What did I overlook?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

Wen Chenggong said: "When thinking about this matter, you only considered the feelings of the city lord's family, but you didn't think about what the Yang family thought. ”

"The Yang family?" Dongfang Shuo was stunned for a moment, then asked, "The Yang family is the party that has been given the sage, no matter what they think, there is no need to change this established fact, right?"

But Wen Chenggong shook his head and said, "Just because they are the one who is being given the virtuous, they can't be replaced." It is a great favor to let the virtuous, and if the party who accepts the favor behaves rebelliously, it is against the sky, and even if he ascends to the position of the lord of the city, he will definitely lose the hearts of the people. ”

His words immediately made Dongfang Shuo feel empowered.

"I see, I see. Dongfang Shuo said, "The Rang Xian mentioned in the letter of the city lord is not the real Rang Xian, but wants to use this favor to block the way for the Yang family to enter the throne and usurp the road." Therefore, compared to the young city lord, the Yang family is the one who least wants this blood letter to be known to the world. ”

The old man nodded.

But at this time, Dongfang Shuo still had doubts in his heart.

"But how does the city lord know whether the Yang family will care about the people's will after his death? If the Yang family doesn't care about the people's will, then won't this blood letter become the basis for their ascension?"

He asked.

When the old man heard this, he smiled again, and then said: "In this way, you don't understand the people's will." But the city lord understands, he not only understands the people's hearts, but also understands that the Yang family cares more about the people's hearts than the city lord's position. Because the Yang family knows how to build momentum, that is, they understand the will of the people, and it is impossible for a person who understands the will of the people to go against the sky. ”

"People's hearts, so important?"

"People's words are fiercer than tigers, and all the power bases are the hearts of the people. The old man said, "Because of this, it is impossible for all those in power not to obey the will of the people." But despite this, even if they follow the will of the people in everything, they may be swallowed up by public opinion and accusations, let alone those who do not follow the will of the people. This is the will of the people, and the people are foolish, and the rabble. ”

Dongfang Shuo was silent and pondering.

After a moment, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

What the old man said was not only related to what he was investigating at this time, but also closely related to his future.

The discord between the people may be the cornerstone of his empire.

"So, I want to know," Dongfang Shuo said, "Has the young city lord read this blood letter?"

"Yes. ”

The old man nodded.

"What about the Yang family, Yang Yetian or Yang Dongsheng?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

After Wen Chenggong was silent for a breath, he said: "Yang Yetian knows, Yang Dongsheng doesn't know, and neither of them has seen this blood letter with their own eyes." ”

"Yes...... Is that so?" Dongfang Shuo thought about it for a while, then said, "In that case, my next question is, who is the person who instructed Su Jingsheng to murder the old city lord?"

These words made Wen Chenggong slightly stunned.

Then, he sighed: "No one has plotted to kill the old city lord. The death of the old city lord was only because Su Jingsheng was powerless, nothing more. ”

"In that case, why did Su Jingsheng ......?"

"Why is it convicted that he is the murderer of the old city lord, right?"

"If there is nothing you can do, then why do you want to behead him all over the house?"

"As you said when you were outside the door just now, Su Jingsheng was framed by someone. ”

"Is that really the case?"

Dongfang Shuo narrowed his eyes, and then asked, "Who framed him?"

The old man said, "If I say it's the old city lord, do you believe it?"

At this time, Dongfang Shuo fell silent.

Of course he didn't believe in this kind of thing, but at this moment, the old man said it with a serious face, which made Dongfang Shuo start to doubt.

Doubting his ideas was wrong from the start.

"The person who framed him is really the old city lord, right?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

The old man smiled: "Yes, no." ”

"Why do you say that?"

The old lord made this request. ”

"To whom?"

"Su Jingsheng. ”

"Are you saying that before he died, the old city lord wanted to condemn Su Jingsheng's family, but asked Su Jingsheng's opinion?"

"Hehe, it's weird, it's hard to believe, right?"

