Kneeling for a Monthly Ticket: Defeating Nieliang, Attacking Yang Tao, Pointing the Sword to the World 95
Fengzhen wanted to plot Qiu's killing with a knife, so of course he would not show up in person, lest he show his flaws.
He just sent someone to instruct Shangfeng to deliberately make things difficult, so that he could arouse the other party's resentment.
Qiu Shi was originally a villain on the fence. Seeing that Yang Tao's chances of winning were increasing, but he was being suppressed everywhere, his mentality suddenly became unbalanced.
"If I had known this before, why did you go to such lengths to seek refuge with Liu Xi?" Mr. Qiu's son is called Qiu Meng. Because he is an old man, he is very loved by others, so he has developed a proud personality and cannot tolerate any grievances. He was the one who was suppressed the most, and the resentment in his heart can be imagined, "If I stay under Yang Tao's tent, I can at least borrow Yan Lin's advantage secretly, maybe—"
Before he finished speaking, Qiu Meng was glared at by old man Qiu, who was so frightened that he swallowed all his words.
"There is no turning back when you open the bow. What's the use of talking about it now?"
Old man Qiu has white hair and beard, and his face is old, but his skin is ruddy. One can tell at a glance that this old man lives a delicate life.
"Father, we should think of a way." Qiu Meng hurriedly said, "Liu Xi can't beat Yang Tao, and he has been in a stalemate, so he will definitely withdraw his troops. Yang Tao has a chance to take a breather, and it will be a different situation after a few years of recuperation. In addition, Liu Xi's tent They are all poor families and even ordinary people who have no status, how can they want their son to stand out? If they keep suppressing their son, how can their son bear such grievances?"
Mr. Qiu was also worried about this matter recently, and his son's words made him even more upset.
Jiang Pengji put too much emphasis on poor families, in the eyes of the gentry, she squeezed the cake that belonged to the gentry, which is indeed not pleasing.
The gentry always thought that they were more valuable than poor families, and it would be a great shame for them to keep pace with each other, let alone be inferior to others.
Old Man Qiu said angrily, "Then what do you think? Could it be possible to turn to Yang Tao again? This is courting death!"
They had just betrayed Yang Tao and threw themselves into the arms of the enemy. If the situation is not good, they will turn around and turn around. At that time, neither side will be happy.
Look at the Zhao family, the Zhao family was obviously used by others, and finally ended up with the whole family being wiped out.
Mr. Qiu really didn't dare to take this risk.
Qiumeng said,
"Why not? If we make contributions to Yang Tao, we will not only be separated from Liu Xi, but also be valued by Yang Tao."
Old Master Qiu asked him back, "How to make meritorious deeds?"
Qiu Meng looked around and told the servants to stay farther away, so he was relieved to whisper to the old man.
The more Mr. Qiu heard it, the more startled he became, and he couldn't help but said, "Are you going to take the whole family to be buried with you?"
"Father, if you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you catch a tiger cub! If you stay here, you don't know when and when you will be able to succeed!" Qiu Meng's temperament is greedy and aggressive, and he can be regarded as a person who is greedy for profit. During the calculation, he said, "Whether the icing on the cake is worth the charcoal in the snow? As long as we help Yang Tao repel Liu Xi, wouldn't the benefits be better than wasting time under Liu Xi's tent?"
Mr. Qiu hesitated.
Compared with his youngest son who is "only looking for profit", he thinks more about things.
They were born and bred Zhangzhou gentry, so they naturally belonged to Yang Tao's camp, but ended up taking refuge in Jiang Pengji.
For Yang Tao, this is a betrayal. Throughout the ages, which prince would tolerate a weak stand?
Qiu Meng has also carefully considered Mr. Qiu's worry.
He said, "What is there to worry about? We only need to get enough news to impress Yang Tao and help him defeat Liu Xi. We said that we went to Liu Xi earlier to win her trust. No matter how much you doubt, you won’t cross the river and tear down the bridge.”
