He paused for a moment, then had Zhao Wen draft a military order: "Send this to Huan Kui: First, the Salt Lake is our army's vital financial lifeline. It must be strictly guarded and no loss is permitted! Second, resume crude salt production at the Salt Lake as soon as possible. The required manpower and supplies can be obtained from Han Zhong in Yinzhou. Third, closely monitor the surrounding Gobi Desert and grasslands to prevent further Tartar attacks!"
"Inform Han Zhong: Return to Yinzhou immediately, reinforce the city defenses, and strengthen the military. Do not relax! Patrol the line from Yinzhou to the Salt Lake to ensure the safety of the transportation route!"
"Send a message to Wu Shangzhi: Hand over the aftermath of the Salt Lake incident to Huan Kui. He will immediately lead the main force of the cavalry battalion back to Shuozhou and await orders! No delay!"
“…”
Zhao Muyun stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, looking out the window at the street scene of Shuozhou in the early morning.
The hidden danger of Timur's escape and the small episode of Bai Shoujing's disappearance were temporarily suppressed.
He needs to think about his next move.
......
At the same time, in Wuzhou City, Shuozhou, in front of the once prosperous Bai family shop.
A beggar with ragged clothes, unkempt hair and a sour smell all over his body was staring blankly at the newly renovated shop front in front of him.
The shop signs are still there, but the shop assistants coming in and out are all new faces, and there is no trace of the past.
He was Bai Shoujing, who had gone through untold hardships, begging and hiding all the way from the grassland, and passing through the secret passage of Black Camel Mountain, and finally escaped back to Wuzhou City.
At this moment, he fully expected that he could return to his own territory and regroup, but he did not expect to see such a scene.
The huge gap and anxiety made him tremble all over.
He stumbled and grabbed a passerby, his voice hoarse and dry, and asked with a last glimmer of hope: "Hey... Hey, big brother, please tell me, this... this Bai family shop... why... why did the owner change?"
The passerby frowned at his odor and impatiently shook off his hand. However, seeing his miserable appearance, he still spoke with a bit of pity, "The Bai family? They're all gone! The eldest head of the Bai family, Bai Shouren, died of illness a few months ago! The second head, Bai Shoujing, I heard, died on government business in the grasslands! The young master of the Bai family, Bai Sheng, seems to have gone missing while looking for his father. I guess he's in a very bad state!"
"Dead...dead? Martyred? Missing?"
Bai Shoujing felt as if struck by lightning, his face instantly turned pale as paper, he staggered back a few steps, and almost couldn't stand.
Big brother is dead?
Have you been "sacrificed"?
The son is missing too?
The Bai family...is this the end?
Seeing his distraught state, the passerby added, his tone tinged with envy and gossip:
"However, Miss Bai Ruolan of the Bai family is lucky! She married Lord Zhao Muyun of our Pinglu Commandery! Now she's the Commandery's wife, living a glorious life! I heard that the Bai family's assets are now managed by Lord Zhao..."
"Bai Ruolan...married...Zhao Muyun?"
Bai Shoujing raised his head suddenly, and his cloudy eyes burst into a complex light of disbelief, a mixture of shock, rage, resentment and a hint of despair!
He stared at the passerby, as if trying to confirm whether the other person was lying.
The passerby was frightened by his ferocious expression, muttered "madman", and quickly walked away.
Bai Shoujing seemed to be nailed to the spot, stunned.
After escaping with untold hardships, he was not greeted with the chance to revive his family business, but with the tragic news of his family's collapse, the separation of his relatives, and his own "death"!
And the niece Bai Ruolan, whom he looked down upon the most and whom he once regarded as someone who could be manipulated at will, had actually transformed into the wife of a high-ranking captain and taken over everything in the Bai family?
The huge blow and strong sense of humiliation instantly destroyed his last bit of sanity.
"Zhao Muyun...Bai Ruolan...you two damned bastards! You're stealing my property and destroying my Bai family! I can't stand with you...!"
A roar like that of a wounded beast, filled with endless resentment, roared wildly in his heart.
He clenched his dirty fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, and he was completely unaware of the blood seeping out.
In those bloodshot eyes, there was only deep hatred and the madness of destroying everything.
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