Chen Zhi, who was standing in the distance, saw that I was sad, and stepped forward and said, "My lord, by the way, if Li Ye knows that the adult is so sad, he will definitely blame his subordinates for not serving the adult well." ”

I glanced at Chen Zhi and saw that there was a deep worry in his eyes, and said lightly: "Do you still hold a grudge against Xiao Shunzi and this official?" ”

Chen Zhi said calmly: "The villain has never complained about the adult, the villain was in a straitjacket, his life was on the verge of death, if it wasn't for the adult to save him, the villain would have been executed, the villain is both a Shu person, the adult is a Nanchu official, and there is nothing strange about worrying about the villain's loyalty, although the villain was a little uneasy at first, after all, the life and death of the human hand, but these days, the villain has always been able to get the antidote on schedule, there are no additional requirements and obstacles, as long as the villain is loyal to his duty, he will not be harmed, so the villain has no complaints." ”

I glanced at him, but he was shrewd, and continued to ask: "I offered a plan to break Bajun and Luocheng, and forced the king of Shu to death, don't you hate me?" ”

Chen Zhi knelt on the ground and said: "The villain is just a spy in Shu, born and died just for the sake of power and wealth, but until the fall of Shu, the villain is still a spy who lives and dies by people, when Shu is there, the villain did not betray, Shu perished, we little people still have to live, the adult is a minister of Southern Chu, it is natural to dedicate a plan to break Shu, although the villain is a Shu people, but there is no responsibility for the revenge of Shu, although the villain is born ruthless, but since the country has no ability to protect the people, there is no need to exist. ”

I smiled slightly and said, "Your surname is very similar to mine, in fact, Nanchu is only late for a period of time, what will you do then?" ”

Chen Zhi said: "Although I don't know what the relationship between the adult and Dayong is, but I believe that the adult can save his life when the time comes. ”

I shook my head, this kid is smart, he didn't say a word of euphemism, he should have seen through my surname, if he also spoke like this in Shu, it is estimated that he would have died a long time ago. He took out a pill and said, "This is the antidote, you can get rid of all the poison after you eat it, and you don't need to take the medicine every month in the future." ”

Chen Zhi did not hesitate to take the antidote and said: "My subordinates are willing to be loyal to my lord." ”

When I saw that he was so cheerful and confident, I asked, "You wouldn't have known that I had poisoned you, would you?" ”

Chen Zhi said with a smile: "The villain has long known that it is poisoned by adults, and generally people who use poison will be very confident, if Li Ye is good at poisoning, he will not add another ban to me." ”

I thought to myself, this man is so shrewd, it seems that I should be more honest, so I said: "In this case, I might as well make it clear that if there is only one guard, as long as you have to do your best to keep my surname, it is enough, and you don't need to be loyal, after all, you are just a stand-in for Xiao Shunzi, if you want to use you to do things, you have to be loyal and trustworthy." From now on, this official is surrounded by wolves, full of crises, and lives at every turn, if you are not a faithful person, it is useless to stay, if you don't want to, tomorrow I will let Xiao Shunzi lift your ban, you will leave, if you are sincere, I will treat you as a confidant, and after I succeed, I will naturally give you a suitable arrangement, not to treat you badly, but it may not make you soar. What do you think? ”

Chen Zhi bowed again: "The villain is scattered, if he leaves the adult, but can do some murderous and over-the-top deeds, sooner or later he will be bound, I see that the adult is light in everything, and will not rot with the grass and trees, if the adult does not dislike, the villain is willing to serve the adult." ”

I lifted him up, trusting him for a moment, and I asked, "In that case, I would like to ask you what we are going to do at this point." ”

Chen Zhi looked a little excited, and said: "If you want to avenge your wife, no matter how you act, you need to have a force that can be absolutely controlled in your hands, now in addition to the villain, Li Ye is not a free body, the strength is too weak, if you rely on others, if there is a conflict of interest, the adult will inevitably be restricted in his behavior." ”

I nodded slightly, the spy of the Shu Kingdom is indeed worthy of its reputation, and now my most important thing is to establish a force of my own, protect myself, and eradicate the enemy, but if I want to establish force, I must have enough financial resources, what should I do?

For the next few days, I hid in my study and thought about how to build this force and how to maintain its survival, flipping through the books in my hands, thinking that this force should not be too large, easy to attract the attention of others, and it would also cost money and food, but it should not be too small to be effective. The main thing is to have your own financial resources.

After a few days, Xiao Shunzi came, after knowing my thoughts, he suggested starting small, he and I poured out the gold and silver obtained in Shu, secretly bought a Zhuangzi not far from my residence, and then found some twelve or thirteen-year-old children to train, according to my requirements and his ideas, these children are basically fatherless and motherless, stubborn and tenacious children, first by Chen Zhi to train their basic martial arts, and then Xiao Shunzi sorted out some of the martial arts I gave him before, and made a plan to train martial arts, According to him, if the training is about two years, these children can be given second-rate skills, plus specially trained in their assassination and espionage skills (this is Chen Zhi's specialty), then it can come in handy.

