Concubine Yan noticed the sight behind her and turned around to see the three little ones at the door. When she saw Xiao Yu, a gleam of surprise flashed in her eyes. Although Xiao Yu's appearance had not yet grown, it was enough to see what the future would look like. , is definitely a complete beauty.
Concubine Yan looked at the two young men next to Xiao Yu again, with a glimmer of light in her eyes, and turned around to continue talking to Yan Lingji about buying silk.
"Shopkeeper, are the three at the door your guests? You entertain them first, and we can see for ourselves." Concubine Yan said calmly.
"Okay, okay, take your time and take a look. If you need anything, just say it. Madam has already given you orders. Just take whatever you three like." The shopkeeper said. After Yan Fei and the others entered his shop, the widow Qing's bodyguard came and asked him to entertain these three distinguished guests.
"Madam? But Madam Qing?" Concubine Yan asked.
"Yes, it's Mrs. Qing. I'm a shopkeeper under the Bashi Chamber of Commerce. It's thanks to Mr. Wang that my wife had a near-miss yesterday. If there is anything that the three distinguished guests in the shop like, just take it. This is a little thought from the Bashi Chamber of Commerce." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Yesterday, the city gate incident has been widely publicized in Chengdu. The special envoy is the teacher of the King of Qin, the world-famous Mr. Ziyou. He has strong opinions on the banditry in Shu County and believes that it is the negligence of Qu Yi, the governor of Shu County. This incident The story spread and became a common topic of discussion after dinner. The same King of Qin, Master Wang, personally came to reward the Qing Lady of their Bashi Chamber of Commerce. This made the entire Bashi Chamber of Commerce feel honored. The status of merchants in the Qin State was extremely low. Now Master Wang personally awarded the reward. , is tantamount to saying that the businessmen of their Bashi Chamber of Commerce are different from other businessmen.
They, the shopkeepers of the Pasteur Chamber of Commerce, will feel superior to their peers in the future.
"Let me ask the shopkeeper, who are those three children?" Concubine Yan asked.
When Yan Lingji heard Concubine Yan's words, she glanced at the three children at the door with her peripheral vision, and there was a hint of surprise in her eyes. Although the three children looked the same, if you look closely, you will find that the two teenagers are all the same. She has practiced martial arts and is also a good hand, especially the girl in the middle. Yan Lingji can feel that her internal strength is quite deep, which is not what an eleven or twelve year old girl should have.
"In addition to buying some things, my small shop also collects some goods, such as furs of wild beasts or medicinal materials. Every year on this day, someone will come to give me some furs and rare medicinal materials. These medicinal materials are from Shushan. Some of them are unique to the mountains, and some grow on cliffs, which are not accessible to ordinary people. As time went by, we became acquaintances.
In the past, adults had brought their children to find the way, so the three children should have come here on behalf of the adults. The children in the mountains have been in charge for a long time. It must have been delayed by something at home, so they asked the three children to come over. "The shopkeeper said nonchalantly, this kind of thing has happened before, so he was not surprised.
"You go and do your work first." Concubine Yan said.
The shopkeeper bowed to Concubine Yan and walked towards the three children. Concubine Yan and Yan Lingji looked at each other. Shao Siming nodded to them, and the three of them did not look any further and turned around. Tou left the shop and returned directly to the post house. Ziyou put down the book in his hand, looked at the three people who came back empty-handed and asked
"Don't you want to buy something?"
"We found people from Shushan in the store of the Bashi Chamber of Commerce." Concubine Yan said.
"Oh? Tell me carefully." Ziyou said with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Yan Lingji told what happened to the three children she met in the store just now.
"People who can pick medicinal materials on the cliffs of Shu Mountain and practice martial arts have deep internal strength. It would be unreasonable if they were not Yu Yuan's guards." Ziyou touched his chin and said, "Mo Crow!"
"Sir." Mo Ya appeared in the courtyard in an instant.
