"Isn't it connected?" Mrs. Ning clapped her hands gently, "These people are really..." She shook her head helplessly, "I don't know if a good business cannot be done well, and a good life cannot be good. But why do you have to get involved in this?"
"When you are in the game, you can't help yourself. Originally, the old lady had nothing to do with the Ning family, but because of the Ning family's calculations, you have been trapped in this game your whole life, haven't you?" Shen Cha sighed softly. , "Whether it's the head of the Luan family or Mrs. Liu, they don't have the right to choose, not even their elders. These families have been serving others for generations."
"Yes, no one living in this situation has the right to make their own decisions." Mrs. Ning also sighed, looked at Ning Cheng, then looked at Ning Cheng's sister, and said, "Fortunately, we have all You have come out of this situation, but you are still in it."
"We are the ones chosen to break the situation. As long as we are here, they will be afraid and worry that one day we will really destroy them." Shen Cha smiled, "Old Madam, although you and Luan Liu We don’t have much contact with the family, but according to your investigation, when they were in Suzhou City, did anything very unreasonable happen around them?"
"Unreasonable?" Mrs. Ning nodded, "I came to you to talk about the same thing." She looked at her adopted son and daughter, thought about it, and felt that there was no need to hide it from them, so she continued, "Jiangnan was once the most prosperous area of the Qinglian Sect, and Gusu City was also the place where the Qinglian Sect had the largest number of followers. Although the big clans did not look down on such wild ways of pretending to be gods and ghosts, the Qinglian Sect also attracted many people. There are fewer families who are newly rich and some families who are scholars from humble beginnings.”
"The target of the Green Lotus Sect has always been them. Jiangnan is no better than Xijing City. Xijing City values officials and families, but Jiangnan is rich and the big clans are the foundation of Jiangnan. They dare not deceive the big clans, so they can only target These small businessmen and some of the clearest families. People of this kind of background have desires and needs. If they occasionally help realize them, these people will be grateful." Shen Cha chuckled and stretched out two fingers, "This It’s the legendary one…”
"It's so easy to lie." Shen Haolin picked up the tea cup and took a few sips, then looked at Shen Cha who was looking at him, "Is that wrong?"
"Yes, brother is right, people like them are easy to deceive." Shen Cha looked at Ning Cheng, and then at Ning Cheng's sister, "For example, the Ning family, although it is also a clan, compared to a clan like Wang Xie, For fear of being thrown out of Jiutiaojie, the rule that clans are not allowed to take imperial examinations actually has little impact on a wealthy family like Wang Xie. Although their children cannot take imperial examinations or enter the court as officials, their disciples can. After hundreds of years of training, they have already had disciples all over Daxia, and there is no need to worry that they will not receive news from the capital. Besides, there is no imperial examination, and it is not said that you cannot choose concubines. In the past dynasties of Daxia, There are many concubines from big clans in the emperor's harem, right? This can be regarded as a kind of compensation from the royal family, old lady, am I right?"
"That's right." Mrs. Ning nodded, "Not only the concubines, but also the wives of the royal family's children, many of whom are from the big Jiangnan clans. If you really think about it, we are all relatives."
"So, the big clan doesn't worry about not being well-informed at all. Instead, it's the Ning family who think about using various methods to get news about the capital. They even take risks and take part in scientific examinations under their own names. What's more, I don't hesitate to work as a pawn for the Empress Dowager." Shen Cha spread his hands and said, "It's all the path I chose, and it's natural to end up like this." She looked at Ning Cheng and Sister Ning Cheng, then at Mrs. Ning, and said, "Did the old lady discover that there are higher-level members of the Green Lotus Sect in Gusu City?"
"I don't know if they are higher-level congregants, but some of them have a close relationship with the Luanliu family. When they get together, it doesn't look like they just met." Mrs. Ning said. He picked up the pen next to him and wrote down the names of several companies on the paper and handed it to Shen Cha, "I planned to give it to you before I came here, but I'm a little worried about whether you have the ability to really break this situation. ,so……"
"You give Ning Cheng an idea and use Ning Chang Kingdom to test us. If we can take this opportunity to completely eliminate the Ning family, then if we give the names of these families to us, we can also achieve the same effect as the Ning family."
"Yes, that's what I thought
. Mrs. Ning nodded frankly, "However, it seems that it is no longer important whether I give you this name or not. The Luan and Liu families have already ransacked their homes. Those who are related to them and those who associate with them You won’t let go of those very close people easily, will you?”
"Although Gusu City won't be violently shaken, the impact is not small. After all, these people are quite respectable. After dealing with them, Jiangnan Business Road may be in chaos for a while." Shen Cha smiled at Mrs. Ning. , "In order to repay the old lady, you can write to your family, and those clean properties can be collected at the right opportunity."
"General, I would like to thank you on behalf of my family for your kindness. Since it is the intention of the Duke and the General, we will accept it without mercy."
"We should." Shen Haolin nodded, "We can't let the old lady help us in vain. After all, we are responsible for it, and the old lady's family has also taken the risk."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Mrs. Ning smiled, picked up the teacup and took another two sips of tea. "Speaking of which, when our family was discussing marriage with the Ning family, Ning Changguo came to Gusu several times under this banner. , in addition to visiting my house, he also went to these shops. At first I thought that the Ning family had business dealings with them, but then I observed it and found that every time we met, apart from teahouses and restaurants, I didn’t even look at any of these shops. . Later, when I thought about it, it must have something to do with the errands of the Qinglian Sect."
"The Qinglian Sect has deep roots and has been rooted in Jiangnan for a long time. Even if we eradicate these, there are still many hidden in the dark, unless..." Shen Cha sighed heavily, "We can find their lair."
"The one at sea?"
"Well!" Shen Cha sighed again, "Now I only know that it must be at sea, but I don't know where exactly."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Our family only got out of the boat. If you want to know where they went, you probably have to tie up their sailors."
"Don't worry, Madam. We have already thought of a solution." Shen Cha looked at Sister Ning Cheng, "Now, you can tell me what you heard and saw when Boss Luan went to Ning's house."
