Good things can attract people's attention just as quickly as bad things. What's more, Mayi is a place where merchants gather. With these merchants from all over the world, House of Flying Daggers quickly became popular on the grasslands. The Huqin is of course the most played instrument.
, when there was no huqin, the combination of war drums and horns was also quite penetrating. Su Ren didn’t know who adapted the music into military music, but suddenly one morning he heard different versions of the performance.
Han Qing said while eating: "I'm afraid it won't take long before the Chanyu will hate you to the core. By doing this, do you want to force the Chanyu to attack Mayi?"
Su Ren swallowed the last mouthful of corn porridge, moved his tongue flexibly in a circle in his mouth, and dug out the corn from between his teeth. He rinsed his mouth with water and said to Man Niu: "Today's corn porridge is cooked."
It’s very good, who cooked it?”
Man Niu said: "It's a new cook who came from Wuzhou a few days ago."
"Oh, it belongs to General Li's family, right? Sure enough, he worked for a wealthy family, and the food he made was much more delicious. I will reward him with ten coins. Since he did a good job, he will let City Lord Sang process the money.
"
"No!" Manniu agreed and helped Su Ren put away the tableware.
Han Qing drank the porridge in his bowl in two gulps and grabbed Su Ren: "Sir, didn't you listen to me? Where are you going?"
Su Ren glanced at Han Qing: "Go out and walk around, you can eat slowly and don't be in a hurry."
"A disaster is about to happen to Mayi. Can I not be anxious?" Han Qing did not let go. He stood up and stood behind Su Ren: "Sir, it is very likely that Shanyu will be angered this time. If Shanyu goes crazy, he sends an army to attack Mayi.
, what should we do? After finally reaching the current situation, sir, are you really willing to give up like this?"
Su Ren smiled and said: "How could it be possible? We built Mayi City. You can't bear to be destroyed, but I can't bear it!"
Su Ren walked out, and Han Qing followed behind him. Outside the gate of the city lord's mansion, there were more than a dozen wooden stakes one foot high, with a person hanging on the top of each wooden stake. Some of them were stripped naked, Han Qing
The wind blew on them and their bodies were shaking constantly. These people's faces were pale, and there was no trace of blood on their lips. Hawking stood on the steps and watched the two guards whipping those guys with whips.
Su Ren looked up and asked Hawking: "What? Only a few were arrested today?"
Hawking snorted coldly: "These guys care about eating but not beating. They just killed ten yesterday and found ten today. They were all smelly and hard. They didn't even mention how they beat them. I want to see what they are."
Their skin is more powerful than my whip, so hit them, hard!"
If a person is frozen too hard, the blood will coagulate. When a whip is whipped up, a ridge will appear on the smooth skin, but the blood will not flow out. The ridge should be very painful. The tortured guy's teeth rattled, but he still remained.
He closed his eyes and lowered his head without saying a word. Another whip was applied, and a second ridge appeared on his left chest. The man couldn't bear it any longer, so he opened his mouth and shouted.
Hawking sneered: "I thought they were all mute, so I continued to beat them until they told me!"
The people on the pillars include Huns, people from the Western Regions, and even two Han people. One of them, Su Ren, knew him. Su Ren had tea in his shop yesterday. This person came from Shu County and was considered one of the first batch.
A merchant who joined the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce. Not to mention that Cui Jiuming didn't expect that, even Su Ren didn't expect that he was also a member of the Mo family. It seems that the Mo family had already targeted him when he was in Chengdu, because he had never been very big.
As a result, this person can hide for so long.
"I say, I say everything!" After being whipped ten times, the merchant from Shu County finally couldn't hold on any longer. For so many years, he made a lot of money with the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce, enjoying exquisite food every day, and looking for the best girls to serve him.
.Suddenly one day he was subjected to such inhuman torture, which was really unbearable.
Hawking smiled and asked someone to put the businessman down. The man landed on his feet and immediately collapsed on the ground. A thick coat covered his body, and he held warm ginger soup in his hands. Hawking walked down the steps and squatted in front of the man: "
Tell me? You know what to say? If you dare to hide something, don’t go back tonight. You should have seen those guys who froze to death yesterday. If you don’t want to die like that, just tell the truth.”
The man was shaking so hard that he couldn't even bring the ginger soup bowl to his mouth: "The villain Guo Quanyou was ordered to stay in Chengdu ten years ago and stayed there for two years. The boss never came to me. I thought this would be the end of my life."
After that, who would have expected that they would let me join the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce..."
Guo Quanyou said it was very pitiful. Generally speaking, he was a victim. Everything was controlled by the Mohist giant. He told the Mo family about the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce. As for whether the Moh family had any spies in the chamber of commerce, he didn't know at all.
"What else? Who do you contact?"
"The villain doesn't contact anyone. They always come to find the villain. I really don't know who else is there. Please Brother Huo, please let me go? I really don't know!"
Mo Yu had been standing at the gate with no expression on his face. Looking at Guo Quanyou's trembling body and listening to Guo Quanyou telling everything he knew, he didn't make any move. Hawking turned to look at Mo Yu and turned to face
Su Rendao: "Brother, this guy didn't tell the truth. Why don't you hang him up and give him a few more whips?"
