National Gardener: I can choose the evolution path of spiritual plants.

Chapter 105 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

"Deal with it?"

Lin Zhi's mind flashed back to the news he watched this morning. According to the report, more than thousands of direct members of the Ji family committed unforgivable crimes and were arrested and sentenced to death with immediate execution, but half of the members were still innocent and had not been implicated in anything.

This is one of the ways that the aristocratic families “don’t put all their eggs in one basket” and “bet on multiple fronts”.

They can still inherit the "legitimate" industries other than the Ji family's gray industries to ensure that the family has no worries about food and clothing and can survive for a thousand years.

Even the current patriarch of the Ji family and those true spirit ancestors who had returned through "rebirth" could not be sanctioned because they "did not do it on purpose" and had not violated the laws of the alliance.

The Ji family still has advanced legendary combat power. Even if most of its forces are taken away, it is still unshakable.

In addition to the Ji family, third-rate families such as the Jia family, which played an indispensable role in this incident, had more than half of their members arrested, but there were also some "innocent" people.

They are like a centipede that is dead but still alive. Ordinary people cannot contend with them. It won't take long for them to recover to their former glory.

As for the Wu family, it is said that they are a first-rate family from Jingzhou. They hold the lifeline of the alliance and any move they make will have a huge impact on the entire alliance. Therefore, they were not even mentioned in the reports.

Therefore, if he publicly accused these noble families, not only would he fail to get the desired result, but he would instead face brutal revenge.

If I keep quiet, under Meng Xingchen's protection, the other party won't dare to do anything to me.

After all, this time, so many geniuses from aristocratic families were killed by the Wu family, which aroused public anger. Although everyone could do nothing about it, they could only suffer a loss in secret.

But if there is an opportunity to take advantage of someone's misfortune, I will definitely not let it go.

However, Lin Zhi did not want to be a gun or cannon fodder in the struggles among these aristocratic families.

He now only wants to completely get rid of the Ji family that almost caused his death. This goal is actually easier to achieve.

Because the Ji family is a second-rate family in Yu County, Zhongzhou, and their sphere of influence is limited to Yu County.

In Yu County and the entire Zhongzhou, Teacher Meng Xingchen is the son-in-law of one of the eight first-class families. In addition, he is currently the first legend and has the reputation of unparalleled combat power.

Therefore, in Yu County, Zhongzhou, he can be said to be walking sideways, using the opponent's force to his advantage, and there is still hope to deal with the Ji family.

No wonder the teacher specifically sent me a message to be interviewed and told me to speak freely. This should be the case that the noble families in Yu County are preparing to join forces to kill the Ji family.

After all, Ma Wanli from the Ma family, Fang Pin from the Fang family and other peerless geniuses as well as several legions of Yu County were all lost to the Ji family. It would be unreasonable not to deal with him.

Lin Zhi understood instantly that the noble families in Yu County were planning to use their current popularity to create public opinion so as to take action against the remaining Ji family with a "clean background".

At the same time, they probably also have the idea of ​​dividing up each other's industries.

After understanding this, Lin Zhi had an answer to the reporter's questions.

He pretended to be sad and angry and said:
"We can turn the tide of this war and become a legend. This is not the result of one individual's efforts, but the joint efforts of all of us."

"However, there are parasites like the Ji family in civilization. If it weren't for them, this battle would have been decided long ago, and there would be no need for more sacrifices."

"The alliance handled it very well. The Ji family and other people who committed heinous crimes have all been brought to justice. It's really gratifying!"

"However, the remaining members of the Ji family are still enjoying a comfortable life, enjoying the wealth that the Ji family has earned through numerous crimes and the blood and tears of countless people. I cannot understand this."

A reporter nearby immediately asked:
"Student Lin, you have to understand that the remaining assets of the Ji family are innocent, and the remaining members of the Ji family have never been involved in these crimes."

"Yes, it is indeed so."

"But have you ever thought about where the capital for these businesses of the Ji family came from?" "They were created with funds from the gray industry."

“How do these industries of theirs continue to thrive?”

"It was the Ji family members who committed heinous crimes, threatening their peers, terrorist attacks on competitors, bribing their superiors, etc."

Lin Zhi continued, "All that they enjoy seems legal and innocent on the surface, but is it really so?"

"Student Lin, I understand what you mean, but unfortunately, the current laws of the alliance only punish the main culprit and do not implicate the nine clans."

"So, I want to appeal to everyone to boycott Ji's products and not give our credit points to Ji to sell out civilization! Okay, I'm done."

The audience immediately burst into applause from the internet trolls that Yujun University had arranged long ago.

……

The day after the interview, Lin Zhi received the "Medal of Civilization" awarded by the Alliance. The holder of this medal will be listed in the "Hall of Civilization" and have the right to enter the Alliance Treasury once a year and choose an item.

Items in the alliance treasury are eligible for storage only when they reach the "upper limit" stage.

Currently, the treasures in the treasury are at the "Divine Ring" stage. In the future, only treasures at the "Legend" stage can be stored in the treasury. Treasures at the Divine Ring stage will be eliminated and downgraded.

Therefore, at Meng Xingchen's suggestion, Lin Zhi did not immediately choose the items.

In addition, those who receive the Medal of Civilization will have their honorary rank automatically promoted to Legion Commander, and can create their own legion after achieving Half-Step Legend, with logistics and supplies being borne by the Alliance.

……

At noon on the second day after the interview, many posts revealing details about the Ji family appeared on the Internet. Many things that were not crimes but could arouse public indignation were exposed.

Under the influence of the Internet trolls and taking advantage of Lin Zhi's popularity, the situation quickly fermented. Then, under the guidance of some people with ulterior motives, the people lost their minds and started to destroy the Ji family's business.

The stock market fell to the bottom, and then aristocratic families such as Yujun began to take action and acquire the industries that the Ji family had to sell off.

Some members of the Ji family were even attacked and assassinated.

In just a few days, with the joint efforts of all the major families in Yu County, several second- and third-rate families headed by the Ji family were completely crushed, leaving only the core members of the family retreating to their ancestral land.

Then, a cult organization called "Quxie" blocked the Ji family's ancestral land with a spiritual plant formation, dispatched more than 30 legendary powerful men, killed several legends of the Ji family, and then looted everything.

Unfortunately, when Meng Xingchen and other Yu County strongmen and the law enforcement team went to support, the other party had already left, and there was not even any trace left at the scene.

No one on the Internet pursued the matter, they just said it was a great relief.

When the alliance was finalizing its rewards and punishments for this battle, it was already the second week after the war ended.

On this day, while Lin Zhi was practicing, he once again received news from Meng Xingchen's watch.

"Come to the teacher's apartment. I have something good to tell you."

"Good thing?"

Lin Zhi went to the teachers' apartment building full of doubts and saw a group of old men, old women and some young women gathered downstairs of the apartment building.

Seeing Lin Zhi coming from afar, an old man took a step forward in an instant and appeared in front of Lin Zhi the next moment.

(End of this chapter)