"Your Highness, the proprietor of the Tianping Restaurant is Zhu Tianping's nephew, named Zhu Yan. He came to inform the shopkeeper to evacuate. We arrived just in time and surrounded them. We interrogated this Zhu Yan all night, and he began to refuse to tell us whether he was alive or dead.
, we used severe torture to pry open his mouth bit by bit. He is also from the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and he told the truth about Zhang Daqi’s death."
"Tell me more about it!" Guo Song was very interested. He leaned forward slightly and listened carefully to what Zhou Min said.
"Zhang Daqi was quite flamboyant in Chang'an at that time, showing off his wealth and status, and was targeted by the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Zhu Tianping's restaurant happened to be next door to Zhang Daqi's restaurant, so they recalled Zhu Yan back from Chengdu to provoke Zhu Tianping
Conflict with Zhang Daqi, Zhang Daqi was sent to Taiyuan not long after he found someone to smash up the Tianping Restaurant, where Zhang Daqi converted to Nestorianism and was roped into the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce."
Guo Song frowned, "Zhang Daqi joined the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce?"
"Zhu Yan explained this. Zhang Daqi joined the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce soon after arriving in Taiyuan. Later, Zhang Daqi seemed to regret it again, so the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce used Zhu Tianping to kill him, and then killed Zhu Tianping and his son. Zhu Yan then
Justifiably, I took over the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce..."
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Guo Song heard the clues. He interrupted Zhou Min's narrative and asked: "You mean Zhang Daqi's wealth has fallen into the hands of the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce?"
"Your Highness, I don't know much about Zhu Yan. The assassin Li Xiao took the initiative to contact him. He heard from Li Xiao that Li Xiao shot and killed Zhang Daqi in Taiyuan. He doesn't know the specific details of Taiyuan."
"Where is this Li Xiao now?"
Zhou Min shook his head, "Zhu Yan doesn't know either. He said that Li Xiao likes to drink and talks nonsense after drinking? Did he try to persuade Li Xiao? But Li Xiao didn't take it seriously. He thought that Li Xiao talked too much? He might have been betrayed by Tang.
The River Chamber of Commerce eradicated it.”
At this moment, there was the sound of rapid running outside, and then someone said outside: "Your Highness? The internal guards have an urgent intelligence report!"
"Let him come in and talk!"
After a while, the guards brought in a captain of the inner guard. The captain knelt down on one knee and reported: "Your Highness? Report to the deputy commander. The brothers outside the city caught the two shopkeepers who had evacuated from the West City and at the same time caught the notice.
Their contact person for evacuation.”
Zhou Min was overjoyed and hurriedly explained to Guo Song: "Have you caught the contact person? Can it be traced back to the chief manager named Kang? The humble official thought that the contact person had escaped. He was frustrated for a long time, but he didn't expect to be caught."
Guo Song smiled and waved his hand, "No need to explain, just go quickly!"
Zhou Min bowed, said goodbye and left in a hurry...
A large number of internal guards were stationed in an inn outside Dongcheng. It was here that the two shopkeepers and liaison officers who retreated from the West City were caught by the internal guards? This was also thanks to the vigilance of the shopkeeper, because a martial arts gym had just been opened outside Dongcheng.
? The brutal fighting and hundreds of corpses dragged out shocked the surrounding businesses.
When the shopkeeper discovered that the three men were sneaking around and the word "weapon" appeared in the conversation, the shopkeeper immediately concluded that they were also Zhu Si's spies, probably related to the martial arts school, and decisively reported the case to the inner guard.
The three of them originally wanted to wait until there were the most pedestrians in the morning before going on the road. Unexpectedly, at dawn, they were suddenly attacked by internal guards and captured on the spot.
Zhou Min led a dozen inner guard cavalry and rushed all the way. In a moment, they rushed to the inn. Zhou Min got off his horse and led the general to greet them.
"How's it going? Everyone is okay!"
General Lang nodded, "The two shopkeepers are fine, but the liaison person tried to commit suicide several times, but the brothers stopped him every time."
"Does he have a confession?"
General Lang smiled bitterly and said, "He bit his tongue, so he probably won't have any confession for the time being!"
Zhou Min said without hesitation: "No matter what means we use, we must make him confess. The information he knows is too important to us!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
The inner guard soldiers quickly transferred the prisoners to three special carriages, and the carriages accelerated towards Chang'an City.
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Yangqu County in Taiyuan Prefecture is a middle county with more than 3,000 households in the county. This is the ultimate place from Taiyuan to Yunzhou in the north. Therefore, there are many merchants traveling, making Yangqu County's business quite prosperous.
At the fifth watch, several dark figures ran into a side hall of the Yangqu County Town God's Temple. The light in the side hall was dim, and an old man in his fifties sat on a worn-out brocade chair. His clothes were shabby and his face was full of vicissitudes of life.
