After listening to Fan Li's words, Si Yan knew that what he said was very reasonable, but for some reason, he still sat idly by and ignored the Chinese people's chaos against the Ji clan.
Therefore, the Ji clan is still besieged by the people to this day.
All Jishi's businesses were shut down. Anyone who belongs to the Ji clan or works under them is like a rat crossing the street in the city.
As for the people in the Sacrifice Mansion, they can go out at any time.
After Duanmu Ci learned the news, he couldn't help but feel anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He had no choice but to hibernate nearby and wait for the opportunity.
However, what he never expected was. A few days later, the riots in the city not only did not subside, but intensified!
One morning, Duanmu Ci was staying in the post house when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the post house.
After hearing the inquiry, Duanmuci quickly ran to the street, mingled with the crowd and looked around.
I saw one person with his hands tied behind his back and being held in a prison van.
It turns out that this person is none other than Deng Xi, the secretariat of Zheng Yi! He was directly ordered to be arrested and imprisoned by Si Ming!
Deng Xi, since the end of the Zichan era, has been presiding over the duties of Sikou in Zhengyi after being recommended by Li Ran.
Because of his impartiality, honesty and decent manners, he has gained quite a reputation among the people in recent years.
Therefore, he originally had certain restraints on the people, and Zheng Yi still had some room for reasoning.
However, now that he himself is in jail, he cannot save himself. What about Jishi? But who else can you rely on?
Seeing this situation, Duanmu Ci knew that if he continued to wait and see, those people might rush into the temple and commit evil!
Although he didn't know much about Zheng Yi's past, he could clearly feel one thing from the development of the situation and the rumors:
That was the disaster that befell the Ji clan. I am afraid it was intentionally done by the officials!
It was just that it was inconvenient for the officials to intervene directly, so they allowed the situation to develop step by step!
Obviously, choosing to put Deng Xi in jail at this time will definitely contribute to the matter.
In addition, Duanmu Ci has been staying in Guanyi these days, and he also discovered something strange, that is, the caravans of the Qi Guotian family living in Guanyi.
In fact, when Duanmu Ci was in Weiguo, he had already dealt with the caravan of the Tian family in Qiguo.
Everyone knows that the Tian family of Qi State is now going around the country to buy people's hearts, and buying people's hearts requires a lot of money.
Obviously, the Tian family of Qi State used small dendrobium for grain and large dendrobium for loans. Not only could they not rely on agricultural harvests as their main income, but it was precisely because of their caravans that the Tian family could have such abundant financial resources.
As merchant families coexisting side by side, the Tian family of Qi State and the Ji family of Zheng State have been fighting against each other for a long time.
Just like the Weiguo disaster relief and food transportation, it was the people of Qi who were behind it. Therefore, with the current collapse of the Ji clan, there is no doubt that the Qi Guotian clan is the biggest beneficiary behind this.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the official family of Zheng Guo pays so much attention to them now.
After all, this is something that even Duanmu Ci can figure out, so how could Si Zhen not realize it?
Si Xie now clearly intends to let the merchants of the Tian clan of Qi replace the original position of offering sacrifices to the clan!
Especially now that prices in Zhengyi are soaring, the appearance of Tian's merchants can be said to be timely.
And they are like the saviors of Zheng State. Whether they are Si Ming or Chinese people, they all feel that they are the true "friends" of Zheng State.
Duanmu Ci knew very well that he had to take action. Otherwise, the destruction of the Zheng Guoji clan might have happened in an instant.
Therefore, Duanmu Ci first mingled with the people besieging the Jifu during the day and carefully observed the surrounding situation.
At night, Duanmu Ci finally found a gap he had found during the day and sneaked into the temple.
As soon as Duanmu Ci landed, he was caught by the guards of the sacrificial palace who were heavily guarded.
Oncoming was a dazzling burst of fire. Duanmuci put a hand in front of his eyes and shouted in a low voice:
"I was entrusted by Mr. Ziming!"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but hesitate. After looking at each other for a while, he masked him and brought him to Fan Li.
Later, Fan Li heard that this person was actually sent by Li Ran to take care of him. He couldn't help but feel suspicious. He took off Duanmu Ci's hood and asked:
"Who is Xiongtai?"
Duanmu Ci first got used to the light of some torches, and when he saw a young man of his own age standing in front of him, he immediately guessed that this person was Fan Li, whom Li Ran had mentioned before.
"The Duanmu clan, whose name is Ci and whose courtesy name is Zigong, is from the state of Wei. On the orders of Mr. Ziming and his family master, I am here to assist the clan in leaving Zhengyi!"
