However, what puts the Zhu family in a dilemma is that he absolutely cannot choose the first option, but the second option is not a good choice for him either.
Plan No. 2 successfully reduced the risk.
There is a clear difference between the rebel army fully supported by the peasant family and the green forest heroes composed of a mob of criminals. Even if the latter is supported by some peasant family 'traitors', the empire will still pay completely different attention to it.
To deal with the former, the empire will mobilize at least 50,000 regular troops to carry out a devastating attack, while for the latter... it is estimated that they will only station some local troops, at least until they are hurt, the empire will not react too radically.
While the risk drops sharply, the benefits that can be obtained after success will not be reduced much.
Chen Sheng has always recognized his identity as a disciple of the peasant family, and will not truly give up his identity as the master of Kuei Hall. If he can develop, the peasant family will also use this to gain massive benefits.
Even for the Zhu family, this plan is more beneficial to him.
'Tian Yan', who had always relied on his status as the hero to overpower him, could not benefit much from it.
Of course, the fundamental principle that risks and rewards are proportional has not changed. She lost the opportunity to benefit, but she also left herself out. Even if she failed, she would not be involved.
Now, it depends on whether the Zhu family is willing to take a small gamble - if he loses, he may not die, and the farm family will not be destroyed because of it. If he wins, he can make a lot of money.
After a long silence, the Zhu family switched to the 'happy' side and asked with a smile, "Xia Kui, regarding the second plan, have you considered more details?"
Then he asked a series of questions:
"To what extent will the empire respond to the rebellion?"
"How to ensure that farmers can distance themselves from it? You must know that the empire is not a reasonable place."
"After the plan starts, how can the farmer provide support to Brother Chen Sheng and me?"
"How can you guarantee that the peasant family will eventually be spared from the disaster of war? Even if you successfully distance yourself from the peasant family and Brother Chen Sheng, the empire may not ignore the peasant family that once embarrassed it."
"And... what about Brother Chen Sheng's personal attitude? The most critical part of your plan lies with him, right?"
These issues are critical and important.
Reality is not a real gamble after all.
The result of the gambling game depends on the result of rolling the dice in the dice cup. If you don't cheat, it depends solely on your face. Everything can only be left to God's will.
The Zhu family is willing to take a gamble, but it cannot really depend on God's will. At any rate, they have to do their best.
And this 'personnel' part is naturally a more detailed plan.
Ayan put his hands behind his hands and smiled, nodded and replied, "Of course I will give Hall Master Zhu a satisfactory answer to these questions. Let's discuss them slowly."
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Two quarters of an hour later, the Zhu family and Liu Ji left Lieshan Hall together and walked towards their own Shennong Hall.
"Brother, do we really want to get involved in this matter?" Liu Ji, who had been holding back his words but couldn't say a word because he was suppressed by the Zhu family, was finally able to ask questions freely.
Zhu Jia clasped his hands behind his back, moved his short legs leisurely, and replied calmly, "Of course we can not get involved in this matter, but there are still risks if we don't get involved."
"What that girl Tian Yan said is not entirely the truth, but it is not entirely a lie either."
"The empire will definitely not let go of the farmers. It is necessary to make early plans."
"Then... why don't we just follow the first plan and turn the whole farm against Te Niang?" Liu Ji asked rhetorically after hearing this.
"Either we do nothing about this and wait passively, or we take the initiative and do it ourselves." The Zhu family replied with a smile, "Then the first plan is the least reliable!"
"Why?" Liu Ji asked blankly.
"Don't forget, that girl Tian Yan has something to do with Luo Wang. We... hum, we are the ones in the farm family who are really fighting against the empire to death!" The Zhu family explained the reason with a sneer.
After saying this, Liu Ji immediately understood.
Theoretically, they are in the same camp as 'Tian Yan', they are both peasant disciples, but there are also differences between peasant disciples and peasant disciples.
If the peasant family is willing to submit to the empire, and there is a snare threaded through it, the chance of the imperial court rejecting it is slim.
If some of the peasant disciples are introduced as the 'culprits' of the previous battle on Daze Mountain and given an explanation to the empire, then this matter will become even more certain.
Of course, as for who will be the 'culprit', it is easy to know that it must be someone from Shennongtang - for the Zhu family and Liu Ji.
In short, 'Tian Yan' has a way out, but they have no way out.
