Late at night, lookout, orchid pavilion.

Gu Juexing sat on the chair, his fingers tapping the armrest rhythmically, his face expressionless, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.

Behind him, a thin middle-aged man lowered his eyebrows and made a pot of hot tea and put it on the table.

"Xianyi, what do you think this Ye Ming is coming from......

Gu Juexing suddenly opened his mouth and looked at the think tank beside him.

He's been thinking about it for the past two days.

It is said that he is a human, but there is a spirit beast as a son, and he is said to be a demon, but he is carrying the appearance of the Qingtian Buddha, the supreme treasure of the Thousand Buddha Temple, is really difficult to understand.

And every time he asked Huang Shang about Ye Ming's information, he prevaricated on the excuse that there was no file record of Ye Ming in the Shadow Sect.

Now, the information he has obtained is also very limited, and he only knows that Ye Ming has a close personal relationship with Xiaomeng, and he is one of the first of the seven islands of Qianyun.

Jiang Xianyi smiled slightly, "Your Highness, in my opinion, if it is an ordinary eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy, it is impossible for him to have the courage and cultivation to confront you-for-tat, and the concerns of His Majesty that he said are indeed true, and ordinary people generally can't find out such news......"

"You also think he was telling the truth?"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Jiang Xianyi nodded, "It's just a little suspicious." ”

"Where?"

Gu Juexing sat up straight unconsciously.

"Since Ye Ming was entrusted by His Majesty to check and balance His Highness and the Shadow Sect, why did he not move his troops in the past few days, and he was indifferent to the fact that Gaul had brought his wife and children into the city." Jiang Xianyi frowned slightly.

"In my opinion, there are only two possibilities, first, Ye Ming has not received the news, and second, he is testing His Highness's attitude!"

In Gu Juexing's eyes, Ye Ming had basically been divided into levels, but his father's level, if such a master couldn't detect that the person he was waiting for had come to Qingcheng, he would never believe it.

So it can only be the second possibility that Jiang Xianyi said!

"What does he want to test?"

"Let's see if Your Highness is really willing to give up the Shadow Sect!" Jiang Xianyi said solemnly.

"Give it up? That's not what my father meant! ”

Gu Juexing frowned.

"That's how clever your majesty is! If Ye Ming didn't appear, of course His Highness could act according to His Majesty's will, but from the moment Ye Ming intervened in this matter, His Majesty's intention was not like that......"

"Are you saying that the father and the emperor mean now that no matter whether Gaul and those two children fight or not, this king will not be allowed to get involved in the Shadow Sect?!" Gu Juexing's palms clenched suddenly.

"That's right!" Jiang Xianyi affirmed, "The meaning of Ye Ming's appearance is to take over the Shadow Sect, Your Majesty is obviously asking His Highness to rectify the Shadow Sect, in fact, he wants to see if His Highness has the ambition to grow secretly!" ”

No matter which force in Kyushu it is, the Shadow Sect that has no leader in the dragons is a piece of fat on the board, as long as it can be pocketed, its own strength will definitely usher in a qualitative leap.

The same is true for Gu Juexing, subduing the Shadow Sect can not only make him more famous in the court, but also use the assets of the Shadow Sect as capital to expand his own power.

But this point, in Gu Juexing's opinion, is by no means something that his father is happy to see.

"Do you want this king to just give up?" Gu Juexing said unwillingly.

Jiang Xianyi shook his head, "Although Ye Ming is not a friend now, he is definitely not an enemy, has His Highness ever thought about turning him into his own?" ”

"Dig into the corner of my father's wall? It's not suitable......"

Gu Juexing hesitated a little, he didn't want to, he didn't dare.

Once Ye Ming rejected this proposal, his ambition would be completely exposed in front of his father Gu Tang!

When he was young, he was undoubtedly looking for death.

Jiang Xianyi smiled, "No one can refuse a friend who has the ability, let alone a friend like His Highness who can bring Ye Ming what he wants!" ”

"What does he want?" Gu Juexing raised his eyebrows and asked.

