Inside the study.

Xiaoqin repeated all the inside information confided by Zhao Yunqing to Zhao Gaowei, without missing a single thing.

In fact, this matter is also very simple, that is, Zhao Yunqing privately contacted King Ruixian through a carrier pigeon, and the latter hid a secret letter in the mezzanine of the box with the dowry.

The content of the secret letter is to teach her that using persimmons to eat with crabs can easily lead to vomiting and diarrhea, and in severe cases, she will even be comatose and poisoned.

Of course, it is also difficult to endanger lives.

As long as the healing is done properly, it can be saved, but it is inevitable that it will be uncomfortable for a few days.

In such a complicated situation, King Ruixian still didn't plan to kill Zhao Gaowei directly, at this time, everyone's focus was on the north, and he didn't need to make trouble for himself.

Ye Hao's guess was right, with Zhao Yunqing's thoughts, she wouldn't understand this at all.

Everything was instructed by King Ruixian behind his back, including the hairy crabs sent with the dowry, which were also part of the other party's plan.

Lingnan is located inland, and is extremely unfamiliar with hairy crabs, let alone such unpopular common sense.

If it weren't for Ye Hao's modern thinking and sensing that something was wrong, Zhao Gaowei and Zhao Yi would have been tricked a long time ago.

"It's just that I don't know anything."

In addition to Zhao Gaowei and Xiaoqin in the study, the only third person is Xie Yunshu.

When Xiaoqin came to report Zhao Yunqing's confession, Xie Yunshu happened to be in the house discussing with Zhao Gaowei how to deal with the capital Qincha.

Hearing that it was information about food poisoning, Zhao Gaowei did not plan to avoid Xie Yunshu, after all, the other party also knew about it.

"Donglin County and Lingnan are very far apart, if you don't want to harm the life of the prince and seize Lingnan, but just for some herbs, it seems a little unnecessary?"

This is the biggest doubt that swirls in Xie Yunshu's heart after listening to the content of Xiaoqin's report.

Donglin County is next to Jiangnan and Beijing, not to mention anything else, the materials have always been extremely rich.

Lingnan, which is regarded as a wild land, is a poor and remote country.

In such a comparison, how could King Ruixian go to such great lengths just to covet a little herb?

Facing Xie Yunshu's puzzled eyes, Zhao Gaowei pursed his lips and explained to him.

"Although the land of Lingnan has always been sparsely populated and economically underdeveloped, it has a natural advantage, that is, there are many mountains. There are many mountains and forests, and there are many more herbs growing in the wild than in other counties, which is also the most important source of income for this king over the years."

In this era, in addition to the common grains, the crops that farmers could grow in their fields were some extremely common crops.

Sugarcane is a unique crop in Lingnan, like the north is mostly wheat, and rice is grown in watery places such as the south of the Yangtze River.

In the context of the extremely ignorant farmers, who only grope for farming according to the experience passed down from generation to generation, it is even more impossible to grow herbs.

Therefore, as the most abundant place for the production of herbal medicines in the entire region, Lingnan is not without merit.

This is also why Zhao Gaowei can accumulate his net worth and train his army in such a barren place. The annual production of herbs in Lingnan can bring Zhao Gaowei a huge amount of income, so as to support the consumption of the entire Lingnan.

This is something that Xie Yunshu has never known, after all, even though he can be regarded as the right-hand man of the other party's side now, he has never really interfered in the other party's economic aspects.

"So, King Ruixian wants to fight for herbs to cut off your financial resources?"

After frowning and saying this, Xie Yunshu reacted again, the direction he guessed was wrong.

He shook his head, quickly denying himself.

"No, if it's just to target you, it's better to cut through the mess directly and let Zhao Yunqing poison you directly, and the left and right things will not be able to save this waste chess if it is revealed."

Zhao Yunqing is a stupid person, thinking that after Chu Xiao's incident, King Ruixian has no expectations for his concubine.

"The war in the north, which of the several vassal kings in the south is not eyeing each other? only

Just wait for an opportunity."

When he said this, Zhao Gaowei had a little coldness in his eyes.

He apparently didn't count himself among the few vassal kings who were eyeing him.

Having said this, Xie Yunshu suddenly figured out the reason for King Ruixian's actions, and continued Zhao Gaowei's words and said:

"King Xining doesn't know the details yet, but King Ruixian is thinking the opposite. If you want to do the opposite, you not only need to recruit troops, but you also need to prepare food and grass and other reserves, and herbs are naturally one of them."

This King Ruixian is really a good scheming and calculating.

Jiangnan and Donglin County are both grain-producing lands, and if he takes the Jiangnan region, he will have almost eighty percent of the grain reserves of the Yu Dynasty in his hands.

And if Zhao Yunqing's plan to kill King Cheng'an's father and son succeeds this time, and the herbs of Lingnan also fall into his pocket, wouldn't it be a force that runs through the entire south?

This ambition, tsk!

Zhao Gaowei and Xie Yunshu glanced at each other, and while they were afraid, they were also a little happy.

Fortunately, none of the other party's plans succeeded, otherwise they would all be fish on the board of the plan, unable to struggle.

"Now King Ruixian said that he has completely given up on Zhao Yunqing, but for the sake of safety, we still have to take a good look at each other, so as not to cause trouble again."

After thinking about the cause and effect, Xie Yunshu suggested.

