Pei Yuanxiu was quiet and said slowly at this time: "Just just said, what's going on in the siege?"

Song Huaiyi frowned and was about to say something. Cui Jiancheng, who was behind Cui Tai, immediately stood up and said, "Young Master, think about it, the food and grass in Cangzhou City had been set on fire for a long time, and we had already done it. The official granary was not much surplus at this time, and we were waiting for the transport of the grain in the south. The canal had been controlled for a long time and there was no grain at all. The time for us to take action was when their memory had been exhausted and foreign aid had not arrived. According to our previous estimate, at most half a month, the food and grass in the city would be exhausted!"

Pei Yuanxiu lowered his eyelids and listened silently.

Cui Jiancheng said again: "Ordinary people lack food and rice. Not to mention a month, even if they are ten days old, they will starve to death. How can they go to the battlefield and kill the enemy?"

“…”

"We have estimated that in the last ten years, people in the city should die one after another. But there is no movement at all!"

Song Mi sneered: "Why, before the people in the city die, they still have to beat gongs and yell and tell you whether they are dead?"

Cui Jiancheng said: "Even if you don't beat drums and drums, do you not even do a ritual when a person dies? Besides, the city gate is closed until now, and people cannot go out of the city to bury them when they die, so they can only be dealt with in the city. Although it is the cold winter month, there is no way to die in the end. Those who know a little bit of things know that if many corpses are piled up together, then there is no way to avoid the disease. Apart from burning the corpses!"

“…”

"But have you seen smoke coming out of burning corpses over Cangzhou City?"

“…”

"Now, the siege has been attacking the city for so long, and the people in the city can still move. The soldiers guarding the city on the city still have combat power. We both worked together, and I also asked our soldiers. They all said that although the soldiers in Cangzhou City were not very energetic, they were not very strong, and that was not a sign of starvation at all!"

“…”

"Young Master, don't you find these signs strange?"

“…”

Before Pei Yuanxiu could speak, Song Mi next to him immediately slapped the table and said, "This is strange, what does it have to do with us?"

Choi Tae sneered: "At least, it has nothing to do with us."

"you--"

Song Mi's eyes were so angry that she could hardly hold back her eyes and could hardly hold back her to fight them. Song Huaiyi pressed his hand hard on the back of his hand and pressed him down.

Song Mi was unable to perform several times and stomped her feet angrily.

Song Huaiyi slowly raised his eyelids and said lightly: "It has nothing to do with you, does it have to do with us? Cui Tai, your mouth is getting more and more powerful now. But no matter how powerful it is, you must speak with evidence. It is okay to do this kind of thing normally. If you put it in front of the young master, aren't you afraid of making a laugh?"

Choi Tae narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at him, snorting coldly.

It seems that he did not intend to conflict with Song Huaiyi directly. He looked at his son with the corner of his eyes. Cui Jianxing Ke continued: "Okay, we can temporarily press this matter without saying it - but this does not mean that we will not continue to investigate this matter. Young Master, there is another thing, I think it is enough to prove that their Song family has two hearts!"

Song Huaiyi frowned and looked at him.

Pei Yuanxiu was still calm, as if he had heard the most ordinary words and said, "What is that?"

Cui Jiancheng said: "Young Master also knows that we had agreed to a rebellion, and this matter was very thorough. Before this, no one had ever been discovered by the government officials. As long as the rebellion can be smoothly uprooted, it would have been like taking things out of their pockets."

Pei Yuanxiu nodded: "Yes."

Of course, there are no need to say much about this. In Huai'an, there were several other places that did this.

Cui Jiancheng said: "But, before we started, this incident was discovered and all plans were exposed."

Song Huaiyi's breathing suddenly sank.

Seeing him like this, Cui Jiancheng was even more proud and said, "I wonder if the young master has heard of this?"

Pei Yuanxiu nodded: "I have heard from the young master of the Song family talk about this. It was because an imperial merchant who visited Mrs. Zhang when he was passing by Cangzhou. When he was staying in the Song family, he found some clues, so he rushed to the government to report and let them prepare in advance."

