"That boy was also arranged by you. He acted well at such a young age."
Ji Zibai said: "Of course, they are allowed to install spies, but I am not allowed to put an undercover agent in?"
Hao Lianfeng thought everything through at once, and said: "It's a good idea. You let the Ji family join the game and let Ming Gongling send people to infiltrate. In this way, the two sides will be closer to each other without distinguishing between you and me. You arrange a person who pretends to be incited to rebel." It is much easier for Ji Wenhong to go in than to arrange an undercover agent at the Ming family or the Governor's Mansion."
"I just want to protect my own family, and I don't have the ability to take care of the extra things, so I came up with this strategy. If Ming Gongling doesn't want to take action against me or Jianping City, then it is naturally the best."
Hao Lianfeng retorted: "The Ming family has invested so much, how can they let the fat fly out of their mouths?"
Ji Zibai suddenly realized something: "Is Ming Gong Ling seeking benefits for the Governor's Palace or for the Ming family? If it is for the Ming family, maybe we can talk to Governor Zhao Gong and cooperate."
Hao Lianfeng immediately gave up this idea, "My sect's disciples have already come into contact with Zhao Gong. He has no courage. As long as there are no major changes during his term of office and it does not affect his ability to gain benefits for himself, he will not take the initiative to leave." Interference. He is a guy who adapts to the wind, always thinking about my Xuan Ming Dao and other sects fighting against the Ming family, and then waiting for opportunities to seize huge benefits without hidden dangers."
Ji Zibai followed: "He wants to reap the benefits. Xuan Ming Dao and the Ming family are both local forces. Once a fight breaks out, he can catch you all in the name of the Governor's Mansion."
Hao Lianfeng said: "It's a good idea. After the Ming family seizes power, the first person they want to capture is the governor. We, Xuan Mingdao, have to lean back. He can't even figure this out, so don't count on him."
Ji Zibai said: "The yard here is small, let's go outside and chat?"
Hao Lianfeng said: "Of course that's good. After we have solved the troubles outside, we brothers will have a nice drink tonight. You must have hidden a lot of good wine."
Ji Zibai said: "You must be the roundworm in my belly, you know everything."
The two of them talked and seemed to have decided. Xu Zilai and Ji Wenyi haven't reacted yet.
Xu Zilai asked with some surprise: "Brother Ji, let's not hide anymore?"
Ji Zibai said: "Everyone from Xuan Ming Dao has come to support us, why are we afraid of that nonsense Ming family?"
Xu Zilai smiled and said, "That's great. I've been suffocated for so long. I wonder if I can go out to relax my muscles and bones."
Hao Lianfeng said quickly: "I didn't expect that Brother Xu is also a sweetheart. If there is a fight in the future, you must call me."
"That's not good. If Master Hao takes action, the opponent has no chance of winning."
Hao Lianfeng said modestly: "I don't dare to say anything wild. There are many people in the world who are better than me. If someone invites someone in advance, we still don't know who will win."
Xu Zilai thought for a while, "Master Hao, please don't expose your identity, lest the other party dare not come, or find help."
Ji Zibai smiled and said: "You two are only thinking about fighting. Ming Gongling is still a person, so he can still understand it in his heart. Besides, he has more important things to do and he is absolutely too lazy to pay attention to us."
Hao Lianfeng was a little curious, "Do you know what Ming Gongling wants to do?"
"He has met all the prominent businessmen and tycoons in Jianping City. It is impossible to say that he has no ideas. I guess he has a big appetite and feels that my Ji family cannot fill his stomach."
Hao Lianfeng mocked: "People are so weak that they can swallow elephants. Why would he think that these profit-seeking businessmen would get on the same boat with him?"
Ji Zibai said: "No one knows about this. Maybe he has something more important in his hands."
The four of them walked back along the corridor and out of the courtyard. In front of a collapsed house, a group of Ji family children saw Ji Zibai, who had not been seen for a long time, as if they suddenly saw a savior.
"It's the old master who has come out."
"Our Ji family is saved!"
"I just said that the old master will not abandon us."
