After getting angry with Pang Ban, Shen Hao felt confident.
As long as he has the support of Pang Ban and Emperor Yang Shu, Shen Hao doesn't mind being a pawn or executioner.
But some preparations still have to start now. You can't just turn around and stab the knives at the bodies of those aristocratic families and major cultivators, right? There must be a sequence first, and at the same time, a window period needs to be created so that everyone in the government and the public thinks that Ye Lansheng's case is over at this point.
It is easy to understand to create an illusion that the limelight has passed. In other words, it is to make those aristocratic families who have been nervous recently relax and let down their guard. This process is not a day or two, but requires at least one to two months to buffer.
The order is the "preemptive" target ordering at that time.
The aristocratic family is too big and spreads too widely, and it is impossible to carry out the same purge within the Xuanqing Guard. Without such conditions, there would not be so many manpower and strength. Therefore, it is necessary to "order" the opponents in a way that is conducive to disrupting the opponent's position. Those at the front should be destroyed first, and those at the back should be destroyed later.
The so-called "pre-emptive strike" was actually what Pang Ban pointed out to Shen Hao. Originally, according to Shen Hao's idea, he would first follow up on the evil-killing operation, find a suitable reason, and then target a local aristocratic family, clan, or cultivator nearby. Pang Ban directly rejected this idea. In his words: Why is it so troublesome? And the effect is not good.
Then Pang Ban proposed the idea of "preemptive strike". It is to strike first and lay the foundation with one blow before all the aristocratic families can react. At least to solve the most difficult and troublesome part among the aristocratic families and the Overhaul Clan in one go. If everything goes well, this will give you at least a 30% chance of winning.
So which part is the most troublesome and difficult to chew? In fact, even if Pang Ban didn't explain clearly, Shen Hao could still guess it.
Shanngling, Wang family.
Shanling is a small city in Jingdong, not a hub city. Its status in Jingdong is similar to that of Licheng in Jingxi. It belongs to a group of vassal lower cities surrounding the hub city.
However, although it is not an important town geographically, Shanngling is very famous in Jingdong, and even in the entire Jingjiu Dynasty. There are two reasons for this.
First, Shanngling is famous because it has Lanting Chao Lake, which is known as the "Lake of a Thousand Lakes". It is a unique landscape formed by hundreds of lakes and water systems of different sizes connected together. It has welcomed countless literati and poets here. He left poems and helped Shanngling become famous.
The second one is the largest family in Shanling, which is the Wang family that Shen Hao immediately thought of.
This Wang family is not just a noble family or a Xiu clan, but the only ancient existence in the old Jing Dynasty that is both a noble family and a Xiu clan. Its family history is said to be that much longer than the founding of the old Jing Dynasty. A little bit.
It is said that the Wang family was originally just a small aristocratic family with monks emerging. Later, due to the management of the family from generation to generation and the luck of the younger generations, several talented children appeared in each generation, either entering the sect or staying at home to practice. Practicing academic methods.
With the continuous replenishment of monk power, the small aristocratic family gradually turned into a large aristocratic family. During this period, it took hundreds or even thousands of years to become a powerful family. There were no less than hundreds of monks in the family. It is said that those with high cultivation levels also have Yuandan realm. of cultivation. As for how many trump cards he has hidden and how many hidden tricks he has, no one outside knows. But one thing is very clear, that is, even the third-rate sects do not dare to show off in front of the Wang family and instead contact them on an equal footing.
Shen Hao noticed the Wang family because he had learned about the general situation of the Xiu clan in the old Jing Dynasty before when he and the Wen family were married. There was an overview of the Wang family in it, but it was very general and there was no internal detailed explanation.
Now that Pang Ban had set the tone, Shen Hao naturally turned his attention to the Shanling Wang family again.
However, when Shen Hao began to consciously subside the Xuanqing Guard's "party for personal gain" action in apprehending the Ye Lansheng case, he also directed the yamen to begin to read all the documents in the document library with Pang Ban's warrant, and no longer The soldiers in the archives room were required to change hands, thus eliminating the possibility of someone noticing that he was reading the contents of the documents.
Of course, Shen Hao stayed in the docket room for most of the day under the pretext of investigating the Ye Lansheng case, investigating matters about the Wang family in Shanling.
But the result was not satisfactory.
Even in the archives of the Xuanqingwei commander's office, there is not much information about the Wang family's archives. Basically, it just adds some details to the outside world's overview of the Wang family, and does not involve the core content of the family at all.
It sounds like this has caused a lot of trouble for Shen Hao. After all, if you "strike first to gain the upper hand", you must at least have a relatively good grasp of the target's situation. Otherwise, what if you pounce and are directly blocked? Come back and take a long-term approach? If this really happens, Shen Hao probably won't talk about his future career. He'll be lucky if he can save his head. After all, it's too embarrassing.
But the good news is that there is a window period of one to two months, so there is still time for Shen Hao to learn more.
Just relying on black water and superficial means to find out the details of the Wang family is definitely not enough. Not to mention that the unique "unity" of his family is much higher than that of places like yamen, but the strength of a single cultivator is not something that an intelligence organization like Blackwater, which focuses on ordinary means, can figure out.
Shen Hao had other plans in this regard. He sent a copy of Qianli Note to Nie Yun at Guishan Monastery. Without any courtesy, he directly asked Nie Yun if he could get detailed information about the Wang family in Shanling. Nie Yun replied quickly, saying that he could get it, but it would take a while, not long, a month at most.
Shen Hao was able to wait for a month, and he even had extra time to make some preparations based on Nie Yun's news.
In addition, Nie Yun also mentioned his marriage to Zhao Zhiyuan in his reply. He said that after they returned to Guishan Monastery, they immediately reported the situation to his master, Li Shuyang, the real person in Pingyang. After obtaining Li Shuyang's consent, Nie Yun reported the news to the sect leader, and finally the sect unanimously agreed on his marriage to Zhao Zhiyuan. And because Zhao Zhiyuan had been expelled from Lingxiao Palace, Guishan Monastery would also Zhao Zhiyuan was admitted as a registered disciple, and he was also under the name of Li Shuyang's Lao Shufeng, but he did not become a disciple. Therefore, he and Nie Yun were considered the same sect, but their seniority was very weak, and there was no obstacle.
This is a great event. Shen Hao is sincerely happy for them. At the same time, he happily accepts Nie Yun's invitation and will arrive at Guishan Monastery on the third day of August to attend the wedding ceremony on the sixth day of August.
