At that time, Tang Miaoxin turned Qi State upside down, killed Emperor Xuan of Qi and Qi Jianlan, and plunged the entire Qi State into unprecedented civil strife.
The Zuo clan was branded as a rebel by the British princes and others, and was driven out of the capital and returned to Jiangdong, where the Zuo clan lived.
Zuo Xingzhi always has a plan, and he has never been so passive.
His views on Tang Miaoxin are extremely complicated, and it's not hard to say how much he hates her.
After all, Tang Miaoxin was kidnapped by Qi Jianlan and taken to Qi State, and everything she did was just to survive.
And when he thought of Qi Jianlan, his mood became even more complicated. He thought that Qing Bi Jin Jian was just a big joke.
But it is impossible to say that he does not hate Tang Miaoxin at all.
After all, to a certain extent, Tang Miaoxin destroyed everything he cared about.
This hatred has inadvertently turned into a mortal enemy.
After Zuo Xingzhi returned to Jiangdong, he spent a lot of effort to regain a foothold in Qi.
Over the past year or so, there have been many conflicts between the Zuo clan and other clans, and wars of various sizes have been fought more than a dozen times. Only then has the Zuo clan's territory been temporarily stabilized.
Every time it was quiet at night, Zuo Xingzhi would review the days when Qi Jianlan abducted Tang Miaoxin to Qi State.
Qi Jianlan actually had many opportunities to kill Tang Miaoxin at the beginning, but in the end he was too confident, so he did not take action.
Little did they know that Tang Miaoxin had secretly made a series of arrangements, which ultimately cost Qi Jianlan her life.
When Zuo Xingzhi looks at these things now, what Tang Miaoxin did in the Qi Palace can be regarded as a textbook-level template.
She acts like she thinks of every move, but in fact she takes every step.
After he arrived in Jiangdong, he had been paying close attention to Tang Miaoxin's movements. After learning that she was actually the princess who had returned to Qian, his mood was more complicated than ever.
Zuo Xingzhi thought of Qi Jianlan's disdainful tone when she talked about Tang Miaoxin's humble background, and he felt ashamed for her.
After all, Qi Jianlan failed to get the throne of Qi despite all his efforts, but Tang Miaoxin was Gui Qian's only heir.
Based on the extent to which the leader of Gui Qian dotes on Tang Miaoxin, he extremely doubts that as long as Tang Miaoxin opens her mouth, she can become the emperor of Gui Qian.
Pian Tang Miaoxin seemed to have never taken her identity seriously. She smiled even when she was teased about her low status, and she never thought about exposing her identity.
Zuo Xingzhi felt that judging from this one incident alone, Qi Jianlan was far inferior to Tang Miaoxin in terms of structure, vision and ability.
Qi Jianlan's defeat at the hands of Tang Miaoxin was really not unjust at all.
A man with a sword beside him asked him: "Sir, is that woman just now the Tang Miaoxin you often mentioned?"
Zuo Xingzhi nodded: "Apart from her, there will never be another Tang Miaoxin in this world."
His words sounded like he was gritting his teeth.
The man with the sword asked him: "Do you want me to go kill her?"
Zuo Xingzhi shook his head: "You can't kill her."
The man with the sword said with a look of disbelief: "My subordinates have observed her. Although she knows martial arts, her martial arts are very low and she is definitely no match for my subordinates."
Zuo Xingzhi said quietly: "The powerful people in this world are never ranked based on their low martial arts skills."
"It's not that I underestimate you, but if ten of you try to surround her, you may not be able to kill her."
The man with the sword opened his eyes wide, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Seeing his appearance, Zuo Xingzhi said seriously: "We are coming to Huaizhou this time. We have serious business, so don't provoke her for the time being, so as not to alert others."
Seeing that he was talking about this matter so seriously, the man with the sword could only temporarily put away his thoughts of assassinating Tang Miaoxin: "Okay."
After he finished speaking, he asked Zuo Xingzhi: "Master, why did Tang Miaoxin come to Huaizhou?"
Zuo Xingzhi said quietly: "They should be just like us, coming here for food and grass."
"The land in Qinzhou is not fertile enough to begin with, and the output from the land is not much. Last year, there was a battle with Linyuan, and there should be no grain in the warehouse."
Although the land in Jiangdong occupied by the Zuo family was much more fertile than Qinzhou, the food reserves had long been exhausted due to years of fighting.
This year, the Zuo family planned to save enough food and grass to prepare for a counterattack. The supply from Jiangdong alone was definitely not enough, so Zuo Xingzhi came to Huaizhou to buy food.
However, after he arrived in Huaizhou, he found that Huaizhou was in good order under the governance of King Huai. This kind of Huaizhou was somewhat different from what Zuo Xingzhi had imagined.
Zuo Xingzhi arrived two days earlier than Tang Miaoxin. He had sent a famous invitation to see King Huai in person.
After King Huai knew his purpose of coming, he simply said very plainly: "There is not much food left in Huaizhou, so I won't sell it."
Such a straightforward refusal would not give Zuo Xingzhi any chance to buy food.
Although Zuo Xingzhi felt a little uncomfortable, he also knew that this was King Huai's territory and he could not use force.
But he was unwilling to return to Jiangdong like this, so he stayed in Huaicheng temporarily.
The King of Huai became wary of him and sent people to follow him. In the past few days, he had been traveling around Huai City, but he had his secret guards go around to find out the news.
After making inquiries, he discovered that there were several waves of people in Huai City who were trying to find food and grass.
But outside the official warehouse, there were heavy guards, so they didn't dare to act rashly for a while.
Zuo Xingzhi was able to serve as the left prime minister of Qi State, and he was extremely capable. He and Tang Miaoxin had the same doubts about the place where King Huai's grain was stored.
It's just that he didn't have the luck of Tang Miaoxin and didn't bump into Zhou Chuntong, so he still doesn't know where Prince Huai stores his grain.
Just yesterday, Zuo Xingzhi heard that someone was collecting ships, and he felt something was wrong.
So he sent someone to investigate and found that the person who conscripted the ship was actually a member of Xuanmen.
Zuo Xingzhi remembered that when Tang Miaoxin was in Qi State, he had lived in Xuanmen's property, and he became more thoughtful.
Today he personally came to stay near Xuanmen's property. He happened to meet Tang Miaoxin who came to treat people, and everything suddenly became clear to him.
The man with the sword frowned and said, "But King Huai doesn't sell grain now."
Zuo Xingzhi thought of Tang Miaoxin's actions, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly: "She is not an honest person who buys food."
"Let's send people to follow her first this time. Maybe there will be unexpected gains."
Based on his understanding of Tang Miaoxin, he would not let anyone rent a boat if she was not sure.
Seeing this scene, Zuo Xingzhi felt that she should have found the place where King Huai kept his grain.
As for whether Tang Miaoxin had the ability to move out Prince Huai's food and grass, Zuo Xingzhi had no doubt at all.
After all, she had once been able to cripple the entire Qi Kingdom by herself, and now he found it not difficult at all to snatch a little grain from King Huai's hands.
He had suffered great losses at her hands, and now what he wanted to do was to be the oriole.
This time he not only wanted to steal the food from her hand, but also killed her if there was a chance.
He had a hunch that if she were alive, she would definitely bring him a lot of trouble in the future.