Chapter 412 Conversation
Su Qingqing said to Xu Kefeng, "Did they also deliver goods to this shopkeeper's house before?"
Xu Kefeng nodded, "I have specifically asked about this, and it is true. In the past, we also picked up goods at this shopkeeper's house. We agreed on a time, and they would pick up the goods and leave.
Now the carriage has arrived at the yard of the shopkeeper’s house.”
Su Qingqing rubbed her fingers and looked at Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu immediately clasped his fists and said, "Madam, I have arranged for someone to secretly follow the Bai family's shopkeeper. The information we have received so far is that he went to the military camp in the suburbs."
When we got to the military camp, we found that the food was indeed there.
But what the shopkeeper managed to produce must be just a drop in the bucket. If a large amount of food cannot be transported out , the famine will still not be resolved.
Even if the Bai family's shopkeeper is caught red-handed, nothing can be solved as long as he refuses to tell the truth.
Su Qingqing tapped the bed lightly, with a calm and confident look on her face, and said to Xu Kefeng: "Tell your people to take the food and head to Qianzhou where Rong'an Hou is now. Don't worry about anything else."
Now that such a big thing has happened, everyone knows the purpose of her coming to Yulin. Even if the shopkeeper of the Bai family has shipped this batch of grain, someone will definitely follow it.
He would not set up any ambush in his own yard. He would only follow along the way, observe the situation, and determine future arrangements.
However, this tracking will not be too long, and it will not really follow all the way from Yulin to Qianzhou, because Su Qingqing cannot stay in Yulin for that long, and long-term tracking is meaningless.
"Also, you can go to Mu Chuan's military camp and walk around these few days. You don't have to ask about food matters. Just make friends with Mu Chuan as a person. Another fire will be arranged in a few days. Your task is to observe and determine how the fire will be lit."
Xiao Yu clasped his fists and accepted the order.
The prelude of this play has been kicked off, but how will the rest of the play go?
Su Qingqing chose to suspend business and stop singing.
At midnight that night, Xu Kefeng's men successfully took away twelve carts of grain from the yard of the owner of the Bai family's shop.
Afterwards, the Ji family waited for Su Qingqing's action. However, Su Qingqing seemed to have forgotten that she came to Yulin for food issues. In the next few days, Su Qingqing took Jixiang to various places in Yulin every day.
Listen to music at night and sleep during the day.
There is still no news about Ji Changming.
However, just when the Ji family had no idea what the Queen was planning, two things happened.
The young man from Chunxiangfang and the man teamed up again to bring the Ji family to court.
They sued the Ji family for hiring a killer.
As soon as this incident happened, it spread throughout Yulin like a sensation again.
When Ji Changming's father received the summons from the yamen, he was stunned.
Didn't he already send his thugs to finish off these two guys?
On the night Ji Changming was arrested, he sent people to find these two people and killed them on the spot, cleanly. Now four or five days have passed, and these two people have teamed up to sue him in court?
So who was killed at that time?
What a ghost!
When Ji Changming's father appeared in the court, he felt numb when he saw the two living people next to him.
Lu Yun looked at Ji Changming's father with a look of "why are you so useless" and slammed the gavel. On the day when Ji Changming got into trouble, he got the news from the other families of the Eight Great Families that if anything happened to the Ji family, they would not protect the Ji family.
On the contrary, they would give all the food of the Ji family to Su Qingqing to send this big Buddha away.
As for the Ji family's property and land, they were divided equally among the remaining eight families in the same way as the Xue family.
The Eight Great Families were originally an alliance of interests. The Xue family was the first to break the balance of this alliance, so they had to find a new balance point. And the establishment of this new balance point must be based on overcoming the current crisis.
"Ji Xun, do you admit your guilt?"
Ji Xun is the name of Ji Changming's father.
The moment Lu Yun called his name directly, he looked at Lu Yun in surprise.
Lu Yun had a blank expression on his face. "You hired someone to kill someone, and there is evidence. What else can you deny?"
While Lu Yun was interrogating Ji Xun, Mrs. Ji was invited by Su Qingqing to a teahouse in Yulin.
On the second floor of the teahouse, in a box facing the street, Su Qingqing looked at Madam Ji with a smile , "I'm afraid I'm the only one who can help you get through this difficult time for your family. How about cooperation?"
Ji Xun was accused of hiring a killer, and the man who had previously sued Ji Changming produced solid evidence that the pawnshop was indeed the Ji family's property.
Now at the yamen, a huge crowd of people are watching the entire trial of this case.
The great man who was once praised by everyone has now become a synonym for hypocrisy, and the Ji family's status in Yulin has plummeted.
Madam Ji looked at Su Qingqing with an unpleasant expression, "My family has become like this, isn't it all because of the Queen?"
It's obvious that Su Qingqing is harming people.
"Yes, it is indeed thanks to me. So, if you want to keep your family now, you have to thank me. Do you?"
Madam Ji twisted her handkerchief tightly, bit her lip and looked at Su Qingqing, "Your Majesty, are you so sure that we have no other way out?"
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "Of the eight great families, the Xu family has already switched sides. You have also met the Xu family's bastard son. He is now working for me. As for the Minister of Rites, Lord Xu, he is also in my hands now, escorting the princess of Da Qi for me.
As for the Xue family, all of them were executed and they were just waiting for an auspicious day.
Two families have already gone bankrupt, leaving six. If something happens to your family, the remaining five will not intend to protect you, but are now discussing how to divide your inheritance.
I am very curious, what else do you expect?
Do you count on the Ji family? Do you count on the Marquis' Mansion? Don't dream. Do you think that while I was dealing with you in Yulin, His Majesty was just sitting around in Kyoto waiting for my victory?
If I hadn't had no worries, how could I dare to do this to you?
The Marquis' Mansion cannot give you any help. On the contrary, the Marquis' Mansion may face the same fate as the Xue family, where the entire family will be executed. As for your family, be thankful that you broke off your relationship with the Marquis' Mansion in order to hide your property. Therefore, the nine clans extermination will not fall on your family."
Su Qingqing knew clearly.
Mrs. Ji gritted her teeth, “How do you know!”
Su Qingqing laughed: "Why do you think I arrested Ji Changming? Was it to threaten you? Naive, it's just a human life. In the eyes of people like you, it's worthless. Even if this person is your own son, he is not as valuable as the huge family business of the Ji family."
At that time, Su Qingqing asked Ying Liu to approach Ji Changming in order to get some information from Ji Changming .
Unexpectedly, Mo Duo showed up halfway. The course of events was completely different from what she had planned, but fortunately, it was not a bad thing. Mo Duo's appearance accelerated Ji Changming's collapse.
Yingliu doesn't need to go to great lengths to seduce this person.
After a pause, Su Qingqing suddenly smiled at Madam Ji, "Do you think Lu Yun will convict Master Ji on the spot for the sake of his own reputation?
If he is convicted, what do you think of you if I get him out of jail? "
Mrs. Ji did not expect Su Qingqing to say such shameless words, "You..."
Su Qingqing raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Don't get excited, drink some tea and calm down. I think we still have something to talk about, don't we?"