No one knows this person's real name. Everyone calls him Lao Tiao'er. He specializes in making people happy. When others hold happy events, he cries and mourns. When others have children, he goes to celebrate their birthdays. If it snows and you don't give me money,
Don't even think about going out all winter.
Lao Tie'er gained a reputation and became a famous beggar leader in Yangqu County. He controlled more than 200 beggars, large and small, in Yangqu County.
Two days ago, he received instructions from the Taiyuan Internal Guard, asking him to pay attention to the flow of outsiders in Yangqu County. Any movement of more than ten young men must be reported to the government in a timely manner. If proven meritorious service, he would receive at least several hundred yuan.
A generous reward of money.
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, so Lao Tie'er immediately sent more than two hundred beggars out to find out the news and monitor every outsider coming and going from Yangqu County.
"Grandpa! Grandpa!"
Three little beggars ran in, panting: "We have discovered something!"
"What did you three little bastards discover?"
"We found that there are many young men living in Qiao's courtyard in the west of the city..."
Another young beggar added: "There are at least fifty or sixty people."
"How did you find out?" Lao Tie'er asked.
"We were catching loaches by the river just now, and we heard someone shouting in the Qiao family's courtyard. We climbed up the big willow tree and took a peek, and found that the courtyard was full of dark young men, all practicing with spears!"
"How do you know they are outsiders?"
A little beggar smiled and said: "If I were a local, could I still hide it from you?"
"Not bad! Well said!"
This answer made Lao Tie'er very satisfied, and he immediately said: "I will go to the county government to report, and you continue to keep an eye on me. If I get the reward, it will benefit the three of you."
The three little beggars agreed and ran away.
Lao Tie'er changed into clean clothes, put on a gauze hat, and hurried to the county government office.
It was just after five o'clock at this time, and the county government office had not yet opened its doors, but there was a government official on duty outside the gate, sleeping in a corner!
"I said, Lao Tiao'er, it's not that I won't help you. You see, it's only five o'clock. Can't you wait a little longer? Who dares to wake up the county magistrate now."
Lao Tie'er snorted coldly, "Anyway, I'm telling you, it's a matter assigned by the internal guards. If there is any delay, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the responsibility!"
The government officials had no choice but to get up and go to the county government house to inform the county magistrate.
Generally, government officials are on duty outside the county government office because they are afraid that something major will happen. The county magistrate was awakened and heard that it was related to the internal guards, so he met Lao Tie'er outside the hall.
The county magistrate's surname is Pan. He is a Jinshi. He is about thirty years old and is a young and promising official.
He heard that there were fifty or sixty people training at night with spears, and he was suddenly awakened by fright. There were no rural soldiers in their county, only twenty or thirty government officials. If a fight broke out, his life would be in danger.
.
He quickly said to Lao Tie'er: "You continue to watch the Qiao family compound carefully, as if nothing happened. Don't alert them. I will report it to Taiyuan."
"The villain understands and will not alarm them!"
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It is not that far from Taiyuan to Yangqu County. Shortly after the Yangqu County magistrate notified the Taiyuan government office by pigeon letter, Wang Yue, who had just arrived in Taiyuan, had no time to rest, so he led two thousand inner guard cavalry and set off from Taiyuan quickly.
He rode towards Yangqu County on horseback.
In the evening, two thousand people arrived in Yangqu County. Afraid of alerting the suspects, they dismounted outside the city and rushed into the city.
Magistrate Pan and Lao Tie'er who were waiting at the city gate hurriedly came over to greet them. An officer of the inner guard introduced them: "This is the commander of the inner guard king, who came specially from Chang'an!"
Magistrate Pan quickly saluted, and Wang Yue waved his hand and asked, "How is the situation?"
"No movement at the moment!"
"How did you discover it?" Wang Yue asked again.
Magistrate Pan waved to Lao Tie'er, "Come up and tell me!"
Lao Tiao'er was not nervous at all. He bowed and said to Wang Yue: "The little man's name is Lao Tiao'er. He is a beggar. Last night, three little guys were catching fish by the river. When they heard something going on in the courtyard of Qiao's family, they climbed up
Shu took a peek and found that there were many young people practicing spears inside, at least fifty or sixty of them, but it was very quiet during the day, and they were probably sleeping during the day."
Wang Yue asked again: "How big is that courtyard? Is there a pier by the river?"
"The Qiao Family Courtyard is relatively famous. It covers an area of at least twenty acres, and there is a dock behind it that can connect to the Fen River."
Wang Yue thought for a while and said to a general, "Take three hundred brothers to the other side of the river. If a battle breaks out and someone escapes from the back wall, shoot me with random arrows!"
"I humbly obey the order!" The general led three hundred soldiers and followed a guide away.
Wang Yue waved his hand, "Let's go!"
He led 1,700 soldiers and followed Lao Tie'er towards the Qiao family compound.