Ji Longwei and other direct descendants who were standing at the front were all stunned. Ji Zibai really came out, and it seemed that the problem could be solved. However, their brothers may not have it easy, so they were all dejected and out of place among the crowd. .
Ji Zibai cleared his voice, "I already know the basics. In addition to replacing all Shan Zong's swords with new ones, I decided to give the two restaurants in the south and north of the city to Shan Zong as compensation. De The poor Taoist priest has already agreed."
The Ji family was in an uproar, and even the four brothers suddenly raised their heads and looked at Ji Zibai in disbelief. These compensations were paid for, and they were also a huge sum of money for the Ji family. Let them do it, and offering these compensations will make Shanzong speechless. There is no need for the old family master to take action.
There was a lot of noise and shouting all of a sudden. Ji Zibai shouted several times but no one paid any attention. After not showing up for a long time, they had forgotten the majesty of the family master and became more and more indulgent.
Xu Zilai shouted angrily, "That's enough!"
The powerful spiritual pressure shocked everyone, and there was no sound in an instant.
Ji Zibai's face turned livid and he said, "You are getting more and more outrageous. Starting from tomorrow, every family's monthly fee will be permanently halved."
A young man said loudly and unconvinced: "Why do you deduct our payment? You are no longer the head of the family."
There was a sparse echo from the crowd. Ji Zibai glanced at the young man who spoke, "You won't have a penny in the future. Either you work at home to make money, or you go out to beg for food! The people who just heckled are the same." .”
His words were orders, and no one present asked for mercy. This was because he had earned the Ji family's fortune alone.
Ji Zibai looked at everyone with sharp eyes, "I understand what you are thinking. It is completely unnecessary to give too much to outsiders. It is the same to give less and send them away. Bah! You have forgotten what the Ji family relies on. Did you become the number one merchant in Jianping City? Did you rely on your pettiness, your carelessness, or your short-sightedness? I taught you what I should have taught you a long time ago. If you don’t understand it now, you probably won’t understand it in the future, so then Just take your money and wait to die, don't think you are still a nobody and cause trouble for others!"
"And you guys!" Ji Zibai looked at his unfulfilled sons, and for some reason felt a sense of loneliness in his heart. He had worked hard for half his life, just for these bastards?
"Boss, you are the most useless person here. You thought you were performing a show of fatherly kindness and filial piety, but as a result, the family fell apart and you even lost the rules of doing business. What kind of head of the family are you? And you, the second son, I understand. Your idea is that everyone has selfish motives. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be the head of the family. But haven’t you looked in the mirror and seen for yourself? What kind of virtue and ability do you have to be the head of the family? Yet you do some evil things every day and encounter big scenes. But I got timid first."
Ji Zibai walked past Ji Longxiang and ignored him, looking at Ji Longlin with some complicated eyes.
"I often went out to do business when I was young. Your three brothers were all raised by your mother. Only you, the fourth, were brought up by me. Your personality is very similar to mine, but you are not smart enough."
Ji Longlin looked at his father in front of him. Those bright eyes seemed to see through everything about him, and he couldn't help but feel a little fear.
Ji Zibai looked at his younger son with evasive eyes, and said with some hatred: "You are better than the eldest and second eldest son. It's not that they are motivated, but they just don't see the long term. There is no real success in seeking skin from a tiger. You are My son, I won't do anything to you, just leave the Ji family and take care of yourself."
Ji Longlin trembled and immediately knelt on the ground and said, "What did my father mean? Why did he drive me away? My son doesn't understand."
Seeing that his youngest son was still holding on, Ji Zibai said bluntly: "That day when Ah Yi just came home, you didn't take him back to the boss. Instead, you found a secluded side room for him to sleep in for the night. . You posted many guards outside, but not to protect him at all, but because you were afraid that he would run away. Then you encouraged three worshipers in the family to assassinate A Yi to see what skills he had learned in Xuan Ming Dao. But you didn't do it at all. There is no backup plan. If it weren't for A Yi's advanced cultivation, you, as an uncle, would probably be responsible for your nephew's life."
When all the brothers heard this, they all looked at the fourth brother in shock, as if they couldn't believe that he could be so vicious.
