"That's right! Last summer, Ci'an went to Chengde to escape the summer...just...just to have a baby!"
Li Tuo almost said this through clenched teeth. Yang Zhi, who was sitting on the ground, was so frightened that his face turned blank!
"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Scandal, such a big scandal. If this gets out, it will explode!"
Li Tuo curled his lips, "Scandal? It has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. How many scandals are there? You should really chat with the old eunuchs in the palace when you have time. It doesn't cost much. One pound of Erguotou, half Do you know how many secrets you can hear with a pound of pig head meat?"
"Then what happened between Cixi and Guiziliu? Who saved the life of General Ronglu of Xi'an? How much food did the eunuchs and maids in the palace eat?"
"Who in the Four Nine Cities doesn't know about Ci'an and Fu Qing's covert affair in Beiyuan? They are all pretending to be deaf and dumb. After all, Ci'an is the Queen Mother of the East, and after all, Third Master Qing is the uncle of the head of state!"
"They are all big shots who can't be offended. Who dares to touch these bitches? How old is Ci'an? Thirty-three or thirty-four?"
"You want a woman of this age to remain a widow? Haha... can you keep it? Tell me, can you keep it?"
Yang Zhi kept shaking his head like a fool, "I can't hold it in. This age is exactly the age of a tiger and a wolf. How can it be possible that a man is missing? But when it comes to giving birth to a child, this is really serious..."
By this time, Yang Zhi finally understood Li Tuo's purpose, "Are you saying that by buying this manor... you want to take advantage of the opportunity to control Ci'an and Fu Qing's children in the future?"
"Oh my god, how dare you steal someone from Mr. Qing? Are you crazy? The guards around Fu Qing are all selected by Xiao Letian and trained by Mr. Long, the king of the Far East..."
"Are you going against this group of people? Are you crazy? Are you desperate for your life?" Yang Zhi sat on the ground in fear with his legs sticking out.
He was afraid that Xiao Letian had reached the bone. What kind of environment did he come from? Did he know how crazy Xiao Letian's soldiers were!
Li Tuo's face was also pale. "No... I haven't thought about it that way. Actually, it's not the case. I would do it if it were possible, but who knows?"
"When I buy this manor, it is ultimately an investment with an unpredictable future. What if I make the right move? God knows what will be gained from this move ten years from now?"
"Maybe we will get to know this child by accident and have a close relationship... Maybe some force will know this secret one day and lead troops to hunt him down, and we can reach out to rescue him..."
"It's also possible that one of us is the one who pulled the strings and took the opportunity to snatch the child away..."
"Don't ask me, I don't know how I will use this move in the future, but I just know that if I put this idle move in place first, I have a feeling that it will be useful in the future..."
Yang Zhi got up from the ground and drank three glasses of wine to suppress his racing heart. "In this case, we really have to make plans. Whether this springboard can be used depends on the changes in the court." …”
"Ci'an is scared. She understands that the situation in the capital may seem peaceful on the surface, but the core conflict has long been so acute that she doesn't hesitate to fight!"
"This child cannot be exposed. Once exposed, it will be Ci'an's huge weakness. Whoever catches him will be controlling the Queen Mother Dong in disguise!"
"So it's not possible to raise her in Jingshan Beiyuan. It's also dangerous to hide in the Four-Nine City. It's not even safe to put it around the capital... She can only hide her far away. Chengde is a good place, and it's easy to scheme..."
Li Tuo nodded, "That's right! Ci'an is, after all, the Queen Mother of the East and the empress of the palace. For those neutral and rule-based forces in the court, they will still surround her..."
"Once there is a conflict between the two Queen Mothers, first of all, the Mongolian royal palaces are not so flirtatious, and most of them will side with the Eastern Queen Mother!"
"And Chengde, including Mongolia to the north, has always been the sphere of influence that Ci'an has worked hard to contact. It is indeed safer for children to go there!"
"Don't worry, if something unexpected happens, a certain Mongolian tribe will definitely send out cavalry to save the situation. That's why Mr. Qing bought a manor in Chengde..."
Just as the two were thrillingly discussing how to use this free move in the future, footsteps came from outside, "Sir! The money has been loaded into the truck and shipped out. Mr. Li's housekeeper has finished counting, and the motorcade has set off..."
Yang Zhi frowned and suddenly said, "Pass my order to mobilize a hundred guards from Zhuangzi in Tongzhou to catch up with the convoy and protect it along the way... Make sure the money is delivered to Chengde safely!"
"Hey... I'll do it now, my slave!"
Yang Zhi punched the table, "Don't worry about it for now. A child over one year old can't see much use now! Just take it one step at a time!"
"But... I really understand you, brother, today! It turns out that you are really a Sun Wukong who doesn't care about heaven and earth! You are so brave!"
This accident actually made Yang Zhi get rid of all doubts. Yesterday, he suspected that Li Tuo was Xiao Letian's deepest spy, but today something like this happened.
Li Tuo even dared to plot against Xiao Letian's uncle. How could this be Xiao Letian's direct descendant?
You know, this child has to be called Uncle Xiao Letian. Is this a close relationship?
Li Tuo figured it out in the blink of an eye, "Ah... you, you, you... oh..." He sighed and slapped the table, "I said you have such a rich imagination!"
"So you suspected that I was Xiao Letian's person yesterday? Why can't I find you? What a brain of yours... Ouch! You, ouch..."
Shaking his head and sighing, he patted the table, "I've thrived in the Qing Dynasty like a fish in water. My network of contacts is all here. From the eunuch in the imperial palace to the imperial pharmacy, from the cook to the bodyguard, to all the minor officials in the officialdom..."
"I have been in business for more than ten years before I have such a good and big network. How much fat will I have to eat through this network?"
"Am I stupid, hanging out with Xiao Letian? Let him overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and all my hard work will be wasted? Yes... I also know that the Chinese also have to use people from the petty official class, but Xiao Letian's rules are too big, no What a lie!”
This sentence is to the point. If the official class wants to get along well, it must rely on the incompetence of superior officials! If the Shangguan is too shrewd, it will not be easy for them to make money!
The best way is to find some stupid officials and let them manipulate them like puppets. In fact, many local officials in the Qing Dynasty were such puppets.
As a county magistrate, he would recite poems, compose poems, and travel around the mountains and rivers every day. All the work was done by the master and the county officials, and in the end he got the lion's share of the money.
The county magistrate is just a matter of seniority. After working for a few years and giving gifts, he will naturally be promoted. Even if it is not good enough, he can be transferred to a county with more wealth!
Then in the new environment, it is still the same, and those original petty officials send off one official, and then welcome the next official, and then they have to do the money-making work!
Just like this, year after year, life after life, the grassroots power of the Qing Dynasty was firmly in the hands of these people!
"I'm talking about Yang Zhi! We have been playing this game for thousands of years, and we are all familiar with it, and Xiao Letian is a changer. Wherever he goes, the atmosphere will change drastically!"
"Should I hang out with him? The risk is too great!"
Yang Zhi blushed, "I'm sorry, brother. Brother, I was also killed by others because I was suspicious...I am punished by drinking, I am punished by drinking!"
