When Gu Cheng walked out of the inner hall, everyone in the courtyard looked at him.
At this time, Gu Cheng had completely restrained his emotions, and outsiders could not see the slightest expression on his face.
Gu Cheng nodded lightly to the Ninth Prince and said, "Your Highness, my grandma is gone, but now I have no foundation in the capital, so I have to trouble Your Highness to send someone to help handle the funeral."
At this time, Gu Yuanzhong couldn't help but said: "Of course my mother's funeral must be handled by my Gu family, how can I bother outsiders?"
Gu Cheng gave the other party a cold look and said coldly: "When grandma is seriously ill, you are still here to entertain guests. Are you worthy?"
Gu Yuanzhong, I said, I don’t want to kill anyone today, but that doesn’t mean I can’t kill someone!”
With Mrs. Gu's death, it can be said that Gu Cheng's only connection with the Gu family was completely severed. He did not regard Gu Yuanzhong's family as his own family, even in name and blood.
Seeing Gu Cheng's cold eyes, Gu Yuanzhong did not dare to provoke Gu Cheng at this time. He could only give in and ask Li Xiaozhun to send someone to take away Mrs. Gu's body for burial.
In fact, Gu Yuanzhong does not have much affection for Mrs. Gu's mother, not only because of his cold nature, but also because of jealousy. He is jealous of his eldest brother.
It was Mrs. Gu who raised them after their father, Mr. Gu, passed away, but at that time, someone in the Zhongyong Hou Mansion had to step up and take the lead and support the Hou Mansion.
Therefore, Mrs. Gu had no choice but to put most of her efforts on Gu Cheng's father, which made Gu Yuanzhong always feel that he was left out, as if he was not his biological child.
Now that Mrs. Gu is seriously ill or even passed away, he doesn't feel any sadness, only anger, anger towards Gu Cheng.
At this time, the princes who were originally preparing to congratulate Gu Yuanzhong also looked at each other and left quietly.
Before, they thought that Gu Yuanzhong had attached himself to the third prince, so he must have become rich this time.
But now it seems that is not necessarily the case. Even the Gu family himself is in a lot of troubles. Who knows what the outcome will be.
From being high-spirited to being so embarrassed now, even his mother's funeral arrangements were robbed by Gu Cheng. It can be said that he has been completely embarrassed. His life has experienced ups and downs so quickly.
Zhang was unwilling to accept it and said: "How did that little beast become so strong? What should the Zhongyong Hou family do when they see the title?"
Gu Yuanzhong snorted coldly: "You know the title, the title!
First, go to the third prince with Zheng'er and explain to him that we have completely broken up with that Gu Cheng and have nothing to do with him anymore.
Otherwise, it would be terrible if the third prince knew that someone from my Gu family had taken refuge with someone from the fourth prince's lineage!"
With that said, Gu Yuanzhong put on a smiling face and went to find Situ Xiao to explain.
Gu Yuanzhong's family was still worried about the title. In fact, Gu Cheng had never paid much attention to it. Gu Yuanzhong's family was not qualified to get this position, and Gu Cheng was not prepared to inherit any title.
In Gu Cheng's view, Daqian's title system is just an honorary title, and it is the least affordable one.
As long as you have made great achievements, the royal family will not mind giving you a title, and then granting you the title of marquis or general. This is a very generous thing for the Li family.
But in fact, this title does not help your own status. If you have the strength, you can become a general even if you are a small soldier. If you fail to live up to your expectations, even if you are a descendant of the founding emperor's brother, you will not get anything. real power.
All the titles in Daqian only have titles and no fiefs. You can still get some salary if you are hereditary. Although it is quite a lot, it can only guarantee that you can live a dignified life, not even rich and powerful.
Therefore, only those who have no ability but still work hard to climb up the ranks will care about this kind of title. Those who are truly capable all want to win a title for themselves.
Although this system is not very friendly to the descendants of those heroes, it is very good from the perspective of the entire Daqian system. It can prevent the corruption and lack of progress from generation to generation of those martial princes.
It can be said that the Dukes of Wuxun who can be handed down now are all people with real power in the military, civil servants and even the Jingyesi. Those who are not enterprising have been naturally eliminated long ago.
Gu Cheng spent seven days dealing with Mrs. Gu's funeral, and after letting her go in a peaceful manner, Gu Cheng also sorted out his emotions.
As soon as Mrs. Gu left, the obsession of 'Gu Cheng' left deep in his memory in this life has completely dissipated.
Of course, this is actually a good thing for Gu Cheng, making his soul and body more closely connected.
After all this work was done, Gu Cheng took the documents and prepared to go to Jingyesi to take up his post.
The headquarters of Yasushi in the capital is very conspicuous, close to the imperial city. This is partly to show the importance of Yasushi over both the civil and military parties, and also to guard the imperial city so that no evil spirits can approach.
