The advantage of this arrangement is that the Zhu family's behavior is more reasonable and less likely to arouse suspicion from others.
The disadvantage is that the difficulty of subsequent operations of 'Tian Yan' will increase. There is no 'opposition' within the farm to cooperate with her, and she can only perform a one-man show.
As it stands, it's hard to say whether this operation will do more good than harm or more harm than good.
However, the Zhu family and Liu Ji chose this plan without hesitation.
Because no matter how big or small the pros and cons are, the pros are all theirs, and the cons are all Tian Yan's.
Since you can't cheat yourself, there's no need to be polite.
So not only did the two of them do it, but they also killed it first and then reported it to ‘Tian Yan’ beforehand.
This is also the reason why Ayan will call the Zhu family over now - this is fine, but Liu Ji suddenly betrayed her, and she couldn't let it go.
The Zhu family was not worried about "Tian Yan" falling out over this, and told everything frankly.
In fact, this was indeed the case. Although Ayan was quite speechless at their move of killing first and then showing off, he didn't intend to care too much about it.
There is no perfect plan in the world, and it is normal for things to go wrong or deviate from the original route.
Moreover, this is not a big problem - at least there are no problems in the general direction, but I have more troubles.
After all, they are tricking other farmers into using them as cannon fodder. Please admit it.
However, in order to prevent further deviations in the plan, she had to make it clear to the Zhu family now.
The Zhu family nodded with joy, responded to Tian Yan's inquiry, and then took the initiative to explain:
"Brother Liu Ji decided to go to Luocao in Mangdang Mountain over there and become a bandit for the time being... Of course, he will not rob people or harm innocent people."
Ayan nodded slightly to show her understanding, but for the second half of the sentence she just pretended it didn't exist.
People who are in the Jianghu generally have some moral values. People like Liu Ji who are loyal should have a lower bottom line, but generally speaking, there are still not many.
The idea that chivalrous people use martial arts to break the law is by no means just a term used by Legalists to slander people who practice martial arts - they are not inherently bad, but have no boundaries.
Confucianism... or people who are knowledgeable and intelligent always like to play with the rules, twist the rules, and exploit loopholes in the rules, while martial arts who love to talk about physics simply ignore the rules, or ignore them.
They may beat someone to death just for committing a petty theft - it's not that they don't know that stealing is not punishable by death, and it's not necessarily that they deliberately want to beat someone to death. It's possible that they just want to grudge someone on a whim, and then
He swung his fist up, but the thief couldn't bear it and died!
Liu Ji may indeed not intend to rob ordinary people, but he may not let passers-by do business, and he certainly will not let people from the imperial court go.
Leaving aside the latter, the former must be innocent - the individuals may have different moral qualities, but the group is certainly neither good nor evil.
But Liu Ji will probably follow the traditional idea of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and deal a ruthless blow to the former - he may not kill the person directly, but robbing the rich and giving them all is not much different from killing the person.
Of course, Ayan is not the Holy Mother and does not intend to meddle in other people's affairs.
Life and death are determined by fate, and everyone gets their own retribution. There are millions of innocent victims in the world, and a mere Liu Ji is simply not worthy of justice.
"Why did he choose to go to Luocao in Mangdang Mountain?" Ayan asked curiously.
Her first priority was to find out whether the Zhu family and Liu Ji had any other plans.
Zhu Jiale replied cheerfully, "He said the location is more suitable."
"Going too close to Jiaodong County in the east, he thinks it is an ominous place and it is best not to get close."
These were Liu Ji's original words, and the reason was the various chaos that had occurred in Songhai before.
Although it has calmed down now, it is difficult to say whether that land will become the center of the storm again. He thinks it is better to stay away.
The Zhu family continued, "If he goes west, he doesn't want to get too close to Guanzhong for fear of being attacked by the imperial court."
Dongjun is actually still some distance away from Guanzhong, but Yingzheng's northern patrol is about to take place, and his northern patrol route will pass through the west of Dongjun.
Liu Ji was worried that the imperial court would later launch a special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil in these areas, and he would be wiped out.
He just led hundreds of people to 'defect' from the farm and turned into bandits. It would not be difficult for the court to kill him.
"As for going north, he was even less willing to go. He had no choice but to go south, so he chose the Mangdang Mountain area."
No normal person would choose Northland, and being a bandit there is even more trouble-free. It’s hard to open a business even once every half a year.
Neither east, west nor north was possible, so of course Liu Ji could only go south.
But there are also things to pay attention to when traveling south.