Fan Li didn't want to dwell on who he was for a moment, so he immediately took him into the secret room and prepared a bright lamp and a bottle of sake.
"My name is Fan, Li, a native of the Chu state. In his early years, he surrendered to Mr. Ziming and was entrusted to stay in Zheng. Now that the Ji family is in danger, Li is also helpless. If he wants to take the Ji family and run away from Zheng, I'm afraid. It’s not that easy!”
Duanmuci sighed:
"Gi has been circling the city for several days, and is already aware of the predicament here."
When Fan Li heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head:
"Hey... In the past, my uncle was a kind man, and he did nothing to the people when he was in power. However, because of this, within a few years, profiteers were everywhere in the Zheng Kingdom. As the leader of politics and businessmen, Jishi , since the death of the family chief Owl Wing, there have been many treacherous people in the Ji clan. Fan Li had little qualifications and was from Chu, so he could not convince the crowd. Therefore, the Ji clan was also deeply criticized by the Zheng people at that time.
"Over time, the people of the country have accumulated resentment, which has led to today's disaster."
While listening, Duanmu Ci drank the cup of sake thoughtfully in his hand. He was silent for a long time, and then slowly nodded and said:
"Hmm... It seems that we have to start with merchants!"
When Fan Li heard this, he couldn't help but look sideways at Duanmu Ci:
"Oh? I wonder if Zigong has any good ideas?"
"Haha, that's not possible. Since the Jishi family is the home of merchants, it naturally needs to be dealt with in the way of merchants! Only in this way can the value of the Jishi to the Zheng State be revealed. If the current people's hatred of the Jishi can be quelled, If there is a misunderstanding, then the crisis of the Ji family can be solved by itself!"
"It's just that... Zheng Yi's business has now fallen into the hands of the merchants of the Tian family in Qi. Therefore, if the Ji family wants to take back the initiative, they need to have a lot of money to redeem it!"
After Fan Li heard this, he said again:
"When it comes to money... the Ji family has quite a lot of wealth... it's just..."
Fan Li actually didn't know whether to believe Duanmu Ci in front of him, after all, they had never met before.
Moreover, the financial power of their clan clan was not in his hands at the moment, Fan Li.
Although Fan Li was entrusted by Li Ran and Ji Le, he was just an outsider after all, and he was from Chu. So in the final analysis, the people of the Ji clan did not completely trust him.
What's more, Fan Li's main job is to accompany Guang'er.
When Duanmuci saw this, he said helplessly:
"I am quite wealthy, but it's just a long way to go. If I go back to Weiguo, I'm afraid it won't be safe here either!"
As Duanmuci spoke, he took out Li Ran's token.
Fan Li took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, thus identifying Duanmu Ci's identity.
Fan Li thought for a while before replying:
"In that case... please Zigong wait here for a moment."
Duanmu Ci knew that he was going to discuss with the chief elder of the Ji clan.
"It's okay. I'll wait here for you. Brother Fan, please help yourself."
Fan Li immediately walked out and directly found the elder of the Ji family in the mansion.
The great elder of the Ji clan, who is the descendant of Ji Le's grandfather, is considered the highest-ranking person in the Ji clan.
Just because the head priest of the Ji clan died first in the Shikoku fire. There was no successor to the sacrifice, and Li Ran was absent from Zheng for a long time. Therefore, after discussion among the clan members, they jointly elected this great elder to preside over the daily affairs of the clan.
However, although this great elder has considerable qualifications, he is also a person without any independent opinions. After all, the elders who can have some independent opinions have already been liquidated by Zhu Niu before.
On the other hand, this great elder is already old after all, and it is impossible for him to manage many things.
Therefore, rather than saying that he is the person chosen to host, it is better to say that he is chosen as a decoration.
Sure enough, after listening to Fan Li's words, the great elder remained silent and seemed quite hesitant.
When Fan Li saw this, he couldn't help but give further advice:
"Great Elder, we must make an immediate decision on this matter! Otherwise, the Ji clan will be in danger!"
In fact, how could this great elder not know that the Ji clan was in danger? However, it would be too risky to hand all the money of the Ji clan into the hands of an outsider.
To put it another way, what if this person is a fake? If he takes away all the money in the house, wouldn't their last life-saving straw be gone?
"Fan Li, do you think this person is really reliable?"
Fan Li said:
"This person was sent by Mr. Ziming. Although he is young, he is actually a person of outstanding ability. Moreover, he is still able to do things cheaply in Zhengyi. If it weren't for this person, we would have no choice but to sit back and wait for death! Li is willing to believe this people!"
After hesitating for a moment, the great elder of the Ji clan said:
"In that case... let's just trust him!"
