79. Taking a Stand (I)
After Fu Wenxuan left, Gao Ran looked at the direction he left and thought alone for a while, until she finally made a clear decision in her heart, she recovered from her "sluggish" state and came back to her senses.
She took a deep breath, and then decided to continue with her original plan: let Gao Xi sneak into the An Mansion first to find out what was going on inside, while she waited in some inconspicuous dark corner near the wall.
Due to the urgency of time, Gao Ran only explained that Gao Xi had to find out a few key points: To investigate clearly, how many guards (including the hidden guards) were there? In addition, how often would those "Ming Guards" patrol the room? How often would they change shifts? Also, where would those secret guards be hidden? Finally, if they wanted to escape, what paths could they choose?
In addition to these points, Gao Ran decided to skip the rest for the time being!
Originally, compared to these, the most important thing was to investigate the temperament of the key person, An Min, the head of the An family, and the various interests between her and the Gao family, but, due to the urgency of time, this is precisely the focus that needs the most attention, Gao Ran can only choose the most risky method - ignore An Min for the time being, and then according to the situation after that, take one step at a time, and improvise!
But he didn't think about it, after waiting for nearly an hour, Gao Xi found out all the things that Gao Ran asked him to find out, and when he came back, he even brought back an additional thing that he had found out on his own initiative: An Min is not in the mansion now, it seems that he left the mansion a few days ago, and as for what he did, he didn't know. However, there doesn't seem to be much in Anfu about this. And now, the real person in charge of Anfu is An Min's henchman - Anfu's housekeeper, An Lu.
"Anlu?"
"Hmm. This is this person, I knew her when I was on a mission before. She is An Min's nurse, and now in Anfu, in addition to An Min, she is the most powerful person in the house! Her status in Anfu is higher than An Yujie!"
Hearing Gao Xi say this, Gao Ran couldn't help but think of the fact that he had specially asked him to investigate the true identities of An Yujie and Fu Wenxuan before......
"Xi, can I understand that you already know something about the people in power of the four great families?!If before, I asked you to investigate not An Yujie and Fu Wenxuan, but An Min and Fu Tong, then will you do so and investigate again? Or do you directly sue me for the information you already have about them?!"
Gao Xi was stunned at first when he heard Gao Ran's question, but before he could reply, Gao Ran preemptively spoke and added, "I want to listen to the truth!"
Gao Xi half-opened his mouth, frowned slightly, and seemed to be contradicting something......
However, he soon made a decision!
He nodded, "Okay! I'll be honest!"
He decided, even if it was contrary to his original identity to do so--as a person from the Heavenly Pavilion, he should have been more loyal to Qiu Yueze than loyal to Gao Ran! And Gao Ran was not from the Heavenly Pavilion, and there were some secrets that belonged to the Heavenly Pavilion, so logically speaking, he should not reveal them to her, an "outsider......
But, since she wants to hear the truth, then he will sue her!
"Presumably, Miss should also know that the relationship between the four great families, as well as between them and the imperial court, has always been very delicate since the establishment of the Yun Dynasty...... It can be said that none of them have clean hands! Although Tiange has only suddenly risen and grown in the past few years, these few companies account for most of all the transactions that Tiange has received! However, after all, Yunxiang Country is a big country, so compared to those small countries around it, there will naturally be a lot more 'right and wrong'...... Among them, the one sent by the An family to contact us was An Lu. ”
"Hmmm......"
Gao Ran pondered for a long time, and she could naturally hear what the "right and wrong" of Yun Xiangguo that Gao Xi mentioned meant? It's just that her thinking did not stop at this level, but habitually continued to think about it at a deeper level......
