In fact, no need for Miss Jiu to say it, Su Qi'an already wanted to ask.
The battle at the inn seems to have come to an end. The Gongsun family behind the scenes has been implicated one after another. This game should be over.
But Su Qian's mind still had a lot of doubts.
Now that Miss Jiu mentioned it, Su Qian will not hide it.
"Miss Ninth, Su thinks that Gongsun Bo should be pushed out to atone for his crime."
"Oh, tell me." Miss Ninth became interested.
"The biggest purpose of our coming to Xizhou City is to search for the so-called Heilu Army, but until Gongsun Bo was captured, we didn't see any sign of the Heilu Army."
"Although there were indeed Heilu's guards during the siege, their number was less than fifty, which is far from the so-called thousand-strong Heilu."
"If it was the Heilu army that was dispatched, I'm afraid we would have perished long ago."
Miss Jiu agreed with what Su Qian said, and nodded.
"Yes, and I have tested the state capital many times before, and all the clues I obtained, it seems now, are all pointing to the Gongsun family."
"No matter how you look at it, it seems like someone is leading you by the nose."
This is not only the idea of Miss Jiu, but also Su Qi'an. The reason why he is willing to act as a so-called chess piece is to deal with the Gongsun family.
On the other hand, they just want to stir up the water in Xizhou City. Only in this way, more people will be involved and the flaws will be exposed.
But unfortunately, except for the Gongsun family, no big fish showed up at all.
"Mr. Su, if it's not the Gongsun family, then is it?" Miss Ninth didn't finish her sentence.
But Su Qi'an understood what Miss Ninth meant. She was naturally referring to Prefectural Mu Tang Feng and Prefectural Lieutenant Xue Muxiu.
Su Qi'an had thought about this idea, and even doubted it for a while, but the performance of Tang Feng and his son made Su Qi'an even more confused.
Although Tang Feng was not an upright official, he had been at odds with the Gongsun family for many years.
If I seize such a good opportunity now, I will definitely take advantage of it and suppress it.
The cooperation with Xue Muxiu was within Su Qian's expectation.
In Daliang, as long as one is in the officialdom, fights are inevitable, such as the discord between Tang Feng, Gongsun Bo, and Xue Muxiu, which is basically the norm.
Moreover, in suppressing Gongsun Bo, what Tang Feng did did not exceed the scope of his own responsibilities.
It is really untenable to conclude that Tang Feng was the mastermind behind Xizhou's manipulation just based on the reason of suppression.
There are only two explanations for these two ***. One is that they are too calm and do not leak any flaws. The other is that these have nothing to do with them.
The discussion between the two reached no conclusion until the end.
Miss Jiu said, "Perhaps this is just my overthinking. The so-called Thousand-man Heilu Army may not exist, it's just a ghost."
"This trip to Xizhou is still fruitful. At least I knocked down one Gongsun family. Xizhou may also be able to calm down a little, and at least it can give some people some shock."
"Mr. Su, I will leave Xizhou City and return to Kyoto in three days. Here, I really hope that Mr. Su can go to Kyoto with us."
Miss Ninth's invitation was not beyond Su Qian's expectation. As a member of the royal family, Miss Ninth's travels are not only to supervise major events in the subordinate states, but also to recruit talents and talents if they are discovered.
Recruiting talents for the imperial court is something that members of the royal family would do.
But to Miss Jiu's surprise, Su Qi'an rejected Miss Jiu's kindness.
Miss Jiu said, "Mr. Su, with your talent, staying in a Xizhou city is really humiliating. You should know that only by coming to Kyoto, standing on a larger platform, using all your talents, can you get Only with appreciation can you have the ability to truly protect those around you.
Su Qi'an said, "Miss Jiu, you have misunderstood. Of course these people, Su, understand that it is not that Su is unwilling to go to Kyoto, but that it will take some time, at least more than a month, before he can go to Kyoto."
Miss Jiu was very smart and could guess Su Qi'an's purpose of staying at a glance.
After all, in addition to being a great talent and count, Su Qi'an was also the real helmsman of Su Ji Trading Company.
You have to make some arrangements before leaving. If you leave in such a hurry, things may go wrong below.
Miss Ninth nodded, not embarrassed, and said with a smile, "That girl is in Kyoto. I look forward to seeing Mr. Su again. It just so happens that Mr. Su is staying in Xizhou City during this period, so he can check to see if there are any new discoveries."
Su Qi'an nodded, which was one of the reasons why Su Qi'an stayed.
"To be honest, I really hope that Mr. Su can join me. What a pity, what a pity."
While chatting, Miss Ninth brought up the idea of recruiting again. If it were anyone else who could get the favor of Princess Ninth, she would probably agree without hesitation.
But Su Qi'an is not someone else. No matter who it is, even the royal family, Su Qi'an has never joined anyone.
According to Su Qi'an's explanation, he is a person who likes to be unrestrained, and he is used to it. If he really wants to join a certain force.
