Chapter 402: Preparing for a Rainy Day (Part II) (2nd Update)
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Unlike Yang Jiu's concern and fear, Yang Wu was paying close attention to the old man's expression, when he saw that although the old man's words were fierce and his expression was fierce, a glint flashed in his eyes, and he immediately thought that he didn't have to bother how to persuade Yang Jiuguan to accept the "succession" problem at the beginning, he only needed to cooperate with the old man to pave the way for Yang Jiuguan in the future, and the rest of the old man did it himself.
Can it be done? Naturally, it can be done, and the old man's method has always had a strong personal style: even coaxing and scare, and trying unpleasantly.
In his heart, he couldn't help but start to feel a little sympathetic to Yang Jiuguan.
"Hmm...... So let's talk about how to avoid starting the way to decline when you reach the top. "Sympathy is just a momentary reaction, and compared to the interests of the entire clan, Yang Jiuguan's personal interests are also very small.
Yang Wu fixed his mind, and seeing that Yang Jiuguan finally temporarily jumped out of his fear, he nodded slightly to show satisfaction, and said: "The method we think of is to bring about our own destruction before the heavens are about to kill me." ”
"Although the problem has been solved, I still don't know the specific operation methods of this method." Yang Jiuguan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forced himself to calm down.
"Well, this is a secret of my clan, so you need to make sure that after I say it, it won't reach the ears of the fourth person." At this moment, not only Yang Wu's expression, but also the old man Yang also stood up from his sitting posture, with the same stern expression.
"I, Yang Jiuguan, swear that what I heard here today will never be said to anyone outside, if there is a violation, the world will not tolerate it!" Yang Jiuguan said solemnly with his right palm to the sky.
"Well, you need to remember what you said today...... Originally, with what we know about you, there is no need for this, but this matter is really important......"
"I understand." Yang Jiuguan nodded lightly and said, "So what kind of 'self-destruction' is this method?" ”
"To put it a little more arrogantly, this method -- or plan -- is called 'deception of the sky'; to put it more down-to-earth, you should have seen a lot, it is called 'separation.'" Yang Wu's calm words were as good as nine thunders to Yang Jiuguan.
"Deception?" From this name alone, you can see the madness hidden in the hearts of Yang Duan, Yang Wu and others - that is, it is okay to say "arrogant to the extreme"!
What is the day? Heaven is where the Tao is!
What is the Tao? To put it bluntly, the Tao is to know!
The way of heaven is "God knows"! God knows everything, if you want to "deceive the sky", is it possible?
"This 'deception' is not the seven days of 'ten days' and 'seven days'......" Old man Yang didn't know where he got his interest, so he could still say a ridiculous word at this time.
"I ...... I know. Yang Jiuguan smiled bitterly in response, "'Splitting the family' is better understood, but I wonder if I understood it wrong...... Splitting the family, does it mean that we want to divide our Yang family into two? ”
When he asked this sentence, he stared intently at Yang Wu and Old Man Yang, and when he asked this sentence, he saw that neither of them shook their heads in denial, but was silent, even though he was already prepared in his heart, he still exclaimed uncontrollably: "How can this work!" ”
Perhaps realizing that his voice was a little louder, after exclaiming, he asked in an anxious low voice: "If the clan is divided into two places, it also means that some people will abandon my surname Yang and go to his surname, right?" Who would turn their backs on their ancestors and the surnames they have had for most of their lives, and go to a different identity to survive? ”
"This, naturally, is difficult." Yang Wu was unmoved, and nodded like an outsider.
"Besides, you must not forget what shape you are now!" As he spoke, Yang Jiuguan pointed outside and said sharply: "Now even a child knows that my Yang clan's ascension to the top of the royal family is just around the corner!" You can't possibly not think of what this means, right? This means that all the people of my clan will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future! Once you will be rich! At this time, if you go to tell them that you want to split up the family, and you want some people not to have the surname Yang, you will cut off the wealth and prosperity of those people...... Have you ever thought about what would happen? ”
"Naturally, it's ......" Yang Wu nodded along with Yang Jiuguan's words, and opened his mouth to speak, but Yang Jiuguan also gave him a short moment to say three words, and the next words were still interrupted by him.
"You didn't even think about it!" When Yang Jiuguan said this, there was a look of sadness in his eyes, as if he had seen the tragic scene after announcing the decision to "split the family" at this time.
