Sheng Weiqiao was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said, "What do you mean by this?"

But when he came to his senses, his face sank, "You are not alarmist! My second and third uncles are afraid of soldiers, they have never been on the battlefield at all, and they can't study, not even children, and they have never done anything as officials, let alone become officials! As for my grandfather and my father, they both returned to their hometowns twenty or thirty years ago, so what does it have to do with the ups and downs of the imperial court?!"

"Really?" Sheng Sleeping Crane smiled and said gently, "Don't you think it's strange that good girl? Old Lady Ao and Old Marquis Xu also returned it, our grandfather, that is a good rich man who doesn't do it, and ignores the wife of Zheng Shaohua, and takes the initiative to join the army to defend the country! Such feelings, but after the death of General Zhou, he was disarmed and returned to the field, and he also brought all the old subordinates with whom he had the best relationship...... But those old troops of General Zhou, who were far less active than their grandfathers when they joined the army, are still in the army at this time, and even in northern Xinjiang?!"

Sheng Weiqiao frowned, but after thinking about it, he still shook his head: "This doesn't mean that my grandfather's reason for being suspicious is precisely because my grandfather took the initiative to join the army with the desire to protect his family and defend the country, how can he not be disappointed after seeing the fate of General Zhou? How can he not be hit? In this way, his old man was discouraged and returned to the field, and there was no normal!"

"As for bringing Old Marquis Xu and Old Lady Ao, it is also easy to explain: the three elders and young people know each other, have a deep friendship, and their views are naturally similar. Grandfather can be disheartened, can't the two elders be disappointed and retreat?"

Sheng Sleeping Crane nodded and said, "This is indeed possible!"

He narrowed his eyes and said in a strange tone, "So...... What about the Shen family?"

"The Shen family?" Sheng Weiqiao was inexplicable, and after thinking about it, he said, "You mean the eldest aunt's family, the eldest aunt's family...... What does it have to do with this?"

Although the Shen family is known as an official eunuch, in fact, they are just officials who have issued county orders, even among the squires of Sangzi, they do not belong to the most powerful handful.

In terms of power, it is far worse than the Sheng family.

So it's not that Sheng Weiqiao looks down on his eldest uncle, but the fact is that he can't see that the Shen family has the qualifications to participate in the temple dispute?

Seeing her confused and suspicious eyes, Sheng Sleeping Crane chuckled lightly and said, "Good girl, maybe you haven't noticed." Although the Shen family and the Sheng Mansion are not in the same city, they are not far apart. Their family is also in business, but there is not much business in the local area, but the main business is in the north!"

Sheng Weiqiao subconsciously bit her lower lip: The Shen family has business in the north, and of course she knows about it.

I remember that when Sheng Sleeping Crane entered the Sheng Mansion as a foreign room and Shen Jiuniang had not yet had an accident, Sheng Lanxin returned to Ning with her family for the last time so far, and talked in the Forbidden Snow Hall, and her cousin Shen Shilang also gave her a porcelain hairpin.

At that time, Sheng Weiqiao thanked him, and Shen Shilang said that the porcelain hairpin was a small gift prepared in a hurry, and he would go to the north in the second half of the year, and then bring her something fun...... It's just that she didn't wait for the second half of the year, and it didn't take long for Shen Jiuniang to have an accident with Sheng Weirao.

After that, Sheng Lanxin quarreled with the Bai family, and after taking the 50,000 taels of silver tickets given by Xuan Yu Feng and leaving the Sheng Mansion, he never had contact with his mother's family again.

The Shen family never came to the door again.

The fun that Shen Shilang promised was, of course, gone.

Sheng Weiqiao has been reluctant to think about this matter, not because he still thinks about Shen Shilang's promise, but because of how warm the scene in the hall was, and how sad it is to think of Shen Jiuniang, whose whereabouts are still unknown and who does not know her life and death.

“…… The Shen family did do business with the north, but what's the matter?" Sheng Weiqiao calmed down before he said coldly, "What do you want to say?!"

