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Wang Shichong laughed: "Brother Chen, don't be impatient, if I really doubt you, I won't tell you this." I'm glad you came to see me at this time. It's just that now you should be able to see the insidiousness of this Shen Liusheng. ”

"This person uses small profits to win over and seduce Brother Chen, and wants to turn against each other and turn against each other, if you join forces to really kick me out of Yingzhou, then he will definitely go all out to deal with you Brother Chen, and when the time comes, the store you have will still spit out."

Chen Ling sighed: "Blame me for being too stupid and not seeing the insidiousness of Shen Liusheng's bastard!" Brother Wang, don't worry, I'll go to Shen Liusheng and draw a line with him, and I'll do whatever Brother Wang says in the future. ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand and said, "Brother Chen, this is not necessarily, I have been thinking about it for a long time just now, and I may not be able to completely squeeze this Shen Liusheng out of Yingzhou for the time being." ”

Chen Ling was slightly stunned and asked, "Since you have already seen through his tricks, why do you want to keep him?" This person is a wolf with ambitions, and he doesn't know what kind of ghost he wants to play in the future. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and said, "Brother Chen, you don't know, there is someone behind Shen Liusheng, and this person has an ambiguous attitude now, except for the fact that he is unwilling to give up this Yingzhou and wants to take root here, we don't know anything about him now." ”

"There is a cloud in the art of war, knowing the enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. But now we don't know the other. On the other hand, he was very familiar with our situation. So now it's time to change our original assumptions. can't rush to squeeze Shen Liusheng out of Yingzhou. ”

Wei Zheng, who had never interjected, suddenly said, "General Chen, what did you talk to that Shen Liusheng?" Can you tell us more about that? ”

Chen Ling originally listened to Wang Shichong's words and nodded again and again, but when he was thinking about it, he was suddenly interjected by Wei Zheng like this, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and replied angrily: "Didn't I say it all just now, as soon as I went to Shen Liusheng's place, he took the initiative to tell me that Xiao Mo had asked his four subordinates to give him the shop contract, and also said that Xiao Mo told him to have a good relationship with me in Yingzhou." So he gave me half of the shop pù contract on the spot. ”

Wei Zheng's eyes were bright, and he continued to ask: "General Chen, don't blame me for nagging, these details are often very important and may determine the next action we take, so please remember it well." May I ask when you arrived at the Shen family firm, did you meet Shen Liusheng? ”

Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, and he could see that he really began to take the initiative to recall the situation at that time, and when he heard Wei Zheng's words, he thought about it carefully and said, "No." When I first arrived, Shen Liusheng was not there. It was the shopkeeper of their firm who greeted me in the small courtyard and asked me to wait in the side hall. ”

"When I first went, I was full of anger, and it was impossible to give them any good faces, so I refused to go to the side hall, but kept standing in the courtyard and waiting, and then before the time of the small half pillar of incense, Shen Liusheng walked out of a room in the courtyard, and as soon as he came up, he accused me, saying that there was something important in me, and I was sorry for waiting for a long time."

Wang Shichong's heart moved when he heard this, and he asked, "Are you sure he came out of the courtyard and not outside the courtyard?" ”

Chen Ling nodded affirmatively: "That's right, because he led me to the house I just came out of, that is, the innermost council hall in the second courtyard, I'm sure of this, and we also talked in that hall later." ”

Wang Shichong continued to ask: "Then Brother Chen, have you ever seen that room has a back door or a secret passage?" Or have you seen anyone leaving the room? ”

Chen Ling closed his eyes, recalled carefully, and shook his head: "It was night, I went directly to Shen Liusheng, I didn't care too much about other people, Shen Liusheng seemed to be with two people when he left the room, and I can't remember if he was still with him when he entered the room." ”

Wei Zheng clapped his hands anxiously: "Alas, General Chen also missed such an important situation, it's a pity!" ”

Chen Ling snorted disdainfully: "I went directly to Shen Liusheng, what are other idle people doing so much?" And the next thing surprised me, Brother Wang, don't you know, there is an underground dark room in the conference hall, Shen Liusheng later asked all his subordinates to stay outside, not to approach, only took me in alone, I was afraid that he would make a mistake inside, and specially let my four guards guard outside the door. ”

Wang Shichong nodded, which was in line with what he had just seen: "Brother Chen, are you sure that Shen Liusheng came out with two entourages, and when he went in, he was just one person?" ”

Chen Ling sighed, and a hint of apology flashed on his face: "I really didn't pay attention at the time, but now that you mention it, I understand, I only remember that two people who looked like servants came out after him, and then Shen Liusheng said that they all stepped back, and these two people left." The night was too dark, and I didn't pay attention to these two people, so I couldn't remember their looks and figures. ”

