Chapter 367 What a grand scheme!
At that time, Jiang Yuwei and his brothers, Jiang Liuting and his five brothers, Lin Jingxuan and her sister-in-law, and Jiang Siying were all gathered in one room.
This is Yu Zhiyi's intention.
She disliked the way men took it upon themselves to be considerate and shoulder all the burdens, while keeping the women in their families completely in the dark.
Not only would it make the women seem dull.
It will also render them incapable of taking any risks.
In case the Jiang family incurred the wrath of a force that seemed to be very close to them, the men chose to keep it a secret from the women in order not to alert the enemy.
The women might not reveal the secret because they are completely unaware, but this could become their fatal weakness. If the other side wants to use the women as a breakthrough point, they will likely succeed in breaking through them.
She had handled similar cases in the files she had previously processed.
The Zhang family and the Li family are old friends; they have been neighbors since their ancestors' generation, and four generations have had a very good relationship.
Later, Zhang San and Li Si started doing the same kind of business.
Zhang San was quite talented and his business flourished.
Li Si's talent was not as good as Zhang San's. If he had just stayed in the business and kept a low profile, he could have made enough money to support his family.
However, Li Si failed to recognize his own limitations. Seeing Zhang San's thriving business of reselling ready-made clothes, he also set his sights on reselling.
Unfortunately, he wasn't quick-witted enough, and the clothes he bought at a high price couldn't be sold for a higher price; he could only earn one or two copper coins per piece.
I bought several hundred pieces of clothing and spent more than half a month to earn just over one or two taels of silver.
Then look at Zhang San. He also makes several hundred pieces of clothing, but he can earn five or six taels of silver.
If this could be done every time, earning two taels of silver a month would be a decent livelihood.
Unfortunately, on one occasion, he joined in dealing with fresh vegetables and fruits.
Zhang San was sweet-talking and clever. He had already established connections with several wealthy and influential families, and the goods he purchased were sold to these families. He could sell them all in less than an hour.
It not only saves time and effort, but also earns more money.
After all, wealthy and powerful families are quick to pay.
He can earn at least two ounces from a batch of vegetables and fruits.
Two ounces a day, that's sixty or seventy ounces a month.
Li Si had no sales channels and relied solely on trading fruits and vegetables, especially in the summer. It wasn't that he couldn't sell them, but the money he earned from trading all day wasn't even a fraction of what Zhang San made.
Over time, Li Si's dissatisfaction and resentment grew day by day, and he even harbored evil intentions, resorting to underhanded tactics against Zhang San.
Zhang San was caught off guard by his friend and suffered a great loss.
Afterwards, he questioned Li Si, who wept bitterly and begged for forgiveness.
Out of consideration for their long-standing relationship, Zhang San forgave the other party.
And for several reasons, he did not tell the two families about it.
He didn't say a single word to his family, especially not to them.
So when Li Si arrived the next day with a bag of poison and offered to help in the kitchen, Zhang San's family was completely unprepared.
A family of more than ten people, spanning four generations, were poisoned to death at their own dinner table.
That day, Zhang San didn't eat at home because he had to go out to discuss business, which saved him from disaster.
He went insane after seeing the tragic state of his family.
Yu Zhiyi didn't want to offer unsolicited opinions, but she didn't want the people around her to become like the Zhang family, who were like deaf and mute.
As members of the family, they have the right to know their situation.
She first had Jiang Liuyi explain the Hidden Realm and the Gao family of the Hidden Realm before she began to explain the situation of the Chen family father and daughter.
"If this birth chart is real, then the father and daughter lied to you back then."
Jiang Yuwei exclaimed in astonishment: "Impossible, right?"
It wasn't that he didn't trust Yu Zhiyi's abilities, but rather that what Yu Zhiyi said overturned his understanding of things from the past twenty years.
Most importantly, he personally witnessed Chen Tiesheng shielding his father from a sword!
Jiang Yuchuan was also very puzzled, because he was also present at the time.
She voiced her doubts: "Jin'er, could there be some misunderstanding? Several of us were there and witnessed Chen Tiesheng die."
Yu Zhiyi said, "He didn't die immediately after being injured, did he?"
The Jiang brothers exchanged a glance and nodded simultaneously: "That's right, he held on for a while, about half an hour, before passing away due to the ineffective treatment."
Yu Zhiyi nodded: "That's right. Before he 'passed away,' did he find an excuse to kick them all out, leaving only Chen Ruolan to give her last words?"
Jiang Yuwei was surprised.
Despite having witnessed her abilities more than once, he was still amazed every time she displayed even a little more.
That is indeed the case.
The reason he remembered it so clearly was because at the time he actually harbored a bit of a competitive spirit with Jiang Yuchuan, thinking of taking advantage of Chen Ruolan's vulnerability when she was most heartbroken.
So he stood guard at the door so that he would be the first person she saw when she came out.
In that case, she might forget her brother and fall in love with him instead.
As it turned out, what he did was completely useless.
However, this is not important, since these things are irrelevant to the current situation.
Seeing Jiang Yuwei nod, Yu Zhiyi continued, "Chen Tiesheng's injuries weren't too serious because he had a habit of carrying a chest protector with him. Also... his heart is different from ordinary people; it's not on the left, but on the right."
"Although the blow pierced his breastplate and went through his chest, it didn't penetrate very deep, and because it didn't hit any vital organs, he wouldn't die."
"He knew his own situation, so he called Chen Ruolan to his room not to confide in her, but to set up a fake death."
Such a truth was so shocking that even someone as composed as Jiang Yuchuan was stunned.
This was the first time Jiang Siying had ever attended such a meeting. In the past, she could only hear about these secrets by chance from her older or younger brother, but she could never hear the whole story. She had to rack her brains to find out the whole truth.
This was the first time she had come to the core area of the family and had the same right to know as her brothers.
Moreover, one can even speak: "What kind of plan are you setting up?"
Yu Zhiyi said, "Naturally, it's a scheme targeting the entire Martial Arts Alliance."
"In Chen Tiesheng's mind, his daughter was smart and beautiful and would surely be able to bewitch the two young masters at the time."
"Although the eldest young master is very good and is highly regarded by the old leader, the second young master clearly has a brighter future and is more likely to sit on the throne of the leader."
"So he took advantage of the favor and hoped that the old leader could arrange a marriage between the second young master and Chen Ruolan."
"As long as these two get married and have an heir, he will be able to find a way to eliminate the father and keep the son, and then control the entire martial arts alliance by controlling the child."
The Jiang family members: "..."
Really, what a grand scheme!
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