Chapter 127

The moonlight tonight was a bit dim, and the bright moon was not in the full moon state as before. A crescent moon hung in the sky, releasing a faint light.

Behind the Royal Palace, on the lake.

A small boat stopped on the lake shore. A figure wearing a straw cloak and a bamboo hat held a fishing rod, fishing in the starry night. Beside him, there was a wooden bucket, with water in the bucket, but no fish.

This was of course not because the man's fishing technique was too poor, always returning empty-handed. In fact, not to mention anything else, the man's fishing technique could be said to be the best in the entire Xinzheng.

The fishing line hung slightly, and the man pulled hard. A carp weighing several jin was pulled out of the water. The Straw-Cloaked Guest reached out, took the carp off, threw it into the lake, and then put bait on the hook again, continuing to fish.

"Isn't it boring to fish like this?"

"Clearly the fish has already taken the bait, yet you let it go."

A gentle voice rang out. Lady Mingzhu was wearing a purple palace dress, walking gracefully, and arrived slowly. In her eyes, there was a subtle and complicated color.

The Straw-Cloaked Guest did not turn around, continued to focus on fishing, and a calm voice came from his mouth, "Fishing, what one enjoys is the process of the fish taking the bait. Whether the fish is put into the bucket or not is actually not important."

"Is that so?"

The Straw-Cloaked Guest changed his tone and asked Lady Mingzhu: "Tell me, you invited me here, what for?"

Lady Mingzhu said in a deep voice: "You manage the intelligence agency for Ji Wuye, and you are the most mysterious person among us, and also a smart person. You should also know what Ji Wuye's death means for the Night Curtain!"

"Ji Wuye is the owner of the Night Curtain. He uses the Night Curtain to eliminate dissidents and realize his ambition to his heart's content. The Night Curtain uses Ji Wuye's power to expand continuously. We all have our own gains in this process. This is a mutually beneficial thing."

"Ji Wuye died, which not only means the Night Curtain lost its owner, but we, after losing the help of Ji Wuye's power, will also lose many things."

The Straw-Cloaked Guest saw it very clearly. Although before this, Ji Wuye was the owner of the Night Curtain and his immediate superior, after Ji Wuye died, Ji Wuye could no longer give him what he wanted.

In other words, he lost many things.

"Then, what are you going to do next?" Lady Mingzhu asked the Straw-Cloaked Guest: "The Crown Prince summoned Ji Wuye's son Ji Yihu back to the capital. As expected, Ji Yihu will inherit everything of Ji Wuye."

"The Night Curtain organization, should it continue to serve Ji Yihu as its master, or..." After a pause, Lady Mingzhu said four words, "... seek another way out!"

The Straw-Cloaked Guest heard Lady Mingzhu's words, and the fishing rod in his hand suddenly paused, and the fishing line swayed slightly, causing many ripples in the water, "Since you chose to invite me here and say such things, it proves that you have already made a decision in your heart?"

Lady Mingzhu did not hide it either, "That's right!"

"Although Ji Wuye sent Ji Yihu into the army and expressed his idea of cultivating him as his successor early on, Ji Wuye died accidentally, and Ji Yihu has never been in contact with the affairs of the Night Curtain. His character and means cannot be compared with Ji Wuye, and even Zhang Kaidi might not be able to fight him. It is not a good thing for the Night Curtain to serve such a greenhorn as its master."

She spoke softly, expressing her disdain for Ji Wuye.

The Straw-Cloaked Guest immediately understood Lady Mingzhu's meaning.

"Is this your cousin's idea?"

Lady Mingzhu's cousin Bai Yifei was the head of the four fierce generals of the Night Curtain. It can be said that after Ji Wuye died, he was the person with the highest power in the Night Curtain.

During this period, the Straw-Cloaked Guest also tried to find Bai Yifei's whereabouts, especially the Battle of the Long Street, after Su Xuan used Bai Yifei's sword to kill Ji Wuye, he had some guesses in his heart.

However, before seeing solid evidence, guesses were always guesses.

Ji Wuye being killed by Su Xuan did not mean Bai Yifei would be too.

He knew that Bai Yifei seemed to be incomparably obedient to Ji Wuye, but in fact, he also had his own little thoughts, and the strength he hid was not weak.

Perhaps Ji Wuye's death was a conspiracy between Bai Yifei and Su Xuan.

Lady Mingzhu, as Bai Yifei's cousin, came here tonight and said such a paragraph, it was possible that it was instructed by Bai Yifei.

Hearing the two words "cousin," Lady Mingzhu's expression was a bit unnatural, but she did not express her position, but continued to ask the Straw-Cloaked Guest: "You haven't said your thoughts yet!"