It was late at night, and the fire in Ye Mingchen's study was still brightly lit.
Ye Mingchen also got news from Qi Ling, and knew that the new governor of Guangdong was Qi Ling, not Li Zhen recommended by him. In this way, Ye Mingchen's purpose of weakening Li Zhen's military power was defeated. Li Zhen still gave him a headache. Before that, , the news came that Li Zhen was ambushed by the Tiandihui, and Ye Mingchen felt happy for a while.
However, Li Zhen's body was not found, and Ye Mingchen had a premonition that Li Zhen would not die.
Not long after, Li Zhen's order to kill everyone came out.
Obviously, Li Zhen was not killed.
Ye Mingchen was thinking hard about letting Li Zhen and Qiling check and balance each other, so that he could feel at ease and have the opportunity to slowly weaken the military power in Li Zhen's hands. For this matter, Ye Mingchen was thinking hard every day, thinking about destroying the relationship between the two. method.
"Boom, boom."
A knock on the door sounded outside the study.
"Sir, I have something urgent to report."
"Come in."
Ye Mingchen shouted, and a white-haired housekeeper walked in outside the door.
The old housekeeper arched his back slightly and said in a low voice: "Sir, I just learned from Wanfu's servants that the elderly nephew Wanfu had his right hand and legs broken in Huaibi Tower, and he has been carried back. Not only that, the person who crippled Wanfu was Li Zhen who disappeared. It is surprising that Li Zhen appears in Huaibi Tower."
"Oh, there is such a thing."
A light flashed in Ye Mingchen's eyes, and a smile appeared on his face.
The situation is interesting.
Ye Mingchen did not continue to ask, and directly sent the old housekeeper away.
He was sitting alone in the study, with an excited expression and a sudden surge of pride in his heart. He couldn't help but get excited about reading. Ye Mingchen stood up, spread out a piece of rice paper on the desk, dipped his pen in ink, and quickly wrote on the rice paper. With a swipe of a brush, a big word "Zhi" flashed out under Ye Mingchen's pen. It was vigorous and powerful, and it looked like everyone's work at first glance.
Li Zhen broke Wan Fu's leg and had a falling out with Qi Ling, which was exactly what Ye Mingchen wanted.
The harder the two fight, the happier Ye Mingchen becomes.
…
To the east of Guangzhou City, in a remote mountain village.
In the bamboo house, a dark group of people sat.
Among them, Chen Qiankun sat above him with a gloomy face. He had already learned about the mass killing order posted inside and outside Guangzhou. Apparently, Li Zhen, who had escaped, had begun to take revenge crazily. In the room, a group of elders from the Tiandihui They all had grimaces on their faces, with a look of horror in their eyes. In just a few days, the outer forces of the Tiandihui had lost 60%, which was too scary.
Even the peripheral forces are still members of the Tiandihui.
"Chief Rudder, Li Zhen issued an order to kill all the people. Except for the people who recognize our Tiandi Society, the rest of the people are eyeing the Tiandi Society and regard the people of the Tiandi Society as prey. If this continues, the foundation of the Tiandi Society will be damaged. If you are harmed, please think twice, chief helmsman." A Taoist with gray hair said. This Taoist carries a long sword, wears a Bagua robe, and carries a whisk in his hand. He is a descendant of Zhang Daoling. Take good care of yourself.
Chen Qiankun asked: "Master Zhang, what do you think?"
Zhang Tianshi said in a deep voice: "For the present plan, only by asking for peace with Li Zhen can we have a chance of survival."
"Seek peace."
Chen Qiankun smiled sarcastically and said: "Does Master Zhang think there is still a chance to seek peace? We killed Li Zhen's right-hand general Zhu Wu and forced Li Zhen to jump off a cliff to escape. These matters cannot be resolved by seeking peace. .”
Zhang Tianshi asked: "Since we don't want peace, what can Mr. Chen do?"
Chen Qiankun spread his hands and said helplessly: "The only plan for now is to stay hidden and lurk for the time being. However, I have already found out the news. Emperor Xianfeng sent Qiling, the new governor of Guangdong, to Guangzhou to take up his post. Li Zhen With his character, he will not bow to the elders. If the two of them fight, we will use the elders to deal with Li Zhen and relieve the crisis of the Tiandihui."
"This is the only way."
Zhang Tianshi nodded and reluctantly agreed.
At this time, the Tiandihui was like a rat crossing the street, everyone was shouting to beat him up, and the situation was bleak. Wang Rui was also extremely aggrieved. This Li Zhen was simply a copper pea that could not be fired or beaten. The assassination of Li Zhen failed at first, and the design They also failed to ambush Li Zhen. Now, it was Tiandihui's turn to suffer losses, but it was Li Zhen who made a killing move, putting Tiandihui on the verge of difficulty.
…
For six consecutive days, disciples of the Tiandihui were arrested or killed every day. Everyone who went to the Admiral's Mansion to receive a reward had to be carefully checked. If the wrong person was killed, it would be murder and he would be beheaded. , for this reason, many common people do not dare to kill, and they try to capture them as much as possible. It does not matter if they capture the wrong person.
Li Zhen recovered somewhat from his injuries and returned to the Admiral's Mansion.
In the study, Li Zhen and Liu Taiping sat down.
Liu Taiping looked serious and reported in a deep voice: "In the past six days, two hundred outer disciples of Tiandihui and fifty inner disciples of Tiandihui have been arrested. Among them, there are a total of people who came with their heads. One hundred and thirty people, one hundred and fourteen are outer disciples, and sixteen are inner disciples. There are so many people from the Tiandihui detained in the house, and they must be dealt with. If they are not dealt with in time, I am afraid that they will be dead soon. We can’t hold him any longer.”
Li Zhen thought for a while and asked: "Sir, are there any of these people with a slightly higher status?"
Liu Taiping sighed, shook his head and said: "There used to be a sub-rudder of the Tiandihui, but unfortunately he was killed when he was caught. Now most of them know only a little bit about the situation of the Tiandihui and don't know the inside information."
Li Zhen frowned and said: "We used the people to intensively hunt down the Tiandihui, and indeed gave a fatal blow to the Tiandihui. However, Chen Qiankun and Wang Rui are still there, which did not hurt the foundation of the Tiandihui at all. If Tiandihui cannot be wiped out this time Yes, being unable to kill Chen Qiankun and Wang Rui means that the Heaven and Earth Society will rise again. As long as some people believe in the Heaven and Earth Society, the Heaven and Earth Society will always exist."
Liu Taiping nodded and said: "My lord, what you said makes sense. Killing can only cure the symptoms, not the root cause. If we want to completely sever people's belief in the Heaven and Earth Alliance, we have to start from the source. My lord, I have a plan that may work."
Li Zhen was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Sir, please give me some advice."
Liu Taiping said with a smile: "I believe that the captured disciples of the Tiandihui are the best candidates to fight back against Chen Qiankun. Their words are the most convincing. As your Excellency said, killing these disciples of the Tiandihui will not help, so I think we should let They stood up,... Only in this way can we fundamentally prevent the people from continuing to believe in the Heaven and Earth Society. Once the people no longer believe in Chen Qiankun, the Heaven and Earth Society will lose its support, and it will collapse immediately like a house without a foundation."
"Okay, okay, I'll just follow Sir's plan."
Li Zhen repeatedly touched his palms with a joyful smile on his face.