A burst of disappointment flashed in Wang Shichong's heart, but his face was calm as usual, and he said with a smile: "Brother Chen has worked hard, you go on, what's going on with that underground secret room?" ”

Chen Ling suddenly came back to his strength: "After Shen Liusheng entered the room, he didn't light the fire, he walked to the main seat at the top, I don't know what moved, and suddenly a hole appeared on the ground in the center of the hall, and there was still light inside." ”

Then Shen Liusheng told me that this merchant has a lot of people, and important things should be discussed in the secret room below. Then I went down to that hole. Brother Wang, don't you know, there are steps leading to the bottom of that hole, there is a hall as big as a hall inside, and there are torches lit all around, it is really a good place to talk about secret things, I will get one when I go back. “

When Chen Ling said this, his eyes began to glow, Wang Shichong recalled that when he first entered the secret room in his house with Gao Xi, he was also as excited and novel as Chen Ling is now, and he remembered it vividly, and he heard that the secret room of Li Mi's family was built directly at the bottom of the lake, and there was a water gate that led directly to Weishui outside, which was even more incredible.

Wei Zheng didn't put his mind on recalling his home's conversation room. Instead, he asked Chen Ling directly: "General Chen." Are there any other secret doors and passages in the secret room? ”

Chen Ling shook his head: "I don't know. I only saw that one entrance, and I don't know if there was a secret passage elsewhere. ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "In the future, if General Chen has the opportunity to go to that secret room again, you might as well pay attention to the lights and candles in the hall, if the flames are all biased in the direction of the entrance, then there is only one entrance, if the flames can still be biased elsewhere, it means that there is ventilation in other places." That is to say, there are secret passages. ”

Chen Ling let out an "oh", although he didn't like Wei Zheng, he knew that this person was resourceful, and what he just said was indeed something he had never thought about.

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Xuan Cheng, I expect that there is only one entrance to the secret room, because if there is another passage, Shen Liusheng will not have to let the person he talks to change into the clothes of the family and come out of the room." If my expectations are correct, that person must be Shen Liusheng's backstage master, and Tingren said that this person was in Yingzhou a few days ago. Presumably he never left, after all, he still needs to be the master of major affairs. Shen Liusheng is nothing more than an executor. ”

Wei Zheng nodded and sighed: "It's a pity, but since this person is now in Yingzhou, he will also give Shen Liusheng the latest instructions, if nothing else, Shen Liusheng will come to this state tomorrow." ”

When Wei Zheng said this, he looked at Chen Ling, who was confused, and smiled: "General Chen, please continue, what happens after entering the secret room?" ”

Chen Ling froze and said: "The next thing is what I just told Brother Wang, Shen Liusheng repeatedly emphasized that he only wants to do business in Yingzhou, and taking over those shops of Xiao Mo is only a pure business matter. He didn't know much about Xiao Miao, but he saw the person sent by Brother Wang in Lei Mansion during the day today, and he felt that Brother Wang seemed to be hostile to him, so he hoped that I would come forward and help him intercede. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "The price of intercession is to send half of the shop pù to you?" ”

Chen Ling nodded: "Yes, at the beginning, I also had a heart, I didn't ask directly, but asked him how much he could give me, but as soon as Shen Liusheng opened his mouth, he gave me half of the property of the four major families, and when I returned to the Hussar General's Mansion, I also checked the properties under the names of these four families, so I knew the situation of their shop, but I didn't expect this Shen Liusheng to be so generous." ”

Wang Shichong said: "He gave you these properties so that you can intercede with me, and it will be half for a suitor, so how much is he going to give me Wang Shichong?" ”

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "At that time, I was patronizing and happy, but I didn't have time to think about it, just now Brother Wang and Mr. Wei have analyzed it, it was his trick, and he wanted to cause discord between our two families." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "The matter of transferring half of the property, this Shen Liusheng can't be the master, it must be the master behind him." By the way, did he explain the specific transfer to you? How are the existing guys in the store settled, retained or newly recruited? Did I tell you? ”

Chen Ling shook his head: "No, he just gave me half of the deed, and then said a qiē at my disposal." ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "He knows that Brother Chen is familiar with military affairs, he is not too good at shop management, and his subordinates lack enough manpower, whether it is the account office or senior guys, this is not something that those personal guards can top in a short time, and when the time comes, he can also stuff his own people in when recruiting workers, General Chen, you still can't get anything except a house deed." ”

Chen Ling secretly said in his heart: Didn't you Wang Shichong do the same to me? Hmph, I thought I didn't know, but I didn't say it. But on the surface, he still put on an expression of sudden realization, and said hatefully: "This guy is really bad. ”