"Good girl, the Sheng family was carried forward in the hands of my father, and my father bought properties in many places across the country. Sheng Sleepy Crane noticed the impatience in her tone, but still said slowly, "But do you know? The northernmost industry of the Sheng family is only in Chang'an! Further north of Chang'an, the Sheng family doesn't even have a shop! But the Shen family has a fixed caravan that makes three or two trips to the north every year......

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Or to be more precise, Northern Xinjiang!"

Sheng Weiqiao's face changed, and he narrowed his eyes: "So what? There are more caravans running to the northern Xinjiang, is there any great secret that everyone is involved in?!"

"As for saying that my father bought so many industries, but stopped in Chang'an, it is also very easy to explain: first, my grandfather has always been worried about the fate of General Zhou, and my father, as my grandfather's favorite son, will inevitably be affected, even if he is not affected, in order to sympathize with my grandfather, I deliberately do not do business with the northern Xinjiang side, so as not to occasionally talk about it in time, so that my grandfather can touch the scene, isn't it reasonable?!"

"Second, since the Shen family already has a caravan running to the north, and my Sheng family does not lack such a trade route, is there anything wrong with deliberately letting the Shen family not compete with them for profit in the face of the eldest aunt?"

Sheng Sleeping Crane just smiled: "Good girl, the fate of General Zhou Da really made my grandfather and his old man haunted, and he still can't let go." The question is...... My grandfather was a strong man, so why even the northern frontier was afraid of the people mentioned?"

He leisurely reminded, "Have you forgotten that your little grandfather often told you stories about Northern Xinjiang! Even in ordinary conversations, your grandfather often talked about Northern Xinjiang! In this case, Daddy needs to avoid the word 'Northern Xinjiang' because of his grandfather?!"

"As for not competing with the Shen family for profit, it would be even more wrong!"

"You've never been a homemaker, so you may not know: it's not that someone has left this trade route, and other people are involved, so it must be for profit!"

"Unless the Precursors have enough power to take all their share...... The Shen family can't do this at all!"

"On the contrary, if the Sheng family, who has a rich family background and connections in the army in Northern Xinjiang, also participates in this trade route, they may be able to bring some ...... Shen family."

"After all, the foundation of the Shen family is destined to make it impossible for them to compare with those big caravans in the Northern Xinjiang Trade Route, and it is impossible to compare their voice in this trade route with those big caravans!"

Sheng Sleeping Crane shook his head, "So good girl, the two points you said can't be established!"

"Even if these two points can't be established, but there is no evidence that your so-called Shen family's northern Xinjiang caravan has a problem!" Sheng Weiqiao had an ominous premonition in his heart, but he refused to give in, and insisted, "You are simply alarmist! Don't divert the topic, just say what you plan to think about for the Sheng family!"

Sheng Sleeping Crane smiled, looked up at the tent, and then said: "Good girl, although I knew that the Shen family had a caravan in Northern Xinjiang before, I never paid attention to it. ”

He paused, and suddenly said something that made Sheng Weiqiao suddenly change color, "Even if Cousin Shen and the fourth sister had an accident together, we received news on Tortoiseshell Island that the fourth sister was rescued by luck, but Cousin Shen happened to be bought by Shang Jia a few days ago, and there has been no news since then...... I didn't think much of it. ”

"But ......"

"A few days ago, the county lord Jingshu came to see me privately, and revealed that the teacher was in distress back then, and the inside situation was not ordinary!"

"It occurred to me ...... Is there any connection between this?"

Sheng Weiqiao felt her heart beat to her throat, at this moment she seemed to think a lot, and her mind seemed to be blank, and she pinched her palm hard before she barely came back to her senses and choked up: "What...... What connection?!"

"General Zhou has been on the border for ten years, dreaming of fulfilling Emperor Muzong's wishes and sweeping away Ruru, but in the end he failed, not only was he given death, but even his family did not end well!"

"With his prestige, even if the old ministry did not admonish Chang'an for him, it was impossible not to avenge him!"

Sheng Sleeping Crane narrowed his eyes and said lightly, "It's just that the people who caused his miserable ending in the first place are too many and too powerful, and they can only slowly figure it out!"