"Some people will feel abandoned by the clan and have no support to live; Some people are separated from each other and brothers turn against each other, in order to be able to continue to use the surname Yang, and some people's father's surname is Yang, their grandfather's surname is Yang, and even their own surname is Yang, but his newborn son is no longer surnamed Yang, so what does this baby have to do with him? But that's not all! ”
"More people, more dissatisfied people, whether they continue to have the surname Yang or no longer have the surname Yang, get together, you must come here and angrily ask why you made this decision! You sued them that this was to leave the Yang clan a way to live, they couldn't listen to it at all, what does it matter to me whether the children and grandchildren live or die? I only know that it is you who block my road to wealth, power, and turnover! What will you do then? ”
After Yang Jiuguan finished speaking, the silence in the room was as before, he gasped heavily, he choked unwillingly, he was looking forward to hearing a sentence from the old man or Yang Wu's mouth, "I'll tease you", but he didn't wait after all.
What awaited him was another sentence that he did not expect.
"The so-called separation, you may understand that there is a slight deviation...... Yang Wu chuckled: "We are not divided into two, we are divided into three." ”
"Nonsense!" Without thinking about it, Yang Jiuguan scolded angrily: "You're not messy enough, are you?" It's messy enough to divide into two, and you still want to divide it? Three? Hmph, I'm afraid that when the time comes, it won't be that group of people who are entangled to question you, but they will pick up the tools at hand, or kitchen knives, or hook shovels, or flat poles, or cut or kill or beat, and beat those who are still surnamed Yang to death one by one, beat them to beg for mercy, and beat them until they promised to change their surnames with them before they will give up! Yang Wu, what are your intentions! ”
This last sentence can already be regarded as the most lethal sentence of so many words that Yang Jiuguan said. What was the original intention of Yang Wu to tell Yang Jiuguan like this? It is to protect the Yang family, and to prevent the eventual decline - but now, his original intention is questioned and considered to have ulterior intentions, so where is the basis for continuing to put into practice his plans after this?
It's like a meat seller saying to a group of beggars, "You beg for money, give me all the money, I'll give you meat to eat—but in reality, what's for the good of the beggars?" It's just that the meat seller wants to sell more meat and make more money.
After all, the meat seller is not the same kind of person as the beggars.
And Yang Jiuguan's words are asking Yang Wu: Are you the same kind of person as us?
In other words, you, Yang Wu, come up with such an idea, are you still not from our Yang clan?
Subjected to such questioning and questioning, if he is as short-tempered as Yang Min, I am afraid that at this time, he will already have to fight to the death with Yang Jiuguan.
However, although Yang Wu also had chagrin in his heart, he was more emotional...... Glad?
If Yang Jiuguan didn't have these words, although Yang Wu openly agreed with Old Man Yang's idea, he was afraid that he would secretly have some reservations, at least he would observe in his own way—to put it more bluntly, "surveillance"—and after a period of time, make sure that Yang Jiuguan really didn't have any problems, and then he would fully trust him.
When it comes to the survival of the clan, it is impossible to be too careful.
And Yang Jiuguan's reaction can be described as an unexpected joy for Yang Wu, he doesn't need to use any more thoughts, and there is no need to spy secretly, at this time he has already made up his mind in his heart: Yang Jiuguan, who can still put the interests of the whole clan first at this time, is definitely qualified to take over the old man's class!
"You...... Why don't you hear what I'm going to do first? Seeing that Yang Jiuguan's breath calmed down slightly, Yang Wu asked him rhetorically.
"How?" Yang Jiuguan frowned, "Isn't the 'separation' you just said how to do it?" ”
"Then how do you explain the term 'deception'? Do you know how I'm going to deceive God? You know it's true that the separation is true, so how am I going to divide it, do you want to hear it? Looking at Yang Jiuguan's gradually changing face, Yang Wu did not take the opportunity to make things difficult, but still asked Yang Jiuguan his questions with the appearance of an equal conversation: "Since the family is divided, there must also be a way to divide the family, so how do I divide it?" Is it to divide the whole clan equally into three parts, or is there another division? Do you force everyone to score points without scoring, or do they let them divide voluntarily or unconsciously? Also, don't you want to hear which surname I assign the other two parts to? Is the surname Zhang or the surname Wang? Is it Jiang or Liu? Is it Zhou or Zhao? ”
"This ......" Yang Jiuguan suddenly found that his previous reaction seemed to be too intense, just as Yang Wu said, he didn't seem to ask a lot of things in detail, and subjectively guessed a lot of things - perhaps it was because of these unexplained things that his understanding of Yang Wu's method of "separating the family" or "deceiving the sky" was skewed.
Thinking of this, his heavy breathing suddenly became cautious, he was silent but tilted his ears, his eyes were cautious but full of anticipation for Yang Wu's answer...... He longed to hear an answer from Yang Wu that was different from his own understanding.
Because he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was Yang Wu! If all the unreasonable things he could think of Yang Wu hadn't thought of before, or thought of it but couldn't solve it, then how did he sit firmly in the position of the city lord of Xizhou City for so many years? And how did he hold on undefeated under the siege of Song Yuanxie's army?
He is Yang Wu, how could he have no way!