This night, Lu Hanjiang rested very well, and he slept until he woke up naturally, and then the emperor Xiaoyuan, who came to the door, brought him bad news and one, worse news.

Shuo Xuan is missing, it is naturally impossible for Xi Qiu and a few people not to be in a hurry, after all, the snake can't be without a head, and their group of disciples of the Carefree Sect still need a leader to lead after all.

What's more, only Shuo Xuan knows the secret of the seven pieces of jade, and only Shuo Xuan knows how to unlock the secret after getting the jade.

Now that the senior brother is gone, they are naturally all out of proportion.

Based on this, the first bad news that Huangfu Xiaoyuan brought to Lu Hanjiang was that because he couldn't bear to continue to wait, he sent a few people to take a risk.

It is said that the temple is a small demon, and there are many kings in the pool, and in this small group of seven, there are several factions, of course, there are only six people left.

The first is Lu Hanjiang, who is known as Qiao Cunsi, he is naturally the most evil faction among the six, because he neither wants to live forever, nor has revenge to avenge him, let alone a serious disciple of the Carefree Sect, he is Jinyiwei.

The second faction is Xi Qiu and Chu Wei, both of whom are staunch supporters of Shuo Xuan, advocating secretly gathering all jade and flying away after cracking the method of immortality.

The last faction is the other three people that Lu Hanjiang has not yet seen, and they are oscillating between the imperial court and the free faction, on the one hand, they are eager for immortality, and on the other hand, they are appealing for fame and fortune.

Their proposition is the most outrageous, that is, to take refuge in any of the seven highnesses, including His Royal Highness Yu, to help him win the world, share the secret of jade, and then go hand in hand with glory and immortality.

It is said that just a few decades ago, the old-timers of the free faction learned the lesson of the destruction of the family, and this history forged with blood feuds did not play a role in warning future generations at all, but gave these three people an illusion of one time and another.

But Lu Hanjiang can't say that they just remember to eat or not, after all, even outsiders like Bei Yingzi are planted in this Vanity Fair, not to mention these juniors who are originally from official eunuch families.

As Meng Yuan once taught him, no one in the world can refuse to support the merits.

Speaking of the free faction, what they want to risk doing this time is to seek the position of crown prince.

Of course, this is a big goal, and before working towards this goal, there is a small premise to decide, that is, which Highness they choose.

Several people thought about it, and although they didn't decide which one they should support, they all chose to exclude the four princes first.

The reason for everyone is very simple, what they want to do is a big thing that will leave a name for the ages, and wouldn't it even lower their own level to support a waste.

From almost this moment on, Lu Hanjiang completely saw the pattern of several people, there must be a group of fools with eyes above their hands, thinking about winning the world, but they can't even put down their faces, what are they not stupid.

Compared with several other highnesses in different prefectures, isn't it the best to control the four princes who are the same as the waste, don't you have to put the ready-made rubber stamps away, and you have to fight with a few hungry wolves and cunning foxes for meat to eat.

But then again, if Lu Hanjiang did this by himself, he would not choose the fourth prince, not because this person's brain is not good, but because his conditions are too poor, and there are few forces behind him, and he is ranked in the bottom two with His Royal Highness Yu.

Even, if the Xuantian Sect is also counted, the Fourth Highness is not even as powerful as Qin Yu, who has just returned, and is one name away from the commander of the light pole.

But if there is anything worse than the group of Loose Sects who want to help seize the heir, it is that this group of people intends to take the lead at the emperor's birthday banquet.

Although several people agreed that the four princes were waste, they all admitted that only this waste prince was best fooled at this stage, so they planned to fool the four princes into mentioning the crown prince at the emperor's birthday banquet.

The purpose is naturally to force the old emperor to express his position, if the old emperor decides the prince candidate in court, it is naturally the best, then they don't need to choose, but if it doesn't work, it is to take the second step, and get the four princes to grab the crown prince's position, or even simply the throne.

These people didn't really expect the four princes to do something, but pinned their hopes on the anger of the old emperor, this group of people planned to do the opposite, since the emperor didn't choose, then they would instigate all the princes one by one to take the throne.

In addition to those who were deposed by the anger of the old emperor, treated them coldly, or even killed them directly, isn't the last thing left to be the rightful crown prince?

With such an idea, even Lu Hanjiang was stunned, not to mention how difficult it is to operate this plan, just saying that the logic of trying to rely on the elimination method to pick people is not something that ordinary people can come up with.

This crazy method will naturally not be approved by everyone, such as Xi Qiu and Chu Wei are resolutely opposed, but the two of them are weak, and they can't beat the other three after all.

So at this time, the pressure came to Lu Hanjiang's side, even if it was calculated according to the head, now it was two to three, and he, the person who did not express his position, was very important.

At this time, Huangfu Xiaoyuan spoke, and she said: "My lord, according to what I have seen in my humble position, it is better to call these people to a secluded place in the name of the free faction and take them all." ”

She was really thinking about Lu Hanjiang when she said this, after all, Commander Meng said that the treatment of the Carefree Sect was to ignore it before and after the birthday banquet, and when this period of time passed, she would drop it one by one.

But the reason for Meng Yuan's order this time was for the sake of His Majesty's face, but if this group of people were to provoke the four princes to do things at the birthday banquet, then His Majesty's face would not be able to be hung up, and I am afraid that he would be thrown on the ground and stepped on a few times.

The lesser of the two harms, under the trade-off, it is more appropriate to directly send these families to prison than the seven sons to take the heirs.

Lu Hanjiang was silent for a long time, but he shook his head, and he suddenly asked, "You said that if Qiao Shifang was still alive, which side would he support?" ”

Huangfu Xiaoyuan was speechless, not because she had any opinion on this, but because she knew very little about Qiao Shifang's affairs and had nothing to say at all.

Lu Hanjiang didn't care, but said to himself: "Qiao Shifang has connections with the Xuantian Sect and the Huangfu family, and he also wants to help His Royal Highness Yu take the land south of the Yangtze River......."

"In this way, Qiao Shifang's plan is similar to those three people, is he planning to help His Royal Highness Yu ascend to the throne?" Huangfu Xiaoyuan said.

"The Xiaoyao faction only survived Shuo Xuan, these six people were all personally selected by him before accepting apprentices on behalf of the teacher, but why did he let these six people have different thoughts, it stands to reason that if he is incompetent, how can he plan for more than ten years and even Uncle Meng can't be aware of it, but if he is capable, how can he not even control his subordinate disciples......"

Lu Hanjiang frowned and pondered, and after listening to it, Huangfu Xiaoyuan was slightly surprised: "What do you mean, Shuo Xuan is deliberately indulging others?" ”

"Shuo Xuan is dead."

Lu Hanjiang stared at the big tree in the courtyard, and said in a surging tone: "The kung fu of the Xiaoyao Sect and what he said that day are not fake, that is, Shuo Xuan himself is undoubtedly ...... Unless there is someone behind Shuo Xuan. ”

Huangfu Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment and said: "The Loose Sect has long been destroyed, who else can be behind Shuo Xuan?" ”

"No, no, it may not be the Easy Sect," Lu Hanjiang's eyes lit up, as if he understood something, he asked with a smile: "Why do you think I want your brother to face off with Xuehua Palace?" ”

Huangfu Xiaoyuan's face struggled for a moment under the mask, and she said firmly: "...... There is no reason. ”

"Yes, it's 'no reason.'"

Lu Hanjiang narrowed his eyes and smiled meaningfully: "Then guess again, if the person behind this really exists, how likely is it that your sister is?" ”

“......”