While Chen Yi felt that his life was involuntary, his emotions were also quite complicated.

On the one hand, he was rather frustrated.

Although he is already a cultivator in the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, and he is a first-class master in the rivers and lakes, he still seems too small in the face of a behemoth like the family, and he is no different from an ant at the feet of a giant.

As long as the other party wants to, he can crush himself with one finger, and he doesn't have to bear any guilt.

Now involved in the power struggle between the other party, in a short period of time, his fate has risen and fallen several times.

From the excitement that I thought I had borrowed the momentum of the Zheng family and could rise to the top in the future, to the despair of being attacked and killed by Zheng Yuqing and almost destroying the whole family;

and then was indirectly rescued by the Zhao family, and met the luck of survival, and finally found that he had just come out of the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den, and his fate fell into the hands of a scheming person like Zhao Ning.

It can be described as thrilling to the extreme.

On the other hand, Chen Yi is still excited, and the burning fighting spirit in his heart has not been extinguished.

He used to run up and down for the Zheng family, just to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and to use the power of the Zheng family to make himself profit - as long as the big tree is there, it doesn't matter which one it is.

Doing things for the Zheng family is doing, and working hard for the Zhao family is also selling, as long as the Zhao family does not treat himself badly.

Moreover, people like Chen Yi from other families are not familiar with it, but the Zhao family is the first in the gate, and he still knows the strength of the other party.

After many years of wandering around the wharf, Zhao's style of acting kindly, treating workers well, and not squeezing the low-level coolies He also knows that it is definitely much better to be able to hold the big tree of the Zhao family than to hold the big tree of the Zheng family.

If you can borrow the momentum of the Zhao clan and use the various foundations that you have established in the dock for more than ten years, you will soon be able to establish your own ship, and then your hands will not be limited to the dock, but can reach into the canal!

With the help of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, you will establish your own river gang step by step, and you will have the opportunity to intervene in countless trading and making a living along the way!

In less than ten years, it is possible to have semicolons, shops, warehouses, and their own people everywhere, and become a wealthy businessman with a lot of money and power!

If you can do this, you can not only completely change the fate of your poor family, but also let the fathers and villagers in the village come to do things under their own hands, so that they can also eat and drink spicy!

Those who have helped themselves can make them feel rich and let them know that they are not looking at the wrong person!

Those who have dealt with themselves can also make them pay the price, make them bow their heads to themselves and beg for mercy, and regret for the dog people at that time!

Thinking of these, how could Chen Yi not be high-spirited in his heart?

This is something he has worked hard for half his life, has never slacked off for a moment, and is looking forward to it day and night. Although he has not been able to achieve his goal, he has never given up.

And he also knows that if he wants to become big, get a piece of the pie from many powerful families, and deal with all kinds of official interests, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky. Without the help of the nobles of the family, it is impossible to succeed.

Will reality be his way?

At present, Chen Yi has to worry: whether Zhao Ning will treat him well.

After all, he was the one who contacted the Zheng clan for the Zheng clan to let Wang Shu plot against the Zhao clan before, and he was a real accomplice, I don't know if Zhao Ning was seriously dissatisfied with him, and whether he would ignore the previous suspicions.

If Zhao Ning was unwilling to promote him and let him become the wings of the Zhao family, it would be impossible for him to realize these dreams.

If Zhao Ning grudges against his previous behavior, he will also learn

Zheng Yuqing, if he is done using it, he will abandon it, so don't say that to realize his life ambitions, he even has a problem with his life!

Further, the avenue is facing the sky, the sea is wide and the fish can leap forward; taking a step back, standing on the ground as a prison, is a dilemma of life and death.

At this critical juncture in life, anyone who is not resigned to fate without desire or desire cannot be calm. Chen Yi felt his pounding heartbeat, and he couldn't hold it down.

He glanced back into the room.

The wife is holding the sleeping little child in her arms, pulling the ignorant eldest daughter, and is looking at herself anxiously and nervously - looking at the sky of the family.

Chen Yi had a warm and soft smile on his face, signaling the other party to rest assured.

For the sake of the beloved family, for the eyes of their expectation, no matter how hard it is, what is there to be afraid of, but it is just gritting your teeth and working hard.

He turned around and walked to Zhao Ning, bowed down to this young man who could decide the life and death of his family and the fate of his life, and said sincerely:

"Zhao Gongzi, Chen Yi accidentally offended the Zhao family before, and he knew that he was guilty, so he didn't dare to expect Gongzi to understand, and he just wanted to be able to make up for it if he could. If the son does not dislike it, Chen Yi is willing to lead the horse for the son, and let him be driven as soon as he takes effect!"

His rather sudden move made everyone a little stunned.

Looking at Chen Yi who was kneeling on the ground, Fang Moyuan's eyes became contemptuous. How can a man kneel when he has gold under his knees? Besides, the situation has not reached the point where he needs to beg for mercy.

In addition to the accident, Zhao Ning also looked down on Chen Yi's behavior.

When he noticed Chen Yi's wife in the room because of Chen Yi's undignified behavior, he couldn't help but take a few steps forward, biting her lip, and her eyes were full of tears of distress for her husband, his heart moved.

He no longer has any disdain for Chen Yi.

The greatest dignity of a man is not to die to save face, but to be able to hold up a piece of heaven for his wife and children.

In order to let the family live well, there is no need to grovel to be a man, and it is really nothing to break your eyebrows and bend your waist to deal with the powerful.

