I don't know how others scheme; I haven't studied it specifically. Some things can only be learned through personal experience. Even if some things cannot be known, they must be investigated and verified. As the saying goes, without investigation, there is no right to speak.
Now, with Su Jingran's path blocked, only one doubt remains in the entire affair. That is, why did the eldest brother, Fang Zixu, intentionally crash into our car? Did he know there was a dead body in my car's trunk?
First, I drove near Fang Zixu's house and put on my earphones.
This listening device is like a radio; it broadcasts in real-time on a specific frequency. The premise is that the switch must be turned on by the senior sister. When we first came into contact with this device, we wanted to change channels, but this earphone did not have that function. Both lipsticks and the two listening devices were controlled by a single switch. Before my senior sister and I were caught, she merely said the earphone was broken and didn't seem to have made any switch action.
As long as it is within range, the earphone will automatically activate.
There's a sound? I guessed correctly, it sounds like crying.
Li Xiuhua was crying. In fact, it was quite difficult for this woman. She looked strong and fierce, but she was actually quite timid. Fang Zidong had beaten Zhou Meijiao to such an extent in front of her, dragging her bloody body into a dog cage. Li Xiuhua's heart had long since collapsed.
"This is not what we planned, I..."
"Don't mention our plan. If life is gone, even a hundred million won't be spent. The second brother's family has no children, so it's ruined anyway. If our family is ruined, what about your son? He's only eight years old."
"Then give the 10 million, no, maybe 20 million, to Tang Nan for free. Tang Nan is not the father's son, and Yu Rong is not the father's wife. That little girl's friend's Ferrari is also rented."
"Disaster averted by spending money. You don't want to pay, but do you have the ability to compete with others? If you die, what will I do?"
I was quite puzzled. We had heard about this matter through the earphones at the time. Fang Zidong should have been alone then, revealing that I was fake, Yu Rong was fake, and the Ferrari was rented.
However, Wang Ren at the time didn't care and instead called me and my senior sister to go eat shaomai.
The second brother, Fang Zidong, knew he had someone behind him, but the eldest brother, Fang Zixu, also knew. What's going on?
"I won't die. The situation is very good for us now. Even without a plan, the second brother basically cannot compete for the inheritance. As long as we prove that Tang Nan is a liar and Yu Rong is fake, all the money will be ours."
"Fang Zixu, you're risking your life."
"You damned woman, don't talk nonsense. Do you know? That person... Ah~"
"Fang Zixu, are you not even listening to me anymore? Are you trying to find another woman outside? Are you trying to lock me in a dog cage like the second brother?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Why are you pulling my ear like this? We have something to discuss, how could I not listen to you."
"Then listen to me. Call the third brother, no, call Tang Nan. How much money does he want? We'll give him whatever he wants, and settle this."
"Ai, ai!"
The eldest brother, Fang Zixu, sighed repeatedly, probably feeling uncomfortable about the 20 million yuan being wasted just like that. To my surprise, I heard footsteps leaving, and I didn't expect Fang Zixu to actually call me.
"Third brother, let's talk about dividing this inheritance when you have time."
I pondered. The intelligence my senior sister obtained was not like this. At that time, Fang Zixu was still thinking about having Li Xiuhua use the rat poison she bought to poison Yu Rong and the second brother Fang Zidong. It was precisely when my senior sister and I were dealing with Fang Zidong that this Fang Zixu also learned that I was a fraud, Yu Rong was fake, and the Ferrari was rented. Moreover, after Fang Zixu returned, as if he knew in advance, he directly rammed my senior sister's car.
"Big brother, I don't want your money. Tell me honestly, who did you meet yesterday morning?"
"A person named Li Jiu, who lived in the same hospital as my father."
"Him?"
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Due to his father Fang Yue's strict upbringing, Fang Zixu had lived in fear his whole life. He clearly remembered that during his rebellious phase at sixteen, he was even forced into a dog cage by his father with a bone-cutting knife for being disobedient.
Fang Yue had always been a decisive butcher, earning so much money yet still standing in the slaughterhouse, killing cattle and sheep. Every time Fang Zixu saw his father's bloody hands, he trembled from the bottom of his heart.
But then, one day, his father changed. He started paying attention to his two sons' lives. The eldest son, Fang Zidong, was incapable, so Fang Yue gave him the slaughterhouse. The second son was intelligent and studious, so he used money to pave the way for him, which allowed the ordinary second son to get a civil servant job and a beautiful wife, Zhou Meijiao.
As both sons achieved success in their careers, Fang Yue gradually grew old. The eldest son, Fang Zidong, wanted to support his father, but he harbored a fear of his father in his heart. Therefore, he refused to support his father, using the excuse that his son was still young. To Fang Zixu's surprise, the second son, Fang Zidong, eagerly took his old father to live with him.
It was only recently that Fang Zixu learned that the second brother had no intention of supporting their father; he wanted revenge. He would lock the old man in a dog cage whenever he pleased, which shortened the lifespan of the already unhealthy Fang Yue. Of course, Fang Zixu did not blame his second brother when he learned this. The image of his father Fang Yue forcing them into a dog cage with a cleaver was a lifelong shadow for him.
