Cui Qi was stunned by Shao Xi's sudden words. What does it have to do with whether he has a wife or not? Little did they know that Shao Xi and Lao Wu were still wondering why there was no mistress at home.
"My wife died of illness many years ago. This grandson is my younger brother. After he was promoted to a county lieutenant, he happened to be in Yujiang County with me, so you don't have to worry about this grandson's loyalty."
Shao Xi took out the auspicious records about Cui Qi, Sun Jue and others that Zhao Huajun had given to him before. He opened it and looked at it again and again. The relationship between Sun Jue and Cui Qi was not written on it.
"Why doesn't Zhao Huajun know about your relationship with Sun Jue? There is no record of your relationship in the auspicious records he gave me about you and others. Ordinarily, he shouldn't have made such an omission!"
Cui Qi couldn't help but laugh, his expression quite proud and confident.
"He really doesn't know that my wife died before Xianguan came to Yujiang County to take office. Therefore, when Sun Jue came to Yujiang County to take up the post of county captain, I had already been the county magistrate here for several years. I had no idea what the Zhao family did here. We knew each other well, so we made plans in advance, deliberately pretending that we had no relationship with Sun Jue before, and just called us fellow countrymen. Although we have the same opinions on many things, Zhao Huajun never knew that we had a previous relationship. They are relatives, and this is just to prevent the Zhao family from becoming more guarded against the two of us."
Shao Xi gave Cui Qi a thumbs up and praised: "Master Cui is indeed far-sighted and has taken this aspect into consideration. Zhao Huajun never imagined that the military power of Yujiang County is actually in the hands of Master Cui. , he only thought that Sun Jue and Lord Cui just had the same political views, but he never thought that you two were in the same spirit."
"They were all forced. If the Zhao family hadn't been so rampant in Yujiang County, replacing many officials in the county with people from his own clan through various means, and wantonly suppressing officials like us with foreign surnames, there would be no chance of lowering the official rank. Will be forced to this level. Over the years, Xiaguan has been preparing to eradicate the Zhao family, just waiting for an opportunity to appear. Now that Master Shao has actively intervened in this matter for the sake of the local people, Xiaguan's efforts over the years have also been It was not in vain. I, Cui Qi, thanked Master Shao on behalf of the people of Yujiang County."
With that said, Cui Qi stood up and wanted to salute Shao Xi and Lao Wu again. Lao Wu stood up and supported Cui Qi and said, "Don't thank me too much, your brother-in-law should only have two or three in his hands." Thousands of soldiers, right? If you want to deal with the two thousand elites in Nanshan, you might be throwing an egg against a rock. You should think about where to borrow troops! Otherwise, this matter will not get off the ground."
This reminder from Lao Wu put Cui Qi in a bit of trouble. Although he could mobilize the troops in his county, he had no idea how to borrow troops from outside. He could not mobilize the people in the city to follow him. Go encircle and suppress those private armies?
When he was in trouble, Shao Xi suddenly asked him, "What counties are closest to Yujiang County? Let me figure this out!"
Cui Qi hurriedly took out a map of this county from the book on the case, looked at it carefully, and said to Shao Xi: "This county is close to Lingzhou, and the three counties closest to this county are all under Lingzhou. , are Shanling County, Wuyang County and Liantai County respectively. It only takes one day to drive back and forth with a quick horse. Although they are very close, they are not under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou. Even if the governor goes there in person, You may not be able to borrow it to send troops!"
Shao Xi smiled and waved his hand, "It's definitely not possible for the governor to go. It's up to me to handle this matter! Only when I go can I lend out the soldiers, but before that I still need some time, and I just have a few things to do. , you first get in touch with Sun Jue and explain to him everything we discussed today."
"This is easy, but what should we do next? How to get in touch with the adults in the future? It's best to agree on it today, lest anything goes wrong and it won't be easy to solve."
"Let's do it! Since you want to eradicate the Zhao family, you can't expect to go to the officials in the capital with evidence to help you. We have to do it ourselves. Before I go to these three counties to mobilize troops, on the surface, you Pretend to be suppressed by me with Sun Jue and others, and don't be too high-profile in the near future. The Zhao family will definitely attack me next. As long as I am fine, they will not be able to blame you. Old Wu will stay in the city and keep in touch with you. The method is that you meet at the county magistrate's house every day before noon. If nothing happens, Old Wu will not do anything. If I want to find you, Old Wu will deliberately find trouble to quarrel with you. On the night of the quarrel, Old Wu and I I will come to you to discuss the specific matters with you in detail.”
After hearing this, Cui Qi was shocked and said: "Sir, do you think the Zhao family actually wants to take action against you? They are so audacious that they even dare to touch the inspector of the 'Jingcheng Division'. They are really too arrogant."
Shao Xi had a successful smile on his face and said in a relaxed tone: "All this has been planned by me. Yesterday I proposed to him to transfer Yujiang County's Yunsha industry to my hands. At that time, he told me They have murderous intentions. Once they succeed in dealing with me, they will definitely put the blame on you, Sun Jue and others. They want to kill two birds with one stone, so I will just give them a trick to see who is better at playing rogue."
The reason why he proposed to wait for some time is mainly because Shao Xi has not yet succeeded in practicing "Qingpingdu", and it will take at least six or seven days.
