"It turns out that all this is your conspiracy. "Xiao Sihuang struggled to get up, the last thing he wanted was to show embarrassment and fragility in front of this woman, but the rope was tied too tightly, his legs were already sore, and he stumbled, and as soon as he stood up, he fell down again, and his face was covered with mud.www.biquge.info

Xiao Siqi was not moved by his insults, and his face was still so calm, which made him hate and resent.

She slowly crouched down, stretched out her soft hand, and gently patted the dirt on his body, as if like a big sister caring for her naughty brother.

"If you hadn't thought about using conspiracy to calculate me from the beginning, how could you have ended up like this?" She patted the dirt off his body and straightened some of his coats.

Xiao Sihuang shrank back vigorously, unwilling to be touched by her hand.

"Don't pretend, if you kill me, my father will not let you go if he knows about it."

She stopped and sighed slightly.

"I won't kill you, after all, you are a child of the Xiao family, a man in the Xiao family's room, and my younger brother."

It is hard to imagine that the two cousins did not have the slightest tone of affection in their conversation, but rather as strangers or enemies.

"You want to threaten my father?" Xiao Sihuang is not a stupid person, and now he naturally understands how Xiao Siqi wants to deal with him, in the whirlpool of the dispute between the Xiao family's room and the second and third rooms, and the dispute over the inheritance rights within the long house, she has always been the core key existence.

Xiao Siqi slowly stood up and shook her head.

"I'm not threatening you uncle, I'm just taking back what belongs to me."

Looking up at the woman in front of him who should be called 'sister', thinking about the different family status from childhood to adulthood because of the difference between concubines and concubines, Xiao Sihuang's heart was full of unwillingness and resentment.

"You little slut, you Hugh..." He didn't have time to scold, but he was gagged with a rag by Cui Hao, the housekeeper who was silent on the side.

Looking at Xiao Sihuang struggling on the ground, a trace of unbearability flashed in Xiao Siqi's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a firmness in his bones.

It's mine, and I must take it back!

The housekeeper Cui Hao clapped his hands, and soon two masked black-clothed men came in to support Xiao Sihuang on the left and right, dragging him away, Xiao Sihuang looked at Xiao Siqi who was sitting on the edge of the table, his eyes were wide with anger, and his mouth was stuffed with a rag, and he disappeared into the darkness unwillingly.

In the dim candlelight, Xiao Siqi held her head with her hands and gently rubbed her temples, not hiding her tiredness at all.

"Now, are you going to continue to lurk?" She asked Cui Hao, the housekeeper standing quietly beside her.

"Before the subordinates received the order from the upper peak, they still obeyed the arrangement of the adults." The housekeeper Cui Hao saluted Xiao Siqi.

If anyone who is familiar with the inside story of the factory guard will be surprised, not because the housekeeper Cui Hao calls Xiao Siqi 'adult', but because the housekeeper Cui Hao's courtesy belongs to the close attendant of the Son of Heaven - Jinyiwei.

"I haven't congratulated you yet, after this incident, my father-in-law will definitely promote you to a hundred households." Xiao Siqi's tone was calm.

"The subordinates just received a secret order from the Zhenfu Division to cooperate with the adults, if it weren't for the adults' proper planning and personal danger, we wouldn't have been able to catch Cui Zuyao's handle to knock him down, and the subordinates would like to congratulate the adults, this time Xiao Xuanli is only afraid that he will cut out a large piece of meat."

Xiao Siqi did not show a happy expression because of the housekeeper Cui Hao's words.

"A secret letter to my father-in-law, this time with the help of the Xiao family's business house, Cui Zuyao helped us get rid of a stumbling block in Beizhen, and it will be much easier to trade in southern Liaoning in the future, but in order to avoid rumors, we still need to be quiet for a while. In addition, the loss of Mao Wenlong and Wang Tingxuan was also made up for this time because of Mao Chenglu, as for the matter of the Xiao family, I will use Xiao Sihuang and the uncle to exchange the trade route between the Wa Kingdom and Huainan, presumably the crime of 'collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country' is enough to make my uncle agree, and I will escort the silver taels needed by the Zhenfu Division and my father-in-law to the capital as soon as possible. "Thinking of the current chaotic situation in the capital, Xiao Siqi knew that the person who was called the 'righteous father' was in a situation where he needed a lot of money to seek greater power, and she admired and thanked him very much, if it weren't for his help, if she wasn't his righteous daughter, how could she rise rapidly in the north where there were many wealthy lords in just three years.

"Your Excellency is worthy of being the right hand of the Lord." Cui Hao sincerely appreciated.

