Cyber Daming

"I have just arrived here, but I didn't know that there is a distinguished guest like Mr. Xie staying in my yamen. Yang Tongzhi, this is your fault. Why didn't you remind me of this kind of thing earlier?"

Wang Changting looked at Yang Baize meaningfully.

"All the Imperial Guards of Inuyama City are out on official duties this time, so I have temporarily handed over General Xie's flag to the care of the lower official. I thought this was just a small matter to help each other among my colleagues, so I didn't think of reporting it in advance. It was the lower official's negligence. Yes, please forgive me, Mr. Wang.

Although Yang Baize called himself a lower official, his tone was very indifferent, and even his body sitting in the chair showed no intention of getting up and saluting.

"Young people are so energetic that I can't keep my temper anymore. I'm still too young."

Wang Changting thought to himself, without changing the smile on his face, and turned to look at Xie Bi'an who was sitting in a wheelchair.

"Before I came to Inuyama Castle to take up my post, I had heard that one of the households in Inuyama Castle, Mr. Xie Bi'an Xie Zongqi, had outstanding talents. He was even favored by thousands of households and named important people many times. It's a pity that such a situation is a pity. This talented man was seriously injured in a gangster attack and has not yet woken up."

"When I learned the news at that time, I sighed and felt that God's will was unfair. But now it seems that Mr. Xie's consciousness has been freed from the influence of the Yellow Turban Warriors, which is really gratifying."

Wang Changting's eyes fell on Xie Bi'an's legs, and he frowned slightly: "But Mr. Xie, your body seems to be still ailing?"

Xie Bian said calmly: "Mr. Wang, you're welcome. I'm lucky to have saved my life. It's just a body. It's no big deal if it's disabled."

"I know many skilled Mo Xu craftsmen in the empire. The prosthetic bodies prepared by them are no different from the original limbs. It shouldn't be a problem to solve this little trouble for you, Mr. Xie."

"Although the Japanese area is a barren land, it is not too difficult to transplant a mechanical body."

Xie Bian's voice was unusually calm, like a bystander describing something that had nothing to do with him.

"But the loss of consciousness of the body's limbs from a conscious level cannot be changed by a few mechanical bodies."

Wang Changting looked astonished, "If this is the reason, maybe we can seek help from the Yin and Yang order, I..."

"I accept Lord Wang's kindness. I, Lord Baihu, will naturally refuse these troubles for me, so I don't need to bother you, Lord Wang."

"Xuanweisi and Jinyiwei have always been brother yamen. Mr. Xie, if you are so polite, it is a mistake."

Wang Changting noticed Xie Bian's seemingly soft-but-hard attitude, and naturally understood why the other party acted like this.

However, Wang Changting didn't take it to heart. In his opinion, these were not big problems. As long as he gave enough benefits, these Jin Yiwei who had no choice would naturally choose to forget some of the unpleasantness between the two parties.

Even if these unpleasant things happen, it is because I once wanted to kill them.

In Wang Changting's eyes, what happened at Osaka Castle was just a show to scare the monkeys.

It's a pity that Huang Lianggui, who was responsible for catching the knife, didn't do his job well, and Liang Jianfeng, who took a lot of benefits from him, was also a waste. The damn 'chicken' didn't die, but instead made himself embarrassed in the first confrontation. The 'monkey' who should be warned has set a record in front of him.

"Yang Tongzhi, you did a good job this time."

Wang Changting didn't care about the ranking of the people. He randomly picked a chair by the door and sat down. He said with a smile: "Perhaps Mr. Pei's energy is beyond my expectation. I didn't expect him to renounce the New Donglin Party so much." After so many years, I still have such skill and connections, which is really admirable!"

Yang Baize sneered and said: "I still have to rely on Mr. Wang to be merciful, but I still don't understand something and want to ask Mr. Wang."

"But it doesn't matter."

"You and Yan Jun have never met, let alone have any grievances. Why would you stab me in the back like this?"

Yang Baize went straight to the point, and actually pierced the last layer of window paper directly in front of Xie Bian, the sufferer, and put on the table what everyone had tacitly understood.

This step of his caught Wang Changting off guard, and for a moment his heart began to stir.

Is this Yang Baize deliberately trying to push the Inuyama City Jinyiwei to be on the opposite side of his unrelenting fight?

Or is he really a stupid young man who, after luckily winning a move, thinks he has the ability to win the entire chess game, and is so naive that he wants to have a showdown with himself directly?

Wang Changting had actually paid attention to the young official in front of him before he decided to enter the Japanese area.

Yang Baize's ancestral home is in Mianzhou County, Chengdu Prefecture, and he can be considered a scholarly family. He comes from an official family, and his ancestors have also experienced a period of glory, and they are only a few steps away from being promoted to the third-class family.

But this thin line of difference is a world of difference.

The Yang family's Confucianism gene declined, and several generations were trapped in the small county town. Even the entire family suffered an accident and was slaughtered because of a piece of the not-so-valuable Zhuangyuanlang slice.