"That's right!" Cui Jiancheng said, "Young Master, think about it, why did the imperial merchant not go anywhere, but he just wanted to come to the Song family!"

Song Mi sneered: "Our family originally had some business everywhere, and it has been a day or two since we had been in contact with past businessmen. This is what you have known for a long time. What's wrong with them passing by Cangzhou to visit my house?"

"Yes, there was nothing wrong at first, but why did he discover our plan?"

“…”

"Besides, what we did is a major event that created the world. We should have been meticulous and careful, and we should avoid people's eyes and ears. But you just asked someone to come to your house at this time. If it was not intentional, then I don't know what you are doing."

“…”

At this moment, Song Mi was speechless.

The facts are right in front of me. It is indeed the imperial merchant who discovered some situations in their homes, so he went to the government to report them. They cannot argue about this.

After a while of silence, Song Huaiyi said: "This - it may be that some places we have not done well enough. But those businessmen will come to my house to pay homage to my mother when passing by Cangzhou. The reason why I don't stop him is that I don't want people to think that our people are acting abnormally. As the saying goes, something abnormal will happen, and that will cause others to speculate and affect the overall situation."

When Cui Tai heard this, he immediately sneered: "I can't say whether you have done it thoroughly enough. If you just don't do it thoroughly enough, it's fine, and none of us want to think about it. If you are afraid, someone will leak this matter out, then that's just—"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Song Huaiyi heard this, his face immediately darkened and he said sternly: "Cui Tai, you must have a basis for this. The imperial merchant came to my house because I was worried that someone would see the clues, so he deliberately said that he would not come forward and did not meet him. My brothers and nephews were also worried that he would leave him alone and would not see him. The man went directly to his mother to pay tribute. The man went to and served him, and was always maids at home who never asked about major issues. And my mother is old and declining, and often she can't even recognize people, let alone know what we do. You don't know this. Do you want to say that my mother leaked the secret?!"

Choi Tae was robbed by him and was about to argue, but he opened his mouth and swallowed the words back.

I think that the two families emerged in Cangzhou City, and they must have cooperated. Old Mrs. Zhang is also considered his elders by seniority. If you want to involve the elders, he certainly doesn't want to make it clear, in case of a bad reputation for disrespect for the elders. So he sneered and said angrily: "Well..."

Pei Yuanxiu listened and refused to comment.

Both sides have their own opinions, but what each side says has its own reasons, and it is indeed difficult for him to make this judgment easily.

After all, any judgment may offend one force. Of course, he is not afraid of offending them, but he has reached the territory of Cangzhou. These two families are the backbone of the siege here, so naturally there is no need to cause any storm at this time.

After all, his purpose is not to make any judgments on these two families, but to open Cangzhou and enter the capital!

Therefore, if he is asked to judge, he must settle the matter first, at least not let the two sides have a complete quarrel in the scene.

At this time, I had been sitting quietly while Cui Jiancheng was attacking me and said softly: "Old Mrs. Zhang is already confused like that, and even can't recognize people. Will she still go to inform me? The one who sued her is her own son? Is there such a reason?"

When I opened my mouth, everyone on the table, and even in the lobby looked at me.

Song Huaiyi also looked at me, and his eyes were somewhat grateful.

Pei Yuanxiu probably didn't expect that I would speak at this time and frowned slightly: "Qingying, you--"

"I'll tell the truth," I said lightly: "As old man, she can't take the blame. As a junior, I don't know anything else. I respect the elderly, so I should talk about it. Are you a good teacher?

“…”

"You probably think that Old Lady Zhang is intimate for me these two days, and I want to talk to her. Indeed, people have feelings, but in fact, she treats me intimate because she can't recognize people and is confused. I'm telling the truth."

When Pei Yuanxiu heard me say this, he didn't say anything immediately, but frowned thoughtfully.

