"Old Wu, let me ask you a question. Based on your experience as a secret agent in the Jingcheng Division for so many years and your understanding of my father for so many years, do you think that if someone knew that my father was in control of his rebellion? How can he ensure that he gets this evidence from my father? No matter what methods and means he uses."
Old Wu lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally shook his head.
"Absolutely impossible! But anyone who knows something about the owner of the village should know what the owner is. Even I can't understand the loyalty of the owner to the Holy One. The owner of the village is the kind of person who can give up everything for the Holy One. If If the owner of the village has evidence that someone wants to commit rebellion, no one can take it away from the owner in any way or by any means. Only the Holy One, with just a word from the Holy One, the owner will take it away. Leave everything to the Holy One, and don’t even think about it for anyone else.”
Shao Xi seemed to have gotten the answer he wanted, but he still asked, "In other words, anyone who knows something about my father and is not too stupid will know that whether it is through deception, theft, or coercion, It is impossible to get anything from my father's hands with all the means. So if you are a smart person, you will definitely not think about getting the things in my father's hands. You want to let the things in my father's hands If it generates the greatest value, he can reveal this news to someone. Although he cannot get the most direct benefit, he can get some indirect benefits from this news. Do you think it makes sense for me to think this way?"
Old Wu didn't know what Shao Xi was thinking, but Shao Xi's idea did make sense. Since he knew that he couldn't get what he wanted from Feng Changlin, it would make no sense to take direct action. , rather than doing this, it seems more reasonable to disclose this news to someone who also wants such a thing, so as to obtain some indirect benefits.
This is like some people who sell information. They know a very important piece of information, but they will never take risks based on this information. Instead, they will choose to sell the information to people who also need this information to earn the value of the information. .
Although this cannot directly obtain the greatest benefits, it also does not have to bear the greatest risks, and it is better to be safe.
So what is the purpose of Shao Xi asking him this question now? Do you want to prove that You Yian is an information dealer?
Indeed, even if You Yi'an knew this information, he would not be able to obtain Xiao Yuzhi's treason evidence and the nine-color glazed buckle from Feng Changlin. However, he could not directly benefit from such important information, so he is likely to use this information. The information was sold to Xiao Yuzhi, but something seemed wrong?
If he was just a simple information dealer, why would he cooperate so directly with Wandaomen? Just to get that thing from the Ruan family? Does he think he is more confident in getting something like the Ruan family's?
That’s not right either! If he wanted to obtain such a thing by himself, he would not cooperate with Wandaomen, but would find a way to get it by himself. Since he cooperated with Wandaomen, it proved that he had sold this information to Xiao Yuzhi.
So why did he directly participate in the affairs of the Ruan family? This goes against the principle of selling information to obtain indirect benefits and to be as safe as possible.
Lao Wu began to feel that Shao Xi's train of thought was a little awry, so he reminded him: "You don't have to think about it. You Yi'an can't be an intelligence dealer. It can be seen from his involvement in the Ruan family's incident that he is not a spy." Outsiders.”
Shao Xi shook his head and said nothing.
He knew that Old Wu must have misunderstood what he meant, but he was too lazy to explain at this time.
It seems that when he went to Zhiqiu Pavilion today, Ruan Haoyang still had some reservations when talking to himself about what happened back then. If the thing that You Yi'an and Wandaomen were looking for was really in him, he was so secretive, which proved that That kind of thing is very important, so important that Ruan Haoyang can tell himself about Ye Zhiqiu's humiliation by gangsters, but he can't tell himself about it. If his guess is correct, he may not even tell Ye Zhiqiu.
He hid this matter so deeply, what could it be? What is it that makes Wandao Clan want to get it from him at all costs, and what makes him risk his life to protect it?
The only thing Shao Xi can be sure of at the moment is that Ruan Haoyang returned home not just to kill You Yi'an for revenge. Another important purpose of his return was probably to get the thing hidden in Ruan's house.
After thinking about it, Shao Xi suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled mysteriously.
Old Wu looked at Shao Xi's secretly happy look at nothing, and became angry all at once. He said to Shao Xi angrily: "What can be so fun? Let's talk about it and let's have fun together. Don't always It was made so mysterious that I had to guess. As I get older, my brain works more slowly, so I should speak quickly when I think of something."
"Old Wu, let me ask you, what do you think they are frantically looking for in the Ruan family? No matter what you think, just say it if you think of it, whether it is right or wrong."