"Of course it's very strange, how can you want to kill someone, but still ask the other party if you want to die?"

But that's just the way it is. The old man paused, and then continued, "The sorrow of the Su family can be said to have been decided by the old city lord, or it can be said that the old city lord and Su Jingsheng discussed it together. ”

Dongfang Shuo frowned.

"What about the money sent to the Su family?"

He asked.

If everything is what the old city lord meant, then there is no need to send this money to the Su family at all.

After all, they all asked if they were going to kill his whole family, and they also sent a sum of money, wouldn't it be too much?

Wen Chenggong said: "Don't you think that after accepting this money, Su Jingsheng will look even more ruthless and sinister? With this money, the world will think that he is a person who regards money as his life and does anything for money." ”

"The old city lord actually thought of this layer and wanted to destroy the reputation of the Su family?"

Dongfang Shuo had a puzzled look on his face.

At this moment, he was not only puzzled, but also shocked.

This kind of truth is very different from what he originally thought.

But Wen Chenggong shook his head: "Of course, the old city lord is not so cold-blooded and ruthless, he is not an unscrupulous person to achieve his goals. So this money doesn't exist at all, and making Su Jingsheng ruined is not the result that the old city lord wants to see at all. ”

"That money doesn't exist?"

"Just like back then, when the Yang family was forced to serve the city lord's mansion by his speech, a famous doctor in Xishan County was actually a wicked person who was corrupt and perverted the law, which could even provoke the people's 'desire' spread by word of mouth. At this point, Wen Chenggong sighed, "But no one can blame the people." Just as in an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent, but what did the snowflake do wrong?"

Dongfang Shuo was silent.

Yesterday, he sent someone to investigate, and he found a lot of information that seemed useful, but he didn't expect that what he checked was a thing that didn't exist at all.

"But if it doesn't exist, why doesn't anyone question it?"

"The wise people who can question are always the minority, and the rules of the rivers and lakes, the minority obeys the majority. People only listen to what they want to hear, and in the process of word of mouth, it is common to add oil and vinegar. Ten years have passed, and this thing, which everyone has long believed to be true, has gradually justified itself. Now, naturally, no one questions the old story of ten years ago. ”

"Nope. ”

Dongfang Shuo shook his head, and he said, "You're lying. ”

"If you still don't believe, there's nothing I can do. The old man said, "But that's the truth, you said you'd protect me." ”

"You said that this matter is fake, so why did the neighbors of the Su family move out one after another ten years ago, and the street where the Su family's house is located has also been renovated one after another in the past ten years?"

The old man smiled: "There is a word, called 'want to cover Mizhang', do you know what it means?"

"I wanted to cover up the truth of the bad things, but it turned out to be more obvious. "But what's the difference between that and street renovation?"

"When the original occupants of this street have moved away and the street has been renovated, then everyone will think that the city lord's mansion is trying to cover up the truth. Wen Chenggong said, "What is the truth of what is covering?"

Dongfang Shuo was stunned for a moment.

After a few moments, he gave an answer: "I want to cover up...... The young city lord bribed Su Jingsheng to murder the old city lord and let himself succeed to the throne?"

If a fictional event is covered up by real actions, then the matter will gradually become true.

"At the same time, cleaning up that street and breaking up the original neighborhood completely covers up the clue that there is no money at all. ”

"But I went to find the neighbors of the Su family yesterday, and they all said that what they saw was that a family member of the City Lord's Mansion and two soldiers went to the Su family to send money. ”

"The ultimate form of rumors is to make the people who spread the rumors believe themselves, and at this time, the rumors are no longer rumors. ”

The old man said.

And Dongfang Shuo gradually fell into silence.

The whole room passed in silence for a long time, and finally, after a long time, Dongfang Shuo opened his mouth to break the silence: "So, who is the person who 'wants to cover up'? Or rather, who is the only person who can order the Tiger Cliff Sect to do things?"

Although the question came out, Dongfang Shuo already had the answer in his heart.

After a pause, the old man spoke, "He is ......."

(End of chapter)