Chapter 1460

Sun Zhongjun's initiative made Gu Hanyuan feel slightly surprised.

However, this fanaticism was worth praising.

Gu Hanyuan pondered for a moment and reached out to take off the Asura mask.

Upon seeing Gu Hanyuan's true face, Sun Zhongjun was instantly stunned, her eyes widening, and her breathing even stalled.

Not only because the true face under the Asura mask was extraordinarily handsome,

but also because the owner of this face was now so world-renowned.

The fierce and world-dominating Wutian was actually Gu Hanyuan.

Sun Zhongjun had reason to be stunned and incredulous.

However, a flash of realization also crossed her eyes; the sense of incongruity that had always existed was finally explained.

Sun Zhongjun had taken over the "Di Wang" in Yanjingcheng and would always notice some clues.

After all, the "Luo Wang" was serving both Gu Hanyuan and Wutian simultaneously.

The directionality of the "Di Wang" intelligence and the choice of "Tian Luo" assassination targets would reveal some similarities.

Gu Hanyuan reached out to rub the hair on Sun Zhongjun's head and smiled faintly:

"Continue."

A flash of indescribable excitement crossed Sun Zhongjun's eyes.

Gu Hanyuan taking off his mask represented his trust in her.

And this earth-shattering secret made her worship him even more fanatically.

She immediately used all her strength to serve him diligently.

Gu Hanyuan looked at the next intelligence report with an increasingly pleasant mood.

The Honghua Society had indeed participated in the assassination event after Oboi returned to the capital.

However, their assassination target was not Kangxi, but Oboi.

This added some trouble to Gu Hanyuan's plan.

He instructed the busy Sun Zhongjun:

"Let the people of 'Tian Luo' find some trouble for the Honghua Society; don't let them get involved in the affairs of Yanjingcheng."

"Yes."

Sun Zhongjun replied vaguely.

Gu Hanyuan nodded with satisfaction.

He continued to look at the intelligence in his hand.

Wu Yingxiong had come to Yanjingcheng on behalf of Wu Sangui to report on his duties, and he had the intention of marrying into the Imperial family.

Out of the intention to appease Wu Sangui, Kangxi would be even more inclined to promote the marriage.

Originally, Jianning would have been betrothed to Wu Yingxiong by Kangxi.

Now, because of Wutian's existence, there was naturally no such possibility.

And within the Imperial family, besides Jianning, there were no princesses of suitable age to be married off.

If they were to marry, they could only marry the daughters of princes and high officials.

Kangxi clearly would not do that.

After all, that would be equivalent to giving Wu Sangui external aid for nothing.

If he couldn't marry off a princess, then he could only marry Wu Sangui's daughter.

Gu Hanyuan's eyes flickered slightly; he had already anticipated the subsequent development.

It was worth planning for.

However, everything had to wait until the matter of Oboi was settled.

Besides this,

the "Di Wang" had already locked onto Tian Guinong and Yan Ji.

Yan Ji was hiding tightly in Qingliang Temple and would not come out, making it not very easy to catch him.

Tian Guinong had been sent by Prince Bao to deal with the Honghua Society.

This was somewhat strange.

And it didn't look like it was just for show to outsiders.

Tian Guinong had already destroyed several strongholds of the Honghua Society and captured many people.

His process of attacking the Honghua Society's strongholds could be called precise; clearly, he had accurate intelligence.

If one were to say it was a case of "the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked," it shouldn't be at this time.

The only explanation was that Prince Bao was helping Yu Wanting clear out the disobedient people within the Honghua Society.

This approach by Prince Bao and Yu Wanting was not strange.

Besides the vast majority of members who didn't know the truth, the Honghua Society also had many who regarded Prince Bao as a mortal enemy.

For them, these people were all unstable factors.

But what was strange was that Prince Bao had actually chosen Tian Guinong to do such a thing.

Tian Guinong was deep in scheming, ruthless, and cunning; he could be considered a capable person.

Only his mediocre martial arts were his greatest flaw.

Even with government soldiers guarding him, was he not afraid of being assassinated by the Honghua Society?

The Honghua Society had done plenty of such things.

They couldn't deal with a large number of government soldiers, but assassinating the mediocre Tian Guinong was not difficult.

Was Prince Bao going to abandon Tian Guinong?

Or had Tian Guinong offended Prince Bao at some point?

Gu Hanyuan was also somewhat surprised for a moment.

But upon seeing the subsequent intelligence, he suddenly understood.

A playful and mocking smile instantly hung on the corner of his mouth.

It turned out there were rumors that Prince Bao seemed to have taken a fancy to Tian Guinong's wife, Nan Lan.

It was rumored to be about something at a banquet.

At that banquet, Prince Bao allowed his subordinates to bring their relatives to attend.

The moment Nan Lan, brought by Tian Guinong, appeared, she stunned everyone.

Although Nan Lan had problems with her character, her appearance was absolutely beautiful.

At that time, many people were stunned, including Prince Bao.

Tian Guinong regretted this quite a bit and proposed to leave the banquet early several times, but was kept by Prince Bao using various excuses.

And Prince Bao asked about Nan Lan several times; his intentions were clear.

It was not strange that Prince Bao would have such a performance.

Whether in "The Book and the Sword" or real history, Prince Bao was someone who loved beauty very much.

However, snatching a subordinate's wife was too damaging to his reputation; he wouldn't be so unwise.

Afterward, it seemed to have been left unsettled.

Tian Guinong's originally anxious heart gradually settled down.

However, this time sending Tian Guinong to deal with the Honghua Society revealed strangeness everywhere.

It was hard not to suspect that Prince Bao wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone.

Once Tian Guinong died,

it would be logical for Prince Bao to take care of Nan Lan in the name of taking care of a subordinate who died in the line of duty.

Gu Hanyuan felt contempt for Prince Bao's lustful appearance.

No wonder his evaluations were so polarized.

Compared to the diligent Kangxi, Prince Bao was far behind.

In addition, the Hui tribe, under the leadership of Huo Qingtong, had fought several comeback battles using Mobile Corps Commander tactics.

She deliberately avoided Oboi's jurisdiction and dealt heavy blows to Prince Bao's forces; Fu Kangan was almost defeated and captured.

Prince Bao had to shrink his defensive line and dared not oppress the Hui tribe anymore.

Even the Honghua Society's plot to assassinate Kangxi had some relation to this.

After all, the three major forces of the Qing Guo were checking and balancing each other, making it difficult to concentrate power externally.

As the saying goes, to resist external aggression, one must first settle internal affairs. ===== CHAPTER 1462 =====