Li Xiaoxuan was angry there, and everyone below did not dare to say anything.
They had already prepared the plan to use the corpse tapir to create a commotion and interrupt the ancestor worship ceremony. This was also the plan that had the quickest results and the least consumption among the plans prepared by the third prince.
It's a pity that with Gu Cheng's intervention, the corpse tapir is dead, and the evil cultivator is also dead. Even Jingyesi has guessed his plan, and the plan has completely failed.
At this time, Situ Xiao suddenly coughed and said: "Actually, Your Highness, don't worry. Although our plan failed this time, it is still a good thing."
Li Xiaoxuan frowned and said, "A good thing?"
Situ Xiao nodded and said: "We may be too optimistic about our plan this time. The guy boasted about his rotten tapir before, but it turned out to be vulnerable when it was really revealed. Even Gu Cheng was so
A sixth-level practitioner can solve it.
When the actual ancestor worship ceremony takes place, the surroundings will be guarded by powerful masters such as Yasushi Yasu. If there is no commotion and we are easily killed by others, our plan will also fail by then."
Li Xiaoxuan frowned and said, "By the way, there's also Gu Cheng. Is this guy destined to be my enemy? Is he already the fourth child?"
In fact, Li Xiaoxuan didn't pay much attention to Gu Cheng before. Even though Gu Cheng deposed Liu Qingshan and had conflicts with everyone under his command, he never faced him directly.
At that time, all Li Xiaoxuan's energy was focused on fighting for the spare position to read out the memorial. How could he have time to care about the intrigues in the Zhongyong Hou Mansion?
To put it bluntly, the status of Gu Yuanzhong and his son in Li Xiaoxuan's heart was not that important.
Situ Xiao handed the information in his hand to Li Xiaoxuan and said: "Your Highness, Gu Cheng can be said to be the most eye-catching figure among the younger generation of Jingyesi recently. He went from being a Xuanjia guard to the position of commander of the Eastern Territory.
It took two years.
As far as I know, his becoming the commander of the Eastern Territory this time has a lot to do with the Fourth Prince, so even if he is not the Fourth Prince's confidant, he must be considered a member of the Fourth Prince's lineage."
Li Xiaoxuan touched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "I heard that Gu Cheng is a member of the Gu family of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion?"
Gu Yuanzhong stood up quickly and said: "Your Highness, Gu Cheng is indeed my eldest brother's son, but he has been extremely dissatisfied with my family since he was a child, so he left the Gu Mansion just after he reached adulthood.
Moreover, this Gu Cheng is indifferent and does not recognize his relatives. He is simply not a son of a human being. He has long since disowned me as his uncle and does not consider himself to be a member of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion.
Although both of our families have the surname Gu, we are no longer considered a family."
Gu Yuanzhong thought that Li Xiaoxuan was questioning the relationship between him and Gu Cheng, so he hurriedly stepped forward to clear things up.
Everyone present could not help but sneer when they saw Gu Yuanzhong's appearance, even though they were all under the command of the third prince.
This Gu Yuanzhong is too irresponsible. The third prince has not even begun to criticize you, but you are killing your relatives out of justice?
The Zhongyong Hou Mansion has been in decline for hundreds of years, and it is only now that it has begun to rise. One of them has taken refuge with the third prince, and the other has become the commander of the Eastern Territory of Jingyesi. This is not an ordinary position.
As a result, before it could truly rise, internal fighting began, which turned it into a joke.
Li Xiaoxuan shook his head and said: "General Gu, there is no need to be so nervous, I have no intention of blaming you.
Although Gu Cheng ruined my plan, as Mr. Situ said, my plan already had loopholes. Even if Gu Cheng didn't ruin it, something unexpected would happen.
I am somewhat interested in the position of commander of the Eastern Territory. This incident has also taught me a lesson, that is, I have too little power in the court, especially the military and Jingyesi, and I am too passive.
So if we can recruit Gu Cheng to surrender, it will be much easier for us to work in the capital from now on.
No matter how you say it, Gu Cheng is your nephew. You cannot write two characters of "Gu" in one sentence. If you, General Gu, can help me recruit Gu Cheng, it will be a great achievement."
Li Xiaoxuan's move was actually a bit unethical. After all, Gu Cheng had destroyed the Xinnan Hou family, and the Xinnan Marquis family was the loyal confidants of his third prince.
As a result, Xinnan Marquis Guo Xing'an and his son have not been completely buried yet. You don't want to help them avenge them, but you still want to recruit their murderers. This is a cold-hearted attitude.
However, most of the people present did not express any doubts.
Except for some Jianghu people present, they were the princes and princes of the imperial court. They were all very realistic.
Who can reach the throne who is not a cold-blooded person? No matter how angry he is, he can still maintain his rationality.
If Li Xiaoxuan is so angry that he insists on killing Gu Cheng today, that would be a sign of immaturity.
The interests of the living are always more important than the interests of the dead, so they could only aggrieve the Marquis of Xinnan and his son.
But seeing that the third prince was so optimistic about Gu Cheng, Gu Yuanzhong was a little panicked.