Li Jun and Yang Baize also met at that time, and the latter luckily saved his life in Li Jun's hands. Afterwards, he wandered all the way to Chongqing Mansion and became a disciple of Pei Xingjian. He was able to break the lock on the Jin Dynasty and became a Confucian scholar.

This brief life experience is not complicated. Except for the sudden appearance of Pei Xingjian, which is worthy of repeated consideration, the others are not worth mentioning in Wang Changting's eyes.

Therefore, in Wang's intelligence file library, most of the analysis of Yang Baize centered on Pei Xingjian, and there was only a simple sentence for his personal evaluation.

Young and mature, he is quite wise.

But Yang Baize's current actions made Wang Changting feel that the clan's intelligence analysis might be completely wrong. This was not something a mature person would do.

Wang Changting squinted his eyes and said quietly: "Yang Tongzhi, framing your superior is not a small crime. I would like to advise you to think it over carefully before proceeding."

"Wang Changting, there are all understanding people here, you don't need to keep pretending. Or are you not as courageous as a young man like me, who dare to do it but dare not admit it?"

Yang Baize's words were loud and clear, but what he got in return was a contemptuous sneer.

"Courage? Which of the nine ranks of Confucianism is this? And which beast in the official position is this?"

Wang Changting glanced at everyone present, "The sensible people you call are all wearing the official uniforms of the Ming Empire. This is the Xuanwei Si Yamen, an officialdom, not a world! In officialdom, courage is not important, but evidence is. ! I will not talk about whether you are qualified to convict me. I will only ask you, where is the evidence? "

"I can answer it for you, but you can't."

Wang Changting flicked his sleeves, and a powerful arrogance from a Confucian family swept over him.

"I can even tell you directly, even if Akechi Haruhide is not dead and is standing here right now, what can you do? Even if this lawsuit reaches the official department, what can you do? You still can't do anything."

"Yang Baize, I think you are a talented person, so I would like to give you one more advice. Officialdom has its own game rules. You may not like it, but you must follow it. Unless one day you can climb to the highest point of this temple, then you The rules are naturally the rules of the officialdom. At that time, the courage you talked about would naturally be regarded as a standard and continued. "

"But before that, you'd better not mistake my good intentions for cowardice, and don't think too highly of yourself. Otherwise, Pei Xingjian may not be able to catch you when you fall."

"Master Wang, what a great official power!"

Xu Zhun, who was standing behind Yang Baize, snorted coldly.

Wang Changting didn't even look at him, but turned his head to look at Xie Bi'an, chuckled and asked: "General Xie, do you think what I said is right?"

It means something, a pun.

"I, Xie Bian, am just a reckless man. I hold a knife in my hand, not a pen. I don't understand officialdom, and I don't understand your rules either."

Xie Bian pondered for a moment and said slowly: "But Jin Yiwei will never compromise or be soft on the enemy."

"Of course we should be as ruthless to true enemies as the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves, but you and I are not enemies, but colleagues standing under the same dragon flag."

Wang Changting said with a smile: "I know Mr. Xie has some misunderstandings about me, but these can be explained clearly. It just so happens that Wang has never lacked the ability to resolve misunderstandings, and I also have the sincerity to resolve misunderstandings!"

"I don't quite understand what Mr. Wang said."

"Yan Jun Baihu can understand. Mr. Xie, all you have to do is tell the truth."

Xie Bi'an frowned. He was very tired of Wang Changting, an old fox with a thick face and an unfathomable city.

But at this moment, he didn't break up with the other party directly like before. Instead, he remained silent and lowered his eyes, as if waiting for something.

"Maybe I really can't do anything. Just like you said, even if I hold evidence in my hand, I can't threaten you. Even if I win now, I can't change the outcome of making your wedding dress."

A slightly self-deprecating teenage voice broke the silence in the room.

Wang Changting raised his eyebrows and saw Yang Baize standing up and saying loudly: "But so what? No matter how vividly a ghost learns human speech, it is still a ghost and will never become a human. The rules of ghosts are naturally the same. There is no one who can be restrained.”

"What a bold tone, such boldness!"

Wang Changting's face was gloomy: "So you are planning to call yourself a human being and treat me as a ghost?"

"We have different paths, so we don't want to work together. We all have different paths, so it's better for each of us to do what we can."

Yang Baize's eyes were blazing, piercing, and his brows were full of energy.

"In Osaka Castle, you and I have already fought each other once. Since we have both shown our swords, there is no need to give in. I don't have the messy thoughts to play these fake officialdom games with you. I Let me put these words here today. I will never give you the political achievements of Inuyama Castle. Whether it’s an overt attack or a hidden attack, I’m waiting for you to make a move!"

"Before you say something, you are the master of the words. But after the words are spoken, you are the slave of the words. Yang Baize, didn't Pei Xingjian teach you this?"

"Taught, not learned."

"You two, master and disciple, are really a pair of madmen who don't know how to appreciate others."

Wang Changting's tone was cold: "Yang Baize, do you believe that I can arrest you now for contempt of superiors?"

"Who to take?"

Xu Zhun took a step forward and stood beside Yang Baize.