Chen Yi wants to ensure that he and his family can be safe and sound, and taking the initiative to fight for it is the proper meaning of the question, and it is incompetent to sit back and wait for the judgment of fate.

"I'll give you this chance. But remember, you only get one chance. Zhao Ning spoke lightly and pronounced Chen Yi's fate.

He still needs Chen Yi, and the other party didn't do anything to the Zhao family's people, and Wang Shu killed only their own people.

The other party can do his best to make this murder harmless to the Zhao family, and he can also fight back against the Zheng family, no matter how he can offset the credit.

Although Zhao Ning no longer despises Chen Yi, he doesn't look up to the other party very much, and he doesn't even have much sympathy, just a little embarrassed.

Life is like this, always forcing people not to look like individuals, especially to the low-level civilians.

Rural people like Chen Yi were born without many survival resources in their hands, and they had to work hard to feed and clothe themselves and their families, and they had to endure exploitation and even bullying by powerful officials.

In contrast, the son of a wealthy official was born with a rich family property, fine clothes and food, and all his career was helped by money, power, and connections, and it was not difficult to succeed. Even if you are a landlord who collects rents and waits for death, there is no shortage of fine wine, food and beauty.

If you want to climb up at the bottom, you have to bow your head to the rich and powerful officials, and even kneel down. Just like Chen Yi did to him.

Life has never been fair.

But no one is to blame.

As the son of the first noble family of the Great Qi Dynasty, the heir of the head of the family, and the future prince of Zhenguo, he can

There is only one way to do it, and the only way to do it is to keep the Great Qi and defeat the Beihu invasion, so that everyone can live and not have to be ruined.

This is his struggle.

Zhao Ning's words were tantamount to heaven for Chen Yi, and the latter was overjoyed and said goodbye, "Thank you Zhao Gongzi!"

With Zheng Yuqing, who was tied up by cold chains, Zhao Ning and the others went out of the courtyard gate, looked at the street where there was no abnormality, Zhao Ning shook his head in disappointment, turned his head to Zheng Yuqing, who was about to die, and said, "It seems that no one from the Zheng family came to save you." ”

Zheng Yuqing, who hung his head and was completely distracted, did not say anything. How could he answer, saying that his family was incompetent, he didn't expect Zhao Ning to appear here at this time?

Zhao Ning didn't let his guard down, he called Fang Moyuan aside, told them a few words, and asked them to take Chen Yi, Zheng Yuqing and others to the Duwei Mansion.

"Childe, don't worry, if someone robs the road halfway, Fang will definitely let them know that it is powerful. In terms of physiognomy, Fang Moyuan, who was a little more handsome than Zhao Ning, said with a smile, looking confident and personable.

Turning over and getting on the horse, Zhao Ning galloped all the way to Zhao's manor in Shimen County under the escort of Zhao Qiyue and other Zhao masters.

There are murders caused by the scramble for irrigation water, there are more people killed than the dock, and the matter is several times more dangerous than here, and the power involved is also greater, Zhao Ning must rush over to deal with it as soon as possible.

The Zhao family arranged a lot of actions, and Zhao Ning naturally would not deal with them all personally. According to the importance and danger level, he will not take care of ordinary cases, and there is not enough time.

He only picked the dock murder case and the manor fight case.

The water source weapon fight case in Shimen County is extraordinary, and Zhao Ning also needs to deal with it mentally, and if he is not careful, he may lose everything.

......

Under the leadership of Xu Minglang, the disciples launched an operation against the Zhao clan today, and all parties acted at the same time, striving to crush the Zhao clan to death with the momentum of a volcanic eruption.

At the next four moments, the Cangshui River dam in Shimen County has stopped. Hundreds of people gathered in the open space next to the dam, sitting or standing in two sides, but they did not disperse, and their emotions were still quite excited.

In the middle place, there is a row of more than a dozen dead bodies, which is particularly eye-catching.

The officials of Jingzhao Mansion had already arrived, controlled the scene, and were inquiring about the situation, there were scribes making records, and from time to time villagers were called out for questioning.

On a green hill upstream of the dam, there is a group of well-dressed and wealthy people looking at the dam from afar.

The two middle-aged people at the head were talking, their expressions were very relaxed, and they smiled from time to time, no matter how they looked at it, they were a little pointing.

"This is the case, the big picture has been decided. In order to compete for water sources, Zhao's manor connived at thugs and tenants to oppress the people, killing more than 10 people, which has become an indisputable fact. ”

Lu Zheng, who came from the Lu clan of Mendi, stroked his beard and smiled, "The family of Shilu must not compete with the subordinates for profit, and the family bullies the people, this is a big hat, and it is most likely to arouse public opinion and public anger, and the Yushitai can indulge in it." ”

"The Jinling Wu clan and the Guangling Yang clan, in order to compete for a hunting ground, just caused the death and injury of their respective servants, and they were reduced by the imperial court to inherit the title, and now the Zhao clan has killed ordinary people, and the responsibility for this crime is great. ”

Zheng Zhi from the Zheng family also said twice, "With the Wu family and the Yang family Zhuyu in front, it is impossible for the Zhao family to be lightly dismissed this time." Not to mention anything else, this case alone is enough for the Zhao family to lose the title of Duke of Zhenguo and let Zhao Xuanji step down from the position of the Grand Governor.

"In this way, the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can be carried out smoothly without much hindrance. ”