Seeing Zhang Daozi reveal the solution, these grain merchants were no longer willing to go against the grain.
"In this case, we have no choice but to hand over the food. We are absolutely unwilling to do anything rebellious."
Many grain merchants expressed their opinions and followed Zhang Daozi away.
Jiang Shengwei secretly complained that the grain bureau that he and the masked man had been planning for a long time was revealed by Wei Shuyu.
He looked in the direction where the masked man was hiding, but didn't get any response from the masked man.
After the grain merchants had dispersed, the masked man walked out of the hiding place with an extremely unhappy tone.
"Master Wei, you are so ruthless. With just a few words, you made the Chang'an grain merchant switch to the imperial court. I misjudged you. You turned out to be a spy sent by the imperial court."
Jiang Shengwei was even more confused.
Didn't this young master just say that he would join forces with the Lingnan Province Supervisor to plot rebellion? Why did he become a spy for the imperial court in the eyes of the masked people?
Could it be that……
He looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief. The three-eyed knife behind Wei Shuyu's back was slowly drawing out, ready to deal with the sudden attack of the masked man at any time.
Wei Shuyu signaled him not to do anything, and said with a calm smile: "Your Excellency, you are joking. I think Lai Xiaosheng made it very clear that I was assigned by the Wei family to come to Chang'an to seek help. After observing this period, I think you and Mr. Jiang can
It depends on whether you are willing to help us."
"It's a joke. You defrauded a grain merchant to ruin my big business, and now you're seeking an alliance with me. Do you think I'll believe you?" the masked man said coldly.
"If you hadn't defrauded these grain merchants, how would you and I have the opportunity to cooperate?"
"Furthermore, you should know who is more important, an army from Lingnan Road, or a grain merchant from Chang'an."
The masked man changed the topic and said: "Master Wei's words are reasonable, but if that's all, it's not enough."
Although he found out the details of Weijia Lingnan Road, he still needs to confirm the movements of the supervisor. Such a major rebellion cannot be easily believed.
But if it was said by Mr. Wei in front of me, it still has some credibility.
How can someone who can be silenced in a town be a member of the imperial court?
I just said that he was an undercover agent sent by the imperial court, but it was just a deception in the verbal exchange between the two.
Just as Wei Shuyu said, the masked man also believed that compared with a group of Chang'an grain merchants, the Lingnan Dao army was of course more important.
He has sent letters to various places and secretly contacted the 18th prince. Each place has secretly controlled grain routes and grain merchants. When the Yellow River floods occur, they will start an uprising at the same time, creating the momentum for everyone to overthrow the Han Dynasty's regime, and then compete for power in the world.
This was the overall situation that the eighteen princes secretly planned since the official confrontation between Li Tai and Qin Huaidao, who was still the king of Han.
Although the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal of Jiangnan Road and several Situ Xing branches of supervisory envoys of Hangzhou and Jiangnan East Road were damaged, it would not affect the overall situation.
It has to be said that the deterrent brought by Emperor Qin Huaidao of the Han Dynasty to the south of the Yangtze River was huge. It once made the eighteen princes waver in their plans. If it had not happened to encounter a serious disaster in the Yellow River this year, they might never have the chance to realize their plans.
Inciting Chang'an grain merchants to cause trouble was just a matter of spreading rumors that the imperial court was going to deal with the grain merchants, so that rebels could hide in various places and control the grain merchants. The original end result of this plan was that the grain merchants disrupted the market and were eventually killed, because
Wei Shuyu's intervention changed the Chang'an grain merchant's mind, but in exchange for the support of a powerful Lingnan Road rebel army, the transaction only made a profit but no loss.
Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said clearly. Although the information collected by the masked man through Tianji Pavilion is enough to prove that this person is not a court eagle dog, it does not necessarily mean that this person is of the same mind as him.
"The Wei family's verbal talk about cooperation is not sincere enough. If we want to talk about it again, I'm afraid we have to come up with a more sincere way of cooperation. That's it for today. Mr. Wei can't do what we want.
Lord, you can use this time to ask the head of the Wei family what he can offer to trade with us."
"That's very good." Wei Shuyu said no more and returned to Xin'an Tower with the three-eyed knife.
After the others left, Jiang Shengwei asked in confusion: "Do you believe him?"
"Believe it or not, it all depends on what he does. If he can do what I want, it doesn't matter what his identity is. Even if he is really His Majesty's eagle dog, he still has value. What's more, his identity cannot be faked.
"
"So sure?"
"He once secretly killed a whole town of people on Lingnan Road. Do you think this kind of person will be the eagle dog of the imperial court?"
"Oh."
The unexpected answer made Jiang Shengwei couldn't help but look in the direction where Mr. Wei was leaving. Such a gentle and courteous young man actually had the ability to use a sword with his hands.
At this time, Jiang Shengwei felt a strange feeling in his heart. He didn't know whether it was envy or jealousy.
If he had the power and means, he could help the Jiang family more in Chang'an, and the Jiang family would not end up like the ruined family after the First World War in Hangzhou.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Apart from revenge, he no longer had any capital to do anything else. He could only rely on this masked man.
"Congratulations, Pavilion Master, for getting another excellent chess piece. This chess game is getting more and more interesting."
"Whether he is a good chess player or not, we won't know until tonight."
Because the masked man is wearing a mask, no expression can be seen on his face.
After returning to Xin'an Tower, the Three-Eyed Sword didn't ask any questions. Although he wanted to kill this big man with one blow, he knew that this would require His Majesty's holy will.
This person is becoming more and more impudent, and he even dares to openly instigate grain merchants to rebel. In the eyes of the three-eyed sword, this is a taboo.
Even if he just made a false shot and finally used this method to make the grain merchants give up the idea of opposing the imperial court and be willing to contribute grain to the Han imperial court, and achieved good results, he would not agree with this method.
Good deeds may not necessarily require good deeds to be completed, but if evil deeds are used to promote good deeds, what is used is no longer kindness, but deterrence.
When the source changes, the essence will naturally change. For the Three-Eyed Sword, the principle cannot be violated.
This is also the foundation for his leadership of the Criminal Division.
How could Wei Shuyu not know his thoughts? Only by being able to control people's hearts can he make strategic plans. If he couldn't figure out this, Wei Shuyu would not have been assigned such an important task by Qin Huaidao.
But he doesn't care.
He doesn't care what anyone thinks, he only cares about his own thoughts and acts according to his heart. As long as the matter is right, it doesn't matter what the process is, as long as the result is achieved.
Ignoring the three-eyed knife's emotions, he ordered: "Be careful tonight, I'm sure the masked man will definitely arrange for a killer to come and assassinate you."
"Assassination? Weren't you still talking about cooperation this morning?" Three-Eyed Sword was a little confused.
Wei Shuyu smiled. If it were anyone under Tianyan, he would not have to explain to the other person, because they only need to execute, but the three-eyed sword in front of him is completely different.