Wang Shichong continued to ask: "Is there anything else to talk about next?" ”

Chen Ling thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "That's basically it, Brother Wang, I had the deed in my hand at that time, and I just wanted to fly back with wings, and then immediately send someone to take over." Shen Liusheng probably saw that I was in a hurry to leave, so he asked me again to come to you to intercede, let me come as much as possible, and said that he would also come to visit in the next two days. ”

Wang Shichong's heart moved, and his eyes flashed: "Really? Does he mean to let you come to me first, and then he will come again? ”

Chen Ling nodded: "It should be so, Brother Wang, I won't hide it from you." After I got those title deeds. It was exciting at first. But the more I thought about it on the way back, the more wrong it became, and I couldn't say what went wrong for a while, so I simply came to you overnight to discuss, and sure enough, after listening to my brother's analysis, I understood Shen Liusheng's plan. ”

Chen Ling blinked his eyes, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "Brother Wang, since this Shen Liusheng's trick has been seen through by us, then we can't be fooled now, we should join forces to squeeze him out of this Yingzhou." Where can my brother use me, I want people to give people and make a strong contribution. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Brother Chen, I'm afraid we can't completely drive Shen Liusheng out of Yingzhou now, the force behind this person is unknown, but one thing is for sure is that this mastermind behind the scenes is very powerful, and now forcibly making enemies with it, we may not be able to do so, even if we drive Shen Liusheng out, our business in Yingzhou will definitely be exposed to the emperor." When the time comes, you won't get anything here. ”

Chen Ling sighed and said hatefully: "Just let the surname Shen go?" I'm still not reconciled. ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Brother Chen." I know you will definitely be unhappy when you say this, but I still have to make the stakes clear to you, and what you should do now is to return those deeds to Shen Liusheng overnight. ”

Chen Ling jumped up from the chair all of a sudden, his face swollen red, and shouted, "What? Want me to leave the store? Why?! ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and said to Chen Ling, who was blowing his beard and glaring: "Brother Chen, don't be impatient, listen to me slowly." ”

Chen Ling said angrily: "Brother Wang, although I have always obeyed you, this matter is difficult to obey, this deed is in our hands, how can there be a reason to return it?" If you also want these shops, we will divide these shops equally according to what we said during the day, add two to one, and divide these shops equally, and then go to talk to the one surnamed Shen. ”

Wang Shichong smiled and said, "Brother Chen, Wang will not take these stores to heart at all, and the reason why you want to send them back to the store deed is to sue Shen Liusheng for three things, the first is that we have seen through his tricks; The second is that our two families are very united, they are in the same spirit, and they will not swallow the benefits alone, so that he will die of provocation; This third is to sue him, this condition is not enough, let him open a higher price. ”

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "The first two layers are easy to understand, but what do these three layers mean?" Can he understand what you mean? ”

Wang Shichong nodded affirmatively: "Since he can come up with this kind of poisonous plan to kill three soldiers, he will definitely be able to see the meaning of our return of the deed." Only in this way will he be forced out of the mastermind behind the scenes, Shen Liusheng is just an executor at the front desk, what I really want to see is the mastermind hiding behind the scenes, and only he is qualified to sit down with us and negotiate conditions. ”

Chen Ling shook his head: "Brother Wang, since you said that this person is powerful and very powerful, why do you still take the initiative to give in to him?" Aren't you afraid that after he gets a foothold in Yingzhou, we won't be able to control it anymore? ”

Wang Shichong laughed, finished laughing, and said word by word: "If he knows each other, he can cooperate with us and share his share in Yingzhou, but don't dream of being the boss here, and to show sincerity, you have to take the initiative to disclose your identity to us, which is a prerequisite for us to decide whether to cooperate." ”

Chen Ling saw the resolute eyes in Wang Shichong's calm expression, and knew that he could no longer shake Wang Shichong's determination, thinking of the dozens of stores he had acquired, he was still distressed, and a trace of unwillingness flashed on his face.

Wang Shichong noticed the change in Chen Ling's expression, smiled, stood up and took two steps forward, and patted Chen Ling's shoulder: "Brother Chen, please believe Wang, you will get much more in the future than today." ”

An hour later, in the gloomy underground secret room of the Shen family's firm, Shen Liusheng was still dressed in the daytime, and he was bowing slightly respectfully, standing behind a person covered with a black cloak, the candlelight was dim, and the true face of this person could not be reflected, and he could only judge from the few strands of white hair that showed the cloak that this person was old, and his attention was obviously focused on a pile of house deeds on a small table in front of him.

