Chapter 42: Hope in the depths of despair
In the matter of Cheng Wei, Li Ze was the biggest winner. Not only did he take back the entire Yixingtang, he also took this opportunity to tie Wang Mingyi and Yang Kai to his own chariot. Although he gave Wang Mingyi 20% of the shares, Yixingtang could also use Wang Mingyi to extend his tentacles to Chengde area without attracting attention. This was almost a decision made by Li Ze subconsciously, and he did not think deeply about what profound significance his actions would have in the future. He just felt that this was a good opportunity. Be prepared without any trouble, or when he was at the moment, he could use it. This was like a casual trick in playing Go. He could not see what the meaning was, but when he really needed it, he would often become a winner.
Li Ze actually knew how to use this piece and when to use it, and just did it casually. As for Yang Kai, after all, he was an official of his parents. There were many things, and the effect was very different with him and without him. At least, if such a guy didn't cause trouble, Li Ze would save him a lot of effort. For this reason, it would be okay to give him some sweetness. This person has no ambitions, but most officials Li Ze had met in the past, and he was just as safe as an official, and he would give himself some money to live a more comfortable life. Such a person is the best deal with.
However, Cheng Wei gave Li Ze a great excitement.
When he was expelled from the country by the yamen runners sent by Yang Kai, Li Ze went to take a look from afar. He had just heard of it all night, which was more like a legendary story. But this time Li Ze witnessed with his own eyes how Cheng Wei went from a relatively strong middle-aged man to a hunched old man overnight.
His house was gone, his land was gone, and his shares were gone. The only thing he allowed to take away was the gold, silver and fine materials of his family. However, judging from the situation of their group, it was really hard to say how much he could take away. Cheng Feng limped and arranged his trip, which seemed to have suffered a lot. The middle-aged men of the Cheng family had more or less scars on their bodies. Obviously, this was done by those yamen runners.
Li Ze did not allow Yang Kai to rob Cheng Wei of his wealth again, but this did not restrict the yamen runners and the troupes below. These people made money by these things. Otherwise, with the small salary in the county government, how could they live a prosperous life!
Li Ze had no choice but to stop such a thing.
The Cheng family was completely defeated by dozens of people, just four ox carts. Seeing Cheng Wei snuggling on a ox cart as if he had lost his soul, Li Ze couldn't help but suck his heart.
He was not pitiful to Cheng Wei. When he had thoughts that he should not have, he should actually bear the consequences of being retaliated after failure. He just saw a certain possibility of his future from Cheng Wei.
Compared to Cheng Wei, I am a giant, but how many more cruel, vicious and more gluttonous beasts are there on my own!
I also gave Cheng Wei a way out. One day in the future, will I really end up with Cheng Wei?
Li Ze drank, drinking desperately.
Whenever there is an insolvent knot in his heart, Li Ze infinitely amplifies this despair, immersing his mind in an inextricable despair, and making this despair become deeper and deeper.
Humans are very strange creatures. When a certain kind of despair reaches its peak and there is no upward space, hope will be born in the deepest part of despair, and a courage to die and survive. This courage will sweep away negative emotions and support people to move forward bravely.
Regardless of the final consequences, at least this process of carrying the burden is a motivation to keep going. In the last life, Li Ze did this and finally made him successful. In this life, he still maintained this habit. Gongsun Changming and Xia He saw a decadent Li Ze, but for Li Ze, he was reborn in the ashes.
After returning to the village, everything returned to peace. Li Ze began to repeat his monotonous life, trained his body, read, and discussed the trend of the world with Gongsun Changming. Finally, it extended to the current Tang Dynasty to restore its past prosperity and even take a step forward.
Gongsun Changming still believed that the Tang Dynasty was exhausted and there was still great potential, but Li Ze believed that the old order would inevitably be broken, and that the turmoil in the world would quickly spread to the world after Lu Long began. The Jiedushi had formed a de facto warlord separatism, and now there was barely a fig leaf blocking everyone's dirty thoughts. When this fig leaf was torn off, it would inevitably be an era of attacking each other, prey on the weak, and annexing each other.
It was the era of bleeding in the world.
Sometimes the two of them would fight each other and their faces were blushing and their necks were thick, pointing at their noses and cursing, and throwing cups and bowls were common, so that Xia He finally hid all the precious sets of tableware in Mingshuyuan, and only took out some large porcelain bowls and let the old and young vent their anger when they were angry.
However, the two of them enjoyed it. This kind of debate was a process of gaining benefits for these two people. Through Gongsun Changming's comments on the world, Li Ze had a more intuitive feeling about the people who were in the Tang Dynasty and the fate of the Tang Dynasty. Gongsun Changming also had some of his own ideas about the current crisis facing the Tang Dynasty and the future way out.
Liang Han was released, but after he came back, he saw Li Ze, and saw a cat like a mouse. He was afraid that he would avoid it. The place he went to was the martial arts training ground in the village, and it was also a place where Tu Lichun, Chen Bing, Chu Sheng and others often stayed. Liang Han would rather polish his martial arts with them than face Li Ze's face that looked gentle and sunny, which always had a faint smile on his face.
He was scared by Li Ze and was convinced.
However, his skill of fighting alone is not overwhelming. When he started, except for Tu Lichun who could tie him, Chen Bing and Chu Sheng lost a lot of money against him one-on-one. In other words, Shi Zhuang beat Liang Han hard when he came back to see his son, which suppressed his arrogant arrogance.
It was not until this time that Liang Han truly understood that the reason why he was able to successfully sneak into the secret camp in the Qingshan Mountains that night was that this guy deliberately put it in. In other words, Li Ze did it on purpose.
Chapter completed!