First of all, because he is a 'traitor' of the farmer's family, Liu Ji must not find a place too close to Daze Mountain, the headquarters of the farmer's family, otherwise it will be easy for people to tell that something is wrong.
Secondly, he can't run too far. After all, he didn't really betray the farmer's family. Maybe the Zhu family will contact him and need his help or take action.
So he chose Mangdang Mountain.
Mangdang Mountain is located between Mang County and Dang County, hence its name.
Mangdang County belongs to Dang County, which is adjacent to Dong County, and is located in the southeastern corner of Dang County. It is equivalent to being one county away from Daze Mountain, which is located on the eastern border of Dong County. The distance is not far or close, which is appropriate.
At the same time, Dang County is adjacent to Sichuan County to the east, and Liu Ji's hometown, Pei County, is located in the northwest corner of Sichuan County, not far from Mangdang Mountain.
He still has a few friends in his hometown, who might be able to help him.
"Hey, the distance is right and it's close to his hometown." The Zhu family finally summarized the reasons for Liu Ji.
Ayan understood it as soon as he heard it.
It seems to be no problem and reasonable. As for whether there are other plans behind it, we can only think about it later.
It is certainly unrealistic to expect the Zhu family to confess on their own initiative.
"What will Hall Master Zhu do next?" Ayan continued to ask the Zhu family.
"After?" Zhu Jia pinched his beard and smiled, "After that, it will naturally follow Xiakui's plan, but we have to perform a few more scenes."
According to the original plan, a conflict broke out between Ayan and the Zhu family. The conflict between the two would continue to intensify in the process, and eventually evolved into the Zhu family being forced to 'break away' from the farmhouse with Shennong Tang.
It still needs to be played like this, but a few more scenes involving Liu Ji will be added to add another reason for the conflict between the two to break out and the conflict to intensify.
Ayan nodded, "So, what else?"
Zhu Jia shook his head with a smile, "Other than that, there is nothing else. Of course, if you have any other arrangements, Xiakui, let us know."
Ayan nodded, understanding, and continued to ask, "What happens after that? When Hall Master Zhu leaves the farmhouse, are there any other arrangements?"
"When I leave, everything will be left to Xiakui to worry about, and I can't do anything." The Zhu family did not hesitate to shirk all subsequent matters.
What he and Liu Ji wanted to do was to completely separate themselves from the farm, so why would they get involved again?
When he leaves the farmhouse, everyone will take care of his own family.
He helped Chen Sheng to overthrow the rebellion, but it was Tian Yan's business to save the farmhouse.
As for whether 'Tian Yan' will fail, the Zhu family doesn't care now - if it fails, it will just drag the peasant family into the quagmire of a head-on confrontation with the empire.
This is not a good thing, but it is destined. Farmers will reach this point sooner or later.
This is not the best outcome for the Zhu family, but it is not the worst either - the farmer's family is still in danger, but at least he is free of 'Tian Yan' and doesn't have to worry about both sides.
Ayan lowered his eyes slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he raised his eyes and said to the Zhu family, "I understand everything."
"I would also like to ask Hall Master Zhu to pay a visit today. I have nothing more to ask. You can do whatever you want from now on."
Translated, it means telling the Zhu family to get out.
The Zhu family couldn't get what they asked for, so they immediately said goodbye and left.
After the Zhu family left, Ayan thought about it for a while and finally put the matter aside for the time being.
Judging from the current situation, the accident that Liu Ji caused was caused by the people of the Zhu family in order to completely separate from the farm. Maybe the Zhu family felt that the future of the farm was not optimistic, but they were more optimistic about following Chen Sheng.
rebel.
Or maybe it was simply because the Zhu family wanted to get rid of the control of A Yan, the chivalrous leader - when the Zhu family also broke away from the farm, he and Liu Ji would no longer have to listen to A Yan's orders.
Even though Ayan is still their or Chen Sheng's biggest direct supporter of the rebellion, the relationship between the two parties is different.
Even if the Zhu family and Liu Ji still seek help from Ayan, the two parties are still in a relationship of collaborators, except that the latter takes the initiative, but the superior-subordinate relationship is completely gone.
It was no longer possible for Ayan to directly order the two of them to do anything in the name of Xiakui - although theoretically Xiakui could not directly order the six hall masters, but she, a powerful Xiakui, was obviously different.
As long as the Zhu family is still in the farmhouse, he can't just say 'no' to Ayan, otherwise it will even make the entire Shennongtang uncomfortable when Ayan puts on his shoes.
This freedom is undoubtedly important to the Zhu family.
So Ayan judged that they adjusted the plan privately just to make things more perfect.
If that's the case, then she doesn't need to care too much.