I also thought of a way to make money, I thought that the jewelry I designed at the beginning, not only the pattern is exquisite, but also can be made by first-class craftsmen, so I got favored, although I am not particularly good at these crafts, but I am well-read, I have read a lot of books on strange silver skills, so I designed a lot of various drawings in batches, some are organ news, some are jewelry and clothing, and some exquisite playthings, the most popular is that I improved the clock made by using the principle of cycloid, which is the book I read about the big food, In order to facilitate the production of craftsmen, I deliberately reunified the tools such as weights and measures, according to the drawings and the tools I gave, you can make clocks, these drawings, I am in the name of Tianji Pavilion to find people to cooperate in production, and ask for their profits in return. As for the person who came forward, he was called Han Wuji, he was Chen Zhi's colleague, and escaped from Chengdu by luck after the fall of Shu, because Dayong governed the place strictly, he went to Nanchu in order to make a living, and he was only good at killing people and plotting, he had almost no ability to make a living, and almost died of poverty, Chen Zhi was ordered to look for a suitable child to be trained, and he happened to save his life, I saw that this person was still quite backbone, and he did not survive as a killer robber, so he was allowed to serve as the head of the Tianji Pavilion that did not actually exist. Let him secretly use my design and people to cooperate, at first he also needed to find someone to work with, and then as soon as a new work appeared, he secretly held a small party, invited qualified businessmen to bid, and the winner got drawings and other materials, as long as the confidentiality was strict, it could be produced exclusively. The reputation of Tianji Pavilion was secretly spread in Nanchu, and no one publicized it loudly, after all, then the opportunity to bid would be lost, that is, the possibility of making money would be lost. The invitation of Tianji Pavilion has not only become a symbol of strength, but also a symbol of integrity, because if there is no good reputation, no matter how strong the strength is, you will not get the invitation of Tianji Pavilion.

At first, it was just to make money, but then I thought it was very interesting, through Tianji Pavilion, I could get a lot of confidential information, and in order to get my drawing design, many people were willing to exchange all kinds of secrets. Of course, I made Han Wuji more cautious and careful, I must not miss, nor can I be followed, Han Wuji did a good job, and then the power in my hands gradually became stronger, and I also specially sent a group of twelve people to be dispatched by Han Wuji, and Tianji Pavilion became one of the most famous secret organizations in Southern Chu.

After more than a year, I saw that the income was enough, and began to reduce the design, just a symbol of the surname issued every month, and only convened the firms that had cooperated to bid, and then their merchants asked for the surname to form the Tianji Guild, which means that the guild that cooperates with the Tianji Pavilion, if you want to participate in this guild, you must get three recommenders, and then agree by the Tianji Pavilion. The Heavenly Machine Guild soon became an extremely powerful guild in Southern Chu. I was able to control 10% of the profits of all the merchants of this guild through dry shares, and in the first year I received an income of 600,000 taels of silver, these firms were all reputable, well-funded, and extremely influential firms, although I could not control their operations, but the loss of them would make them lose so much that they could do anything other than rebel for me.

In addition to that, I began to join the training of the "secret camp", which was the code name I gave to this force that I would personally control, and I started by teaching them to read and write, even if they could not write poems and lyrics, to familiarize themselves with the poetry and texts that I had carefully selected, because I could not keep a group of killer characters around, so they had to learn these etiquettes and learn to play the various roles that could appear around me.

After careful study and discussion with me and Xiao Shunzi and Chen Zhi, I divided the secret camp into four groups, the first group is called the Tiger Group, this group is good at attacking and breaking through the sharp, is the main force of killing, they are not only good at Jianghu martial arts, they can fight and kill warriors whose martial arts are higher than their own, and they can form a military formation, besiege the enemy or stick to the help, they can be qualified for the role of bodyguards; The second group is called the Dragon Group, this group is small, they are all teenagers who are good at special skills, I will teach what I have learned in my chest, these people are very interested in one or two subjects, and they are painstakingly studied, I also teach them specially, some people are good at accounting and arranging formations, some people are good at underwater kung fu, some people are good at building, these people will be able to take charge of themselves in the future, suitable for acting alone, they will basically be sent by me to deal with different types of foreign affairs, most of them are under Han Wuji as members of the Tianji Pavilion; The third group is called the dark group, which is good at stealing and assassinating, and I basically won't let them appear by my side in this group, but just carry out the tasks I assigned, because this group is relatively unpromising, so I agreed with them to serve me for ten years, and there can be no fetters within ten years, and after ten years, they will get a rich property, so that they can live a normal life, of course, they can still work for me at that time, just do some less dangerous work, and get the corresponding remuneration for each completed task; The fourth group is called the hidden group, all of them are well-trained undercover agents, basically they can disguise themselves as various characters to listen to the news, their specialty is not martial arts, but good at camouflage, good at listening, after completing the training, I carefully selected eight people in the secret camp, they are all the best of each group, and they can disguise my servants, these people are directly commanded by me, not only to protect me, but also to carry out my orders at any time, in order to facilitate the appointment, I let them all have the surname Jiang, and their names are called Chiji and Thief Li in turn, Baiyi, Yulun, Shanzi, Qu Huang, Hua Liu, Green Ear, the name is their ranking, if there is a loss or replacement, then the person who replaces them is also called this name.

