I'm playing tricks in Daqin

"Master, Biaoqi also needs to check."

Wu You reminded from the side that all caravans have their own flags. The flag of the Universal Chamber of Commerce is a small blue flag with a golden four-character embroidered on it to indicate their identity. Some weak robbers want to rob. You have to weigh the background power of the caravan. Passing the customs card can also avoid many unnecessary troubles. At least the soldiers guarding the customs do not dare to make things difficult and collect excessive tariffs.

Because Li Gan was too far away, he couldn't see the words embroidered on the opponent's red flag clearly, but he could still find out whose flag it was by just looking it up.

However, having said that, it is not impossible for the robbers in Jinji Mountain to use the flags of other houses, but as long as they are clues, they must not be missed, at least they must be clarified.

Li Wei nodded, the old shaman was careful, and he was worthy of being one of the military advisers he relied on.

The secret spy sent out quickly sent back news, which made Li Wei and Wu You unable to sit still. Two days ago, Jingnan Ying Yanglang led an army to attack Jinji Mountain. All the robbers were beheaded, and the entire village was destroyed A fire burned to ashes.

"Damn it, this is murder!"

Li Wei gritted his teeth and cursed, he was about to solve the case, and he didn't want to be silenced first, why didn't he fly into a rage? "Master, this time the water is...deep."

Wu You frowned and said in a low voice, the word "Shui Shen" was created by the young master. From time to time, the young master came up with a sentence or two of fresh words, which sounded a little strange, but also pointed out the deep meaning in it, unconsciously He also followed suit.

Li Wei took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He nodded. This bloody case is indeed not simple. It is definitely not an ordinary robbery. It can make the robbers in Jinji Mountain take such a big risk of robbery, and it can also make the military dispatch troops. Silencing, the means and background of the people behind the scenes are extraordinary.

The methods of the people behind the scenes are really powerful, one link after another, it is a pity that thousands of calculations have been made, but they did not expect the ambush to be seen by Orion Li Gan, which is tantamount to leaving a deadly clue.

The small red flag became the only clue to solve the case.

At Li Wei's order, the secret agents who had been lurking in Jingnan City had temporarily infiltrated the espionage personnel, and even the special forces were dispatched to scout for information.

The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce has a branch in Jingnan City, and if they send someone to ask, they will know which caravan has a red flag, and within half a quarter of an hour, the news reaches Li Wei.

There are more than a dozen famous families in Jingnan, and there are more than a dozen giant merchant caravans. Six of them use the red flag, including the Baili family that is closely related to Li Wei. Excluding the Baili family, the rest is only Qi Yangzhang There are four Zhu families, and the other one is Bao Yimin, a giant businessman in Jingnan.

It didn't take long before the spies sent back various news, including Bao Yimin. Bao Yimin was a pure businessman with a large network of connections and a strong influence, but he didn't have the guts, so he was also ruled out. There are four remaining families, all of which have business contacts with the Universal Chamber of Commerce, and usually have a good relationship, but they know each other well, so Li Wei and Wu You locked on these four families.

Ren Feng, the commander of Jingnan County's Ying Yanglang, is also on the list. Whether he is also involved will not be confirmed until after investigation. However, this guy is the highest military officer in Jingnan County. Investigating him is somewhat difficult.

Li Wei stayed in the room all the time, and Wu You was busy sorting out and analyzing all kinds of information collected by the spies. However, the collected information was of no value to solve the case, and they didn't find anything unusual about the four families.

Li Wei also had the idea of ​​kidnapping Ying Yanglang and taking Ren Feng as a torture, but he calmly dismissed the idea. The risk was too great, and he didn't want to take this risk unless it was a last resort.

The taste of waiting for information is really boring and difficult. Li Wei is a person who can't stand loneliness. Early the next morning, he went out to wander around.

On the street, there was a constant stream of pedestrians, and there were a variety of goods on sale, creating a scene of prosperity.

However, prices are a little higher than before, which is the result of Li Wei secretly launching a currency war.

Currency wars are invisible, and the effect is so slow that people hardly notice that something is wrong, but the damage caused is huge. This kind of damage has been gradually highlighted in Jingnan County, but no one will think of the reason cause.

Baili's mansion is nearby, even if Li Wei thinks of Baili Ruyi who is passionate, coquettish, and charming, he can only restrain himself desperately. This time the water is a bit muddy, he doesn't want to give Baili Ruyi brings unnecessary trouble.

He wore a mask when he went out, and no one could recognize him. Even the most "impressive" Wu You also wore a mask to hide his wretched appearance.

