"You've reached this level yourself, and there are some things you really need to say. ”

Tosaka rubbed her forehead and considered the words, the task assigned by the young lady was really difficult. Let's say it deeply, Yi Gaode's temperament is definitely going to toss again, let's say it's shallow, I don't convince him, he must be stabbed to the end, in short, there is no way for him to stop and live a stable life.

"Declare in advance, these words have nothing to do with you being the Hundred Households of the Taming Elephant Sect, and they have nothing to do with me being your boss," Ai Tosaka felt that she still had to let the young lady share some responsibilities, "purely because of your ...... with Xiaoli Special relationship. ”

Gao De didn't speak, and now he naturally understands that he can ascend to the sky in one step is not because of his personal relationship with Xiaoli, he is originally a pawn arranged by some forces behind Xiaoli. Although Xiaoli denied that she was transformed by the Holy Mountain, apart from the Holy Mountain, what other force could have a sage like Xiaoli, and at the same time have a close relationship with the empress who really came from the Holy Mountain and Ai Tosaka?

"You already know that the Stranger, the Forbidden, the Reconciler, as well as the Gray Realm and the Demons, except for the Forbidden, the others are mixed among the mortals, and they are one of the billions of people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"You must think that everyone from the Alien to the Demon is like a thief, carefully hiding in the mortals, sneaking in secret. They don't see the light, and they only do stealing chickens and dogs, and they have to work very hard to survive. ”

"That's not wrong, most of the Adepts ...... It's just that the supernatural, as long as they haven't come into contact with the gray realm, is indeed like this. This kind of person is sandwiched between mortals and demons, and is a marginal character for both sides. They are endangering mortals and oppressed by demons at the same time, who is the best sacrifice for them to possess the power of chaos?"

Gao De nodded secretly, isn't that what Wang Kunlun's gang is? They are still good enough to mix at the grassroots level of the system, and although the plush gray bean sprouts who were coerced to be killer assassins are hard, they still know their situation after all, and the most miserable ones are the strangers who are abducted into the secret organization and ready to sacrifice at any time, such as Zixuan and the girls of the Sisterhood.

Ai Tosaka teased her eyebrows and bangs, revealing her forehead as white as jade. The cold and hard nature of this Fuso girl is inversely proportional to her appearance. If you stand quietly and don't speak, it's quite pleasing to the eye.

She continued, "The demons above them, do you think they only exist sporadically, or a very small number of people form secret societies and do shady things all day long?"

I really thought so before, until I mixed into the gray realm where the Dark Hand Blood Tower was located.

"You're wrong," Ai Tosaka said, shaking her head, "There are only a handful of demons who want to summon demons into the world to destroy everything, and it is not excluded that they are the result of the demon's heart seizing the soul." Most demons have the same thoughts as mortals, but they just rely on the power of chaos to gain more power and wealth. ”

This is what Gao De already knows, and he pretends to be listening.

"The Gray Realm is a strange place that the demons can reach, and the soul of the demons can ascend into the Grey Realm, where the power of the soul can be tempered, which can be regarded as indirect cultivation. But the demons are not only cultivating in the Gray Realm, they also rely on the Gray Realm to organize themselves and form a force. ”

"These forces are still subordinate to the body of the Ming Dynasty, and if you compare them to tumors, only a few are tumors, and most of them are harmless or even beneficial tumors. You shouldn't know that the mold machine was unearthed by the demons, and the Ming Dynasty and even the previous dynasties also relied on the mold machine to establish and operate. These forces survive by discovering and operating molds, and at the same time compete for their own interests. ”

This is very much in line with what was observed in the DarkHand Blood Tower, although there are still grudges between demons and demons, and demons against mortals, the activities of the peripheral members are still centered on the mold machine.

"To be specific, Wang Zihe and Shen Wenchun, don't think that the forces they belong to are demons lurking in the Ming Dynasty, their forces themselves are part of the Ming Dynasty, or part of the imperial court. ”

Ai Tosaka smiled bitterly and shook her head, "Actually, these things miss...... The Empress and I also gradually understood after taking over this stall. When we were in the Holy Mountain before, we never imagined that the mortals we were desperately guarding would be so complicated and ...... Filthy. ”

"What do you mean......" Gao Depin understood for a while, "The activities of Prince He Shenze's gang are still just power struggles within the Ming Dynasty in your eyes?"

He drew inferences, "Then the various disputes in the court not only involve the conflict of interests of ordinary mortals, but are also directly related to the power of demons?"

"Worthy of ...... The person selected by Xiaoli," Tosaka Ai couldn't help but praise, and coughed to cover up, "I also said just now, although the demons are special, they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and their activities are the same as those of mortals, they are all part of the Ming Dynasty. If the competing interests related to them are not reflected in the court of the Ming Dynasty, then how can the Ming Dynasty rule Aurora?"

