The reason why Gu Cheng decisively rejected the third prince was not because he was loyal to the fourth prince he had never met, but because the third prince was really unreliable, from his personality to his methods.
None of the power he holds is reliable.
By following him, Gu Cheng would probably have a bleak future, not to mention a bright future.
Li Xiaoxuan seems to be a smart person. He can think about everything with absolutely calm thinking and puts interests first in everything, but this is not the demeanor of a king, and he is not even a hero.
He was too cold-blooded. Gu Yuanzhong and his son were the first to seek refuge with him. Shenxiao Pilitang had also joined forces with him a long time ago. However, now that Gu Cheng was more important than them, Li Xiaoxuan could easily abandon them.
Damn it, but what will happen to Li Xiaoxuan in the future when Gu Cheng is no longer useful, or when he needs to be sacrificed? He will definitely throw him out without hesitation in exchange for profit.
If you follow such a person and keep silent, you will have to worry about being betrayed all the time.
The last person who did something like Li Xiaoxuan was Fang Zhenhai, and now he has cooled down. This Li Xiaoxuan is a prince, so he will definitely be slow to cool down, but Gu Cheng is sure that with a personality like his, he will never ascend to the throne in the end.
Although some emperors were also cold-blooded and mediocre, at least they could act. But this third prince might not be able to act, or he might just be too lazy to act.
Moreover, the other party's forces are too deeply entangled with Jianghu. The imperial court is, after all, a court. Jianghu forces can borrow from them, but if you are too entangled with them, they will easily be backlashed.
Also, Li Xiaoxuan's actions are too extreme. He only wants to use his small skills to gain a great deal, and does not want to take the right path.
For example, this time, he wanted to use only one monster raised by evil cultivators to plot against both the second and fourth princes, and ultimately benefit himself.
Although the idea is good, if something goes wrong in the process, he will lose all his money.
And even if he succeeds, the loophole is too big. Even if there is no evidence, his final gain will make the second and fourth princes suspicious of him. When the time comes, it will be equally uncomfortable to turn their guns against him.
So no matter how he looked at it, Gu Cheng had no reason to seek refuge with the Third Prince at this time.
However, he rejected the third prince in public today, and the other party was afraid that he would hold a grudge.
Therefore, Gu Cheng has been much more cautious recently, paying attention to the surrounding situation.
A few days later, he did not notice the movements of the third prince, but Yang Naigong suddenly came to Gu Cheng, handed him a lot of files and said: "Sir, there has been something unusual recently. The Jianghu people who have come to the East Region are too...
There are too many, and there are still many who make trouble in broad daylight."
Gu Cheng said in surprise: "This should be a normal thing, right? The ancestor worship ceremony is coming soon, and there are not a few people in the world of Jianghu who have emerged in the capital.
Be more ruthless and throw the troublemakers directly into the black jail to scare the monkeys and make them more honest."
Yang Naigong shook his head and said: "It is normal for a large number of Jianghu people to appear in the capital at this time, but this time the number in the Eastern Region is a bit abnormal, almost ten times or even more than ten times that of previous years.
And in the past, these guys didn't dare to go out and wander around during the day due to Yasushi's power, but this time I don't know who gave them the courage to dare to cause trouble in the street in broad daylight, although they didn't create too much trouble.
The damage was huge, but the Xuanjia Guards under our command were so anxious that they could no longer control themselves.
And the strangest thing is that these people are concentrated in the Eastern Region, and the other three regions are normal and can be completely controlled."
Upon hearing this, Gu Cheng frowned immediately.
If this is the case in the other three regions, it would be normal, but what are these people gathering in the Eastern Region for? Who gave them the courage to challenge Yasushi's majesty?
"Do you suspect someone is behind this?"
Yang Naigong nodded and said: "It's either someone who instigated it or something else. Anyway, my subordinates have gone through several ancestor worship ceremonies and have never encountered this kind of situation.
Some of the people who were making the fuss were even on the wanted list of Jingyesi. Normally, they would not dare to show up in the capital, but now they showed up in the capital with great swagger. However, because our Eastern Region is currently severely short of manpower, so I couldn’t catch them all of a sudden, I was really suffocating.”
Gu Cheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Okay, I understand. From now on, I will do it myself."
He had some suspicions that the incident in the Eastern Region was caused by the third prince. Of course, he couldn't sue a prince without evidence.
Moreover, the Eastern Region cannot ask for help from above.
The power of the four regions of the capital is here, and you can't help but ask for help when others are fine. So what's the use of you, the commander of the Eastern Region? It's better to take charge of it personally.
Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, no one in the Four Regions Jingyesi will easily ask for help if they encounter something that they cannot solve at all.
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The top floor of Jiuyuan Building, the floor where Gu Cheng often visited, was now occupied by three Jianghu people dressed in strange shapes.