"Take five guards and follow these three children secretly. Be careful not to be discovered. If my guess is correct, there should be adults following these three children. Follow them to figure out the way to Shushan." Ziyou said.
"No!" Mo Ya said.
Mo Ya went to another courtyard and left the post house with five guards. As soon as Mo Ya led the people out, they saw Sima Chang walking with a middle-aged man.
"Manager Mo." Sima Chang saluted Mo Ya. Although Mo Ya was not an official of the Qin State, he was Ziyou's coachman, a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, not to mention Mo Ya, a personal coachman.
"Lord Sima, what is this?" Mo Ya looked at Sima Su and asked.
"This is my father. I brought my father to pay homage to you," Sima Chang said.
Sima Su bowed his hands to Mo Ya.
"Master Sima, Master Sima, sir is reading in the yard. I need to go out. Please excuse me." Mo Ya returned the greeting.
"Then don't bother Manager Mo." Sima Chang said.
Mo Ya led the people to leave the inn. Sima Su looked at Mo Ya’s leaving figure and said
"It seems that Master Wang is ready to take action against Shu County. It doesn't matter who is the first."
"I hope it won't be our Sima family." Sima Chang said.
Sima Chang took Sima Su to the yard. When he saw Ziyou, he saluted and said
"Sir, this is my father."
"Sima Su pays homage to Master Wang." Sima Su saluted and said.
"Master Sima, you're welcome. Please sit down," Ziyou said.
After Sima Su and Sima Chang took their seats, Ziyou put down the bamboo slips and said to Sima Su
"I like the bamboo slips given to me by Patriarch Sima very much. The things inside are exactly what I need. Thank you very much, Patriarch Sima."
"This is what I should do, as long as it is useful to Mr. Wang. There is no other meaning in coming here this time. I just want to thank you for allowing me, Quanzi, to go home and visit. To be honest, my wife misses him every day. "Sima Su said.
"You're welcome, it's just a casual matter. What does the Sima family think of tomorrow's Chamber of Commerce alliance?" Ziyou asked, looking at Sima Su.
Sima Su and Sima Chang's hearts sank, they knew the opportunity had come.
"Although the Sima family has not established a chamber of commerce, it still has a caravan, which has always been under the banner of the Ba Shi Chamber of Commerce and followed them to do business, so they also know about the alliance of the chamber of commerce. The two counties of Bashu are rich in products, but the caravan Many, in order to prevent internal strife, Mrs. Qing took the lead and established the Bashu Chamber of Commerce Alliance with the large and small chambers of commerce in the two counties of Bashu. On the one hand, she wanted to use the chamber of commerce alliance to let everyone do business, and on the other hand, it was also to re-divide the Shu counties. Business channels, materials, etc. to prevent disorderly competition.
Generally speaking, this is a good thing. After the alliance of chambers of commerce, large chambers of commerce have less unnecessary competition, and small chambers of commerce also have hope of survival. It was a good thing before, but in recent years, business banditry has resurfaced. , causing some caravans to suffer a lot. Although there is generally no problem, in the long run, the caravans in Shu County may never dare to go out again. "Sima Su said with a sigh.
Ziyou glanced at Sima Su and felt a little appreciative in his heart. He was worthy of being the head of the family. He was asking about the Chamber of Commerce, but Sima Su took him to Bao De.
"I have already told Governor Quyi about the banditry. This is something that has harmed the people of Shu County for many years. The people of Shu County will never have peace until the banditry is eliminated. What does the Sima family think about the banditry?" You said with a smile.
Hearing Ziyou ask this, Sima Su didn't know how to answer for a while. Seeing the unpredictable hesitation on Sima Su's face, Ziyou spread out the bamboo slips in his hands. It contained the last records about the Shu royal family. King Qin Zhaoxiang sent Sima Cuo to kill Hou Hui of Shu, and named his son Wan the Marquis of Shu. The Shu people buried Shu Hou Hui outside Guo. King Zhaoxiang of Qin heard that Marquis Hui of Shu was innocent and had died unjustly, so he ordered him to attend the funeral and bury him in the country. Shu people built a temple for Shu Hou Hui. King Zhaoxiang of Qin suspected that Marquis Wan of Shu was rebelling, so he punished him, eliminated Shu, and established Shu County.
