Xie Mulin only felt that there was no mouth.

If this case was really made by the so-called remnants of King Yan in the previous generation, in order to seek benefits and accumulate capital to compete for the position of the next heir of King Yan, then she could only say that these people were in water in their heads.

The prince of Yan Wang, who died in the battle for succession in the last years of the first emperor, since he died for power and profit, and did not leave an heir before his death, it is natural to bear the risk of cutting off the heir. What is there for his mother, wife and daughter to complain about? There are so many sons of the first emperor, and not all of them participated in the succession, and others did not end well, is he more innocent than others?

The current King Yan is the youngest of the sons of the first emperor, and his fellow brother, the current saint, participated in the succession relatively late, and it was only after the first few powerful brothers died almost the same, and the siblings also went to the Yan Wangfu and made military achievements, or relied on the southwest military power of the Cao family of his wife to enter the game. At that time, the prince of the previous generation of Yan Wang had already died. So the current saint has nothing to do with the death of the current king of Yan and the son of the previous king of Yan, and the latter's bereaved family resents what he does? If you want to complain that he is the son and grandson of the first emperor, isn't the son of King Yan in the previous generation?

Even if the current King Yan has no heir, this heir is also decided by the emperor, and nine times out of ten, one of the princes will be chosen to succeed him. The current emperor has four princes! He is still in the prime of life, and there are many concubines in the harem, so he may not have more heirs. King Yan's mansion is high and powerful, and he is in charge of the military and political affairs of one party, which is a position of real power. Even if it is far away from the capital, it is a piece of fat. Of the four princes of the current dynasty, at least three are interested in the throne and intend to seize the throne. The remaining four princes are just young, and they may not want to fight. No matter what the outcome of their struggle is, the position of the heir of King Yan is also a good way for them to retreat, and the king of the northern land, who holds great power, and the idle prince who is in captivity in Beijing, cannot be said to be the same at all. The emperor can also use this to preserve one more of his own bloodlines.

With such an important position, how could the emperor give up the heirs born to the younger sister or daughter left by the son of the previous Yan Wang? My grandson is no longer surnamed Zhu, okay?! These people are interested in the position of heirs, and they don't want to play tricks on the royal family, but instead make trouble on the territory of King Yan's mansion, what are they thinking?!

What's more, no matter what the reason for these people to be resentful, and then plan to make trouble, manipulate the army's winter supplies, and take the opportunity to accumulate money, it is also extremely stupid. There are so many ways to make money, so why bother with such a deadly thing? As soon as the people in the army realize that something is related to them, they will immediately lose their morale, but it is impossible for any reliable general to trust them.

On the other hand, the army in the northern border towns also shoulders the responsibility of defending the homeland and defending the country and the land and the people. Isn't Beiping, where the enemy has entered the country, closer to the border, the first to be unlucky?! I can't even keep my territory, so what are you fighting for as the heir?!

Xie Mulin was full of slander in his heart, and felt that King Yan would not know how to deal with them because he was worried about the identities of these people, which was too soft-hearted. No matter how pitiful these bereaved families are, can they be more pitiful than exploited soldiers? Pitiful than the people of the border towns who may be killed by foreign enemies? Since as a high-ranking person, he enjoys wealth but does not know how to cherish the people, and does things that violate the law of the country for his own selfishness, he should have enough courage to face the punishment that comes from it. There is no one in the world who is pitiful, and whoever dies his father or brother can break the law without punishment.

When Xie Mulin thought of this, he said to Shopkeeper Mao: "The current information is still too little, so I will write a letter to my father." When you have a ship to go north, send the letter for me. If you can receive a letter from Beiping, please let me know the relevant news. I'll always be at the mansion on the other side of the Pearl Bridge, just send me the letter. She will later tell Xie Xianzhi, the nominal principal of the current Xie Mansion in the capital, and her eldest sister Xie Yinghui.

Shopkeeper Mao hurriedly agreed, and said: "Reasoning, as soon as the Lantern Festival in Beiping is over, there should be a letter to go south." If there are any fresh tricks in the city of Beiping in the first month or after the beginning of spring, and what kind of goods are particularly easy to sell, we don't know in the south, and we may miss a good opportunity, so the guys in Beiping city will send people to send urgent letters by road, so that we can buy more new things that are easy to sell as soon as possible. Calculate the schedule, if there is really faith, these days should also come. Just in time for the first batch of goods that the gold shopkeeper bought from all over the south of the Yangtze River arrived in Beijing, when the shopkeeper Mao ordered someone to send a letter to report safety, he happened to bring the letter from Beiping with him, so that the gold shopkeeper and others rushed to buy a batch of new goods before going north.

Xie Mulin nodded: "Then I'll wait for news at home." If Uncle Mao thinks of any other clues, please tell me. ”

Shopkeeper Mao agreed: "The merchants over there in Yangzhou traveled north earlier than us, and they went south later than us a year ago, maybe they will know more about the cases in the army." I'll go back and talk to a few old friends in Yangzhou, maybe I can find out something. ”

Xie Mulin was also very happy to see that he had other ways to inquire about the news of Beiping, so he entrusted the matter to him, and asked him to pay more attention to his body, no matter how busy he was, he couldn't be tired.

Shopkeeper Mao was moved and happy when he heard this, and personally sent Xie Mulin to the carriage, and told him a lot of things in a rambling manner, for fear that their four and a half children would not have a good time at home, so they were sent straight out of Luolang Lane before turning around.

When Xie Mulin arrived home, Xie Xianzhi had already returned first.

He went to the Chengenhou Mansion today, and the harvest was not great. Cao Wentai politely said something like "too foreign" and "cousins don't have to give gifts", and simply accepted all the thank-you gifts. As for the news revealed by Xie Xianzhi that Cao Shuqing, Fang Wenshan and Xie Pu, who was under King Yan, had a conflict to save people, he was only slightly surprised, but he was noncommittal. Listening to the tone of his voice, it seemed that he didn't really expect Cao Shuqing and his wife to help the Cao family open up any new connections in the Northern Army.

Xie Xianzhi said to his sister with some frustration: "I seem to have thrown away all my chips, but I haven't found any useful news from my cousin Wentai, nor have I seen my mother, let alone looking for someone to inquire about Beiping. ”

Xie Mulin comforted him: "It's okay. This is Cao Wentai is too cunning, it's not that you are not smart enough. Anyway, now that the Cao family knows that your mother and Fang Wenshan don't have much influence in the northern army, they shouldn't give them any special care, so as to help Fang Wenshan get promoted and make a fortune in the army. It's about the Yan Palace, and they shouldn't use the Cao family's influence in the army to put pressure on their father and help Fang Wenshan save his friends or something. That's enough. ”

Xie Xianzhi sighed: "I think it's really impossible for my mother to get any help from the Cao family this time, and help General Fang fight for power and profit in the army." She brought so many people with her, and all of them were brought back to the Chengenhou Mansion, and I didn't even see a single one, so it can be seen that they can't even come and go freely now. I don't know what the queen mother and my uncle and aunt will do with my mother! As a son of man, even if he is disappointed in Cao Shuqing in his heart, he hopes that she will be safe and sound.

Xie Mulin smiled when he heard this: "The Chengenhou Mansion has a big business, and if you want to control one or twenty people, it's just a trivial matter. If you really want to know the follow-up news of your mother, why don't you ask the proprietress of that pastry shop? ”