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Chapter 788: Clues (3)

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Sanchuan County, Luocheng.

This is a medium-sized old city left over from the early days of the founding of the Wei State. Its original scale was far inferior to Anling, Zhengcheng, Puyang and other large cities in the Wei State. It was just a place where several small and medium-sized clans from the He and Sheang ethnic groups lived together. , but after Zhao Hongrun established the Luoshui Alliance, this city has rapidly developed into a unique city in Sanchuan County.

The once prosperous places in Sanchuan County, such as Yiyang, Yiluo, Quangao and other places where the Jie and Yi tribes lived, have all become eclipsed in front of Luocheng, because Luocheng is currently the only free trade center in Sanchuan County. Big city.

Here, there are people of the Yi people, Jie people, Yi people, Wei people, Songjun people, and even Korean smugglers in disguise. More and more people of all kinds are gathering in Luocheng to conduct transactions and exchange what they have. .

The original Luo City has become a camp for the Sichuan-Luo Alliance Guards. Under the leadership of the Baiyang Tribe, the Qingyang Tribe, the Lun Tribe, and the Meng Tribe of the Yi Tribe, the Yi and Yi Tribes As well as some Jie warriors, they guard the security of the city.

Although there are only a few thousand Sichuan Luo cavalry responsible for maintaining public security, in fact, no bandit forces in the surrounding areas dare to attack Sichuan Luo, because the permanent population of Sichuan Luo has exceeded 100,000, and more and more people live around the old city. The tribes of the Luoshui Alliance.

In Sanchuan County, any adult man is an excellent horse archer.

"(In Chinese) Shopkeeper, I want this, this, and this."

Next to a street stall, a girl from Wei State spoke a slightly unfamiliar Shen dialect. She held the reins with one hand and pointed to a kind of cake that was not available in Wei State on the stove, and negotiated the price with the shopkeeper. .

"(Liang language) Two Wei copper rings, right? Okay." The girl turned to look at a burly man behind her who was also holding a horse, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang Jian?"

The burly man named Wang Jun said helplessly: "When we meet the prince, we will go to the Qingyang tribe for a banquet... If you fill your stomach here, you won't be able to eat anymore..."

But having said that, he still took out the money bag from his arms, and took out two copper coins engraved with the word Wei from the money bag. These were not the ordinary small copper coins commonly used in Wei State, but the currency newly minted by the Ministry of Household Affairs last year. , so to distinguish them, the Wei people sometimes called them Su's Wei Tonghuan, because this was the currency promoted by Zhao Hongrun, King Su of the Wei State.

"Thank you for your business, beautiful girl." The store owner took the money and handed the pancake with roasted mutton to the girl with a smile. He couldn't help but praise the girl's beauty.

"Hehe, uncle, your words about Wei are really good." The girl praised with a smile, and then said goodbye to the store, leading a horse forward and nibbling the food in her hands, her face expressionless. of joy.

...and pride.

"It's really amazing, Hongrun..."

A pair of beautiful eyes looked around at the prosperous scene around her, and the girl sincerely praised it.

The burly man named Wang Yan glanced around after hearing this, and then nodded in agreement: "His Royal Highness King Su is indeed amazing. He did not use war to conquer the people here, but used peace and mutual benefits to make them happy.

I am willing to surrender to my great Wei..."

"Hee hee." Listening to Wang Jun's praise, the smile on the girl's face grew wider, as if the former was praising her.

Along the prosperous street, the girl and Wang Jian returned to the inn where they lived. After placing the horses, they went to the guest room on the second floor.

In a room on the second floor, a middle-aged man who could tell at first glance that he was not an ordinary person was sitting in the room, looking attentively at a piece of paper in his hand that was only the size of two fingers, with an ugly expression on his face.

"Uncle Six." The girl opened the door and barged in with a smile.

The man called Uncle Six subconsciously held the note in his palm and scolded him in a doting tone: "You girl, you are becoming more and more unruly. When you enter Uncle Six's room, why don't you knock on the door?"

What?"

"Hehe..." The girl stuck out her tongue playfully, showing no fear at all, because she knew that Uncle Six in front of her would not really blame her for this.

Sure enough, seeing the girl's playful behavior, Uncle Six shook his head helplessly, then called the girl to his side, stroked her hair lovingly, and asked with a chuckle: "Have you competed with Wang Jian today? Who is it?

Win?"

"Of course it's me. Uncle Wang Jun is far behind me..." The girl gestured the distance exaggeratedly, leaving the two men in the room helpless.

"He's leaving it to you." Uncle Six said angrily: "Wang Jun is a man who has passed the test of being a warrior in the Qingyang tribe. How could he lose to you on horseback?" As he said that, he stretched out his hand and put his hand on the girl's forehead.

Bounced.

The girl screamed in pain, then turned back to look at Wang Jian angrily, and said angrily: "Uncle Wang Jian, didn't you promise not to let me go?"

Wang Jun smiled and said: "The humble position means...as long as Her Royal Highness the Princess is happy."

