Chapter 203: Greed
Bai Yicong saw these situations more thoroughly than anyone else, but he could only stand still.
The internal struggle within the Bai family intensified, especially after the intervention of the little princess Loulan, Bai Mu, the second master of the Bai family, mastered some secrets that only the head of the Bai family had the right to snoop onβthose reasons related to the treasures of the relict king. It was precisely because of this move of the little princess Loulan that she suddenly released the secret about immortality as a bargaining chip, which directly caused the Bai family's increasingly stalemate situation to worsen, and the balance that had barely been maintained before completely collapsed.
And when thinking about these things, Bai Yi couldn't help but make analogies about some things.
For example, the world's treasure, the "Star of Doom" diamond.
In this world, diamonds have always been the favorite of many girls, which is a symbol of status, to a certain extent, to meet people's desire to compare, and its commercial value has also become a witness of love. Although we know that everything is illusory, there are countless variables in the so-called love itself, which is human nature, and it is not force majeure.
After all, the unreliability of love is nothing more than the unreliability of the human heart.
No one can guarantee that they will not be in the twilight of Qin, nor can they love only one person in this life, the so-called "love you forever" can only represent a certain state of mind at that time, and there is no substantive effect on anything else, and there is no way to take it seriously at all. Could it be that when the relationship comes to an end, can you use the old promise to force others to promise something?
The answer, of course, is no, and the promise just sounds impressive.
Maybe it's true when you say you love you, and when all the tenderness and sweetness go to a strange place, and fall from the highest peak of feelings, the same sense of loss that two people don't know what to do and can't do anything is also true. I believe that for a long time, it is already ridiculous to try to keep the clouds and smoke that pass by, and it is even more ridiculous to impose these variables on dead things.
But who wouldn't love a good hope?
It's probably because ethereal things are so hard to control, so there are always people who want to leave something behind, and they should think about it. This also explains why love tokens have become a certain sense of ritual, diamonds are eternal, and an eternal advertising slogan is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are always countless people who spend large sums of money for it. When it comes to the rare jewels in the world, they have become a rare thing that people can't reach. In particular, transparent diamonds with vivid deep blue colors are rare, and there are only a few large diamonds in the world, and the famous diamond "Hope" is one of them.
But in inverse proportion to its beautiful name, it is a "magic gem" that has been sealed for a hundred years, and the curses are all negative, and the stories behind it are enough to make people's hearts beat. Over the past 100 years, everyone who has been associated with this rare gem has been cursed, and its many owners have been plagued by disasters such as deaths or disasters, and in the end, no one has survived, and this "star of doom" has become a symbol of disaster.
The position of the head of the Bai family is like the diamond called the "Star of Doom".
It's just that Bai Yicong knows that behind the conspiracy of the Bai family, it is not just a disaster that can be described, the coincidences that happened within the family are vivid, and everything is not as simple as it seems on the surface. If the disaster brought by the "Star of Doom" is an unsolved mystery in the world, it has still aroused the reverie of countless jewelry lovers, and also made supernatural lovers or curiosity hunters speculate several times, and finally came up with no conclusion. And the head of the Bai family has suffered frequent disasters in recent years, first Bai Yan's sudden illness, and then Bai Yuqiu's bizarre death, which is obviously for human reasons.
If these are all coincidences, no discerning person will believe it.
The reason why no one directly picks it out is just because there are many things that cannot be said.
Just as diamonds attract the beautiful hopes of countless people, even if they know that the love symbolized behind them is ethereal, there are always those who are in love who are willing to pay and use it as a capital to show off. The calamities caused by the position of the head of the Bai family are nothing more than because of the greed of the human heart, when the desire at the bottom of the heart swells to a certain extent, those etiquette and laws that are adhered to, the sophistication and human feelings, and even the goodness that has been praised since childhood have become funeral objects, and they have been completely left behind.
To take the simplest and most profound example: how much is human life worth, and how hard is it to kill a person?
Presumably, no matter who is asked this question, any person with a conscience will answer that human life is priceless, it doesn't matter whether it is difficult or not, it is impossible to kill.
But if we keep increasing our chips, will we be able to continue to hold on to this answer? Will anyone be swayed if we replace the overly difficult thing of murder with just adding fuel to the fire or watching from the sidelines, and be an accomplice when necessary?
If money, profit, fame, beauty, or even the temptations of the world are not enough to attract people, and there is always a little less motivation to make a decision at the crucial moment of decision, then what about the treasures that last for thousands of years and the secret of eternal life?
The human heart is the most difficult to judge, the most benevolent is nothing more than the human heart, and the most ruthless is the human heart.