"But don't think of the courtiers in the court as the spokesmen of the demon forces, you should know that the courtiers above the temple are the same as the gods in the temple, and they will speak for wherever they receive incense. As long as the incense is burned in the temple of Daming, it is impossible to distinguish whether each wisp of incense is from a demon or a mortal, and there is no need to distinguish. ”

Gao De can understand that if a country has both mortals and a large number of transcendent beings such as magicians and warlocks, then the country naturally has to take care of the interests of all forces. Although the identity of the leader at the decision-making level has a certain influence, it is not decisive, and the decision-making still serves the whole, at least the ruling class as a whole.

This principle is the same in Aurora Daming, but it is a little special. In the Aurora Daming, the individual demons cannot see the light, because except for the people of the Holy Mountain, the power of everyone else comes from the Chaos Demon, and there is a danger of being taken away by the demon at any time.

"So, those Golden Turtles are really demons," Gao De grasped the key, "It's just that the object of their service is another demon force that is related to the interests of the imperial court......? Political strife?"

"Okay, I've said it all," the rhythm was completely carried by Gao De, and Ai Tosaka had no choice but to follow him, "You should know that in Zhongjing, the imperial court can directly intervene in the four cities, and at most half of the imperial port." The upper and lower ports, especially the lower ports, are almost autonomous. ”

Gao De nodded, of course he knew that even Jinyiwei would be difficult to gain a foothold in Xiagang, which was only two hundred miles away from Zhongjing, but it was like a country within a country.

"Xiagang is the gateway between the south of Aurora and the open sea, and it was developed by the maritime merchants themselves. A quarter of the Ming Dynasty's finance and taxes came from Xiagang, so the imperial court never interfered in the details of Xiagang except for maintaining a nominal existence. For thousands of years, Xiagang relied on the power of the trade workshop to penetrate into the southeast and south of Aurora, and also cultivated a large number of literati officials who spoke for them. Whenever the imperial court or even the emperor deliberately intervened in the port, they did not have to use other means, they could stop it by just relying on court games. ”

Ai Tosaka's tone became solemn, "The real master of Shimoto is a demon force, they are called ...... The Sea Tower will. ”

Will the Sea Tower?

Gao De asked tentatively: "When I faced Shen Ze, what did that guy vaguely say...... Tower, are they also a tower? What does this tower mean? Fictitious or literal?"

"You know a lot," Tosaka sighed, "The tower is the magic tower, and only by erecting the magic tower in the gray realm can you fully master the gray realm and become a stable stronghold of the demon forces." There are many gray realms, and there are naturally many magic towers. Those big demon forces owned several towers, and they formed a tower guild. ”

"Since Shen Ze Prince He's demon force can make the old prince case, the power must be not small, Yu Linwei's side only vaguely learned that their organization is called the Blood Tower Society, and the details are not clear. The Empress and I, as well as Xiaoli, are all people of the Holy Mountain, whose power comes from the gods, and they cannot enter the Gray Realm. ”

"I probably understand," Gao De circled around the dissecting table, "The goal of the Blood Tower Society is to use the old prince to seize the world, or at least to grasp the power of the imperial court. Even if the Sea Tower Society hadn't joined forces with them, there would have been some kind of agreement. Unexpectedly, the empress ascended the throne, and the plan of the Blood Tower Society failed. The following Shen Ze Prince He tried to turn the tables by taking advantage of the Sisterhood to make trouble, but he was still thwarted one by one. At this point, the Sea Tower Society believes that the Blood Tower Society's plan has completely failed, and in order to clear up the relationship, they let the Golden Turtle destroy the evidence. ”

"It should be like this," Ai Tosaka looked at Gao De who was spinning in circles with his negative hand, and his heart fluctuated.

First of all, it's a pity, why can't such a person get to Miss's side to share Miss's worries?

If I am unwilling, why can he share his worries, but I can't? I must be no worse than this guy.

In the end, I was glad, fortunately, but the young lady just didn't want him to get involved, so she could only let him be dusty and be a mediocre underground emperor.

"But the Golden Turtle has done it so obviously, doesn't it expose the true face of the Sea Tower Society?" Gao De was still puzzled, "Hasn't the Empress seen it yet?"

"Of course I can see it, and of course I am angry," Tosaka Aiko said that the empress was really angry that her date with you was interrupted, "but what the true face, as long as the matter is not completely laid out, the empress has no reason to open the cover, and the holy mountain has no way to interfere." ”

"You have to understand that the Golden Turtle is just a small dark group that has no registration file in the household department, and its essence is a channel for communication between the household department and the three ports, including the lower port, and the Sea Tower Society is just one of the demon forces that can be contacted through this channel. The thousands of households in the Calculation Division Office couldn't see the money turtle at all, and only looked for them according to the contact information left by the other party when there was a case. ”

"Now that they have returned the corpse and the utensils, and they have pushed the scapegoat out, this is already a gesture of the demon forces on the side of the three ports. They hope that the matter will end here, and they will still submit to the court on the surface, and what demands they have will still be conveyed through the court. ”

Call it a day?

"Shen Ze is not dead yet, how can it end here!" Gao De subconsciously spoke.

"That's just a small person," Ai Tosaka was slightly moved by Gao De's persistence, "and it's not worth mentioning at all compared to the problems the empress faces." ”

Gao De is angry, it has nothing to do with the empress, this person is not gone, I can't sleep well!