Chapter 418 Ambition
It has to be said that when it comes to winning people's hearts, Su Qingqing is truly an expert.
The situation of the secret passage and the collapse of grain was displayed in front of the five old men in a shocking way. Who among them would not be afraid?
"General Mu..."
They would rather fall out with Mu Chuan than take the food away. It is better to actively cooperate than to passively let others snatch away everything and get nothing.
But Mu Chuan interrupted them with a dark face.
"Do you think my people can't get back the food? Unless they grow wings, where can they hide in the entire northwest?"
Mu Chuan spoke with great vigor.
The five old men were shocked by his powerful aura for a moment, and hesitated again, "General Mu can really recover the grain? But last night, the Su family's grain had not been recovered yet."
It wasn’t recovered yesterday because Mu Chuan didn’t ask anyone to take it seriously.
Today is different.
Gnashing his teeth, Mu Chuan said: "I will definitely get it back today."
"What if we can't get it back?" someone asked.
Mu Chuan's eyes were deep. "Can't get it back? I still have the final say in the Northwest. If I can't get it back, I don't mind asking them to send it back to me on their own initiative."
This means that they are going to take action against Su Qingqing.
Mu Chuan has his own army and is very powerful. The imperial court has no way to deal with him, but no one believes that Mu Chuan is really going to rebel.
If he really wanted to rebel, when King Yu was in chaos in Kyoto, that would have been the best time for Mu Chuan to rebel, but he did nothing.
"General Mu is really willing to fall out with the Queen over food?"
Mu Chuan smiled sinisterly, "For the sake of food, I won't break up with her, but she threatens my position, so I won't do that. You guys go back and wait for news. I will definitely give you good news before dark.
You can decide what to do then."
The five old men looked at each other, said goodbye and left without saying anything more.
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Lu Yun looked at the five old men in front of him with a shocked expression, "Did General Mu really say that?"
You know, when Su Qingqing first came to Yulin, Mu Chuan's attitude was not like this.
Mu Chuan obviously said that if you guys are fighting among gods, don’t mess with me. I don’t care about anyone’s business.
If you have the ability to protect the food, I also have the ability to watch over it for you. If you don't have the ability, my Northwest Army will not fight to the death to stop Su Qingqing from stealing it.
But now, he was completely on the same side as the aristocratic family and opposed to Su Qingqing.
The five old men said to Lu Yun, "Yes, Lord Lu, do you think we can get his grain back?"
If he could get her back, it would be fine to wait a while, but if he couldn't get her back, it would mean that he couldn't do anything to Su Qingqing. Would he really have to break up with her completely then?
This is Yulin. No matter how powerful Su Qingqing is, she can't resist the combined attack of these people.
But even if it was an accident, would the court believe it? The emperor would send troops to Yulin, and a war would be inevitable.
Who wants to go to war when we can live a good life?
Therefore, they would rather give in this time and give Su Qingqing food in exchange for future peace.
After all, as long as the land is still in their hands, the food is still theirs.
Lu Yun frowned and paced back and forth, "To be honest, it's hard to say. Before Su Qingqing came, we investigated her companions , but you also saw that the Ji family was targeted that day. The man who robbed the woman from Ji Changming did not come with Su Qingqing, but he was obviously not a good person.
After that day, the Ji family wanted to deal with that person secretly, but they couldn't find any trace of him. But that person went to Hongxiu Tower every day. Tell me, isn't it mysterious?
And the shopkeeper of the Bai family has been missing for several days."
Lu Yun was a little uneasy. "If it were up to me, we should either send food directly to get rid of this plague god, or we should just break up with him. The latter would be a bit costly, but it's not unbearable. After all, Mu Chuan is not a fool. Even if the court sends troops to suppress it, Mu Chuan will not fight in the northwest.
He has been suppressing the Northwest in recent years. This is his territory, and he is reluctant to fight in his own territory, so it may not be a bad thing for us.
After all, when war breaks out, there are more places where food is needed, and the food we have is even more precious.”
The five old men nodded frequently, "Then let's start the war. If the war starts, the court's attention will be on Mu Chuan, and they won't be able to take care of us. But we must send a letter to Kyoto in advance so that the marquises can prepare in advance and don't be detained by the emperor."
They discussed it.
But an hour later, everyone was horrified to find that Su Qingqing had disappeared.
The inn she stayed at before said that she checked out of the room after she returned today, but no one knew where she went.
They believed that Su Qingqing would not leave because they did not get the corresponding amount of food they expected. But now that she is gone, everyone feels uneasy.
But at night, Muchuan's people did not bring any good news.
They couldn't find Su Qingqing's grain transport team.
After leaving Yulin, the team seemed to have disappeared in the vast land of the northwest and could not be found anywhere.
They could not find Su Qingqing or her grain transport team, but that night, the Northwest Army camp caught fire again. This time the fire was not big and was quickly put out, but the location of the fire was special.
It is a granary for storing grain.
Mo Duo raised his glass towards Su Qingqing and asked, "How are you going to thank me?"
Mo Duo has been hanging around in the northwest for some time. As a former crown prince of Da Qi who should have been dead, he is able to gain a foothold here, so naturally he has his own set of methods.
So when Mo Duo proposed to help Su Qingqing transport grain, Su Qingqing changed her original plan without saying a word and chose to cooperate with Mo Duo.
"I can send you back to the position of the crown prince of Da Qi. Is this a thank you gift?"
Mo Duo was stunned.
Su Qingqing burst into laughter. "Why, you don't believe it? The legitimate princess of is still in my hands. When I return to the capital, the capital will invite royal families from all over the world to attend the banquet. Don't you want to see who will come from your Great Qi?"
Of course Murdo wanted to.
But now he wanted something else more, "I want Yingliu."
Ying Liu was sitting behind Su Qingqing. Her eyelashes trembled when she heard the words. Xiao Yu suddenly turned his gaze to Mo Duo with sharp hostility in his eyes.
Mo Duo didn't even look at Xiao Yu. In Mo Duo's eyes, someone like Xiao Yu who had never been to the battlefield was not worthy of giving him orders.
Mo Duo looked at Ying Liu and said, "I only want her. Leave her to me. As for the food you can steal, I will transport it all for you."
In fact, the grain that Su Qingqing wanted to transport had almost been transported.
After all, as soon as she got the news that Duke Xue was hiding in Datong, she immediately sent the message to the prefect of Datong. The other party searched for three days in Datong and found the place where the grain was hidden. They took the grain immediately.
Including those shipped out from the Su family, there are already quite a few.
The purpose of these subsequent efforts was, firstly, to obtain more food, and secondly, mainly to station an army loyal to the court in the northwest to counter Muchuan.
Originally, Su Qingqing did not have this ambition. The purpose of her trip was very simple, which was to transport grain.
But the appearance of Moduo made her feel that she could have this ambition.
