"Miss, do you have any misunderstanding about this eldest prince?" Hearing Shen Cha's words, He and the shopkeeper couldn't help it, and boldly complained, "It's very difficult for a scheming person like him to form a grudge. It is common for him to have enemies all over the Jin Kingdom. At least half of Yiqing Prefecture are his enemies. Different from being kind to his own people, he is not merciless at all to those who touch the bottom line. So. , the people he targeted hated him to the core. This is why there were not many sincere condolences after he suffered and passed away."
"I know what you said, but that's not what I meant."
"Then... what the eldest lady means is..."
"Although I have never met this eldest prince, I have heard a lot about him from the elders. Although he does have many enemies, he doesn't just make enemies with people casually, right?"
"What the eldest lady said is true. The eldest prince's enemies are all related to the organization behind Aunt Wanyanping. Of course, some of them are against him." After thinking about it with the shopkeeper, "For example, I have been thinking about him all the time. Those who hold the throne, for example, have always wanted to control the real power and sideline the Wanyan family. And a large part of the people here have now colluded with Wanyan Qingmu."
"Which type does Zhun Tu Gu belong to?"
"They don't belong to any of them. They are seeking death."
"What do you mean by this? According to what you just said, the status of the Zhun Tugu family in Yiqing Mansion is rather embarrassing. It should be in name only. No matter how the eldest prince cleans up his opponents and the families related to that organization, he will not be able to deal with the Zhun Tugu family. It doesn’t matter much, right? The little noble can disappear anytime and anywhere, so the big prince can’t do it himself, right?”
"That's right!" In the eyes.”
"Both of you are right." He and the shopkeeper thought for a while and explained to them, "This is the truth, but..."
"But?" Shen Cha looked at the board, "If you can write this name on this board, it means that Zhun Tugu is not really in name only, or is not willing to be in name only, right?"
"The eldest lady is wise." Shopkeeper He sighed, "After being depressed for a period of time, Zhun Tugu found a new way out. Moreover, this path was not an easy one, but a deviant one. He chose A dangerous road.”
"Dangerous road?" Shen Cha raised an eyebrow, "As far as I know, the dangerous road in the Jin Kingdom is selling smuggled salt and tea, and these are all in the hands of a few truly powerful families headed by the Wanyan family. They It’s not enough at all, right?”
"Yes, they can't find the methods of illicit salt and tea that everyone knows very well, but they have other ways."
"Another way?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, and saw He and the shopkeeper walking up to the board and writing a few more small characters next to Zhun Tugu's name, "Mysterious middleman? This mysterious middleman is the one who connects buyers and sellers. ?”
"Yes!" He shopkeeper nodded, "But the little people haven't found this mysterious middleman yet."
"If it's so easy for you to find out, then we won't call it a mysterious middleman." Xue Ruitian stood up, stretched out, and walked slowly around the room, "Is Zhun Tugu the buyer or the seller?"
"Both."
"Understood." Xue Ruitian nodded, "Where do their private salt and tea come from?" He narrowed his eyes, "Being targeted by the eldest prince means that they are quite active and the volume of transactions is very large. So it caught the eyes of the eldest prince."
"If it's just private salt and private tea, I'm afraid it's not that serious, right?" Shen Haolin sneered, "There should be something else."
"Brother, what did you think of?"
"I did think of something, it may be related to this." Shen Haolin looked at Xue Ruitian, "Father and uncle once arrested a large number of private salt sellers and private tea sellers, and a few secretly melted iron tools. , the iron dealers who were sent to the Jin and Liao countries once confessed that the middlemen never showed up. They did not know whether the other party was a man or a woman, old or young, but what they knew was that the biggest buyer was the Jin State. of a nobleman."
"Ouch!" Xue Ruitian suddenly realized, he clapped his hands gently and said, "Let me just say, when Xiaocha mentioned private salt and private tea, I felt familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere and at some time. I’ve really heard of this before, my father and uncle were chatting during the meal, and they said that these people are heinous and are making dirty money!”
"Yes, that's what happened." Shen Haolin thought for a while and looked at the shopkeeper He, "What do you know about this business in Zhun Tugu and when they were taken care of by the eldest prince?"
"About..." He and the shopkeeper thought about it carefully, "Eight or nine years ago? It was about this time."
"That's right." Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian looked at each other, "We should have caught him and sent a letter to the eldest prince. The eldest prince followed the clues and dug out the line of Zhun Tugu. .”
"Well, it's possible." Xue Ruitian nodded, "At that time, they said that most of the ironware was sold to the Kingdom of Jin. If the buyer was Zhun Tugu, what did he do after buying the ironware? I am anyway I don’t really believe that they might sell it. That’s a lot of money. If they sold it, they would have been targeted a long time ago.”
"Understood." Shen Haolin nodded, "Private soldiers are the ones who really touch the bottom line of the eldest prince."
"You two!" Shen Cha patted Shen Haolin and looked at Xue Ruitian, "Although I roughly understand what you just said, I have no impression of what you said, and I don't remember such a thing at all. What's going on?" She turned to look at Jin Jing and Jin Miaomiao who were also confused, "Do you two have this impression?"
"No." Jin Jing and Jin Miaomiao shook their heads at the same time, "At that time, I was busy learning skills from my master. How could I have the time to listen to Bai'er?"
"It's excusable that you don't know. You two were busy studying with the master at that time, and you..." Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Cha, "You woke up and slept for a while, and you slept more than when you woke up. Where are you going to listen?"
"Oh." Shen Cha blinked, "That's when I understood." She looked at the shopkeeper, "Did the eldest prince bring Zhun Tugu?"
"Almost, everyone related to this has been dealt with, and most of the family property has been confiscated. In their opinion, they finally lived a good life, but the eldest prince came to mess with them again and ruined their good life. Therefore, the biggest enemy of their family is the eldest prince. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the people supported by the eldest prince to support. On the contrary, they must be severely attacked and let them have a taste of what real disaster is. They feel the grief they have felt.”