Although these children are still young, but martial arts have made great achievements under the training of Xiao Shunzi, although Xiao Shunzi can not teach them their own martial arts, but after teaching them the martial arts I sorted out, and then they have a trick, these children themselves are pursuing the top and then a surname is stubborn, in order to pick up a few more tricks of Xiao Shunzi are working hard, so they can meet the standard, some of them are not qualified, or shaken children, in the end are Xiao Shunzi abolished martial arts, and then use the drugs I provided to destroy the memory. And it was in front of everyone, because Xiao Shunzi made it very clear to them at the beginning that if the goal could not be achieved, the disposal method, and then Xiao Shunzi secretly arranged for these children to do various stable jobs such as buddies. Under the planned cultivation of me and Xiaoshunzi, these children only know that they are loyal to me, they have no sense of belonging to Nanchu and Dayong, and I have finally created a force of my own.

After the force is established, it is used, and I see that the situation in Nanchu is still relatively stable now, so it is planned by me and commanded by Chen Zhen, and these children take turns to participate in different tasks. Let them go from immaturity to maturity, become ruthless, become calm and ruthless, one of the two biggest tasks, one is one of my cooperative firms, greedy for profit, want to swallow my dry stocks, in order to set an example, I let the secret camp dispatch, the hidden group is responsible for collecting intelligence, the dark group is responsible for clearing the masters employed by the firm and the managers at all levels of the firm, and the tiger group finally thundered and struck, so that more than 300 people up and down the firm died, and the dragon group was ordered to use the legal contract to recover everything we deserve. This is an operation that I personally planned, ruthless, well-planned, and the effect is obvious, no one dares to deceive the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, although many innocent people also died in it, but for me, their deaths are more deterrent, so that when people choose to offend me or betray me, they will consider the consequences.

The most direct consequence of this action is that Tianji Pavilion naturally went underground, and people will not be uneasy because of its mystery, and dare to commit such a bloody case, then Tianji Pavilion itself represents blood and cruelty. Looking forward to getting benefits from me, and fearing my revenge, then the brand of Tianji Pavilion will stand.

The second action is public and private, Dayong's spy network noticed the value of Tianji Pavilion before the Southern Chu Imperial Court, Liang Wan planned an operation, sent someone to threaten and lure a businessman of the Tianji Guild, and used him to enter the bidding meeting of Tianji Pavilion, wanting to use the opportunity of cooperation to control Tianji Pavilion, but she was too greedy, although this businessman successfully got the opportunity to cooperate, but their temptation and tracking were soon discovered by the members of the Dragon Group, and then the dark group and the hidden group set up a network to find out the root cause, after I got the report, I arranged a date, Announcing that the Lord of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion would appear, and Liang Wan, who got the news, really sent his right-hand man to participate, and was killed by me, this time Xiao Shunzi masked and killed all the two top masters under Liang Wan, and the merchant was disqualified from participating in the guild by us, and forced him to hand over the profits that should be allocated to me for a year, so that although he did not go bankrupt, he quickly collapsed after losing his credit and a lot of money.

I not only protected the reputation of Tianji Pavilion, once again expressed the transcendent status and inviolability of Tianji Pavilion, but also dealt a severe blow to Liang Wan's arrogance, I am really satisfied.

When I saw Liang Wan's loss, and Xiao Shunzi went to listen in person, and learned that Liang Wan received the reprimand and punishment from Dayong, she just said coldly: "This woman, she has forgotten her duty, she is a secret spy responsible for listening to the military and the people of Southern Chu, she should not develop her own strength without authorization, if it weren't for the Southern Chu court being too stupid and weak, she would have been captured and killed a long time ago." If it weren't for me to keep her alive, as long as I sent a letter to Prince De, Zhao Jue would arrange for the military forces to completely eradicate her.

Xiao Shunzi asked, "My lord, when are you going to deal with her?" “

I looked into the distance lightly and said: "Wait, the time will come soon, Dayong can't sit still, Xiaoshunzi, we also lost some personnel in this operation, you have to strengthen their martial arts, I will continue to improve their intelligence, we can't afford to lose now, I don't have another two years to waste." “

Look at the information in my hand, it is the information sent back by the members of the hidden group I sent to Dayong, "King Yong's battle at the border pass of the Northern Han Dynasty is smooth, and he will triumph soon", "King Qi is diligent in training", "The army of Dayong is recruiting", "Emperor Yong's re-use of the former naval army to supervise Hailu", although all this news is trivial, but I can see a lot of things, look at the clouds in the distance, I know, the storm will come soon, although the storm is so fierce, even I will cover the top of it, but I just fight for my life, I also want to avenge her, look at the ring on the middle finger of my right hand, I smiled faintly.

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