Wu Huaiyu was a little panicked, feeling like he had been caught in bed, and he was both in love with and a little afraid of Fan Xuanfu.
"It doesn't seem to be the case. Do you want to capture the person?"
"Are you sure you're not Madam Fan's?"
"Definitely not." Xu Jizu had been following Huaiyu for a while, so he knew Madam Fan very well, "If it were her, she would definitely have killed the horse directly."
"Let's go and have a look."
When Huaiyu heard that he was not a member of the Fan family, he felt much calmer.
The small courtyard of Yankangfang is close to Yong'an Canal. Huaiyu and Xu Erzhangzi lay on the wall to conduct secret reconnaissance. Sure enough, they saw a few guys sneaking around nearby, although they made some cover-ups.
"How did you find out?"
"Erlang, you suspect that I am stupid? Although I am not small, I am not stupid. Look at these guys, they are all Turks. They have been surrounding this small courtyard for a long time. How can you not make people suspicious?" Xu Er was very confident.
Sad and angry, he was called a shrewd and coward by the village when he was a child. Although he got the nickname "Second Pole" when he grew up, it was because his father used to make a drink called Wubai.
"Turks? Could it be that because I beat Ashina today, they are going to take revenge on me?" Huaiyu pinched his chin.
"I just asked Marshall, your old Persian disciple of Hu Ji's family, and he said that these people showed up early in the morning and came back and forth several times. At that time, you hadn't even gone to court, let alone smoked that
Green Wolf."
Turks worship wolves. In the Ashina Turkic language, it means both blue and noble wolf. The Turkic royal family also called themselves Blue Turks, while the Tang people directly called them Qinglang.
"Early in the morning?"
It's not right now.
"Catch one of them and interrogate him, then we'll know?" Er Zhuangzi was eager to give it a try.
Huaiyu thought for a while, "It's not good to arrest people without evidence. Of course, if it's the officials, it's reasonable suspicion."
Wu Huaiyu climbed over the wall and jumped into the yard next door. He quietly left the square and found the Wuhou Shop at the street outside the square.
He directly revealed his identity, and Zuo Qianniu prepared himself and escorted the Qianqi camp to envoy Daling County's male general Xun.
"I've seen Wu Qianniu!"
A group of Wuhou in the street shop stood in awe of Huaiyu and joined hands in greeting.
"I now have reason to suspect that those people are spies or even killers sent by the Turkic Jieli Khan. They may want to spy on my Tang Dynasty's top military secret, the palm mine, and they may even want to kidnap me to interrogate this secret,"
"These damn wolf cubs are so arrogant that they dare to run wild in our city of Chang'an. Let's go and capture them now."
The streets of Chang'an City are dotted with the shops of Wuhou Mansion, where Wuhou is stationed, responsible for street security.
These are regular troops.
"Call more people. It's best to call in the knights patrolling the streets. We can't let one wolf cub escape and slip through the net. We have to catch them all." Huaiyu said.
"Our street shop is a big shop, and there are twenty people there. Is that enough?" The Wuhou was obviously unwilling to call Xiaowei. Firstly, he wanted to monopolize the credit, and secondly, he was also responsible for the security of Chang'an Street, so the street shop
The relationship between Wuhou and Xiaowei Patrol is not a good one.
"It's better to call the patrol, just in case. If we capture all the wolf cubs, everyone will have merit. But if one escapes, then not only will the merit be lost, but the fault will also be exceeded."
As soon as Huaiyu said these words, the Wuhous in the street shops also came to their senses.
"Understood, call the Xiaowei patrol immediately. We can also call the nearby street shops to provide support." Wu Hou acted quickly.
There are Wuhou shops all over the city gates, square gates, and street corners of Chang'an City. There are one hundred people in the big city gate street shop, twenty people in the small city gate, twenty big ones in the square corner street shop, and five small ones. They are responsible for both.
Security and vigilance, and also responsible for firefighting.
