Chapter 158: Peeling the Cocoon
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"They left no useful traces. So, can we find ways to let them show some traces, such as using the emergency contact method, or scaring Gao Zhentu, or let Gao Zhentu quit voluntarily to see if they will appear again?"
Xie Jun thought for a while and felt that he could only use the trick of alarming the snake, but it was very likely that he would startled the snake away, because Xie Jun was not sure what they had in his goal. If the purpose was not so strong, he would be so shocked that he would be sure to scare away the person.
Jiang Dingjun shook his head gently and looked at Xie Jun and said, "Not good! Before the other party's purpose is discovered, our actions will be very blind, and it is difficult to speculate on the other party's principles of conduct. We are now like we are in a dark and unfamiliar environment. It is best not to move, and problems will occur if we move."
Xie Jun scratched his head helplessly. Jiang Dingjun's words made sense. This is a principle. If you don't understand the other party's intentions, easy actions may not achieve the goal. Instead, there will be a counterproductive effect. Judging the other party's intentions has become the key to this matter. This is actually the essence of all confrontation. Both sides of the confrontation make it the highest principle of blocking the other party's intentions and realizing the highest principle of confrontation. To do this, judging the other party's intentions is the center of gravity.
"Actually, when we handle cases, analyzing motivation is a very powerful method. We might as well consider from this direction, what purpose are they in surveillance here? Is it for revenge? Or just to obtain more information about Changshengzhai? Or have other purposes."
Jiang Dingjun's words opened up another direction of his thinking. Yes, when there is no way to judge what the thief wants to steal, you might as well think about what you have to worry about.
First of all, it is personal grudges. The people I offended with the master will prepare for revenge. This is a very likely possibility. I have only debuted for a while and it is not even considered to be officially debuting, so I have already started offending some people. The master has been in the world for decades and it is impossible for him not to offend people. The worried expression on his face just now is probably thinking of this. If this is the case, the opponent's scope will be wide, but they can be treated as a "class", that is, no matter who it is, as long as he is here to seek revenge, then there is actually no difference between their response and actual demands, and there is no need to figure out who it is.
The second is to have a different purpose. This purpose may be to require Changshengzhai people to help them achieve some goals, or to plan something from Changshengzhai. The purpose of revenge is to directly attack Changshengzhai, and with this purpose it is likely to be to obtain something from Changshengzhai. For these two motivations, different methods must be used to test them.
"In fact, the motives of this type of crime are nothing more than two situations. One is attack and the other is seeking. If the purpose of attack, the purpose of this type of criminal is generally very strong, and the desire to achieve the goal is extremely strong. Then we usually take measures such as tempting the other party to take action, creating pressure on the other party, etc.; the latter is more difficult, because we don't know what the other party is planning, and it is difficult to judge the other party's determination. Maybe if we try it a little, the other party will be scared and flee far away. We even want to relax and tempt the other party to take action, and we don't know what flaws should be revealed for the other party. You can't open the doors and windows and invite the thief into the room. Even if you really do this, the other party will probably think that it is a trap."
Xie Jun chuckled after hearing this, turned his head to look at the master. Seeing that his face was a little complicated, he must have thought of something, so he looked at the master quietly and waited for him to come out of his thoughts.
"Maybe, they came for me."
Gu Yuanzhi's hand stopped on his goatee and said with a serious expression: "In fact, this is not the first time. When it is related to the snoops that were occasionally exposed in the past, some traces of this matter will be exposed."
Xie Jun and Jiang Dingjun looked at each other excitedly, and Xie Jun asked: "Master, do you mean you have discovered snoops before?"
"Yeah." Gu Yuanzhi's hand continued to brush, as if recalling some things. He paused, and then he slowly spoke: "That was five or six years ago. I also returned to my location after finishing my business from the capital. An accidental incident made the Thirteenth follower find that a Qimen warlock was spying on me around. Later, a middle-level warlock was dispatched to arrest me. Unfortunately, this person died. After a long time of investigation, he could not find the purpose of his spying. At that time, this matter was an unsolved incident. Now, it is very likely that after this time, the other party changed his strategy and used this kind of employment method to continue monitoring. Do you think this would be the case?"
Xie Jun slapped his thigh with a 'sloppy': "I think 90% of it is. What do you think Jiang Dingjun?"
"I also think so. This should be the most likely thing for the same gang, but what exactly are they planning with Master Gu?"
