"Hey man, why did that guy look so familiar?"
The clerk who helped Bai Ruolan deliver the hairpins had just returned to the store door when he was stopped and questioned by a young man with a drunken and frivolous look on his face.
"Master Bai, it's you!"
The waiter saw that the person was Bai Sheng, the young master of the second boss family, and immediately said, "The eldest lady didn't say who he was, she only told me that the man was called Mr. Zhao!"
"Mr. Zhao?" Bai Sheng frowned immediately. "Then what did my cousin ask you to do?"
"Let me deliver a magic bag to you!"
The guy said quickly.
"A lucky bag? Could it be that my cousin has a lover?" Bai Sheng's curiosity was piqued, and he immediately followed Zhao Muyun and Shi Yong quietly.
Not long after, Bai Sheng caught up with Zhao Muyun and the other person who were looking for an inn.
When Zhao Muyun handed the warhorse to an innkeeper and walked into the inn, Bai Sheng was shocked and angry at the same time.
This... isn't this the Zhao Muyun who rushed into the Bai family shop in Wuzhou City alone, beat the Bai family's bodyguard to a pulp, and then slapped Bai Sheng twice in the face?
Didn’t Old Zhou, who came back from the grassland, say that Bai Shouren sent him to the grassland to inform Timur and asked Timur to send someone to kill Zhao Muyun?
But when Old Zhou came back, he told him that Zhao Muyun had attacked the Tartar royal court and returned to the Zishui Valley with a huge team and a full load.
However, Bai Shouren and the ten members of the Bai family caravan who went with Zhao Muyun were nowhere to be seen.
Bai Sheng immediately went to Sun Jizong, who was stationed in Wuzhou City at that time, to inquire about his whereabouts!
Now that Bai Sheng suddenly saw Zhao Muyun, how could he not think of his father.
What shocked him even more was that Zhao Muyun and Bai Sheng's cousin, Bai Ruolan, actually knew each other!
Bai Sheng stared at Zhao Muyun fiercely after he entered the inn, and left after a long time.
Naturally, he didn't dare to go up to Zhao Muyun and confront him face to face.
After all, it was the Bai family who secretly colluded with the Tartars to kill Zhao Muyun, so they felt guilty. Moreover, Bai Sheng still remembered clearly that Zhao Muyun slapped him twice.
I don't want to get beaten again now.
Bai Sheng noted down the inn where Zhao Muyun was staying, and then went straight to the Shuozhou government office to find Sun Jizong.
Sun Jizong accepted Bai Sheng's money and promised to ask Lord Pei to help Bai Sheng understand the situation.
In the government office, Sun Jizong Ge You, who had just returned from the street, was lying on the armchair, and two of his men were using boiled and peeled eggs to apply to the bruises on his face.
I fell off the horse pretty badly just now and got two big bumps.
There were five followers with bruised faces and noses, crying out in pain.
"Master Sun, what is going on?"
Bai Sheng was anxious to know about his father's condition, so he hurried in without informing anyone.
When Sun Jizong heard someone calling him, he stood up from his chair as if by reflex.
Unexpectedly, he hit the painful spot and immediately screamed: "What are you two doing? Get out of here!"
The two men hurriedly apologized and looked at Bai Sheng with resentment.
It was clearly this kid who caused the trouble, but they were scolded.
Sun Jizong howled for a long time before he calmed down and said, "Bai Sheng, you've come just in time! I've asked Lord Pei about your father's condition!"
"What did Lord Pei say?" Bai Sheng hurriedly stepped forward upon hearing this.
"He asked Zhao Muyun and said that your father and his caravan encountered the Tartars and died in the chaos. No trace of his remains has been found. Please accept my condolences!"
Sun Jizong pretended to look regretful and said, "As for the official positions of your Bai family, Lord Pei also wrote a petition and submitted it. I heard that he plans to commend your father's merits to the court and posthumously confer the title of Xie Zheng Shu Yin!"
Dayin divided officials into civil and military officials, which were used to promote officials and had no actual duties.
There are twelve ranks of military officers: Senior Pillar of the State, Pillar of the State, Senior Guardian, Guardian, Senior Light Chariot Commander, Light Chariot Commander, Senior Cavalry Commander, Cavalry Commander, Valiant Cavalry Commander, Flying Cavalry Commander, Cloud Cavalry Commander, and Military Cavalry Commander.
The Duwei here is not the same as the Zhechou Duwei and Guoyi Duwei of Zhechoufu.
There are eleven ranks of civil officials, including Left and Right Pillars of the State, Pillars of the State, Senior Minister of State, Minister of State, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister, Assistant Minister.
The Xie Zheng Shu Yin was the lowest rank of the Dayin Wenxun official.
Although it is the lowest, for a businessman to receive an honorary title, it can be considered as a certain political status.
Merchants from Dayin flocked to it.
Bai Shouren's death brought the Bai family political glory, which seems to be a good deal.
"What...what? My father is dead! Absolutely impossible. He sent Lao Zhou to the Tartars..."
Bai Sheng was shocked to hear that his father was dead. He was at a loss and almost let the cat out of the bag in a panic.
Fortunately, Sun Jizong was focused on using eggs to heal his wounds and didn't pay attention to what he heard.
Bai Sheng then said in anger and grief, "Master Sun, you recommended my father to go to the grassland. You must make the decision for my father!"
"I know! Didn't I report to Lord Pei and draft a memorial to the court to posthumously confer a title on your father?" Sun Jizong was a little unhappy when he heard Bai Sheng bring up the recommendation again.
"My Lord, that's not what I meant!"
Bai Sheng calmed down a bit, then angrily said, "My father was traveling with Zhao Muyun. Zhao Muyun came back, but my father is dead! How could it be such a coincidence? This is all Zhao Muyun's one-sided story."
"Sir, he is just a small soldier in the beacon tower of Shuozhou, and you are the number one person in the entire Shuozhou Prefecture."
"Please send someone to arrest Zhao Muyun and interrogate him immediately. I know which inn he is staying at now."
Having said that, Bai Sheng was about to turn around and lead the way.
“Nonsense!”
Sun Jizong clearly remembered that he had apologized to Zhao Muyun in person on the street just now, and that Pei Lun had defended Zhao Muyun so much.
Besides, he is a provincial governor. If you want to arrest him, isn't that just asking for trouble?
However, Sun Jizong definitely wanted to secretly deal with Zhao Muyun to avenge the fact that he fell heavily from his horse on the street and was forced to apologize!
Sun Jizong took an egg from one of his men that had just been used to bruise him, and while kneading it himself, he deliberately said:
"Master Bai, the dead cannot be resurrected. If you don't believe it, do we have to send people to look for the corpse of Master Bai Er?"
"Sir, there must be a conspiracy here. I saw my cousin secretly contacting Zhao Muyun, and it seemed like they have known each other for a long time." Bai Sheng said anxiously.
"What kind of conspiracy could this be?" Sun Jizong stopped and looked curious.
Bai Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "Of course it was my cousin Bai Ruolan's conspiracy! I seriously suspect that she instructed Zhao Muyun to find a way to kill my father on the grassland and then use the Tartars to take the blame."
"Hiss, is everything in your Bai family so complicated?"
Sun Jizong was shocked. "You said your cousin found Zhao Muyun and ambushed Bai Erdongjia on the grassland!"
"That should be it!" Bai Sheng said repeatedly.
"Why would your cousin want to harm your uncle? This is unbelievable!"
For a moment, Sun Jizong was also shocked.
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