The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 412: killer
Chapter 412 Killer
The second is Emperor Mingzhao, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Emperor Mingzhao and Bai Yi, the ancestor of the Bai family, joined hands to conquer the world. The relationship between the monarch and his subject was as close as that of brothers. Emperor Mingzhao dared to delegate power to Bai Yi and allowed Bai Yi the right to act first and report later. Emperor Mingzhao never blamed him for anything that was beneficial to the country. Emperor Mingzhao could tolerate powerful ministers, which shows that he had a broad mind.
The third is the Duke of Jin. The Bai Family Army led by the Duke is an invincible army. The spirit and loyalty of the Bai Family Army made his opponent deeply admire them.
Now Xun Tianzhang is not hesitating to insult the Bai family in order to force Bai Jinzhi to go into battle. Could it be that something happened in the Daliang court that forced Xun Tianzhang to do so?
After much deliberation, Bai Qingyan called in Manager Liu and asked him to send someone to ask Xiao Rongyan’s people if anything had happened in the Daliang court.
After all, Bai Qingyan has limited manpower available now, and Xiao Rongyan has shops in various countries, so he is naturally more informed than Bai Qingyan.
“I wonder what Uncle Liu thinks of Zeng Shanru?” Bai Qingyan asked Manager Liu.
Manager Liu nodded, with a smile on his face: “He is a practical man, he just doesn’t talk much, but when he does talk, he always gets to the point! This is also good, it makes people feel calm and steady!”
“Before leaving, Lupin hurriedly gave me a list of names, asking me to test the loyalty of the people on the list to see if they could be of use in the future! A few days ago, I took the initiative to test the loyalty of Zeng Shanru, and she turned out to be surprisingly loyal. If the young lady wants Zeng Shanru to take over the mine, she would be a good candidate!”
When the Bai family was still in Dadu, Bai Qingyan told Lupin that he would start training useful people. I think the list was the people selected by Lupin.
Bai Qingyan nodded and said, “Then I’ll have to trouble Uncle Liu to guide Zeng Shanru again. When the time is right, I’ll hand this matter over to him.”
“Don’t worry, young lady. I know what to do!” said Manager Liu.
Before evening, Manager Liu brought Wang Jiuzhou, who was with Xiao Rongyan, to Bai’s residence, saying that they wanted to see the Princess Zhenguo for important matters.
Bai Qingyan put down the bamboo slips in his hand, changed his clothes and went to the front hall.
Seeing Bai Qingyan holding Chuntao’s hand and stepping into the main hall, Wang Jiuzhou quickly put down the teacup in his hand and saluted to Bai Qingyan: “Greetings, Princess!”
Wang Jiuzhou already knew what his master felt towards Bai Qingyan, so he was very respectful to Bai Qingyan.
“Manager Wang, you don’t have to be polite. I heard from Uncle Liu that Manager Wang has something important to tell you?” Bai Qingyan sat down in the main seat and looked at Wang Jiuzhou.
“There is indeed something important I want to tell the princess…” Wang Jiuzhou looked at Chuntao who was standing next to Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan understood and turned his head to signal Chuntao to go out first.
After no one was around, Wang Jiuzhou said, “Princess, Xiliang sent people to deliver the compensation silver and apology gifts to you and the prince. However, there are more than ten assassins hidden in the team escorting the compensation silver and apology gifts. I have already got the news, but I have never known why Xiliang hid the assassins in the team entering Jin. Until yesterday, more than ten assassins disguised themselves and entered Shuoyang City. They also asked people about the princess’s training and suppressing bandits. I think they must be coming for you, so I came to tell you so that you can be prepared.”
Bai Qingyan’s expression didn’t change much, and he thought this was probably the work of Li Tianfu.
“Your Mr. Xiao… is really well-informed!” Bai Qingyan chuckled and asked, “I wonder how many years it took Mr. Xiao to set up such a news network in Dayan.”
Wang Jiuzhou smiled awkwardly. Since it was about Dayan, he couldn’t tell the truth, but this person was their master’s sweetheart.
To tell the truth, this intelligence network was secretly laid out when Queen Ji was still alive. What if the master and this princess who guards the country don’t end up being together?
When Wang Jiuzhou was hesitating about how to respond, he heard Bai Qingyan speak first: “Mr. Xiao and Manager Wang are grateful for telling me this. Thank you!”
“I dare not!” Governor Wang Jiuzhou bowed to the ground, “If the princess has no other instructions, I will take my leave first.”
“Can Steward Wang tell me if there are any unusual movements in the Daliang court?” Bai Qingyan fixed his eyes on Wang Jiuzhou.
“My lord, the news from the Daliang court has not yet arrived, but the last time I heard news, I heard that… after the fourth prince of Daliang returned to the capital, he advised the emperor to stop the war! The emperor of Daliang has always loved the fourth prince, so maybe he will listen to him.”
She nodded and said, “If there is any accurate news, please ask Steward Wang to inform Steward Liu in time. My fourth sister is in Chunmu Mountain now, and I feel uneasy.”
“Don’t worry, my lady. Once I have accurate information, I will inform Manager Liu!”
“Thank you for your hard work!” Bai Qingyan looked at Manager Liu, “Uncle Liu, please help me send Manager Wang off.”
Watching Manager Liu sending Wang Jiuzhou out, Bai Qingyan stroked the edge of the table with her fingers. She hadn’t been to the martial arts arena for a few days. Today, she heard Wang Jiuzhou say that more than a dozen killers intended to sneak into the martial arts arena, so she would show up at the martial arts arena more often to make them think it would be easier to succeed once they entered.
Those killers must have been sent by Li Tianfu!
The people that Li Tianfu could send must be the elite among the killers. Letting them teach some talented civilians skills would be worthy of Li Tianfu’s good intention of sending people thousands of miles away.
On May 23, the Xiliang apology gift sent by the prince to Shuoyang was robbed, shocking the court and the public.
Upon hearing the news, Princess Zhenguo Bai Qingyan led the Bai family guards to Kongtong Mountain, but she only rescued the guards from the Prince’s Mansion, and all the apology gifts from Xiliang were robbed.
The prince felt sorry for the treasures sent from Xiliang, and in anger he issued another order, asking the local officials of Shuoyang to assist Bai Qingyan in suppressing the bandits.
However, it will take time to train civilians as soldiers, and they cannot go out to fight the bandits for the time being.
The war in Chunmu Mountain in Jin State was getting intense, and the imperial court was unable to allocate troops to suppress the bandits. The Princess Zhenguo was recruiting people to suppress the bandits for the second time. Even those from neighboring counties who heard the news came from far away to sign up. For a while, Shuoyang City was bustling with activity.
Shen Yancong and Bai Qingping received a signal from Bai Qingyan to pay close attention to newcomers. All names with a background in martial arts would be recorded in a separate book. As long as they could defeat the Bai family guards for ten moves, they could become a captain of ten men. If they were better than the Bai family guards, they could be promoted to instructors and teach together with the Bai family guards.
Soon, Shen Yancong and Bai Qingping handed the list of outsiders with martial arts skills to Bai Qingyan.
“Have you found any martial artists with hidden skills?” Bai Qingyan asked.
Bai Qingping was about to speak when he heard Shen Yancong say, “To reply to the princess, anyone with a martial arts background will not escape my watch.”
Bai Qingyan stared at the list without looking up. Seeing that several names were circled on the list, he asked again, “What do these circled names mean?”
“These are the people I think are suspicious!” Shen Yancong said again, “They are very skilled and have strange accents. They all said they were from southern Xinjiang. They heard that the Princess Zhenguo was training troops to suppress bandits, so they came to seek refuge with her.”
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