"It's just that the Bai Zong Han Yue who suddenly appeared in this plan, do we need to investigate, I think this matter is too strange, and my subordinates suspect that he is from the south..."

"No, he's just a coincidence." Thinking of a certain man, a ripple appeared in Xiao Siqi's calm heart.

"My subordinates understand." Cui Hao didn't dare to disobey Xiao Siqi's meaning.

"Next, I will continue to lurk within the boundaries of Dongjiang Town to ensure the safety of this trade route in my North Town, and my lord can summon him at any time if necessary."

"Keep an eye on him if you can."

"Him?" Cui Hao was a little puzzled, but soon understood what Xiao Siqi was referring to by 'he'. "Your Excellency is talking about him..."

"I think this person is not simple, maybe he will bring us even greater surprises in the future." Xiao Siqi thought about someone's young face and solid chest, and felt that his face suddenly became a little hot, but fortunately, the light in the secret room was dim, and Cui Hao on the side didn't notice anything unusual, trying to drive a trace of distraction in his heart, Xiao Siqi began to think about the future arrangement.

After getting the news of the seizure of the goods of the Hong Leong Commercial Bank this time, she felt that there must be a conspiracy behind it, and after getting the information of the Beizhen Fusi, it confirmed her guess, she came to Lushun City alone in order to lure out the people behind the scenes, and take this opportunity to seek greater initiative, of course, there is Cui Hao, the secret nail of the Beizhen Fusi, in the Cui Mansion and other lurking people, her safety is naturally not as dangerous as others think.

Exposing her identity, Cui Hao took the masked man to kidnap herself, relaxed Cui Zuyao and Xiao Sihuang's vigilance to lure them to ship, and then used Xiao Sihuang to exchange with her uncle It was her plan, the only variable was Han Yue, who suddenly got involved in this matter, her original intention was to use the latent power of Beizhen Fusi to clean up Cui Zuyao and Xiao Sihuang's stolen goods, and interrogate and deal with them in the name of Jinyiwei, but she didn't expect Han Yue to contact another Lushun guard, Mao Chenglu, so that the end of this plan was out of her control.

However, the final result was still satisfactory to her, nothing more than the loss of tens of thousands of taels of silver and one and a half percent of the dry shares, originally Wang Tingqian was about to fall, and she was also ready to find another insider, although Mao Chenglu was greedy, but it was also a choice in the current situation.

She didn't know whether this incident was instigated by Uncle Xiao Xuanli or Xiao Sihuang's own decision, but colluding with a certain high-level in Dongjiang Town to try to annex this smuggling trade route she had worked so hard to establish was an ironclad fact, and she took this opportunity to fight back and take back a part of what originally belonged to her, which was also conducive to her development in the future.

But for some reason, she always felt a little uneasy or uncertain in her heart.

Maybe she's too tired these days, she thought.

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Ahh

After determining that Cui Zuyao was indeed beheaded by Mao Chenglu and his house was raided, Han Yue began to arrange to return to Shuangdao, because this time he needed to take away the goods worth more than 40,000 taels of silver and many materials for cover, so Han Yue specially borrowed a merchant ship from Xiao Yishan, but after Xiao Siqi learned of Han Yue's request, he directly sent a merchant ship the size of 100 materials (equivalent to about 55 tons of displacement in later generations) to him, as part of his gratitude, Han Yue still accepted Xiao Siqi's kindness after refusing several times.

After entrusting Ji Manru's affairs to Xiao Siqi, Han Yue, Xue Hu, Xue Yan, Wang Erkui, and Zheng Xiaoniang's family boarded the ship and set off for Shuangdao.

Wearing the light and thin shirt that he had just picked up from the tailor's shop, Han Yue was physically and mentally comfortable, and the most important thing was that he had those tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver in the cabin, which made him more confident about his future plans.

If you have money in your hands, you don't panic!

"Uncle Xue, after returning to Wangjia Island, I will ask the garrison to go to garrison an island alone, is Uncle Xue willing to help me?" Looking at Xue Hu who was standing beside him, Han Yue sincerely invited.

"The adult has an order, Xue Hu doesn't dare to disobey." Xue Hu gave a formal military salute to Han Yue and expressed his will and attitude to Han Yue.

Han Yue smiled.

Xue Hu also smiled.

Xue Yan and Wang Erkui, who were standing behind them, also grinned.

Listening to the seabirds circling and watching the blue waves surge, Han Yue felt that a new world was beckoning to him, and a heroic aura rose in his chest.

A gentle breeze blows in your face.

Han Yue stood at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, and muttered with a shallow smile on his lips.

The wind is blowing!

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(End of Volume 1)