Chapter 88
Tian Xifeng brought not many people to Shizhu. After all, Shizhu was under Sichuan. Yang Yinglong temporarily stung and waited for the current affairs. It would be too sensitive to send people to Shizhu at this time. Moreover, even if he sent many people to the Shizhu Ma family in this civil strife, he would not be very useful unless he sent troops directly, and the soldiers would never be sent.
Tian Xifeng came here this time mainly to understand the specific situation of the stone pillar and represent Yang Yinglong making the most reasonable choice. After all, she is the person who knows Yang Yinglong’s thoughts best. Even if Yang Yinglong comes in person, the choice she can make is probably the same.
However, Yang Yinglong still underestimated Tian Xifeng's jealousy. Maybe he was too confident about his palm control ability, or maybe he was too confident that his promise to Tian Xifeng would dispel Tian Xifeng's wariness.
Who knows that for Tian Xifeng, competing for favor in the harem is like a career competition. She will not let go of any potential threats, any chance of attack or elimination. Yang Yinglong, with his noble status, handsome appearance and outstanding demeanor, can make many women of outstanding character and appearance fall in love with him, but he has never really understood women.
Tian Xifeng called the person to his side and began to arrange it. Ye Xiaotian listened quietly on the side and savored every move of Tian Xifeng. On the surface, her entire arrangement was absolutely flawed, or it was the best choice: to protect the strength of the Qin clan as much as possible. If things cannot be done, he rescued the Qin clan and his son and fled to Bozhou.
However, Tian Xifeng, who already knows the situation of the stone pillar very well, should understand that the power of the Qin family is limited to the stone pillar, and is surrounded by the Ma family's "rebels" from all directions. Whether she should stay or leave should make a decision immediately. If she still holds hope to continue to resist stubbornly, then when the surroundings are closed into iron walls, it would be too late to leave. But this seems to have been ignored by Tian Xifeng.
"Madam, what can I... help?" When the subordinates dispersed according to Tian Xifeng's instructions, Ye Xiaotian mustered up the courage to tell Tian Xifeng.
Tian Xifeng looked at him in surprise: "You?"
Ye Xiaotian nodded: "I want to...do something!"
Even though Tian Xifeng was always cunning, she was a little confused at this time: "What can you do in this matter?"
Ye Xiaotian said calmly: "Why can't it be? I have a relationship with Ma Douhu, Ma Qiancheng and his son, and I am the escaped Chief Woniu Director. No matter which identity is in it, once the matter fails and falls into the hands of Ma Bangpin and others, they will not dare to hurt me. This is my greatest guarantee."
Tian Xifeng began to become interested and nodded and said, "Speak!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Tan wants to take Ma Douhu and replace it. As for me, I want to replace my dead second brother. Speaking of which, I feel a little sympathetic. Helping her is just helping myself. If I can help her successfully, I think... it will also be of great help to build my own confidence."
"Is this... a kind of practice?"
Tian Xifeng smiled thoughtfully, turned her head to look at the quiet Bihu Lake. A willow leaf floated down and fell on the water surface, like a small boat. A small fish suddenly emerged from the bottom of the water, pecked her head and pushed the willow leaf forward.
Tian Xifeng also felt aroused: "Under my training, Ye Xiaoan is becoming more and more decent. It is not a bad thing to let him participate. If he doesn't have any experience, how can he stand alone? And with his participation, I have the most powerful evidence that if I can't save the Qin family in the future, the king of heaven blames me."
Thinking of this, Tian Xifeng nodded and said, "Okay, then... I will give you the important task of rescuing Qin's family!"
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The chieftains, Tushe and the heads of the Ma clan did not try to make a futile situation to prevent everyone from entering the Shizhu Mansion. There were thousands of roads and small roads, and all the blocking was something that no one could do. They could only prevent the entry of large groups of merchants and soldiers, and formed a practical sanction and siege on the Shizhu Mansion.
Ye Xiaotian wore the traditional costume of the Bizka tribe and accompanied by three or four guards in the same costume into Shizhu City. When he passed by the suburbs, he saw many ruins that had been burned and burned, all of which were the war trauma caused by Ma Bangpin and others leading troops to the foot of Shizhu City.
The city gate was heavily guarded, and although they couldn't help but go in and out, the inspection was much tighter. The people who Tian Xifeng brought to Shizhu this time were also specially selected. Someone came forward to answer correctly, and spoke in a standard local dialect and stuffed some money, saying that the tribe members were escaping from the war and wanted to go into the city. The local soldiers searched them, but they waved their hands and let them go without seeing their weapons.
Because of the war, the Shizhu Mansion became depressed.
The small vendors on the street are sparse and no longer prosperous as before. Many people are surrounded by rice shops, and most of the doors are only half open. There are two big-shouldered stick-holders standing at the door, only one person is put in at a time, and the rice prices on bamboo signs marked at the door have increased several times.
Ye Xiaotian and his party entered the city and slowly moved to the Tusi Mansion. The defense here was even stricter. Several people wandered around. Because they were young and strong, they immediately attracted the attention of a team of patrolling local soldiers and took the initiative to surround them.
"What are you doing?"
The little head of the local soldier asked them coldly, with a look of suspicion on his face.
Ye Xiaotian reached out to stop the guard who was about to come forward to answer, and stood up: "We want to see Mrs. Qin!"
The little leader of the local soldier was shocked, and Ye Xiaotian said again: "You can tell your wife that we are from Bozhou!"
