Wei Shuyu and the Three-Eyed Sword are located in the Tianzi Room of Xin'an Building, analyzing the grain merchant's motives and purposes.
From their exchanges with Zhang Daozi, the number one grain merchant in Chang'an, they learned that the matter was indeed instigated by Jiang Shengwei, and that Jiang Shengwei went into hiding after the instigation, making it impossible to know where he was for the time being.
Just when the two were about to try to find a new breakthrough, someone slipped a note into their door. After Wei Shuyu picked it up, he slowly opened it.
"Strange, why is there a note at this time?" After he opened it, he found a special mark on it, which was a signal for the gathering of grain merchants in Chang'an.
He handed the piece of paper to the Three-Eyed Sword: "His Majesty said that you are a person with Heavenly Eyes, and you are in charge of the Permanent Punishment Hall. To be able to become the Master of Heavenly Eyes Hall, you must have extraordinary abilities. What do you think about this matter?"
The three-eyed sword snorted coldly: "The fact that the grain merchant can hand you this note means that you have gained their initial trust. If you can betray His Majesty even more, maybe they can still accept you as their leader."
The meaning of temptation is obvious.
How could a smart person like Wei Shuyu not understand what he meant? He said with a bright smile: "Master, there is no need to be so defensive. You and I are both working for His Majesty, and I am personally appointed by Your Majesty. If you can't trust me,
, what’s the point of cooperation?”
The three-eyed sword is still indifferent: "You don't need to guess the purpose and actions of the Heavenly Eye. The Eye Master said that any temptation is meaningful. Otherwise, how can I be 100% sure that your actions will be beneficial to His Majesty, especially after knowing
After what you did on Lingnan Road?"
Wei Shuyu was suddenly startled in his heart, but remained calm on the outside.
"The Heaven's Eye is indeed a Heaven's Eye. It can even find out what happened to me in Lingnan Road, but so what if it was found? If there was evidence, I wouldn't be here now."
"What about you? Why are you here?"
Of course, this hall leader who was deeply trusted by Li Xueyan would not tell him about the Three Heavenly Eyes Hall. Only because he had never appeared in public, he would be least likely to be recognized by the invisible hand when performing this task.
"In short, your Majesty believes in you, but I don't. Your Majesty has given you a heavy responsibility. In addition to protecting you, I also have the responsibility of supervision. You also know that I am the head of the Criminal Hall. If anything happens, I don't mind killing you.
"
Wei Shuyu said coldly: "Humph."
As a cold snort sounded, the conversation between the two officially ended. Wei Shuyu ignored this guy who was accustomed to using heavy knives and thought about the follow-up plan.
Since the grain merchant sends a signal, he should respond.
The meeting place was at Yongyangfang in the far corner of the west. The city wall here was high and it was also the darkest corner of Chang'an. Under the cover of the three-eyed knife, a few people quietly came to Yongyang without any attention from passers-by.
After entering the square, I found that almost all the grain merchants who had gathered in the palace had arrived.
Zhang Daozi was still sitting in the corner. When he saw Wei Shuyu coming for the appointment, he nodded to him and invited him to sit with him.
As the grain merchants arrived, Jiang Shengwei, who had been hiding for several days, finally showed up.
"Congratulations to all of you. After the commotion in the palace, everyone's lives were saved. Whether it was someone secretly plotting or your Majesty really wanted to touch the grain merchants, the lives and deaths of all the grain merchants have now attracted the attention of Chang'an. At least your residences
We may not be able to get in if there are guards guarding us, or if we are plotting, so if Your Majesty wants to kill you, I'm afraid you have to consider the consequences."
After confirming the news, many grain merchants felt relieved.
"Thank you Mr. Jiang. Without Mr. Jiang's planning, we would have been kept in the dark and would have been unable to escape. Maybe all the grain merchants would have been killed."
"That's right."
Jiang Shengwei stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Everyone, although it is a good thing to save your life, I have to remind everyone here that you have been involved in this whirlpool, and saving your life is only for a short moment. If there is someone behind the scenes,
If people don’t achieve their goals, they probably won’t give up.”
As soon as this statement came out, the grain merchants became panicked again.
Think carefully about what happened recently. First, the imperial court collected grain at a high price, and someone claiming to be an official from Dali Temple actually entered the grain merchant's house. Then came the assassination, and the trouble in the palace. One after another, it doesn't look like an ordinary assassination.
event.
Mr. Jiang is kindhearted and has helped them so much, but if he is asked to help again, it is a matter of life and death. Will he continue to help?
A grain merchant's mind was spinning very fast, and he had already asked Jiang Shengwei: "Mr. Jiang, we know that you are so helpful simply because His Majesty once made things difficult for you. Now that His Majesty is attacking the grain merchant, you and I are already in the same boat.
I hope Mr. Jiang can help me."
"That is, the grain merchant was framed. Only Mr. Jiang saw through it at a glance and gave us suggestions to save our lives. As long as Mr. Jiang continues to help us, we are willing to do anything no matter what."
Wei Shuyu couldn't stand it anymore.
Are these grain merchants fools?
If according to what they said, it was Jiang Shengwei's idea all the way since the incident occurred, wouldn't they think that the man behind the incident was Jiang Shengwei?
Angry and angry, he quickly adjusted his emotions and thought about the problem from the perspective of a grain merchant.
Indeed, the imperial court requisitioned grain at high prices, someone pretended to be a Dali Temple official to enter the grain merchant's house to purchase information, and the grain merchant assassinated him. No matter how you look at it, there is no way to connect it with Jiang Shengwei. The biggest suspect is still His Majesty.
As for the reason, it is not difficult to figure out.
He looked at Zhang Daozi, who also showed a very confused expression at this time. Obviously he also associated the matter with Jiang Shengwei, but the purpose of his actions was completely unclear.
There is suspicion but no evidence.
Seeing many requests from grain merchants, Jiang Sheng acted awkwardly, and then said: "Well, since we are all in the same boat, Xiaosheng has an idea. Please give it a listen."
"Master Jiang, please tell me."
Jiang Shengwei said: "Since the matter started with food requisition, Xiaosheng guessed that the food requisition must be very important. Since the imperial court is willing to spend twice the price to requisition food, it means that major events that may cause food shortages are likely to occur in the future. Recently,
I heard that some people in the market and farmers were purchasing large quantities of anti-flood materials, so I boldly guessed whether the source of the food shortage came from the Yellow River."
His words quickly awakened these grain merchants.
"Young master, what you mean is that the Yellow River is about to be in serious trouble?"
In ancient times, information was underdeveloped. As long as a major event was not widely publicized, it would be difficult for everyone to know about it in a short period of time. Therefore, they did not know the situation of the Yellow River, but they could rely on Jiang Sheng's information in just a few sentences.
, guess the most correct answer.
"As expected, the Yellow River is about to be in danger."