Another thing is that the main purpose of him and Old Wu coming to Yujiang County is to find the little nun from Jingci Nunnery. Old Wu has already found out that the little nun is in Bailu Nunnery in the west of the city, so he can take advantage of these days to let him Hurry up and find out what you need to ask about, so that the two of you can go look for the little nun together, so as not to be too noisy and distracted from the matter.
It was initially agreed that Shao Xi should not stay too much at Cui Qi's home, lest it arouse the Zhao family's suspicion of Shao Xi's trip.
So Shao Xi stood up and left, agreeing that when the time was right, Shao Xi would inform Lao Wu, and Lao Wu would discuss the follow-up plan in detail after getting in touch with Cui Qi, so as to make it as foolproof as possible.
Before leaving, Shao Xi asked Lu Ju to pay close attention to Zhao Hansi and Zhao Huafei in the near future, because these two people may be busy with Luo Zhi, Cui Qi and others' crimes recently. As a judge, Lu Ju should be relatively sensitive to this matter. It is easy to detect the movements of these two people, so that Cui Qi and others can be notified in time to respond.
After leaving Cui Qi's house, Shao Xi only remembered Lu Ju's name on the road and the homophone. If this guy knew that in the modern world, the things people use to cook are called stoves, I wonder what he would think? On this trip to Yujiang County, I encountered a lot of industrial products.
oh! correct! That Cui Qi seems to have something to do with the word blowing, haha!
Shao Xi did not rush back to Yushui Town, but rushed all the way to the Yujiang County branch of Taihe Trading Company. Shao Xi had previously promised to help Sha Nu contact the trading company's caravan to deliver the current batch of cloud yarn to the merchants. Promises must always be fulfilled.
What's more important is that funds must be prepared in advance to allocate money in advance for taking over all the Zhao family's cloud yarn industry in Yujiang County to ensure that it is available at any time, and it must be sufficient.
At present, the Zhao family has almost monopolized most of the local yarn business, with only some scattered yarn workshops and cloth shops still struggling. The only ones in better condition are Shaonv's yarn shop and Boss Weng's cloth shop. The reason is the weaving technology of Qinghaiziyun yarn that Shaonv inherited from her father.
The craftsmanship of Qingmai Ziyun yarn is something that the Zhao family does not have, and they have been working on this craft. This is the main reason why Zhao Er repeatedly made things difficult for Sha Nu and Boss Weng before. His behavior must also be influenced by Instigated by the Zhao family.
Taihe Trading Company's business is still going very smoothly. After all, everyone who recognizes Zhang Huanzhi's brand is Taihe Trading Company.
With this brand, as long as Taihe Commercial Bank is not bankrupted, both the head office and the branches will do their best to deal with it as a priority. Even if it delays other business, the requirements of the license holder must be met first.
Shao Xi asked Lao Wu to go to the county governor's house alone to lie to Zhao Huajun, while he took a boat back to Yushui Town. The boat was still filled with the same group of scoundrel-looking guys, and Shao Xi didn't bother to pay attention to them.
After returning to the yarn shop in Yushui Town, Shao Xi briefly told Shaonv what he had discussed with Cui Qi today, not because Shaonv cared about these things, but because Shao Xi had to do it in the following days. Pay close attention to practicing "Qingpingdu".
After completing the training, he not only had to rush to Lingzhou to mobilize troops, but also needed Sha Nu's help. After all, he couldn't run to three places by himself in a short time. At this time, Sha Nu was needed to help him run at least one of them. A county reports the news.
The reason why he did not choose to ride a horse is because his horses are now in Yushui Town. If he takes the horses across the river, the news will definitely reach the Zhao family, and it is impossible for him to buy another horse in Yushui City because he has been in a Under the surveillance of the Zhao family, such obviously unreasonable behavior must not be done.
So there is only one solution left, which is to use the "Qingping Crossing" movement technique instead of riding a horse. Although it will be harder for people, at least their whereabouts will not be exposed.
Sha Nu was very surprised when she heard that Shao Xi said that she still needed help. She was a civilian woman with no official and power, and she was from Yujiang County. Why did she go to the Lingzhou County Sheriff's Office to mobilize troops when they were told to do so? Who would do that? Listen to her? It would be strange not to drive her out.
Shao Xi didn't say much, and just told her that he would have a solution when the time came. Shaonv didn't ask any more questions. She just hurriedly taught Shao Xi the key points of her body movements and asked him to practice quickly in recent days to avoid delays. Business.
Since acting requires a full set, Shao Xi will go to Yujiang City every day in the next few days, and go to the county governor's house every day to confront Cui Qi and Sun Jue, the Zhao family's mortal enemies, giving people a clear sense of suppressing the county. The feelings of the Prime Minister and the County Lieutenant.
Since Sun Jue, Mo Zhaohui, and Pan Sheng had been informed by Cui Qi before, they naturally cooperated with Shao Xi's performance in a tacit understanding, showing all kinds of anger, grievance, and helplessness in front of Zhao Huajun.
Zhao Huajun saw the conflict between Shao Xi, Cui Qi, Sun Jue and others intensifying day by day, and was secretly proud of himself. He had already begun to plan when to attack Shao Xi. However, in order to avoid suspicion, it was best not to happen in Yujiang City. Moreover, the timing must be chosen at the moment when the conflict between the two parties breaks out.
He thought he was directing a good show, but he didn't know that he was just a character in the play directed by Shao Xi.