The head of the local soldier looked up and down at them, waved his hand, "Look at them!" and hurriedly sent it to the chieftain's mansion. Ye Xiaotian stood up calmly. After two cups of tea, the head of the local soldier came back and his attitude changed drastically. When he saw Ye Xiaotian, he said respectfully: "Madam, please invite me!"
Turning to the red pavilion, low-end house, carved beams and painted buildings in the chieftain's mansion, it is gorgeous and luxurious, and there is no sign of the tension in the war. Ye Xiaotian and others were taken outside a courtyard, and the others were left outside the courtyard. Only Ye Xiaotian was taken in, passing through a long corridor of vines and grapes, and came to a patio.
The small leader of the local soldier stopped Ye Xiaotian and went inside to report, and then Ye Xiaotian was introduced to the main hall. Ye Xiaotian had been here once, and this was the place where the chieftains governed and controlled the leaders, which was called Yin'an Hall among the people.
Mrs. Qin was dressed in indigo blue clothes and sat on the main seat where Ma Douhu had once sat, while Mrs. Zhangyin's deputy seat had been removed. Therefore, the top of the head should have two chairs, but at this time it turned into one.
Mrs. Qin sat in the upper head, and several of her loyal confidants and her son Ma Qiansi sat on the left and right. Mrs. Qin was originally pretending to be calm, probably wanting to show off in front of her sweetheart's subordinates. But when she saw that the person was Ye Xiaotian, she was so shocked that she stood up suddenly.
"It's you!"
Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly: "I have met Mrs.!"
Mrs. Qin said sternly: "Ye Xiaotian, what are you here to do?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Madam thinks that I came for Ma Tusi and Brother Qiancheng?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and looked at Ma Qiansi, who was also hostile, and shook his head gently: "Madam, I came next time, I was indeed closer to Brother Qiancheng. But the wife seemed to have forgotten that the reason why she appeared in Sichuan was because she was entrusted by Yang Tusi."
Mrs. Qin's face was slightly slower, she looked up and down at Ye Xiaotian and said, "Why are you... coming?"
Ye Xiaotian glanced around and Madam Qin waved his hand, and the confidants stood up one after another, clasped their fists and bowed to Madam Qin, and stepped down one after another. Ye Xiaotian noticed that these people were all Yan Jin's courtesy of the chieftains.
Ye Xiaotian laughed in his heart. Her husband was just exiled and had to kill him. The eldest son was temporarily detained because he beat the official and was afraid that he would not even be imprisoned for three months. He couldn't wait to become a chieftain, no wonder he made the heads of the Ma family dissatisfied.
The heads retreated, but Ma Qiansi did not leave. After everyone retreated, he stood up and walked to Mrs. Qin and looked at Ye Xiaotian together. Ye Xiaotian said: "I am here to come to Shizhu by King Yang Tian of Bozhou."
Mrs. Qin was slightly disappointed: "Tusi Yang...has he not come?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "The magistrate of Chongqing, Wang Shiqi, is stationed in Songkan as an imperial envoy. King Yang is going to receive it personally, and he cannot do without him. He was surprised to hear of the Shizhu Rebellion, and King Yang is very concerned about it. This time, not only I came, but the third wife of Bozhou has also come. He is outside the city, waiting for an opportunity to rescue his wife!"
"Tian Xifeng?"
Mrs. Qin was jealous, but suddenly realized that her son was beside her, so she hurriedly restrained and said, "She and I are in-laws. Yang Tusi is willing to let the third wife take risks in person. Qin is very grateful. But she doesn't know how Yang Tusi plans to help me?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "The King of Heaven should not interfere too much in Sichuan at present." Ye Xiaotian said this, and took out the handwritten letter from Tian Xifeng who was handed over to him by Yang Yinglong, presented it with both hands, and said: "This is the letter from the King of Heaven to his wife!"
Qin hurriedly took it, just removed the hot paint seal, pulled out the letter paper, and saw his son leaning forward, he couldn't help but glar at him, Ma Qiansi retracted his head and pouted with some displeasure.
Yang Yinglong only mentioned a few words of kind greetings in his letter, and then talked about his current situation and was unable to go to Shizhu to help her personally. Finally, he proposed that if possible, he would try his best to defeat the heads of the Ma family and completely rule Shizhu, and be a powerful foreign aid for his future operations. If not, he would settle for the second best, try to pull out a team and join Bozhou. If this is impossible, then escape alone to ensure his own safety.
Qin Shi felt warm in her confidence: "Yinglong cares about me after all." After reading the letter carefully, she was unwilling to escape. If she could use the entire stone pillar for Yang Yinglong, her position in front of Yang Yinglong in the future would be very different from that of her son. Even if she couldn't do it, she should try to pull out a team as much as possible. Otherwise, what would she use to fight with her two brothers as the general manager of the military and horse? Escape alone is really the choice of the subordinates, and she would never want to use it.
After reading the letter, Qin thought about it carefully and said, "What does Mrs. Tian hope that Mrs. Tian will do?"
Ye Xiaotian said respectfully according to Tian Xifeng's instructions: "Now the heads of the Ma family have turned against the stone pillars. It is difficult to maintain the stone pillars alone. For the sake of the safety of his wife, Mrs. Tian naturally hopes that her wife can go to Bozhou with her second son as soon as possible."
Qin Shi sneered secretly and said to herself: "Tian Xifeng is indeed playing this abacus!"
Qin's rebellious heart arose, and said coldly: "Shizhu has not lost the power of a fight yet. It's a pity to let go at this time! Chief Ye, please tell Fu Tian: Qin will not leave alone. Even if he can't rule Shizhu, my wife can still pull away a group of people!"
Chapter completed!