Chapter 400 Figured it out
The next morning.
After a good sleep, Jixiang appeared in front of Su Qingqing in high spirits. He was shocked to see the dark circles under Su Qingqing's eyes.
"Master, are you stealing food in the middle of the night?"
Su Qingqing rolled her eyes at her and said, "I do want to steal, but the key is that I have to know where to steal."
Everyone knows that the grain of the Eight Great Families is mainly stored in Yulin, otherwise Yulin would not have gathered the Eight Great Families so neatly, but the key is where the grain is stored.
If Su Qingqing knew where the grain was, given her bandit nature, she would have gone to rob it long ago, and there would be no need to waste time and effort here.
When it comes to calculating people, she has always been inferior to He Chao.
That old bitch.
The inn sent up the food. Jixiang accompanied Su Qingqing to have breakfast while discussing today's arrangements. While they were eating, Xiao Yu came in with the illegitimate son of the Xu family.
Seeing Su Qingqing's blue eye sockets, Xiao Yu was shocked, "Madam! "
Xiao Yu is different from Wang Yu and Zhao Kangjie. He only follows Su Qingqing halfway. Whenever anything happens to Su Qingqing, he will be obviously frightened.
Su Qingqing glanced at him, not liking his unfamiliarity, "Why, do you still need to kneel three times and kowtow nine times?"
Xiao Yu also felt that he had gone too far. He touched the tip of his nose and smiled awkwardly. He knew that Su Qingqing was willing to be close to them, and so was he. He also wanted to be like Wang Yu and Zhao Kangming, but he just couldn't do it.
First, it's a matter of time. Second, it may be that he and Su Qingqing really lack the kind of life-and-death experience that Wang Yu and Zhao Kangjie had.
"Did your Majesty not sleep well yesterday? Actually, our matter seems to be difficult. Xiao Xu and I looked it up yesterday and found that there are some ways to start."
Xu's bastard quickly followed up with a sentence, "Yesterday I counted General Mu Chuan's table and found that according to this amount of grain accumulation, three years ago, the amount of grain stored by the eight great families in Yulin area is enough to feed the people of the Great Yan Dynasty for at least a month."
What a concept!
Xiao Yu followed up, "Such a huge amount of stored grain, even if it is hidden secretly, but as long as we look carefully, we will definitely find clues. This is not a pound or a half pound of rice and flour that can be found by just stuffing it anywhere. For this kind of thing, we must have a large granary, and the granary must be well ventilated."
When Xiao Yu said this, he actually already had an idea.
There is only one place that can meet all these needs.
Military camp.
Muchuan’s military camp.
So, the Eight Great Families are actually connected to the Northwest Army.
"But the crux of the matter lies here. The table Mu Chuan gave us can actually directly reflect the grain storage capacity in Yulin. Based on this storage capacity, we can also directly associate it with the military camp. Why did he do this? Isn't this equivalent to exposing himself to us? Or is it an active exposure?"
Xiao Yu couldn't figure this out.
Su Qingqing thought of Mo Duo's appearance last night.
Moduo came to Yulin definitely not because of the current food problem of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Su Qingqing knew Mo Duo well. He was a man of strong principles. No matter whether they were the people of his own dynasty or the enemy country, all his court struggles would never interfere with the lives and deaths of the common people.
This is why he was so easily dethroned from the position of crown prince by his opponents.
But he escaped death, and it is obvious that he is still accumulating his strength. There is only one possibility for his appearance in Yulin this time, that is, Moduo discovered clues about his opponent in Yulin, and this clue is very likely to become a trump card for him to defeat his opponent.
Who will be Moduo's opponent...
Su Qingqing had only one answer in her mind: the legitimate princess of Da Qi.
A flash of light flashed through Su Qingqing's mind, and she seemed to understand Mu Chuan's meaning in an instant.
Mu Chuan wanted to tell Su Qingqing in this way that the food was in his hands, but he would not hand it over voluntarily. Whether Su Qingqing had the ability to take the food away was up to her.
As for why Mu Chuan did this...
It's probably the bloodiness of a soldier.
Some of the Eight Great Families have colluded with Da Qi. Although Mu Chuan, as the commander of the Northwest Army, does not obey the orders of the court, the military spirit in his bones will not allow him to commit treason and surrender to the enemy.
But in his current position, he had no way to change anything. If he wanted to change something, he could only ask Su Qingqing to take the food away.
In essence, Mu Chuan killed two birds with one stone. He neither surrendered to the enemy nor betrayed his country, and at the same time he could continue to rule the country in the northwest.
Su Qingqing raised the corner of her mouth and said to Xiao Yu: "Let's go to the Bai family's shop today."
There was no further explanation, but seeing Su Qingqing's calm expression, Xiao Yu and Xu's illegitimate son were slightly relieved.
After breakfast, the group packed up and went out.
Yulin is different from Kyoto. In the northwest , the winter wind is drier and stronger, and it hurts when it blows on your face.
Su Qingqing held her belly with one hand and held a hot water bottle with the other. She did not take a carriage, but just strolled on the streets of Yulin.
The news that the Empress was coming to Yulin had already spread throughout the streets and alleys of Yulin. At this time, nine and a half out of ten people were discussing the topic of the Empress, either whispering or talking loudly. But in this topic, half of them were praising Su Qingqing while scolding Emperor Rong Que for being a gigolo.
Su Qingqing just found it funny.
Rong Que took over the court at its most turbulent time. There were only a few people in the court who could be of use to him. Besides the food problem, the country also had a lot of other problems...
Jixiang walked beside Su Qingqing, curled his lips, and said in a low voice: "Master, this is too harsh to hear ."
Su Qingqing said, "If no one is deliberately guiding us, ordinary people won't say such vicious words. It's like this here, but it's not certain what it will be like in Kyoto. Don't be influenced. If you are influenced, your emotions will affect your judgment and you will easily make mistakes."
Jixiang nodded, "I am not affected by this. It's not like you are a gigolo. We are strong and firm."
Su Qingqing: ...
Xiao Yu: ...
As usual, Hongxiulou is closed during the day, and the girls who have been busy all night are catching up on their sleep.
But Ying Liu was different. She slept well last night. Because of Ji Changming’s matter, she wanted to apologize to Ji Changming in person.
The mother of Hongxiulou did not dare to agree because of the gentleman's cold face, but she was also afraid of the reputation of the Ji family. After thinking it over, she decided to take Yingliu to Chunxiangfang to pick out two sets of clothes in the name of making clothes.
Chunxiangfang is Ji Changming's property.
The mother of Hongxiu Tower released the news early in the morning. As for whether Ji Changming will go there at that time, it depends on luck.
Ying Liu had just come out of the backyard of Hongxiu Tower when she saw Xiao Yu walking towards them following Su Qingqing.
Su Qingqing saw Yingliu at first sight, and also saw the reaction on Yingliu's face when she saw Xiao Yu.
I couldn't help but sigh for Moduo in my heart.