Although the mask also looks so ordinary that people can't remember it, but compared to his real face, it is much more handsome, at least it is more pleasing to the eye no matter how you look at it.

This is the second time for Li Wei to come to Jingnan. The last time was to solve Baili's troubles. After the matter was settled, he was too busy talking with Baili Ruyi about his ideals in life. Two meals, it should also be a relaxation, he was very angry that the caravan was robbed.

After wandering around for a long time, just as he was looking for a teahouse to take a break, a guard presented a note, Li Wei took it and looked at it, his eyes lit up.

Chapter 224 Bloody Revenge

Most of the guards of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce are veterans drawn from the army, and some of them are formed by rangers with extraordinary abilities. Wang Ping is also a veteran drawn from the army. A deep love for robes.

The caravan was attacked, and all Pao Ze died in battle. He was the only survivor, and he could not fight to the death with Pao Ze. The hatred filled his heart with grief, pain and guilt. He comes, and he also asks to come.

The secret agent of the Military Intelligence Department was ordered to secretly monitor and inquire about every move of the four major families. Wang Ping couldn't sit still and asked for action. Li Wei understood his mood and agreed to his request, but sent a guard to follow him in case he What accident happened due to impulsiveness.

Wang Ping walked around the street, but he didn't find any useful information. Most of the broken silver in his arms was still spent. He walked back dejectedly, and accidentally glanced at the alley on the right. Trembling from overexcitement.

A carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley, and a middle-aged man who looked like a coachman was feeding the mules and horses pulling the cart.

That mule was very strong, no different from ordinary mules, but it had a small horn missing in its left ear, which was nothing wrong with it, but Wang Ping recognized this mule, the horn of its left ear was missing in a business. During the journey, the robber who robbed the road shot him with a bow and arrow, and Xiao Wu told him about it, and Xiao Wu named it "A Luo."

The caravan was destroyed and the goods were robbed. Ah Luo, one of the animals carrying the goods in the caravan, appeared here, which meant that an important clue was accidentally discovered. Wang Ping was so excited that his whole body trembled.

He went up to strike up a conversation, and checked Ah Luo's body by the way. The army's war horses and private horses, including mules, all had marks on the hind legs of the horses. Wrapping, that place is also the place of branding, presumably it has been destroyed by someone.

Wang Ping chatted with the coachman for a few words, and soon got out important information from the coachman. The coachman bought this horse from Dou Qing, a poppy gangster in the city. The few mules and horses are sold at a price slightly lower than the market price. If he has enough money, he really wants to buy one more.

This unexpected situation made Li Wei and Wu You look forward to it, and the efficiency of the intelligence personnel also satisfied them. The detailed information of Dou's ancestors was soon reported, and Dou Qing himself was knocked from behind in a daze. With a stick and a cloth bag, they were escorted to Li Wei like a dead pig.

Before the punishment was applied, Dou Qing, who was so frightened that his face paled, had accused all the ugly things done by the eight generations of his ancestors.

Dou Qing is just a rascal in Jingnan City. He has three or five younger brothers. However, he has a good-looking sister who is married to Wu Zhao, the third steward of the Zhu family, a local aristocratic family.

Wu Zhao is the second steward of the Zhu family, and Zhu Hui, the head of the Zhu family, values ​​him quite a lot. He can also be regarded as a steward with certain real power. The mules and horses in Dou Qing's hands were sold for his brother-in-law Wu Zhao, and he made a lot of money from it. The price difference is a small fortune.

Although the imprints of those mules and horses were destroyed, Dou Qing had guessed eighty-nine points when thinking of the robbery on the Jing County Road that happened not long ago. However, with the support of a wealthy and powerful family like the Zhu family, There is a new prefect Yin Fu behind him, and everything should be fine even if the sky falls. He is happy to take the opportunity to make a small fortune.

It's just that he didn't expect bad luck to come so soon.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Dou Qing, an unpopular person like Dou Qing. However, this matter was a bit troublesome, and it was within the territory of the Tang Empire. There were many unfavorable factors, and safety was the top priority.

Dou Qing had been dragged down by the guards, Wu You glanced at Li Er, raised his hand and gestured under his neck, Li Er blinked knowingly, and strode out of the hall.

According to Dou Qing's confession, Li Wei and Wu You reorganized the information they had, and deduced such a possibility: Driven by interests, the greedy Zhu Hui and Yin Fu took risks.

The reasoning of the two is indeed inseparable. The declining Barry's was strongly supported by the Universal Chamber of Commerce, and its situation is getting better day by day. After Yin Fu, the new prefect of Jingnan, took office, it finally broke out.

