Seeing that he was in trouble, Song Liyun did not urge him. She just put down the coral tree and said calmly: "Judging from the reaction of the Qi family tonight, it has come to the final moment.
If they dare to attack the censor, they will be prepared to fight to the death.
"The incident happened suddenly, and the Zhenbei Army didn't deploy any control measures in advance. Even if they reacted quickly, they could only capture most of the people, but the real core members should have escaped long ago!"
Abu seemed to understand these things, but he had to admit the facts of what Song Liyun said.
Just now, when he was at the eldest young master's place, he did see a lot of chaos.
Song Liyun continued, "I'm afraid the Qi family will invite outsiders in to destroy the evidence, and the Zhenbei Army will also be held responsible for dereliction of duty. If the Wuda tribe wants to be left alone in peace, they should withdraw as soon as possible."
In fact, she said these things just casually, and she personally could do nothing about the changes in the current political situation.
The Qi family has been in Hecheng for quite some time. The so-called borrowing of soldiers and returning of slaves must have been discussed long ago by the brothers Zhao Tinglei and Zhao Tingduo.
Abu's hair stood on end when he heard this. He had certainly heard the secret conversation between the young master and the eldest son, but how did the young lady know about it?
He shook his head and thought, forget it, he still enjoyed riding horses and fighting. These facts about what would happen in the future were too confusing and he didn't want to listen.
Besides, it is impossible for the Wuda tribe to withdraw because the young master is still leading the troops outside!
Speaking of the young master, Abu began to scratch his head again.
The young master is still outside the pass. If the young mistress really leaves, should I go or stay?
Moreover, the young master repeatedly told the young lady to wait for him in Hecheng...
Abu rarely used his brain: "Sister Song, you can't leave!"
"Why?"
Song Liyun was curious. As long as Abu called her Sister Song, there must be some secret.
"Aren't you afraid that when the young master comes to Hecheng, the eldest master will give him those two maids as a reward?"
"Oh! I really forgot about this!"
Song Liyun raised her voice. This is indeed a question worth thinking about.
In the Wu Dynasty, maids from wealthy families could be given away as gifts to anyone.
What's more, these two concubines are beautiful maids bestowed by the emperor, and it is an honor for any man to take them in.
Zhao Tinglei gave them away because of his deep brotherly love.
It was natural for Zhao Tingduo to accept it and he could not refuse.
Abu also spoke smoothly at this time: "Madam didn't like the young master to stay in Hecheng for too long before, saying that he was young. Now if the eldest master sends a beautiful woman, Madam can't do anything about it!"
When the Marquis of Zhenbei was still in Xishi Pass, he wanted to give the young master a few concubines, but Madam Wuya disagreed and had a big quarrel with the Marquis over it.
It is said that the Di tribe does not have concubines, and if you want to serve someone, you have to be a slave. All you need is hands, feet and a belly. Once you are sent here, you must have a brand on your face.
The Marquis naturally couldn't let anyone burn the beautiful woman's face, so he had to give up!
Now that the Madam is not here, it is the Young Madam's turn to take charge.
Song Liyun started to think about it.
Although she is not a "purist", she still has to keep herself absolutely clean when she is with me.
Her bottom line is that she doesn't share men and spoons with others.
But as a woman in this era, if a wife does not take the initiative to take a concubine for her husband, it is a violation of the rules and she is a jealous woman.
Song Liyun had no confidence that a man who grew up with such education would be able to keep himself clean.
Cats are bound to steal fish.
Even though Zhao Tingduo said that he only liked her, it was just talk. No one knew what he would do when he really faced a beautiful woman in real life. It was still what he deserved.
They say seeing is believing, hearing is not.
I will stay for two more days and see what Zhao Tingduo will do with these two beautiful women when he comes back!
Song Liyun did not mention leaving again and was ready to stay in the garrison with peace of mind.
She moved to a new courtyard that night, and Song Dekui, Lin Qingyuan, Lao Qian and others also rushed over to live with her in Anhua Courtyard.
Although the two people in the previous room were not dead, the floor was stained with blood and no one cleaned it up.
