"That's what it means!"
Sun Lei nodded with a smile and said, the three Dulonggang families have some ambitions to dominate the mountain, but they just know how to cleverly create names. Qinbei Pavilion
"Brother, do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?"
Wen Huanzhang looked at Sun Lei and asked. Sun Lei was so confident that he obviously had a plan in mind.
"Haha, what does the military advisor think that Sanzhuang means?"
Sun Lei asked instead without answering.
"Zhujiazhuang is determined to be against us. Lijiazhuang seems to have no intention of being an enemy. Hujiazhuang is more like being caught in the middle. Hu Cheng has no intention of being an enemy of us, but Hu Sanniang is very interested."
Wen Huanzhang said.
"Yes, yes, that's it! These three families seem to be united sincerely, but in fact they all have their own agendas. Only this little girl doesn't understand anything and rushes forward like a fool."
Sun Lei nodded.
"Brother knows the reason!"
Wen Huanzhang looked at Sun Lei and asked, Sun Lei obviously knew the reason.
"The military advisor has read the intelligence in Dulonggang and should know that Li Ying is almost forty and has no son, only two daughters aged seven or eight."
Sun Lei said with a smile, Li Ying, Zhu Chaofeng and Hu Taigong were of the same generation. Zhu Chaofeng and Hu Taigong both took a back seat and were replaced by their children, but Li Ying still had to do everything by himself.
These words were like a thunderbolt, giving Wen Huanzhang a sudden enlightenment. He immediately understood everything. More directly, it was that Li Ying had no son.
Zhu Chaofeng of Zhujiazhuang had three sons who were proficient in martial arts and were named "Three Heroes of the Zhu Family". Hu Taigong, the owner of Hujiazhuang, gave birth to a son and a daughter, Feitianhu Hucheng and Yizhangqinghu Sanniang. And Li Ying, the owner of Lijiazhuang, only has two young daughters.
Although Li Ying is very capable, he cannot hold his head high in the village without his sons. In this era, men are the main force in society and bear most of the burden of the family. If he has many sons and is prosperous, that is capital. If there are many men in the family, then he will be able to raise his head. Not easily bullied, but able to bully others.
"My elder brother is wise, my younger brother is impressed!"
Wen Huanzhang cupped his hands and said to Sun Lei that he had also taught in the village. He had never thought of such a simple truth.
"Brother, what does this have to do with not having a son?"
Shi Jin asked in confusion.
"Fortunately, you were also from a villager family before. If any family in Shijiazhuang didn't give birth to a son, what do you think would happen?"
Sun Lei looked at Shi Jin and asked.
"You're being laughed at. No matter how much farm and house you save, you won't have anyone to inherit it..."
Shi Jin blurted out that he had done this kind of thing when he was a child, and in an instant he understood Li Ying's delicate situation.
"Dulong Mountain is a good place, but such a good place is occupied by three families respectively. The Zhujiazhuang only gets one third. In the past, the Zhu family might have been afraid of the Li family and the Hu family."
"But now that the Zhu family's Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Biao have all grown up, and have become famous as the Three Great Masters of the Zhu family, do you think they will take Li Ying, a "lonely old man," in their eyes?"
"Besides, Li Ying is not an ordinary landlord. He is a rich man. He hoards money, buys low and sells high. He is very good at playing. His wealth is far beyond what traditional landowners like the Zhu family can compare with. The wealth is touching people's hearts. The Zhu family wants to build a new business. What can you do if you have no money for your achievements?”
Sun Lei said with a smile that Li Ying was in a very awkward situation now. As he grew older, the problem of not having a son became more prominent. Zhujiazhuang was eyeing him, how could Li Ying not realize it.
Sun Lei even suspected that in the original work, Li Ying deliberately used Liangshan's hands to destroy Zhujiazhuang. Otherwise, why would he be so interested in Shi Qian, a stranger, that he would go to Zhu Biao to get someone?
You must know that the relationship between Li Ying and Shi Qian at that time was just the kindness of his servant Du Xing, who was suffering from illness, so Yang Xiong, while Zhujiazhuang was his neighbor and blood-blooded ally.
