The strategy of conquering the national division begins with drawing Thangka

Chapter 18
Wang Chi snorted, threw the last secret letter into the brazier, and said, "The scouts said that a large wave of refugees has gone to the middle of the mountain."

Shi Ling raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and said indifferently: "It's not surprising, I probably went to ask the great benevolent Mr. Sun Fuzun to open a warehouse to save his life."

"What's interesting is that the Huo family's carriage has been following." Wang Chi stood up slowly while talking, and when he walked to Shi Yu's side, he patted his shoulder lightly, and the two walked out the door side by side go.

"Brother, wait for me!" Shi Ling hurriedly followed.

The yamen servants stood up and saluted. Wang Chi's personal guards had already opened the big red door, and the saddle and horses were already ready outside the door, but Wang Chi didn't get on the horse, and walked straight into the wind and snow.

The wind and snow on the street scraped his cheeks like a knife.None of the three spoke. During the long wind and snow, Shi Yu, who had been silent all the time, said, "Are the Huo family and the Bai family related by marriage?"

"More than that!" Wang Chi pursed his thin lips tightly, "The marriage bestowed by the Empress Dowager is known all over the 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 denied this thought, "Probably not. Huo Yuncheng is a great talent."

Back then, the Huo family transported food for the officials in exchange for salt, and used business to obtain intelligence for the frontier army, so Mr. Pei was able to recover Nanyi.The first emperor originally wanted to appoint an official to the Huo family, but the Huo family refused repeatedly before giving up.However, the first emperor still placed the Huo family under the management of the Ministry of Households, and inscribed a plaque "The Imperial Merchant of the World".

The Huo family can be an imperial businessman, and they have always judged the situation, how could they harm themselves for a concubine daughter-in-law.

Standing behind the Huo family is the imperial court, the royal family.They used the signboard of the "Imperial Merchant" to dabble in everything from salt to tea, from silk to copper and iron, especially Huo Yuncheng, the second child of the Huo family, who was said to be a business genius since childhood.In the 66th year of Chengtang, the master of the Huo family handed over the business to his two brothers before he retired to the mountains and forests. He started Yuanzhou waterway water transportation, Northwest medicinal material trade and many other businesses with huge benefits.

Such a person, even if Bai Zeqing begged to come to the door, he would directly tie him up and send him to the government to clear the relationship.

"What a great talent, just a sick child." Shi Ling curled his lips and said, "There are rumors that he is weak, unable to marry a wife and have children, and has to take soup and medicine every day to hang himself."

"He's sick." Wang Chi said coldly, holding a whip, "Otherwise, it would 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 also specially sent several doctors from the Imperial Hospital to see him. It is said to see a doctor, but in fact it is to see him. Are you pretending to be sick?"

She said with some regret: "Brother, tell me, why does the queen mother love to give marriages so much? Every time I go back to Beijing with my father, I sweat, but I hope that the queen mother will never see me!"

"You just opened your mouth!" Shi Yu glared at her.Then he cautiously looked around and saw the Northwest cavalry guards guarding all around, and then said to Wang Chi: "Even if the marriage is refused, the queen mother is still close to the Huo family, and there must be rewards on New Year's Day."

Wang Chi lowered his head slightly, his expression was unclear, "The goal is to raise a jackal that can fill the internal treasury in a legitimate manner, and can also bow its head and obey orders. If it weren't for the Huo family's control of the Mobei food road, it would be cleaner if it was destroyed."

Shi Yu thought about it, and said, "Liangdao is both a boost and a restraint. Let's take a look."

Wang Chi seemed to smile, and said, "Of course I have to look, and I have to look closer!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and the guard handed over the reins.

Wang Chi got on his horse and said, "Let's go, let's go see Second Master Huo too."

Shi Ling was happy when he heard that he didn't have to go back to the post station, but suddenly thought of something, and asked curiously: "Is it the richest man in Yuanzhou who donated [-] stone grains and a lot of winter clothes? What do they want?"

Shi Yu nodded, stood on the horse, and rode the horse forward calmly.

"Whatever he wants to do!" Wang Chi looked forward in the strong wind, remained silent for a moment, patted his horse forward, and said: "There are all kinds of messy news, but there is no letter 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 are about to turn Yuanzhou upside down, is there still no news?"

"Hey!" Wang Chi snorted, rode his horse and walked slowly, and sighed, "I only took the waterway because I was afraid of something going wrong on the land road. Who would have expected it to be..." He said angrily, "How did you get out of this airtight bilge? escaped?"

How Bai Zeqing escaped is really a good question.

Shi Ling's horse was a step slower than the two of them. Hearing this sentence, she took a few steps forward on her horse, but she didn't say anything, with an aggrieved expression that hesitated to speak.

Shi Yu glared at her: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Shi Ling wrapped the whip around his wrists, and said awkwardly, "Mr. Li also disappeared at that time..."

Although Shi Ling didn't want to believe that it was the Taoist priest named Mr. Li who did it, the time the Taoist priest left was exactly the same as the time Bai Zeqing disappeared, and he was the one who could take people out without making a sound amidst the siege up.

"Mr. Li?" Wang Chi looked at Shi Yu in surprise.

"It's that down-and-out Taoist priest." Shi Yu sighed.

"A Ling!" When Shi Yu was so angry that he raised his voice a little bit, he pointed at Shi Ling's nose and said, "I told you a long time ago that this kind of charlatan can't be trusted. Maybe it's from somewhere." spy!"

"Impossible!" Shi Ling blurted out.

She didn't believe that Mr. Li would be a spy - who can order a person like him?

She suddenly remembered what the Taoist said on the boat, and hurriedly argued: "Brother, Mr. Li should only be interested in the resentment on her body."

Shi Yu raised his head and supported his forehead, "I really wish I could beat you up and get angry!"

Wang Chi couldn't help but tilted his head back, pinched the center of his brows, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "A Ling, do you have a way to contact Mr. Li?"

I have a ghost!Shi Ling felt depressed, bit his lip and shook his head, lowered his head and wrapped the whip in his hand twice more.

Wang Chi and Shi Yu looked at each other when they saw Shi Ling's sudden young daughter's expression, they were both speechless and cold.

Wang Chi laughed again, thumped Shi Yu's shoulder, and said, "It's your sister after all."

Shi Yu shook his head and was speechless.

Shi Ling gave her elder brother a blank look, forced her to return to the topic, and said, "If I knew she would run away, I might as well kill her with a knife." She made a sharp slashing motion with the knife in her hand, "Brother Xueji kicked her earlier. It's still too light, since he didn't die immediately."

Wang Chi said coldly: "That script was kicked on the road to Huangquan. If she survives, I think her fate is hard. But don't let it fall into my hands again!"

At this moment, a scout from the Northwest Iron Cavalry chased after him on horseback, bowed his head and cupped his fists on the horse: "Young General, someone from the capital has arrived with an imperial edict."

　Sorry for the late update today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)