If the entire farm family really rebelled, maybe they would rebel, but Tian Yan would secretly sell them out.
So either everyone stays still, so that at least they won't be stabbed in the back, or the two sides separate and each does his or her own thing.
Just after he figured this out, Liu Ji immediately had new worries:
"Brother, if that girl Tian Yan really wants to harm us, do you think we can't escape this knife?"
As the leader of the peasant family, "Tian Yan" wants to trick them. No matter how Shennongtang responds, he will inevitably get stabbed.
The Zhu family nodded, "That's true, but it doesn't matter how much you get hurt, what we have to do is to reduce the losses as much as possible."
Generally speaking, the Zhu family is just worried that "Tian Yan" will stab him in the back in the future, and does not think that "Tian Yan" has planned to betray the farm family and betray Shennongtang.
The Mohist family had previously shown a clear attitude of trusting ‘Tian Yan’.
Although the Zhu family didn't understand why they trusted the farmer's hero more than he, a farmer, he was somewhat willing to believe in the Mohist attitude.
After all, compared to the attitude towards the empire and the snare, the Mohist family was obviously more radical than the entire peasant family.
But he won't really trust 'Tian Yan' just because of the Mo family's attitude.
The Mo family has no direct conflict of interest with 'Tian Yan', but he does with 'Tian Yan'.
Liu Ji then asked, "Brother, if we follow the second plan, we will be kicked out of the farmhouse!"
"It's easy to leave, but it's difficult to come back... Do you really want to do this?"
"It's not like they all got kicked, aren't there you, brother?" The Zhu family seemed not to care at all and replied with a smile.
Liu Ji immediately showed a bitter look on his face, "Brother, please stop teasing me about this. You left and left me alone. I'm afraid I won't survive more than three days before that girl Tian Yan sinks her into the pond."
"Brother!" Zhu Jia's tone suddenly became serious at this time and responded, "Brother, I am not teasing you this time, but telling the truth."
"When that day comes, you must brace yourself and continue to persevere with the brothers from Shennong Hall."
"Now you are the only one I can trust. Only you can do this!"
Liu Ji's expression remained bitter and he asked, "Is there no other way?"
"Alas..." Mr. Zhu sighed and replied seriously, "I don't know either."
"What is before us now is not a bad choice and a good choice, but a group of choices that all look bad."
"I can only try to eliminate the obviously bad choices, and then try to choose one that I think is reliable among the remaining choices - whether it is reliable or not depends on fate."
"So...brother, do you think the second option is a relatively reliable choice?" Liu Ji probably understood what the Zhu family meant and asked cheerfully.
"Absolutely." Zhu Jia nodded, pinched his beard and replied, "Stay away from that girl Tian Yan, it won't do any harm to us."
"She is not someone who is willing to be subordinate to others, so the chance of her taking the initiative to approach the snare is low. The further away we are from her, the more stable the farmhouse will be."
"This...we have to give in to everything. This is such a disadvantage, and we are so frustrated, right?" Liu Ji was very unhappy about this.
He is a rough-and-tumble person. He has always been a gangster to bully others, but he can't stand others being a gangster and wronging him.
The Zhu family sighed again, and then said, "It's not necessarily a bad thing. Being too close to her is not only dangerous, but you can never turn the tables."
"Since it is destined that both parties will lose if we join together, it is better to try separately. Maybe there will be surprises and it can be considered a win-win situation... As long as she can really abide by the agreement and strictly implement the plan."
"...Okay, you have the final say." Liu Ji replied dejectedly.
No matter what the Zhu family said, in his opinion, they took the initiative to give in and suffered a loss.
"But brother, if you leave, it will be Brother Qu's revenge..."
"This revenge must be avenged no matter what!" When the Zhu family talked about Qu Shang's revenge, they suddenly switched to the 'angry' side and said categorically, "Situ Wanli is not dead, Liu Ji, brother, you and I will not be able to see him even if we die. song!"
"Even if I want to leave the farmhouse, I have to kill him first!"
Liu Ji quickly nodded in agreement, and then asked, "But Tian Yan's place..."
"Hmph!" The Zhu family sneered, "Nowadays, Situ Wanli has little value to that girl Tian Yan. She is not even as important as that good guy Tian Hu. She will not protect her to death."
"Is it possible to want my Zhu family to leave obediently without adding any luck?"
