Chapter 457: Winners Take All
Liu Yan didn't dare to be careless. She took it and looked at it carefully before pointing to two of them and hesitantly said, "I don't know if the names of these two people are real, but the place they went to after entering the city seemed to be contacting people."
Ji Yunshu took a look and said, "Contact person? Who?"
Liu Yan shook her head: "Actually, if my family hadn't wanted to send me to Mi Jian, we wouldn't have contacted the Mobei people directly. Instead, we would have contacted them through certain channels first, and then sent the blueprints out."
Ji Yunshu was a little confused when she said this: "It sounds like this is more covert and safer. At such a critical moment, why did your family insist on marrying you to Mi Jian?"
Wouldn't it be better to resolve the matter quietly?
It is not something to be proud of that the daughter of the Liu family married a person from Mobei. Once the two countries go to war, this will be a ready-made handle.
Liu Yan smiled bitterly. "I'm just an insignificant concubine. The moment I left Daxia, I was no longer a member of the Liu family. If anything happens in Mobei, the Liu family won't acknowledge it. But they need this marriage between me and the Yanhui tribe, not just for the present. The Liu family is taking such a big risk, of course, for a greater reward."
Ji Yunshu thought of those princesses who were married off for foreign countries. This couldn’t even be considered a marriage. It was just a way of pushing a daughter out to play the role she should play, without having to worry about her life or death.
She felt an indescribable complexity in her heart. She collected her thoughts and continued to ask, "The Liu family has already made a lot of money through trading with the people of Mobei. What kind of return would be greater?"
Before Liu Yan could say anything, Huo Cong beside her suddenly said, "Horse."
Ji Yunshu looked up at him.
Huo Cong seemed to realize he had spoken too quickly. He rubbed the back of his head and said, "Our Great Xia cavalry can't compare to Mobei because we can't breed good horses. If the Liu family wants to make a fortune, and they must be tied to the powerful in Mobei, then it's probably related to horses."
There is also the most important point that he did not say. If there is someone behind the Liu family, not only did that person collude with the Mobei people more than ten years ago, but he could also get a family like the Liu family to work for him. What exactly does he want to do?
Ji Yunshu was not surprised at all. She just felt strange. What on earth was the emperor doing? Prince Yong had been getting so involved over the years.
They privately forged weapons in Suzhou and colluded with people from the southern Xinjiang and Mobei regions. Many people in the court also worked for them.
The evil intentions were so obvious, why did the emperor know nothing about it before?
Liu Yan was still hesitant about whether to speak out about this matter. After hearing what Huo Cong said, she had no choice but to say, "Actually, I'm not too sure. My family won't tell me anything about confidential matters. I've deduced these based on my grandfather's words. But this is a serious matter. I don't understand why the Liu family would do such a thing."
Smuggling horses from Mobei certainly brings huge profits, but the risks are also great.
After all, everyone knows that you can’t get Mobei horses without connections with the Mobei people.
Not to mention that she could tell from her grandfather's words that the Liu family was not making a small move this time. Where were all the horses going?
She didn't dare to think about these things.
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "The Liu family has already done things like treason and betrayal, so they probably wouldn't mind doing something more like treason."
Liu Yan suddenly widened her eyes: "..."
Ji Yunshu met her shocked look and found it somewhat amusing: "Why are you so surprised? Don't you know that there is someone behind the Liu family? That person can make the Liu family work for him and collude with the people of Mobei. What do you think he wants to do?"
Liu Yan did have a lot of guesses in her mind, but she never dared to think about it in this direction.
Now that Ji Yunshu had exposed her, she suddenly felt as if the huge rock pressing on her chest had been lifted.
Do you really know nothing at all?
Actually, it wasn't like that. She had been secretly worried about it, but as Ji Yunshu said, the Liu family had already made enemies, so why would they be afraid of another treason?
In any case, the winner will be the king and the loser will be the bandit.
Huo Chong was listening to what the two were saying and was a little shocked. He had been investigating for so many years and now the truth was almost in front of him.
He suddenly realized that his brother had been killed because he had discovered a spy from the Mobei people in the army.
But he didn't expect that the water behind him was much deeper than he imagined.
He tried his best to maintain his composure and asked, "Since you and your wife were sent by the imperial court, does that mean the imperial court actually knows all about this?"
Liu Yan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the people who came were the prince and his wife of Changxing Marquis Mansion.
She had also heard when she was at home that the Prince of Changxing was the emperor's confidant.
Before, she thought that the other party was here to deal with Mobei’s affairs, but now it seems that it is far more than that.
It's ridiculous that the Liu family is still dreaming of taking their relationship with the Mobei people a step further, but they don't know that they have already been targeted by the imperial court.
Ji Yunshu nodded. "The court has been busy these past few years, and the Emperor has been under a lot of constraints. He's been unable to attend to many things, and I didn't expect that this would foster the ambitions of others. But don't worry, no matter who's behind this, they can't turn the tables."
Her tone was light and not very convincing.
But when Liu Yan thought that the Liu family's years of business might be destroyed in an instant, she knew in her heart that she was right.
The same goes for Huo Chong. Things like conspiracies and tricks are not acceptable in public, and the words "traitor" and "rebel" are not so pleasant to hear.
And although we cannot say that the country is peaceful and the people are prosperous now, we are not in dire straits either.
With the emperor already on guard, it is almost impossible to successfully rebel.
After a few small talk, they returned to the main topic. Huo Chong said first, "I'll have someone check the background of these two people and see who they are contacting."
Ji Yunshu nodded. "Master Huo will arrange these matters, but be careful. They are likely trying to contact the King of Mobei or the Fifth Prince, Bilige."
Huo Chong: "...It seems that Madam already has an idea in her mind."
"Before coming to Mobei, I knew what I would face. I've already investigated many things. I'm just telling you now so that you can be mentally prepared."
She knew Huo Chong wanted to find out the truth about the death of his brother's family, but she didn't know what price he was willing to pay for it.
The current situation is clearly beyond his initial understanding.
Ji Yunshu felt that he should be given a vaccination first.
This will prevent him from jumping into it without knowing the consequences, and then blaming Zhao Shen for cheating him.
Huo Chong obviously knew what Ji Yunshu was talking about. He laughed and said, "My Huo family has been soldiers for generations. I went to the battlefield when I was a teenager and killed countless people from Mobei. So what if I am the King of Mobei? I must avenge my brother. In the process, if I can do something for Daxia, it would be my honor."
He had a rough life, but after all, he was brought up with the concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
From the moment he became a horse bandit, all he had in his eyes and heart was revenge.
Other than that, he didn't dare to think too much.
But now, not only can he take revenge, he also sees hope in this couple.
With hope in his heart, Huo Chong felt that his whole body became brighter.
Even if he died in Mobei this time and couldn't go back, he would have no regrets.
He knew someone would avenge him.
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