Yin Fu is the new governor of Jingnan, and also Zhu Hui's second son-in-law. He was able to be the governor of Jingnan, of course, because of the power struggle and luck in the court.

The big officials in the outside places are all fat and oily. Yin Fu made a lot of money as soon as he took office. With the support of this son-in-law guarding Jingnan, Zhu Hui's ambitions swelled to the limit, and he was determined to develop the Zhu family into a The No. [-] family in Jingnan.

If Zhu Hui wanted to control Jingnan Commercial Road, he had to suppress the Qin Empire's Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. The big robbery on Jingxian Road was only the first step of his action.

The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce of the Qin Empire was very financially strong, and even the several major families in Jingnan could not compete with it. He couldn't figure out the reason, but he was jealous.

It's not that he has never thought of suppressing Bailishi, but this is a temporary solution, not the root cause. It is better to suppress the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, which has more direct effects and benefits. As long as it gets more than half of the shares of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, Bailishi is nothing to worry about.

The plan was very good, and there were no mistakes in the action. However, Zhu Hui and Yin Fu did not expect that the merchant guards of the Universal Chamber of Commerce would resist very tenaciously. The action process was witnessed by Li Gan, a hunter in Lijia Village.

Yin Fu sent Ying Yanglang to lead Ren Feng to exterminate the bandits in Jinji Mountain and succeeded in killing them, but they did not expect that they made a mistake in handling the captured livestock, and Wang Ping, the only surviving merchant guard, recognized "A Luo."

Li Wei and Wu You's reasoning was correct, but it was just reasoning, and the correctness of the reasoning still needs to be confirmed. Wu Zhao, the second manager of the Zhu family, became the next target.

After nightfall, the special night does not accept Wu Zhao who had been fooling around in the brothel without any interest.

After confirming that it was correct, Li Wei issued an order to retaliate, and the special night bugs who had been on standby for a long time split up and acted immediately.

Yin Fu, the prefect of Jingnan, was assassinated in his own prefect's mansion that night. The entire Zhu family was wiped out in the middle of the night. More than 200 people including bodyguards and guards were all killed, and valuables such as gold, silver and jewelry were looted. .

Almost at the same time, the two farms of the Zhu family outside the city were also ransacked. However, the murderer only slaughtered the children of the Zhu family.

A series of horrific tragedies were discovered in the bright sky, and the city gate was opened for nearly an hour before being discovered. The officers and soldiers were stunned. South County.

Such a horrific massacre, and the death of a third-rank eunuch, naturally alarmed the Tang court, and the furious Tang king sent imperial envoys to solve the case.

The entire Jingnan City was in a state of panic, people were in panic, and rumors were flying everywhere. There were all kinds of versions, but there were three versions that were more acceptable.

Chapter 225 The Murderer

One version is a retaliatory action taken by the enemies who have a blood feud with the Zhu family. The Zhu family has grown step by step, and there must be many enemies. As for who the enemies are, there are different opinions.

Another version is that the bandits on Jinji Mountain took bloody revenge for the revenge of destroying the village. However, this statement is a bit contradictory. Should I find Ren Feng?

However, if combined with the following version, it can be sorted out in general.

This version is related to the robbery of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce of the Qin Empire on Jingxian Road. The bandits from Jinji Mountain who ambushed the caravan were instigated by the Zhu family and were later suppressed by the government. In Zhu's retaliation, Yin Fu, the prefect of a province, was assassinated because he was Zhu Hui's son-in-law, and a son-in-law is equal to his half-son.

Of course, there are also rumors that it was a bloody revenge action taken by the Universal Chamber of Commerce of the Qin Empire. The Zhu family killed and robbed the goods first, and they retaliated with an eye for an eye, which is only right and proper.

As for why the Zhu family robbed and killed the caravans of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, it was nothing more than wanting to become big and monopolize the market in Jingnan. The result of greed is to exterminate the family.

In short, rumors are flying all over the sky, and there are different opinions. Some people with a keen sense of smell feel a little unusual taste from Ying Yanglang's series of actions by Ren Feng, and they are more sure of the guess in their hearts. Feeling afraid, but also thankful that he is not as greedy as Zhu Hui.

Who is the real murderer? Ying Yanglang knows Ren Feng well. On the night of the incident, he was having fun with his beloved concubine in his general's mansion when two masked men broke in suddenly. I don't even have the strength to speak, let alone use a knife to defend myself.

Fortunately, the uninvited guest did not have any malicious intentions, and only claimed that he was a member of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, and that the purpose of killing the Zhu family was for revenge, and then he left, and Ren Feng also lost consciousness.

