noffsinger Chapter 195: Jiang Ling’s Internal Support
Chapter 195: Jiang Ling’s Internal Support
Since that meeting, the two of them reached a certain balance.
Meet up, eat, chat, and then do your own thing.
Except for Li Yuan occasionally speaking about the torn window paper, everyone else tacitly suppressed the matter.
The situation in Yizhou City is not optimistic. If she wants to do business, she needs a place and a market to do it.
In today's troubled times, people dare not ask for anything else as long as they have something to eat. How could they buy her novel and relatively expensive things?
She knew that Yizhou City was temporarily stable now, but that didn't mean the people knew it. Although Li Yuan had been doing things to gain fame, it was obviously not enough.
But this is his business, and she shouldn't interfere.
Wei Qiqi planned to feed the people in Yizhou first. When Li Yuan heard her future plan at a dinner table, his brows relaxed slightly.
"I will send you some people and find the person in charge of collecting taxes from tenant farmers in the city."
Wei Qiqi refused: "No need to make such a big fuss, I can do it myself, otherwise..."
"I have already taken care of the tenant farmers' taxes. You can rest assured that they are all our own people. In addition, I will assign Huo Xiuwen from the Qiyuan Army to you to protect your daily life."
Li Yuan spoke frankly about his plan and explained, "I know you can't stand the people in the city being poorly clothed and hungry, so you will definitely take action. What you do is also beneficial to Yizhou City, killing two birds with one stone."
Hearing this, Wei Qiqi, fearing to cause him trouble, had to retract her refusal.
"But Huo Xiuwen..."
"He has recovered from his illness and was not seriously injured. I originally wanted to send him to Jiguan Mountain, but he said he wanted to stay in Yizhou City for a while first, so I agreed."
Li Yuan had already arranged everything, so Wei Qiqi saved a lot of effort.
"By the way." Speaking of Huo Xiuwen, Li Yuan suddenly thought of someone.
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"Is that the reason?"
Huo Xiuwen asked in the carriage, and Wei Qiqi nodded.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten there was such a person. I told the city lord about it several years ago. How could he still remember it after just hearing it?"
"Well, you know he has a good memory."
"That's right." Thinking of Li Yuan, Huo Xiuwen felt that he was not surprised when he said that he was going to do something shocking. After all, that kid was a little crazy.
"There is such a person, his name is... Jiang something. It turns out that he is the spy that I spent a lot of money to hire in Jiguan Mountain. Jiguan Mountain can stay safe for such a long time without him tipping me off."
Huo Xiuwen thought about the details carefully, but before he could remember, Wei Qiqi spoke first: "Li Yuan said his name is Jiang Ling. His surname is Jiang, so he should be from the Jiang family. That's why I brought you here this time."
"Someone from the Jiang family?"
Thinking of this person, Huo Xiuwen raised his eyebrows.
How could he not know what happened in Yizhou City after being here for a few days? Jiu Lan explained to them clearly that the Jiang family in Yizhou City was keeping its troops inactive, but it was a cancer to Yizhou City.
Such a cancer is difficult to eradicate.
He kept a low profile during this period, allowing Li Yuan and his men to deal with Yizhou City at will, but he did not stop his sinister tactics behind the scenes even though he could not get any evidence.
"No wonder I was asked to protect you."
Huo Xiuwen couldn't help but secretly curse Li Yuan as a villain.
He was only staying in Yizhou City for a period of time and not for a long time. So there was no possibility of offending anyone in Yizhou City. He would just leave after a while.
Besides, it is impossible to deal with the Jiang family with just an ordinary person. It takes a military ruffian like him who used to be a bandit to do it.
Wei Qiqi obviously thought of it as well, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
While they were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the door of Jiang's house. Wei Qiqi grabbed the hat curtain hanging beside her and prepared to cover her face with it.
"Yizhou City is now ruled by the city lord. You don't need this hat curtain anymore, right?"
Wei Qiqi shook his head: "Avoid useless troubles if they can be avoided."
Huo Xiuwen didn't understand her caution: "You'd better not get into trouble, otherwise Yizhou City will be razed to the ground by that kid."
Wei Qiqi has long been accustomed to Huo Xiuwen's occasional shocking remarks. Not only does she have to get used to Huo Xiuwen's shocking remarks, she also has to get used to other people's curiosity and kindness about the matter.
"It's not that exaggerated. Although Li Yuan is cold, he is still a good person. It's just that he has gone too far into a dead end."
Huo Xiuwen saw through it but didn't say anything. He finally understood that the boy was very good at pretending in front of Madam Wei. The big-tailed wolf was pretending to be a fox.
Huo Xiuwen got off the carriage first. The Qiyuan Army following him were all brothers from Jiguan Mountain. They obeyed Huo Xiuwen's orders.
As soon as he came down, the people behind him stood still immediately. His murderous aura frightened the guards at the gate of Jiang's residence.
After Huo Xiuwen got off the carriage, Wei Qiqi followed closely behind him, holding up her skirt and getting off the carriage. To show her solemnity, she also wore a silk skirt that she rarely wore.
"Tell the head of the Jiang family that Huo Xiuwen from the Qiyuan Army has come to carry out orders and wants to see someone."
The guard at the door didn't need him to speak and immediately turned around and went in to report.
But it took him almost half an hour to turn around and leave. This time was enough to get here even from the City Lord's Mansion, not to mention getting out of the Jiang family's inner house.
The longer Huo Xiuwen waited, the uglier his expression became. "No wonder the city lord asked me to come here. These people really dare to neglect me."
"Pass the order down. The Jiang family is too big and the head of the Jiang family can't leave the house at all. Because the situation is urgent, we will not invite you to come. We will apologize later."
These words were spoken loudly, and the people gathered around were all ordinary people who came to watch the fun. These people loved to watch the fun and naturally loved to spread gossip.
"on!"
Huo Xiuwen gave an order, and the Qiyuan Army behind him immediately went forward with bare hands. Before everyone reached the door, the door suddenly opened.
"Who are you? How dare you cause trouble in front of Jiang's house?"
The butler who had appeared at the execution ground beside Jiang Can shouted sternly.
"The Qiyuan Army is here. Because the old files are being refurbished, one of the cases involves someone from your Jiang Mansion, so we came here to question him.
You guys haven't opened the door yet, is it because the Jiang Mansion is too big or have you already known about it and hid the person in secret?"
Huo Xiuwen started by complimenting the Jiang family. He did not say that the Jiang family neglected them nor did he say that the people in the Jiang family deliberately tried to intimidate them.
He took a different approach, and no matter which one they were, it was enough to plunge the Chiang family into a public opinion storm.
"How can you say that with just your lips moving?"
At least the butler had some sense and did not fall into Huo Xiuwen's trap.
"You are just a small housekeeper. If you can make the decision, bring out a man named Jiang Ling. If you can't make the decision and keep talking nonsense to me, don't blame me for arresting you for obstructing public affairs!"
There are ways to be shameless, but Huo Xiuwen's approach of saying it's always your fault is enough to make the other person so angry that he wants to vomit blood.