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"Which two?" Wang Sancai turned to David. Blake nodded slightly, "Say it." ”

"The first one is Mr. Hai, he is a vassal under the Zhuang family, I don't know how many people he has, but he is not surnamed Zhuang, that is to say, he is only loyal to the patriarch of Zhuang Yan, and there must be many of his own people under his hands." David. Blake cocked up an index finger.

Wang Sancai frowned and interrupted: "Wait, David, you mean that the power is not in the hands of the patriarch alone?" ”

Although Wang Sancai has been in the other world for a while, most of his energy is focused on studying this mutated CSOL system, and the background and framework of this continent are still very vague...... And what type of existence are the major families? Listening to David say this, it feels a bit like a monarchy? ”

"Let me say it." Bai Xiao, who had been silent for a long time, finally interjected, and said to David. Blake and Fang Tong cast inquiring glances.

"Well, you say, I don't know much either." David. Blake nodded immediately, and Fang Tong didn't mean to refuse.

Bai Xiao is also the second son of the big family, although he is now down, he is still very familiar with these systems, and immediately said: "That's the case, in fact, in the entire Zhou Kingdom, only the eight major families have the status to speak, namely the Zhou family, the Huang family, the Zhuang family, the Liang family, the Wang family, the Bai family, the Pang family and the Ouyang family. The rest of the various small families are attached to the eight major families to survive, and now the royal power is in the hands of the Zhou family, and the queen is the sister of Huang Tian, the patriarch of the Huang family, and the seven major families are loyal to the Zhou family who holds the royal power, similar to an alliance, I promise, our Bai family has always been loyal to the royal family. ”

In the end, Bai Xiao couldn't help but say a word for his family.

"Xiaobai, it's useless for you to tell me that the Bai family is innocent." Wang Sancai reminded him: "Let's get to the point, now the Bai family and the Pang family no longer exist." ”

"I know. I just can't help it...... All right. Bai Xiao sorted out his thoughts: "There will be many small families attached to each big family. These small families owe allegiance to the big family and are made vassals by the big family, such as Mr. Hai, who originally belonged to the Hai family. But he obeyed the orders of the Zhuang family. But that doesn't mean he can't have his own power. ”

"Oh. I kind of get it, that is, Mr. Hai has his own territory. Has his own manpower, he has independent power to train his people, and his people are not controlled by the dealer? Wang Sancai said his editing.

"Yes, but Mr. Hai's territory is also the dealer's territory, and he obeys the dealer's orders, which means that his people are also under the dealer's orders." Fang Tong suddenly interjected and confirmed.

"But as long as Mr. Hai has a rebellious heart, his people will not listen to the dealer's orders?" Wang Sancai asked about the point.

"That's right, that's true of any big family." Fang Tong nodded suddenly: "But as long as the patriarch doesn't do anything to be sorry for the vassal, the vassals usually won't choose to betray, after all, the overall strength of the vassals is definitely not as strong as the patriarch, and besides, following a wise patriarch will make the entire family stronger." ”

"Then there has never been a vassal against the Lord in history?" Wang Sancai was a little puzzled.

"Of course there is, for example, the Zhou family, who is now in charge of the royal power, used to be only a vassal of the 'Tai family', but because the Tai family was really stupid, everyone in the fiefdom was dissatisfied, so the Tai family was overthrown and replaced." Fang Tong continued: "The patriarch of the family can't do what he wants. ”

After hearing these words, Wang Sancai's heart finally became clearer.

It turns out that the big family is not devouring the surrounding small families to strengthen themselves, but it is like an election system, and many families elect a family to be the leader, of course, the strength of the elected family itself must not be ignored, but strength does not mean everything, to put it mildly, as long as the patriarch does something that makes most of the small and medium-sized families attached to him dissatisfied, then he is really dangerous.

But as long as you keep being "wise", there won't be much of a problem.

For example, now that this incident has happened to the Huang family, even if no one is disheartened, many small and medium-sized families attached to the Huang family will not rebel even if they are hindered by the face of Huang Tian, who is far away on the front line, at least, they will not be so "obedient" anymore.

Wang Sancai has always wondered that the Huang family is such a big family, occupying several towns, it must be a master, but why he didn't even catch himself, but now it seems that it is because the vassals have taken most of the people to the front line with Huang Tian, and now that this is happening, the vassals of the small and medium-sized families attached to the Huang family are not there, and the prestige of the decision-makers inside is not enough, so they can only wait for the news to reach the ears of the vassals, and they can only act after knowing the meaning of the vassals, and relying on the people left by the Huang family themselves now to search for themselves on such a large territory, It's really laborious.

Although they are both prosperous and losing, they are also prone to internal chaos.