When he woke up, the entire Jingnan City had already turned upside down, and Ren Feng couldn't help but be thankful that he didn't know about it, didn't participate in it, and was just ordered to exterminate the bandits in Jinji Mountain.

Although the masked man who sneaked into the mansion just said a few words and then left, the intention of warning is also obvious. Even if there are many guards around you, the general's mansion is impenetrable, we can come and go freely, and you can figure out the rest .

Ren Feng is also a master in the army who has fought on the battlefield. If he fights on the battlefield openly, he will not be afraid of any opponent. At worst, his skills are not as good as others, and he will die under the knife of the enemy general. , Shenlong couldn't see the head and tail, and the assassin who moved strangely really had a headache, and he felt a little scared.

Anyway, the people of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce usually do business honestly and earn a lot of filial piety. He doesn't want to provoke such a powerful enemy, so he naturally knows what to do.

The death of the prefect Yin Fu, the tragedy of Zhu's extermination, he all fell on the Jinjishan robbers, anyway, the Jinjishan robbers were wiped out by him, no one slipped through the net, and there was no proof of death. There is an explanation to all parties. This is to solve this matter best way.

On the way back, Li Wei was full of preoccupations. Wu You, Xiao Xiaoxiao and the others tactfully did not disturb him. They all understood the reason why the young master felt uncomfortable, which made Xiao Xiaoxiao look up to him again. a bit.

Why don't they know that revenge actions will inevitably affect many innocent people, but the reality is so cruel, and this is the reason why the so-called kindness does not control soldiers.

This retaliation went very smoothly. All [-] special night guards were mobilized, and the casualties were zero. This was due to the poisonous lady Zhao Fengqin's ten-step ecstasy. They are all confused souls flying to heaven in their sleep.

A large amount of gold and silver was copied from Zhu's mansion, and the discounted silver was more than 500 million yuan. There was no way to take away the valuable big items, only small items, all of which were hidden in the secret base of the spy office.

Zhu's two farms outside the city only confiscated tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the food was piled up like a mountain, and there were also a lot of dry and sundry goods, which were indispensable in daily life and worth a lot of money, but unfortunately they couldn't be transported away. You can't set fire to it, you can only give up helplessly.

Li Wei's mood improved slightly when he set foot on the empire's territory. In fact, he also knew the truth that kindness does not control soldiers, and he also knew that the continent with extremely backward technological civilization has always followed the primitive law of the weak and the strong. I can only sigh, he is not the savior, he is also risking his life for survival.

Seeing that his mood improved, Xiao Xiaoxiao Wuyou and others breathed a sigh of relief quietly. This is the master of the empire's soldiers and horses. If he is upset, it is very likely to cause unpredictable and dire consequences, so he has to be careful in his service.

Li Wei did not go back to Chang'an directly, but turned to Jincheng County to visit Sun Jai, General Yingyang who was still stationed there and supervised the construction of a new city by tens of thousands of prisoners of war.

Sun Zha was named General Yingyang and took charge of the Qingchuan Legion. Currently he is still commanding tens of thousands of elite soldiers to guard Jincheng to prevent the Tang army from attacking the Jincheng city wall which is being rebuilt.

After several months of hard work by tens of thousands of prisoners of war and tens of thousands of young men, the outer city walls of Jincheng have all been built. Due to the astonishing consumption of tens of thousands of people, Li Wei ordered the young men recruited to be dismissed and returned home, leaving only a few Thousands of prisoners of war built the inner city walls and houses.

Although tens of thousands of young and strong were urgently recruited to build the city wall during the war, they had to be paid a certain amount of wages, which was also a considerable expense.

Jincheng is one of the frontiers of the Qin Empire. It is only five or six miles away from the border of the Tang Empire. It is not that the prisoners of the Tang Empire did not want to escape, but none of them managed to escape. More than 300 corpses were hung outside the city for public display. , shocked all the prisoners of war, and they all worked honestly.

In fact, the meals of these prisoners of war were not bad. They had white rice for two meals a day, and meat every three days. Except for the loss of freedom to do hard work and no pay, the treatment was not much worse than when they were soldiers. It is a hundred times better to be a prisoner of another country.

Moreover, if someone is sick or injured due to work, a doctor will give him diagnosis and treatment.

What fascinates them the most is that they only need to work honestly for three years and perform well to get rid of slavery and become commoners of the Qin Empire, assigned houses and fields, married wives and children.

No matter which empire's army it is, the soldiers are from the poorest people at the lowest level. These poor people serve as soldiers just to make a living, and one person in the family can be exempted from hard labor. Their idea is very simple, they have food to eat, and they have military pay. That's fine, it doesn't matter who you serve as a soldier.