As long as they are willing to rebel obediently and serve as cannon fodder, everything else is easy.
………………
A few days later, Ayan received a new uninvited guest.
Wearing the armor of the Forbidden Army, Zhanri grabbed his sword and broke into the entrance of Lieshan Hall uninvited.
He should have done reconnaissance in advance. There was no one else in Lieshan Hall except Ayan himself - this situation is very common. Ayan often empties people and occupies the entire hall to himself, either to think alone or to
To rest alone.
Seeing the sudden occultation of the sun, Ayan was not too surprised and asked calmly:
"Master Zhiri is here, but is there an order from Master Zhao Gao?"
In the past, Ayan would have called Zhao Gao by Zhongchefuling, but now that he has lost his job as Chefuling, he can just call him by his first name.
Zhanri replied in the same cold tone, "My lord, you asked me to ask you what is going on in the farmhouse now?"
"How can a mere Liu Ji alarm Master Zhao Gao?" A Yan did not answer directly, but instead asked with a chuckle.
"My lord, of course, doesn't care about a ranger rogue, but he is very concerned about the situation in the farmhouse."
"The emperor may be very sensitive recently. It's best for the farmer not to make any noise at this time and attract his attention."
"Humph!" Ayan snorted softly, without any hint of emotion or anger, and then replied, "I don't understand the emperor's thoughts. I am just following Lord Zhao Gao's wishes to eliminate the last disharmonious part within the farmhouse."
"But that old fox from the Zhu family is not easy to fool. He is indeed very sensitive now. He arranged for Liu Ji to make this noise to force me to stop my current actions."
"You have mastered the five halls of the farm, why do you have so much trouble dealing with a Zhu family?" Zhan Ri asked impatiently.
"If Mr. Zhao Gao doesn't mind the peasant family having a separatist war, I can handle this matter roughly. The Zhu family is by no means my opponent."
"But... Lord Zhiri, does Lord Zhao Gao have this intention? Can you please make it clear?"
His face darkened behind the sun mask.
Of course, Zhao Gao could not allow 'Tian Yan' to provoke a large-scale internal fight within the farm family.
Not to mention that this stall can't make a big fuss, but even if it can make a fuss, it can't be such a waste of the farmer's vitality - of course it was not yours before, so you can cause any harm, but now it is yours, so you have to cherish it.
"Wouldn't it be better to get rid of only one member of the Zhu family?" Zhan Ri asked impatiently.
"No." Ayan retorted without thinking, "That will cause a riot in Shennong Hall!"
"Joke!" Zhanri did not accept this, "The previous Gonggong Hall and Kuei Hall were annexed by you directly after losing the leader. How come Shennong Hall would riot?"
"Tian Zhong, the previous master of Gonggong Hall, never convinced the public, and Tian Mi of Kuei Hall was run in a mess. Chen Sheng just took over and there was no time to rectify it. I had just made great contributions to the farm, so naturally I could take advantage of the empty position of the master.
Come in."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But Shennong Hall has been run by the Zhu family for many years, and his prestige in the hall is unmatched. If he is suddenly assassinated and dies, the debt will inevitably be
If it’s my fault, the Shennong Hall disciples will inevitably riot!”
Ayan quickly explained that she couldn't let Zhanri act mischievously at this time.
Even leaving aside the rebellion plan, she couldn't let the Zhu family die.
There are various rumors about her within the farmhouse. After all, after she came to power, although her achievements were outstanding, she was also outstanding in breaking the rules.
The successive incidents involving Tian Mi, Tian Zhong and Chen Sheng have made people even more suspicious.
Although they all have their own reasons and explanations, as the biggest beneficiary, everyone has to think about it.
Therefore, it is difficult to say how strong Ayan's control over the farm is.
Mainly due to the fact that most of the previous high-level farmers were dead, and only Tian Hu and Situ Wanli were still loyal to her for their own reasons.
But it's all fragile.
If something happens to the Zhu family at this time, doubts within the farm family will reach its peak in an instant, Shennongtang will probably lose control completely, and it is hard to say that Tian Hu and Situ Wanli will not take this opportunity to have some small thoughts.
She is confident that these turmoils can be quelled, but it is hard to say how much of the farm family's manpower will be wasted during this period, and how much time will be wasted.
Zhanri understood Ayan's concerns, but replied with a sneer, "I haven't been able to control the people under my control for so long... humph!"
A Yan replied calmly, "Whether I can discipline the people under me is my business, but I believe that Master Zhao Gao's men should be very loyal, so... Master Ziri, it's best not to get involved in the farm affairs."