Seeing that Ji Longlin didn't reply, Ji Zibai added, "The next day, you took A Yi to find the boss but happened to pass by Ji Wenhong's sphere of influence. Didn't you want to borrow a knife to kill someone?"
Ji Longlin's forehead immediately broke out with sweat and he didn't dare to say a word.
As a father, Ji Longwei was so angry that he wanted to go forward and beat him, but Ji Longxiang stopped him.
Ji Zibai glared at Ji Longwei and said: "He is your brother after all. Can you still kill him? I said, let the fourth child leave by himself. As for you, go back to confinement. As the boss We couldn't unite our relatives and brothers, so we got into this situation."
Ji Longwei also withered like Ji Longlin.
In the end, only Ji Wenhong, the eldest grandson, was left, but Ji Zibai was much more polite to him, "You can be regarded as the person in charge of the Ji family in the Governor's Office now. I don't dare to be too harsh on you, but the Ji family Things that can only be managed by the Ji family, if you are interested, you can leave with the minions of Ming Gong Ling."
Ji Wenhong said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Now that grandpa is out of prison, everything will naturally be subject to your arrangements. My grandson dare not disobey."
After that, he glanced at his younger brother Ji Wenyi provocatively, "The Ji family is so dangerous. With your level, it's safer to go back to Xuanming Road."
Ji Wenyi immediately said: "Brother, I won't bother you anymore."
Ji Wenhong said nothing more, turned around and left, taking away most of the shopkeepers with foreign surnames. Even so, Ji Zibai also knew that the Ji family still had spies planted by Ming Gongling, but everything was unimportant now.
It was only then that Ji Zibai came to Ji Longxiang and said, "Only the third child here behaves decently. From today on, he will be the acting head of the family, and he will have full authority over all family affairs." deal with."
Then he said to Ji Longxiang: "If you behave well, the future development of the Ji family will be entirely left to you. You have to take care of yourself."
"Yes, father." Ji Longxiang was a little confused and took over the burden in a daze.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Ji Zibai turned around and saluted Hao Lianfeng and said, "I'll make the poor Taoist laugh."
Hao Lianfeng said: "It's no big deal. Brother Ji cuts through the mess with a sharp sword. He shows his true nature as soon as he makes a move. This poor man admires him."
Ji Zibai said: "This is not a big skill. If everything goes smoothly like Shan Zong's, it will be a great wisdom and a great method."
The two of them exchanged greetings and came to the small courtyard where Ji Zibai usually lived in the eyes of everyone. They started drinking and chatting smoothly. As for the external affairs, they were left to Ji Longxiang to handle.
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Hao Lianfeng went to have a drink with Ji Zibai alone, and the disciples of the Shan Sect naturally arranged accommodation. With Ji Zibai's strong attack, the Ji family did not dare to make any more excessive moves, and everything was in order.
In the yard, You Ziji looked at the door from time to time, which aroused the doubts of the Shanzong people. Quanzhang had a carefree character. He leaned next to You Ziji and asked: "Brother You, are you waiting?" What? Could it be that he hooked up with a young lady or a maid from the Ji family while we were not paying attention?"
Quan Sheng looked at his friend helplessly, and said apologetically to You Ziji: "Senior Brother You, ignore him. Quan Zhang has always been arrogant."
He and You Ziji were similar in age, but since he lost, he called You Ziji his senior brother, which made You Ziji very uncomfortable. After trying to persuade him several times, he had no choice but to see that Quan Sheng still persisted and gradually adapted.
Quan Zhang didn't care at all and said to Quan Sheng: "You care a lot, but you don't want me to ask. You are such a naughty person."
Quan Sheng was angry for a while and said: "You are a normal person, but you don't care about Senior Brother You's face."
Seeing the two of them quarreling, You Ziji hurriedly said: "You guessed the whole chapter wrong."
"Wrong guess? Do you like mature women?"
Quan Sheng's face turned dark and he kicked his friend out, "You're talking nonsense again. If your uncle and senior brother hear it, you won't be punished to death."
You Ziji didn't know the meaning of the whole chapter, so he just replied: "I'm waiting for my senior brother."