"No—even if that's the case, Yang Tao and others won't trust us easily——"
Old Master Qiu was still hesitant, so Qiu Meng threw out his trump card.
"Father, you forgot that you have a good grandson who doesn't look at the face of the monk or the face of the Buddha. Isn't Yang Tao the one who trusts him the most?"
The good grandson Qiu Meng said was "Yan Lin".
Mentioning this grandson made Mr. Qiu feel a little embarrassed.
He had the audacity to mention that he would recognize his grandson before, but he directly refused, even unwilling to meet him.
Mr. Qiu also has a temper. He swallowed his anger and recognized the son of a concubine from a concubine. Wasn't it for Yan Lin to support his grandfather's family? If it wasn't for this, he would not be willing to bow down to the descendants of a concubine, who would have thought that Yan Lin would do even worse.
Old man Qiu almost lost his temper.
From then on, he regarded his grandson as dead, and didn't bother to mention Yan Lin again.
"Why are you mentioning that heartless white-eyed wolf?"
Mr. Qiu was very angry.
Qiu Meng tried his best to convince the old man.
Is the mood important or the family important?
Needless to say, of course it's a family!
All of this was within Fengzhen's calculations, and it went so smoothly that it was unbelievable.
Yang Si was not surprised at all, because he had seen through the Qiu family and his son. It is not so much that Feng Zhen's design made them seek death, it is better to say that their own ambitions pushed them to a dead end. The Qiu family is different from the Zhao family. When the Zhao family took refuge with Jiang Pengji, all the family members came. The Qiu family only came with the main members, and the old and young women and children were still in the old house. Therefore, it is more convenient for Qiu Meng to send messages back.
"What's this?"
Qian Sudao, "Report to my lord, someone threw it on purpose."
Yang Tao read the letter over and over several times, and said, "The inscription is Qiu Meng, do you know Qiu Meng?"
Qian Su naturally read the letter, and he also checked Qiu Meng in advance, and was shocked to find that the other party had already taken refuge in Jiang Pengji.
Yang Tao laughed and said, "This is really interesting. Those who have taken refuge in Liu Xi are still flirting with me, so their stance is not firm."
Qian Su said, "A profit-seeking face."
Yang Tao said, "Qiu Meng said that they pretended to seek refuge with Liu Xi. Do you think this is credible? Anyway, I don't believe it."
With such a clumsy method, I really thought he didn't have a brain when he went out.
Qiu Meng also knew that it was impossible to win Yang Tao's trust by frankly confessing these things, so he wrote another letter.
Yang Tao looked at the second letter in a daze, and wondered, "The Qiu family is actually Shaoyang's maternal ancestor's family? I haven't heard of it."
Qian Su also sneered and said, "Maybe it's random dating of relatives."
Even so, Yang Tao still sent someone to inquire about Yan Lin who was staying in Huankou. Yan Lin's face changed when he saw it, and he quickly wrote a reply.
As a junior, it is impossible for Yan Lin to tell the elder's secrets one by one, even if Yang Tao is the master.
He briefly talked about Qiu's entanglement with him, many places were very vague, and Yang Tao wisely didn't get to the bottom of it.
Yang Tao asked Yan Lin again, "Is this person trustworthy?"
Yan Lin pondered for a long time, carefully analyzed Qiu Meng's character, and said, "It's probably believable. Qiu Meng is greedy for profit and has a strong desire for utilitarianism. Probably seeing that the situation is not good for Liu Xi, and Liu Xi didn't 'reuse' him, he thought that It’s unbalanced, and I want to go back.”
Yang Tao could see that Qiu Meng wanted to step on Jiang Pengji and Yan Lin's position.
"Although it's true, you still need to have a sense of defense. My lord believes that everything will be good."
After all, Yan Lin is a cautious person, while Qiu Meng is a villain, so it is right to be on guard.