Looking at the suddenly pale girl in front of him, he nodded slowly, "That's right, the reason why the teacher was stranded at sea was nominally because of the persecution of the Shu sisters, but in fact, ...... I estimate that it is ten out of ten, and it is General Zhou's old department that really starts it!"

"How can the Huan family be the head snake of Bishui County, judging from what I did in Bishui County before, their power in the county has long been deep-rooted!"

"It's not an exaggeration to say that water can't be splashed!"

"Twelve years ago, although the Shu sisters had a stable position, but they came from humble backgrounds, after entering the palace, they served the Son of Heaven all day long, and their fathers and brothers in the family were also lacking in talent and virtue, and they could not be entrusted with heavy responsibilities, even if they had the intention to send someone to Bishui County to hunt down and kill the teacher, how could they find enough people to quietly kidnap the teacher in Bishui County?!"

"Throughout the country......"

"The ...... who was the most likely and justified to do this at the time"

"Only General Zhou's old department!"

"The biggest evidence is that after the teacher disappeared, the Son of Heaven announced that the real murderer was a pirate in order to protect the Shu sisters...... In fact, the teacher was indeed taken away by the bandits, but how did the Shu sisters, who were born in low backgrounds and had never left Chang'an, get in touch with the bandits who were thousands of miles away and died at sea?"

"And before General Zhou went to the north to sit down, he personally presided over the extermination of sea bandits along the entire southeast coast!"

"It's just that the bandits haven't been wiped out yet, because the first emperor is critically ill, General Zhou has been called back to the court!"

"Although the current Son of Heaven was very ambitious at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, and immediately asked General Zhou to stop the matter of suppressing bandits, and went to the north to prepare for the great cause of 'marshal division to conquer the country, and hold his ruler accountable', but how could General Zhou sit back and watch the extermination of the sea bandits fall short?

"It's just that General Zhou didn't wait to free his hands to cut the grass and eradicate the bandits, but he had an accident first. ”

"So these people who remained...... Isn't it just the right time to attack the teacher?!"

Sheng Weiqiao was dumbfounded for a long time before he whispered: "The one who gave General Zhou to death and refused to pardon even his family is ...... It's today! General Zhou's old ministry wants to take revenge, why not target Duke Huan?!"

Sheng Sleeping Crane couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this, and said: "Good girl, of course, this is because, the holy decree of the Zhou family was copied from the whole house, although it was ordered today, but it was the teacher who did it!"

"How is it possible?!" Sheng Weiqiao was shocked and forgot to lower her voice, almost alarming the people outside, but fortunately, their attention was now focused on the calamus, and the girl immediately woke up again, quickly covered her lips, and secretly reminded herself not to continue to lose her temper, Rao is so, she still feels her heart fluctuate:

Because of Mrs. Sheng's admiration for General Zhou, of course she has always felt that General Zhou is a good person, but a kind of sad hero who is loyal to the country and loyal to the monarch wholeheartedly, but because she met the faint monarch, the whole family did not end well.

And because of Huan Guanlan's fame, and because the old lady Sheng and Sheng Lanci did not respect Huan Guanlan as much as they admired General Zhou, they never said anything bad about him, Huan Guanlan also wore the hat of "the elder of the two dynasties Dan was for the country but was killed by the adulterous concubine", so he can naturally gain the sympathy of passers-by, and Sheng Weiqiao is no exception.

In addition to thinking about Sheng Sleeping Crane before, he thought that Huan Guanlan was not good for Sheng Sleeping Crane and was dissatisfied with this emperor's teacher, Sheng Weiqiao's impression of Huan Guanlan was also very good.

A girl of her age, who has not been in Chang'an for a long time, has not experienced the strong atmosphere of the eunuch field, so she will naturally have the ideas of "loyal ministers will not harm loyal ministers" and "loyal ministers and loyal ministers must be allies or even good friends", "those who harm loyal ministers must be faint kings and traitorous ministers".

So at this time, Sheng Sleeping Crane said that when it was Huan Guanlan who was the main advocate of killing General Zhou, it was actually Huan Guanlan, Sheng Weiqiao felt that the whole person was not good!

She was dazed for a long time before asking, "Why?"