"Sir." Shuang Ling's voice came from outside the door.
"Come in." Zhuang Ming responded.
"Sir, the soup is ready." Shuang Ling placed the soup on the table, his eyes fell on the white eagle, and he suddenly showed a surprised look: "Xiao Bai?"
"This is a gift from your grandpa Fu." Zhuang Ming put down something with a smile.
"This is..." Shuang Ling looked at this small thing. It was extremely exquisite and very rare. His eyes suddenly lit up. He put it in his hand and looked around, unable to put it down.
"It's just an ornament. The style is different from the Dongsheng Dynasty, but more exquisite." Zhuang Ming said.
"Grandpa Fu..." Shuang Ling hesitated and asked cautiously: "When will he come back?"
"It's almost time. He has established a firm foothold and opened up the trade routes on the sea." Zhuang Ming said: "When the business is stable, I will take you out to sea to find your Grandpa Fu and see what's beyond the Dongsheng Dynasty.
What a scenery.”
"Okay." Shuang Ling looked very happy.
"By the way, have you done your homework?" Zhuang Ming asked.
"I..." The happy look on Shuang Ling's face suddenly stiffened, "I'm a little busy today..."
"This will determine your future path. You must not slack off." Zhuang Ming said seriously: "You can slow down on other things."
"I know, sir." Shuang Ling nodded vigorously and hummed.
"good."
Zhuang Ming looked at the two pieces of paper in his hand.
This is what Lao Fu passed down. The previous papers describe the situation on that side in detail.
And on one of them, Song Tianyuan's name was clearly written.
It is said that when Song Tianyuan studied abroad, he met experts and learned a lot of strategies. After returning to the Dongsheng Dynasty, he showed his ambitions.
Judging from the paper, this statement is indeed true.
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
It records many stories about Song Tianyuan overseas, including his style of conduct, down to the smallest details.
"He is a capable person. From the current point of view, his only shortcoming may be that he is too conceited."
Zhuang Ming smiled slightly and threw the paper into the fire pot. Sometimes you only need to find a flaw to break through and completely defeat it.
Shuang Ling looked at the burning paper, but then remembered something and asked: "Sir, why is it that only Lord Qian Yang is outside the door, but not Lord Yin Ming?"
Zhuang Ming said with a smile: "Guanshi Sun has something to do, so I asked him to escort me for a while. I have asked him three or five times in the past two months, so it doesn't matter."
Shuang Ling responded, but there was a slight hesitation between his brows.
Zhuang Ming picked up the soup, scooped up a spoonful of it with a spoon, took a bite, and felt slightly satisfied, then said: "Grind the ink."
Shuang Ling hurriedly ran over.
"Sir, can Xiaobai help me bring a gift to Grandpa Fu this time?"
"Maybe next time."
Zhuang Ming said: "Your Grandpa Fu has encountered some troubles. I want to give him a way to solve the problem. I'm afraid I will have to write a lot of articles and bring some other things. Although this white eagle is a different species of bird, it is
When traveling long distances and crossing oceans, the more things you have, the more burden you will have to bear."
When Shuang Ling heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Seeing this, Zhuang Ming said, "Don't worry, it will be time to see him in a year and a half at most."
Shuang Ling then nodded, with a smile on his face.
——
Fengcheng.
This was originally the residence of Mr. Thirteen Zhuang Ming in Fengcheng, but Zhuang Ming moved to Qianlong Villa and the place became vacant, leaving only three or five people to guard it.
Yin Ming is sitting on a high seat in the hall.
Next to him was Manager Sun.
But in front of the two of them, there is another person.
People from the Song family in Xuancheng!
This man was about in his early fifties. He stroked his beard slightly and said with a smile: "Master Yin Ming, is this how the matter is settled?"
Yin Ming hummed, but his face remained expressionless and extremely cold.
But the man was not upset at all, and presented ten banknotes with both hands, each with a denomination of one hundred taels.
Yin Ming reached out to collect the thousand taels of silver notes, waved his hand and said, "I understand."
After a pause, he glanced at Manager Sun and said calmly: "If we hadn't come together today, I wouldn't have known that Manager Sun had also joined Song Tianyuan."
Manager Sun smiled coquettishly, but then responded loudly: "Master Yin Ming was the first to guard Mr. Thirteen. If you can rebel against him, Sun can naturally do the same."
Yin Ming looked as usual, not angry at all.
However, the man who was over fifty years old spoke up and said: "Steward Sun is the person my young master placed beside Zhuang Ming, but it's not that he doesn't trust you, but that you are a warrior after all, and you only guard Zhuang Ming.
Keeping him safe does not involve other aspects. In comparison, Manager Sun knows more about Zhuang Ming's business..."
