EBE Chapter 152 Ye Wuwei Inquires about the Situation
Chapter 152 Ye Wuwei Inquires about the Situation
After hearing the news that the northern army was heading south, not only Ye Wuwei but also Ye Hongxia's expressions became serious.
Regardless of any grudges he had with the Qi royal family, Ye Hongxia was once a general who fought against the Ati people.
No general would be willing to watch a foreign invasion.
"Wu Wei, logically speaking, the North would not choose to go south at this time."
Ye Hongxia told Ye Wuwei what Chu Fuchi had explained to the court officials.
After listening to this, Ye Wuwei asked:
"Are you saying that the Northern Army's decision to march south at this time is a desperate gamble?"
"Almost. Perhaps they thought they had a sure win."
Ye Wuwei thought of the letter in the eldest prince's hand.
Did the eldest prince think that he could control Qi Wushuang with just that letter?
Then he doesn't understand Qi Wushuang at all.
Qi Wushuang is not someone who can be manipulated by others!
Qi Wushuang is not someone who cares that much about reputation!
Ye Hongxia also thought of this and asked, "Is that letter important?"
"It is important, but it is definitely not enough to control Wushuang."
Ye Wuwei finished his meal in a few seconds and said to Ye Hongxia:
"I have to go out for something. Don't follow me, or I will definitely attack you."
"You can't beat me."
Ye Wuwei's face darkened:
"You might as well give it a try."
"You are reluctant to kill me, but I am not necessarily willing to do so."
Seeing that Ye Wuwei didn't seem to be joking, Ye Hongxia said impatiently: "I know, go quickly and come back soon. Be careful."
Ye Hongxia overheard the conversation between Ye Wuwei and Chu Fuchi in the Changdu Teahouse, and probably guessed that Ye Wuwei was going to meet the spy left by Qi Chao in the Beidi Royal City.
This is Qi Wushuang's military secret, and Ye Hongxia is not interested in knowing it.
Ye Hongxia used to have some hostility towards Qi Wushuang, but ever since she knew that Ye Wuwei was "deeply in love" with Qi Wushuang, all that hostility disappeared.
What's more, Ye Hongxia was very satisfied with her adopted son Ye Wuwei and never thought of opposing Ye Wuwei.
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According to the information provided by Chu Fuchi, Ye Wuwei went to a "Wang's Silk" store.
"Wang's Silk" is the headquarters of Qi Wushuang's spies in the royal city of Beidi. On weekdays, it does not directly contact the spies Qi Wushuang left in Beidi.
Therefore, even the spies who stayed in the north did not know that "Wang's Silk" had anything to do with them.
That is Ye Wuwei. If it were Lu Zhaozhong and the others, Chu Fuchi would not tell them the existence of "Wang's Silk".
Ye Wuwei stepped into the "Wang's Silk" shop.
As soon as I entered the store, a clerk came up to me and asked, "What would you like, sir?"
Ye Wuwei first looked around the shop. The shop sold all silk produced in Qi Dynasty. A man who looked like a shopkeeper was standing behind the counter keeping accounts.
Ye Wuwei approached the counter and said, "I want Yanxiajin."
"Sir, you're joking. Even silk shops in the Central Plains don't sell Yanxia brocade, let alone in the North."
"They sell it at the Lin Silk Shop in Andu, three taels of gold a piece."
Ye Wuwei spoke in code.
"The guest is even joking.
Not to mention that there is no Yanxia brocade circulating in the market, even if it is, it would be at least not less than thirty taels of gold per piece.
Three ounces of gold, I'm afraid it's not genuine Yanxia brocade."
"We also sell Yishi silk from Changdu, five taels of gold a piece."
After Ye Wuwei finished speaking, the shopkeeper behind the counter came over:
"Where are you from, sir?"
"I'm from Linyi Pavilion."
"What's your name, sir?"
"Yilin."
At this point, the shopkeeper bowed and said, "Please follow me to the inner room."
After entering the inner room, Ye Wuwei took out the "King Qi" badge given to him by Qi Wushuang and placed it on the table.
The shopkeeper took up the badge and examined it carefully for a moment, then respectfully presented it with both hands. "What are the special envoy's instructions?"
Anyone who can hold the Qi Wang badge is not only a close confidant of His Majesty, but also an absolutely heavyweight figure.
No wonder he knew the existence of "Wang's Silk".
"I want to ask you something."
"Please say."
"What's going on with the 100,000-strong northern army marching south?"
“We don’t know the reason either.
This season used to be a truce, but this time, for some unknown reason, the North suddenly assembled a hundred thousand troops, led by the Grand Prince, and marched south."
"What kind of person is the eldest prince?"
The shopkeeper carefully considered his words: "brutal, vicious, suspicious, cunning."
"Is there no better adjective?"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment: "Does being strong and healthy count?"
Ye Wuwei: As if he didn’t ask...
"How did you come to these conclusions?"
"Wang's Silk is the largest and most high-end silk shop in the Northern Capital. Most of the nobles in the Northern Capital order their silk from Wang's Silk, and the eldest prince is no exception.
I have been to the Grand Prince's Palace many times, and almost every time I went there, the bodies of slaves were carried out.
The eldest prince has more than a dozen bedrooms, and no one knows which one he sleeps in at night. And I heard that he doesn't always sleep in a bedroom at night, sometimes he sleeps in the study, sometimes in the secret room.
Ye Wuwei thought in his heart:
It seems that the eldest prince was definitely not confident in leaving the letter written by Qi Wushuang in the eldest prince's mansion when he led his army south, so he should have carried it with him.
"What about the third prince? What kind of person is he?"
“The Third Prince is the favorite son of the King of the North, and he has a very good reputation in the North.
However, I have never dealt with the Third Prince, and all I know about him is hearsay."
"You've never dealt with the Third Prince?"
"Yes, the Third Prince is not in the Royal City most of the time."
"If he's not in the royal city, where is he?"
"His biological mother is the only daughter of the chief of the Tiemu tribe, a small tribe in the north. His maternal grandfather gave the Tiemu tribe to him. Rumor has it that he is in the Tiemu tribe."
"Does the Tiemu tribe have a fixed territory?"
"Yes, the Tiemu tribe is in the southeastern part of the north, near the south of the desert, and is separated from Chunyu Prefecture by the Ghost Forest."
No wonder Qi Wushuang met Humu Khan in Chunyu Prefecture before. It turns out that the Tiemu tribe and Chunyu Prefecture are very close.
"What did you hear from the Third Prince?"
"Noble, kind, brave, wise, and handsome."
“Not a single bad review?”
"That's the reputation that's circulating in the North."
Ye Wuwei thought:
The rumors circulating out there really can’t be trusted!
Just because he killed five hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards for Qi Wushuang, he is not a kind person!
"Then doesn't the reputation of the Third Prince and the First Prince form a stark contrast?"
"That's right."
"Has the Third Prince gone south?"
"On the day the northern army marched south, I saw the Tiemu tribe's flag and heard the people cheering 'Third Prince'."
Since the Temu tribe’s flag is there, Humu Khan, who is the candidate for the next tribe leader, must be among them.
Afterwards, Ye Wuwei asked some more questions and then said goodbye.
The shopkeeper asked carefully, "Does the special envoy have any other instructions?"
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