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Inside Lieshan Hall.
After the Zhu family left, Ayan returned to the entrance of the hall.
The real Tian Yan was sitting in the innermost room. When he saw A Yan coming back, he poured her a cup of tea:
"What's Uncle Zhu's attitude?"
Ayan calmly walked to sit across from Tian Yan and replied with a smile, "Of course he is happy to leave."
Two people with identical faces and identical clothes sat facing each other as if looking in the mirror.
Although she has a beautiful face, she looks a bit scary.
Fortunately, they are both used to 'looking in the mirror'.
"Although Uncle Zhu values love and righteousness, his ambitions have never been small. The situation in the farm family has been decided, and he will not continue to persevere." Tian Yan had obviously expected this, and responded with a smile.
Ayan suddenly asked, "I dragged the farmer into trouble, will you blame me?"
Tian Yan chuckled and responded, "To the farm family, I am just an outsider who has never been involved. I don't care what its fate is."
"What's more... if you don't drag the farmer into the water, he will get involved sooner or later."
"How many people can stay out of the overall situation that is sweeping the world? The Little Saint's Manor has always remained aloof from the world, but now there are only a few ruins, isn't it?"
"Then if I say that in the future I will completely hand over the farmer's mess to you, will you accept it?" Ayan asked again.
Tian Yan didn't seem to have expected this question. He was stunned for a moment before asking, "Leave it to me...why did you suddenly decide to stop?"
"It's not that I decided to stop, I just can't guess how the situation will develop in the future." Ayan explained lightly, "Maybe I will stick to it step by step according to the existing plan, or it is possible that I will take the initiative or be forced to Give up the plan and leave everything to you."
"Why?"
Ayan looked complicated and replied meaningfully, "The destruction of Little Saint Xian Manor will have a great subsequent impact, perhaps... greater than many people expected."
Tian Yan is still a little confused about this.
She is very smart, no worse than Ayan, but she does not know as much information as Ayan. She cannot make judgments on many things unless she directly guesses.
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Empire, Northland, Shangjunjun skin treatment.
"Your Highness, there is a letter left for you by Mr. Gu."
Bai Feng, dressed in feathers, quietly entered the eldest son's residence, found Fusu directly, and handed him a letter.
"Teacher's letter...where is he?" Fusu took the letter and asked Bai Feng instead of opening it in a hurry.
Bai Feng shook his head, "This letter was discovered by General Zhang Han of the Shadow Guard in Mr. Gu's residence not long ago. Mr. Gu's whereabouts are still unknown."
Hearing this, Fusu frowned in disappointment, and then smiled at Bai Feng, "Thank you for your hard work."
Bai Feng understood immediately and left here.
Fusu turned around and went back to the house, eagerly opening the letter while walking.
This so-called letter actually only contained a few words left to him by Gu Xun, and the content was very simple:
[Fusu, when you saw the letter, I had already gone to sea with the mirage.
I have a rough idea of what Donghuang Taiyi wants to do, but I don’t know the specific details.
But the mirage is definitely the most critical part, so I'll keep an eye on it myself, and I'll leave the matters on the shore to you.
Actually, it's nothing, it's just the thing I told you before.
Remember, if you notice something is wrong, don’t hesitate to take action!
Others may not cooperate with you, but I think it will be no problem to gather at least five people, which should be enough.
But it doesn't matter even if things don't work out, there's no need to force it.
Your real trouble is always your own business.
The consequences of the destruction of Xiaoshengxian Village may be more serious than I expected.
From my personal point of view, I am always willing to believe Han Fei and Zhang Liang, but you are not me, so you can and should have a certain amount of doubt.
You still have Meng Tian and most of the northern territory.
If you have enough power, it depends on whether you can really use it.
It's time to be prepared to face anything.
I believe in you, just like I believe in everyone else!]
After reading the contents of the letter, Fusu's face was as dark as water, and he didn't know how many thoughts went through his mind.
After a long silence, Fusu gently wiped his fingers across the letter paper, flames rose, and the paper burned into ashes and fell to the ground.
Then Fusu walked firmly outside the house, seemingly looking for someone.
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Deep in the East China Sea, gray-white mist covers the sky and the sun, as if enveloping the entire sea area.
The wind and waves on the sea blew by, and the fog rippled slightly, but there was no sign of dissipating.
