Chapter 109: The Black Hand
The early morning in Ye County has begun to be a little cold, and the people who get up early and are busy with the day's work can't help but add an extra piece of clothing.
A few days after a major incident happened in Ye County, the largest family, the Shen family, was not spared, and was wiped out by those so-called Jinyi Guards.
After the people of the entire county learned that the Shen family had fallen, many people who relied on the Shen family to live were confused. None of them knew if they had any hope for the rest of their lives.
As soon as the Shen family fell, even the county order was not spared, and after being captured by Jinyiwei, he never came back. From this, it is reasonable to guess that the Shen family is completely finished.
The Shen family, which had dominated the county for many years, collapsed, and the rest of the big families in the city began to come alive. In addition to the Shen family, there are also some of the four major families in the county.
These four major families used to be pressed by the Shen family, and they didn't dare to mess around, nor did they dare to have any bad intentions. But now that the mountain has fallen, the four major families have no constraints, and each family has begun to think about occupying everything of the Shen family and ascending to the throne of the largest family in the county.
The four major families are the Qing family, the Ling family, the Xiao family, and the Ye family. Among them, the Ling family and the Ye family took the lead, and the strength of these two families was stronger than the other two.
Therefore, when the Shen family collapsed, the Ling family and the Ye family were moved. And the other two became vassals of the above two families, each standing to support the main family to the status of the first family and occupy everything in the Shen family.
Mao Wenlong has moved back to the Mao Mansion, and he is staying in the hall at the moment, and the next one is Chen Jisheng, who is analyzing all the current situation in Ye County for him.
Looking at Chen Jisheng, who was thirsty, and after pouring a cup of tea, Mao Wenlong said with a smile: "In other words, at present, there are only the Ling family and the Ye family left in the entire Ye County, right?" ”
Chen Jisheng nodded: "Yes, the Qing family is attached to the Ling family, while the Xiao family was originally friendly with the Ye family, so it is logical that they have become dependent on the Ye family." ”
Mao Wenlong smiled and said lightly: "Then what have they done recently, and to what extent have they made trouble?" ”
At the mention of this, Chen Jisheng looked very helpless, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I really don't understand what kind of big families these are, they are either richer than anyone else or verbally crusade, they just scold each other every day, and I don't see them use knives." If the general soldier wants to wait for them to fight for two defeats and injuries before taking action to clean up the situation, I don't think they will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. ”
Dealing with the Shen family Mao Wenlong was with a purpose, and with the help of Jinyiwei, he took out the Shen family openly. The purpose is nothing more than to completely control Ye County, so as to lay the foundation for future development.
But as soon as the Shen family fell here, he hadn't made any moves, but suddenly the four major families jumped out. Then these four major families actually ignored his existence and directly competed for everything in the Shen family.
What made Mao Wenlong feel most ridiculous was that the so-called four major families actually wanted to replace the Shen family and control Ye County. And their so-called reliance is the identity of the gentry.
Indeed, the ancients have always valued scholars, even in modern times. Everything is inferior, only reading is high, and one sentence shows the treatment of the ancients towards readers.
With their identity, they can indeed get the support of the people of Ye County, and no one will resist them. And Mao Wenlong is just a martial artist in the eyes of these gentry, not enough to worry about.
But they didn't think at all that it was an era of war, and the status of the martial artist was no longer comparable to that of the heyday.
Mao Wenlong pondered for a moment, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Since they don't hurry up, you should have to supervise it." As for what means are used, I don't care, as long as the four of them really fight. ”
Chen Jisheng frowned, and said with disgust: "Chief soldier, why do we need to be so troublesome, just let our subordinates pretend to be and quietly solve them in secret." ”
Mao Wenlong shook his head: "It's not good, after all, the identity of these gentry is special, and they are quite supported by the local people. We want to regard Yexian County as our roots, and we must base ourselves on it, and we can't act so recklessly. In short, you have to remember that our image must be lofty in the eyes of the local people, and we are worthy of their support and love. When necessary, maybe I should also take some kind of talent test. ”
Chen Jisheng is distressed, he has always been fighting in the water and fire on the battlefield, and everyone will use knives to solve it if they don't agree with each other. There was such a brain-consuming situation there, but he didn't dare to disobey Mao Wenlong's order, so he could only retire in distress and find a way.
As soon as Chen Jisheng left, the housekeeper of Mao's Mansion hurriedly came in and handed Mao Wenlong a letter of worship. Suspiciously, he opened it and saw that it was actually the head of the Ling family who asked to see him.
This was very surprising to Mao Wenlong, he remembered that he had never had any contact with these four major families. What is the so-called matter when the head of the Ling family suddenly comes to visit?
"You can't be here to woo me, are you?" Mao Wenlong muttered to himself, and simply asked the housekeeper to bring people in.
Soon after the butler was ordered to retreat, he returned with a middle-aged fat man with a red face.
As soon as the middle-aged fat man entered the hall, when he saw Mao Wenlong, he laughed and said: "The contemptible person is Ling Shikun, the head of the Ling family, and it is really presumptuous to come to disturb Mao Gongzi today!" ”
As soon as Ling Shikun came up, he reported to his family, and actually called Mao Wenlong Mao Gongzi, and it was just a matter of not calling the chief soldier, at least he had to be called an adult, right?
He's good, just a hairy boy, his mind is very puzzling?
Although Mao Wenlong was dissatisfied with Ling Shikun's title, he didn't show anything, but laughed dryly, and said hypocritically: "The Ling family master is polite, come and invite a seat." ”
Ling Shikun seemed to be very casual, and he didn't be polite to Mao Wenlong, and after taking a seat directly, he smiled again: "Don't hide it from Mao Gongzi, but I came to the door today to discuss something, I don't know if you are suitable here?" ”
The Ling Shikun in front of him was so straightforward, which was beyond Mao Wenlong's expectations. In his impression, don't these so-called scholarly families like to drop their book bags when they open their mouths?
Mao Wenlong had some curiosity in his heart, so he wanted to hear what happened to Ling Shikun's arrival. Immediately, he nodded yes.
Ling Shikun was still not at ease, he looked around the living room for a moment, and after making sure that there was nothing abnormal, he lowered his voice and said, "I believe that Mao Gongzi should have heard about the fight between our Ling family and the Ye family recently, right?" ”
Mao Wenlong's heart moved slightly, at this moment, he could already determine the purpose of Ling Shikun's coming. But he still pretended not to know, shook his head and said, "This, I really haven't heard anything?" ”
Ling Shikun frowned suddenly, hesitated for a moment and said, "It's the matter of our Ling family and the Ye family competing for the number one family in Ye County, replacing the previous Shen family." ”