The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 222 Unraveling the Link (11)

I had nothing to say anymore, I stood where I was and stared deeply at the Jindi for a while, then turned around and left.Jin Di calmly said to Li Yu behind me: "Should we still go back to the detention center?"

"No need." Li Yu replied, "But I suggest that you don't leave the provincial capital. If there are any doubts about Shu Xu's follow-up, I still need to ask you."

"I won't leave. You know where I live, so I won't disturb your case." She said as she came up from behind and walked side by side with me.I turned my head and glanced at her, and walked quickly a few steps, not wanting to walk with her.Jin Di was not angry, but just quietly followed behind me.

After I left the door and walked a long way, she still followed me leisurely.After walking for a while, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I turned around and asked her, "We have a deep hatred, why are you following me?"

"Will you do anything to me?" She was a head shorter than me, so she raised her face and asked me.

"Shu Xu is very right in saying that even if someone commits a crime against you, it does not give you the right to commit a crime."

"So, it's not going to happen?" Jindi has always given me the impression that she is introverted and has no edge, but since it was revealed that she is the person behind everything, her words suddenly became a little aggressive.Of course, she said these words in an extremely calm tone.

Comparing the two, I suddenly understood why Xiuhong was so afraid of her.

"Find a place to sit and talk." She said suddenly.

I was a little dazed, she dared to make such a request, and was about to refuse, I heard her say again, "Don't you have a lot to ask me? If you don't go, you won't have a chance."

I heard that this tone was to answer my question, so I suppressed my temper and nodded, and found a teahouse with her on the side of the road, ordered a pot of tea at a place by the window, then watched her and waited for her to speak.

Jindi stared out of the window for a while, and then said leisurely: "Back then, I, Gu Yin, Bu Xiangkong and Hu Xiaotian, the four of us were about the same age and congenial, and they were best friends. Who would have thought that After all these years, when we met again, Hu Xiaotian no longer wanted to talk to me, and Bu Xiangkong even tried to send me to prison, the impermanence of the world makes people feel embarrassed when they think about it.”

"Has Hu Xiaotian been suspicious of you for a long time?" I asked her, "That's why you have been drawing suspicion on him, just to force him to hand over the badge?"

"You are very smart. That's right. The purpose of drawing suspicion on him is to force him to hand over the signboard. After Old Man Wen 'plucked' you from the tree, he sent letters to the members of the Six Arts Associations all over the place. Hu Xiaotian The Imperial Ministry under the leadership of the father and son strongly opposed it, so my subsequent plans were somewhat deliberately aimed at the Hu family."

"The Hu family opposes my control of the Six Arts Club. Is there any reason?"

"The Six Arts Association withdrew from interfering in the current situation. This matter was dominated by the Wei family. Although Gu Yin opposed it at the time, most of the Gu family he belonged to agreed. The remaining ones who opposed it most were the Zhou family and the Hu family. , It’s just that neither of these two companies raised it clearly, which also caused the organization to have an illusion at the time, so the matter of recovering gold was entrusted to them. You also know what happened later.”

Later, Zhou Xunshan's father and son and Hu Xiaotian's father Hu Dahai embezzled gold and put it into the anti-Yuan war. Because my grandfather violated the decision of the Six Arts Association, he willingly died and never came back from the anti-Yuan war. , Zhou Xunshan also spent more than [-] years in the prison of the security regiment.

But Hu Dahai died in a firefight with another group of unidentified armed forces in order to help Donglin Caotang recover the bookcase.Naturally, I already knew all these things, so I nodded to Jindi, motioning for her to continue talking.

"At that time, the Hu family and his son were extremely dissatisfied with the current situation of withdrawing, and by the way, they were also very dissatisfied with the Wei family, so the Hu family thought that if you took over the Six Arts Club 20 years later, after learning about the decision of your parents, you would probably also I tend to be conservative, so I am opposed to choosing you as the next leader."

