If a caravan makes money in order to make money, regardless of the waterway, it is impossible to carry a large number of high-quality horses by land, and one or two horses are already a lot, not only the purchase price of high-quality horses is higher, but its breeding cost and political risk are higher, and it is easy to be targeted by mountain bandits, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Unless it is for the purpose of smuggling military horses, the military horses are carried in the horse team disguised as loaded horses, and then traded after arriving at the destination.

If the powerful are actively preparing for the seizure of power, they will inevitably hide their horses within reach, and the royal family is undoubtedly the best choice.

That night, the Dingyang Marquis Mansion in the city of Qiling was all lit up, and the elderly Dingyang Marquis was hurriedly awakened by his eldest son Zhang You.

"Father, Sima Lu Tingxun of the city government asks to see you."

Ding Yang Hou has not taken care of political affairs for many years, Lu Tingxun is his faction, but there are not many contacts, and he really can't think of anything important to find him as a loose person when he comes here late at night.

"It's so late, what is he doing here?"

"It is said that Mick, the second son of Qing Xijun, Zhaoyang Jun Hu Ai rushed to the west gate late at night and asked to enter the city. However, according to the law, neither of them had a warrant to open the door, so they did not open the door. But Lu Tingxun thinks that Qing Xijun is the prince's person, so he wants to ask his father how to deal with it. ”

"Oh......" Ding Yanghou groaned softly, sat on the couch with blank eyes and thought, and was silent for a long time He said: "As far as my father knows, Mick and Hue have been eating, drinking, and having fun in the royal city for many years, and I don't think it's a good thing to rush into the city late at night. ”

"Shhh...... It is said that Wang Juncheng is also a famous city in the world now, and Qing Xijun is a princeling, so can anyone provoke Mick and Zhaoyangjun in Wang Jun? ”

"Alas......" Ding Yang Hou sighed: "You are confused, Mick and Hue are stupid, and they also know the truth that the door is locked at night, not to mention the gate of the capital, now there is a forbidden army to assist in the defense at night, who dares to open the door." The two of them were in such a hurry to enter the city, they must have been killed. According to the father, there must be something else hidden in it.

At present, the situation seems to be calm, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent, and this trip to the troubled water can not be tripped. Tell Lu Tingxun that the city gate must not be opened. Let him restrain his soldiers, and before dawn tomorrow, he must not invite Qing Xijun. ”

"Got it."

Zhang Jun is now too old and unbearable, and he occupies the false name of the Tai Lieutenant, except for being able to mobilize Sima of the Chengfu and the family's private soldiers, he has no military power. He could not risk offending the two factions and put the last of his family's political capital into a game where there was no chance of winning, and at this delicate moment, rigid adherence to the law and neutrality was the only option to fight for a place in the undercurrent.

Lu Tingxun was instructed by the Marquis of Ding Yang and did not open the door that night until the next morning, when Mick and Hue rushed to Mifu amid shouting and scolding.

Mi Yuan's father and son were not in the wilderness, but they set up a large number of industries with the king's family in Chenling. The princes under the duke and marquis were divided into feuds, and there were no official positions, and most of them should stay on their own turf and honestly run their own industries, as was indeed the case twenty years ago.

Nowadays, most of the magnates of the large and small fiefdoms of the Xianguo Kingdom have gone to the tomb and the king's family, because they can't stay in their hometown. Because the economy is "too backward", the lights are simply miserable, not only in terms of infrastructure and economic backwardness, but also in terms of huge disparities in material consumption.

Compared with the prosperity of Shanling, the life of the capital county is convenient and the material consumption is numerous, and it is a market metropolis sought after by countless powerful and wealthy businessmen, and it is also unique in the Central Plains.

At this time, the sky was bright, Mi Yi was young and vigorous, he got up much earlier than his father Mi Yuan, and just came to the atrium from the backyard, and the steward hurriedly reported:

"The eldest son, the second prince and Zhaoyangjun have arrived."

"It's ...... so early in the morning," Mi Yi yawned and stretched his waist and continued: "Don't stay in the king's family, what are you going to do in the tomb." ”

"The second son arrived last night, and he was locked up outside the city overnight, and his subordinates looked at the second son as if he couldn't keep his soul."

Mi Yi was already sober about this, and when he heard that the tone of the steward was wrong, he thought that it was probably his younger brother who provoked right and wrong.

"What about others?"

"When I entered the house, I fell and broke my head, and I was in the front hall to let people be drugged."

"Why are you so careless, go, follow me to see."

Mick stayed up all night outside the city last night, this is just the beginning of spring, the temperature in the north is rising rapidly, and it is mosquito bites and the temperature difference between day and night, this day is not comfortable. Riding a horse to the outside of the house, just dismounted, the leg was soft and fell to the ground.

When Mi Yi came to the front hall, he saw Mick lying on a couch on all fours, which was a bamboo couch just brought by the subordinate, Mick was lying on the couch with his head upside down, with a white towel pressed on his forehead, and there were faint traces of blood.

Seeing that Hu Aitong was there, Mi Yi came forward and asked:

"Brother in-law, you two stayed well in the king's family, what happened to the tomb last night."

"Hey, I don't want to, it's the virtuous brother who has to go out of the city. It was already dark when I arrived at Chenling, and I couldn't wait outside the city for a night. ”

In fact, there are some problems with this Huai reaction, and when asked by others, he always has some inconsistencies in the preamble, or often does not understand the situation, or he can't make up his mind when he is asked.

Mi Yi asked for a long time and couldn't figure out the truth, as long as he squatted down and asked Mick:

"Second brother, can you speak?"

Mick sat up straight with a thud, and the white towel on his head fell sharply, revealing a bag that had been broken and swollen.

