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Volume 4 Leviathan 131 Under the Trap

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    At this time, Meng Chi was in much better spirits and said with a smile: "This must be your Lord's way of self-reliance. After all, Your Excellency's position as counselor was only obtained with the full support of Your Majesty Wang Fu, so that Your Excellency can suppress the Burmese nobles for him."  There are opposition forces in the palace. But the king can let you take the position of counselor of the Privy Council, or you can replace him with another person. If you want to maintain your position, the only way is to make the prince inseparable from you and let the nobles.  What¡¯s a better way to protect yourself by constantly generating new opposition forces, especially by eliminating potential candidates among the nobles?¡± ¡°Yes, yes, what you said makes sense. As a representative of the moderate and liberal faction.  "Maung Ji is indeed the best candidate to take over my position!" Diok continued with a smile: "Meng Chi! I thought you were a smart person at first, but now it seems that I still underestimate you!"  Your Excellency is so complimentary! You always teach me well!" Meng Chi thanked him hurriedly.  "How can it be a false praise? How can I teach a subordinate like you." At this point, Diok's voice suddenly turned cold: "Besides, even if I can teach it, I don't feel confident using it!" Meng Chizheng  When he was full of joy, he suddenly heard something wrong in Diok's tone, and hurriedly said: "Sir, what did you mean just now?" "It doesn't mean anything!" Diok smiled: "I remember you still have a wife and daughter.  , Don¡¯t worry, I will ensure that they have enough food and clothing!¡± At this point, Diok¡¯s face suddenly turned cold: ¡°Come here, take him down!¡± Before Meng Chi could recover, someone rushed outside.  Three or four big men came in and twisted him up. While he struggled hard, he shouted loudly: "Sir, spare your life! Spare your life!" "For the sake of his efforts for me all these years, give him a life without blood.  Die!" Diok ordered the big man at the head.  "Yes, sir!" The big man bowed to Diok, turned around and made a gesture. Two knowing men immediately strangled Meng Chi's neck with a thick rope, pulled hard, and made a loud begging for mercy.  It immediately turned into violent breathing, and Meng Chi struggled hard, but soon his resistance turned into a dying convulsion.  Two minutes later, the executioner relaxed the rope, and Meng Ji's body fell to the ground as if it was falling apart. After carefully checking to confirm that he was dead, the leading man reported to Diok: "Master, this man has already died."  Dead!" "Very well, you throw the body into the well in the backyard of Maung Ji's house, do you understand?" "Yes, sir!" The next day, there was a rumor among the nobles in Mandalay.  Shocking news, a certain nobleman who had been vigorously instigating the succession of the orthodox king suddenly disappeared, and the time of disappearance happened to be the second night after he went to visit the Maung Ke family, the former Privy Council counselor and leader of the moderate and liberal nobles.  This rumor was soon confirmed by more shocking facts - at the request of Meng Chi's family, a group of New Army soldiers, under the command of Diok, the current Privy Council Counselor, searched Maung Kyi's house in Mandalay.  Half an hour later, the soldiers found the body of the deceased in the well in the backyard. According to the condition of the body, it should have been strangled to death and then dumped in the water.  Faced with all this, although Maung Kei's face turned pale, he still maintained his basic composure.  Diok immediately announced that Maung Kyi, as the biggest suspect, would be temporarily detained in a prison for nobles near the palace, waiting for the trial of the noble court in a few days.  There are seven steps from the door to the window, and seven steps from the window to the door.  Maung Ji sat on the camp bed against the wall, staring at the lock of the door opposite.  During the days of being imprisoned, he had walked back and forth countless steps on the solid wooden floor of the Noble Prison.  There was a brown partition nailed to the wall facing him, with two pottery bowls and chopsticks placed on it - that was his lunch. Maung Ji had no appetite for these, and his mind was churning.  All that was left was the corpse's face, which had been soaked in well water and had become swollen and deformed to the point where it was no longer possible to recognize its original appearance.  At this time, the sound of a metal key being inserted into the keyhole was heard outside the door. Maung-Jian stood up and pushed open the door, revealing Chen Zaixing's gloomy face.  "You two stay here, no one is allowed to get close!" Chen Zaixing gave the order to the two guards behind him, walked straight into the cell, stared at each other for a while, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?  "How do I know? This is a conspiracy!" Maang Ji's anger that he had been holding back for two days finally burst out: "Meng Chi was still alive and well when he left my house. There are many people who can testify to this.  I know why he fell into that well again, and there was a piece of rope around his neck!" Chen Zaixing didn't say anything. He looked at the pottery bowl filled with food on the partition: "Why, you have no appetite? Are you still afraid of poison?  ?" He smiled, walked to the camp bed and sat down, and said in a more relaxed tone among old friends: "Wu Maangji, of course II know this is a conspiracy.  In the city of Mandalay, there are people like spiders every day, hiding in the dark and weaving webs of conspiracy, waiting for poor prey to crash into them. What matters is whether you are a spider or a small insect!  " "Do you believe it wasn't me who killed Meng Chi?  "Maung Ji asked in surprise. "No, I don't believe anything, because I don't know anything now!  "Chen Zaixing smiled: "However, Wu Maangji, my intuition tells me that this is not that simple, because the situation is not yet at a time when such drastic means as murder are needed to solve the problem, especially for a noble.  I really don't see any benefit in killing him!  " "Then when can I get out of here?  "Maung Ji asked. "No, I think it's better for you to stay here for a while!  Chen Zaixing smiled: "If this is a conspiracy, it's safer here than at home, don't you think?"  Don't worry, as long as things come to light, I will restore your freedom as soon as possible.  " Maung Ji lowered his head in disappointment, but he knew that Chen Zaixing's decision was correct. If there was really an enemy hiding in the darkness, it would be much safer in a noble prison than in his own home. He was a little reluctant.  He raised his head and whispered: "Master Chen, I am very grateful for your help -" "No, you don't need to thank me!  "Chen Zaixing stood up and patted the other party's shoulder gently: "You are very valuable to me, and the kingdom also needs a nobleman with ability and vision like you!  Also, I have ordered the replacement of the guards of the Noble Prison. The replacements are all Sikh soldiers from my company. You can rest assured of your safety. If you feel bored, you can ask your family to bring some books!  "Having said this, Chen Zaixing strode out the door without waiting for Maung Ji to express his gratitude. On the carriage, Chen Zaixing frowned, and he no longer looked like he had the wisdom in the cell just now. Indeed, he did not believe that it was Maung Ji.  Ji killed the young nobleman who was secretly promoting the king's pro-government, but the important thing was that he was completely confused about who was the mastermind behind the scenes and what the purpose of doing so was. This was what made him feel bad.  . As for the impact of this matter, it is not obvious yet, but what is certain is that the undercurrents originally hidden under the water are finally coming to the surface. For Chen Zaixing, who hopes to maintain the stability of the Kingdom of Myanmar as much as possible, this is not a problem.  Good news. "My lord, O'Neil.  Mr. Bangji has been in Mandalay for several days and has always made arrangements. "Oh!" Chen Zaixing raised his head, his eyes were a little dull. After a moment, he came back to his senses and nodded: "Okay, let's go to Bangji now.  Mr. Ji¡¯s place!¡± Babu Village Manor.  O'Neil.  Bunji's residence is a newly built wooden house, less than a hundred meters away from the lake where he swam last time, and there is already a section of about a hundred meters of the lake covered with fine white sand.  The wooden house is made of fine Burmese teak. Different from the traditional style of Southeast Asia, the beautiful wood grain under the varnish is the only decoration of the house itself, but a large number of beautiful ceramics, gems and precious metal artworks make up for this only shortcoming.  .  Of course, there will be no shortage of attentive servants and beautiful girls in the manor.  But O'Neil.  Bunge did not live happily in this Garden of Eden. For reasons known to readers, this passionate man's heart had already flown to St. Petersburg thousands of miles away, and he faced him with an almost anxious mood.  To everything in front of you.  "Mr. Chen, I'm curious about what kind of important things can make you so busy that you can't even spare fifteen minutes to sign a cooperation agreement with me." O'Neil.  Bunge's words were full of hidden sarcasm: "Or are you still used to using delaying tactics in negotiations to test the patience of your negotiating opponents?" Chen Zaixing glanced at O'Neil in surprise.  Bunge, in his impression, although this young millionaire has a weird personality, he is not a mean person!  He frowned and replied in a low voice: "O'Neil. Mr. Bunge, I don't quite understand what you mean, but it sounds like you are very anxious, so let's get started right away!"  Nell.  Bunji nodded. He took out a map from his side, spread it out on the table, pointed to several marked locations on it and said, "Mr. Chen, after inspection, I found these locations suitable for growing rubber.  If possible, I hope to purchase 1,500 hectares of land for rubber plantations in these six locations in the near future, including 800 hectares of reserve land for plantations within five years.  The area will be expanded five times." Chen Zaixing looked at the map carefully for a while, then raised his head: "No problem, what about the specific investment ratio and share distribution?" The second update was given. After looking at the results, it was terrible.  It¡¯s important to be shameless. Please recommend, reward and collect.?
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