RPAGF Chapter 7196 Help
Chapter 7196 Help
Chapter 7196 Help
Following Deng Tong's words, everyone present fell silent. After all, these people, while not necessarily outstanding individuals, had truly experienced the test of time, witnessed painful eras, and knew what human will and belief could change.
If you can bind such an opponent with love or so-called physical desire, then frankly, it is not only an insult to the other party, but also an insult to yourself.
If the opponent can be knocked to the ground like this, then what are we, who have been suppressed by that guy for more than ten years and are still thinking about how to restrain him,? Humiliating the opponent is also humiliating ourselves!
"That's true, sigh!" Yang Zhong sighed. He had known Li You for no less than twenty years, and Jia Xu for even longer. He knew exactly what kind of situation these guys were, so he understood Deng Tong's words the best. This wasn't like a mouse putting a bell on a cat; it was a failure to see the truth.
"I think we should just forget about it. If you really find him a wife he can currently approve of, I dare say that wife will definitely come to deal with us." Xun You, an older comrade who had been watching the show with Chen Qun without saying a word, just watching the younger generation exude charm, finally spoke up. There was no way he could help it; in terms of speaking authority, none of the people present had as much say as him in this matter.
After all, almost everyone present had sacrificed so-called love for their family, career, and future, or at least made some concessions for these reasons. Xun You, however, was different. He had truly gone through all that for love, so he could best understand what kind of love could drive someone mad.
"So if you really can find a wife for Li Wenru, I think it will not only not be a constraint on him, but also a buff for him. Because at this stage, the wife he can accept is definitely not some naive and innocent girl who is a bit slow to react, but a comrade-in-arms who shares his firm beliefs and ideals." Xun You said calmly, "At that time, it will be even more difficult to deal with."
Everyone present fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, and then naturally looked at Deng Tong. Deng Tong felt a chill run down his spine, but in the end, he forced himself to nod and agree with Xun You's words.
“Indeed, the solution I mentioned is one that benefits us. Finding a wife for Li Wenru is essentially about creating weaknesses in him, weakening his mind, so that he can cause us less trouble and become a normal person. That’s why we need the kind of solution I suggested.” Deng Tong was silent for a moment before giving a clear answer. In short, Xun You was right.
"And there's another very important point: a wife who soothes the soul and is pure and innocent is useful for strong men who have stepped into and embraced darkness before the age of forty-five, but it's basically useless after forty-five. Just like Xun Gongda said, at this stage, what Li Wenru can accept is not a wife, but a comrade-in-arms who agrees with his beliefs and is willing to die for them, regardless of gender." Deng Tong said helplessly. He could understand and knew the answer, but he didn't dare to!
Finding a wife for Li You was a political task. The essence of this political task was to create weaknesses in Li You, to weaken him and prevent him from going to extremes, rather than to strengthen him and make him more extreme and resolute.
After all, when it comes to getting married, some people simply want to marry someone to appease their family, regardless of the circumstances. Others have a clear purpose in marrying. The latter, at a lower level, might be seeking mutual support, increasing resilience, creating a haven for their souls, a place to rest when tired, and then continuing on their journey.
As for something a bit more sophisticated, it's not about marrying a wife, but about finding a like-minded comrade-in-arms. So there's a popular saying that a wife's gender doesn't really matter; it depends on what your goal is.
Obviously, if we were to follow this logic and find Li You a wife, frankly, it's not that Deng Tong couldn't find one, but he's not mentally challenged. Finding Li You a like-minded wife would be like putting himself in a guillotine, wouldn't it? What kind of insane operation is that? So no, stop talking nonsense, there just isn't one!
"Then let's just forget about it?" Since the two old men from the Yuan family had other matters to attend to and couldn't come, the leaders of the prominent families here today were Yang Zhong and Deng Tong. So after listening to Deng Tong's introduction, Yang Zhong felt that it was better to just give up. This kind of thing was too dangerous, and there was no need to put himself through the wringer.