Su Ren nodded slightly, and Huo Jin ordered people to hang Guo Quanyou up again. Guo Quanyou was the Han merchant who Ying Guangji said had gone to Mo Yu. Since he could go to Mo Yu, it naturally means that those words just now were lies.
The people of the Mo family are very loyal to the Mo family, and Su Ren knows this very well. The reason why Guo Quanyou was operated on was entirely to frighten Mo Yu. I don't know if the effect will be good, but at least it can make Mo Yu calm down for a while.
The cries of ghosts and wolves can be heard throughout Mayi, and merchants and porters have become numb to it. Since the epidemic occurred a few months ago, several people have died in Mayi City every day. The real merchants are also the most powerful group. They
He didn't care who was going to be hoisted to the wooden pole, as long as it wasn't him. There weren't many people watching today, and naturally there wasn't a lot of interest in what was going on.
When the twenty-ninth lash was struck, Guo Quanyou stopped shouting. The execution guard glanced at Hawking. Hawking waved his hand to put Guo Quanyou down, put his hand under his nose to test, and then touched the right side of his neck. Hawking
He sneered and said: "He's actually dead! This is too tough to bear a beating!"
The death of one person greatly shocked the others, and some of them started shouting confessions. These were two people from the Western Regions. They came to Mayi to do business. They thought that the city lords of Mayi were the same as the city lords of other places.
They were easy to deceive, and they did not pay taxes on the spirits they brought privately. They were found out by the guards at the city gate, so they were hanged here. Tax evasion was not a serious crime, so Hawking did not take off their clothes.
"God bless me, and please have mercy on me, little general. We will pay taxes again and accept the punishment willingly!"
Hawking chuckled: "That's great! Okay, take them down to deal with it, and the others will continue!"
No longer interested in watching Hawking deal with these miscellaneous guys, Su Ren left the city lord's mansion to do what he had to do every day, inspecting the entire market. Because of winter, there were still many fewer merchants here compared to summer and autumn. Since then,
As I walked past each shop, the shopkeeper who saw Su Ren nodded in greeting. Some of my acquaintances even invited Su Ren in for a cup of tea. In response, Su Ren smiled and remained polite.
The North Gate is where the Xiongnu merchants are most concentrated. I don’t know whether it is the consciousness of those merchants or someone’s deliberate planning. Generally speaking, the Xiongnu merchants gather at the North Gate, the Western Region merchants gather at the West Gate, and the Wuhuan merchants naturally choose the East Gate.
The south gate has become the most deserted place in Mayi. The first store at the north gate is Cui Jiuming's grain and rice shop. When Su Ren entered, Cui Jiuming and Ying Guangji were sitting in the corner of the shop drinking tea and chatting.
"You two can still be so happy. What did you say? Can you tell me?" Su Ren walked towards the two of them.
Cui Jiuming stood up quickly and said with a smile: "Nothing, just talk about it."
"Oh! I didn't bother you, did I?"
"No, no, I wish you could come. Why didn't you go to King Youxian's tent today? There are fine wines and delicacies there, as well as beautiful dancing girls from the Western Regions."
Su Ren sighed: "Sometimes you get tired of eating big fish and meat. I just want to have a cup of tea today. Don't you want to be welcomed by shopkeeper Cui?"
Su Ren sat down, Ying Guangji poured a cup of tea for Su Ren, and stood up to leave. Since Su Ren was here, he naturally wanted to discuss something with Cui Jiuming. If he stayed, he would be driven away. It would be better to be happy on his own.
He left, showing himself free and easy. As expected, neither Su Ren nor Cui Jiuming had any intention of keeping him, and Ying Guangji walked out with a smile.
Cui Jiuming sent Ying Guangji to the door and turned back. Su Ren lay on the table, rolling his eyes and looking at Cui Jiuming. Cui Jiuming felt uncomfortable: "What? What's wrong with me?"
Su Ren smiled: "I think you want to die early!"
Cui Jiuming laughed: "Now is the best time for me to live. How can I want to die? I have to live for at least another twenty years!"
"Oh..., if you really agree to Ying Guangji, I think you are not far from death."
Cui Jiuming was stunned: "You know everything?"
"Nonsense! Mayi is a big place like this. I don't want to know. Unfortunately, what you did is too secretive." Su Ren said with a serious face: "I know it's a big deal. Who knows if there is an emperor in this city?"
If you let the emperor know about it, it will be a big deal if you lose your life. I don’t know how many living people there are in the Cui family including Old Shopkeeper Cui and Zitong."
Cui Jiuming quickly looked around. Su Ren sneered: "Stop looking for me! I'll give you a suggestion, whether it's Ying Guangji or anyone else, stay as far away as possible. It's not that I want to control you. I just want to say this."
Say it once, you can decide for yourself what you want to do, and I will never interfere!"
Cui Jiuming nodded heavily: "Okay, I understand!"
Su Ren smiled: "I hope so! Lao Cui, take care of yourself!" (To be continued)