The wall of Jingyesi is very high, more than ten feet high. Outsiders can hardly see what is inside. A row of pitch black walls surrounds the entire headquarters of Jingyesi, covering an area of hundreds of miles. , it is simply like a city within a city, not much smaller than the Daqian Imperial City.
In fact, there are not so many people in the Jingyesi headquarters in the capital. The people in the headquarters are all the elites of the entire Jingyesi. One of them is worth ten ordinary Xuanjia guards outside.
The reason why Jingyesi was built so big was because the headquarters of Jingyesi was its own system with many departments.
For example, the Interrogation Department that Gu Cheng was going to take over before, there are also those responsible for refining elixirs, refining various strange secret treasures, and even those responsible for hidden assassinations, and those responsible for gathering intelligence. There are many, many of these departments, and some of them have leaders It has even reached the level of a master, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the Grand Governor of Jingyesi or the commanders of the four directions.
These densely packed departments were put together to form the current Yasushi headquarters.
When he stepped into the headquarters of Jingyesi and handed in his official documents, he always felt as if the two listening statues standing at the door were staring at him. He even felt that these things were alive.
A Xuanjia guard guarding the door went in to report the news, and the others laughed and said: "You just came to the capital, right? Don't look at it. In the past, Master Luofu personally refined the Listening Beast, and sealed the souls of two big demons in it, so that he can examine the world. , any existence within more than ten miles around the headquarters of Jingyesi cannot be hidden from the eyes of the Listening Beast. Even our Jingyesi has a special inspection department, which watches the surrounding movements in front of the formation on the other side day and night. "
Gu Cheng nodded understandingly. Isn't this 360-degree all-round surveillance?
After a while, the Xuanjia guard came out and led Gu Cheng into a main hall, turning left and right.
What Gu Cheng wants to meet this time is Fang Henshui, one of the four commanders of Jingyesi, who is also the backer behind Yu Yuanhai. He heard that Yu Yuanhai once helped him a lot, and he also
He also brought Yu Yuanhai into Jingyesi, but this person was not from the Heaven Confrontation Alliance.
In fact, the four commanders of the capital do not have direct superiors. They are responsible for all matters of the entire capital. When other departments of Jingyesi need to cooperate, they must cooperate. Similarly, any of the four commanders can command them.
Today, Gu Cheng came to Fang Henshui to report, just because Fang Henshui had time and was in charge of the capital, so he was one of his own.
"Subordinate Gu Cheng, please see your lord."
Fang Henshui, one of the four commanders, is not that old in appearance. His true age is unknown, but he looks like he is only in his early forties, and his appearance is ordinary. If it were not for the fact that he was wearing a very conspicuous black and red Tingting uniform,
With light armor, this one definitely belongs to the type that can't be found when it's in a crowd.
But the aura on his body is very strange. Fang Henshui does not show any strong aura. His whole body is like a black hole. Both the aura and the probing and probing eyes you show seem to be sucked into it, making him
You can't see the slightest shade.
But according to what Gu Cheng knows, among the four commanders of Jingyesi, three are warriors and one is a Qi practitioner. Among them, the weakest of the three are Wanghai, a fourth-level martial artist, and the strongest one has reached the fourth level of martial arts.
In the realm of third-level divine sects, they are the kind of strong men who can destroy a large sect by one person. A large party like Xuanwu Zhenzong that dominates a county can be destroyed with just a wave of hands.
Fang Henshui waved his hand and said in a slow tone: "Okay, get up, there is no need to be polite, you are the person recommended by Yu Yuanhai, so naturally you are one of our own.
I have nothing to tell you here. I have seen all your achievements in Nanyi County. In addition to your level of strength, you are fully qualified to be the commander of the Eastern Territory based on your abilities.
However, Yu Yuanhai previously arranged for you to be the commander of the Torture Department. Unexpectedly, you got the position of commander of the Eastern Territory through the hands of the fourth prince. This is really unexpected.
Being in the capital, especially the position of the commander of the four domains, is very sensitive, so I will only ask you today, are you a member of the fourth prince, and have you participated in the battle for the right to inherit the throne?"
Fang Henshui stared at Gu Cheng, his eyes so deep that Gu Cheng couldn't tell what the other person meant. It was as if he could see through everything in his heart with this look.
If it had been someone else, they might have been immediately flustered at this glance, and would have revealed everything that should be said and shouldn't be said.
Of course, Gu Cheng's psychological quality was still very strong. He did not panic. Without knowing whether the other party knew about the Zhengtian Alliance, Gu Cheng answered truthfully what he could say.
"I am not a member of the Fourth Prince. This position of commander of the Eastern Territory is just due to a transaction between me and the Fourth Prince. I helped him defeat Xie Anzhi, and he helped me get this position.
As for the fight for the right to inherit the throne, a little person like me is naturally not qualified to participate, nor do I want to participate.
But people cannot help themselves in the arena, and the same is true in the court.
In the past few days since I came to the capital, I have offended the Third Prince's people, and I have also borrowed the favors of the Fourth Prince and his family.
Even if I don’t want to be involved, I’m actually already part of it.”