Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Zirong has always been curious about Bai Yan's identity. The so-called side branch of the Bai family is still a down-and-out side branch that is not valued by the main family. The quality displayed by Bai Yan is really out of harmony.

At first, Xiao Zirong always thought that he didn't know enough about the aristocratic families of this era, but after getting in touch with them, he knew that it had nothing to do with it.

The vision shown by Bai Yan is not something that ordinary women can have.

A person with a bad background may be able to obtain books and knowledge through hard work, but such things as vision are difficult to develop, and one must have enough experience.

But these days, even men may not have thought of choosing a merchant from Wei State as the target of selling stolen goods, even Xiao Zirong hadn't thought of it, but Bai Yan had thought of it, which had to make Xiao Zirong even more suspicious of Bai Yan's identity.

It's a pity that he doesn't know the names of Bai Yan's family members. He only knows that Bai Yan's name can't be found in the library. Even if a few words appeared in the history books, it was just a certain family in the end.

Bai Yan seemed to have expected that Xiao Zirong would ask such a question, and said very calmly: "I don't know how much the city lord knows about Wei, but the mother of Emperor Xiaowen of Wei?"

Xiao Zirong really didn't think about it for a while, but it doesn't matter, he has a library in his mind, and Emperor Xiaowen's mother only needs to search for it.

He went through the entry in his head and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mrs. Li? What's your relationship with her?"

Bai Yan said frankly: "My maternal grandmother is Mrs. Li's niece. Although Emperor Wen was established as the crown prince, the Li family also fell down because the mother of the Crown Prince of Wei would be bestowed to death."

Xiao Zirong: ...

He calculated in his mind that Bai Yan's maternal grandmother was Mrs. Li's niece, that is, she was of the same generation as Emperor Xiaowen Yuan Hong of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and now Emperor Yuan Ke of Wei State is Yuan Hong's son, so Bai Yan's mother should be counted The first one is Yuan Ke's cousin, and that Bai Yan... Strictly speaking, she is also a relative of the emperor of Wei State.

He glanced at Liu Cainiang subconsciously, and couldn't help but think about whether he had some special attributes to attract all kinds of royal relatives.

Although Bai Yan's status is not as noble as that of the princess, the question is how does the princess of the subjugated country compare with the noble daughter of this dynasty?

If it was placed in Qi State, Bai Yan's maternal ancestral family would have skyrocketed, and she would not have ended up in the current situation.

Xiao Zirong rubbed his forehead and said: "Since you have confessed, I don't want to go around in circles. Even if you have a slight relationship with the royal family of Wei State, it seems...it seems useless now."

If Yuan Hong was in power, he might still take care of his mother's natal family, but Yuan Ke...probably wouldn't care, especially because Yuan Hong was able to secure the position of emperor because of Empress Dowager Feng, the original wife of Emperor Xianwen at that time.

Bai Yan's identity is probably useless.

Bai Yan smiled and said, "I just don't want to hide my identity."

She really wanted to help Xiao Zirong. Without Xiao Zirong, she might still be sunk in darkness, or she might have died.

The other party not only saved her life, but also gave her a new life. She wanted to do everything in return, and on this basis, she didn't want to hide anything, for fear that Xiao Zirong would suspect her of selfishness.

In fact, just as Xiao Zirong thought, Bai Yan's identity...that is, it can be used to bluff people by telling it among ordinary people, and no one with a little bit of status will take it seriously.

Xiao Zirong was a little puzzled: "Your mother is so powerful, and you are not bad, how can you still..." Have you come to this point?

He was also quick to speak for a while, but he swallowed it halfway through, thinking that exposing the other party's scars like this didn't seem very good.

The smile on Bai Yan's face became a bit bitter: "No matter how powerful I am, I can't resist my father."

It was only at this time that Xiao Zirong realized that this idea was based on the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Unless the relationship was severed, no matter how powerful Bai Yan was, she would not be able to resist her parents.

Xiao Zirong threw this aside and asked, "This matter... I'll think about it again."

Bai Yan nodded and didn't say anything else. After eating, Bai Yan continued to do her work. Liu Cainiang asked, "I see that she is absolutely devoted to you. Why don't you agree?"

Xiao Zirong was stunned for a moment: "Wait a minute, isn't your adjective wrong?"

Liu Cainiang waved her hand: "That's not important."

Xiao Zirong said helplessly: "It's not that I don't believe her, but I don't want to betray Qi."

Liu Cainiang was a little surprised: "How can this be considered a betrayal? Isn't it just a normal business?"

Xiao Zirong asked calmly: "If it's a normal transaction, why should we go through such twists and turns?"

Liu Cainiang opened her mouth and thought for a long time before she said, "I don't understand, but salt is not food or iron, so it can't be considered collaborating with the enemy, right?"

This is what confuses Xiao Zirong. Salt is a very important material, but it is not considered a strategic material. If he sells salt to Wei, it should...not be regarded as an enemy?

Even knowing that the final fire to unify the Central Plains is in the north, Xiao Zirong's perception of Wei is still complicated.

