"What do you mean?" Zhao Lingfeng frowned.
The uncle who spoke sighed deeply, "Young lady, didn't you introduce yourself? There is no such thing as a wealthy family with the surname Wei in Zhongshan Kingdom. There is one in Qinghe County."
This uncle was named Zhao Lingshen, and he was one of the five Zhao brothers who were implicated and demoted because of Wei Ji's advice.
Being demoted did not mean resigning from office; it merely meant a reduction in rank, and being exiled to a more remote county. Zhao Lingshen was from a collateral family, and his mother had passed away six months before the disaster, so he happened to be at home in mourning.
"You mean... that young lady is from the Qinghe Wei clan?"
There was an uproar all around.
The Zhao family of Hejian and the Wei family of Qinghe were incompatible in the court, and the two families had a long-standing grudge.
If Miss Wei was really from the Qinghe Wei family, then the act of besieging the fort would seem reasonable.
After all, she is young and full of energy. It is very likely that she heard the elders in her family talking about the feud between the two families, and wanted to vent the anger of her clansmen and deliberately make things difficult for them?
But there is still one thing that is puzzling.
Why would the army of Zhongshan obey the orders of the young lady from the Wei family?
"Have you uncles forgotten?"
Zhao Yongqian reminded him, "To come to Hejian County from Zhongshan State, you must first pass through Qinghe County."
According to the route, the Zhongshan Army arrived at Hejian County via Anping County, Qinghe County, and Changshan County.
Zhao Yongshen nodded, "That's right, the Zhongshan Kingdom must have passed through Qinghe County and reached some agreement with the Qinghe Wei family, and then rushed to Guangping together."
This shows that the Wei family's roots are still there.
Now everyone was silent.
If it is true as speculated, the Qinghe Wei clan relied on its geographical location to be the first to form an alliance with the Zhongshan army, then the current situation is very unfavorable for the Zhao clan.
Someone muttered, "She's a young lady after all. Let's have a good talk with her. We need to put aside past grudges and face this disaster together..."
A tribesman beside him snorted coldly, "After all? Young lady? How foolish and ignorant is this? She can lead an army alone to war, and you still think she is an ordinary young lady in seclusion?"
"You!" the man glared at me, "Since you're so smart, I'd like to hear your opinion. The Qinghe Wei clan has so many talented people, why did they send out a young lady?"
"If I knew, would I still be able to sit here and discuss this with you?"
Zhao Yongjin was embarrassed and quickly stood up to stand between the two men who were on the verge of a fight. "Uncles, please don't ruin the atmosphere."
Without a source of information, everyone can only speculate based on the current situation. To put it bluntly, all the guesses and assumptions are without basis.
The most urgent task is to find out whether Miss Wei is from the Wei family of Qinghe.
If so, was she acting in this way for public or private reasons?
For the public good, we should find out what her and the Zhongshan Army's purpose is and send them away as soon as possible.
If it's for personal gain...
"Yongjin," Zhao Yongqian said, "tell me about what happened when you met Miss Wei that day. Don't leave out any details."
Zhao Yongjin had no choice but to recount everything in detail starting from the moment he met Miss Wei.
Including what he saw and heard in the army.
The two uncles who were arguing suddenly fell silent, and everyone listened very carefully, afraid of missing any clues.
"etc!"
Zhao Yongqian's eyes flickered. "Tell me again, when you asked her if she was the commander-in-chief of the army, what did she say?"
Zhao Yongjin was stunned. "The girl said something like 'sort of'?"
He also reacted, "Is it so?"
So is it or isn't it?
"Then we'll naturally have to ask those two generals."
Zhao Lingshen said meaningfully, "I'm sure everyone has noticed that the two generals are dressed differently. One of them doesn't have any Zhongshan Kingdom insignia on him. This person is most likely from the Wei family."
Zhao Lingfeng was puzzled. "But when did the Qinghe Wei clan ever have such a person?"
The two families are feuding for generations. As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is often not your friend, but your opponent.
He then sighed, "It's pointless to think too much. We've been discussing it for a long time but haven't come up with any conclusion. Let's try it out tomorrow."
As for how to test it, the group discussed it in detail.
It was not until late at night that the crowd in the clan hall dispersed.
Zhao Yongqian returned home.
Mrs. Sun had not yet rested. Seeing her husband come back, she hurried forward and said, "Why are you here so late today? The hot water is still warming on the stove."
Zhao Yongqian rubbed his brows tiredly, "I'll be back late in the future, so you can just rest first. You don't have to wait for me."
Sun was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and replied in a low voice, "I understand."
"Did anyone from the backyard come over today?"
Sun came back to her senses and replied, "No, my concubine sisters probably feared you would be unhappy, so they stayed quietly in the backyard for the past two days."
Zhao Yongqian frowned slightly. "Stay at home all day? Then what are they busy with?"
Mrs. Sun couldn't answer this either. The second branch's mansion was big, and they lived in the front yard. In the past, except for paying respects to the backyard, they seldom went there.
Seeing this, Zhao Yongqian said nothing more, but sighed deeply.
Thinking of the girl he met in the daytime, she was heroic, graceful, spoke and acted in a cool and decisive manner, and was thoughtful and thoughtful, and could even make Yong Jin run around in circles.
The young ladies of the Qinghe Wei family can lead troops to fight, but these noble ladies in their family are still living in the backyard as before.
From the moment the Zhao family members saw Wei Xiyin, their thoughts had quietly changed.
Little did they know.
Wei Xiyin and Wei Mingyuan were also sighing.
In the huge mansion, the uncle and niece have not yet gone to bed.
"The Zhao family's sons are indeed worthy of their reputation. My niece has seen the Zhao family members of the same generation. They are all outstanding people, calm and composed..."
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