Chapter 219: Evil people still need to be punished by evil people
It was already late at night.
Li Yan asked Shen Juyuan and Yang Zaisi to rest in Dalun Temple, and took Yang Zaiwei, who had recovered a certain amount of mobility after drinking medicine to set bones, to the royal city.
Another late night.
Li Yan was in high spirits and showed no sign of fatigue. Even though Yang Zaiwei lost blood and was seriously injured, he didn't feel tired at all.
Seeing how strong this person was, Li Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Have you activated all five senses of your consciousness?"
Yang Zaiwei said proudly: "Not bad!"
Li Yan asked again: "Your consciousness-only power was taught by Master Xuanzang?"
Yang Zaiwei sneered: "You never want to know this!"
Li Yan understood: "It seems not. Who is your master?"
Yang Zaiwei shut up.
Li Yan put on a chatting posture: "Did your master rescue you from Ya Po? Or did you escape on your own and then learn from him?"
Yang Zaiwei pinched the horse's belly and began to speed up: "Drive!"
But the lion Cong followed up easily and snorted provocatively at the wild horse under his crotch.
Li Yan continued: "You don't want to answer Shicheng, and I won't force you. There is another question that is difficult to explain. You pretended to be your brother and thought you would not be discovered by others. Yes, you two are exactly the same. You can't tell. Flaws, but how are you going to explain to this person?"
Yang Zaiwei was stunned for a moment, then realized who he was talking about, and his pupils shrank slightly.
Li Yan asked: "How do you explain to Yang Zaisi? Your original plan was to keep him tied up in the Dzogchen Temple, and then the envoy was slandered and took Yang Zaisi back with you? Is Yang Zaisi willing to commit treason and murder with you?"
Yang Zaiwei couldn't help but said: "If Yang Zaisi is willing, then the two of us will be replaced when we leave Beijing. How can you see anything unusual?"
Li Yan nodded: "Yes, that's why I'm most surprised by this. If you really don't care about your brother's life and death, it's normal to pretend to be him and commit crimes. But after I saw you were caught, you were still willing to rescue Yang Zaisi and exonerate him. How do you explain your behavior is so contradictory?"
"Ha, wait for you..."
Yang Zaiwei raised his head, reacted suddenly, and said decisively: "Ah, yes, I just don't care about Yang Zaisi's life or death!"
After that, I asked no more questions.
Li Yan's eyes flickered and he said no more.
The two of them hurriedly arrived at the royal city.
After walking around the wall, I found a gap and jumped in without even leaving the horses outside.
But when Yang Zaiwei led the way to an area with many patrols and seemed affluent, Li Yan couldn't help but be surprised: "Why come to a gathering place for businessmen?"
Yang Zaiwei said coldly: "Ya people rarely have direct contact with sellers. They usually use the channels of merchants. Even many wealthy merchants relied on this method to get started!"
Li Yan suddenly realized: "Human trafficking is a waste of money. These profit-seeking businessmen will indeed participate. Do you know who is involved?"
Yang Zaiwei shook his head: "I don't have much familiarity with Tubo. I can only give you a rough clue. Aren't you a great detective? Please show your skills! If you can find the person tonight, I will be your thug without any complaints!"
Li Yan couldn't help but laugh: "I've become an assassin, so naughty~"
Yang Zaiwei's face turned green, but he saw Li Yan observing for a moment and walking towards a courtyard with a clear goal.
The merchants hired a large number of guards, but in the eyes of the two of them, it was just a fake. They arrived at the inner house as if they were in a deserted place.
Li Yan entered the room, came to the bed, and knocked gently.
The businessman on the bed turned over with great vigilance. When he saw the two people standing in front of the bed, he was shocked: "Who!"
Li Yan said calmly: "It's me."
The businessman took a closer look by candlelight, and his expression suddenly changed from alert and fearful to one of surprise and surprise: "Li Jiyi?"
Yang Zaiwei was a little surprised: "You really have people everywhere?"
Li Yan smiled: "Let me introduce you. This is Tuoba Gong, a party businessman who I met on the polo field."
Tuoba Gong immediately stood up, put on his clothes, and saluted respectfully: "I wonder if Li Jiyi has something important to do late at night. As long as I can do it, Li Jiyi will do his best!"
Li Yan knew very well that Tuoba Gong cared most about the Wuwei An family's face.
Wuwei An's family took root in Liangzhou and closely followed Hu merchants' business routes into the Central Plains. As soon as An Shengan spoke, Tuoba Gong did not dare to disobey.
In addition, the internal guards were extremely powerful, and the merchants wanted to curry favor with him, so Tuoba Gong naturally lived up to his name and was respectful and respectful.
Therefore, he was not polite and asked directly: "Which of you businessmen are engaged in human trafficking?"
Tuoba Gong heard that his tone was not right, and when he saw Yang Zaiwei's cold eyes behind him, his heart palpitated.
But after weighing it, he still didn't dare to lie. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's all involved, more or less, and our caravan is no exception. We are selling Kunlun slaves."
Li Yan said expressionlessly: "Tell me about these Kunlun slaves."
Tuoba Gong said: "Kunlun slaves are said to be as strong as cattle, gentle in temperament, down-to-earth and upright, so they are quite popular among the nobles. In fact, they are lazy and untrustworthy. It is also because of the high price that we bought it from the big food merchant.
Buy Kunlun slaves and send them to China for sale..."
Li Yan asked: "Where did you buy the food?"
Tuoba Gong said: "I don't know the details, but we named it Kunlun Kingdom, and it has the name Kunlun Slave."