He has seen Gu Cheng's strength. If he really recruits Gu Cheng under the Third Prince, then there will be no place for him!
So Gu Yuanzhong said quickly: "Your Highness, you must not do this!
Gu Cheng is definitely not an easy person. His relationship with the Fourth Prince is unclear, so how could he agree to His Highness's solicitation?
Besides, even if he agrees, His Highness still has to think about the feelings of those at Jiangnan Shenxiao Pili Hall.
After all, it was Shenxiao Perilitang who defected to Your Highness first. As a result, the disciples of Shenxiao Perilitang were deposed by Gu Cheng, and you recruited Gu Cheng as your subordinate. How will Shenxiao Peraktang deal with itself?"
The third prince smiled and said: "General Gu, there is no need to be so excited. I am just making a hypothesis. Since there are so many troubles, let's put this matter aside for now."
At this time, Gu Zheng suddenly said: "Your Highness, I do have some opinions about the current situation."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present immediately turned their attention to Gu Zheng.
Not because of anything else, but because Gu Zheng is too young, just a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. What does he know?
Wang Maoxing, who had been sitting next to Gu Zheng without saying a word, couldn't help but glance at him, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Gu Zheng is not only a member of the Gu family of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, but also a member of his Baiyun Temple.
Therefore, Wang Maoxing had already told him before coming here that it was best not to say anything in front of the third prince. Although Baiyunguan supports the third prince, this support is weighty and is not a mindless support.
"Master Gu Xiaodao, if you have anything to say, please speak directly."
Gu Zheng bowed his hands and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the plan we prepared before is invalid. However, Your Highness can also find a way to make the second prince and fourth prince fight more fiercely and increase the losses of both parties.
If the loss is serious and both parties suffer, His Highness may seek the position of reading the memorial.
Even if the loss is small, there is no loss on Your Highness's side, and now there are three people competing for two positions. In order to prevent the second and fourth princes from losing, they will compete with you for the substitute position, so one person's strength must be used
weaken."
"Oh? Then whose power do you want to weaken?"
Li Xiaoxuan touched his chin, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Gu Zheng's worry is not unreasonable. If one of these two people really loses and fights with him, it is possible that he will get nothing in the end.
Gu Zheng said solemnly: "Of course it's the Fourth Prince!
The second prince's influence in the military is deeply rooted, while the power in the hands of the fourth prince is somewhat secretive and slightly inferior.
And the point that weakened the strength of the fourth prince was Gu Cheng!
The information on Master Situ just now said that Gu Cheng has a close relationship with the Fourth Prince and his family. Even if they are not confidants, they must have great connections.
In fact, as long as Gu Cheng is touched, he can indirectly contact the fourth prince.
Previously, Master Du'e Tutuo secretly recruited many people from the martial arts world to swarm into the capital. He originally wanted to make the situation more chaotic. But now that the plan failed, they can be used elsewhere.
As long as Master Du'e Tutuo can find a way to make these Jianghu people cause trouble in the Eastern Territory without disturbing Jingyesi's headquarters, this will be enough to make Gu Cheng anxious.
These are not serious sins on ordinary days, but they are extremely sensitive on the eve of the ancestor worship ceremony.
Your Highness can take this opportunity to file a complaint against the fourth prince, saying that he knew people unknown and arbitrarily interfered in the appointment and dismissal of Jingyesi personnel, which led to the chaos in the Eastern Region.
At that time, the fourth prince had only two choices, either to protect Gu Cheng and he might be punished, or to try his best to distance himself from Gu Cheng. Such evasive behavior would even chill his subordinates.
Both choices will cause serious damage to your vitality."
Some people present looked at Gu Zheng with strange eyes. Although this boy was young, his thoughts were very vicious.
Although his move was obviously to deceive the fourth prince, in fact it was his brother Gu Cheng who was behind the plan.
This family is killing each other. Looking at this, they almost want each other to die immediately.
Li Xiaoxuan squinted his eyes and said, "The idea is not bad, but there are some details that need to be worked out."
Having said that, Li Xiaoxuan turned his gaze to Du'e Tutuo and said, "Do those Jianghu people know who led them to the capital? Maybe you can drive them?"
Du'e Tutuo shook his head and said: "I don't know, I posted the mission in the black market, so they don't even know about my existence.
They don't even know about the corpse tapir's plan. Our original plan was to lure these Jianghu people to the scene on the day of the ancestor worship ceremony, and then wait for the corpse tapir to appear and let them cause even greater chaos.
So he hadn't gotten the money before the mission started, and most of the people stayed in the inn. After all, people from Jingyesi were under the jurisdiction of the outside.
If His Highness is willing to offer more bounties, it will be very simple to drive this group of people. Of course, they can only do some small tricks, and they will definitely not dare to challenge Yasuji in the daytime."
Gu Zheng said quickly: "You don't need to let them attack Jingyesi, you just need to let them make a fuss and make the East Territory restless, which will make the East Territory even more incompetent and chaotic against the backdrop of the other three territories. That's enough!"