The little princess of Loulan doesn't even need to do much, and she doesn't need to arrange everything in a boxed manner, she just needs to disturb a pool of water inside the Bai family and arouse the greed in the hearts of several branches of the Bai family. As long as this slightest hint is like suddenly igniting the fuse of the bomb, the second master of the Bai family will naturally plan the rest of the things, and even be inspired by infinite possibilities.
Bai Yi has never imagined more than once what position Bai Mu is in this overall situation.
mentioned his second uncle, Bai Yicong still understands. After all, Bai Mu is the elder of Bai Yicong's family, no matter how much they are separated from each other, every time they meet, there are inevitably a lot of open guns and hidden arrows and back-and-forth temptations, but on the surface, they have to leave three points of face for each other. As long as they don't really tear their faces, they have a bond of blood and family, and they are also real relatives.
Being in the same family, it is indispensable to meet each other during the New Year's holidays, and communication is always frequent. In addition, Bai Yicong and Bai Mu are jealous of each other, and they also pay attention to each other, and the thoughts spent on each other are not small, and after the analysis of the information accumulated for many years, it is not an exaggeration to say that they know themselves and the other, so Bai Yiyi has been clear about Bai Mu's character from the beginning.
Although Bai Mu is greedy and a full careerist, he is not a reckless person. The simplest reason, before he was just coveting the position of the head of the family, he couldn't help but take risks, under the premise of not having enough chips, he couldn't do anything against Bai Yan and Bai Yuqiu, and he wouldn't really do anything unfavorable to the entire Bai family.
But with the thrust of the secret of immortality, it is difficult to say whether Bai Mu will be blinded by his mind.
But........
The general direction of things can be straightened out, but there still seems to be something wrong.
As rigorous as Bai Mu, that is an old fox who has become a fine for thousands of years, and he will definitely not bother thinking about things that have no evidence, why would he believe the words of the little princess of Loulan? But the most critical part of this, he still couldn't figure it out for a while.
Obviously, this missing link is the traitor who represents the Bai family.
Who is that man?
These thoughts quickly swirled around Bai Yicong's heart, and the sharp color under his eyes became a little thicker.
But at this moment, it is obviously not the time to talk more about the power struggles within those families, after all, these bad things are still pressed by his thunderous means, but he Bai Yicong is still sitting in the position of the head of the Bai family, whether it is the inherent problems that have not been solved within the Bai family for a long time, or the people with a heart who are eyeing them in the antique circle, they can't make too many waves.
Take 10,000 steps back, but any problem that can be solved by money is a small problem after all.
What really made Bai Yicong's expression change suddenly was He Manzhou's words.
The girl's voice was clear and good, with a slight tremor at the end, and she must have been unsure of Fang Cai's inference, just thinking what she said, but in fact it directly pointed to the core of the problem.
"There are things about the internal affairs of the Bai family, I have been investigating, and this is indeed a problem that has accumulated over time. β
In the short silence, Bai Yicong took a few seconds to organize his thoughts, and then opened his mouth unhurriedly.
"From the moment I became the head of the Bai family and had the right to learn about the handwriting left by my ancestors, I had a glimpse of the secrets of the ancient kingdom of Loulan. But even earlier, the deaths of my father and brother had already made me realize that something was wrong. The Bai family has been eventful in the past few years, and the position of the head of the Bai family has changed hands several times, so you must have heard of it more or less, right?"
He Manzhou pursed his lips lightly, and it didn't seem to be nodding at this time, and it wasn't if he didn't nod.
As if seeing his little girlfriend's concerns, Bai Yi never really asked her to give an answer, but continued to say lightly: "As you said, no matter how big the Bai family's affairs are, it is nothing more than a battle in the shopping mall. But this traitor of the Bai family does have some connections with the ancient kingdom of Loulan, and this is what I am most worried about. β
"It has a relationship with the ancient country of Loulan....... Does he know the secret of the Bai family's handwriting?"
"Not really, he doesn't have that much ability. If he knew the content of the Bai family's handwriting, he wouldn't need to go around such a big circle for us to investigate. Bai Yi coldly drew a little arc from the corner of his lips, and said lightly, "There is a secret about the treasure of the Relic King, which is directly related to the rebellion of the Wu Clan caused by the Black Saintess a hundred years ago, and after that, the Wu Clan headquarters was divided, and the "Divine Maiden's Battle Suit" was also scattered everywhere. As for the method of cracking it, there is no clue other than that ancient ballad. β
"I understand, so even the little princess Loulan, who woke up after a thousand years, has nothing to do about it, the situation is deadlocked here, and using the Bai family is a move she has to take. But all the way down, the little princess's movements are always one step faster than ours, except that she retains the part of the memory about the ancient kingdom of Loulan, the only explanation is that she has more information. β
He Manzhou's brain turned quickly, she thought about Bai Yicong's words, and immediately analyzed it.
"Then you deduced from this that there is still a helper by the side of the little princess Loulan?"