"I think it's a bit hasty to choose a baby who is still in its infancy to take over the Six Arts Association. No wonder some people have opinions." I thought about it, "Although it will be another 20 years before I take over the Six Arts Association, But what kind of person I will grow up to be 20 years from now is completely unpredictable, and most people at that time could accept it? Or is this how the Six Arts Association has always chosen the next leader?"

"No, this is a situation that only occurs under special circumstances. Normally, the next leader is jointly elected by the six ministries. If you think about it, you know how to get him out of the office if the next leader is an adult. 'Picking off' from the tree? So this is a ritual only for this situation, if the chosen one is an adult, then the ritual is different."

"What do you mean by special circumstances?"

"If the current leader died while in office, the six departments should have been called to re-elect the leader at this time. But at that time, the Six Arts Association had entered a dormant period and could not make a final election, so the Ministry of Rites could choose the next candidate at this time. But because this is not The six films were voted out, so no one from the six films can be selected, only a baby under one year old can be selected."

"So, this situation must meet two conditions at the same time. One is that the current leader suddenly passed away, and the other is that the Six Arts Association just entered the dormant period at that time? This situation should be extremely rare, right?"

"As far as I know, it only appeared two or three times in the entire history of the Six Arts Club."

Then I really caught up with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I shook my head with a wry smile, and asked: "Since I am the only one who can take over as leader, why is Bu Xiangkong still coveting the position of leader? Is it possible Under the circumstances, he can also take over as the leader?"

"Yes." Jindi replied, "The leaders of the Six Arts Association have always been clean. It is impossible for criminals to take charge of the Six Arts Association. If this happens, even if the old man Wen is gone, the leader must be re-elected. "

"So, Bu Xiangkong's move is really to snatch the leader's position?" I feel a little heavy.

"What do you think?" Jindi looked at me peacefully, "Do you have any thoughts about his attempt to snatch the leader's position?"

"Actually, I don't have any obsession with the position of leader." I hesitated, "I'm still going through the Six Arts Association you know, so if Bu Xiangkong is the leader, I think he will be more competent than me."

"It makes sense," Jindi nodded, "but the Six Arts Association doesn't have a system of abdication, and only if you commit a crime can he become the leader—what are you going to do, do you need my help?"

I was speechless by what she said, and it seemed that the leader couldn't get out if I wanted to, so I had to keep my mouth shut.Jindi said again, "You can't give in if you want to, but if you don't, Bu Xiangkong will force you to give in. So he will definitely frame you again. If he sets up a trap against you again, what will you do?"

I thought about it for a long time, and asked myself that there was no good plan, so I asked her casually: "What can you do?"

Jin Di smiled at me, lowered his head and smoothed the hair on his sideburns, "If he commits a crime first, he will naturally lose the qualification to take over as the leader."

"You mean to strike first and use the same method to frame him?" I asked tentatively.

"There's no need to frame us, just check." Jin Di said calmly, "Shu Xu framed us with death, this must be Bu Xiangkong's idea. Framed others are guilty, we don't need to frame him, we just need to prove His framing of us will rule out the possibility of his succession as leader."

"But now that Shu Xu is dead, it can be said that there is no proof of death. What can we use to prove that he framed us?"

"Although Shu Xu is dead, he still has family members. His family may know about Bu Xiangkong's conspiracy with Shu Xu. As long as his family members are willing to testify, it is enough to be accepted." Shall I go find Shu Xu's family together?"

I saw that she didn't answer, and Jin Di smiled again, "Even if it is finally determined that Bu Xiangkong led this matter, it's nothing to him, as long as he didn't kill the person, no matter what he did, there would be no substance." The evil consequences of him. We only need his charges, not what to do with him."

I still didn't speak, and Jindi added, "This is the best way to solve this matter. It can allow Bu Xiangkong to be charged with crimes, but he won't be really convicted. As long as he is charged, even if he is framed again You are useless. In this way, he will not have any other thoughts, and in this way, the relationship between you and Bu Ying and Ji Mingmei can be preserved."