This isn't some legendary mission; this is suicide.
"Zhang Shizhong, tell Madam what I said and see what she thinks." Deng Tong also felt that there was no hope in this matter, so he gave up. If he had the ability he has now twenty years ago, it wouldn't have been a problem to put Li You in shackles, just like Jia Xu is now.
The reason why Jia Xu is becoming more and more like a human being is not only due to the current prosperous era, but also largely due to Consort Tang. Although Consort Tang seems useless, she drags Jia Xu around all day long. Over time, even if it were a dog, let alone someone who has given birth to his child, Jia Xu would develop some feelings for her.
So Jia Xu looks very normal, obviously not so extreme anymore, while Li You seems to have completely broken free of constraints, always thinking about doing something big, which is frankly a huge headache. Even though Chen Xi has now tacitly allowed Li You to do things, he is still worried that Li You will do something he can't handle.
Well, it's not that it can't be contained, but if it's too big, Chen Xi will also feel uncomfortable!
"Alright then." Zhang Tai was silent for a while after hearing this. To be honest, when he heard his aunt assign him this job, Zhang Tai felt that he had no hope. Was Li You even human? She looked like some other creature wearing human skin. In any case, she didn't seem human. So he had made a judgment before he came. Now he was just confirming his judgment. He wasn't disappointed.
"Do you have any other people you'd like me to arrange marriages for? I happen to be free recently, so I'll take care of that for you. If not, I'll make arrangements with Empress Xiao." Deng Tong called out to his old comrades around him. There was no way to help Li You, so it was better to give up early and do something he could control.
“Speaking of which, you know Zhong Yuanchang, right?” Chen Qun said to Deng Tong.
"Oh, I see." Deng Tong nodded. "He and his mistress, do they really need me to play matchmaker? It's already all settled, isn't it?"
"It's settled, but there's a small problem now. It would be more appropriate for Marquis Gaomi to act as the middleman," Chen Qun said with a smile. Many people present knew about the matter between Zhong Yao and Zhang Changpu. In addition, Zhang Changpu was quite a big man, so no one doubted her age. At most, they thought that Zhong Yao, that old geezer, was actually looking for such a young girl. But they just teased him a bit and didn't mean anything else.
"Oh, could the Zhang family possibly disagree?" Deng Tong said with a hint of sarcasm.
Let's not even talk about the Zhong family of Yingchuan. Zhong Yao himself is a mountain that no normal person can ever cross in their lifetime. Don't be fooled by the fact that he is currently being investigated by Fa Zheng and Man Chong. In fact, the investigation is not very intense. If you really want to talk about it, it's just going through the motions. After all, the special envoy from Chang'an died in your area and it was actually related to you. Just conducting an investigation and not putting you under intense pressure is already giving you face.
So any old-timer with a bit of insight could see that Zhong Yao wouldn't be in any real trouble this time. At most, he'd be suppressed, but that wouldn't affect his future. These guys who came back from Central Asia had pretty good eyesight. They also thought that Zhong Yao had probably been stabbed in the back by the powerful families of Jingchu. After all, the girls' school was indeed quite dangerous; if it wasn't managed properly, it could become a social problem.
Although these old fogies present were quite shameless, they all understood that there were two completely different ways to handle things: if something happened and was suppressed, or if it happened and was brought to the public eye. Even if two things were exactly the same, the results would be different.
Because if a bureaucratic organization can suppress certain things, it means that your management and control abilities are adequate, and that you are excellent in managing your subordinates and internal organizational controls. Therefore, the only thing you need to deal with is the previously suppressed matter.
But if it gets exposed, you'll face more than just the issue itself; you'll also have to face your superiors' doubts about your abilities. Because if you can't suppress the matter while others can, it means there are problems with your management skills and your internal control over the organization.
The former is merely a lack of ability, while the latter indicates that the entire organizational process has gone wrong in your hands. Which problem do you think is more significant for the organization itself?
