Qin Xiao knew that the White Wolf King had benefited a lot from Tangren City, but he didn't expect that Tangren City was actually funded by the Xiling Gate Valve.

"Although the Xiling Gate Valve bribed the Vedic officials by bribe, so that many of the Vedonic nobles opposed the eastward expansion, in fact, this bribe can be called the annual tax paid by the Xiling Gate Valve to the Woods." Tang Rong sneered: "It's just that Brother Nalu Sheng didn't get a penny of these taxes, but Brother Nalu Sheng wanted the land of Xiling, and he didn't pay attention to this bit of silver." ”

Qin Xiao knew that what Tang Rong said was not unreasonable.

To make a Vedic Khan king like the White Wolf King and many Vedic nobles oppose the eastward advance, the cost of silver taels is of course a terrifying amount.

"You were born in Xiling, so you naturally know that Xiling's taxes are the best in the world." Tang Rong said: "Although Xiling is richer than most places in the Utuo Khanate, it is very barren compared to many places in the Tang Dynasty. Yangzhou alone is more than ten times richer than Xiling, but Yangzhou's taxes are only twice that of Xiling. The people of Xiling have borne many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes for many years, and these silvers, in addition to being squandered by the Xiling Gate Valve, nearly half of them have been used by the Xiling Gate Valve to buy the Vedic people, what do you say is the difference between this and Xiling paying taxes to the Woods? ”

Qin Xiao sighed: "After the Wutuo Rebellion, the Xiling Gate Lords did not hand over a tael of silver to the treasury except for offering war horses to the imperial court. ”

"Not bad." Tang Rong nodded and said: "The imperial court has fulfilled its promise to withdraw troops from Xiling, and let Xiling fall into the hands of the three major gates of Xiling. The three gate valves are nominally the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, but it is the Wutuo people who really get the benefits. ”

"To buy a Vedic with silver is to pay a protection fee to the Vedis." Qin Xiao sighed: "With the help of the hands of the Xiling Gate Valve, the Wutuo nobles absorbed the blood of the people of Xiling. ”

Tang Rong sighed lightly: "It's good that you can understand this truth." ”

"According to what you said, the bribery of the Vedic nobles is the responsibility of the white shopkeeper?"

Tang Rong nodded slightly: "From the very beginning, this matter has been controlled by the white shopkeeper. Of course, the Xiling Gate Valve will not spend money in vain, they want to buy the Vedic people, so naturally they have to find out who people are worth spending money. The eyes and ears of the white shopkeeper have a group of people who are specifically responsible for investigating the intelligence of the Vedic nobles, including those who can be bought into the list, and then estimating their value, and then sending bribes of equal value, so that the white shopkeeper has a list of the nobles who have been bought, and these people have the silver of the Xiling Gate Valve, and they have become the white shopkeeper's contacts in the Woods. ”

Qin Xiao sighed: "With such a lot of money, the white shopkeeper can't even protect himself, he was detained and imprisoned, and he almost lost his life, it seems that the so-called connections are not as strong as imagined." ”

"Although the Xiling Gate Valve has bought a lot of people, most of the Vedic nobles still have the same mind as Brother Nalu Sheng, and want to swallow Xiling." Tang Rong said: "The power of the main battle of the Wutuo is even stronger, and Qifu Shan is one of them. This time, the beggar was suddenly in trouble, and the white shopkeeper did not expect that such a grim situation would appear if he was caught off guard. ”

"You're lurking next to the white shopkeeper to get the list?" Qin Xiao asked, "Even if you get the list, what's the use of it?" ”

Tang Rong thought for a moment before saying: "Getting the list is not the goal, our ultimate goal is to replace the white shopkeeper and hold the list, so that we can coerce many Vedic nobles to use it for us." ”

"With the list, you can coerce them?" Qin Xiao smiled faintly and said, "The nobles of the Wutuo are so easy to control

？ ”

"Of course it's not easy." Tang Rong said: "We not only want a list, but also find conclusive evidence of bribery, as long as we catch the evidence, even if we can't control all the vultures who have been bought, at least half of them can become our tools." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Don't you forget, Brother Nalu Sheng is ambitious, bent on going eastward, and has always regarded lords and factions like the White Wolf King as a thorn in the flesh." Tang Rong said: "Brother Nalu Sheng also wants to do something to the White Wolf King, but among these people, there are many strong strengths, just like the White Wolf King, there are many tribes under his jurisdiction, there are millions of people, and there are tens of thousands of elite iron horsemen, the White Wolf King has a very high prestige in the hearts of the tribes under his jurisdiction, if Brother Nalu Sheng forcibly does something to the White Wolf King, it will definitely cause civil strife in the Vedas, once there is a break between the eight tribes of the Vedas, they consume each other, and then want to invade the Tang Dynasty in the east, it is a fool's dream." ”

Qin Xiao said: "That's why he will use Qifu Shan to seize the sweat position, so that he can control the White Wolf Department." ”

"But if Brother Nalu Sheng gets the evidence that the Vedic nobles took bribes, then he can make the evidence public, so that the Vedas know that the nobles who oppose the eastward advance have been bought by the Xiling Gate Valve." Tang Rong said slowly: "At that time, if Brother Nalu Sheng does it again, these bought Wutuo nobles will not have anyone to support them, and they can only become ghosts under the knife." ”