When she said this, I was really moved, but I was afraid of her in my heart, because all the things she did before were done in the name of being good for others, but in the end they all caused unpredictable consequences. There were other foreshadowings buried, but I didn't see it.

Thinking of this, I shook my head decisively and rejected her proposal.Jin Di didn't feel annoyed, she still nodded with a smile, and told me: "Then you should be more careful. Seeing that you don't want to sit down with me anymore, go ahead, and I'll sit alone for a while. "

Face to face with her, I was really uncomfortable, so I stood up and prepared to leave, but when I thought of her doing so many things, but still sitting here peacefully, with a peaceful face, I couldn't help feeling angry , and asked before leaving: "Have you ever thought about a question? When Gu Yin left Guhuai Prison and went to Hushan to find Hu Xiaotian to investigate the tragedy of the Wei family. You were also in Guhuai Prison at that time. Why did he Tell you nothing?"

Jin Di's face froze. I asked her this question a long time ago. At that time, she replied that Gu Yin wanted her to stay in peace and protect those intellectuals, so she deliberately concealed it from her.At this time, when she heard me ask about this matter again, her face turned pale, and she finally lost her mind.

I asked this question with malicious intentions, but when I saw her lose her composure, I breathed a sigh of relief, and said deliberately: "Haven't you ever thought that the reason why he hides everything from you is because he is suspicious of you?" ? He has been avoiding you for so many years, you still don't understand why?"

Jin Di couldn't help but trembled a little, but I still noticed it.I smiled at her, not without joy in my heart, "With your intelligence, you have actually thought of this a long time ago, right? It's just that you don't want to admit it, because you know that once Gu Yin learns what you have done, he will definitely treat you generate disgust."

"You...don't say it." Jindi trembled a little when I said it, and she couldn't help showing a pleading look in her eyes. "No matter what I did, I have no malice towards you...I have no malice towards you..."

She murmured, as if she had been struck by my words, her eyes became dull, and there were faint tears in her eyes.For some reason, seeing her like this, I couldn't help feeling sorry for her, but then I felt ashamed and felt that I really failed the Wenwei family.

I couldn't say anything else right now, so I snorted coldly and walked out of the teahouse.When I walked out of the teahouse and looked back downstairs, Jin Di was also looking at me by the window, her expression seemed to have not calmed down, but she waved at me forcefully.I was so uncomfortable in my heart, I ignored her and walked straight away.

After walking around a corner in the street, he suddenly found a person leaning against the corner.Seeing me approaching, this person said abruptly, "Did she advise you to act first?"

Because of what I said in the teahouse, I was in a trance, and I didn't notice him for a while. I was startled by him at this moment, and then I recognized him as Bu Xiangkong.I looked around and saw no one else, so I asked, "Where are Bu Ying and Ji Mingmei? Are you afraid to come see me?"

"I refused." Bu Xiangkong stroked his chin leisurely, caressing his non-existent beards, "You are all too emotional, you will inevitably spoil my event."

"Is the big thing you're talking about framing Jindi and me?" I asked coldly, holding back my anger.

"Look, you said you were acting emotionally, and you just demonstrated it to me." Bu Xiangkong smiled, with an indescribably hateful expression.

"You really want to control the Six Arts Club that much?" I asked him again.

"You must be thinking, am I setting up Jindi for all this, or is it really trying to frame you, right? After all, Xiuhong was sent to prison by me, so you are inevitably a little confused, lest you misunderstand the good guy .”

"I don't think you look like a good person, where is the misunderstanding?" I retorted him, and couldn't help asking after a while, "Then, are you planning for Jindi?"

Bu Xiangkong looked at me very sincerely, just when I thought he was going to tell me something, he said two words seriously, "Guess."

(End of this chapter)