Tang Shunzhi's face suddenly turned cold when he looked at the gift list.
He comes from a family of officials, and his family has been well-off since he was a child. He has never worried about money.
But when I saw twenty thousand taels, I still couldn't help but feel excited.
What's more, this is only the first item on the gift list. The various calligraphy, painting, ancient books, and rare treasures under the gift list are simply dazzling.
Not to mention that he is an official with such a good background. If he is given to others, he will be defeated in the face of huge interests, and he will be defeated in all likelihood.
He slapped the gift sheet on the table and said with a cold expression, "The Shen family really underestimates me, Mr. Tang!"
Xu He said: "Sir, what are you going to do now that things have happened?"
Tang Shunzhi thought about it for a long time, but couldn't come up with a good idea. He pinched his eyebrows and said to Xu He: "You better tell me, I am in the middle of the game now, but it is not as clear as an outsider like you!"
Xu He smiled: "The safest and easiest way is to agree to the Shen family, regardless of the life and death of the people, and collect money to do things!"
Tang Shunzhi rolled his eyes at him: "You don't need to test me, just tell me what you have to say!"
Xu He laughed loudly: "Sure enough, Mr. Jingchuan is not that kind of person. If you don't accept the gold and silver, the students will give you some [bad ideas]!"
…
That night, Qin Lie's condition stabilized slightly.
It was very hard to take care of the knife all the time.
Xu He said: "You go and take a rest. I happen to be reading at night and will help you keep an eye on him for a while!"
Daozi said suspiciously: "You won't take advantage of my absence..."
Xu He smiled: "If I really want to harm you, do you think you can still stand here with your beard and tail intact?"
Daozi thought to himself, the key is that it has been three days, and he is not an iron man. He really couldn't bear it anymore, so he went to the next room to rest.
Xu He asked people to bring tables and chairs and put them in Qin Lie's room. He borrowed a book from Tang Shunzhi and started reading.
In the middle of the night, when he was about to wake up Daozi, he just stood up when he heard a voice from behind: "What is your plan to save us?"
Xu He turned around and said with a smile: "You have woken up long ago?"
Qin Lie looked at him coldly and said, "Answer my question!"
Xu He shrugged: "It's nothing, I just think that although you are a bandit, you are not bad in nature! You are also good at martial arts. I happen to lack someone with a strong fist around me, so I think you are quite suitable!"
Qin Lie snorted coldly: "You want me to be your eagle dog? It's ridiculous. How can I, a good man like Qin Lie, surrender and become a slave?"
Xu He waved his hand: "It's not a slave or a maid, it's just a friend. If you get used to staying by my side, then I will never treat you badly; if one day you feel uncomfortable, you can leave at any time!"
Qin Lie sneered: "There's no need to try. I'm used to being free and I can't stand the restraint of someone like you."
Xu He said: "What if I can help you take revenge?"
"Are you talking about Weng Zhengchun?" Qin Lie looked at the tent ceiling and said calmly: "I have my own way to kill him!"
Xu He smiled: "Weng Zhengchun? It's just a small role!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Lie slowly turned his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Xu He and said fiercely: "Who is behind him?"
Xu He didn't waste any time and told his findings.
Qin Lie seemed not to have thought for a moment that this seemingly simple matter could be so complicated behind the scenes.
Xu He said: "After listening to this, are you still prepared to take revenge on your own?"
"Why not? If I want to kill that person from the Shen family, I will kill him!"
When Xu He heard this, he chuckled.
Qin Lie looked at him doubtfully.
He didn't explain, put away his smile and said, "It's getting late, I'm going back to rest!"
When Xu He walked out of the room, Qin Lie closed his eyes and thought about what he just said.
"It turns out that Weng Zhengchun is just a pawn, and the real mastermind is the Songjiang Shen family."
The Shen family, as long as you live in the southeast, it is impossible not to know this family.
Moreover, the reason why he believed Xu He's words was because he had been in Shuizhai for many years and had long discovered that the Shen family and Shuizhai had ulterior exchanges of interests.
As long as a ship under the banner of the Songjiang Shen family travels to Taihu Lake, it is even more majestic than an official ship.
People in the water village will follow and monitor the official ships when they see them, and send gifts out of the country.
The Shen family's boat didn't care at all and sailed freely across Taihu Lake.
What does this mean?
It means that the Shen family is definitely colluding with the boss.
But the strange thing is that Weng Zhengchun must also know about this.
They are all dogs of the Shen family. Why did Weng Zhengchun want to kill the boss and also kill himself?
Why does he want to take control of Shuizhai?
…
Xu He, who returned to the room, was also thinking about the same thing.
Yes, why exactly?
If Taihu Water Village is actually in secret with the Shen family.
The big boss must be from the Shen family. Even if he is not from the Shen family, he must be dispatched by the Shen family.
Otherwise, the master would definitely not agree to cooperate with the Japanese pirates, which is something that risks the disapproval of the world.
Since Liang Qiao, the head of the family, knew about this, he also followed the Shen family's instructions.
But why did the second master, Weng Zhengchun, kill the other leaders in the water village and want to control the water village himself?
Can we assume that the Japanese pirates were originally acting according to the Shen family's instructions?
During this period, they hooked up with Weng Zhengchun again and helped him eliminate dissidents.
But that doesn't make sense either.
If you want to take Liang Qiao's place and give orders, then just kill Liang Qiao. Why should you kill Qin Lie?
Weng Zhengchun's plan was to deliberately kill Qin Lie's second uncle and lure Qin Lie back to take revenge and kill Liang Qiao.
In fact, his plan had been successful so far.
Next, he killed Qin Lie through the hands of Japanese pirates, and finally blamed Qin Lie for Liang Qiao's death.
In this way, you can win over people's hearts and be in an invincible position.
"Well, that must be what happened!" Xu He had already guessed Weng Zhengchun's apparent motivation.
But his purpose is just to be the leader of Taihu Water Village?
Not like that.
Judging from Weng Zhengchun's words and deeds, it seems that he considers himself a scholar and looks down on warriors like Liang Qiao and Qin Lie.
It makes sense for a scholar to be the leader of water bandits that he despises because he wants to seize wealth, but there is no need to take such a big risk.
Xu He had a vague feeling that there was a bigger conspiracy hidden in this man's heart.
Maybe the Japanese pirates and the Shen family were just his cover-up.
His real purpose is definitely not that simple.
At this moment, someone suddenly said outside his door: "Mr. Xu, please come over!"
"What's the matter?" Xu He asked.
The other party said: "The Taihu Bandit Suppression has sent back the news. The great master invites you to discuss it!"
What?
Already have news?
Xu He jumped up from the bed and accidentally touched the wound on his arm: "Hiss..."
