Chapter 919 Its momentum is unstoppable!
Liu Changwen, the president of the Jiangnan East Road Medicine Merchants Alliance, is a cousin of Liu Chao from the Liu family of Yu State Duke.
So, it turns out that Mr. Bu Ke was right after all. The people who sent Liu Kang and Liu Jian to Chang'an to investigate and follow Li San Niang were the Liu family and Princess Nanping.
Princess Nanping confronted Li Sanniang because she wanted to avenge the death of her only son. She considered Li Sanniang her enemy and came to seek revenge.
How could such people possibly realize that Liu Chao had broken the law, and that his death was deserved and justified?
They will never feel that they are at fault; they will only regret not covering up their bad deeds so that the truth would be found out.
Princess Nanping believed that it was because Li Sanniang interfered and testified that Liu Chao's crime was confirmed, leading to his execution by hanging by the Dali Temple.
Princess Nanping dared not seek revenge against Liu Qi, nor did she dare to provoke the officials of the Dali Temple, let alone plead with Emperor Wu.
She only dared to pick on the weak, which meant she only dared to provoke Li San Niang, a lowly seventh-rank female official with no real power or influence.
No, this isn't about picking a fight; rather, Princess Nanping genuinely wanted Li San Niang dead.
As for the Liu family?
That was, of course, because of Li San Niang's proposal of "tonics for the rich and medicines for the common people." As a powerful family in the south, the Liu family naturally also had a business in medicinal herbs.
Anyone with eyes to see can see that this whole thing the Imperial Medical Bureau has done will definitely make them money and gain them a good reputation, so the Liu family naturally wants to get involved.
Liu Changwen had been in Chang'an with his clansmen for some time, and he had thoroughly inquired about Li Sanniang's affairs.
He also approached Liu Kang and Liu Jian, offering them benefits and arranging for them to keep an eye on Li Sanniang in Chang'an, ideally by kidnapping her.
In fact, Liu Changwen not only sent these two foolish clansmen, but also secretly sent his own servants to follow them and see how they were doing.
Therefore, Liu Changwen knew about Liu Kang and Liu Jian, who had disappeared on the official road outside Chang'an yesterday, before the city gates closed.
Now, looking at the two men with broken legs left in front of his clubhouse, Liu Changwen frowned, feeling a little irritated.
"My lord, what... should we do?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Changwen closed his eyes and began to ponder the matter in his mind.
After waiting a while, Liu Changwen's trusted servant heard his voice: "These Bad People have been very mysterious since the previous dynasty. They are the emperor's trusted army."
Now that things have moved from the shadows to the light, the person in charge is truly formidable.
In Jiangnan, we spent a lot of money to establish a relationship with the Du family army. That man told me a lot about these scoundrels after he was drunk, so I know how powerful they are.
Since this Li Sanniang is under the control of the scoundrels, we... should stay away from her.
The servant listened while observing the expression on Liu Changwen's face.
"My lord, how... how should we explain this to the Wang family and to that person?"
Remembering Princess Nanping who went mad after losing her only son, Liu Changwen's face immediately fell. But then, recalling what he had heard from a military officer of the Du family army about the actions of the Bad People during a drinking party, he frowned again: "Compared to them, our Liu family doesn't have that much ability to not be afraid of these Bad People."
Liu Chao is dead, so be it. Even if he were alive, we wouldn't benefit from it.
As for buying and selling medicinal herbs, if we can't go to Li Sanniang, we'll find someone else. She's not the only official in the Imperial Medical Bureau.”
The more he talked, the more he realized he was right. So Liu Changwen calmed himself down and looked up at his servant, saying, "Go and find a good doctor and a good hospital. Take good care of Liu Kang and Liu Jian. After all, they were working for us, which is why this happened."
After saying this, Liu Changwen paused for a few moments before continuing, "Tell them that once they have recovered, the clan will give each of them a shop as compensation for their service to the clan."
Liu Changwen stood up, took a few steps forward, and arrived at the desk. Upon seeing this, the servant quickly stepped forward, picked up the ink stick, added some water to the inkstone, and began grinding the ink.
Liu Changwen sat down, spread out a sheet of paper, and waited for his servant to grind the ink before he had already prepared his draft in his mind.
Liu Changwen picked up his pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote the letter in one go, completing several pages in less than a quarter of an hour.
This letter was naturally sent by Liu Changwen to inform the Liu family patriarch, who was far away in Jiangnan East Road, about what had happened in Chang'an, especially the news about Li Sanniang and the Bad People.
Once the ink had dried, Liu Changwen folded the letter and stuffed it into the envelope. He then heated a candle stick over a lamp and dripped the wax onto the opening of the envelope. Finally, he stamped the envelope with the engraved Liu family crest, and that was it.
“Let’s take our own waterway and send a suitable person back to hand it over to the clan chief in person.”
"Yes, my lord, rest assured, I will go right away."
A dozen days later, the Liu family patriarch received the perfectly sealed letter from his weary servants.
"...Such matters are not something we should get involved in."
My Liu family only seeks fame and fortune, and we have already offended the higher-ups because of the matter concerning the Duke of Yu's family.
Furthermore, Liu Chao brought this upon himself. Our clansmen have come all the way to Chang'an for him, which is already our duty as clansmen. We cannot allow the lives of more than a thousand members of the Liu clan to be sacrificed.
...
The Bad People are beyond our ability to fight; they are the teachers of the world. Changwen believes we should stop this matter.
...
During his stay in Chang'an for the past few dozen days, he had many opportunities and learned a great deal of information, especially about the female official surnamed Li.
According to the clan chief, Changwen learned that this female official surnamed Li not only had connections with Princess Qingyang of the Xiangwang family, but had also been appreciated by Princess Taiping. She was indeed someone of some renown, not some insignificant official.
The women's medical college he founded was funded by the eldest daughter of the Zhongli family. Changwen believes that it should not be underestimated. Its momentum has been established and is unstoppable!
...Therefore, I hope the clan leader will be fully informed.
The Liu family patriarch read the letter again from beginning to end, then picked up the letters and envelope and threw them into the fire pit on the ground.
He watched as the flames burned the envelope and letter to ashes before looking up and calling out, "Go and invite Third Uncle and Seventh Master here. Tell them I have important matters to discuss."
Sitting in a secluded courtyard outside Changzhou City, where the Liu family lived, was none other than Princess Nanping, who looked much more haggard.
"Princess, please have a little. Even the strongest person can't withstand this kind of hardship."
My lord, if he were here, he would surely be heartbroken.
As she spoke, the old woman raised her hand to wipe her eyes. She felt genuine heartache looking at Princess Nanping, who had become much thinner.
Princess Nanping raised her hand and waved it away, "Take it away, I have no appetite."
"Mom went to the gatekeeper to ask if there was any news about the Liu family."
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