The Qiao Family Courtyard is a businessman's house, covering an area of fifteen acres. It is located in the northwest of the county. The Fen River passes through the city and flows right behind the house, so the Qiao Family Courtyard has a dock on the river behind it.
The internal guards deployed quickly, with one thousand soldiers taking charge of the perimeter, and another thousand soldiers preparing to follow Wang Yue into the house.
On the way, Wang Yue had already asked clearly that there was no martial arts school in the county. This compound was the ancestral home of the Qiao family. Most of the time, the Qiao family did business in Taiyuan. Wang Yue could basically judge that the people in this compound were either related to
If it is related to Zhu Si, then it is related to the Tangzhou Society.
A dozen soldiers climbed over the courtyard wall, and suddenly the roar of a mastiff was heard, followed by two whimperings and then silence. But it was these two barks that broke the calm. Someone shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming! The officers and soldiers are coming.
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The soldiers opened the courtyard gate, and three hundred sword and shield men rushed in first, followed by seven hundred spear soldiers.
The walls of this compound are very high, and the courtyard inside is very large, covering an area of at least five acres. It is indeed more suitable for training. At this time, more than a hundred young and strong men wearing warrior uniforms rushed out with spears in their hands. They looked ferocious.
, like a pack of wild wolves, charging at the inner guards without fear of death.
The more than one hundred warriors in the Qiao Family Courtyard were indeed transferred from the Lanzhou Warrior Camp. After the Hanzhong Youth Camp was taken away, the Tangzhou Hui knew that the Lanzhou Warrior Camp was unsafe, and they immediately divided the warrior camp.
Transfer in batches and leave Lanzhou.
It was not safe to go to Taiyuan, so they decided to settle in the small counties around Taiyuan, so that they would not be easily discovered. The Qiao Family Courtyard in Yangqu County was one of their destinations. There were a total of 120 people, and they rested during the day.
I don’t go out for training and worship in the evening.
But they didn't expect that the internal guards would mobilize the people, especially the gangsters, scoundrels and beggars, and promise heavy rewards. Those who found clues would be rewarded with a thousand coins. Under the heavy rewards, there would be brave men. Everyone was mobilized. Although they
He was able to escape the surveillance of the government, but he could not escape the poisonous eyes of local snakes. He had only been in Yangqu County for three days when he was discovered by a beggar.
These one hundred and twenty warriors are well-trained and very fierce and brave, but they lack actual combat experience and especially lack of cooperation. They almost always fight alone.
But they encountered well-trained and well-coordinated elite internal guards, whose number was nine times theirs. Each warrior fell down screaming, and in less than a cup of tea, all one hundred and twenty of them were assassinated.
The inner guard soldiers continued to search the house and soon arrested more than 20 young women and a dozen other men. The inner guard soldiers began to thoroughly search the documents. At this time, two inner guard soldiers grabbed a middle-aged man.
In front of Wang Yue.
"Commander, this person seems to be their leader!"
Wang Yue looked at him and asked: "First, I want to know where your training camp is in Lanzhou? Second, I want to know where the rest of you are? If you tell me, I will spare your life!"
The middle-aged man said calmly: "If I am caught by you, even if I survive in your hands, I will be killed by my own people. I can tell you where the training camp is? But I really don't know where the others are? If the general knows,
You should know that we are all in single-line contact, and the intelligence will not cross. I will be responsible for Yangqu County."
Wang Yue nodded, "Then tell me! Where is the training camp?"
The middle-aged man looked back at the two dozen women and said, "It doesn't matter whether I live or not, but please, general, let them go!"
"You tell me! I will send people to Chang'an, and the Political Affairs Hall will arrange for them."
The middle-aged man was silent for a moment and said, "It's the Hunyuan Palace in Jingle County!"
This middle-aged man has a clear mind. As long as the Jin army interrogates any one of them, they will know where the warrior camp is? Why not take the initiative to confess and exchange this information for the lives of more than 20 women.
At this time, a general came over quickly and said: "Commander Qi, the cleanup has been completed. They only have some Nestorian scriptures and no other documents. They also found more than 10,000 taels of silver."
Wang Yue looked at the middle-aged man, who said calmly: "There will be no confidential documents. This is a rule. Don't expect it."
Wang Yue immediately divided his troops into two groups. He ordered his deputy general Deng Wei to lead 200 cavalry to escort the captured prisoners back to Taiyuan Prefecture, while he himself led 1,800 cavalry to Jingle County, Lanzhou.
As for the reward, Wang Yue gave the county magistrate one thousand taels of silver and asked him to transfer it to Lao Tie'er as a reward. However, Lao Tie'er only received three hundred taels of silver in the end, and the other seven hundred taels of silver were used by the county magistrate as the county government.
Daily expenses.
Although he only received 30% of the reward, Lao Tie'er was still very happy. He bought a small house in the county and more than a hundred acres of farmland. He soon married a wife and started a new life.
