Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 34 The clue is broken
Chapter 34 The clue is broken
Sure enough, Ma Teng took Cao Chong and Xia Houba and left Xudu, changing into casual clothes before leaving.

The three of them headed north all the way, day and night, and reached the old capital Luoyang at the fastest speed.

Cao Chong was very puzzled, why did he come back to Luoyang after investigating Wudu?

Ever since Dong Zhuo set fire to Luoyang, Luoyang has become barren, a deserted city, and now it has been forgotten.

"Master Ma, what are we doing in Luoyang?" Xia Houba was equally puzzled and couldn't help but ask.

Ma Teng smiled, looked at the overgrown Luoyang City, and explained, "Young Master Xiahou doesn't know that Luoyang is now the permanent residence of people from the Western Regions."

Xia Houba was even more puzzled. In today's Luoyang, there is no food, no money, and no money. Why do people from the Western Regions stay in Luoyang?
Not to mention Xiahouba, even Cao Chong was puzzled.

Ma Teng smiled mysteriously, and continued to explain, "The Western Regions are thousands of miles away from Central Earth, and Liangzhou has cut off the connection between the Western Regions and Central Earth, so that the 36 countries in the Western Regions still don't know that Central Earth is in chaos."

"Some merchants from the Western Regions wanted to do business in Luoyang with their goods, but they were either robbed by warlords or bandits, so that they were penniless and didn't even have the travel expenses to go back."

"Some were lucky enough to come to Luoyang from Liangzhou, but Luoyang has long since changed and the goods could not be sold, so they took root and tried to find ways to make enough money for the return trip."

"Over time, Luoyang has become the place where people from the Western Regions took root. Those Western Regions people who are good at doing business find opportunities to make a fortune in troubled times, so they bring strange things to China and sell them through underground transactions."

"Over time, Luoyang has become the largest underground trading market."

Cao Chong suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

At the same time, I sighed in my heart that the once incomparably splendid Luoyang Imperial City has now turned into a shady underground trading market. Time has passed.

The three of them walked forward for a while, and came to the ruins of the former imperial palace, where a few people could be seen here and there.

All the people who come and go are dressed in Western Region costumes.

"Young master, wait for me here for a while." After Ma Teng finished speaking, he rode to the center of the ruins.

He communicated a few words with a person from the Western Regions in a foreign language, and then came back and told Cao Chong that he could go in.

The three of Cao Chong came to a dilapidated hut, and there were a few people from the Western Regions sitting in twos and threes. Among them was a bearded man who looked like their leader.

"Young master, if you want to ask something, I will be the interpreter." Ma Teng said.

Cao Chong nodded and said, "Ask them if they sell black poison."

Ma Teng spoke a few words to the bearded man in bird language he didn't understand.

The bearded man was startled, shook his head, and chirped without knowing what to say.

After Ma Teng listened to it, he translated it to Cao Chong, "He said that black poison is a rare thing, even in the Western Regions, it is difficult to get it, let alone the Middle Earth."

The corner of Cao Chong's mouth showed a slight curvature, he didn't believe what Big Beard said at all.

The bearded man's face was shocked just now, which is enough to show that he is guilty of guilt. Although I can't understand his language, I can understand his micro expressions.

"Tell him how much money it takes to tell the truth." Cao Chong said to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng was taken aback, and wanted to ask something, but he hesitated to speak, and continued to talk to the bearded man in bird language.

There was a flash of greed in the eyes of the bearded man, and he shifted his gaze to Cao Chong, looked him up and down, and spoke incomprehensible bird language.

"Young master, he is inquiring about your identity." Ma Teng was doing the translation.

Cao Chong said calmly: "Just say that I am the son of a wealthy businessman, and my family lacks everything except money."

"This..." Ma Teng was instantly embarrassed, knowing that your family is rich, so why not show off your wealth like this.

In the end, Ma Teng followed Cao Chong's wishes and showed off his wealth to the businessmen from the Western Regions.

The bearded man's eyes lit up, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and suddenly stretched out five fingers, chirping and pushing.

"He said you gave 5000 million before he talked about the black poison." Ma Teng continued to translate.

Cao Chong did not hesitate, "No problem, you tell him again, as long as he is willing to say, I can give him an extra business."

After Ma Teng finished the translation, the bearded man was overjoyed. He rubbed his palms and stamped his feet, feeling very excited.

You don't need to ask, the bearded man agrees.

"Quickly ask him about the black poison, especially who bought the black poison from him, you must ask clearly." Cao Chong instructed Ma Teng.

Ma Teng nodded, and quickly asked the bearded man in the language of the Western Regions.

The bearded man was cunning and offered to give the money first.

But Cao Chong didn't bring that much money, so he gave the deposit first, and the two parties agreed that the remaining money would be delivered in two days.

After Cao Chong signed his name on the document, the bearded man felt relieved and began to talk about Wudu.

As he said, Ma Teng translated, "Not long ago, a man dressed as a scholar came to him to learn about wudu, and he planned to buy a batch, but wudu is extremely rare, and there is no market for it. get."

"Fortunately, he was lucky. A relative in his family was an eunuch in the Wusun Palace. Through this relationship, he got some black poison and sold it to that scholar."

Cao Chong saw that there was something going on, so he immediately interrupted Ma Teng's translation, "Quickly ask him what the book looks like."

Ma Teng asked, the bearded man thought for a while, and was about to speak.

Whoosh!
Suddenly, a back arrow flew in from the outside, the speed was extremely fast, which was surprising. The back arrow hit the bearded man's forehead, and the bearded man died before he could scream.

"Protect the young master!" Ma Teng was shocked, and immediately protected Cao Chong behind him.

Xia Houba waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, alert to the movement around him.

At this moment, another wave of dark arrows flew out. These dark arrows seemed to have eyes, and aimed at the people from the Western Regions in the room. Between the fire and light, all the people from the Western Regions were killed.

Only Cao Chong and the three are safe and sound.

"Hurry up, chase him out!" Cao Chong reacted quickly. Judging from the behavior of the other party, it was only for the purpose of killing and silence, and had no other malicious intentions.

But when he walked out, the outside was empty, but the corpses of people from the Western Regions were piled up all over the floor.

"Young master, it's not suitable to be here for long, let's go quickly." Ma Teng pulled Cao Chong, got on the horse and left quickly.

Xia Houba held Fang Tian's painted halberd and covered it from behind.

Sure enough, not long after they left, a pair of men and horses rushed out from behind, each holding a scimitar from the Western Regions and speaking a foreign language.

"It's from the Western Regions, they must think we killed their leader." Ma Teng said.

Xia Houba began to worry, "People from the Western Regions are not easy to mess with. Eating raw human flesh has been done a lot. What should we do now?"

"What else can I do, run away with one word!" Cao Chong was unwilling.

Seeing that the matter of poisoning had a clue, but the result fell short, all the clues were broken now, how should I investigate next?
Damn, it's really hateful!
Who on earth is messing with himself behind his back?
Cao Zhang?Kong Rong?Or is it Cao Pi who is far away in Qiao County?
(End of this chapter)