Chapter 2652 Who is the enemy and who is the friend
After a long while, Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "I just want to know what in this world is related to you. Or, what and who do you care about?"
Li Bushang glanced at her.
He said lightly: "It has nothing to do with you."
After saying that, he walked around her and continued forward. Just when he walked behind Xie Jiaojiao, Xie Jiaojiao suddenly turned around and said with a smile: "You asked so many questions about the clan leaders of Bailong City today, but have you ever asked which of these people are in favor of surrendering the city and which are against it?"
Li Bushang stopped walking.
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "You want to know, right?"
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"It's just that Uncle Ma isn't in charge, and he hasn't participated in any meetings of the five major family leaders, so he doesn't know who's in favor of surrendering the city and who's against it. That's why you didn't ask him."
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"But I know."
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"The Xie family's affairs are managed by me and the steward. I also attended this meeting on behalf of my adoptive father. I know who is your enemy and who is your friend."
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"You, why don't you ask me?"
Li Bushang was silent for a moment, then said, "If you want to talk, just say it."
Xie Jiaojiao put her hands behind her back, walked around to him with a smile, and said, "So, you still have to listen to me, right?"
Li Bushang remained silent.
But he didn't show any intention of leaving without her, so this was his tacit agreement.
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Then I'll tell you. Of the five major families, the Cheng and Murong families are both against surrendering the city. This is because their business has already expanded into the Western Regions, and they've heard that your emperor is planning to expand his influence in the northwest and open up the country to trade with the nations of the Western Regions. Wouldn't that mean they'd lose their jobs?"
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“So, they were very opposed to it.”
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"The Song family is willing to surrender the city. Although their tea business will be affected by your country, the northwest doesn't produce good tea, so their business is difficult. If they surrender the city, they can also trade with tea merchants in your country. Even if they are just a transit point, they can make more money than before. So, of course they are willing to surrender the city."
Li Bushang looked down at her.
This young girl was only eighteen or nineteen years old. In the court, even in the capital, girls of this age were either waiting to be married, doing nothing but knitting and spinning all day long, or were already married, confined to the daily necessities of life, and were always clueless about important matters.
Unexpectedly, Xie Jiaojiao, who looked innocent and romantic, knew all about these things.
It surprised him.
Xie Jiaojiao continued, "As for the Xue family..."
As she spoke, she looked at Li Bushang with a smile and said, "I guess you don't like to hear nonsense, so I don't need to say more about the Xue family's affairs."
Li Bushang was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "Now that you've talked about everything else, it's time to talk about your Xie family."
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"As for offering the city, does your family agree or oppose it?"
Xie Jiaojiao did not answer immediately, but took two steps forward and walked in front of him.
The distance between the two people was so close that they were almost touching each other.
As a woman, she didn't seem to care at all about the admonition that "men and women should not touch each other".
Although Li Bushang only looked at her coldly, there was still a hint of displeasure in his eyes for someone being so close to him, as if he was on guard.
It's like a wolf that finds someone invading its territory.
Regardless of whether the intruder has malicious intentions, this is already intolerable for a wolf.
However, the intruder had a wide smile on his face, and there was even a hint of innocence in his large almond-shaped eyes. He looked at him and said proudly as if he had succeeded, "Finally, there is one thing you won't tell me - 'It has nothing to do with me'."
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Li Bushang frowned.
But he didn't seem to want to dwell on this topic with Xie Jiaojiao, and only asked, "What exactly happened?"
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "It's rare that you want to ask me something. How can I tell you the answer so quickly?"
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"Why don't you just guess."
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"If you guess right, I'll do something for you. If you guess wrong, you do something for me. How about that?"
Li Bushang looked at her coldly without saying a word, then walked around her and continued walking forward.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't try to stop him, but turned around to look at his back, smiled and said, "It's settled."
Li Bushang did not respond, but walked back to the camp where the Jinyiwei were resting.
Tian Ye and his friends were preparing to keep watch and patrol tonight - although they were ordered to protect the patriarchs of the five major families who came to Handongwei to discuss the surrender of the city, it did not mean that they were not in danger.
The wolf pack before.
Perhaps, there are some invisible dangers coming from White Tiger City.
However, several people were standing at the edge of the camp. When they heard Xie Jiaojiao's words, everyone's eyes lit up and turned to look. They saw the pretty young girl watching Li Bushang's back disappearing into the night ahead, then she covered her mouth with a smile, turned around and walked away happily.
Everyone looked at each other, but all looked like they were trying to hold back their laughter.
After a while, someone said, "This is going to be interesting."
"What's interesting?"
"You can't tell yet, this little girl who can drive away wolves is interested in our Commander Li."
"She's really brave. Does anyone dare to think of Commander Li?"
"If you don't have enough courage, you won't dare to drive away the wolf."
Everyone was talking quietly and laughing softly, but Tian Ye shook his head and said, "Okay, keep your voices down. As subordinates, you are talking nonsense about your superiors like this. Do you want to be punished by Commander Li?"
Everyone laughed and said, "It's boring tonight, so why not talk about it? No one will hear you."
"Yes, Brother Tian, you are the personal guard following Commander Li. Do you think this is possible?"
Tian Ye looked back at his surroundings. It was dark and no one was walking around.
After a long silence, he said, "It's hard to say."
"What do you mean?"
"No one can guess what Commander Li is thinking. From what Commander Fang and his men have been gossiping, it seems even the Emperor is trying to arrange a marriage for him with the daughter of a high-ranking official, even going so far as to have someone help arrange it. But he's completely unafraid."
"Speaking of this, I also find it strange that Commander Li doesn't even have a good face towards the emperor."
"Only when he meets the Imperial Concubine, he—"
"Shh!"
Tian Ye frowned, interrupted the other party, and said in a deep voice: "How can you say such things? The Imperial Concubine is the Emperor's person, what does she have to do with Commander Li?"
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