Sima Su's expression stabilized after seeing the bamboo slips, and he cupped his hands to Zi Youyi and said
"Sir, the bandits in Shu County are not outside, but inside. I can conclude that there are definitely accomplices in the Shu Mountain rebellion in Chengdu."
"How did you know?" Ziyou looked at Sima Su and asked curiously.
"The three rebellions in Shu were put down by our ancestor Sima Cuo. The last time our ancestors entered the palace of the King of Shu and killed most of the royal family, but there was one missing person among them, the Prince of Shu. The ancestors sent people to search everywhere, and finally found The prince of Shu and a part of the Shu royal family were sent to Shushan by his confidants, and then there was a large army to besiege Shushan.
Shushan was under siege by a large army. Even with the protection of the Shushan Mountain Guard Formation, it was only a matter of time before it was breached, so they sent people to seek peace with their ancestors. There have been many rebellions in Shu, and King Zhaoxiang has ordered that they must be completely resolved. The root of the rebellion lies with the Shu royal family, so the ancestors' request was to hand over the Shu royal family, otherwise not a single blade of grass would grow in Shu Mountain.
Yu Yuan of Shu Mountain had a deep connection with the Shu royal family, and was unwilling to hand over the Prince of Shu's son, hoping to keep him as a sacrifice for the Shu royal family. No one on either side would back down. Just when the war was about to begin, Zhang Zi, who was the prime minister at the time, Zhang Yi came to Shu County with the King of Qin's order and took over the negotiations from his ancestors.
I don’t know why, Zhang Zi signed an alliance with the great elder of Yuyuan in Shushan. The royal family of Shu never left Shushan, gave up restoring the country, and secluded themselves from the world. The Qin army also gave up the siege of Shushan. From then on, there was no rebellion in Shu. Later, There is a banditry in Shushan.
There are two types of bandits in Shu Mountain. Initially, banditry in Shu Mountain refers to Yu Yuan of Shu Mountain. Yu Yuan of Shu Mountain lives on Shu Mountain and mainly relies on the worship of the ancient Shu Kingdom. The ancient Shu Kingdom was destroyed and the King of Qin appointed Shu Hou. Consecrate Shushan Yuyuan, because Shushan Yuyuan robbed the roads of Shu because of his life and the Shu royal family. They only intercepted the army's food.
Later, the army surrounded Shu Mountain again and killed hundreds of Yu Yuan's guards pretending to be bandits. At Zhang Zi's suggestion, the ancestors gave Yu Yuan seeds, farming tools and technology, and the banditry problem disappeared.
The subsequent banditry was the banditry after the Shu royal family was destroyed. Most of these bandits were the people of Shu. Because the King of Shu swore that some people considered themselves Shu people and refused to return to Qin, so they fled to Shu Mountain one after another. This led to the continuous banditry.
Later, relying on the contact information left by Zhang Zi, the ancestors contacted the Yu Yuan guards and eliminated most of the bandit troubles. Later, thanks to the governance of three generations of ancestors, Zhang Ruo and Li Taishou, Shu County was completely stabilized, and banditry in Shushan gradually subsided. However, for some reason, banditry has become rampant again in recent years.
The army besieged but in vain. Everyone who knew the movement of the army knew that there was a traitor in Shu County. However, successive county guards had investigated this traitor, but all efforts were in vain and there was no evidence at all. "Sima Su said.
"I didn't expect that there is such a history. The person who can inform the bandit army of the movement in time is either the county governor or the army." Ziyou looked at Sima Su and said, the army has always been controlled by the Sima family, and the county governor He was appointed by the King of Qin, so his loyalty is unquestionable, and he is not a native of Shu County, so there is little suspicion.