Several Wuhou quickly dispatched to make contact, and soon a patrol of Xiaowei was called, as were the Wuhou from two adjacent street shops.
In front of Wu Huaiyu, Zuo Qianniu's bodyguard and escorting Qianqi battalion, several officers leading the team cooperated and accepted his on-site command.
The incident occurred suddenly, involving military secrets such as palm thunder, and no one dared to neglect it.
Huaiyu led them into the workshop, and summoned Fang Zheng at the entrance of the workshop, asking him to quickly bring along the guards on duty, and together they quickly sealed off the street of Irina's house.
"Try to capture them alive, but if they dare to resist or escape, they will be killed on the spot."
Huaiyu's identity made no one doubt his orders.
"These wolf cubs actually dare to run wild in Chang'an City. They really think we are vegetarians."
"Wu Qianniu was still alert and saw through their disguise at a glance."
In a short period of time, 30 Wuhou, 20 patrols, and 20 Fang Ding, Xiaowei patrols, and Street Shop Wuhou quickly gathered. They were all soldiers of the Twelve Prefectures, and they were all covered with armor.
, holding a crossbow with a bow and a horizontal sword hanging on the waist, while others held a shield and a spear.
The patrolmen rode directly into the street, divided into two teams, occupied favorable positions on the street, and were responsible for intercepting.
Fang Zheng, who was familiar with the situation inside the square, led his men at the front, followed by the heavily armed Marquis Wu.
Huaiyu is holding the Qianniu Dao, and two poles are holding horizontal knives at the side.
They dispersed and surrounded them, moving swiftly.
Soon we arrived in front of the dome-shaped white house beside Irina Yong'an Canal. In the alley outside the house, Turks in twos and threes stared outside.
Fang Zheng looked at these people, gritted his teeth and said with hatred, "Damn wolf cubs, you are running wild on my territory and seeking death." He was a little angry and impatient. These people were causing trouble on his territory. This was his dereliction of duty. He hadn't done anything yet.
It would be a serious dereliction of duty to discover it in time.
Fortunately, Wu Qianniu found out in time and now he is redeeming himself.
He and the shopkeeper looked carefully from a distance for a while, and soon screened the people outside the white house, recognizing that some were residents of the house, while some unfamiliar Turks were obviously not from the house.
"Are those Turks also from the house?"
"Well, our Yankang Square is close to the West Market. There are many Hu merchants and Hu people living in the square. Those Turks are all residents in the square."
"We'll take it together later."
Fang Zheng was surprised, "They have lived in Fang for a long time, two of them have been there for several years."
"Then we have to take it down together. We happen to be here at this time. I'm afraid it may not be such a coincidence. Let's take it down first."
Fang Zheng came back to his senses and nodded quickly. He had made another mistake just now. This official was very upset. Fang Zheng was not an official, but he was also an official in charge of the people. As Fang Zheng, he was exempted from school service.
, it also had some benefits, and he didn’t want to lose this job.
Huaiyu made the final arrangements.
The Wuhous also formed a battle formation of three squads, three squads and one squadron.
At the entrance of the alley, a Turkic man with a hooked nose was sitting there wearing a beard hat, as if he was resting. This man was also one of the old residents mentioned by Fang Zheng, but he looked around from time to time, which clearly exposed him.
He's just a warning person.
Xu Jizu lowered his head and pretended to be a passerby, approaching him calmly. Big Nose looked at him and continued to show off. Just when Xu Jizu was about to walk over, he suddenly took action.
Knocked down Big Nose and quickly locked it.
Big Nose wanted to make a sound, but received a hard blow on the back of his head, and he fainted as soon as his eyes rolled.
Huaiyu led others to continue touching it.
When they brought down the third man, that man warned his companions, and the Turks immediately became alert and began to flee.
"shoot!"
Bows and crossbows were fired one after another without mercy.
