Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 1313: Prune the branches and leaves first, then cut off the roots

When Bai Yu heard this, he didn't speak in a hurry.

As just thought, the whole conspiracy has two advantages.

Participants can amass huge amounts of wealth.

The person behind the scenes who controls the entire conspiracy can hold the people of Jiangbei in his hands.

With wealth and the people's freedom of life and death controlled by them with materials, they can not only simply want to make a profit, but also do more terrible things than making a profit.

People who are greedy for profit only care about wealth, and people who want to compete in the world want power.

How could the people involved in this matter be limited to one party?

So Bai Yu expressed his thoughts and explained: "Your Highness, I believe that both parties may be involved. The reason is..."

Liu Yao agreed with Bai Yu's statement and said:

If Beiyan's involvement in Dongling could be easily avoided, there would not be a century-old confrontation.

Bai Yu agreed: "What Your Highness said is reasonable. With our current capabilities, it is too early to kill all the enemies in one fell swoop. However, we can accumulate useful chips and use the opportunity to build up the momentum and hit the target with one strike!"

"A conspiracy to plan a plague in Jiangbei and the corrupt materials that were found are not more serious than the incident in Northern Xinjiang, so how can the root cause be affected?"

Liu Yao looked at him thoughtfully, and then raised his lips: "You are talking to me in official style again."

At this time, Liu Yao withdrew his gaze and said softly: "If there are no problems, you and I will immediately compile a charter and send it to the general together with all the information currently available. If there are any deficiencies, I will I believe the general will make up for it.”

Hearing what Bai Yu said, Liu Yao was a little surprised: "I never thought that Lord Bai would support my idea."

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the approach put forward by His Highness Ninth Prince to "prune the branches and leaves first, then cut off the roots."

Bai Yu was very serious, but there was no leakage in his words:

The reason why he agreed with His Highness Ninth Prince's approach was not entirely because he fulfilled his duty as a courtier.

Bai Yu held his hand, but did not explain.

If Qin Fengye's power was so easy to eradicate, my grandfather wouldn't have spent most of his life fighting against it.

This is complicated and difficult, and it cannot be cleared up by them in just three or two days.

"As for those forces from other countries that attempt to interfere in the situation in Jiangbei, as long as we stabilize the situation in Jiangbei, they will naturally lose any opportunity to cause instability in Jiangbei."

"We are single and weak. Even though I have the ambition to kill them all, I know that this is not the right time."

"Several cities in northern Xinjiang, the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and countless civilians cannot be affected in the slightest."

"So, my idea is to prune the branches and leaves first, do what you can, and prune off the branches and leaves that transport nutrients to the trunks little by little. Over time, these large trees with entangled roots will eventually die due to depletion of nutrients."

He is not overestimating his own capabilities, thinking that he can completely eliminate his opponent just by relying on what Jiangbei found.

The rise of Qin Fengye's power was due to Emperor Yuan Zhen's reliance; Qin Fengye's growing power was due to the accumulated disadvantages of Dongling.

Just because His Highness Ninth Prince’s concerns are indeed a problem that cannot be solved at present.

"Loyalty is offensive to the ears. If Your Highness has something wrong, I should risk my life to tell you. If what Your Highness does is reasonable, I should risk my life to support it."

"Our enemies have been the same from beginning to end. It's just that this time, we are not only facing those few people, but also some forces that have gathered with those people for profit."

Bai Yu responded: "Yes, Your Highness."

The two took action.

Liu Yao continued to organize the book, and Bai Yu also summarized the key points of the information found. The two of them finished it quickly and were about to send the letter to Bai Mingwei.

However, Liu Yao suddenly seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Are there any clues pointing to the merchant surnamed Yao?"

"I remember that when he lent us a boat to go to Qingdu Weir, the general paid special attention to this person and said that he was also one of the merchants who was driving up prices."

Bai Yu respectfully replied: "The incident happened suddenly, and no connection has been found yet."

Liu Yao made a prompt decision: "If this is the case, it must be stated in the letter to the general."

Bai Yu nodded: "Yes, Your Highness."

After a while, this news was specially added, and the letter was ordered to be sent out by the secret guard.

Liu Yao tidied the table slowly, and he used a ruler to smooth out the wrinkled paper.

"Now we just need to trace the source of these materials and find out the merchants involved in cultivating the disease from the general. Then the officials involved, mainly Fan Zhizhou, can be interrogated."

Bai Yu said: "The general believes that even if the opponent uses the imperial court's warehouse as a hiding place for stolen goods, which is very safe and difficult to be discovered, it is impossible for the opponent to not have any strategies to deal with potential problems."

Liu Yao continued to use the paperweight to smooth out the wrinkles on the paper. His eyes reflected the warm yellow color of the candlelight on the paper, but it made people feel no warmth.

He said: "The left and right are just making things up out of thin air. Producing a few account books to prove the source of this batch of stolen goods should not make us feel that the solution is too difficult to solve."

"Because such a crazy thing as cultivating a disease is unprecedented; if the prince hadn't entered the Jin Mansion by mistake, and the general had personally gone to look for the prince, I'm afraid no one would have discovered such a vicious deed."

"And the stolen goods are hidden in the court's warehouse, which is very safe in itself, so they should not have thought that the conspiracy will be exposed one day, and the preparations naturally do not need to be too complicated."

After a pause, Liu Yao continued:
"But as time goes by, it becomes difficult to tell. This time we caught our opponent off guard, so we gained a lot."

"But if they are allowed to react, based on their experience of walking along the river for so many years, they will soon have more terrifying and cruel countermeasures."

"In other words, they may be desperate and just go all out and destroy all the supplies. Then there will be no evidence."

Bai Yu nodded repeatedly: "What His Highness said is reasonable, and I agree with you."

Liu Yao stopped what he was doing and his eyes still fell on the paperweight that could not be smoothed: "Sir Bai, tell me, now that things have reached this point, will they kill Fan Zhizhou to silence him?"

Bai Yu understood instantly, and then raised the corner of his lips: "Your Highness, I don't know either, but I think that whether they make any moves or not, I will know soon."

……

The light candlelight illuminates a beautiful face.

Bai Mingwei was sitting under the lamp, reading the letters sent by Liu Yao and Bai Yu.

She sees very quickly.

After reading all the letters, she figured out the general context of the matter.

The open letter is placed on the table.

Her finger gently touched the words "Yao Dewang".

She held her chin with one hand, kept drawing circles on the name with her fingertips, and murmured: "Yao Dewang, who do you belong to?"

Suddenly, her fingertips paused, and she slowly sat up straight.

It seemed like he had thought of something, an extremely important clue.

(End of this chapter)