As for the three beggars who discovered the target first, Lao Tiao'er was more ruthless than the county magistrate, and sent them away after giving each of them a hundred pence.
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In a large manor north of Fengyi County in Tongzhou, an old man named Kang knelt on the ground to plead guilty. All the problems were caused by the tea shop under his jurisdiction, and he could not shirk responsibility.
"Tell me, you did things flawlessly, but now there are loopholes everywhere. Hanzhong has been taken away, the martial arts school is gone, and five shops have been inspected. Tell me, how did the internal guards know about these five shops?"
The Tangzhou Guild Master's voice was very calm, but it revealed a severity that could not be deceived.
Kang Da's manager did not dare to lie, so he could only lower his head and said: "I have thought about it, and the problem should be with the accountant of the martial arts school. He has worked in these five stores."
"Then what risks are there?" The Tangzhou Guild Master's voice became even colder.
"There are three more risks."
The voice of the steward at UConn became even lower, and sweat dripped down from his forehead.
"One is the contact person I sent out to inform the shopkeepers to evacuate. I don't know if he and the shopkeepers can evacuate safely?"
"Then what?"
"Then there is the Lanzhou Warrior Camp. When the Hanzhong Training Camp is taken away, they will know that the Warrior Camp is in Lanzhou. It is said that the Taiyuan Internal Guard has been dispatched. I am very worried about Lanzhou..."
"Continue, what is the third risk?" A murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the Tangzhou Guild Leader.
"The third risk is Zhang Daqi's family property in Taiyuan. The other party discovered Tianzhu Restaurant. I don't know if Zhu Yan will be caught. If Zhu Yan is caught, they will guess that Zhang Daqi's death is related to us.
"
Murderous intent burst out in Tangzhou Guild Leader's heart. He looked at Kangda's steward for a long time and said: "The Lanzhou Warrior Camp has been evacuated and the information has been destroyed. It's not a big problem if we are found out. But your twenty shops have been found out.
We have suffered heavy losses, as well as Zhang Daqi's family property in Taiyuan, which is already in our hands. As long as we get the receipt from that woman to withdraw the money, we can transfer the wealth away. Now because of your mistakes, we have suffered heavy losses. You
Do you really need to take responsibility?”
Manager Kang's face suddenly turned pale, and he said with a trembling voice: "This is a humble position...I am willing to take the blame!"
The leader of the Tangzhou Association waved his hand, and a hole suddenly appeared under the steward's feet. The steward let out a scream and became silent. The cover flipped back, as if nothing had happened.
At this time, another middle-aged man walked in, knelt down and saluted: "See the leader!"
The leader of the Tangzhou Association said calmly: "Kang Hongxin has accepted the crime. From now on, you will serve as the chief steward of Chang'an. Remember, now is not the time to hold people responsible. I care about how to deal with the aftermath, and I am more concerned about how to escape intact."
"I understand the humble position!"
The leader of the Tangzhou Association took out a jade plaque from his sleeve and handed it to him, "This is a resource for you. You can allocate it yourself!"
"Write the Lord's reward!"
The middle-aged man took the jade token respectfully, bowed and left.
Tangzhou Guild Leader's eyes were full of worry at this time. He did not expect that the various defense methods he had carefully constructed were so vulnerable and full of loopholes. He was even more deeply worried about the sharp penetration of the inner guards. At this time, he only had the following thoughts in his heart:
Two words, dormant.
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In Xinfeng County, Zhou Min led 3,000 internal guard soldiers to surround the residence of an old man named Kang. The soldiers rushed in and began arresting and searching. More than a hundred people were arrested and a large amount of wealth was seized in the underground palace.
In the end, the captured contact person could not withstand the torture of the internal guards and revealed the Chang'an store he contacted and the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce's Chang'an stronghold hidden in Xinfeng County. In addition to the old home in Xinfeng County, fifteen shops, inns and restaurants were all captured by the internal guards.
Seize.
At the same time, Wang Yue also led the internal guards to destroy the Hunyuan Palace in Lanzhou, and burned the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce's warrior camp to ashes...
In addition, in Jingle County, Lanzhou, due to reports from local snakes, Wang Yue led his internal guards to once again annihilate a group of hidden Tangzhou Hui warriors in a farm. This time, more than 240 Tangzhou Hui warriors were killed.
However, due to the strong resistance from the other side, the internal guards also paid the price of dozens of casualties.
This series of actions started with the discovery and closure of the Bashu Chuanxiang Tea Shop, which led to a series of major cases. Eventually, the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce's influence in Chang'an was completely uprooted.
The internal guards achieved a staged victory in the process of detecting the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce.
But there are still many mysteries that have not been solved. Where is the headquarters of the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce? Who is his leader? Why was Du Lingqiu assassinated by the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce?