Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 484 Inside the Chamber of Secrets ([-])

"Then how many people have you conquered so far?" Shen Xi met his gaze directly.

"Do you know that just like Li Ding was able to successfully oppose Qin, as long as one person cannot gain absolute power and suppress all thoughts of everyone, he cannot be said to be able to dominate everything at all."

"It doesn't have to be absolute power, you forgot, apart from power in the world, there is also the word "policy."

He walked back to the original place with his hands behind his back, and said, "Use all your strength to conquer what you can, and what you can't conquer, just balance and restrain.

"People have seven emotions and six desires. Any emotion and desire can be regarded as a human weakness. You just need to target this point and make good use of it."

Like an earnest and seductive elder, he patiently said these things to her.

But under this seemingly benevolent face, the greed and cunning between the lines can't be concealed.

Shen Xi frowned, and said again: "Since when did you think of this?"

"It's hard to say exactly when." He turned his head and smiled, "This is not something that can be done overnight.

"When I was nine years old, I was finally returned to the ancestral sect quietly, even so low-key that I just kowtowed in the ancestral temple.

"I became the little son of the Qi family who was never qualified to show up. I just waited to find a foreign woman before Qi Weifeng to get engaged and get married when I grew up. In this way, my mission was completed.

"Because of this existence value, I have gained some power accordingly. With a small independent courtyard, I can also study and practice martial arts.

"That winter, with the permission of Prince Cheng, I bought a puppy to keep me company.

"It is very close to me, very clingy to me, every time I come into the yard, it will chase out from afar and wrap around my trousers.

"I also feed it carefully, give it a name, and even quietly take it to sleep with it.

"Everyone thinks it's a treasure, but one day when I was playing with it, imagining the appearance of the knife point cutting its neck, I was inexplicably excited, and then I really found a knife and put it on it kills.

"I still remember the way it twitched and looked at me sadly when it was lying in a pool of blood. Then I patched it again, and it couldn't move anymore."

The corners of Shen Xi's mouth twitched twice.

He looked over with a smile: "Ladies like you who are used to showing off your goodness by giving small favors will definitely not be able to experience this kind of pleasure, but this is control.

"You can completely control the power in your hands, which is a fatal temptation for me. No one stipulates that it trusts me, it cares about me, so I can't destroy it.

"My heart, which has been confused and bewildered since I was four years old, got the long-lost excitement after the killing.

"It turns out that there are things in this world that I can control. As long as I am stronger than him, I can control him. This is the truth."

Shen Xi held his breath for a while.

It was only now that Bi Shangyun's smile made her feel a little creepy.

In such an atmosphere just now, it sounded like they were having a heart-to-heart conversation at first glance, but at this moment, she only felt that her heart was trembling.

How can you not be afraid of a person who can come to such a conclusion, a person who knows almost all his secrets and can tell everything so calmly and indifferently?
But this kind of fear is not the fear of life being threatened, but the distortion of people's hearts to such an unbelievable state.

Isn't it said that adversity will only exercise people?It turns out that it can also lead people in another direction.

"So later, Zhang Ying was killed by you like a pet?" She smiled wryly.

"I didn't kill her, you know that very well," he said.

"Then when did you start working on your ambition?" Shen Xi asked.

"When I was 13." He took another sip of tea, "The palace invited martial artists, and after I changed my surname to Qi when I was nine years old, I was also arranged to learn martial arts.

"Martial masters are not good at martial arts, and they also know that noble children, except for those generals, don't really want to practice martial arts.

"However, I am very careful, because I am afraid that after I get married, I will be wiped out by Princess Cheng and the others immediately. I must learn how to save my life.

"So I learned it very deeply, and I don't want people to find out. I usually practice hard secretly when I find no one.

"Later, I realized that the level of martial arts masters was too low, so I found another reason and borrowed the excuse of the county kings to bring in someone with real skills.

"This martial artist has been in the Jianghu, knows many heresy ways, and knows many people in the Jianghu. Of course, he doesn't know that I have eavesdropped on many things about him in private.

"But at that time, I just had an impression in my heart, and I didn't really get in touch.

"Later, when I was 13 years old, Concubine Liu finally found a Tuoba woman for me to be my wife, and the marriage was set, she was relieved, and I was finally able to go out for a walk.

"But I found that I was still out of tune with this circle. Even if I stood in the crowd, I always looked like an invisible person. I met Duan You that year."

"Duan You, the magistrate of Yunnan?" Shen Xi narrowed his eyes.

"I know a lot." He smiled.Then it continued: "At that time, he was not the prefect of Yunnan, but a small prefect who came to Beijing to report on his work in a remote place.

"He wanted to find a way to get another job but he had nowhere to go, so I lent him a sum of money, which was like sending charcoal in a timely manner.

"Duan You treats me like a benefactor, I treat him to tea, and he talks to me about many current affairs.

"——I have to say that the Helian people of your generations who have been educated for generations have a wider vision than ordinary people. In short, after getting to know him, I gave up the idea of ​​​​fishing him from the bottom of the valley and letting him taste the taste of losing everything.

"—I really love this kind of game that firmly controls people and things in my hands, but Duan You's insight made me decide to keep him."

"So with your support, he got the lack of the magistrate of Yunnan, and then you plan to raise troops?" Shen Xi said the next words.

"The rise of the army came later. Do you think that Qi's family can be defeated by doing what they say? No matter how high-minded I am, the reality in front of me will only make me know how to endure." Bi Shangyun smiled slightly, with a little bit Disapproval.

"However, the appearance of Duan You is indeed the key point. He has been outside Beijing for many years, he analyzed the situation of the three clans with me, and when he talked about the crisis that the court is facing, I felt a lot more open in my heart.

"It turns out that Daqin has become so important. I think that even if I can't overthrow Daqin by myself and stand in the position that thousands of people look up to, at least there is a ready-made contradiction in front of me that can be used.

"The tribal conflict is my best weapon, maybe I can use it to finally get the honor I want.

"After Duan You went to Yunnan, I first focused on the current situation.

"And the situation at that time was that the court was preparing to turn the tide and stabilize the people's hearts, but some corrupt Helian nobles who controlled the soldiers and horses were still dreaming and dreaming, and ignored the court's words.

"I thought this was my best time, so I waited for an opportunity to split."

(End of this chapter)