Wang Sancai thought of this, and couldn't help but feel a move in his heart: "So, these dead soldiers brought by Mr. Hai this time are all his own people?" ”

But what he didn't expect was that Fang Tong shook his head and said: "No, the dead can only be cultivated by the family under the name of the patriarch, these dead soldiers are generally sent by other families in order to show their loyalty to the patriarch, they have been subjected to mechanical brainwashing since they were children, although they come from different places, they only obey the orders of the patriarch, they already belong to the power of the patriarch, and they are the core strength of the entire family." ”

"Oh, then it seems that even if you want to overthrow a patriarch, it will not be easy." Wang Sancai nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "Xiaotong, it seems that it must not be easy to destroy the power of your Pang family." ”

Fang Tong was silent.

"I'm sorry, Kiri." Wang Sancai shook his head. Turning to the topic: "David, I know almost everything now, you can go on." ”

Fang Tong shook his head slightly and smiled, indicating that it was okay.

"Well, in addition to Mr. Hai, there is also a vassal in Feiliu City by the solemn side, this person's surname is Long, Fang Tong and I only learned about it later, this Mr. Long has an excellent private relationship with Zhuang Biyun, and he has won the trust of Zhuang Zheng, and he is also the most powerful vassal under him." David. Blake said meaningfully, "Just guard against the two of them." There was a solemn presence. We should be safe. ”

As soon as he heard the word "Mr. Long", Wang Sancai suddenly remembered that Zhuang Biyun had mentioned her "Uncle Long" more than once before, but he frowned and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Hai has no motive for committing the crime. Isn't the most suspicious object left with Mr. Long? ”

"He didn't have the opportunity to commit the crime." David. Blake shook his head and said, "He was sent out solemnly." It was the next day when I returned to Feerun. He had never known that I and Fang Tong were coming, and it didn't have to be these two people. It is also very likely that the dealer himself has other retainers, but as long as the solemn presence is there, they cannot threaten us, and the reason why I tell you to guard against the two of them is only because they have private powers in addition to their rights in the dealer. ”

“…… Well, I thought you'd already find out who that person was. Wang Sancai shook his head helplessly: "But now it seems that even the head of the dealer is possible." ”

"It is impossible for a steward, although he is in charge of the cooks, the food and the subordinates, he does not have the power to fight, and it is impossible to send people to kill those subordinates and the cooks." David. Blake immediately denied it: "Solemnly told me that he himself was delivered by his old butler, although he is not related by blood, but he is like father and son, and the most important thing is that he is just an ordinary person, so he was excluded at the first time." ”

"Tell me about what happened next." Wang San was a tacit acquiescence to David. Blake's point of view.

Later ...... "David. Blake suddenly sighed heavily: "Nothing happened...... After I gave him the things you gave me, he learned that you were in danger and told me to wait until you went to discuss together, so he sent Mr. Hai to bring a group of elite dead soldiers in Feiliu City to dress up and join me and Fang Tong with you. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said more: "At that time, his decision was strongly opposed, because all the dead soldiers he drew out were the strongest, and most of them had reached the condensation period, and the dead soldiers were directly under his orders, without the protection of this part of the elite dead soldiers, his whole person was in danger, after all, I didn't know who had the problem at that time." ”

"It seems that Uncle Zhuang did it on purpose." Wang Sancai's eyes flickered a little: "It's too dangerous for him to do this." ”

David. Blake nodded: "He did deliberately give that person a chance to see if that person couldn't help but surface, but Zhuang Zhuang did not make the mistake of making others dissatisfied, if it was a retainer who wanted to replace Zhuang Zheng's position, I am afraid that he would only be counterattacked, so, Zhuang Zheng's life is safe, at most, it will only be controlled by that mysterious person, if he is in danger, then it can only be done by Mr. Long, but Mr. Long was not in Feiliu City before, so the possibility was ruled out." Moreover, Zhuang Yan sent so many elite dead soldiers this time not only to capture him, but he could also take the opportunity to make the Liang family a loss. ”

"Then it seems that now that at least Mr. Long and Mr. Hai don't see the problem." Wang Sancai pondered: "And even if his own retainers betray, they can't get the benefits they deserve, so what do you say...... What did he really want from this man? ”

"I don't know." David. Blake was silent for a long time before he said, "...... Maybe it's just to weaken the dealer's strength. ”

"It's quite possible that David said." Fang Tong echoed: "At the beginning, the cause of the incident was Miss Zhuang's body, that person wanted to kill Miss Zhuang to distract Patriarch Zhuang, but he didn't want to kill or frame Patriarch Zhuang himself, and later, when David and I came to Feiliu City, the food was only sweat medicine, not a deadly poison, and even Miss Zhuang herself was implicated, but after Patriarch Zhuang came back, there was no other action, so it seems that he was not targeting Patriarch Zhuang himself. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Tong suddenly turned his head to look at David. Blake: "David, apart from these two things, did Patriarch Zhuang tell you that there were other things going on?" For example, before Miss Zhuang went missing, or after Miss Zhuang was recovered, we haven't been to Feeshiptown for this time? (To be continued.) )