"I'm afraid, after hundreds of years of accumulation and precipitation, the contradictions between these four great families and the Yun Dynasty should have accumulated to the point where Cheng Dù is about to completely break out! Otherwise, the Gao and Fu families would not have formed an alliance in such a vain name...... Come to think of it, the other two families, as well as the imperial court, will definitely not just watch the Gao and Fu families make such a big move without taking any action! An Min is not in the mansion now, is it the Dong family, or the imperial court, or the forces of other surrounding countries? Or, she herself has actually cultivated a dark force that is no less large than the Heavenly Pavilion and only obeys her own orders?!"
Thinking about it, Gao Ran frowned inadvertently, then shook his head again, and quickly denied his last conjecture in his heart, "No! The last case cannot be established! In this whole world, there will only be one 'Qiu Yueze'! There will only be one 'Heavenly Pavilion'! Even if Qiu Yueze himself starts all over again, he may not be able to create a veritable 'No. 1 assassination organization in the world' of the same scale as the current one-Tiange-Come! After all, such a ' Once the opportunity is missed, even if it is the same person, it may not be able to create the same brilliance again!"
Even Gao Ran herself can't come up with any convincing evidence to prove that even if An Min has her own dark forces, she will definitely not be able to do Cheng Dù like Qiu Yueze.
But she was inexplicably sure: even if An Min did cultivate a dark force of a certain scale, it must not be comparable to the scale of the "Heavenly Pavilion" and its deterrent power in the rivers and lakes and the imperial court!
Otherwise, she would not have to rather pay the price of being able to grasp as many big or small handles as Tiange would have, and she would also send An Lu to personally negotiate with Tiange about various assassination transactions, so that Tiange could solve them on her behalf......
Thinking of this, Gao Ran's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he suddenly had a plan!
She asked Gao Xi a little playfully, "Xi, you say, if I reveal my relationship with Qiu Yueze to An Lu...... What do you think she would be like?"
Not to mention, there is already an An Yujie in this An family who doesn't like her, just from the overall situation, Gao Ran is already very clear that the relationship between the An family and the Gao family, even if it has not deteriorated to the point of outright hostility, is obviously not standing on the same front!
However, fortunately, even if An Min is not in the mansion now, it is not An Yujie who is in charge of the mansion, but An Lu.
"Miss, what do you mean......"
Although Gao Xi felt that he had vaguely guessed Gao Ran's thoughts, when he considered Gao Ran's identity, he felt that his conjecture seemed to be a little unreasonable......
Since he couldn't figure it out, let her answer it herself! Moreover, he also had a hunch that if he asked, she would definitely confess to him. So, he asked.
"Well, you guessed it right! I want to be a 'triple agent'!"
'Huh?!' Triple Spy'?!Miss, I don't know what you mean......"
"Oh, it's 'meticulous work'! Moreover, I not only have to be meticulous for the An family, but I also have to be meticulous for the Gao family and the Fu family -- for my own sake! Anyway, I can see clearly, these three families, which one I mix with, I will not end well in the end! On the court side, let alone think about it! My identity itself does not allow it! Moreover, if I had been willing to sacrifice my freedom from the beginning, I would not have avoided Yun Zhen so desperately in the first place......
"Ahh
Then, she pretended to have nothing to do and continued to return to the "main topic", "Anyway, I will never put my bright future in their hands, and then watch them destroy it little by little!"
Speaking of this, Gao Ran's expression unconsciously became much stricter, and she made up her mind seriously, "Sooner or later, one day, I will completely break away from the Gao family! When the time comes, I don't bother to care about who the world belongs to! Anyway, after a long time, they will be united, and if they are divided for a long time, no matter how chaotic they are, there will eventually be a force that will unite them again, and peace will eventually follow." Now, I can't help myself, but as long as I become strong enough to completely break away from the Gao family and from this struggle for power, then I must go to find a pure land where there is no dispute with the world, and live my life in a paradise of seclusion! Just by imagining that kind of seclusion, I feel that it is really beautiful......
As he spoke, Gao Ran unconsciously reveled in the so-called "beautiful future" sketched out in his mind...... (To be continued.) )