There are many speculations about the origin of Kunlun slaves in later generations. One theory is that they came from Southeast Asia and South Asia.
But the black slaves there were short blacks. Their physical characteristics were short stature, with an average height of more than 1.4 meters, and short heads and thighs.
Not to mention whether he can endure hardships and stand hard work, his body shape alone is very different from the rumored Kunlun slave.
Therefore, one of the most credible theories is that black people from northeastern Africa were brought by large food merchants along the Silk Road and sent to the Tang Dynasty.
Kunlun has nothing to do with the Kunlun Mountains. In all likelihood, it is the land of black Africans. During the Tang Dynasty, there were ancient records of people going to Kunlun to get gold, that is, going to Africa to get gold.
Yang Zaiwei didn't care about Kunlun slaves and said coldly: "Have you ever robbed Tang people?"
Tuoba Gong hurriedly said: "I am also from the Tang Dynasty. I would never dare to rob my country's population, otherwise I will be hanged!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yan asked: "Where is Sun Poru's woman?"
Tuoba Gong answered quickly: "Sun Poru is very united. It would be very troublesome to get them into trouble. We won't do that kind of thing."
Li Yanhan said: "What do you mean, someone has done this and had a conflict with Sun Boru?"
Tuoba Gong just hesitated for a moment and sold the other merchants: "Not just some, but many. Women in Sun Boru are in power, and the old customs still exist. Whether their women are slaves or concubines, the prices are very high, and there are many caravans."
Everyone’s eyes are hot.”
Li Yan said: "Are there any Yaren among them who succeeded in succeeding but then quickly disappeared?"
Tuoba Gong showed his embarrassment: "Li Jiyi, I have only come here to do business in the past two years. Now I want to go to Sun Boru to rob women. I can point out a few, but I don't know about those who have succeeded in the past..."
Li Yan waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, in this gathering place of merchants, which team is the oldest?"
Tuoba Gong thought for a moment and said, "It should be Shu merchant Liu Xingye."
Yang Zaiwei frowned: "Sichuan merchant?"
Tuoba Gong explained: "The merchants here change very quickly. There are many from the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions, the grasslands, and the Southern Barbarians. But the ones who have been trading with the Tibetan people for the longest time are the merchants from Shu. They sell
Damn, that’s really dark!”
Look at your envious and jealous tone.
Li Yan said: "Call Liu Xingye."
Tuoba Gong's face froze and he said helplessly: "Li Jiyi, this Liu Xingye is the head of a big guild of Shu merchants. He thinks very highly of himself. It's so late, I'm afraid I won't be able to invite him."
Li Yan said: "Since he is the leader of the meeting, it would be easier. If you send someone over, just tell the internal security agency that Li Yuanfang is here and ask him to come over."
After watching Tuoba Gong go out to make arrangements, he squinted his eyes and said, "It's quite majestic. Rich merchants are shouting around. It's a pity that Shu is autistic and I'm afraid I won't give you this opportunity to save face!"
Li Yan ignored him.
Less than half an hour later, Liu Xingye hurriedly appeared in the room with a smile on his face: "I've heard of Li Jiyi's name a long time ago and worked for our benefit. I'm really lucky to see you today!"
Li Yan nodded: "Liu Huishou is too polite."
Yang Zaiyong looked at it, puzzled. Why should Shu merchants look at the faces of outsiders?
Of course it is necessary.
Shu merchants are not short of money, but the money cannot be circulated, so they are very enthusiastic about the flying money business.
If the conditions of the Dou Chamber of Commerce were more relaxed, they might all agree. The government promotes flying money, and Shu merchants are more willing to bribe the government with silver coins in exchange for the opportunity to expand their business territory.
Regarding Li Yan, who had the real power to promote huge business changes, Liu Xingye rushed over immediately. He listened to Tuoba Gong's retelling on the way and answered without any delay: "There is indeed a team of Ya people in the royal city. There used to be a large number of Ya people."
He abducted women from Sun Poru, but then disappeared inexplicably, and there were rumors that he was retaliated."
Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "Rumors? It seems you know the truth?"
Liu Xingye said: "To be honest with Li Jiyi, I also want to trade with Sun Boru. I did an investigation on this matter and found that not only were those Ya people not killed, they were still living in the royal city. They even changed their identities and moved into East Street."
Zan Xiruo's Da Lun Mansion is located on East Street in the Tubo City. Its status is equivalent to that of the cities and towns in Chang'an that are closest to the Daming Palace and the Imperial City. They are all places where dignitaries live.
Li Yan and Yang Zaiwei looked at each other and said coldly: "Give us your position."
Liu Xingye was well prepared and mentioned seven or eight mansions in one go.
Yang Zaiwei said bitterly: "So many?"
Li Yan's brows wrinkled slightly.
Tuoba Gong, who was standing next to him, saw this and took advantage of the situation to ask, "Is Li Jiyi trying to cause trouble for those Ya people?"
Li Yan nodded: "Yes, but if we search them one by one, not to mention the time problem, it will be easy to alert the snake!"
Tuoba Gong knew that the opportunity to show off had come, and immediately said: "Li Jiyi, can you leave this matter to me?"
Li Yandao: "This matter is no small matter! What are you going to do?"
Tuoba Gong handed over his hand: "I'm afraid my method may not be heard by Li Jiyi, but please allow me to give it a try!"
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Just half a day later.
There was a message coming from outside. Yang Zaiwei listened for a moment and said with a pleased expression: "That Party member has some tricks up his sleeve. He kidnapped Yaren's wife and children."