Because of the fear that there might be another undercover agent, all the servants and maids in the garrison were put under guard by the Zhenbei Army, and the people inside were not allowed to move around freely. This was the only way for now.
Daytime returned to the entire city. The garrison was in turmoil all night, and the city was also in turmoil.
Zhao Tinglei is a soldier, and procrastination is not his style.
Anhuayuan left a backup plan, and the city opened fire with full force.
The entire Zhenbei Army camp was mobilized and swept the streets twice with thunderous force.
By daybreak, smoke was rising from nine places and fires were on in ten places in the city, with the biggest fire being in the main courtyard of the Qi family.
Zhao Tinglei stood outside the yard in military uniform, directing the soldiers to put out the fire.
However, someone deliberately splashed grease on the main courtyard of the Qi family and piled firewood on it. The fire was soaring into the sky, and pouring water on it only caused a cloud of black dust to rise.
A deputy general, covered in smoke and fire, ran over from the back of the main courtyard and said to Zhao Tinglei, "Sir, there are only a few corpses of maids and servants in the courtyard, but no one from the Qi family is there. However, everything in the house is still there.
I asked the neighbors, and they said that no one from the Qi family came out when the fire started at daybreak."
Zhao Tinglei said with a dark face: "These people ran away a long time ago!"
Hecheng was originally a border area, and the Qi family had been operating here for decades. It was common sense for them to dig a few tunnels at home for refuge and escape.
Moreover, since Zhao Tinglei took over the post of garrison, it was only a matter of time before the two families came to war.
First, the Wuda tribe returned the slaves, then Qi Heng disappeared, and the Lin family was arrested, which gave the head of the Qi family enough time to evacuate.
As long as the Qi family's main branch in the capital does not fall, Qi Kexian will only leave behind some worthless things. The merchants are still there and he can make a comeback at any time.
So after the failure at Anhuayuan, he escaped overnight.
Zhao Tinglei took one look at the fire and turned away. The deputy general hurriedly followed him, as the current matter needed to be decided soon.
Zhao Tinglei said, "Send the Swift Wind Battalion to escort the two officials from the Censorate back to the capital as quickly as possible. Take the memorial I wrote last night and the man from the Lin family with you and send it directly to the Ministry of War.
In addition, a letter was sent to the Duke of Anguo's Mansion, asking father to pay attention to the actions of the Crown Princess..."
Zhao Tinglei kept moving while also deploying his next response plans one by one.
Qi Kexian had only two options to escape from Hecheng. One was to return to Beijing and ask his family for help.
The second is to escape to the grassland...
Zhao Tinglei paused and said inwardly, "Oh no!"
According to intelligence, the tribe that is friendly with the Qi family is Simon, and the third brother is also attending the wedding banquet in Simon.
If the Qi family went there, they would run into the third brother.
According to the intelligence from the Qi family, the relationship between the third brother and himself has long been clear. This is bound to be another fierce battle. The third brother has sufficient manpower and is only worried that he will be ambushed if he is not prepared.
Zhao Tingduo went to the Simon tribe ostensibly to attend a wedding banquet, but in fact she was getting access to human trafficking channels from Simon.
As for Zhao Tingduo's act of returning the slaves, he explained it by saying that the Wu Dynasty garrison was willing to exchange them for pass cards.
Exchanging some sick and disabled slaves found on the grassland for a pass to Xishiguan would obviously attract Simon Chief Kuska.
However, this excuse can only work if Zhao Tingduo is alone. If Qi Kexian also escapes there, the plan will be discovered.
"Send someone to inform the Third Young Master immediately and ask him to return to the city immediately and give up cooperating with Simon." Zhao Tinglei said without hesitation.
Qi Kexian's escape without a fight would only benefit Zhao Tinglei, not harm him.
As long as he collected all the evidence, the rest would naturally be investigated by the three divisions of the Dali Temple, and would have nothing to do with him as the garrison commander of the border town.
"Yes!" The deputy general received the order and was about to make arrangements, but hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, Miss Song's guards Guo Tong and Abu have come out of seclusion!"
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