Hearing this, Zhao Gaowei nodded and agreed with his suggestion.

"Zhao Yunqing is stupid, but it is also extremely easy to become a sword in the hands of others, so you still have to guard against it."

After saying this, he turned his gaze to Xiaoqin.

At present, the king of Xining has not given a deadline for the marriage, and King Ruixian also has full authority to dispose of it, but he doesn't have to worry about Zhao Yunqing's identity.

"Before the King of Xining didn't marry Zhao Yunqing away, he sent someone to keep an eye on her, and he couldn't let her out of sight and take a step out of the room!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Xiaoqin saluted and left.

When he came to the courtyard where Zhao Yunqing was kept, Xiaoqin glanced behind him, and three or four sturdy men walked out and entered the courtyard.

Originally, when Zhao Yunqing was detained, there were five or six maids watching in the courtyard, in order to prevent the other party from escaping.

But the maid is delicate and frail, where can she compare to the housekeeper who specializes in rough work, after confirming that Zhao Yunqing is now unprotected, Xiaoqin removed half of the maid in the yard and replaced it with a housekeeper.

If nothing else, at least Zhao Yunqing doesn't want to run out of this courtyard.

After the family members were in place, Xiaoqin entered the door without hurry and came to the door.

The two housekeepers guarding the door opened the door at her signal, revealing the mess inside.

It seemed that she was frightened by Xiaoqin's hand of silver needle, and after she left, Zhao Yunqing came back to her senses and was furious.

She smashed everything in the room that could be smashed, including the teapot and teacups on the table.

The two maids who were guarding the door before were still uneasy, and without Xiaoqin's instructions, they didn't even dare to go in to clean up.

So when you open the door now, you'll find a mess and all sorts of broken debris, which makes it unbearable to look at.

Looking across the ruins, Xiaoqin did not call for someone to clean up, but looked straight at Zhao Yunqing, who was sitting in the room staring at him viciously, and said calmly:

"Since the county lord doesn't like these objects, if you smash them, you can smash them, and you're happy. If you don't like it, then you don't need it, and the slave won't let you get a new one."

After saying that, he saw that Zhao Yunqing's face on the other side was even more ugly.

What do you mean by not needing it, not taking a new one?!

Zhao Yunqing didn't react yet, only listened to Xiaoqin continue:

"The prince ordered that the county lord should rest well in the house and wait for the news of the marriage in Xining County. Before getting married, the lord must not leave the room for a single step."

After saying this, Xiaoqin didn't look at her much, turned around and let the family close the door.

The moment the door slammed shut, a roar rang out.

"!"

It's just that no matter how angry Zhao Yunqing is, Xiaoqin doesn't care about it anymore.

In the study on the other side.

After Xiaoqin left, Zhao Gaowei did not continue the previous topic with Xie Yunshu, but suddenly asked the subordinates outside to summon the main book of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Xie Yunshu was very puzzled by this, but did not ask.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture came quickly, and as soon as he entered the door, he saluted the two.

It's just that Xie Yunshu always feels that the other party's smile at him is very fake, and he doesn't seem to have any sincerity.

However, thinking of the previous incident between the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Ye Hao, he also understood.

As for why Zhao Gaowei called the other party over at this time, Xie Yunshu didn't understand, so he could only be a quail quietly.

"I called you here today because I thought that you had spent a lot of effort because you were busy with refugees some time ago."

As soon as he spoke, Zhao Gaowei first praised the other party a few words, but he didn't have the dissatisfied look he had because of Ye Hao before.

After stepping down from his duties of managing refugees, the head secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture returned to his usual post and continued to work in the county government.

In fact, he should not have been involved in the management of refugees, and this matter should have been the head of the household department.

But at that time, it was Ye Hao who mentioned that he wanted to hire villagers from nearby villages to farm for him, and he happened to be summoned, which gave him a chance.

Speaking of which, this job is outside of his duties, and there is nothing wrong with Zhao Gaowei's praise at this time.

"Even if there are some small flaws in the back, but you have no merit and hard work, these kings are all in mind!"

Seeing Zhao Gaowei's pleasant appearance, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture also breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, after tearing his face with Ye Hao, he was also worried for a while.

After all, this is the son and mother of the world, even if she is not a person with real power, but in terms of relationship alone, she is definitely the closest to King Cheng'an.

A few bad words can deal a huge blow to him.

Unexpectedly, not only did they have nothing to do with each other during this time, but now the prince would actually call him and praise him in person.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture immediately blossomed in his heart, but his face was still extremely respectful and modest.

"The prince has an overreputation, and he is really a bad official. If the errand is not done, it is indeed a dereliction of duty."

As he spoke, he bent down and looked ashamed.

At this time, Zhao Gaowei suddenly got up and stretched out his hand to help him up.

"You don't have to be so modest! This king has been thinking about it for the past few days, but he still has to reward you with something, so that you will not be busy for so long."

Zhao Gaowei, who sat back on the main seat, said this, and suddenly turned his gaze to Xie Yunshu.

Xie Yunshu, who was suddenly cue, was a little confused, but quickly reacted.

"What the prince said is very true, everything is up to your arrangement."

He didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhao Gaowei's gourd, and he could only follow the other party's words.

Hearing Xie Yunshu's words, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture felt light, thinking that the matter of the last refugee had been revealed.

The thought of being rewarded made him happy.

It's just that this joy can't be expressed.