I have a list here, so

You can find out with just one check.”

"The supplies purchased by the Qin family may also be provided to the army controlled by his family, right?" Ye Qing said thoughtfully.

"No!" Zhou Xingming shook his head and said: "The army controlled by his family is a regular army. All military supplies are provided by the state. Well... they are all distributed by the Military Ministry. All along, Minister Chen of the Military Ministry

There has never been a shortage of military supplies for troops controlled by other families, so if the troops controlled by the Qin family do not exceed the number of personnel, the Qin family will not purchase additional ones."

"Even if the Qin family purchased additional military supplies, how do you know they were sent to the border area between Kyoto and Jincheng?" Ye Qing asked doubtfully.

"Actually, I heard this accidentally." Zhou Xingming said with a smile: "Some time ago, the Qin family bought a batch of clothes through my relationship. Although Qin Tianjie did not explicitly say that they were military uniforms when he came to see me.

, but the requirement was military green, so I knew it was a military uniform, and after I helped the Qin family contact the manufacturer, I made a special trip to the factory, and happened to meet Qin Feijian leading someone to pull this batch of clothing. "

Ye Qing squinted his eyes and interrupted Zhou Xingming's words, asking: "Who is this Qin Feijian from the Qin family?"

In the information provided by the Yinwu Sect, there is no such name among the core members of the Qin family.

Hmm... This person does not exist among the second and third generations of the Qin family.

Zhou Xingming responded and said: "He is the grand-nephew of Mr. Qin's family. Well... the grandson of Mr. Qin's younger brother. However, Mr. Qin's younger brother does not have a good relationship with him. Anyway, it seems that he has not moved around for more than ten years."

"I know this!" Ye Qing nodded. This matter was mentioned in the Yinwu Sect's information, but he had not paid much attention to Old Man Qin's younger brother.

Well...according to the intelligence feedback from the Yinwu Sect, Old Man Qin's younger brother has average abilities. Even though he has a powerful older brother, he seems to be just living an ordinary life.

In fact, under Hua Xianshan's instruction, the Yinwu Sect also investigated Old Man Qin's younger brother's family. Well... there was also no one named Qin Feijian in three generations, right?

Seeing Ye Qing's frown, Zhou Xingming could probably guess what he was wondering about, so he hurriedly explained: "This Qin Feijian did not grow up in the family of Mr. Qin's younger brother."
Chapter completed!