Several Turks who wanted to flee were shot by sharp arrows and turned into hedgehogs. Others were still running after being hit by arrows and endured the pain. Wuhou, carrying a shield and a spear, rushed forward to intercept the fight.
The two Turks jumped into Yong'an Canal decisively, but Fang Zheng also jumped in with Fang Ding without hesitation.
The patrolling knights from the outside rushed in on horseback. The sound of horse hooves hit the alleyway, making a clanging sound. The patrolling knights immediately stabbed down several Turks who were trying to escape with a spear.
In less than a moment, all the Turks were defeated and captured.
"Three died and seven were captured alive."
Fang Zheng was wet but also excited. They also captured all the Turks who jumped into the ditch.
Wuhou and the patrolmen came over and asked Huaiyu what to do next.
Huaiyu looked at the injured and bleeding Turks.
"Separate them immediately and interrogate them. Since some of them are old residents here for several years, it means that these Turkic wolf cubs have been lurking here for a long time. If you interrogate them quickly, you may be able to follow the clues and catch more lurking wolf cubs."
"Fangzheng, you immediately go to the Yongzhou Yamen in Guangdefang in the south to report the case and ask them to send someone over quickly. This time we encountered a big fish."
Other yamen should have been responsible for interrogating this kind of thing, but Huaiyu guessed that these Turks must be related to the Turkic spy network lurking in Chang'an. He quickly took action before they knew about it. Maybe he could arrest more. If it was delayed, it might be possible.
If the other party knows that the person here has been arrested, the clues will be cut off.
Those Turks are still very tough.
But Huaiyu was not afraid of their toughness, and would not be polite to these lurking Turkic Wuhou. He even asked Fang Zheng to take them directly to the houses of the Turks living in the house.
Those Turks lived in the square, and some of them had lived there for more than ten years. They were Hu merchants from the West City, and they had wives and children in Yankang Square.
Huaiyu led his men to quickly surround their house, and then rushed in to arrest anyone he saw.
As expected, strangers were found in the home of the Turkic Hu Shang with a hooked nose at the beginning. There were more than one stranger. They were raided and resisted fiercely.
But they were no match for the heavily armed Tang army. After three strong Turkic men were shot into hedgehogs, the rest were knocked down and captured.
"Search, search the house carefully, and interrogate the family members separately to obtain first-hand confessions."
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About a quarter of an hour later, someone came from the Yongzhou Yamen in Guangdefang, and soon after that Yang Tuo, the magistrate of Chang'an County, also came.
Another quarter of an hour later, someone came from outside.
"The secretary of the lower official, the Provincial Secretary, came to Ji, and was ordered to summon Zuo Qianniu Wu Huaiyu to enter the palace immediately to meet the saint!" the green-robed official announced to everyone.
Wu Huaiyu immediately handed over the affairs here to Xiang Tu, the magistrate of Chang'an County, and followed Lai Ji into the palace.
"Is Erlang not injured?"
"fine."
"Your Majesty was very angry when he heard that the Turks were planning an assassination in Chang'an and wanted to seize the secrets of the Palm Thunder. He has sent people to start a thorough investigation."
The school secretary, Lai Ji, was sixteen years old and was one of the talented people admitted to this year's imperial examination. He cared about Wu Huaiyu because he was very close to Qin Qiong.
Lai Ji's father Lai Hu'er, the great general of the Sui Dynasty, Rong Guo Gong, Qin Qiong started his career as a soldier of Lai Hu'er in his early years. Lai Hu'er later died in the Jiangdu mutiny. Both his father and brother died. He and his brother Lai Heng were young.
Escaped in my hometown.
Qin Qiong has taken good care of Lai's brothers over the years. Because of this relationship, Lai Ji and Huaiyu can be regarded as half-sworn brothers.
"Those people are really assassins sent by Turk Jieli, are they careful?"
"Well, some of them have been lurking in Chang'an for many years. These guys want to assassinate me, but let me follow the clues and uncover a network of Turkic spies."