The vast majority of prisoners of war held such thoughts and gritted their teeth. After three years, they would have a better future. As long as they survived, they would still be able to see their relatives at home in the future.

The treatment enjoyed by these prisoners of war made many people in the country puzzled and even dissatisfied, but Li Wei knew very well that in a society with extremely backward technological civilization, manpower is the greatest resource, and there are people who have everything. Nearly [-] prisoners of war in the Tang Empire are all young and strong The young man, after the transformation, it will be a huge resource and wealth.

Li Wei wandered around Jincheng for a few days before returning to Chang'an, perhaps because the New Year's Eve was approaching, the faction of the imperial party surprisingly did not make any more tricks, and the Li family was rarely quiet.

However, Li Wei was still very busy. During the day, he had to wander around the barracks, supervising the drills of the [-] soldiers of the Central Army Corps. At night, he had to work overtime and work hard to complete the great plan of making a villain.

He spends little time at home, and Qing'er Zhongli Shengnan is pregnant, which makes Kong Rong, who is the first wife, feel great pressure, and Zhuang Xi is also thinking about not being able to give birth to a son-in-law for the Li family. Yes, it's hard to explain in front of 13 mother-in-laws.

There are Concubine Wu Hui's mother and son in the palace, and they have to visit and comfort them from time to time. Li Wei is too busy to touch the ground. Fortunately, he has the Nine Suns magic skill taught by his ancestor, otherwise, Superman would not be able to bear it.

Chapter 226 The No. [-] Master in the Palace

The palace, side hall.

Li Wei hugged his son in one hand, and took Wu Huiniang's hand in the other, watching the aunt Su Yuejiao and the little six sons who were fighting in the hall intently, while Wu Huiniang's beautiful eyes full of affection were focused on him.

In the end, the relationship between Li Wei and Concubine Wu Hui failed to hide from the aunt Su Yuejiao. The cheap father slipped his mouth when he was in a good mood, but was severely "fixed" by his original wife Su Yuejiao.

Su Yuejiao's desire to hug her grandson was so strong that she became a little crazy. When she heard that the current little king of Qin, Qin Yongfu, was her own grandson, and immediately wanted to enter the palace to see her grandson, Li Wei was so frightened that she hurriedly arranged to enter the palace quietly through the side door of the palace.

Fortunately, the aunt was tight-lipped and didn't let the 12 aunts know about it, otherwise, such a big battle would be impossible to cover.

The mother-in-law suddenly entered the palace, even though Concubine Wu Hui had been psychologically prepared, she was still taken aback. Fortunately, she was accompanied by her husband, and she saluted Su Yuejiao respectfully, with a somewhat nervous and awkward expression.

Originally, she was the empress dowager, and it was supposed to be Su Yuejiao who saluted her, but she knew in her heart that the Qin royal family had already been wiped out, and she was only a queen dowager in name. At that time, his son Yongfu must abdicate to his father-in-law or Xianggong. At that time, the Li family was officially declared to be the royal family of the Qin Empire.

For these, she has long been psychologically prepared, mothers are more expensive than children, she is not worried about falling out of favor, but, her current status is the queen mother, the former king's favorite concubine, this status makes her feel a little embarrassed and nervous, the mother-in-law's attitude is straightforward It will affect her future status in the Li family.

Although Su Yuejiao was crazy with joy, she knew in her heart what Concubine Wu Hui was worried about. She accepted the gift from Concubine Wu Hui very naturally, which made Concubine Wu Hui dispel her worries.

Su Yuejiao entered the palace to hug her grandson, but when she saw the little six, her hands immediately itch.

After her cultivation broke through the realm of Huazhen, although she dare not say that she is invincible, she has rarely met opponents, and even a super master like Zhang Fenghua, the head master of Frustration Hall, was convinced to lose.

Only people at Su Yuejiao's level can feel the loneliness of a master.

She didn't expect that there was such a master hidden in this deep palace, and he was still a very young eunuch, and it was hard to find an opponent. Her lonely heart suddenly came to life, and she insisted on dragging the little six sons into a fight.

The little six looked at Li Wei pitifully. In the future, the prime minister will ascend the throne, and the heroic lady in front of him is the queen. Does he dare to fight the future queen?

This is simply a fatal thing.

Li Wei reminded him once that the aunt is itchy and wants to fight, so you can play with her, don't be careless, the aunt is definitely a master of the best, you have to go all out and have a good fight with her, she will be happy, but never Wan remember, this is just a martial arts competition, do not hurt anyone, otherwise, you can figure it out.