"Why do you need to humiliate our Sima family!? Our Sima family is from the authentic old Qin people. Our ancestors followed King Huiwen and King Zhaoxiang in the north and south, destroyed Bashu, put down the rebellion, and attacked the Chu Kingdom. My father followed Wu'an Lord Bai Qi. After going through seventy-two battles, big and small, and having shed countless blood for the Qin State, no matter how our Sima family declines, we will never be the same as the bandits." Sima Su immediately stood up and said with an angry look at Zi You.
"Master Sima is worried too much. I am not doubting the Sima family. The loyalty of the Sima family to Qin is well known. No one dares to doubt it. What I am talking about is other people. Sima is not the only one in the governor's house and the army. Family members, and others." Ziyou stood up and saluted.
Seeing his father's sudden anger, Sima Chang was stunned. When he saw Ziyou admitting his mistake, he quickly signaled Sima Su with his eyes to stop as soon as possible.
"My lord, please forgive me. I have offended you. The Sima family is what it is today thanks to the gift of King Qin. Because of my father's affairs, the Sima family has stayed away from the Qin court since then. However, we did not hate the country. It was my father who chose peace in the first place. It was my late father's choice to die together with Mr. Wu An," Sima Su said with a sigh.
"Oh? Didn't King Zhaoxiang grant the death of Lord Wu'an and your father?" Ziyou asked curiously. Although the death of Lord Wu'an was full of mysteries, the death of Lieutenant General Sima Jin was very clear. It is death due to suspicion.
"This is just an outsider's opinion. When Wu Anjun and his late father killed Zhao Jun's 400,000 soldiers, they were already filled with resentment and hated by everyone in the world. There were countless people in the world who wanted to assassinate Wu Anjun and his late father. Even family members are implicated.
Later, Fan Sui caused King Zhaoxiang to suspect that Lord Wu An was rebellious. In order to get rid of Lord Wu An, the Six Kingdoms also spread the news of Lord Wu An's rebellion. However, King Zhaoxiang was such a talented person. At that time, Lord Wu An was already old, and people in the world kept assassinating him. King Zhaoxiang wanted to take back his military power, so he decided to commit suicide.
The letter sent by his father clearly stated that when he and Wu Anjun entered the palace of Qin together, Wu Anjun inhaled the secret medicine and his whole body was suppressed and fell into a coma. Just like his father, when they woke up again, they were already heading to Du. On the way to the post, there was also a decree from King Zhaoxiang in the car, which read: Wu'an Jun Bai Qi and his deputy Sima Jin were ordered to die in Du You.
Later, on the way back to Duyou, as people in the world had rumored, the Sixth Elder of the Nongjia used the 24th Formation of the Nongjia Dize to surround and kill Lord Wu An, but were they worthy? A group of gangsters, Wu Anjun killed five people. Finally, in order to completely silence the world and gain stability for the Bai family and the Sima family, Wu Anjun faked his death again, and his father also followed suit.
Later, when Wu Anjun and his late father returned to Duyou, they wrote this letter to explain the cause and effect. Later, my eldest brother and I went to Duyou in person to visit Wu Anjun and his late father. Two years after we came back, Wu Anjun and his late father committed suicide for some unknown reason. The letter sent back only contained one sentence: they were riddled with resentment, and four hundred thousand resentful souls were living there. Now they died to comfort the resentful souls. "Sima Su said with a sigh.
"I see. I didn't expect there to be such a secret in it. Back to the topic, who do you think the traitor in the city might be?" Ziyou asked.
I was in the hospital all day today. After the examination, they said it was a neurasthenia and told me to have a good rest and stop being so stressed. They also prescribed some medicine for me.
Hey. It’s raining all night when the house leaks. I will keep updating. I will try my best every day, but that’s it for today.
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