"Big brother, you have to save me."

Mick's unprovoked words made the second monk of Mi Yi Zhang's head scratch:

"What the hell happened to make you come here overnight?"

"The stakes are very high, I want to talk to my eldest brother in private."

"Oh well. Brother-in-law, help my second brother to go to no one's place. ”

"Oh......"

The three of them stumbled into the atrium where no one was, and Mick made the ins and outs of the matter clear, and Mi Yi was dumbfounded.

"You, you, whoever you provoke has to provoke Yongxing Hou!"

Mick was irritable, and Mick defended:

"Whoever asked him to change his surname, if he reported his family, how could he fall into his trap."

"You idiot, Dad lets you read more scriptures and history on weekdays, socialize with people more, and look at those fox friends and dog friends you have made, all of them are something."

"What does this have to do with my friend, it's clearly Baili Yan's deception."

"You, you, what do you want me to say about you? Do you know that Bailiyan fled to Xianguo before, and he was surnamed Wei, and you don't want to think about it, how can there be a surname Wei among the generals of Xianguo Town. The scar-faced woman is clearly the eighth lady of Bailiyan, and the town army order is the town army of his eighth lady Zhou Kong, why don't you have a brain! ”

Mi Yi was stunned, but Mick still did not repent and consciously felt wronged:

"Who would have thought that a mother-in-law could be a general of the town army, and what is the reason for him Bailiyan to change his name and surname with that mother-in-law's order."

"Hmph, you still dare to quibble. Do you know that Bai Liyan has been at odds with her father for a long time. Based on the situation of the two of you at the time, Zhou Kong or Baili Yan revealed their true bodies, just to ask you a big crime of disrespect. If he doesn't ask for the crime, he will lose his own identity. If you are guilty, you will be punished with at least twenty or thirty sticks. He didn't show his true identity, he just didn't want to dwell on it.

It's good for you, people don't pursue it, but you seek death by yourself, who is to blame! ”

Mi Yi is still more politically minded than Mick, it is no secret that Bailiyan and Mi Yuan are not on good terms, Bailiyan knows that Mick's identity could have been punished, but he did not, first, he disdains to take the juniors, and second, he does not want to intensify the contradictions and lead the trouble to the juniors.

Showing one's identity as an intermediary is a crime of disrespect that lies with the victim and may or may not be prosecuted. Second, the position of the "general surnamed Wei" is neutral, if the true body is revealed, Bailiyan will inevitably be punished, whether it is heavy or light, the contradiction must be intensified, if the true body is not punished, it will become his Bailiyan is strong and strong, advocating the arrogance of some people.

Only using the surname Wei to show people is to give Mick and Hue a step down, so that they can weigh themselves and restrain their bad habits. It's just that these two are still stunned and can't figure it out when they have all the important information characteristics, and this is a bit of that.

"Brother-in-law, isn't it just five horses, let's ask someone to come forward to make a bridge from it, return the horse to Yongxing Hou, it's a big deal to compensate him for some gold and silver, why be so angry."

"It's late!" Mi Yi hated that iron could not become steel, and his face sank suddenly: "This matter can be resolved before Bailiyan sent troops, but now that the royal family has been searched for a day, where can it be that five horses can do something, you have caused a big disaster this time, and you don't know how to die!" ”

"For the sake of five horses, he can still turn the sky upside down." Mick disagreed, and in his opinion, five horses had just survived a few years in prison.

Mi Yi was furious:

"Shut up, if it's just five horses, you think Bailiyan will make such a big move. That's five horses missing from the palace, you know what that means? ”

"What?!"

Mick asked stupidly, Mi Yi was powerless in his heart:

"Qiu Ruipu is the person of the Marquis of Xuanting, Bailiyan is planted in the eyes and ears of the king, you stole five horses under his nose, do you know that you are playing with fire, how many people's net worth and life are tied to the king's family, because of you, do you know how many people want to fall to the ground, you have made a big trouble this time."

Mi Yi trembled with anger, and immediately ran to Mi Yuan's bedroom in the backyard:

"Father, father......"

A hurried knock on the door woke up Yonegaki, and he stretched out his sleepy hand to block the sunlight shining into the house, and said unhappily:

"Who is so noisy?"

"Father, it's me Yi'er, the second brother caused a big disaster in the royal family yesterday, Bailiyan is searching the whole city, I'm afraid the matter can't be covered up."

Yonegaki seemed to be awake and not awake, almost sleepwalking, faintly hearing a word and slowly savoring the meaning, suddenly like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, the wind and clouds were stirring, and Yonegaki suddenly got up on the couch and was shocked to the heart.

Regardless of being naked, Yonegaki only wore a pair of obscene pants and came outside barefoot:

"Is the message accurate?"

"Absolutely."

Mi Yi made it clear how Mick met Bailiyan and how he provoked and stole five horses, and Mi Yuan was furious when he heard the news:

"Rebel, this rebel. Go, find this rebel with me. ”

"Obey my father."

Mi Yuan was angry, as Mi Yi said, if it was just five horses, it didn't matter if he asked Mi Yuan to apologize in person with a shy face, but now it is a big crime to kill his head, Baili Yanzheng can't find a chance to punish the crime, and his own loser is such a good deal, but he is a father who is miserable.

When Mi Yi returned empty-handed, Mi Yuan asked angrily with red eyes:

"Where's that rebel!"

Mi Yi Zhizhi said:

"Second brother, he ran away......"

"Nothing is enough to succeed and more than anything to lose, see if I don't catch him and skin him. Go, let him be taken back, and prepare a horse for the father, and go quickly. ”

"Oh......"

The incident happened suddenly, and Mi Yuan was unprepared and caught Bai Liyan off guard.