AWB Chapter 1977 Using a borrowed knife to kill
Chapter 1977 Using a borrowed knife to kill
Upon hearing Li Xiangnan's words, Song Yi dipped her finger in the tea and wrote the word "fake" on the table.
"This 'fake' doesn't mean true or false! It means to borrow or use something!"
After Song Yi explained it this way, a series of voices of sudden realization rang out in the room.
"The 'lower five families' refers to five clans whose foundations are not deep. Our Song family would never have given them a second glance! But it is precisely these people who are best at leveraging power, scheming, and attaching themselves to others! Like mercury, they infiltrate all walks of life, and even key positions in various systems!"
"Huh?" Wang Defa smacked his lips, figuring out a hint of what it meant.
Li Xiangnan frowned slightly, roughly understanding what Song Yi meant.
"These people are neither the top leader nor the second-in-command. Who are they usually? Take people in the system, for example. They are often the director of the office, the head of the finance department, the director of the personnel department of the administrative office, or the secretary in the organization!"
"Or perhaps, it's the purchasing manager of some factory, the head of a wool station, the water pipe worker at a water pump factory, and so on and so forth!"
“These people,” Song Yi continued, “are individually individuals with limited power! However, they are interconnected and form a dark network! Take the example I just gave, the chemical plant project failed, right? On the surface, it seemed like a top-tier company had made a move, which was completely unexpected!”
"But in private, the first ones to cause trouble were actually the people from the lower five families! The office director of that provincial economic commission is a member of the Qian family from the lower five families! He deliberately held back the project materials for half a month, missing the best window for approval! By the time the materials were actually submitted step by step, the middle five families had already prepared their reasons for making trouble! They just took advantage of the time difference!"
Such procedures are indeed infuriating.
You finally get a project going, and every step seems to be working perfectly, and it feels like no one is holding you back, but it always feels like it's just missing that final push!
You still don't know who's targeting you!
The result was so unexpected; in the most unexpected place, we got the worst possible outcome!
You have nowhere to use your strength!
“This is a case of using someone else to do the dirty work!” Li Dequan suddenly spoke, stroking his old pipe, his gaze serious.
“That’s right, the old man is right!” Song Yi nodded: “The Lower Five are best at using others to do their dirty work! Even if they don’t show themselves, they will still do things like sowing discord and fanning the flames! On the surface, nothing seems to happen, but in the shadows, they will stab you in the back!”
"After they make their move, they'll have the behemoths of the top five in the middle ranks fight those people, and then they'll profit from the chaos! How will you deal with that?"
Li Xiangnan finally understood the meaning of "Middle Five Jia" and "Lower Five Jia".
Of these ten families in Yanjing, the top five are the foundation, the middle five are the trunk, and the bottom five are the tentacles.
However, apart from the Shangguan family, all of the other five families are good!
No, the composition of the other group of people in the Mu family is still uncertain!
Song Yi once revealed that the Shangguan family alone was equivalent to the combined strength of the other three families, making them a terrifying force!
If a decision is made by an upper-level official, then executed by the middle-level officials, and finally carried out by the lower-level officials, with full coverage, it is indeed difficult to guard against!
Then the problem is coming!
Why did ten families from Yanjing gather here?
Is there indeed any trace of the Shangguan family's activities in this?
Otherwise, why would the top five students from the middle and lower ranks of the class listen to the transfer order and come to the Li family to join in this fun?
It now appears that Li Xiangnan is standing right at the center of this web!
With Xitang's full moon celebration just around the corner, if Song Yi hadn't suddenly come to report this information to the Li family, no one would have known about the ten families in Yanjing!
They'll be caught off guard!
Although Li Xiangnan had made preparations beforehand, he was absolutely not prepared to deal with these ten families!
Standing up, Li Xiangnan walked to the window, took out a cigarette, lit it with a lighter, and started smoking. Thick smoke enveloped him.
"So, in two days, besides the regular guests, the young master's people, the master's people, there will also be these ten families from Yanjing with unknown origins! The top five families will show off their strength, while the bottom five families will try to fish in troubled waters!"
He turned to look at everyone in the room, "And I, Li Xiangnan, a barefoot doctor from Hongshan County in southern Anhui Province, will entertain these immortals on my own turf!"
Wang Defa suddenly stood up: "Xiang Nan, we're not afraid of them, this is our territory!"
“That’s right,” Hao Jian stood up as well, “We’re all brothers here, what are we afraid of!”
Xu Damao, He Dashuang, Yuan Zhencheng... Everyone in the room stood up.
Looking at these friends and neighbors, Li Xiangnan felt a warmth in his heart.
But he knew that some things couldn't be solved by loyalty alone.
"Sit down, everyone," he waved his hand. "This matter needs further consideration!"
This involves the Li family's core secrets, Mu Huanying's identity, and the secrets of the account books, so some of the content is not suitable for Xu Damao and his ordinary neighbors to hear.
Taking advantage of the late hour, Li Xiangnan said respectfully, "Brother Da Mao, Brother Da Shuang, and Brother Zhencheng, you must help me prepare all the utensils for the wedding banquet these next few days. Once everything is done, I, Li Xiangnan, will definitely repay you handsomely!"
"Dr. Li, you're too kind. We're all neighbors, and a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. It's only right that we do this!" All three of them were grateful to Li Xiangnan and understood the gravity of the situation. Seeing that there was nothing more to discuss, they sensibly left.
Wang Defa brewed another pot of water. A little while later, Guo Qian brought Wei Jingfei over to talk about the Pudu Temple incident. Hearing about it, he quickly pulled Wei Jingfei aside and asked, "Xiang Nan, what grudge do these ten families have against our Li family? Why do they have to get involved in this mess?"
Li Xiangnan sat at the table and shook his head: "This is also the question I've been thinking about for the past hour or two!"
After everyone sat down again, he frowned and said, "To talk about grudges, there are none! At least not on the surface."
Everyone nodded repeatedly.
Li Xiangnan turned to Song Yi: "They can't really be here to congratulate my daughter, can they?"
Song Yi understood what he meant and shook her head as well: "I guess it's probably because of the fire at the Mu family's house decades ago!"
Everyone was shocked.
"Not bad!"
Li Xiangnan lit a cigarette and looked at his grandfather, Li Dequan: "Grandpa, I've thought about this more than once: why did the Mu family fake their deaths and escape with a fire as a pretext? Now I think I know why!"
Li Dequan's hand, which was adding tobacco, suddenly paused. He turned to look at his grandson and squinted his eyes.
"You suspect... that the great fire back then was a disaster caused by the Shangguan family as the main force, with the ten families of Yanjing as assistants?"
"Not bad!"
Li Xiangnan said firmly, "Now, they want to recreate that 'accident' at my daughter's full moon celebration. Their purpose is still the same: for my grandmother and for that account book!"
boom!
These words silenced the entire room; everyone was stunned by the truth.