"Hehe, this is what, the next thing involves state secrets. Do you have to keep it confidential, or I will cast a spell to close your memory later?"
Jiang Dingjun thought for a while and said, "I shouldn't be involved in this secret, but since you trust me, you will still close my memory later. It would be better if it could be erased."
Xie Jun nodded secretly. Jiang Dingjun is indeed a trustworthy person who can stick to principles.
"My master has to calculate the national destiny for the country every year, deduce the important national policies to be implemented in the second year, and provide reference opinions for the country's decision-making. What do you think these people are watching the master for?"
Jiang Dingjun glanced at Gu Yuanzhi in surprise, and then felt relieved. Gu Yuanzhi was quite famous in China, and it was normal to be selected to participate in the calculation of national destiny. However, what he did not expect was that the country would do this and use a sorcerer to calculate the consequences of national policies. It was really interesting.
Although Xie Jun said it very simply, Jiang Dingjun had grasped the key point. He even guessed that Xie Jun was not unwilling to say it in detail, but he said it specifically, giving himself a vague information containing the core content, so that his thinking can have the greatest freedom and imagination space without being limited by more conditions.
"So, is the other party's purpose to obtain the calculated content and results from Master Gu?"
Gu Yuanzhi shook his head with a smile, because Xie Jun asked the same question at the time. He glanced at Xie Jun and signaled that he would answer the question.
"No, it's too difficult to get results from a great calculator. Relatively speaking, it's much easier to get the content and results of this calculation from those officials. After all, there will be quite a lot of people who know about the decision-making reference for national policy. It's hard to guarantee that there are no traitors or the like."
"I understand, it is true, it is much easier to start from those people. So they are still staring at Master Gu, is it just a kind of filing attention?"
Xie Jun shook his head, obviously disagreed with Jiang Dingjun's speculation: "Do you still remember the matter about Tianwu Sect?"
"Remember, hasn't Tianwu Sect been uprooted?"
"No, Tianwu Gate was indeed uprooted, but people from Thirteen places suspected that Tianwu Gate was just a sheep-herding person?"
"The sheep-herding person? Are you saying 'working'? Is there a master behind Tianwu Sect? That... that's a huge situation that has been arranged for many years, and there are even other Tianwu Sect and Diwu Sect. This is too terrifying!?"
Jiang Dingjun looked at Xie Jun in disbelief, but Xie Jun nodded affirmatively: "I always feel that they are behind this matter. If they can spend so long and have so much manpower and material resources to do something like Tianwu Sect, the goal will definitely be very small."
"It's nothing more than power and interests, or it's simply foreign forces!!" Jiang Dingjun suddenly stood up and was startled by his thoughts. If it's really an external force, then this matter would be too serious. It really concerns the national luck.
"Don't be so nervous. These forces are not allowed to go to the forefront, otherwise they wouldn't hide so deeply. I agree with your latter guess. It should be from foreign forces. As long as we know this, it will not be so easy for them to make a big situation. This matter is definitely more nervous than us. I believe they have been secretly pursuing them, so these people with ulterior motives will definitely be particularly careful in their actions. Is it very similar to the mysterious force that monitors us?"
Xie Jun smiled slightly and signaled Jiang Dingjun to sit down. This was not as terrible as he thought. After all, the people in the Qimen in China were not vegetarians.
Jiang Dingjun glanced at Xie Jun who was smiling and Gu Yuanzhi, and his face warmed up slightly, but he was still not calm enough!
Frowning and thinking for a while, Jiang Dingjun said confidently: "It seems that those people should not have a clear purpose yet. Now they are just monitoring and watching. They are waiting for opportunities. I think they must be waiting for an opportunity to control Master Gu. Of course, this goal may be the master himself or an important figure in Changshengzhai."
Gu Yuanzhi and Xie Jun looked at each other and agreed with Jiang Dingjun's speculation. Then, we should formulate a way to make the other party reveal its strength according to this speculation.
"So how do you think we should force the other party to reveal some traces?" Xie Jun asked with concern.
“Risk the price!!”
"What you mean is to let Gao Zhentu raise the price to the other party, so that they feel that things are a little out of control, but they can't be too much. They need to be in a dilemma, is that right?"
Jiang Dingjun nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the price they gave is very interesting. Let's continue to use this price to make a fuss. Can Gao Zhentu be completely controlled?"
"No problem, I can set him up a virtual value so that he feels that this is not worthwhile and he will not notice anything."
Chapter completed!