Chapter 162 Wasp sting? My little Mengde is more poisonous than him
Some people have summarized the steps for scholars to progress into four categories:

The first is to study and become an official, to establish one's life for the people, and to bring peace to the world for all eternity. This is the most noble ideal and belief of scholars;

The second is to sing praises and serve those who are powerful, wealthy, and influential in exchange for their own interests and to achieve their personal goals;

The third is to inform on others and sell them out, thus paving the way for oneself;

Fourth, they are jealous of others' talents and use conspiracy and trickery to harm others. After achieving their goals, they begin to succeed and while harming others, they also laugh at those who are not as good as themselves.

Huang Wenbing has all four of these.

But we have to admit that among all the scholars in Water Margin, Huang Wenbing is still very capable. After all, he was able to force Song Jiang to act crazy and stupid, and he was unable to escape. He could only be rescued by robbing the execution ground, which was a way of using force to overcome cleverness.

The wisdom, emotional intelligence and means displayed by Huang Wenbing in this process are all first-class.

It’s just that the government led by Cai Jiu was too corrupt. A state capital with thousands of soldiers was defeated by 29 people.

Waste of waste!

"Huang Wenbing! Wasp sting!"

Cao Jie found that he had underestimated this guy. In order to prevent him from ruining his next plan of traveling to Mount Lushan, Cao Jie decided to strike first.

"Brother, are you worried that the wasp will cause trouble for us?"

Seeing Cao Jie fall into deep thought after returning from the Pipa Pavilion, Liu Tang found an opportunity to ask, "If that's the case, why don't we kill him first? He's just a scholar, so weak that there's no way he can escape from us."

Cao Jie pondered and said, "Brother, what you said is very much in line with my opinion. We do need to get rid of him, but... why not get hold of his handle and use it for my own benefit?"

"Brother, are you looking for talent? I don't think that wasp sting is a good man, let alone a good person."

"It is precisely because of his evil heart that we should use him. If we use his evil mind to deal with the government, it may work wonders. We brothers are still too kind."

"Brother, are you going to take action against Cai Jiu?"

"Make a move first, and when the time is right, when the fruit is ripe, take it all at once."

Liu Tang bowed and clasped his fists, saying, "Brother, please give me some advice so that we can implement it."

"Huang Wenbing is an official in Wuwei Army, so his family must be there. Why don't you take his family? Use this to blackmail him."

The key to a strategy is not whether it is new or old, but whether it works well.

Regardless of whether Huang Wenbing cares about his family or not, using his family as a threat will at least make him hesitate.

If we trick him into a trap and get hold of something against him, given his power-obsessed personality, how could he dare to go against our will?

"I will lead my brothers to Wuwei Army and catch that wasp and sting the whole family."

Liu Tang is not a good person. Not to mention arresting people, he would not even blink an eye even if he were to kill an entire family.

"Wait a minute!"

Cao Jie said, "I have a few words to tell you, you must remember them. First, this plan requires the use of Brother Xue Yong, and you can achieve twice the result with half the effort by leading him to Wuwei Army. Second, you cannot let Brother Li Kui go with you. Tie Niu can go into battle and kill the enemy, but if he participates in the plan, he will cause great disaster, and it will be the same in the future."

"I understand. Then I will go to Wuwei Army with brothers Xue Yong and Li Jun."

"Li Jun has people and boats on the river, and he travels between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers all year round. If he accompanies us, we will be safe."

It is impossible for Cao Jie to arrange all aspects of the implementation of this plan. If he were to take care of everything, he would be exhausted to death like Zhuge Liang sooner or later.

Moreover, when it comes to the actual implementation of the strategy, there are bound to be some shortcomings, which will make it look bad.

It would be better to just let go and let Liu Tang do it.

Liu Tang and his party sailed eastward, but Cao Jie was not idle either. He began to plot against Cai Jiu.

Led by Shi Qian, they found out exactly which concubine Cai Jiu had sex with and how long they had sex with him every night.

Wuwei Army was established in the third year of Taipingxingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty, separated from Luzhou. It governed Chao County Chengkou Town (now Wucheng Town, Wuwei, Anhui), governed Chao County and Lujiang County, and belonged to Huainan Road. Li Jun sold private salt in Lianghuai, so he was naturally familiar with the local geography, and even the local tyrants gave him some face.

But what no one expected was that the first person to do this was Xue Yong, a "sick bug" with a very low presence.

Since he became Cao Jie's subordinate, he has been doing odd jobs diligently. When he followed Liu Tang to Wuwei Army, who would have thought that he would contact his apprentice Hou Jian in the first place.

Hou Jian was an excellent tailor, with superb skills in sewing and sew. He also loved to use guns and sticks. He was dark, thin and agile, so people called him "Tongbi Yuan".

Why did he achieve the first merit?

Because Hou Jian was going to Huang Wenbing's house to make clothes, so he had an insider.

That night, Liu Tang and his entourage robbed Huang Wenbing's family cleanly and efficiently, stuffed them onto Li Jun's private salt boat, and sailed towards Jiangzhou.

"Brother Xue Yong, to be honest, you were chosen by my brother for this trip. He said that with your participation, things would be more efficient. As expected, with the help of Brother Hou Jian, we were able to accomplish it without any effort."

After Liu Tang finished speaking, Hou Jian was shocked and asked, "Brother, do you have the ability to predict the future?"

"Haha, brother is a master of strategy and can win a battle thousands of miles away. This is just a small magical power."

At this moment, a message flashed before Cao Jie's eyes.

【The plan for Huang Wenbing's family was successful.】

[Strategist Experience +5]

"It's done!"

"Mr. Gongsun, we can start the next step of the plan."

Gongsun Sheng was no longer shocked. Since joining the gang, he had become accustomed to Cao Jie's ability to predict the future.

Without any doubt, he received the order and went to earn money from Cai Yanei, the eldest son of Cai Jiu.

A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse's son can make holes.

Although Cai Jing was called the "chief of the six thieves", he was actually talented enough to serve as prime minister and govern a country. He was even a leading figure in the calligraphy world.

But when people are in the court, their bottom line will naturally be lowered again and again for the sake of power, and eventually they will have no bottom line and become beasts of power.

Cai Jiu was able to become the prefect not because of his ability, but because of his background.

His eldest son was already in his twenties. He was not good at studying, but he had learned all the arrogant and spoiled behaviors of a playboy.

He is no less capable than Gao Yanei in bullying men and women.

Just think about it, Gao Yanei, the godson of a general, dared to be so domineering in the capital city of Tokyo. As the grandson of the Grand Tutor, Cai Yanei was naturally even more domineering and arrogant in Jiangzhou City, where the emperor was far away and the sky was high.

Not to mention causing death, even if an entire family was wiped out, who could punish him?

For young people, every day they just have fun and are happy all day long.

What places were there for “fun” in ancient times?

It's nothing more than eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

It becomes meaningless if you do it too much.

Only by raping other people's wives and daughters can he satisfy his perverted psychology.

Today, Cai Yanei stayed overnight in the concubine's house of a certain official.

Shi Qian was the vanguard, Gongsun Sheng cast a spell, Chao Gai arrested people, all in one go, and after arresting Cai Yanei, they fled into the darkness...

(End of this chapter)