"Hmph, you let someone win on purpose. What's so happy about winning?" The girl pretended to be angry and sat on a stool nearby.

Seeing this, Uncle Liu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't lose your temper. Yulong, you go back to your room and clean up. We have to return to Daliang immediately."

"Return to Daliang?" The girl, no, Princess Yulong, was stunned and asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to the Qingyang tribe?"

Uncle Six, or rather King Yi Zhao Yuanli, pinched the note in his hand and said in a nonchalant tone: "A big event happened in Daliang recently, Uncle Six has to go back..."



Wang Jian, Zongwei Chief Wang Jian looked at Zhao Yuanli's right hand.

In fact, when he just followed Princess Yulong into the door, Wang Yan noticed that his prince was looking at the note in his hand attentively, but the moment his prince held it in his hand, Wang Yan gave up and asked what happened.

thought.

"We're going back to Daliang now..." Princess Yulong was a little frustrated when she heard this.

At this time, Zhao Yuanli said with a smile: "Hongrun has returned to Daliang, don't you want to meet him?"

"Really?" Princess Yulong said in surprise: "Hongrun has already defeated Chu?"

"Yeah." Zhao Yuanli nodded.

"It's amazing..." Princess Yulong murmured to herself, then ran out and returned to the door of the room a moment later. She playfully said to Zhao Yuanli: "Uncle Six, please don't tell Hongrun that I know how to do it."

He speaks the Sheng language..."

"Okay." Zhao Yuanli nodded fondly.

Seeing this, Wang Yan took a deep look at his prince, and then left the room to protect Princess Yulong.

After Princess Yulong and Wang Jian left the room, Zhao Yuanli released his right hand and stared at the note in his hand.

"...It shouldn't be, why..."

There was a hint of confusion and inexplicable horror on Zhao Yuanli's face.

At the same time, in Daliang City, in a torture room in the Dali Temple Prison, Zhao Hongrun, Xu Rong, and Chu Shuli were watching the prison officer torture Zhang Sanxiao, one of the two minor officials in the treasury room of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

one.

It's a pity that no matter how tortured and interrogated the prison officer and several guards were, the junior official named Zhang Sanxiao never pleaded guilty and kept shouting that he was wronged, so that Chu Shuli, the president of Daliang Mansion, showed his intolerance several times.

color.

After all, Chu Shuli was the governor who was in charge of the people's livelihood in Daliang, so he would naturally be resistant to such cruel methods of Dali Temple.

"Master Xu." Glancing at the suspect Zhang Sanxiao who was tortured into coma again, Chu Shuli whispered to Xu Rong: "With such severe torture, even if this person pleads guilty, he will be beaten... It will not be used in the investigation of this case.

There’s no help at all.”

As he spoke, he turned to look at Zhao Hongrun. Judging from the expression on his face, he probably hoped that Zhao Hongrun could say something to stop Xu Rong from continuing the torture.

However, Zhao Hongrun did not speak.

Because he felt that Xu Rong's judgment was correct and that there was indeed something wrong with these two minor officials. After all, there was enough evidence to prove that these two minor officials had tampered with the record book.

If it really had nothing to do with the case, why did they make false statements in the record book?

Xu Rong glanced at Zhao Hongrun and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved again.

Thinking about it, His Highness King Su next to him was once the commander-in-chief of more than 200,000 Wei troops. Countless enemy soldiers died under his command. How could he really be a merciful person?

In contrast, Chu Shuli, the chief minister of the Daliang Mansion who usually had a good relationship with him, was even more soft-hearted and pedantic.

Shaking his head secretly, Xu Rong waved his hand and asked the prison officer and several jailers to step aside. He walked up to the young official named Zhang Sanxiao and said coldly: "Zhang Sanxiao, now that things have happened, you

Are you still unwilling to confess?...Do you know what a crime it is to murder the Minister of Punishment? If you are willing to confess and reveal the person behind you, this government can make the decision to prevent your family from being implicated..."

Hearing these words, Zhang Sanxiao raised his head with difficulty and pleaded bitterly: "Sir, the villain is wronged...The villain is really wronged..."

Stubborn!

Xu Rong frowned and snorted: "You were wronged? Then how do you explain the falsification in the record book?"

"Maybe... maybe the villain was confused at the time and wrote the wrong time..." Zhang Sanxiao said intermittently.

Xu Rong's eyes widened when he heard this, and he yelled angrily: "I asked you at that time, and you kept promising that what you two said would not be false, but now you tell me that you remembered it wrong?...

Come on, keep fighting!"

As soon as he said this, the door of the execution room was opened, and Yang Yu, the young minister of Dali Temple, stepped in, cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, another junior official has confessed."

"..." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhang Sanxiao for a few times.

Unfortunately, because Zhang Sanxiao was tied to the torture rack with ropes and his head was hanging down, Zhao Hongrun did not see the person's exact expression at this time.

He just had a feeling that the Zhang Sanxiao in front of him might be calmer inside than he showed.

This person is probably not just a small official from a local household in Daliang. (To be continued.)


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