On the other side, Fu Yuanling came out of the business alliance, but he didn't expect to meet Xiao Jiuqi at the door, and asked with some surprise: "Why are you here?" ”

Xiao Jiuqi said: "I'll take you back to the house, my father-in-law has already left on official business, and he said that he would stay for dinner next time." ”

Fu Yuanling was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "That's really busy." ”

There were a lot of people coming and going from the business alliance, and from a distance, they saw that King Jin and his wife avoided a step, and watched King Jin help Princess Jin get into the carriage and go away, so he spoke in a low voice.

It is nothing more than the harmonious relationship between King Jin and his wife, Qiao Anyi stood inside the door and listened to these words silently, and waited until someone greeted him, then nodded and walked away.

Xiao Jiuqi in the carriage listened to Fu Yuanling's words, and said suspiciously: "Horse bandits? Which horse bandit in the northwest is so arrogant, so he is not afraid that the court will take his nest? ”

"It only came out recently, and I didn't file it when I wanted to come to the government." Fu Yuanling said.

"Then let me ask, if there is really such a group of horse bandits, the imperial court will definitely send troops to exterminate them." Xiao Jiuqi snorted coldly, "If only Mei Chengchuan were good, I will personally arrest him back." ”

Fu Yuanling can't say yes or no, but to be able to make such a big battle in a short period of time, and it is also specifically aimed at the merchants of the business alliance, this is obviously a planned behavior.

The two discussed all the way, if it was the order of King Wu, then the matter had to be informed to the King of Chu.

If it was a pure coincidence, such an arrogant horse bandit would have to be exterminated to reassure the people.

"I mean let Shi Chengzhou go on a trip with Monk Luo, they are from the rivers and lakes, and they are clear about these things, so it's good to explore the way." Fu Yuanling said.

Uncle Ren came back to Beijing, and Shi Chengzhou also came back.

As for Monk Luo, it is a wild horse that has escaped, and it is rare that he has been in Beijing for half a year now, and he has the opportunity to catch a strong man, of course, he can't miss it.

Xiao Jiuqi nodded, "Let's discuss with the fourth brother first, if you really go to the northwest, let them go together." ”

Xiao Jiuqi went to the Chu Palace, and Fu Yuanling went home directly.

The two little ones were sent to the palace early in the morning, and Fu Yuanling returned to the house, and the children hadn't come back yet, so they couldn't be interested in doing anything else for a while, so they simply called Shi Chengzhou to ask him if he knew the situation in the northwest.

Shi Chengzhou came quickly, much darker than before, walking as fast as the wind, and when he saw Fu Yuanling, he bowed his hand, "Big girl, what are your orders for calling me here?" ”

"Uncle Shi, sit down and talk." Fu Yuanling smiled and asked Zhongchun to bring tea, and then he spoke, "It's for the affairs of the northwest, has Uncle Shi heard about it?" ”

"I've heard a little, but I don't know very well." Shi Chengzhou replied, "Big girl, I haven't heard anything wrong with our Fu family's caravan. ”

Fu Yuanling nodded, explained the matter, and looked at Shi Chengzhou, "Uncle Shi, you don't know anything about the northwest side, is there anyone who can gather a group of people to be horse bandits in a short period of time, and can still wander around and rob the caravan and get out of the caravan?" ”

Shi Chengzhou thought about it carefully, and then shook his head, "I haven't heard of such a No. 1 person, people on the rivers and lakes like to be alone if they have some skills, and those who like to gather crowds are very good at fooling people, and they can calm people in two more clicks." But as the eldest girl said, those who can rob everywhere and get out of the way must have an official background, otherwise it would not be so smooth. ”

Officers and soldiers are not ornaments.

Fu Yuanling felt that his guess at that time was right, there must be backers behind this group, and eighty percent of them were that King Wu couldn't escape.

After all, it wasn't a day or two for King Wu to want to kill his own business alliance, but he had been careful not to let him catch the handle.

"If Uncle Shi goes to the northwest, are you sure you can find out the origin of these horse bandits?"

"It's hard to say, it depends on whether the stubble is hard or not." Shi Chengzhou didn't dare to take care of everything, after following the eldest girl for a long time, he knew that the eldest girl was a pragmatic person, and you had better tell the truth.

"What if you let Monk Luo come with you?"

"That's a little bigger, but now he drinks and eats meat with the great monks of Qingyan Temple all day long, I'm afraid he doesn't want to go out." Shi Chengzhou is so envious, this little day is really comfortable.

Hearing Shi Chengzhou suddenly mention Qingyan Temple, Fu Yuanling was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Have you been staying in Qingyan Temple?" ”

"No, the great monk of Qingyan Temple is very strange, and not everyone has seen it. Monk Luo didn't know how to cast his eyes, anyway, as long as he went to Shangjing, Monk Luo would settle down there. ”

"Let's go back and ask." Fu Yuanling had some indescribable rejection of Qingyan Temple, Xu is dream of things are too real, she has not been to the Buddhist temple since she knew about the dream.

Shi Chengzhou said with a smile: "Where to bother with the big girl, I can just ask myself, just have an excuse to drink wine, I heard that the wine of the great monk of Qingyan Temple is particularly delicious." ”

Fu Yuanling: ......

That's fine.

Shi Chengzhou went to Qingyan Temple to find Monk Luo, and Fu Yuanling invited Uncle Ren here, Uncle Ren had been in the Northwest Racecourse for a few years, and he should know a little about the situation over there.

Fu Ren went to the western suburbs workshop, and he couldn't come back for a while, so Fu Yuanling could only ask people to go to the western suburbs to invite him, and he turned over the losses of the various caravans that Qi Ruozhong had sorted out for her.

Although I already know some in the Shang Alliance, looking at the content copied on the paper, I estimate that the loss is at least a million taels of goods, not counting the dead and wounded guys and guards of each family.

Fu Yuanling didn't understand at all, Mei Chengchuan secretly got off the sea boat, and after leaving from Taohua Town, why didn't he go back to Quezhou Seaport, but went to the northwest to become a horse bandit? So it's possible that the northwest side may not be Mei Chengchuan, and it's just her own guess.

On the side of Que Zhou Xingang, there is no Mei Chengchuan in charge, and the Fu family has no pressure on the remaining people of the Mei family, and now the stall of the Fu family is getting bigger and bigger, and Zhuang Xinrong wrote back several times to report the situation with her.

If it goes on like this, in less than a year, even if Mei Chengchuan returns to Que Zhou Xingang, when the foundation of the Fu family is stable, it will not be easy to do anything more.

Fu Ren hurried back, but he listened to Zhongchun's simple story on the road, and as soon as he entered the door, he looked at the eldest girl and said, "How can there be any horse bandits in the northwest in the past few years?" The Wei family is deeply entrenched in the northwest, what horse bandits can bypass them? ”

"Uncle Ren, can you be sure that this is not a native of the Northwest?"

"Of course, there used to be some horse dealers in the northwest, but there were just a few people and forces, where did the horse bandit gang be formed. Besides, the Royal Horse Farm is over there, and the imperial court has already cleaned up the surroundings, which is absolutely impossible. It's definitely not from the Northwest, it must be someone else who wants to fish in troubled waters. Fu Ren said.