This suddenly stumped Old Wu. The old guy sat there and winked and thought for a long time. He nodded for a while, then shook his head with his lips curled up. He seemed to be confirming a certain answer in his heart, and then turned around again. Deny this answer yourself.
Seeing his sad face, Shao Xi knew that he couldn't be counted on, so he knocked on the table with his fingers and said to Lao Wu: "First of all, it can be confirmed that the main purpose of You Yi'an and Wandaomen is definitely not to make money. Then the things they are looking for that are very important to them are nothing more than rare treasures that can impress them, evidence of rebellion, important martial arts secrets, or some kind of magical weapon."
Old Wu didn't seem to agree very much with Shao Xi's judgment. He kept shaking his head while listening to Shao Xi's words, so when Shao Xi finished speaking, he also raised his own questions.
"Judging from the situation of the Ruan family, there should be no rare treasures that can impress them. Otherwise, there is no need for the Ruan family to hide those things, and then rely on Boss Ruan to work as a carpenter to accumulate family wealth bit by bit. ; As for the evidence of rebellion, I can’t think of any chance that a carpentry shop owner would have access to these things; as for martial arts secrets, it’s not very likely. If the Ruan family has any peerless martial arts secrets, Boss Ruan doesn’t have them either. It is necessary to invite You Yi'an to his home to teach his son martial arts! Moreover, Boss Ruan himself has never practiced martial arts, so the possibility is very small. Finally, the magic weapon you mentioned is also impossible. What kind of magical weapon is there? Besides, if it was a weapon, You Yi'an wouldn't have spent ten years in the Ruan family trying to figure out his idea, let alone the next six years to turn everything upside down. I couldn't find it. I think this object should be something very small, easy to hide, and extremely difficult to find. So far, your judgment is wrong. Think about it again and see if there are other possibilities. !”
Shao Xi watched Old Wu shaking his head and analyzing, with a weird smile hanging on the corner of his mouth. He waited until Old Wu finished speaking before Shao Xi nodded slightly.
Lao Wu originally thought that Shao Xi agreed with his idea, but he didn't want Shao Xi to have his own ideas.
"Everything you said before is right, including the last thing you said that the thing must be very small, easy to hide, and extremely difficult to find. This is very accurate. But there is one thing you said wrong. This thing is very small. It may be an unprecedented magical weapon, and it may even affect the general trend of the world."
Old Wu was stunned when he heard this! How could something so small that no one else could find it if it was hidden could be a magic weapon? How could it affect the general trend of the world? Is it a magic needle?
Old Wu thought about it again according to the idea that Shao Xi just said. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was wrong. How could such a thing exist in the world?
"I really can't figure out what this thing you are talking about is. I have been in the world for so many years and have never seen the kind of thing you are talking about. If it is a magic weapon, the heavy rain in Tangmen in Sichuan The pear blossom needle is indeed a magic weapon, but it also requires a launching device. The device is not small. How could it not be found? If it is just a needle, it cannot be considered a magic weapon at all. !Besides, even the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle is not enough to affect the general trend of the world."
Shao Xi looked at Old Wu, smiled, and asked a question that seemed meaningless to Old Wu.
"Since you investigated the Ruan family at the beginning, you must know that Boss Ruan is a carpenter with superb craftsmanship. He also likes to study some strange skills on weekdays, is that right?"
"That's right! That's true, but he is always a carpenter. What magical weapons does a carpenter have in his hand? In addition to axes, hammers, and saws, there are also chisels and ink fountains. Not to mention that these things cannot affect the general trend of the world, even Divine weapons are not even considered! I think the ones you mentioned are impossible. It is precisely because he is a carpenter that those things have nothing to do with him. Now you say that the Ruan family has hidden a magical weapon. I really don’t think so. I can't think of what it could be. Even if he likes to study some strange skills and come up with some unique and novel objects, they are at most furniture, farm tools or some entertainment gadgets. , what do these things have to do with magic weapons? I think we should think about it again!"
Shao Xi did not refute Old Wu, but instead asked Old Wu again: "You just mentioned to me the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle from Tangmen in Sichuan. That thing must be difficult to make, right? What kind of parts are needed? How are the parts machined? How do you assemble them once you have them? What's the internal structure like? How do they make it so precisely?"
"Isn't what you are asking nonsense? Of course it is made according to the drawing...wait! Are you saying that something like that is...?"
"right!"
