Xie Liangcheng was also in pain and confused at the beginning, but he was not a fool. After Xie Yun and others around him betrayed him, Zhao Qi saved him. He knew that there must be something wrong with the people around him.
From the moment Xie Liangqing was attacked, it seemed like a trap was waiting for him to fall into.
But he didn't know who else in the family might do something bad to them besides the Fifth Master.
Mr. Xie and Mr. Xie are brothers from the same mother as his father...
It was not until he fled all the way to the capital and was intercepted by Han Bo and others that he realized that his second uncle, who had always treated him kindly and gently, was actually the mastermind who manipulated their lives and deaths, treated them as playthings, and watched them fall into despair and struggle to survive.
He told Wei An everything that had happened along the way. He was so exhausted that he lowered his head for a while before looking up and smiling bitterly: "I only found out from what the Marquis said that his mother and my father's mother had such a deep hatred."
But he didn't understand, even if there was such a deep hatred, why couldn't they just kill them with a knife? Why did they have to start with Xie Liangqing, the weakest in their family
Xie Liangqing didn't even have the ability to protect himself. After giving birth to him, Mrs. Xie San stopped having any more children and also stopped giving the concubines medicine. She knew about Xie Liangqing's illness and even didn't plan to find him a wife because of this, saying that she was afraid of bringing harm to other girls. She just wanted to live with her child and do her best to treat the child well in her lifetime.
Master Xie II really knew where it would hurt the most, and he wanted to make Madam Xie San and Master Xie San and his wife completely collapse.
If Xie Liangqing died, his mother would never live.
By then, my father would have to resign from his post. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, what use would it be
Mr. Xie will definitely ridicule him to his heart's content and expel him from the Xie family...
He had called Second Master Xie his uncle for nearly twenty years, but he wanted to kill their entire family.
Xie Liangqing held the glutinous rice cake in his hand and didn't dare to eat it.
He lived in fear in the bandits' den. Ever since he wanted to eat one more piece of rice cake and got his brother beaten up, he never dared to cry out for hunger again.
Children may not be smart, but they are very sensitive.
Shen Chen pushed a plate of cakes in front of him and laughed cheerfully: "Eat them, they are all yours, no one will snatch them from you."
Xie Liangqing tentatively looked at his brother's expression.
Xie Liangcheng felt even more sad.
At the same time, I became even more angry.
He paused, and gently comforted his brother, then turned to look at Wei An and Shen Chen and asked, "He doesn't have that many people available. He is a civil servant and had been in office before. Later, when my grandfather passed away, he returned home to mourn. He has not been reinstated until now. Even if we count our escort company, which has the support of my uncle, he should not be able to have such great ability."
He must have someone behind him.
Shen Chen also nodded: "We have been discussing this before. According to our calculations, he should have started training this group of people after your grandfather passed away. Think carefully, have there been any special changes in your family during this period of time?"
Xie Liangcheng thought about it carefully, then frowned: "Since my grandfather passed away, he has lived next to my grandfather's tomb and has not left the mountain for three whole years."
Three years.
Because of this incident, many ministers wrote letters to praise Master Xie as a filial son and a virtuous grandson.
The reputation of the Xie family in Jingxi was further enhanced as a result, and many families were proud to marry a girl from the Xie family.
But now it seems that it is a question whether Mr. Xie II really built a hut on the mountain during these three years.
"Now that I think about it, there do seem to be a lot of changes at home in the past three years." Xie Liangcheng glanced at Zhao Qi and said, "The people in the escort agency have basically all changed. Now they basically transport goods to the Western Regions..."
Wei An already knew about this matter before.
Zhao Qi, who had been silent the whole time, responded at the right time: "It didn't take much effort for the young master to get us out of the escort agency before. Now that I think about it, we were no longer useful in the escort agency before the young master asked. Most of the escorts going to the Western Regions are taken over by new escorts, but they are not much better than us old ones. We often hear that the escorts are lost, and often they lose both money and people. But every time the government judges that the person is causing trouble..."
Wei An was very perceptive. He exchanged glances with Shen Chen, poured a cup of tea for Xie Liangcheng, and then asked, "You mean, there was a reason for the failure of this dart?"
Zhao Qi nodded.
He is a very smart person and is very good at discovering the key points of things from small things.
Wei An motioned for him to continue.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "I think their purpose is not only to escort the convoy, but also to make money..."
He paused, and then said in a shocking way: "In the northwest, the leather business continues despite repeated prohibitions."
The so-called leather trade is smuggling, exchanging what they have with the Tatars outside the Great Wall. They exchange horses and various furs with the Tatars, and the Tatars want...
Food, iron utensils, gold and silver.
Shen Chen cleared his throat.
What Zhao Qi meant was that Second Master Xie was actually colluding with the Tatars outside the Great Wall.
This is not impossible.
But how did Second Master Xie do it
Wei An suddenly reminded them: "When the King of Chu was plotting rebellion, one of the charges was collusion with the Tatars..."
The King of Chu has never captured anyone along the line in the northwest.
What if the King of Chu did not use the generals guarding the pass, but instead used the Xie family which controlled all the escort agencies in the northwest
This is not impossible.
It can also explain why Master Xie has such great abilities.
Shen Chen immediately ordered Xuesong: "Check the Ping An Escort Agency."
Zhao Qi volunteered: "My Lord, I want to go with you too. I know the Xie family very well..."
He knelt down in front of Wei An, raised his head and said: "If the Second Master is not eliminated one day, you and the Young Master will still be in danger..."
Wei An nodded to Shen Chen.
Shen Chen agreed without saying anything else, and asked Xuesong and the others to pay more attention.
But even if we investigate the Xie family, it would not be easy to find out the truth in a short time.
Wei An reminded Shen Chen: "In addition to Second Master Xie, there are other people who have power in the capital. The King of Chu was destroyed long ago, and Qiu Chuying and Zhu Fang were all killed. Why can Second Master Xie be the only one who can stay out of trouble? This person... ... is so good at flattery and scheming, I'm afraid he has already climbed to another high branch and used as a protective umbrella."
Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to plot against her so arrogantly, and he wouldn't even be afraid of King Zheng standing behind her.
Shen Chen heard Wei An's hidden meaning and promised her solemnly: "Don't worry, I will definitely get to the bottom of it."
It is easier to catch this yellow bird hiding in the capital than to investigate the second master Xie.