Liu Cainiang didn't understand what he was struggling with, so she just asked, "You said...if a large amount of smuggled salt floods into Wei State, what will happen to the Wei State Council?"

Xiao Zirong replied almost without hesitation: "Wei officials must be punished. The salt industry has made huge profits. If there is too much private salt, the court will... eh..."

That's right, if too much private salt flows into the market, then Wei State will collect less tax, and it will be much less. Does this count as weakening Wei State's national strength in disguise?

If you can unite with a big family in Wei State, support the big family and weaken the royal family...

Forget it, don't do such a dangerous thing, they are too close to the Wei country now, salt is too easy to make people jealous, if the other party can't help but send troops south, then he has committed a big crime.

However, Bai Yan's proposal can be planned carefully. The first is how to contact the other party, and then there is the transaction issue. As for the money... Xiao Zirong thinks that money is not necessarily needed. They can ask the other party for things they need, such as bronze wares Or something else.

After thinking about it for a while, he went to Bai Yan, and asked straight to the point: "Which merchants can you contact?"

Bai Yan said frankly: "When I was doing things for the family, I had dealt with those people before, and I knew how to contact them. If the city lord is worried, I can write a letter."

Xiao Zirong simply said, "Go and write a proposal."

Bai Yan was at a loss: "What? What is a plan?"

Xiao Zirong explained: "It's about how you want to do this matter, write out a process, how likely is each step to succeed, and finally summarize the possibility of success, and then show it to me."

Bai Yan has never done such a thing, but she is not afraid of having something to do, she is afraid that it will be useless.

Otherwise, a disfigured woman like her wouldn't even be able to be their city lord's lover. If she doesn't have any skills, what else can she do?

Xiao Zirong knew Bai Yan's mentality to some extent, so when he faced Liu Cainiang or A Yin Aman, he once told the other party to combine work and rest, but when he came to Bai Yan, he just ordered him to go.

While Xiao Zirong was thinking about how to get out here, Xiao Xuexing was also asking people to pack up his things, while he was wearing a moon white robe, bending his bow and nodding his arrows in the shooting range.

Just as he was aiming at the target, a young eunuch ran towards him but was stopped by the school captain who was guarding beside him.

The little eunuch said something anxiously, but the captain just said coldly, "Wait."

Then he walked towards Xiao Xuexing, when he walked to Xiao Xuexing's side, just as Xiao Xuexing let go of his hand, the feathered arrow quickly hit the red heart.

Xiao Xuexing put down his hands and asked casually: "Your Majesty sent someone here?"

The captain said in a low voice: "Yes, please enter the palace."

Xiao Xuexing sighed insignificantly, handed the longbow in his hand to the captain and said, "Change clothes and enter the palace."

The two maids who had been standing behind immediately followed him back to the bedroom.

Seeing this, the little eunuch heaved a sigh of relief, and followed Xiao Xuexing back to the palace without daring to say a word.

When Xiao Xuexing entered the palace, Xiao Xuan was writing a book. The palace people around Xiao Xuan couldn't help holding their breath when they saw Xiao Xuexing, but Xiao Xuexing knelt down on one knee and saluted very calmly: "I see Your Majesty."

Xiao Xuan lowered his head and didn't react as if he didn't hear anything. Xiao Xuexing knelt on the ground with a calm expression without being in a hurry.

After about a cup of tea, Xiao Xuan put down his pen and looked up at Xiao Xuexing, who was kneeling below, and said angrily, "Get up."

As soon as Xiao Xuan spoke, the palace man next to him breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried over to help Xiao Xuexing up.

Xiao Xuexing gently pushed the palace man away and stood up by himself, but his figure swayed slightly.

After he stood up, Xiao Xuan threw a memorial to him directly and said, "Take it back!"

Xiao Xuexing caught the memorial and looked down and found that it was him who had presented it to Xiao Xuan before, so he put the memorial on Xiao Xuan's desk without saying a word.

Seeing his actions, Xiao Xuan was even angrier: "What are you going to do? Rebellion?"

"Your Majesty speak carefully." Xiao Xuexing said softly: "I have made up my mind, please Your Majesty to fulfill it."

Xiao Xuan was very angry: "You don't even care about the world because of him? Are you worthy of the subjects of the world? Are you worthy of the cultivation of the late emperor?"

Xiao Xuexing lowered his eyes and said: "The ability of the minister is limited. The regent was... a helpless act. Now His Majesty no longer needs it, so he should withdraw the throne from the minister."

Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Xuexing and asked, "That's all?"

Xiao Xuexing looked up at him with firm eyes: "I still want to find him."

Xiao Xuan said helplessly: "I know what you are thinking, but there has been no news for a long time in the past, I'm afraid it's already..."

But Xiao Xuexing said: "No, the people sent out by the minister have already found some clues."

After hearing this, Xiao Xuan sat up straight and asked, "What clue?"

Xiao Xuexing said: "The following reports that a group of young ladies disappeared in Liangxiang County a few days ago."

Xiao Hyun:? ? ? ? ?What news!

The author has something to say: Xiao Xuexing: If you can't find your younger brother, the regent will not do it!