If you say the wrong thing one day, you may be cut off without even knowing it. Especially if you are a member of the royal family, there will be even more rules, which is really troublesome.
Su Qi'an did have the confidence to say this. What he did had been seen by Miss Jiu for a long time.
It is normal for such a talent to be arrogant. Even if he cannot be hired as his subordinate, there is something Su Qian said that she agrees with.
Whether they are Xianyun Yehe or joining a certain force, they are all citizens of Great Liang. Once Great Liang is in trouble, they will all contribute.
It was this that made Miss Jiu think highly of Su Qi'an.
The two of them stayed in the room for an hour before the closed door opened.
The two came out one after another. Miss Ninth still maintained her majesty as before, and Su Qi'an followed cautiously.
This was also agreed upon by the two of them. Externally, they should still maintain a superior-subordinate relationship. In private, they could treat each other as friends without any restrictions.
If Su Qi'an and Miss Jiu get too close, it will not be a good thing for him.
What is the identity of Miss Ninth, a royal princess, and such a good relationship with Su Qi'an, it is difficult not to make speculations about her.
If word spread back to Kyoto, it would be hard for someone to take action against Su Qi'an.
For Su Qi'an's safety, it is best to follow this master-servant distinction.
Miss Ninth, who walked out of the room, did not stay long and left the Su residence with a group of guards. Under the escort of a large number of soldiers, she headed towards the state capital.
With the departure of Miss Ninth, the atmosphere in the courtyard became completely relaxed.
Qin Huai stepped forward, looked Su Qi'an up and down, and then sighed, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, brother-in-law, you are worthy of being able to get in touch with the Ninth Princess. I didn't say anything, but my brother-in-law only admires her."
Su Qian rolled her eyes and said, "It's not a good thing to be too close to the Ninth Princess. It's better for us to just be our own civilians."
Qin Huai deeply agreed. The status of the ninth princess of the royal family is too high. Let alone Su Qian, a so-called earl, even a marquis must be humble in front of the princess.
Instead of doing this, wouldn't it be nice to live happily in your own little place?
Miss Jiu's departure was actually to avoid causing trouble to Su Qi'an.
After all, she is a dignified princess. If she has been living here with Su Qi'an, it will be difficult for anyone to notice her if there are any bad rumors.
Maybe Su Qi'an would be killed. If he wanted to truly control himself, he could only climb up. The higher he climbed, the greater the power in his hands, and he could truly protect the people around him.
After experiencing the battle with Gongsun Bo, Su Qi'an felt more and more about the importance of rights.
Not only that, in addition to having power in your hands, you also need people.
In order to be able to go to Kyoto smoothly without leaving any trouble, Su Qi'an began to prepare for training and mobilize manpower in the next month to enhance his strength at the state, county and county levels.
This month, Su Qian is busy.
On the other hand, since it was revealed that the ninth princess of the royal family had appeared in Xizhou City, the entire Xizhou City has been under complete martial law.
Anyone entering or exiting must be accompanied by more than a dozen soldiers, and each person must be checked strictly according to their identity.
Not only that, even inside the city, patrolling soldiers can be seen everywhere.
This level of martial law is comparable to foreign war alert.
After all, the person coming from the city is the ninth princess of the royal family. If you are not careful, it will cost your life.
If something happens to the Ninth Princess, they will all lose their heads.
Everyone's eyes, including the talk in the streets, were all on the Ninth Princess.
As for Su Qi'an, it seems less important.
Especially when they heard that the Gongsun family was destroyed because Gongsun Bo was bold and wanted to assassinate the Ninth Princess, everyone was stunned.
They couldn't be described as bold, they were looking for death. Seeing that Gongsun's house was raided, men, women and children were detained one after another according to their gender.
The Gongsun family, a giant that had dominated Xizhou for many years, was suddenly wiped out after offending the ninth princess. Everyone had no sympathy, only sighs.
This is the price of seeking death,
Fortunately, the Ninth Princess did not stay in Xizhou City for long. Three days later, she was personally escorted by the two top administrators, Tang Feng and Xue Muxiu.
The huge team of the Ninth Princess slowly left Xizhou City.
On that day, the entire Xizhou City people came to see him off, and it was so spectacular to see him in front of him.
Only Su Qi'an did not show up. It was mentioned that Su Qi'an left Xizhou City and returned to Lingbei County with some of his entourage a day ago.
Not being able to see Su Qi'an made Miss Ninth a little regretful, but after thinking about it, it was reasonable and in line with the temperament of this great talent.
After waving goodbye to Tang Feng and Xue Muxiu, Miss Ninth got into the carriage.
The carriage moved slowly, and Miss Ninth waved her hands through the curtains to the people kneeling along the way.
At this time, a voice sounded from the carriage, "Your Highness, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not."
"Uncle Lin, you have watched me grow up, why should we be so polite between you and me?"
The subordinates really don't understand why His Highness values Su Qi'an so much. There are some talents like this in Kyoto. Compared with them, Su Qi'an doesn't seem to have much worth paying attention to. "