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "So these Vedic nobles are afraid that Brother Nalu Sheng will get evidence, so they can only submit to you?" ”

"Not bad." Tang Rong said: "So by collecting evidence of their bribery and getting the list, you can control some of them." ”

Qin Xiao suddenly realized: "You are worried about the life and death of the white shopkeeper, and you are trying your best to save him, naturally you don't really care about his life or death, but you haven't gotten the list from him, let alone collected evidence of bribery, if the white shopkeeper is dead, you can't get the list and evidence, and everything you did before will be in vain." Staring at Tang Rong, he said with a wry smile: "In order to achieve your goal, it is really not easy for you to follow the white shopkeeper for more than ten years, and even become his righteous daughter." ”

"To save Xiling, no matter how big the cost is, it's worth it." Tang Rong's expression was solemn: "So do you still want to tell the white shopkeeper about me?" ”

Qin Xiao groaned slightly, and finally asked, "Has the white shopkeeper ever suspected you?" ”

"He won't trust anyone, not me." Tang Rong said softly: "So for so many years, my first task is to win his trust, in fact, he has trust in me, otherwise in this emergency, he will not hand over the White Wolf King to me." ”

"You have gained the trust of the white shopkeeper, and now that the white shopkeeper's legs are abolished, he is likely to leave the Woods." Qin Xiao said slowly: "This is not a bad thing for you. You are his daughter, who has followed him for many years, and after he leaves, even if he does not leave everything in his hands to you, you will have the opportunity to get some of the things you want while others come to hand them over. ”

Tang Rong smiled faintly: "It is indeed a good opportunity. ”

"So can you tell me who you are?" Qin Xiao looked directly into Tang Rong's eyes: "Who is the one who instructed you to lurk beside the white shopkeeper?" What is the cause of your cold? ”

Tang Rong frowned, her lips moved slightly, and she didn't make a sound.

Qin Xiao sighed: "Today, you suddenly had a cold attack, it can be said to be extremely dangerous, fortunately I was by your side at that time, if you were by the side of the white shopkeeper, he could see the problem at a glance, your years of hard work."

, and it was all down the drain in an instant. ”

"Yes." Tang Rong palpitated: "Fortunately, it's you, otherwise the consequences are really unimaginable." ”

Qin Xiao said: "But this kind of thing is out of your control. The cold disease is sudden, you can't control it yourself, this time you dodge, the next time it is likely to attack in front of his eyes. You've been so lucky for so many years that you haven't done it once in front of him? ”

"It's all because of that incident." Tang Rong sighed lightly: "I have a cold disease in my body, I have to take medicine on time every month, once a month, after taking the medicine, I can ensure that everything will be as usual within a month, and the cold disease will not attack." ”

"What medicine?" Qin Xiao immediately asked, "Same as my pill?" ”

Tang Rong shook her head and said, "No." It seems that he wants to say something, but he stops talking.

Qin Xiao said: "Sister Rong, you are a smart person, you should understand that in the current situation, I have the initiative than you." I'm a person who gets to the bottom of things, you tell me the truth, and then convince me to keep my mouth shut, I may be able to help you, and if you want to hide it from me at this time, I can't tell when my mouth is windy, and what should be said and what shouldn't be said will leak out. ”

Tang Rong gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "Are you threatening me? ”

"The point is that I can really threaten you." Qin Xiao shrugged: "If you treat me with sincerity, I may be able to do my best to protect you as before." ”

Tang Rong was held by Qin Xiao, and she was angry in her heart, but she was helpless.

She naturally knew that if Qin Xiao told the white shopkeeper the truth, her life and death would be nothing, but the plan of painstaking management would be wasted.

"It's also a pill, but it's different from yours." Tang Rong said: "Before this accident, I had been in contact with another person. The man owns a rouge gouache shop in Chinatown, and I go to ..... once a month! ”

"Rouge gouache shop?" Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Sure enough, Sister Rong is as beautiful as a flower, that is a great beauty that is one in a thousand, such a big beauty, she goes to the store every month to buy rouge gouache, that is a matter of course, and the white shopkeeper will not doubt it." ”

Tang Rong glared at Qin Xiao, but still continued: "The shopkeeper of the gouache shop will give me a pill every month, and after taking it, I can ensure that the cold disease will not occur in the next month." ”

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "I understand, the Tang City was burned by a fire, and the rouge gouache shop was naturally also burned, and the Wutuo soldiers searched the Tang City and arrested many people, under the chaos, of course you can't continue to stay in the Tang City, it has become a ruin, and the person who contacted you can only withdraw, so you have lost contact, you can't get in touch in a short time, you can't get in touch with each other, you can't get the antidote, and the cold disease may attack at any time." ”

"Yes." Tang Rong admitted: "If you can't get the antidote, you can only suffer from cold disease, and I can't predict when it will come." He smiled bitterly and said: "Every moment I am with the white shopkeeper is extremely dangerous, the cold disease attacks, the identity will be exposed immediately, and all the previous achievements will be wasted." "Thinking that he was almost exposed in front of the white shopkeeper during the day, I still have palpitations.

Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Then who let you lurk beside the white shopkeeper?" He uses such a cruel drug to control you, naturally he is worried that you will rebel, this person is very spicy, why do you follow his orders? "Is the person behind the scenes who wants to control Tang Rong the same person who poisoned him back then?