"Senior brother?" Quan Sheng and Quan Zhang asked in unison.
"Aren't they both in the yard?"
You Zixiao explained: "I'm talking about Senior Brother Ji."
"Senior Brother Ji." Quan Zhang asked curiously, "Is it the Ji family? Who is it? Have we seen him before?"
Now even Quan Sheng couldn't hide his curiosity and looked at You Ziji with burning eyes, waiting for his answer.
"The second young master of the Ji family, Ji Wenyi is my senior brother."
"It's him! This is a rich man. If you have such a senior brother in Xuan Ming Dao, you must follow the popular ones."
You Ziji thought for a while and said, "I have indeed received a lot of care from Senior Brother Ji."
Quan Sheng asked: "How is his strength?"
"Xuanjing Cultivation."
Quan Zhang complained: "You are the only one who co-authors Xuan Ming Dao and is a foundation-building monk."
You Ziji nodded: "I am indeed the weakest in the Xuan Ming Dao, but I have only started for a year, and I will be able to reach the Xuan Realm in the future."
Quan Zhang wanted to continue speaking, but was pulled down by Quan Sheng. He couldn't even defeat the weakest person in Xuan Ming Dao, and he really had no shame to continue mentioning the sect and cultivation.
Quan Sheng said, "Senior Brother You, maybe Senior Brother Ji has encountered something to deal with and will come here later. Besides, you are now disciples of the Shan Sect, and Senior Brother Ji has nothing to do with us. It really doesn't make sense to come here so rashly." "
However, You Ziji took out the words that Hao Lianfeng and his fourth senior brother often talked about after going out, and said: "Our two sects are in the same spirit, so even if they are acquainted, it is not necessarily a strange thing."
When Quan Sheng heard the whole chapter, he felt it made sense. Who knew if Ji Wenyi was involved when Shan Sect and Xuan Ming Dao came into contact with each other, or whether he had met with the disciples of Shan Sect. But there must be no reality. They just finished fighting two days ago.
Similarly, Ji Wenyi did not figure this out. He only felt that it would be a bad idea to come directly. However, there were many pairs of eyes staring at the resting place of the Shanzong disciples in broad daylight. There was really no time to come over, so he could only Sneak in when the night is quiet.
As soon as Ji Wenyi landed, he saw Bao Shan standing on the road with a lamp. Ji Wenyi was startled and hurriedly hid in the dark.
Bao Shan had already seen his movements clearly and said, "Junior Brother Ji, there is no need to hide, I am here to wait for you."
Ji Wenyi heard the sound that sounded familiar. It was the Fourth Senior Brother. He felt relieved and walked out of the grass. The fright he had felt for many days was much better the moment he saw Hao Lianfeng. When he arrived at the resting place of Shanzong, he met the four brothers. Senior brother, my heart finally calmed down and I felt safe.
"Fourth Senior Brother is here waiting for me, what's the matter?"
What's going on in Baoshan? He said: "It's just that you made too much noise when sneaking, and I've already discovered it. I was worried that you might not know where we live if you climbed over the wall, so I came out to pick you up."
Ji Wenyi asked awkwardly: "Is the movement really that big?"
Bao Shan smiled and said: "For Xuanjing monks, of course they can't feel it, but my realm is a higher level, and my perception ability is infinitely higher than that of Xuanjing, so I can naturally see your actions clearly."
Ji Wenyi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, as long as it's not his own problem.
Bao Shan asked: "What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Why don't you come directly during the day?"
Ji Wenyi explained: "Master Hao is pretending to be a Shanzong monk this time. Do I have any contact with the Shanzong? It would be bad if someone with an intention sees it."
Bao Shan looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile, "You are really confused. How can outsiders know if you know Shan Zong? Just come in. Who are you looking for? Junior Sister Yao Yi is in the first wing on the left. Junior Brother Zhang You and your junior brother are in the second wing on the left. If you need anything, go find them, but don’t go to the wrong room."
Ji Wenyi said: "It's just that if Fourth Senior Brother doesn't cheat me, he won't dare to make a mistake. I am no match for Senior Sister."
