"What I mean is that the bandits led by Huang Sanba have only been around for two or three years. As long as we use the right strategy, it won't be difficult to wipe them out!"
The reason why this bandit suppression failed was mostly due to his eagerness to save people, his failure to fully understand his opponents, and his failure to thoroughly understand the terrain before taking action!
But Shen Shangxu is never one to give up easily.
Two more days have passed in the blink of an eye.
The leader also used the excuse of letting Meng Renhun recuperate in peace to take away the power in his hands.
In this way, in everyone's eyes, Meng Renhun became a tiger without claws.
For the leader, it seemed there was no longer any threat.
We're just waiting for the right moment to completely wipe Meng Renhun off the face of the earth.
Without any constraints, the leader became increasingly autocratic in his actions.
Forget about torturing prisoners; they even beheaded their own henchmen at the slightest provocation...
For a time, everyone on the mountain was filled with panic.
However, Meng Renhun was not the kind of person who could be easily slaughtered.
He seemed to resign himself to fate, but in reality, he had already secretly plotted to deliver a fatal blow to the leader!
The moment of life and death was not supposed to come so soon.
However, a small incident occurred in the middle, which directly led to the second-in-command losing his temper and taking action ahead of schedule.
This little incident was naturally involving Liu Yingying.
Although Liu Yingying is already twenty-eight years old, she is considered a middle-aged woman in this era.
But you can't deny that she is indeed beautiful.
Meng Renhun had long since decided that this woman would be his sooner or later.
But little did they know, the leader secretly shared the same idea.
Huang Sanba felt that since Meng Renhun no longer posed a threat to him, he could play with his woman first.
That way, we can thoroughly humiliate Meng Renhun before killing him!
Let him always put him on top of you!
So, just as Liu Yingying brought the food to Meng Renhun's room that day, someone from Huang Sanba's side came to deliver a message.
"Liu, the head of the household orders you to prepare a few dishes and send them to his room!" the man commanded.
Ever since Liu Yingying showed off her culinary skills, she has been personally preparing all the meals for the two heads of the household.
But she was only responsible for taking care of the second-in-command, Meng Renhun.
The head of the household has someone else responsible for delivering their meals...
Why are you acting so strangely today?
"Don't you know that Liu Shi is only responsible for serving me?" Meng Renhun's voice rang out coldly.
The man was not afraid. "I know, but this is the boss's order. Please don't make things difficult for me."
"Hmph! Is he now even targeting my people?" Meng Renhun angrily smashed a teacup.
"Second Master, please calm down!" Liu Yingying pretended to be understanding and said to the man, "Please trouble you to tell the First Master that I will prepare wine and dishes and send them over right away!"
"Then you'd better hurry up, or you'll keep the boss waiting!" With that, he gave a malicious sneer and left.
"Damn it!" Meng Renhun's face was terribly grim. "I'll kill him sooner or later!"
Young man, I approve of your idea, but at least wait until I finish my act.
Liu Yingying suddenly reached out and grasped his hand. "Your plan is about to come to a close, and it's not good for things to go wrong at this time! Let me go instead?"
Meng Renhun was persuaded.
Although he liked Liu Yingying, his life was now at stake.
He was provoked just now, but now that he's calmed down and thought about it, he wouldn't ruin his plans for a woman.
So they tacitly allowed Liu Yingying to go...
Soon, Liu Yingying prepared the meal and delivered it to the head of the household's room.
"Master, the food has been served. If there are no further instructions, I will take my leave..."
"etc!"
"Come here!"
The gang leader beckoned to her with a lecherous look on his face.
Liu Yingying naturally knew what he was planning, but she suddenly collapsed to the ground and began to cry, her face streaked with tears.
"Why are you crying?" The leader frowned.
"Waaaaah... My life is so miserable! Master, you must do me justice!"
These words confused the leader.
"Alright! Stop crying for now and get your facts straight!"
"yes!"
Liu Yingying wiped away her tears, "To be honest, you absolutely mustn't eat this food!"
The leader was even more confused. "What...do you mean?"
"The second-in-command said he already knows that you colluded with the government officials to kill him, so he forced me to poison his food. The second-in-command also said..."
Liu Yingying deliberately hesitated, feigning fear.
The head of the gang was getting anxious for her. He slapped his thigh and jumped to his feet. "What else did Meng Renhun say? Just tell me the whole thing already!!"
He felt that he would definitely die of anxiety before being poisoned by Meng Renhun!
"He also said that he was more suited to be the boss than you, and if it weren't for his mercy, you would have died at his hands countless times..."
"hateful!"
After hearing this, the head of the gang was so angry that he grabbed a plate of food and smashed it on the ground.
Liu Junshi, who happened to be passing by, heard the commotion and came in.
"Boss, what... what's going on?"
"It's all that brat Meng Renhun's doing! He got suspicious and tried to poison me first!" the leader said angrily.
However, Liu Junshi was, after all, a scholar, and his mind was not as sharp as that of a roughneck like Huang Sanba. He was not so easily swayed by one-sided accounts.
Observing the changes in his expression, Liu Yingying spoke first, "What I said is all true! Chief, Military Advisor Liu, if you don't believe me, you can check these dishes!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Junshi's eyes flashed, and he ordered someone to bring a dog.
Then I saw the dog eat a few bites of food, then collapse to the ground, convulsing and foaming at the mouth, before kicking its legs and dying a short while later.
Upon seeing this, both Huang Sanba and Military Advisor Liu were startled.
Huang Sanba, in particular, had no interest in that kind of thing at the moment. After coercing and enticing Liu Yingying, he sent someone back to appease Meng Renhun first.
Back in the kitchen, Liu Yingying disposed of all the remaining Gelsemium elegans.
She painstakingly pulled these poisonous plants out one by one from the overgrown weeds on the back hill...
Zhang Hui, holding her son, watched from the side, her face showing worry. "Do you think they'll really fall for it?"
Liu Yingying smiled and looked up at her. "Sometimes, you shouldn't underestimate your opponent, but you also shouldn't overestimate them. Huang Sanba and Meng Renhun are like two tigers that can't share the same mountain. Their animosity has been there for a long time. I just added fuel to the fire... But now, I need to give Meng Renhun another push!"
Huang Sanba believed Liu Yingying's words and followed Liu Junshi's plan, so he began to feign illness, hoping to use stillness to control movement.
This move left Meng Renhun somewhat bewildered.
Why did you suddenly start faking illness?
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