Having said that, the envoy of the Song family hesitated for a moment, and then said: "In addition, although I rarely show up, I am a member of the Song family after all. In the next period of time, I will not be able to continue to show my face to avoid being noticed.
I heard that Mr. Yin Ming rarely leaves Zhuang Ming. He has been away several times recently, which makes some people suspicious. After all, Zhuang Ming is extremely smart and avoids being noticed by him. So the young master decided that if anything happens next, you will first go through Sun.
The manager will contact me and I will report to the young master."
Yin Ming glanced at Manager Sun, nodded slightly, and said, "I understand."
——
Qianlong Villa.
In the room.
Zhuang Ming closed his eyes slightly, as if deep in thought, but did not write.
Shuang Ling only thought that the young master was thinking of countermeasures and making suggestions for the situation at Grandpa Fu's side, but he didn't know that Zhuang Ming was distracted and driving Yin Ming.
In the past, Yin Ming was by his side and moved in response to his thoughts.
This time Yin Ming was too far away, so he had to control it very carefully so that there would be no flaws in Yin Ming's every move, word and deed.
"alright."
Zhuang Ming suddenly opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
Shuang Ling said in surprise: "Master, have you thought of a countermeasure?"
When Zhuang Ming heard this, he suddenly felt tired and couldn't help but rub his eyebrows.
Regarding the situation overseas and Lao Fu's side, he did not go there in person. He could only formulate strategies through letters and Lao Fu's analysis, which was somewhat rough.
And here, he had to work hard and carefully control Yin Ming to discuss with the Song family how to murder him.
Thinking about it this way, it actually gives me a bit of a headache.
——
Xuancheng.
Song family.
"One of the two guards you are planning to rebel against Zhuang Ming recently?"
"It's not a recent preparation, but a long time preparation." Song Tianyuan said calmly: "Yin Ming's move will be a step that cuts off all Zhuang Ming's retreat. If necessary, he will be doomed and his life will be destroyed."
"Qian Yang and Yin Ming were the first guards to follow him. They were also the most powerful in martial arts and the most loyal among his men." The old head of the Song family said in a deep voice: "When I was fighting with Zhuang Ming, I also thought about instigating rebellion.
, but there’s no way to start.”
Qian Yang and Yin Ming, these two masters, have been following Zhuang Ming since he entered the world.
The two men's kung fu is extremely powerful and unfathomable. Their actions of breaking open monuments and cracking rocks were just casual.
Since their debut, the two of them have never suffered a defeat, and they have stopped countless assassinations for Zhuang Ming.
Mr. Zhuang Ming, the Thirteenth Mr., is a sickly man who started from scratch. He was able to create such a huge industry despite countless open and covert attacks. It was only thanks to the careful support of these two people that he was able to intimidate all parties.
In the Sixteenth Prefecture of Huai'an, the reputations of these two martial arts masters are also extremely prominent.
If we just talk about reputation in the martial arts world, the two of them are higher than Zhuang Ming.
But no one can figure out how Mr. Thirteen, who had no strength and was even penniless back then, could subdue these two unfathomable martial arts masters and take them for his own use.
It is precisely because they can't figure it out that no one dares to try to instigate rebellion.
"I never do anything I am not sure about. Now that I have decided to take action, I am completely sure." Song Tianyuan said with a smile: "Grandpa, a person of my generation who plans strategies should have everything under control."
"Can you really make Yin Ming rebel?" The old head of the Song family said in a deep voice: "According to my guess, he and Qian Yang should be the most loyal people to Zhuang Ming in the Zhuang family business."
"Loyalty is loyal only because the weight that makes him rebel is not enough."
Song Tianyuan said: "I have checked before. In recent years, Zhuang Ming has relied heavily on those subordinates who were later conquered, but he has always kept these two strong men who were initially conquered. They are only used as guards. They are overqualified and cannot be delegated. With heavy responsibility.”
"In fact, even the occasional rewards are basically not shared by Qian Yang and Yin Ming."
"Perhaps in Zhuang Ming's heart, he regards him as a sibling and thinks that he does not need to reward these small favors."
"But no matter how smart he is, he underestimates the complexity of the human heart."
"Anyone who has been treated unfairly and coldly for a long time will inevitably feel dissatisfied."
"Even brothers and sisters have to go through this."
"I found out about the matter at that time and had a plan. However, at the beginning, I did not alert the snake. I first used three obscure and indirect methods to test it a little."
"That Qian Yang is dull and stupid, but only Yin Ming is really unhappy."
"I secretly tested him three times. It was only on the fourth time that I revealed my identity and promised him huge profits to instigate rebellion against him."
"I have been fully confident about this matter after many trials."
Chapter completed!