He was about to leave, but suddenly turned around and said, "I want to take them to the river to watch the fog. Fourth Senior Brother, can we go?"
It turned out that he was accustomed to treating his senior brother as a senior teacher, and almost forgot that Bao Shan and he were contemporaries.
Bao Shan smiled and said: "You go ahead, I won't look at it. There is still a big bag of magic weapons that I need to look at."
Ji Wenyi asked: "Brother, why don't you put them away?"
Bao Shan explained: "That's in the sect. Only with a large array can we open up space and take out the magic weapon directly from the storehouse. Besides, the magic weapon in my bag is a powerful thing, and it is not so easy to store."
Ji Wenyi's eyes lit up and he said: "How powerful it is, senior brother, can you let me see it?"
Bao Shan said: "I guess you have no chance to see it. If you want to use these things, I'm afraid it will be a life-or-death moment."
I don’t know if the fourth senior brother is exaggerating, but Ji Wenyi doesn’t want to be in danger at all.
He left Bao Shan's room and went straight to the door of the second room on the left. He knocked on the door a few times and went in without waiting for a response from the person inside.
Zhang Xingwen in the room did not rest as expected, and even You Ziji was sitting cross-legged and meditating.
The two of them were not surprised at all when they saw Ji Wenyi come in. Instead, they chatted with each other minding their own business.
Zhang Xingwen said: "Junior brother, you must be willing to admit defeat. I just guessed that he stepped in with his right foot. You see, it is indeed the case."
You Ziji had a look of reluctance on his face, "I clearly heard the voice and the left foot went first. Why did I switch to the other foot when I came in?"
Zhang Xingwen said: "Junior brother is not very good at detecting things. If you look directly with your eyes like me, you will definitely not go wrong."
Ji Wenyi stepped forward and interrupted the conversation between the two, "You two are so boring. What's the point of guessing about this kind of thing."
Zhang Xingwen said, "Who made someone break his promise to take us to the lake to watch the fog and fish, but no one was seen for several days?"
Ji Wenyi explained: "Isn't there something that delayed me? I have been under house arrest by my family recently and have no chance to go out. Besides, I'm here tonight."
Zhang Xingwen said happily: "Are you going tonight?"
"That's why I came here at night. If we go there in time, we can see the wonder of the fog just forming."
Zhang Xingwen said excitedly: "That's great. What else do we need to bring? Aren't we going to the river to catch fish?"
Ji Wenyi said: "There is no need to go to so much trouble. With the cultivation of the four of us, there is nothing that catching a fish can't solve."
Only then did You Ziji intervene and asked, "Looking at the fog? Catching fish? When was this decided? Why didn't I know?"
Ji Wenyi and Zhang Xingwen then remembered that only the two of them had discussed this matter, and that You Ziji and Yao Yi did not know about it. Now Zhang Xingwen was suddenly in trouble.
"We haven't told Senior Sister yet, and we don't know if he will go."
When Ji Wenyi saw his senior brother acting like this, he immediately put on a teaching tone and said, "Senior brother, what's the use of thinking nonsense here? We'll find out if we just ask him directly."
Seeing that Zhang Xingwen was still hesitant, Ji Wenyi used his trump card, "Then there are only three of us going together, but we have to hide it from the senior sister, otherwise we will be blamed when the time comes."
When Zhang Xingwen heard that he wanted to deceive Yao Yi, he couldn't help but feel entangled in his heart. He knew about himself, and he would be the first person to leak the secret to Yao Yi.
You Ziji also started to fan the flames at this time, saying: "Senior brother, if you are embarrassed, then let me speak."
Under the temptation of his two junior brothers, Zhang Xingwen finally made up his mind to convince Yao Yi with his eloquence even if he was not interested. What's more, he has two helpers.
Arriving at the first room on the left, Zhang Xingwen took a deep breath to calm down and gently knocked on the door. There was no response from inside.
Zhang Xingwen asked somewhat unconfidently: "Junior brother, am I too weak?"
But no one responded behind him. The two brothers had long since disappeared, leaving Zhang Xingwen alone at a loss.
