Chapter 24: Create something out of nothing, dig your own grave
The atmosphere in the venue suddenly changed.
The moment Yin Ming raised his hand, the situation of victory and defeat suddenly overturned.
The expression on Song Tianyuan's face was ever-changing.
He asked himself that he could calculate people's hearts and know their intentions.
No matter who they are, they all have private thoughts in their hearts.
No matter who you are, as long as you are treated unfairly, you will feel dissatisfied.
With Zhuang Ming's usual behavior, he ignored the contributions of Qian Yang and Yin Ming, and did not reward them for their merits. No matter how loyal these two people were, they would inevitably feel dissatisfied.
He asked himself that he had found an opportunity to spread the dissatisfaction in Yin Ming's heart to the point of instigating the opponent.
Why is Yin Ming still unwilling to rebel?
"People's hearts..."
Zhuang Ming sighed.
Song Tianyuan is really powerful, he can find every opportunity to stir up people's hearts.
If Yin Ming himself was just a guard with high martial arts skills, then in such a situation, it is difficult to say whether he would really be instigated by Song Tianyuan to rebel.
However, no matter how smart Song Tianyuan is, he is still just a mortal. He cannot imagine that there is no Yin Ming in this world.
Because Zhuang Ming is Yin Ming.
Therefore, when Song Tianyuan began to instigate rebellion against Yin and Ming, he was destined to be completely defeated.
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"Song Tianyuan, you thought you were hiding in the dark and scheming against me. You have been saving up for a long time so that you can catch me off guard once you take action. But you never thought that the moment you came into contact with Yin Ming, you would have been exposed to me. In front of our eyes, instead of hiding in the dark.”
"You think you are in the dark, but in fact you are in my eyes."
"You think I don't know your existence, but in fact I already know your existence."
"You think you are calculating in your head but not in your mind. In fact, I already know everything and have already dealt with it."
"It's just that you don't know the truth."
"It's not you who's in the dark, it's me who's in the dark."
"Everything you see is just a corner of what I let you see."
Zhuang Ming looked at Song Tianyuan who kept retreating, and said slowly: "Fourth-level counselor, do you think you are forging the Jade God Flower and setting up a trap to lure me to the Huaibei Dark Manor? In your mind, this is the highest level of 'creating something out of nothing'? But you Have you ever thought that... there is no Jade God Flower in the world?"
Song Tianyuan was shocked and lost his voice: "Impossible! I attach great importance to that classic. I invited two different people to check it repeatedly to make sure it is authentic!"
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "The classics are true, only the page about the Jade God Flower is fake."
He reached into his sleeves, stroked Yun She, looked at Song Tianyuan, and said slowly: "That page was written by me in imitation of the handwriting of the classics. It cost me six hundred taels of silver to send it overseas together with the medical classics. Please The most outstanding craftsmen made the Jade God Flower page old and incorporated it into the classics, but no one in the Dongsheng Dynasty could see the clues."
"You think you have everything under control."
"You thought you had set a trap, dug a grave, and led me here step by step, letting me fall into it."
"Actually, your plan was originally guided by me. I asked you to dig this trap."
"Song Tianyuan, when you prepare to become my enemy, you are digging your own grave."
The breeze blew, the road raised dust, and the green trees on both sides swayed.
Zhuang Ming is sitting in a wheelchair, wearing white clothes and looking calm.
The wind at noon seemed slightly warm.
But those present seemed to feel a biting chill.
When it comes to strategizing, Song Tianyuan, the strategist who stirred up troubles in the capital, has cunning methods and deep pockets.
But a brilliant person like Song Tianyuan was led by this person from the very beginning.
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"sharp……"
Song Tianyuan, with unspeakable complex emotions and a somewhat gloomy tone, said in a low voice: "Song has always had his eyes set high in his life. He never thought that within the Dongsheng Dynasty, you could be found in just one area.
Such a person."
He has always calculated on others and manipulated others with his intelligence.
But this time, it was the other party who had already figured out all his plans and had him in the palm of his hand.
Thinking of this, Song Tianyuan couldn't help but laugh at himself.
"Song admits defeat this time, but next time, I will not despise you, nor will you be defeated again." Song Tianyuan looked at Zhuang Ming and said seriously.
"Do you think you have a next time?" Zhuang Ming raised his eyebrows and asked.
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall." Song Tianyuan held his sword across his chest, slowly backed away, and said calmly: "Although I did not expect that Yin Ming would escape from my plan, but I have always been cautious between life and death.
, will not put his life in danger..."
"You mean the twenty crossbowmen ambushing on both sides?" Zhuang Ming looked calm and asked: "Are those the back-up weapons you prepared besides Yin Ming?"
"you……"
Song Tianyuan was suddenly shocked, and his face instantly turned pale.
He believed in the darkness of human nature, believed that Yin Ming had been treated unfairly by Zhuang Ming, and then was instigated by himself, and had successfully instigated rebellion.
But he was always cautious and could not trust his life in Yin Ming's hands, so he still had a backup plan.
Yin Ming can decide the outcome this time.
But Yin Ming cannot decide his life or death.
He had already prepared these twenty crossbowmen. Even if they could not harm the life of a strong martial artist like Yin Ming, they could at least threaten Zhuang Ming's life and allow Yin Ming to rescue Zhuang Ming, thus dragging the master away.
Stay and let yourself leave calmly.
But Zhuang Ming seemed to have known it for a long time and said it in an understatement.
"That's it."
Zhuang Ming said this.
Just on the left side of the road, a person slowly walked out.
He is tall and strong, with an indifferent expression.