Without a doubt, most of the time, this problem is actually bigger than the problem of insufficient ability, because an organization is a combination of people and a manifestation of management and unity in theory. When problems arise in this area, the resulting doubts are actually more impactful than problems caused by insufficient ability.
To be honest, the powerful families of Jingchu did seize the opportunity to punish Zhong Yao for multiple crimes and even brought the matter to Chang'an, leaving Zhong Yao unable to defend himself. However, given Zhong Yao's strong foundation and power, most of these Central Asian families from outside the situation clearly realized that Zhong Yao should be able to easily get through this matter without any trouble.
Just because Zhong Yao was able to get through it easily doesn't mean others can. For example, right now, some people are trying to cause trouble for Zhong Yao's marriage. To be honest, these big shots present really can't understand this move. It's one thing to cause trouble at other times, but to cause trouble in this matter, are they afraid that Zhong Yao will make things worse for them once he recovers?
"In short, you understand the situation. We need Marquis Gaomi to act as matchmaker. Although Marquis Chen could go, it seems he's a bit reluctant this time. There's something unclear about the situation." Chen Qun and Zhong Yao have a good relationship, and he didn't want the crazy guy from Jingchu to escalate things to this point, so he informed Deng Tongtong.
After all, the Deng family was based in Nanyang and had some understanding of the powerful families in Jingchu. They were practically local bigwigs. Even though they had left, they still had a lineage. If Deng Tong went to help Zhong Yao arrange the marriage, those crazy people in Jingchu would have to give him some face.
In this way, the two sides wouldn't have ended up arguing until Zhong Yao forced himself to marry Zhang Changpu, and then, after taking a breather, started to scheme against people on the Ganges. To be honest, it was unnecessary, really unnecessary. Even though Chen Qun and Xun You both realized that there were other schemes behind this, to be honest, why bother? It would have been better to nip this scheme in the bud from the beginning, so that everyone could be happy.
As the saying goes, the morality of the strongest will influence everyone's values. In the past, Chen Qun and Xun You would have intervened in this situation, but they certainly wouldn't have stopped it now. They would have tried different methods to see what tricks the Jingchu aristocratic families could come up with.
After all, Zhong Yao has been hit like this, and he will definitely make trouble for people when he returns to the Ganges. The cause and effect are very clear. In addition, the fact that he was exposed in Chang'an means that there are bad people in the organization who need to be cleaned up. It is only natural to expand the crackdown during this period.
There will definitely be a fierce battle then. The Jingchu aristocratic families must have some cards up their sleeves that they can only play when Zhong Yao launches a large-scale attack. Moreover, it is very likely to involve Liu Bei and Chen Xi's next move. There will definitely be a good show to watch.
However, as Chen Xi's morality pervades this land, no matter how much these people complain, they are actually influenced by Chen Xi. At least they know that stopping this matter now is beneficial to everyone, and that making a fuss about some things is actually not good.
That's why Chen Qun and Xun You came to watch the excitement together today. After all, it's an opportunity to join the conversation, and Deng Tong is suitable too, right?
"Even Marquis Chen is unwilling to go? Why should I go?" Deng Tong's ability to grasp the core of the topic is beyond question. He directly grasped the essence of the problem from Chen Qun's words.
"I specifically asked him, and he hesitated a bit, saying that he had helped Yuan Chang once, and it wouldn't be good to help him again, so he asked me to find a suitable candidate." Chen Qun was also telling the truth, after all, it was quite upsetting that Chen Xi was unwilling to help, especially for someone like Deng Tong, who was Chen Xi's lackey. Chen Qun couldn't understand why Deng Tong had no principles at all, just like Chen Xi's remote breeding, it was simply unbelievable.
"Oh, is that so? No problem then. As Master Hong, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong Yuanchang will have to kowtow to me twice, right?" Deng Tong said, stroking his chin.
