Wang Chi smacked it, threw the last secret letter into the brazier, and said, "The scouts said there was a large wave of refugees heading towards the middle of the mountain."
Shi Ling raised his eyebrows after hearing this and said nonchalantly: "It's not strange. I probably went to ask the great philanthropist Sun Fuzun to open a warehouse and save my life."
"What's interesting is that the Huo family's carriage has been following." Wang Chi stood up slowly while talking. When he walked to Shi Yu, he patted him lightly on the shoulder, and the two of them walked out the door side by side.
go.
"Brother, wait for me!" Shi Ling hurriedly followed.
The government officials stood up and saluted. Wang Chi's bodyguards had already opened the big red gate. There were already saddles and horses outside the gate, but Wang Chi did not mount his horse and walked straight into the wind and snow.
There was a strong wind and snow on the street, and the blows on their cheeks were like knives. None of the three of them spoke. Shi Yu, who had been silent during the long snow and wind, said, "Are the Huo family and the Bai family related by marriage?"
"More than that!" Wang Chi pursed her thin lips tightly, "The marriage granted by the Queen Mother is known to the whole world. This time the Bai family committed a serious crime, but the Huo family was not implicated. Isn't it amazing?"
"Then Bai Zeqing's disappearance is related to the Huo family?" Shi Yu immediately shook his head and rejected the idea, "Probably not. Huo Yuncheng is very talented."
At that time, the Huo family transported grain for the official family in exchange for salt, and used trade routes to obtain intelligence for the border troops, so that Duke Pei could regain Nanyi. The late emperor originally wanted to grant the Huo family an official position, but the Huo family refused again and again before giving up. But the late emperor still
The Huo family was placed under the management of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and a plaque was inscribed "The Imperial Businessman of the World".
The Huo family is an imperial businessman and always assesses the situation. How could it endanger itself for the sake of an in-law and a concubine?
Standing behind the Huo family is the imperial court, the royal family. They use the name of "Imperial Merchant" to dabble in everything from salt to tea, from silk to copper and iron, especially Huo Yuncheng, the second eldest son of the Huo family, who is said to have been a business wizard since he was a child. Cheng Tang
In the sixty-sixth year, the Huo family master handed over his business to the two brothers before retiring to the mountains and forests. The eldest brother was running the grain and cloth business honestly. The second Huo family was only fourteen years old at that time, but it took less than ten years to complete the business.
It monopolized Yuanzhou waterway transportation, northwest medicinal material trade and many other hugely profitable businesses.
For such a person, if Bai Zeqing comes to ask for help, he will directly tie him up and send him to the government to clear up the relationship.
"What a great talent, he's just a sick man." Shi Ling curled his lips and said, "There are rumors that he is too weak to marry and have children, and he has to take decoctions every day to hang on to his life."
"He must be sick." Wang Chi said coldly, holding the riding whip, "otherwise, he will be a serious problem."
"I heard that he used this reason to resign from the Queen Mother's marriage." Shi Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "The Queen Mother even sent several doctors from the Queen Mother's Hospital to see him. They said they were seeing a doctor, but in fact they were just looking at him.
Are you pretending to be sick?"
She said with some sadness: "Brother, tell me, why does the Queen Mother love to grant marriages so much? I sweat every time when I go back to Beijing with my father, but I hope that the Queen Mother will never see me!"
"You're the only one who opened your mouth!" Shi Yu glared at her. He looked around cautiously and saw the northwest cavalry guards guarding the surroundings, then he said to Wang Chi: "Even though she refused the marriage, the Queen Mother is still close to the Huo family.
There must be rewards during every festival."
Wang Chi lowered his head slightly, his expression unclear, "What I'm trying to do is to raise a jackal who can fill his inner treasury with integrity and obey orders. If the Mobei grain road is not also controlled by the Huo family, it would be cleaner if it is destroyed."
Shi Yu thought about it and said: "The grain road is both a boost and a restraint. Let's take a look."
Wang Chi seemed to smile and said, "Of course I want to see it, and I want to see it up close!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand, and the guard handed over the reins.
Wang Chi got on his horse and said, "Let's go and see Mr. Huo too."
Shi Ling was happy when he heard that he didn't have to go back to the inn. Then something suddenly occurred to him and he asked curiously: "Is it the richest man in Yuanzhou who donated 10,000 stones of grain and many winter clothes? What do they want to do?"
Shi Yu nodded, sat on the horse, and drove forward calmly and calmly.
"No matter what he wants to do!" Wang Chi looked at the road ahead in the strong wind. He was silent for a moment, patted his horse and moved forward, saying: "There is all kinds of messy news, but there is not a word of the news that should be there."
Of course Shi Yu understood that what he was most anxious about was to find Bai Zeqing's whereabouts, and asked: "The soldiers have almost turned Yuanzhou upside down, but there is still no news?"
"Hey!" Wang Chi chuckled softly, rode his horse slowly, and sighed: "I was afraid that the land route would go astray before taking the water route. Who would have expected..." He then said in a depressed tone, "How on earth did you get out of this airtight bilge?"
Escaped?"
How Bai Zeqing escaped is a really good question.
Shi Ling's horse was one step slower than the two of them. When she heard this sentence, she jumped forward a few steps without saying anything, with an aggrieved expression as if she was hesitant to speak.
Shi Yu glared at her: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Shi Ling wrapped the whip around his wrist and said sarcastically: "Mr. Li also disappeared at that time..."
Although Shi Ling did not want to believe that it was the Taoist priest named Mr. Li who did it, the time when the Taoist priest left was exactly the same as the time when Bai Zeqing disappeared, and among the heavy siege, he was the only one who could take people out quietly.
Already.
"Mr. Li?" Wang Chi looked at Shi Yu in surprise.
"That's the down-and-out Taoist priest." Shi Yu sighed.
"Aling!" When Shi Yu was so angry that his voice rose a little higher, he pointed at Shi Ling's nose from a distance and said, "I told you a long time ago. I can't believe this kind of charlatan. Maybe he's from somewhere.
spy!"
"Absolutely impossible!" Shi Ling blurted out.
She didn't believe that Mr. Li could be a spy - who could instigate someone like him?
She suddenly remembered what the Taoist priest said on the boat, and hurriedly defended: "Brother, Mr. Li is probably just interested in her resentment."
Shi Yu raised his head and held his forehead, "I really, really want to beat you up and fill you with resentment!"
Wang Chi couldn't help but tilted his head back, pinched his eyebrows, pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Aling, do you have a way to contact Mr. Nali?"
I have a ghost! Shi Ling felt depressed. He bit his lip and shook his head. He lowered his head and circled the whip in his hand twice more.
Wang Chi and Shi Yu saw Shi Ling's sudden behavior towards their little daughter, and looked at each other, speechless and disgusted.
Wang Chi laughed again, hit Shi Yu on the shoulder and said, "She is your sister after all."
Shi Yu shook his head and was speechless.
Shi Ling rolled her eyes at her eldest brother and forcibly changed the subject, saying: "If I had known she had let her run away, it would be better to kill her with one blow." She made a sharp slashing motion with her knife, "Brother Xueji kicked her earlier.
It was still too light, since he was not killed immediately."
Wang Chi said in a cold voice: "That script is a step towards hell. If she can survive, I believe her life is tough. But don't fall into my hands again!"
At this moment, a scout from the Northwest Iron Cavalry rode up to catch up with him. He bowed on his horse and clasped his fists: "Major General, someone has come from the capital with an imperial edict."