As soon as he didn't speak, the people on the Cui family became a little anxious. I saw Cui Tai frowning at Han Ruoshi in the corner of my eyes. Han Ruoshi chuckled, and then slowly spoke: "Miss Yan's words... make some sense."

When everyone heard her speak, they turned to look at her.

I was a little surprised - she said, does my words make sense?

It was Cui Tae and her who were just shining her eyes just now that she would speak. Although I knew that even if Cui Tae didn't shin, she would definitely not be able to hold it in as soon as I opened her eyes. This is why I just could speak. More importantly, I knew Cui Tae would come here tonight and attack Song Huaiyi and the others in a striking way. Of course, I was instructed by her, how could I say it? My words make sense.

I'm afraid there's something to do later.

Sure enough, she said slowly again: "The old man is indeed confused and often says something--inexplicably, do you think, right?"

When she said this, she looked at Song Huaiyi, and this sentence certainly meant that the old lady Zhang recognized her as a servant that day.

Song Huaiyi thought about it, and naturally he could only nod: "Yes."

"So, she may not even know what she said, nor do she know what she said seriously."

“…”

"You just said that it may be that you did not do it carefully enough. I think there are some. This incompleteness may not be revealed in the eyes of the imperial merchant, but it is not impossible to be seen by Mrs. Zhang. The old lady is already confused. What should you say and what shouldn't be said? Can she tell me clearly?"

This time, Song Huaiyi's face turned pale.

Although Han Ruoshi's words are still unfounded, they are actually pointing to the Song family.

It seems that although Old Mrs. Zhang's words were "unintentional mistakes", Han Ruoshi still held a grudge. Even though Song Huaiyi had been paying attention to repairing her relationship, she still failed to regain Mrs. Pei's attitude towards the Cui family.

Now, the situation is a little obvious.

Han Ruoshi and Cui Tai had obviously formed a line, while Song Huaiyi was actually helplessly forced to stand with me.

Feeling a gaze falling on me, I raised my head and saw Xie Feng looking at me burningly.

There was a sharpness in his eyes.

I don't know what he saw, but no matter what he saw, all this happened in broad daylight, and I found a reasonable excuse, but I was not afraid that he would think too much, and even say more in front of Pei Yuanxiu.

Now Pei Yuanxiu is already troublesome enough to face the confrontation between Cui and Song families.

At this time, Cui Tai said, "Young Master, this is the same thing. Even if Brother Huaiyi has no strange intentions, the matter is with him. Don't take it too lightly. In my opinion, the young master has been in the Song family for two days, so it is better to sit in the humble house. There are some major issues in my heart, and I want to discuss with you."

This is already very obvious to make Pei Yuanxiu alienate Song Huaiyi.

When Song Huaiyi heard this, his brows were twisted and he was about to go forward to say something, but at this moment, Han Ruoshi gently stroked his shoulder with one hand and said softly: "Yuan Xiu, you can ignore this matter for the time being, but we have been disturbing here for a long time. Mr. Cui is right, we might as well-"

Her voice was soft and the last few words disappeared between her lips. Although she couldn't hear it, the meaning of the words was clear enough.

Pei Yuanxiu turned his head to look at her and said, "You want to go to the Cui family."

Han Ruoshi nodded.

“…”

Pei Yuanxiu did not speak immediately. Of course, he had already seen the relationship between Han Ruoshi and Cui Tai, but this would not affect anything. After all, as Han Ruoshi's identity as Princess Jiangxia, he was also happy to win over Cui Tai. He just wanted to completely alienate him from the Song family. He obviously had no such plan.

At this time, his eyebrows frowned slightly, as if he suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at me.

I chuckled just as he looked at me and said, "Madam's words are reasonable."

“…”

"However, the doctor has explained before that my fetal pulse is scattered and cannot be bumpy at all, especially if I really have to work harder in the past half month, I am worried that there will be an accident."

“…”

"So," I turned to look at Song Huaiyi: "I hope Mr. Song won't think I'm in the way."
Chapter completed!