Recently, the matter of dividing the inheritance had driven the already not-so-clever Fang Zixu to distraction. He was going crazy. Upon hearing that his wife Li Xiuhua had bought rat poison to help Zhou Meijiao kill the second brother, he became murderous and even thought of poisoning Yu Rong as well.
However, after thinking about it later, Fang Zixu felt a chill. He was a timid person and always listened to his younger brother. Going to lawyer Su Jingran and faking the paternity test were all his brother's ideas. At the time, he thought it was reliable to have such a brother, but how long had it been? Had it been a month in total? He now wanted to kill his own younger brother. And his mother, although his mother hadn't raised him since he was little, she was still his mother.
Later, Fang Zixu figured it out. All this had happened after his father was hospitalized for a short time and suddenly announced the existence of a will. Therefore, Fang Zixu decided to ask his father what was going on. He went to the hospital, but his father, Fang Yue, was critically ill and on the verge of death.
Unexpectedly, Fang Zixu met another critically ill person at the hospital. He wasn't old, but he looked almost like a dead man. This person told Fang Zixu that he had helped plan Fang Yue's will. He also said that Tang Nan was a fraud, Yu Rong was fake, and Tang Nan's girlfriend's Ferrari was rented. Fang Zixu couldn't believe it. The man then said, "If you drive your car to hit that Ferrari, everything will have an answer."
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As expected, it was all the Schemer's setup.
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Teacher Wang Ren had already told me the answer, but the situation had developed to this point. The scheme was still as precise as a surgical knife. I thought I should meet the Schemer before he died. I pondered, ate lunch in a daze, and then hesitantly made my decision in the afternoon.
When I arrived at the hospital, I saw the Schemer in the corridor. He was sitting in a wheelchair, looking out the window, with Teacher Wang Ren pushing him, his face filled with sorrow. I walked over quickly, eager to say, "Teacher Wang Ren, why are you here? Your bodyguards are looking all over for you."
Teacher Wang Ren smiled, "As a tool, I naturally follow the Schemer's arrangements. Of course, I actually gave a psychology class to someone yesterday, and he came to the hospital with me."
"Who?"
"That person."
A person walked over tremblingly, in his thirties, unshaven, and quite thin.
I had never seen this person before and was somewhat bewildered.
"Who is he?"
Neither of them answered me. Wang Ren smiled and looked at the man, "How did it turn out?"
The man didn't speak, squatted on the ground, and burst into tears.
"I'll accompany you inside!" Teacher Wang Ren was as gentle as ever.
I watched Wang Ren and the man enter the ward together, and my mind suddenly lit up, "Is this person Zhang Feng?"
"Yes, he is Zhang Feng. Tang Nan, since you're here, come take a walk with me!"
I pushed him, and he said, "Let's go outside. I want to see the sun."
"This scheme?"
"Luo Bo sent me a message, saying that you should tell me not to be a schemer in the next life. After much thought, I realized that in the next life, I won't be a schemer, nor do I want to be a person. I'll be a pig to atone for my sins in this life," the Schemer changed the subject.
"Teacher Wang Ren once said that highly intelligent criminals have no real life. You, too, are living in a TV drama. I remember a Stephen Chow movie called God of Cookery, where the ten-times evil person finally turned into a pig."
The Schemer chuckled lightly, "Next time, don't call me Teacher Wang Ren. Pour a cup of tea and call me Third Senior Brother."
"I am not the disciple of the Gluttonous Ghost."
"I know."
At this point, we had already come outside. The Schemer looked at the setting sun and said, "Give me your hand."
I handed him my hand. He wrote a character in my palm, which looked like "Feng" (封 - seal).
"I did the wrong thing back then. Before Teacher Wen De died, he expelled me from the sect. He said that as long as I wrote this character 'Feng', I could become his disciple again."
"What does that mean?"
"Seal the scheme. I won't talk about it anymore. The scheme has nothing to do with me anymore. When Master sealed the scheme, my fellow disciples and I went through great hardship that year, and he didn't unseal it. In the end, my good fellow disciples went their separate ways. When I left, Master was critically ill. He wrote the character 'Feng' in my hand and said that as long as I wrote 'Feng' in this life, I could become his disciple again. Today, as a disciple of the fifty-fourth generation Schemer of the Ghost Gate, I admit you into the sect. From now on, you are my disciple, Li Jiu, the prospective successor of the fifty-sixth generation Schemer."
I laughed, "Are you confused? You're taking me as your disciple."
"Cao Shi taught you nothing. Now that I have returned to the Ghost Gate, I naturally must consider the interests of the Ghost Gate."
After speaking, the Schemer took out a small lambskin diary and handed it to me. I took it with surprise and flipped through a few pages. There was a lot of content, all handwritten. It included applications of game theory, manipulation of human nature, and even twelve secret chambers. In short, it was the essence of what the Schemer had learned in his life. Finally, there was a line: All things in the world are not mine, and all things in the world are for my use.
Originally, there was a large question mark after this line, but the question mark was crossed out with a line, and a small line of text was written on it: Master, I understand!
I closed the lambskin book and was about to hand it back to the Schemer when I found that his eyes were tightly closed, his head slumped down, and he had died!
The last rays of the setting sun fell on his face, reflecting a hint of a smile.
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The clouds reflect the sun to form a rosy glow,
The spring water hangs on the rock to form a waterfall.
The object of reliance is different, and the name follows accordingly.
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