Yuan Ye had already gotten off the boat. He was surrounded by more than a dozen people, including guards and boatmen. The guards looked wary and the boatmen looked scared.
Seeing Hu Jinyu coming back in a hurry, Yuan Ye glanced at the guards around him.
It's all rubbish.
Not all of the people who broke into the ship were brave, but none of them stopped them. When they reacted, only a few boxes of leather silk were left in the ship.
The Hu family is also a waste, they don't even care about their own territory, and let others tamper with it openly.
"Master Yuan, please be patient, we will bear the loss this time," Hu Jinyu immediately said and took responsibility, "It is dangerous here, and the weather is not good. Please follow me back to the city first, and I will protect you on the way.
safety.”
"Safe?" Yuan Ye sneered: "Your father-in-law keeps saying that you can come and go freely in Dingzhou, but this is not the case."
Hu Jinyu led him back: "This incident happened suddenly, and we did not expect it. Don't worry, the Hu family in Dingzhou can indeed speak, and I will definitely give you an explanation this time."
He spoke very sincerely, while thinking in his mind which family was trying to undermine the Hu family.
The Huang and Zhao families have been coveting the Hu family's business for a long time. They had many small fights in the early years, but the old man fought back hard every time.
Nowadays, they only dare to show off the power of their elders in front of themselves, hoping that he will change from Hu Jinyu to Hu Tongtie, but they dare not really take action. Could it be that they have found a backer this time?
It's unlikely. The Hu family holds the backers, and the Hu family will pay the money on time. It's impossible for them to leave the Hu family unsupported and support the other two families instead.
While he was thinking hard, Song Huiyue's face suddenly appeared in his mind.
He recalled the way Song Huiyue asked for sex in an understatement.
Could it be her?
Hu Jinyu frowned and began to carefully recall Song Huiyue's expression when she spoke.
But no matter what he thought, Song Huiyue in his mind always looked calm and spoke in an extremely calm tone, not as if he was going to bite off a large piece of meat from their Hu family, but as if he was going to eat it at the butcher shop.
Cut off a piece of meat.
Could it be that at that time she had already planned to reach this point?
But Weng Weng sent people to follow her, but she didn't see any movement.
Maybe she had more than one capable person, and somewhere they couldn't see, someone was spying on the Hu family. Not only did they know their delivery time clearly, but they didn't even miss their hidden stakes.
The Hu family had been at ease for too long, so they were caught off guard and unable to fight back.
His expression became more solemn, and while calmly comforting Yuan Ye, he was thinking about Song Huiyue in his mind, trying to catch any clues about her.
After an hour, everyone in the Hu family took action. The troops were divided into groups. Two groups were in the city to keep an eye on the Huang and Zhao families. They went all the way out of the city overnight, sent letters to the Hu family in the barracks, kept an eye on Song Huiyue, and went all the way to get the original couple.
Ye acted perfunctorily to prevent the guest from being furious, and took some good people along the way to Xiazhou to get another boatload of salt back.
Three days later, nothing was found in the first three routes.
When the Huang and Zhao families heard about the tragic experience of the Hu family, they clapped their hands and held a feast for three days before the first month of the lunar month was over. The two heads of the family even went to Kaiyuan Temple together to burn a stigma and asked the Buddha to let the Hu family continue.
If bad luck continues, it would be best to give up the trade route.
Song Huiyue did not move at all. She just ate and drank in the barracks and never went out.
During this time, only Li Jun, whose face was covered with scars, entered the city once, went to the courtyard to spend the night, and rushed back to the barracks in the early morning.
The mastermind behind the scenes was not discovered, and as a result, another shipment of goods to the Liao Kingdom had a problem.
The Hu family collected the fragrant medicine, rhinoceros horns, and ivory that were melted by the river thieves. They were all precious things. Among them was an ivory sculpture of "Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Riding an Elephant." It was a majestic treasure and was worth a lot of money.
They were reluctant to put it on the market, so they brought their own men, hid it in beans and took it out of the North City Gate. They planned to take the trade route in person, escort it to the Liao Kingdom, and find a big buyer.
Unexpectedly, before the goods had traveled thirty miles, the delivery man was severely beaten, and the robbers only took away the Bodhisattva statue.
Without this Bodhisattva statue, the Hu family suffered heavy losses. Hu Qianshan secretly inquired in many ways, but did not find that such a Bodhisattva statue was being sold underground.
In order to make up for the losses, the team heading to Liao Kingdom bought leather, iron swords and other items after selling incense and medicine, and waited until they returned to Dingzhou to take action.
After all the hard work, I walked outside Dingzhou City and was robbed in the wilderness in the middle of the night. The train was towed away without even a wheel.
The Hu family is in chaos.
The business losses in the underground market were so heavy, but they couldn't even find the person who did it. They finally caught a young boy who did it, but the boy refused to let go.
In the end, the Hu family could only chop off one of his hands and throw the man and his hand on the street, in order to frighten the mastermind behind the scenes.
However, the people behind the scenes were not frightened by the bloody palm, and even the young boy soon began to appear on the streets.
He was missing one hand, but his expression was very happy, and he must have been protected for life.
Hu Ganshan led his son and grandson to sit together and think about countermeasures. Hu Jinyu said directly: "It's the young lady in the barracks. Since she said she wanted to negotiate, she will definitely find a way to succeed. We can still bear the losses these few times." It starts, but in the long run, our reputation will be damaged."
Hu Ganshan looked solemn and speechless.
"I don't agree with what my nephew said," Hu You immediately refused. "If you give up the negotiation ground, we will lose without a fight. The Huang and Zhao families will also feel that we can be bullied and start to take action. I think we should fight back quickly." , if necessary, you can kill this little lady, dad, I think my nephew is still too soft-hearted, and he is still reluctant to do it at this time."
Hu Jinyu sneered and said: "Second uncle, if you can kill, you go and kill. I will never stop you."
"There are capable people around her," Hu Qianshan said. It was not that he had not thought about killing Song Huiyue, but he soon realized that this was a wrong decision. "Since she can't be killed, there is no need to form this deadly feud."
When Hu You saw that the old man was also on Hu Jinyu's side, he snorted in his heart: "My nephew has been in charge of the market for many years and should be well-informed. Isn't there any other way?"
"If the second uncle has a solution, the second uncle will propose it," Hu Jinyu said coldly, "She does not do business, does not walk around Dingzhou City, has no home and no job, where should the second uncle start, or the second uncle already knows her disciples Who can catch them all in one fell swoop?"
"You!" Hu You left him speechless, and finally slapped the table, "Is this your attitude towards your elders? You have no respect for your elders! You are presumptuous!"
The juniors on the side all sneered in their hearts, because once Hu You couldn't defeat Hu Jinyu, he would bang the table and muddy the water. They were used to it every time.
Hu Qianshan cleared his throat and looked around at the Hu family members who were present. Everyone who was watching became silent, and then he spoke: "We can't give it out unless we have to. Jin Yu, please go and invite her to meet at the market. , as long as she is willing to put forward conditions, we will try our best to meet them and turn hostility into friendship."