The old man in the cloak sighed and said, "Liu Sheng, it seems that this Wang Shichong is far more shrewd than we originally thought, and our plan to kill the tiger and devour the wolf seems to have completely failed, and we have to plan early." ”

Shen Liusheng didn't have the kind of vigor that he had during the day, he was docile and well-behaved like an obedient watchdog at the moment, but the hoarse voice made by the broken gong was still unpleasant: "Lord, Chen Ling sent these deeds over, and I can see that he is still a little unconvinced, should we continue to use this to make a fuss?" ”

The cloaked old man waved his hand: "There's no need for that." Chen Ling is both greedy and stupid. It can't be someone who can control the future. The reason why I want to open a breakthrough from him today is not because he is strong, but precisely because of his incompetence. Wang Shichong has already eaten him to the fullest, and he will not be stupid enough to offend Wang Shichong for us. ”

Shen Liusheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Then what now?" Please also make the Lord public. ”

The old man in the cloak said meaningfully: "Wang Shichong is now throwing the hydrangea to us, where to go, whether it is a friend or an enemy, it depends on our appearance." It seems that I can't stay behind the scenes anymore this time, Yanagi. You go to the state office tomorrow night, and I'll meet this old subordinate for a while. ”

In the evening of the next day, Wang Shichong finished his day's official duties and returned to the small building in the backyard of the state government, that is, the small lakeside building where Han Shige invited him to dinner when he first came to the state office.

Today is the first day that Wang Shichong officially handled official business, although he was not promoted to the court to judge the case, but he went around in the six Cao of the state government, and checked the account books and household registration in the past few years at Anjiatuo, which still made him so busy that he basically didn't have time for a day, and it was not difficult to see people carrying the burden. Wang Shichong now admires Hu Sizheng, who has almost single-handedly supported the government affairs of Yingzhou in the past few years.

Wang Shichong lay down on a chaise longue in the small building, and the lower end of the chair covered with a mat made two wooden curved bottoms. The person sleeps on it and can gently shake it back and forth. The window is slightly open, and the breeze from the lake blows, which is indescribably cool, giving people a different kind of tranquility and comfort in this early summer season.

There is only one person in the small building, Wei Zheng is still checking some files in the past few years from Hu Sizheng, Zhang Jin said that he went to the Hussar General's Mansion to check the household registration of the prefecture, Anjiatuo's audit has not yet ended, and Wang Ren is busy with dinner in the kitchen at this time, only Shan Xiongxin is accompanying Wang Shichong in this small building.

Wang Shichong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked casually, "Is there no news about Shen Liusheng today?" ”

Shan Xiongxin nodded: "No, he hasn't left the Shen family firm since last night, and now our people have closely monitored there, in addition, the four major families led by Lei Shimeng have not left Yingzhou, and their shops are still the same, and there is not even any change in personnel, if it weren't for the fact that we saw the shop pù contract in Chen Ling's hand yesterday, I'm afraid we wouldn't have seen that these shops have been handed over to Shen Liusheng." ”

Wang Shichong didn't open his eyes, he nodded, he found that his thinking had become more active in the process of shaking gently: "Xiongxin, what do you think about this?" ”

Shan Xiongxin pondered for a moment and said, "It may be that Shen Liusheng feels that it is difficult to deal with us alone here, so he temporarily left these four families as helpers, after all, if you get involved, you can get rid of Xiao Miao." ”

Wang Shichong said: "I'm afraid that it may not be, these four people don't seem to be obeying Xiao Miao's orders, after all, Xiao Miao asked them to transfer the store at that time, and three of them still refused to do it." And Xiao Mo himself was already on the road yesterday, and he didn't have time to re-establish an agreement with Shen Liusheng, so the temporary stay of these four people was just because Shen Liusheng lured them with profit, and their spontaneous behavior. ”

Shan Xiongxin smiled: "Is it possible, does the lord mean that these four people are ready to change their doors and switch to Shen Liusheng?" ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand and said, "No, but I estimate that these four families who have been entrenched in Yingzhou for many years will suddenly give up their business for many years and switch to other places, I am afraid that Shen Liusheng will bleed a lot of blood in other states and counties in this Jingxiang area." Judging from the situation that Tianren came back, these four people are also calculating, selfish and greedy people, and they can not even listen to Xiao Miao's orders, so whether they leave or stay depends on whether it is beneficial to them. ”

Shan Xiongxin nodded and said, "The lord's analysis is reasonable, I'm afraid that Shen Liusheng temporarily increased the price, and asked the four powerful families in the city to temporarily help him officially enter this Yingzhou, and then let them leave after Xiao Mo officially took office." ”

Wang Shichong opened his eyes and took a long breath: "It should be like this, in this case, you can't rush Shen Liusheng out of Yingzhou, and you have to see what he does next." (The novel "Yin Xiong at the End of Sui" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)