In the east side courtyard, looking at Murong Xiuming, who was covered in blood and seemed to be missing an arm, being carried into the woodshed, Hengyu stood up with a solemn expression.
After the elite guardsmen who had been hiding in the dark left, Geshan waited for half a stick of incense before Shanshan arrived late.
At least for Hengyu, Geshan came late, but instead of asking for an explanation, he whispered: "Can you talk now?"
Geshan looked calm and chuckled: "Actually, I have always been able to talk, but now it is more convenient."
Hengyu glanced at the woodshed, and Geshan understood: "He is missing an arm, but he won't die yet."
Hengyu glanced sideways again and saw the faintly reserved female figures behind the screen. He was really confused and said, "Mr. Ge, what exactly do you want me to do?"
Geshan also looked at the screen and said softly: "I didn't plan to come here again, but you might be worried."
Hengyu looked unhappy and said, "It's not that you're worried, but that you haven't been honest with us. Isn't the news that Li Fu brought out false news?"
"Then it depends on whether you believe it or not? Well, it should be whether they believe it or not." The rest of Geshan's words were more like talking to himself, his eyes remained on the screen, and he said softly: "It's actually very safe here, just wait. Bar."
Ge Shan glanced at Heng Yu, left without saying a word.
After Hengyu watched Geshan leave with a cold expression, he also returned to the base of the wall with an indifferent expression. However, there was already a thin folded paper in his palm. He opened it and read it. After one glance, he put it directly into his mouth and swallowed it.
This was a map, but several places were specially marked on the map. Although Hengyu was a little puzzled, he still wrote it down silently, waiting for the opportunity that Geshan did not speak out.
Ge Shan came out of Bai Hao's house all the way. Whenever he met other people or guards who came to look for Bai Hao, they all showed respect after seeing him. However, in just over a month, Ge Shan, the personal guard, The military advisor has suddenly become the military advisor of the city lord's palace. Sometimes, those who come to Bai Hao to report important matters will subconsciously look for his attention after they cannot find Bai Hao.
He didn't know when, but every word he said was enough to affect every aspect of this city with a huge population.
But, this is not his purpose.
After walking out of the gate, Ge Shan went straight to the Youyan Formation, which was undergoing intensive renovation and expansion. When he came to the tall stone platform and the pool, he moved the sculpture on the corner of the stone platform with ease and entered the dark passage below. middle.
But he neither went to the space that disgusted him nor went to the third floor of the prison on the other side. Instead, after walking a certain distance forward, he walked sideways into a dark space.
His eyes swept across the darkness, and he held his breath and listened for a moment. Finally, he gave up on this useless effort and said directly: "Father-in-law, are you here?"
The darkness in the space was like a silent stream of water. When Geshan's figure sounded, there was finally an echo in the darkness. Geshan looked at a gently moving corner and chuckled: "My father-in-law is more cautious than me."
Cao Jin didn't talk nonsense and said in a low voice: "Bai Hao can't touch me, but you only need to make him dissatisfied, and you will die without a burial place."
"You're already dead, why do you need a burial place?" Geshan's voice was full of humor, but the next moment he asked seriously: "He doesn't have any doubts, does he?"
Cao Jin walked closer to him silently, with a pair of white eyebrows twitching slightly, and said in a sinister voice: "Are you more of a threat than our family imagined? When you came to our family, you also said that we can ask for you at any time. Take your life."
The corner of Geshan's mouth curled up and he asked, "Isn't it true? Whether you are the city lord or the father-in-law, you can take my life at any time."
Cao Jin's voice suddenly became sharp: "This is how you gain the trust of our family, and this is how you gain the trust of Bai Hao! But now our family understands that you do not take your own life seriously."
"That's right." Ge Shan calmed down and said, "But am I not standing in front of my father-in-law alive now? Well... do you think that since I can treat Bai Hao like this, I can also treat you like this?"
Cao Jin suppressed the murderous intention in his heart, but Ge Shan continued on by himself: "However, the father-in-law decided to cooperate with the stall after listening to my suggestion. Presumably, the father-in-law is still more afraid of the city lord."
"Father-in-law, you only need to understand that I will never have the strength to hurt you, then you will know that I cannot be trusted."
After hearing his words, Cao Jin didn't look at all gentle. He shook his head and said, "No matter what you say, our family will never believe you again. You are clearly a lunatic walking on the edge of a knife. Maybe you have already contacted Hidden Valley." , just wait until the time comes to turn against our family."
"My father-in-law was worried about this." Geshan said with a smile: "In the past, when people accepted defectors, they were required to bring a surrender certificate, but now no matter what surrender certificate I bring to those people in Hidden Valley, I will not escape death."
Cao Jin's eyes moved slightly, obviously thinking about this. Ge Shan nodded and said: "Wanhua Valley has a somewhat special status in Hidden Valley, but I not only captured their people but also killed a few of them. Speaking of what happened just now, my father-in-law may not know the result yet, and Murong Xiuming failed to do so. He ran away and had his arm cut off and was sent out of the city."
"Which force do you think I can still wander among, father-in-law?"
After a few quiet breaths in the dark room, Cao Jin finally returned to Ge Shan's original question, shook his head and said: "Bai Hao is suspicious by nature, how can he not doubt your actions, but you don't have to worry, we have our family to supervise you, you are safe You can do it with confidence.”
Ge Shan nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Actually, even if the city lord stops and kills Li Fu, he can only get these things by using the soul-searching technique. Because the confidence I want to convey is still with you, father-in-law."