"Is this the life-saving talisman that Pei Xingjian gave you? It seems that old man Pei has used up all the love he had accumulated in the past, and has reached the point where the oil is exhausted!"

Wang Changting's eyes were contemptuous, and he raised his hand to poke Xu Zhun: "An old Confucian who is about to be buried, do you think you are worthy of shouting in front of my Wang family?"

Bang!

The closed door burst open as Wang Changting's words came to light, and the densely packed figures standing quietly outside the room were all his close confidants who had followed Wang Changting into the Japanese area.

The leader was lean and lean, but his aura was as majestic as a mountain. His sharp eyes fell on Xu Zhun, and a cold chill instantly enveloped his whole body.

"The master of the four streets of Nongxu."

Xu Zhun's expression was solemn, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"I am older and my vision is not bad. This slave of mine has completed the transformation of five 'Qian Road' in the body. Although the number is not large, it is more than enough to deal with you Xu Zhun."

Wang Changting sat still, looked at Yang Baize, and said sarcastically: "I thought you were a talented person who knew current affairs, so I gave you opportunities many times, and even thought of absorbing you into the Langya Wang family. Give you a chance to rise to the top. Unfortunately, you, like your teacher Pei Xingjian, are pitiful people with a heart as high as the sky and a life as thin as paper."

"Kill me in the official office and you won't be able to escape."

Yang Baize clenched his fists, and there was only anger in his facial features, not fear.

"It seems you still don't understand what a powerful person is."

Wang Changting shook his head: "Do you know why there is a sentence in the Preface to Confucianism called 'Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles'?"

"Because every word in those books was written by a powerful person, and the words between the lines are just truths compiled to prevent you humble-born people from getting too desperate. Only if you go far and long enough, can you Only when you see with your own eyes how high is the noble family and how deep is the palace! Only then will you understand the weight represented by the word 'family'!"

"No word, picture, or dream today can fly out of this Xuanwei Si Yamen. And the cause of your death, Yang Baize, was that you secretly colluded with the Japanese pirates to rebel against the party, Akechi Qingxiu. After being exposed by your own officer, you died of fear. Death."

"Of course Pei Xingjian will avenge you. The outbreak of past grudges and today's grudges is likely to make him go crazy desperately. The Wang family will also get into some trouble because of this, but that's all. It will allow me to be questioned by the clan once. , you are considered to have died unjustly."

Wang Changting didn't seem to be satisfied with the strong control of the situation at this moment. He was even more looking forward to seeing the fear and unwillingness on Yang Baize's face.

It's better to have regrets for flouting the rules of the game, and regret for taking pleasure in revenge.

Wang Changting not only wanted to teach Yang Baize how to survive, but also made him understand why he died.

This is what it means to be a teacher!

"Now, do you still want to have a showdown with me? Yang Baize, Yang Tongzhi."

"Then how far have you traveled?"

It was not Yang Baize or Xu Zhun who spoke.

But sitting aside, Xie Bian with white hair shawl!

"What did you say?"

Wang Changting's eyes were slightly closed, with a cold look in his eyes.

"You asked him to travel thousands of miles, then you should also leave the temple and see the world."

Xie Bian raised his head, his bloodless lips curling into a sneer.

"The general flag of Kanze City, Shan Mandrill, led 20 Jinyi Guards, and came to report on the orders of Baihu Qiongqi!"

"The commander-in-chief of Himeji Castle is heavily armored, leading twenty Jinyi Guards, and on orders from hundreds of horned dragons, come and report!"

The shouts suddenly exploded, followed by the sound of dense and noisy footsteps coming from far and near like a tide, and a large group of fully armed guards poured into the small side courtyard.

"It's so late, I didn't expect it to be quite lively here."

Chongjia's words were frivolous, but his eyes were fixed on the peasant man who was looking back. His thumb on the Xiuchun knife at his waist rubbed uneasily on the handle.

"Mountain Monkey, if we really start to do it later, you should protect Xie Bian and leave first."

The mandrill also felt the suffocating pressure and subconsciously licked his lips.

"What about you?"

"Himeji Castle owes Inuyama Castle a lot of favors, you have to pay them back!"

The mandrill gritted his teeth and breathed heavily.

There was a tense situation outside the door, and an undercurrent was surging inside.

"Xie Zongqi, what does this mean?"

Wang Changting smiled softly: "Is it possible that you want to keep Yang Baize?"

"Including me, who is disabled, there are a total of forty-three Jinyi guards here. Although there are many people, your men are enough to kill us all. So we are not here to protect him, and we cannot protect him."

Xie Bian said calmly: "I just brought a few extra pairs of eyes to watch you kill. Every word and every action in the whole process cannot be missed. When Yan Jun Baihu comes back, he will naturally bring this evidence with him Come to see you, Mr. Wang.”

Wang Changting's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "So, you Inushan City Jinyi Guards have decided to leave?"

"Buy it and leave." Xie Bian said every word.

"Okay, great! Then we'll wait until the market opens to see who wins and who loses!"

Wang Changting stood up angrily and strode towards the door.