Chapter 596: Public opinion war?
Although Zhao Shen has always been rather cold towards outsiders, Lin Huixue is obviously very perceptive.
After drinking two cups of tea and waiting for Zhao Shen to speak, he asked, "Is Prince Zhao in a bad mood today?"
Zhao Shen did not deny: "Master Lin is in a good mood?"
Lin Huixue smiled and said, "It's okay, there's nothing to be unhappy about."
Ji Yunshu didn't know whether he was being sincere or just provoking her.
Zhao Shen obviously didn't care. "I wonder how long Master Lin plans to stay in Wuning? Will he leave after the fifteenth?"
Lin Huixue's smile froze on his face, but he quickly said, "I'm here to do business, so naturally I want to see how the business is going."
Zhao Shen nodded and said, "Then I wish Master Lin a prosperous business."
Ji Yunshu watched the two of them interacting, and he suspected that the reason Zhao Shen was in a bad mood was related to Bilige.
Lin Huixue is so perceptive, did she really see something, or is it related to Bilige?
The peace talks have not yet begun, but Zhao Shen has already made up his mind not to let Mobei have an easy time this time. So what about Mobei?
Would we be so unprepared that we would be slaughtered at our will?
As she was thinking about this, she heard Cen Xi ask her, "When does Madam plan to return to Beijing?"
Ji Yunshu cheered up and said, "I will be with the prince. We will probably have to wait until after the peace talks with Mobei."
Cen Xi smiled and said, "I see. I'm planning to leave in a few days, and I was thinking that if Madam were to leave too, we could have some companionship."
Ji Yunshu's heart trembled. "Is business bad? Why do you suddenly want to leave?"
Cen Xi said, "The Cen family needs someone to take charge. It's not a good idea for me to stay here all the time. Huixue is here to help me watch over it. I have nothing to worry about."
Ji Yunshu nodded: "Then I wish you a safe journey in advance."
Cen Xi seemed a little hesitant, but still said, "Actually, some merchants have been leaving these days. This is because some people say that Daxia has no sincerity in negotiating with Mobei, and now there are frictions on the border, and fighting may even break out."
Ji Yunshu was puzzled. Was Mo Bei trying to start a public opinion war?
But will the people of Daxia believe such words that are obviously biased towards the people of Mobei?
"Where did you come from? The Queen of Mobei has come in person, so of course she wants to negotiate. How can you tell that we're not sincere?"
Cen Xi shook his head: "I just heard it randomly. Everyone is afraid of fighting now, so many people left in a hurry."
Once the war broke out, there was no business to do, and those merchants who had dealings with Mobei might be arrested as spies, so naturally they had to run away quickly.
Ji Yunshu: "Someone is fanning the flames, right? I haven't even heard anything, and it's already spread like this?"
Cen Xi couldn't help but ask, "Are you saying that the peace talks are real and there won't be any more fighting?"
Ji Yunshu said ambiguously, "That depends on the Mobei people. Not to mention that there haven't been any peace talks yet, even if there were, the Mobei people have done things like breaking the alliance before."
Cen Xi said, "I heard from merchants from Mobei that the situation in Mobei is very bad right now. I don't know how many people and livestock have frozen to death this winter. They probably don't have the energy to fight us."
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "That's not certain. Maybe they want to perish with us. Daxia isn't that strong right now. If we really fight to the death, it's hard to say who will win or lose."
Her words were so light and careless that Cen Xi immediately said, "How could that be? Didn't we win before? If we fight again, we will definitely win."
The two were already discussing the outcome, but Ji Yunshu suddenly changed his tune: "We probably won't fight again. Last year, we first fought with Southern Xinjiang, and then fought with Mobei six months later. It was quite exhausting. It's better not to fight if we can. Of course, this is my personal opinion."
Cen Xi smiled and said, "I'm glad you think this way. I really don't want to see war anymore. Not only will it make business difficult, but it will also make life difficult for the people."
The two chatted casually, but as for Lin Huixue and Zhao Shen, they couldn't start a conversation at all because Zhao Shen was extremely silent.
Time passed quickly and the four of them stayed in the restaurant for more than an hour before separating.
Ji Yunshu also lost interest and returned to the general's mansion with Zhao Shen.
After entering the house and sending everyone out, she asked Zhao Shen, "What did Bilige say to you?"
Zhao Shen knew that since Ji Yunshu had asked, he would not let her fool him.
He looked at her and said, "Do you still want to know the whereabouts of Xiao Kun?"
Ji Yunshu frowned, not expecting him to bring this up suddenly.
Xiao Kun has been missing for some time, and there has been no news from the people she sent out.
Later, because Zhao Shen agreed to help find the person, and realized that Xiao Kun was King Yong's biological son after all, and since King Yong took him away instead of killing him directly, it meant that Xiao Kun's life would not be in danger in the short term.
So there is no urgency to find someone.
"Does Bilige know Xiao Kun's whereabouts?"
She couldn't figure out for a moment how this person was related to Xiao Kun.
Zhao Shen explained, "Just like the Yong Palace, Bilige knew very well that General Ji was a great enemy of Mobei, so he had already sent troops to Wuning long ago."
Ji Yunshu understood this, after all, his brother Ji Yunlan had also stationed many people in the Mobei Royal City.
Compared with the deliberate rebellion of Prince Yong's Mansion, it was normal for Bilige, as a prince of the enemy country, to do this.
"What does he know?"
From what I heard, it seems that it is not just Xiao Kun's whereabouts.
Zhao Shen said: "Xiao Kun also has his own power here. He has people planted around Xiao Kun, so he knows Xiao Kun's whereabouts."
Ji Yunshu suddenly realized that it was no wonder that she had no idea about such a big thing as Xiao Kun’s disappearance.
It was Wujina who reminded me.
Thinking of this, she wondered, "What exactly do Wujina and Bilige want to do? One told me that Xiao Kun was in danger, and the other came to tell me Xiao Kun's whereabouts. Do I look that concerned about Xiao Kun?"
She couldn't bear to watch Xiao Kun die, but as long as he was alive, she would not go to King Yong to rescue him.
Zhao Shen asked, "Didn't you just extract information from Cen Xi? What did you find out?"
Ji Yunshu: "Lin Huixue seems to be related to Bilige, but I don't know if Wujina is also involved."
There is currently no evidence to indicate Wujina's position, but the fact that she brought Bilige here may itself be an attitude.
Zhao Shen said, "Bilige had been poisoned for years and was on the verge of death, but he was suddenly rescued. If the witch doctor from Mobei really had this ability, why do you think he didn't save people before? Was it because his medical skills improved by leaps and bounds, or was it because Bilige didn't have the ability to obtain the Biling Pill before?"
The Bilingdan is not really a treasure in the Mobei royal family. It was thrown into the warehouse by the Mobei King for many years and no one cared about it.
Ji Yunshu was almost enlightened: "Bilige's antidote has nothing to do with the Biling Pill. Wujina is deliberately misleading me."
"Yes, if she didn't mislead you, she wouldn't be able to explain how Bilige's poison was cured. Do you understand now?"
Ji Yunshu nodded: "It was Prince Yong's Mansion who helped Bilige detoxify. Even the poison in his body might not have been entirely caused by the King of Mobei."
Otherwise, why would Prince Yong’s Mansion trust Bilige?
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