Chapter 314 Scholar
Xie Zhan, whom the Zhu brothers wanted to kill, has now woken up.
He was quite pleased with the current chaos in the South. It was worth his delay in dealing with Lu Xihua, and it was worth his having Zuo Anmin surround the Zhu family for three days. Driven by these factors, the situation in the South was indeed developing in the direction he had anticipated.
Before being taken to the prison, the Zhu family father and son shouted loudly that it was Xie Zhan who set up the trap to harm the Zhu family. Xie Nan also relayed this to Xie Zhan.
"Master, what about your reputation?" Xie Nan admired and felt sorry for the head of his family.
"It's okay." Xie Zhan could have expected that the words those people would use to scold him would be cruel, ungrateful, heartless and so on.
He is cruel and ruthless, and he has no regrets about dealing with the Chen family.
If he doesn't get rid of the Chen family, does he want them to keep sucking his blood?
The Chen family ended up like this because they were too greedy.
When Chen Jiaye forced himself to serve the Chen family, he should have thought that this day would come.
"These people are so hateful!" Xie Nan really hated those who spoke too harshly.
Xie Zhan didn't care about these things. What he cared about was that under his leadership, the southern land would be destroyed and then rebuilt, and their Xie family would take this opportunity to occupy a place.
When one is still weak and in the stage of primitive accumulation of capital, it is inevitable to use some low-level means. Now that he is in the early stages of building power, it is normal for him to use some conspiracy tactics that are not even on the table.
Xie Zhan does not feel ashamed, as ability and character are not in conflict.
If he is the ultimate winner, he will have a fig leaf to beautify his methods.
If he is the ultimate loser, no matter how flawless his character is, people will still find fault with him.
Was the rise of the six great families a clean one? Who now remembers their sordid history of rising to power?
Take the Dali Dynasty as an example. The original intention of establishing the Songli Dynasty was to seek welfare for the people, but how are the people living now?
Xie Nan asked again, "By the way, Patriarch, will the Zhu family's father and son exposing you in public like this affect your subsequent plans?"
"No, the Southland is already in chaos. Without a sufficiently strong external force, it won't stop easily. Besides, what the Zhu family father and son said has no evidence. Everything is just their speculation."
At this time, Xie Zhan had not yet realized that the Zhu family already knew clearly that he was the mastermind behind the scenes. He only felt that the Zhu family hated him as the executor, and now that Chen Jiaye and others were dead, they wanted to drag him down with them.
But it doesn't matter, he has a shield.
Xie Zhan ordered, “Let the public opinion spread and put all the blame on Chen Jiaye.”
In this way, he wasn't the decision-maker, just the person who was in charge of the work. Between these two realities and fakes, he could hide for a while. This period of time was enough.
At this moment, the sound of stones falling was heard outside the window, and Xie Zhan and Xie Nan stopped talking.
Not long after, Mr. Chen Qi pushed the door open and came in with his men.
As soon as he came in, he saw Xie Zhan's clansmen serving him medicine.
"Are you awake?"
"Well, Seventh Master is here?" Xie Zhan handed the bowl to Xie Nan.
Xie Nan lowered his head slightly and went out with a bowl of medicine.
Mr. Chen Qi is now the temporary head of the Chen family, and it was he and Madam Chen who decided to retaliate against the Lu family.
Zhu Changnian's words forced him to take time out of his busy schedule to visit Xie Zhan.
When he saw Xie Zhan at this time, he asked directly about the accusation made by Zhu Changnian.
"What Zhu Changnian said is true. That was indeed a plan that the Patriarch and I discussed." Xie Zhan sighed deeply after saying this. "It's a pity that the Patriarch won't be able to see the outcome."
Very few people knew about the implementation of this plan, no more than five people, and all of these five people died in the mountain torrent.
When Master Chen Qi heard him say this, he didn't deny it outright, but instead stopped doubting him. He subconsciously felt that the plan was the clan leader's idea, and Xie Zhan was just the one responsible for its execution.
At this time, the manager outside the Chen family came over and Mr. Chen Qi told him to have a good rest and then left.
Now the Chen family and the Lu family are fighting fiercely, and he is really busy.
After Xie Zhan had the rumor spread, public opinion in the South was in an uproar.
"Don't think too highly of Xie Zhan. To Chen Jiaye, Xie Zhan is a son-in-law, to put it nicely. In reality, he is just a dog under Chen Jiaye's command."
"It was Chen Jiaye who schemed against the Zhu family! But Chen Jiaye and twenty to thirty of his clansmen died in the flash flood. It's truly tragic."
"Chen Jiaye used his tricks to bring down the Zhu family, but he himself died a violent death. This is what they call evildoers will be punished by heaven!"
"What about Lu Xihua, who killed so many people in the Chen family?"
"None of them are good people! Evil will be punished by evil!"
Xie Zhan was also paying attention to the development of public opinion, and he was satisfied with the results.
"This public opinion method is really useful." No wonder the Lu father and daughter like to use it, it really works every time.
A hidden villa somewhere in the South
"Why are you so afraid of death?" Ji Wuyin was speechless. Ever since the imperial envoy showed up at Zhu's house yesterday, this old man had been strongly demanding to leave the house and asked him to find a secret place for them to hide.
Xue Xu: "Better safe than sorry."
"When you lived in Ji Mansion before, nothing happened, didn't it?" Ji Wuyin felt that he was a little too cautious and was easily startled.
Xue Xu said, "This is a temporary change."
Once the Zhu family falls, Xie Zhan will be ready to inspect the results at any time. He learned from the Sixth Madam that Xie Zhan is very smart and he has to be on guard.
Forget it, they have already moved, and Ji Wuyin is too lazy to dwell on this issue.
Thinking about the current situation, Ji Wuyin shook his head and said, "Zhu Changnian's efforts have been in vain."
Xue Xu and Ji Wuyin have been closely following the development of the entire situation.
Zhu Changnian's words should have alerted all the smart people who heard them, especially the heads of other noble families.
But in reality, the effect is minimal.
Xue Xu said, "Someone is manipulating public opinion in your southern region." He was familiar with this. The Sixth Madam and Lord Lu were very good at manipulating public opinion. He also studied it, so he could see at a glance that someone was manipulating public opinion.
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
Xie Zhan is such a smart copycat! Qin Sheng curled his lips, "No need to guess, this must be Xie Zhan's doing!" He's just copying Li Li!
Xue Xu: This Xie Zhan really just uses whatever he can get. As long as he can use it, he will learn and use it. He is really shameless.
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