Cao Jin narrowed his eyes and sneered, "What do you want to know?"
There was a rare trace of doubt between Geshan's brows, "The Nether Flame Formation will never be able to stop so many masters in Hidden Valley, and the Dragon Blood Pill is more like an insurance policy. I know that my father-in-law must have planned something together with the city lord before. , I wonder if my father-in-law can tell the truth today?"
As early as after meeting Mu Qing and the others, Ge Shan had never let go of his concern for this matter. However, Bai Hao was suspicious by nature and did not tell anyone about this important matter. There is speculation that if there is one person in this huge Zhuque City with a population of one million who knows about this matter that has always been shrouded in clouds, then this person must be Cao Jin.
In fact, as the original proposer of the Blood Sacrifice Formation, Cao Jin was in a very uneasy mood these days. Although he regarded ordinary people as ants, after the initial moment when he was most nervous and hesitant, fearing that all the Hidden Valley masters would appear, With another letter from Baidi City, Cao Jin regretted telling Bai Hao about this.
After all, his path of cultivation is deeply involved with the mysterious cause and effect. If Bai Hao succeeds, will he have a share of the 100,000 resentful soul karma? Even if Suzaku City is peaceful, the Qi If his fortune comes to one, will it be a waste of money for him, or even more losses than gains?
He didn't want to admit that Bai Hao's secret plan had an inseparable relationship with him, but he couldn't hide it in front of Murong Xing that night. Thinking of the smart and almost demonic young man in front of him, he could only sigh deeply. Afterwards, he asked with some enthusiasm: "What do you want to ask?"
Geshan took the lead in throwing out his speculation after collecting a lot of information recently, and said seriously: "In addition to the Youyan Formation under the City Lord's Mansion, is there a larger formation outside? Does this formation require a large number of living people? ?”
Geshan felt that Cao Jin's gaze on his face was getting sharper and sharper. He paused and asked directly: "Or to put it more directly, is it necessary to sacrifice more than 100,000 lives?"
"How did you come up with the number one hundred thousand?"
Cao Jin's voice was a little more emotional and complicated.
Ge Shan raised his eyes and stared straight at Cao Jin's expression, his face getting more and more ugly and he said: "There are exactly one hundred thousand city defense troops."
Cao Jinzhuang nodded suddenly, "That shouldn't be too different from what you guessed. You've already guessed these things, so there shouldn't be anything you want to ask anymore, right?"
Cao Jin felt angry and took half a step forward, suppressing the bad feeling in his heart. Seeing that Cao Jin's face was not good-looking, he muttered: "Eunuch Cao must have been involved in this matter? But there is one thing that subordinates want to do. Let’s make it clear now, if you don’t want to suffer any infamy with Bai Hao in the future, then Bai Hao must die!”
Cao Jin said with waning interest: "Even if Bai Hao dies, can our family be freed from suspicion? Our family is just trying to avoid some disasters..."
"My father-in-law is wrong. Although I don't know what kind of magic skill the city lord is practicing, I have arranged everything calmly until now, which proves that my father-in-law is clear. Since the city lord can know this magic skill from others, , then why can’t he know more? All he needs is a dead man with no evidence.”
Cao Jin's white eyebrows raised higher as he listened. When Ge Shan finished speaking, he actually took two steps closer, grabbed Ge Shan's arm and said, "Our family is really afraid of you scholars. No wonder the emperor also has a headache for those ministers." , but we have already talked about it, so what do you think is the best result for our family?"
Ge Shan said seriously: "The best result is of course that the father-in-law has demonstrated the imperial power for your majesty. If after the chaos, the father-in-law can determine the new city lord, then no matter who it is, no matter which force it is, they will not deny you. Legitimacy.”
"Hey...if I had thought so clearly, our family would not have gotten so close to Bai Hao, but now except for you, Xiao Ge, there is no one else in our family who can help." Ge Shan said to himself, He completely didn't notice the disgust that flashed quickly in Geshan's eyes.
But Geshan quickly continued to say seriously: "It is not easy to find a balance between several forces. If my father-in-law really plans to act like this, I have a recommended candidate."
"who?"
"Son of Bai Xueyue, Hidden Valley Muqing."
Geshan saw that Cao Jin was not surprised when he heard this answer, but he frowned. After thinking about it in his mind, he asked: "I heard that my father-in-law once suffered some losses at the hands of Mu Qing, is it..."
"That's not the case." Cao Jin looked away, hesitant to speak, but in this atmosphere, he also wanted to hear the opinions of the people in front of him, "That Mu Qing should be a person of great opportunity, and our family will undoubtedly be related to him. We are enemies, but he has already conflicted with our family’s way of cultivation.”
Now it is Geshan's turn to be in trouble. After all, although he has been able to move around like a fish in water in many forces, he is only a second-grade cultivation base. The strength of Cao Jin in front of him should not be comparable to that of the first-line master in Hidden Valley. Up and down, what suggestions could he give, but he still said vaguely: "There is nothing in this world that cannot be traded. If it is some cultivation techniques, then my father-in-law can exchange certain things with Mu Qing."
"Let's change?"
Cao Jin opened his mouth slightly, and when his eyes fell on Ge Shan's face, he really couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. He felt that the road ahead suddenly became clearer. But after all, the old man who had been in the palace for many years quickly regained his composure and returned to the previous corner. Sit cross-legged.
But when Ge Shan was a little confused, he smiled and said, "If you have anything to ask, just ask."