Generally speaking, those who can eat on the top floor of Jiuyuan Building are either rich or noble. Money does not count, and you have to show your identity.
Now these people didn't even give them any money. The waiter had his arm broken as soon as he came to stop him. This made the boss miserable. He immediately gave in and served the food obediently while notifying the Yamen.
At this time, in the top floor, a strong man who was blind in one eye, but with a red shriveled eyeball inlaid in his eye socket, was biting into a Bazhen chicken stewed with various rare materials while mumbling. Qingdao: "The guy who paid us this time is really interesting. He doesn't let us kill people, but lets us cause trouble in the capital. Does this guy have money to burn and wants to watch the fun?"
This person's name is 'One-Eyed Ghost' Zhang Heng. He is also considered the number one figure around the capital. He has a peak seventh-level cultivation. He was blinded by a top-grade purple zombie during a tomb robbery, but he is also extremely brave. He dug out the purple zombie's eyeball, and then spent a lot of money to find the magic doctor "Ghost Hand" Song Tian'an to put the eyeball in his own eye. From then on, he had the power of night vision and yin and yang, and could also explode part of the purple zombie's power. The strength is comparable to that of the sixth grade.
Opposite him, a man shrouded in black robes said in a hoarse voice: "Why does he care so much? This place in the capital is very complicated, and the big shots above are fighting with each other, and they also borrow our strength.
We quacks like us, to put it bluntly, are like chamber pots. When we use them, we pour all the dirty stuff into them, and when they are no longer needed, we just kick them away.
But it doesn’t matter, just give them enough benefits before kicking them away. If they offer a higher price, the emperor will also stop him!"
This man in black robe is the 'Poison Gu Master' Long Fan. It is said that he was once expelled from the Miao tribe. What he refined were some extremely sinister poisons. He even used human life to refine the poison and was killed by Jing Yesi. He was wanted, but because his escape skills were excellent and no one had seen his true face, he had never been caught.
The last man looked more normal, but his entire upper body was wrapped in bandages with runes mixed in them, and his attire was very strange.
He is the 'Demon Blood' Cao Ying. His whole body has been soaked in the blood of demons. Only his head was not soaked, so he survived. However, he always had to seal his body with runes, otherwise he would go crazy. He used to be furious. He massacred a small town while in a state of disbelief, and he was also wanted by Yasushi Yasushi.
At this time, Cao Ying frowned and said: "If you have money, you must have life to spend it. What I'm worried about is that if we make such a big fuss, will it lead to a suppression by the entire Jingyesi headquarters? It's like the place in the Black Prison It’s not comfortable.”
Long Fan sneered: "What are you doing if you don't have money? What's the point of living a miserable life? I can't let my little darlings go hungry.
Don't worry, looking at the scale of this time, the person behind the reward should be coming for the people from Jingyesi in the Eastern Region. Otherwise, why would they insist that we lock the Eastern Region and not go to other places?
The number of Jingyesi's lackeys, Eagle Dog, is limited. When he comes, we leave. When he leaves, we come. When they investigate us, we hide. Wouldn't it be nice to get through this and get the bounty and leave?"
At this moment, the door to the ninth floor was suddenly kicked into pieces. Gu Cheng strode in and said coldly: "You losers want to play guerrilla with me? Are you worthy?"
You want money rather than your life, right? Well, today I will send you to the underworld together, and the bounty you earn will be equivalent to buying yourself paper money!"
An ordinary low-level Jianghu person must have looked panicked and frightened when someone from Jingyesi came to his door.
Although these three people are also left-wing Jianghu people, based on their strength, they are considered strong even among the left-right Jianghu people. They are all figures who have been licking blood on the tip of a knife all year round. Of course, they will not be scared so easily. .
Zhang Heng still calmly swallowed a chicken leg, glanced behind Gu Cheng and laughed suddenly: "You are the only one who dares to come to trouble us? It's not like I haven't killed Jingyesi's lackey, Grandpa Eagle Dog." , tell me your name, grandpa, I will not kill an unknown person with my sword!"
Gu Cheng nodded calmly: "That's fine, it's best for you to know whose hands you died in when you die.
Remember, the person who will kill you today is Gu Cheng, the commander of the Eastern Region of Jingyesi in the capital!"
As Gu Cheng's words fell, the door to the ruins in his body opened wide, and in an instant, the boundless sharpness roared out, shrouding the top floor of the Jiuyuan Building!
At this moment, everyone's expressions changed, not when Gu Cheng took action, but when Gu Cheng reported his name.
The Xuanjia Guards of Jingyesi usually don't pay much attention to them. Although these Xuanjia Guards in the capital are the elites of Jingyesi from all over the country, they are also the elites of the low-level people in the world. They are all elites. Who is afraid of whom?
But no matter how arrogant they are, they still know what level of existence the Eastern Territory Commander is, and they may not be able to leave easily this time.