The sky was full of stars, and it was early in the morning. The air after the rain is exceptionally fresh, and it is really a good day to sleep.

But for some people, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Chen Hao got out of Lu Zhenbang's casino and walked along the streets and alleys towards the palace. On the way, he encountered several groups of patrolling guards, and it seemed that someone had come forward to be loyal to Cao Cheng.

He directly turned on the "Taiyi Concealment Technique" and sneaked all the way through.

After entering the palace, Chen Hao found that it was busier than during the day!

Along the way, the eunuchs, palace maids and guards were all busy, some were busy replacing the original red or yellow palace lights with white, and some were holding Bai Aya to make funeral costumes everywhere.

Chen Hao passed through several palaces all the way, but found no trace of Cao Cheng. In the end, I dived until the "Crouching Tiger Palace" and saw the main owner here.

In the main hall, Cao Cheng's face was tired, and he was talking to a group of civil and military officials: "...... Father's funeral also needs to be done quickly, this matter is still in charge of Zhao Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, you were responsible for the construction of your father's mausoleum. ”

A black-faced official below bowed his hand and said, "Do as my king wills." ”

"As for the enthronement ceremony of this king, I think it is better to wait for my father to be buried before holding it, otherwise it seems too urgent. Cao Cheng said again.

A sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked official below stood up and said: "Your Royal Highness's filial piety is commendable, but he does not dare to agree with the matter of ascending the throne. The kingdom should not be without a king for a day, and the sooner the better, and the throne should be ascended immediately after the dawn. ”

"That's true!"

The minister seconded. ”

Three or four more ministers agreed. After waiting and seeing, they judged the situation and rushed to the palace to express their support for the new king, and the sooner they ascended the throne, the better. In this way, the raw rice is cooked and matured, and the merit of supporting it is considered to be firmly in hand.

"This matter will be discussed later. Cao Cheng couldn't help but yawn, he was really sleepy.

First, he confronted his eldest brother Cao En for a whole day, and his nerves were already extremely tense. At night, after several twists and turns, someone finally killed Cao En, but in the blink of an eye, it became the rhythm of being a puppet.

Fortunately, he was still clever, and he promptly incorporated the people of the White Tiger Hall, who had the highest force in the field, and temporarily forced back the people who came to intervene from the Overwatch Valley.

Then, before they could catch their breath, these speculators smelled the smell and ran over one by one, regardless of the darkness of the night!

It is better to take the initiative to come to Chengcheng than to persecute them in the future, and Cao Cheng can't drive others away, right? Although these guys didn't support themselves at the beginning, they have no foundation now, so they can't be demanding.

Then he began to discuss with these speculators about the cleansing of Cao En's lineage, funeral and enthronement, and I have to say that these guys are more and more powerful than the other. Big and small things can give you a whole one, two, three, let alone this kind of big thing that alternates between the old and the new?

All kinds of quotations and classics are-for-tat, all counting on showing their hands in front of the new master, who knows that Cao Cheng is already tired of it in his heart!

He just wants to go to sleep, he is not Cao En, his own cultivation has not even reached the out-of-body level, and his body is far inferior to the dead big brother.

However, there were also organic spirit people among the ministers, and when they saw Cao Cheng's tired face that he couldn't hide, he stood up to stop everyone: "Your Highness has suffered many accidents, and you are physically and mentally exhausted, I think it is better to ask Your Highness to go back to the palace to rest for a while." Let's discuss it ourselves first, and then report directly to His Highness after dawn. ”

"What Aiqing said is very true!" Cao Cheng nodded in agreement, if they were all as clever as this guy, it would be much easier.

“...... Then please go and rest first, Your Highness. The ministers said.

Chen Hao followed behind Cao Cheng and followed the eunuch to another palace. Before leaving, he roughly counted the ministers in the Crouching Tiger Palace, and found that there were more than twenty.

He couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly, Plains City and Overwatch Valley actually had similar populations, both less than 100,000. Put it outside, which is the size of a small town.

In the Overwatch Valley, the subordinates of the city lord basically didn't care about the affairs of the Overwatch Valley, and all of them served themselves, including the Battle Ding Battalion, the Valley Guard, and others, all of whom were raised by their own salt farms.

Ye Buwen, who really manages the affairs of the people's livelihood in the Watch Valley, plus his servants, tax collectors, etc., is only more than a hundred people. As for those who have reached the status of these "high-ranking officials and dignitaries" at the moment, I am afraid that even Ye Buwen himself is still a little behind.

Therefore, it is conceivable that the proportion of high-ranking officials and dignitaries in this plain city is too large!

It is no wonder that Lu Zhenbang's gang of three or two can develop tens of thousands of people in a short period of time. With so many officials in need of support, the lives of the people in this city can be imagined, and they are really unbearable to be disturbed by poverty.

"Go out first. When he arrived at a side hall, Cao Cheng sat down on the big bed in the hall and waved to the eunuchs who followed him.

"Yes, Your Highness. Do you want to open the protective ban?" said one of the palace guards.

"No...... Wait, let's open it. Cao Cheng suddenly thought of the quail, judging from the way he killed his brother, that person came and went without a trace, it was really impossible to prevent it, it was better to be careful.

The guards activated the ban in the hall, and suddenly a hazy blue light enveloped the entire hall. Then he took out a mirror and hung it solemnly on a wall in the hall, and said to Cao Cheng after activation: "Your Highness, this mirror of the demon is specialized in breaking all kinds of stealth illusions, and the method of blinding the eyes. ”

"This thing ......," Cao Cheng secretly said in his heart.

In the three or four years before his death, his father had already become moody, sometimes sober, sometimes violent. Including Cao Cheng, they all regarded him as a neurotic. Although he didn't dare to say it, he didn't want to be contaminated with him in his heart.

But this magic weapon is really a good thing to guard against assassins, and as a king, you have to equip it.

"Forget it, just hang it there. You go out first, and I'll rest for a while. Cao Cheng decided to follow his father's habits, and then hurriedly sent the guards and eunuchs away.

In fact, if he wasn't too tired, Cao Cheng would have wanted the eunuch to bring a few concubines who he had already taken a fancy to. Although it is really undignified to say such things, the affairs in the palace have always been full of this kind of filthiness, and even if they knew, no one would dare to say anything.

His father is not the successor of the previous generation of stunning concubines? He thought that if he was hidden in the deep palace, no one would know, but he didn't know that there was no leaky wall in this world!

Forget it, I'm really tired today, so let's wait until I'm in good spirits to think about these things.

Cao Cheng kicked off his shoes and fell on the big bed, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he heard someone laughing: "Your Highness is really neat, this is all arranged, you can lie down and sleep, but unfortunately I still have to run around." ”