The eunuch died, and even if the Dapeng bird arrived in the imperial city, it would be useless.

So Dongfang Shuo used Qianmian Yi to incarnate into the appearance of the eunuch.

As for the witnesses, Dongfang Shuo only needed a few words of intimidation, and this group of milky children naturally didn't dare to speak.

And, more importantly, from the moment the eunuch's head was in a different place, all the people on the back of the Dapeng bird became ants on a boat.

If anyone is relieved, all will suffer.

Instead of this, their best choice is to obey Dongfang Shuo and help Dongfang Shuo get by.

In the end, the Dapeng bird landed outside the imperial city, and Dongfang Shuo also led a group of people to smoothly pass through the defense line and finally entered the palace.

This road Dongfang Shuo has walked through, and it is the road led by Xuchangsheng.

Naturally, this time, although Dongfang Shuo led the way, it would not take a detour.

Rather, in the past two hundred years, the palace has not changed much.

However, this time it was the second prince of the dynasty who lectured.

After Dongfang Shuo entered the palace, he heard some conversations among the palace people, including the fact that the prince was placed under house arrest in the East Palace.

It's been almost half a year.

Why?

Dongfang Shuo already had the answer.

Half a year ago, even the Ji family's interception and killing, which was killed with the Kuidou County Shou Dongfang who went to work, had to be paid for.

And that person is naturally the prince.

Regarding this matter, Dongfang Shuo had heard it more than once in Kuidou County.

Ji Zhaoning also knew.

Although I don't know if others have ever told her, Dongfang Shuo only mentioned it to her once, but the only time she didn't listen carefully, so she laughed and took the initiative to end the topic.

Obviously, she didn't believe it.

Although she has never been in contact with it, she has seen the warmth and coldness of the imperial city.

She knows that there are some things that may not be true, and may not even be true.

There are also some things, even if someone admits it in person, but they are not necessarily true.

True or false, perhaps no one can really know.

After resting in the old place for a night, led by the second prince, the young talents of the thirty counties entered the spiritual realm.

And Dongfang Shuo, who incarnated as a eunuch, also went with him by some means.

However, Dongfang Shuo is accompanied after all, so naturally he can't stay for a long time.

Before leaving, he informed the young girls from Kuidou County to take good care of Ji Zhaoning before he left with confidence.

After returning to the palace, Dongfang Shuo found an opportunity to leave at nightfall.

And this time, he went straight to a place.

Sima Mansion.

As in the same position two hundred years later, the Sima Mansion is still in that place.

And when he went to Sima Mansion late at night, it was naturally only for one thing.

"Lord Dongfang came from thousands of miles to know who was behind that incident half a year ago?"

Sima Jiulong was puzzled.

On the contrary, he was not surprised by the fact that Dongfang Shuo was still alive.

"The other party really 'killed' my murderer, I want to know who he is, isn't it reasonable?"

"That's right. ”

"So, who is he?"

"It's not him, it's them. ”

"Them?"

"The four major families of the Imperial City headed by the Qiu family. ”

"The four major families of the Imperial City?" Dongfang Shuo narrowed his eyes, "Shouldn't such four families be in a situation where they are opposed to each other and attack each other?"

Sima Jiulong shook his head: "Although each of their families has a deep foundation and strong strength, they have become intertwined under the means of industrial crossover and marriage. When the Ji family was still there, the Gongqing clan headed by the Ji family, the Jiangmen headed by the Qiu family, and the four major families in the imperial city became a three-legged trend, checking and balancing each other, so the friendship within the four families was the result of years of precipitation. ”

"What about the current situation after the Ji family is gone?"

"After the Ji family withdrew, the decline of the Gongqing clan has appeared. Sima Jiulong said, "And all this is the result of the four major families' planning for a long time, so by the time Jiangmen's side reacted, the Gongqing clan had already fallen into disarray, and Jiangmen's side was also affected to a certain extent. ”

"What is the foundation of the four major families to be able to have this kind of power?"

"Among the four major families, the Yin family is a big merchant family, and it controls at least thirty percent of the chambers of commerce in the empire, and the exact number is unknown, but I'm afraid thirty percent is just a conservative number. "Sima Jiulong said," In addition, the Kong family and the Huang family have all kinds of resources, such as Xuantie, Lingyu and even stones, etc., it can be said that in addition to the spiritual domain, half of the Longlin Empire is in the hands of these two families. ”

"Oh, so these three are like stubble. ”

Dongfang Shuo narrowed his eyes, but he didn't think deeply, so he asked, "What about the Qiu family, the Qiu family, the head of the four major families, what power does it have?"

"This ...... I don't know very well, since I entered the imperial city for half a year, I have rarely even heard the word Qiu family, and the door of the Qiu family's mansion is closed all the year round, and there are almost no entrances and exits except for some servants entering and exiting through the side door. ”

"Oh?" Dongfang Shuo suddenly smiled, "There is such a strange family, how did such a family become the head of the four major families?"

"Don't be embarrassed, Lord Dongfang, I really don't know. ”

Sima Jiulong immediately looked embarrassed.

Seeing this, Dongfang Shuo smiled.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, what you told me should be enough. Dongfang Shuo nodded.

"Enough?"

Sima Jiulong was stunned.

"What, do you have anything else to say?"

"No...... No more...... It's just that...... What's the use of just knowing this?" Sima Jiulong wondered, "This kind of thing, as long as you live in the imperial city, you can know it for a long time. ”

Dongfang Shuo was silent, looking at Sima Jiulong.

At this moment, Sima Jiulong's face showed doubt.

"Do you really not know, or are you pretending to be stupid?"

"Lord Dongfang, I have been true from beginning to end. ”

"If only that were the case. ”

Dongfang Shuo said this coldly, which made Sima Jiulong slightly startled.

Immediately, Dongfang Shuo continued: "You have already said that because the four major families are intertwined, they can exert great power when they are united with the outside world. But when there are no enemies, this state of unity will become their lifeline. The so-called, pull a hair and move the whole body. ”

"At the beginning, I only asked 'who is he', but you not only said the four major families, but also explained the previous three-legged situation and the fate of all parties. Not only that, but what you said was not so obvious to introduce the industrial relationship of the four major families, as if to repeatedly emphasize their wholeness to me. Isn't that intentional?"

At this point, Dongfang Shuo raised his eyebrows, "You, you want to use me to get rid of the four major families, right?"

Sima Jiulong was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Worthy of the Orient. ”