And in the hand of this burly man, he held a handful of silk thread.
That's the string of the crossbow.
Shuang Ling, Bai Lao, Liu Quan and others all looked around, and were shocked to find that the person coming was Lord Qian Yang, one of the two guards around the young master!
"Lord Qianyang..." Shuang Ling said in surprise: "You are here too?"
"He came half an hour ago." Zhuang Ming patted the back of the little girl's hand and chuckled.
"Qianyang?" Song Tianyuan's pupils shrank, he clenched his sword tightly, looked at Zhuang Ming, and said in a low voice: "I clearly lured him away."
"A gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. On this point, I am the same as you." Zhuang Ming said slowly: "And I am more afraid of death than you, so at this time, Zhuang's Trading Company is fully coping with your plan and manpower
Even though there is still a shortage, I still transferred Qian Yang to my side, together with Yin Ming, to protect my life."
"..." Song Tianyuan suddenly felt frustrated. It seemed that no matter what he thought of, the other party would know it clearly.
"You can't escape." Zhuang Ming said.
"Not necessarily."
Song Tianyuan swept his sword across with a cold light, and shouted: "Song has been studying since he was a child, but he has also been practicing martial arts since he was a child. His martial arts skills are not inferior to others... Today I want to learn the skills of the two great masters in the martial arts world."
Bang!
Yin Ming took a step forward, avoided the sword edge, and slapped the sword with his palm.
Song Tianyuan felt a pain in his hand, and the sword suddenly fell to the ground. The tiger's mouth was suddenly broken, and blood flowed freely.
"Not even close to Lu He."
Zhuang Ming laughed and said: "You are very resourceful and can be considered first-rate, but your martial arts skills are only second-rate at best."
Before the voice fell, Yin Ming pressed his palm on Song Tianyuan's shoulder.
And Qian Yang had already rushed into the group of people under Song Tianyuan, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, so ferocious that even a sword could not cut through his flesh. He was like a vajra body, appearing extremely fierce and domineering.
Upon seeing this, Liu Quan and other guards followed Qian Yang and rushed over.
Song Tianyuan's face was ashen.
Zhuang Ming laughed and looked at Bai Lao.
Bai Lao understood, pushed the wheelchair, and pushed Zhuang Ming forward.
Zhuang Ming came to Song Tianyuan.
At this time he was sitting in a wheelchair.
Song Tianyuan knelt on the ground.
Even though he was sitting in a wheelchair, Zhuang Ming still looked down.
"Song Tianyuan, I have something else..."
Zhuang Ming said slowly: "You didn't intend to kill me here. You must have prepared many back-ups. You will continue to attack Zhuang's Trading Company to defeat me. And after I carefully studied your past, I also I have thought about it, you have many methods, some things and some plans cannot be carried out without you, but there are some methods that I guess can still be arranged even without you, right?"
"Are you asking me?" Song Tianyuan raised his head with a touch of sarcasm.
"Is there really a plan you have prepared?" Zhuang Ming looked as usual and asked, "Even if I kill you today, can you still implement it?"
"Since you have no plan left, and all my previous thoughts are known to you, can't it be considered as my plan at this moment?" The sarcastic look on Song Tianyuan's face became more and more intense, and he didn't know whether he was mocking himself or mocking Zhuang Ming in front of him.
"I am not omniscient, nor am I a divination." Zhuang Ming shook his head and said, "The reason why I can figure out all your plans is not that I am smarter than you, nor that I can make clever calculations, but that I am more cautious than you and use more skills. More energy to think.”
"I can deduce everything that might happen from the tiniest clues I get, calculating over and over again, doing my best, thinking about everything, and trying to be as comprehensive as possible."
"But I can't deduce what's going to happen from having no clue and no clues."
"So, I want to ask you, what is your next plan?"
Zhuang Ming asked with a serious expression.
The mocking look in Song Tianyuan's eyes became more intense.
"The hatred between you and me is so deep. At this moment, I wish I could cut you into pieces. Do you think I will tell you?"
"Yes." Zhuang Ming responded.
"Why?"
"On your own."
"As long as I tell you, will you let me go?" Song Tianyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, his voice became colder, and he said word by word: "You dare to let me go?"
"As long as you tell the truth, as long as what you say is true." Zhuang Ming said slowly: "I will consider whether to spare your life."
"How can I trust you?" Song Tianyuan clenched his hand. He originally thought he would die, but he grabbed a chance of survival. Even though he knew it was extremely slim, he couldn't help but ask this question.
"Just because I am Zhuang Ming is enough to convince people." Zhuang Ming looked down and said: "I became the richest man in the Sixteenth House of Huai'an in six years by operating with integrity and keeping my promises... If Without integrity, how could it create such a trend and connect all parties in business within six years?"
"Just because of your words, will I believe you?"
"You have no choice."
Zhuang Ming said slowly: "Neither you nor I are naive people, and our hearts are deep. At this moment, I say that I will let you go. You must not believe it at all, but I can also tell you the truth... At this moment, if you believe me,
Life or death is unpredictable, but if you don’t believe in me, you will definitely die.”
Song Tianyuan closed his eyes.
He doesn't want to die.
He still wants to live.
Dead for a hundred times.
You have to live to continue.
It was impossible for him to trust Zhuang Ming completely, and he even didn't believe it at all in his heart.
But as Zhuang Ming said, he had no choice.
Even if the hope is extremely slim.
But as long as there is a chance, he still wants to seize it.
Moreover, according to the information he knew, Zhuang Ming's reputation in the Sixteenth House of Huai'an seemed to be pretty good, at least there was no precedent for him breaking his promise.