"With the relationship between Ye Ming and Xiao Meng, it must be the most basic to protect the safety of Gaul and others, followed by the industry of the Shadow Sect, the land of the five states north of the Changling River, except for the imperial state to be returned to His Majesty, His Royal Highness can only take one state, and the rest can be given to him." Jiang Xianyi spoke eloquently.

"Take only one state, that's too little, right?" Gu Juexing frowned, his purpose was more than that.

"Yes is better than nothing, and His Highness can negotiate conditions with him, now the four states south of the Changling River have their own changes, with Ye Ming's strength, I am afraid it will take some effort to recover, but with the support of His Highness, it will be different, when it is recovered, His Royal Highness of the Shadow Sect in these four states will ask for fifty percent, right?"

"In this way, His Highness can not only get a rich reward in the case of buying Ye Ming, but also recruit a powerful helper when he competes for the throne in the future!"

Jiang Xianyi had a confident expression on his face, he absolutely believed that his plan was the best choice for his master now, and Ye Ming would definitely agree!

Gu Juexing's eyes gradually lit up, "Jiang Qing's clever plan!" ”

They didn't even discuss Huang Shang's problem, in the eyes of Gu Juexing and Jiang Xianyi, Huang Shang was just a temporary chess piece, and when there was a better choice, he could be completely discarded!

"Your Highness, with Huang Shang's character, he will definitely hide Gaul and others at this time as a handle to blackmail Ye Ming, and the most annoying thing for a master of this level is to be threatened, so we have to do it!"

Gu Juexing nodded slightly, cleared his throat, and greeted the outside, "Someone, send a message to Huang Shang, and ask him to send the four women of Gaul and Gao Cuilan to this king, so that they can serve and not be lazy!" ”

The red-armored guard outside the door clenched his fists heavily, "No! ”

……

At night, Ye Ming lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He still doesn't want to believe that with Du Xiaoyi's character, he will listen to Duan Gui's words, and he will do things so desperately that he has not left a way out!

Outside the window, the autumn wind gusted, and the window seemed to be closed too tightly, hitting the wooden frame back and forth.

Cui'er, who was sleeping on the side, got up slightly and stroked Ye Ming's chest, "Lord Ye, everyone has their own lives, don't worry about it anymore......"

Ye Ming let out a long sigh, he had been brainwashed by Yang Buhe many times, how could he not understand this truth?

But every time someone around him has an accident, he feels a full sense of powerlessness.

From Yu Miaoge to Gao Tuohai, to Xiao Meng and Du Xiaoyi, it seems that there is an invisible big hand pushing himself to do something.

And what Ye Ming couldn't figure out was that he and Du Xiaoyi were temporarily going to the Straw Hat Village, why did Duan Gui know about this in advance and hibernate there early?

This similar situation has also happened in Qianfo Mountain and the Ganlu Temple in Gulou City, once or twice can be interpreted as a coincidence, and each time they can take several steps ahead of themselves, it is worth pondering......

"I'll go next door and look for Whistling to see if it comes back." Ye Ming got up, put on his clothes and walked out the door.

"No need to look for it, I'm here." A faint voice sounded under the bed, and Cui'er was so frightened that she hurriedly wrapped the quilt around herself.

Ye Ming was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched.

"Are you sick on horseback? Getting under someone's bed in the middle of the night? ”

"Didn't you want to see where you went......" Roar sneered and crawled out.

"Let you go to the gate of the city and wait for Gaul, is there any letter?"

"No, if it wasn't for the fact that they were taken away by the surnamed Huang when we went to Straw Hat Village, they would still be on the way, anyway, I didn't see it." Whistling shook his head.

Ye Ming rubbed his temples, didn't want to think about it anymore, and asked a question that had been bothering him for a long time.

"Except for Lao Yang, is there anyone from the Dao Sect who has reached the Twelve Realms?"