Sun Lei didn't know whether it was because of the long-simmering anger or a conspiracy to kill someone with a borrowed knife. Li Ying thought that this was a very clever move. He could clear the relationship by hiding from Song Jiang, and then monopolize Dulonggang.
But Li Ying underestimated Song Jiang's greed and ruthlessness. Song Jiang destroyed Zhujiazhuang and massacred Hujiazhuang. Later, people from the government came from nowhere and forced Li Ying out of the village.
Song Jiang led people to rescue him and sent 300 people to Lijiazhuang to move things. Li Ying was emptied of all his life savings. All the young and old also "invited" people to go up the mountain. In the end, a fire turned Lijiazhuang to ashes.
After realizing it, Li Ying had already run out of options. Apart from kneeling down and calling him brother, what else could he do? Maybe Li Kui was holding the ax and looking at Li Ying at that time. If he dared to say no, the ax would fall down like cutting down Hu's family village.
"Brother's analysis is reasonable. I'm afraid Li Ying had expected this. Zhu Long and the others were not very polite to Li Ying today."
Hua Rongdian was right. In terms of age, Li Ying was of the same generation as Zhu Chaofeng. Zhu Long and the others were juniors, and Li Ying came to the rescue, so he had to be polite, but today's tone clearly implied an order.
"Of course, Hujiazhuang is not much better."
Sun Lei said with a smile again.
"Girl, if you pretend to be dizzy, you might as well pretend to be a little bit more like it. Your eavesdropping ears are almost standing up!"
Sun Lei pointed at Hu Sanniang on the carriage and said, Hu Sanniang's pretending to be faint was far worse than Li Shishi's pretending to be asleep. It was simply a fake.
"Don't try to sow discord. Our three families have already formed a life-and-death alliance."
Hu Sanniang saw that her eavesdropping while pretending to be faint was discovered, she sat up and glared at Sun Lei and said.
"How naive!"
Sun Lei laughed.
"What's so funny? Our Sanzhuang has lived in Dulonggang for generations and has a close relationship. How can you, a thief, understand!"
Hu Sanniang said.
"Laughing at your naivety. Your brother Hu Cheng should be smarter than you. It is obvious that Zhujiazhuang intends to annex Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang. Otherwise, why would Hu Cheng take people down the mountain so late and not take action with you? He is the same as Li Ying , I don’t want to fight, you’re the only one rushing forward like a dazed young man.”
Sun Lei looked at Hu Sanniang and said.
Hu Sanniang still wanted to argue, but Hu Chengzhen was hesitant before going down the mountain, and told herself not to be impulsive and to listen to him in everything. But as soon as he got to the battlefield, he was brave and could not hold back.
"As for how Zhujiazhuang can annex Hujiazhuang? I heard that Hu Cheng is not good at martial arts, and Zhu Biao and others often ridicule him face to face. You are related to Zhu Biao, and he treats your uncle like this. Isn't it clear that he wants to annex Hujiazhuang?"
Sun Lei looked at Hu Sanniang and said, these are all his guesses. He didn't know why Zhu Biao treated Hu Cheng, but he could guess a thing or two from Zhu Biao's attitude towards Li Ying in the original work. Li Ying was Zhu Chaofeng's life and death. Hey, the owner of Li Family Manor is also very skilled in martial arts. Zhu Biao didn't even give Li Ying face, how could he give Hu Cheng a good look?
Hu Sanniang's face turned green and white. Although she hated Sun Lei, she had to admit that Sun Lei had some truth to what he said. Zhu Biao was famous for being arrogant and domineering. His brother suffered a lot, but he just laughed and endured it. It was because of this that she practiced martial arts hard to make Hujiazhuang famous.
"What my brother says never fails to work. You'd better listen!"
Shi Jin didn't give Hu Sanniang a good look. Ever since Li Ruilan's incident, he looked at beautiful women as if they were snakes and scorpions. He felt that these women would deceive their feelings and that none of them were good.
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