Since it wasn't that Chen Xi disagreed, but rather that Chen Xi had already helped and he was too embarrassed to intervene again, then he could have easily helped the big boss out of his predicament. Although Deng Tong knew that Chen Qun's words were meant to guide him to do just that, Deng Tong didn't care. He had food to eat by following Chen Xi, so why should he care about face? Look at my prestigious reputation! If I say I don't care about face, do you think you'll refuse me? What a joke!
"Yes, we'll definitely kowtow. Yuan Chang is of a lower generation, so he'll treat us all as uncles." Chen Qun readily agreed on Zhong Yao's behalf, since this was Master Hong, and he was obliged to bow and pay his respects.
"What you're saying..." Xun You glanced at Chen Qun. How to put it, Chen Qun used to be of the same generation as Chen Xi, and was Xun You and Zhong Yao's uncle. Now Chen Qun was sitting at the same table with these two.
"I have no problem with that. I'll go and mediate. I'll also help you smooth things over with the people in Jingchu. They'll have to give me some face. By the way, no one in my family would do this kind of thing, right?" Deng Tong said casually. He knew that this wasn't just about matchmaking, but also about silencing the powerful families in Jingchu. But none of that mattered to Deng Tong. Did he understand the Deng family of Nanyang?
"What do you think?" Chen Qun chuckled twice, and Deng Tong immediately understood. Fine, so the dozen or so of his family members who had fled to the south were also causing trouble.
Okay, even though it's only one in ten, one in ten is still a thing led by a Marquis within the Pass. Do you understand the Super Founding Marquis lineage? It's a powerful force that was created by draining all the other founding marquises dry. It's incredibly huge.
"I'll go check it out and see what's going on. There's nothing else going on here." Deng Tong called out to the group of people around him, then left with his guards.
"Speaking of which, what's the situation with Marquis Chen?" Yang Zhong asked Chen Qun curiously after Deng Tong left. "And how's your father? I have some life-extending techniques; do you want me to arrange some for him?"
“My dad has already started sending out funeral invitations to his old classmates, fellow villagers, and old friends. Do you think he still needs any life-extending methods at this point?” Chen Qun said helplessly. He had a vague idea that this matter was related to Chen Xi’s visit with a sword that day, but considering his father’s condition and Chen Xi’s condition, if it really was that matter, his father would be dead by now, so Chen Qun was not sure what was going on.
“That’s true. If Yuan Fang isn’t lying in his coffin when we all arrive, it would be rather abstract to expect him to offer us a toast.” Yang Zhong smacked his lips twice and said. His family really did have methods to prolong life. Although they might not be able to extend life for too long, they could certainly extend it for a year or two. Did they even know what it meant to deeply develop the Chu King’s visualization?
"What about Marquis Chen?" Yang Zhong asked curiously. "Given the situation of Marquis Chen and Zhong Yuanchang, Marquis Chen should have helped Zhong Yuanchang resolve it himself. After all, those aristocratic families in Jingchu really acted recklessly this time, which was just adding to Marquis Chen's troubles."
As a member of the Yang family who knew perfectly well what the consequences would be for causing trouble for Chen Xi, Yang Zhong still admired the Jingchu aristocratic family. "Your family's fortune and lineage are truly impressive!"
To be honest, Yang Zhong felt that Chen Xi's high moral standards did have obvious drawbacks.
"I asked him, and he said he had already solved the biggest problem for Yuan Chang, and Yuan Chang should find someone else to solve the rest." Chen Qun recalled Chen Xi's melancholy expression at the time. Later, he also asked Zhong Yao, who said that Chen Xi had indeed solved the biggest problem for him, so Chen Qun didn't say anything more.
"In that case, there must be something else going on here." Yang Zhong stroked his beard, a hint of speculation in his eyes. "We're all seasoned foxes, how could we be so confused?"
I'm off to work now. I can finally relax for a couple of days after work today. It's not easy for anyone...
(End of this chapter)