Sanyuan County is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture and is located ninety miles northeast of Chang'an. It is also a large county with a large population and developed handicraft industry.
Chang'an City has developed commerce and expensive land, and there is no condition to develop various handicraft industries. Various handicraft industries, including textile, printing and dyeing, wine making, paper making, sauce making, tanning, smelting, casting, weapons, various deep processing and other industries are scattered.
Among the fifteen counties in Gyeonggi Province except Wannian and Changan.
So there is a jingle called: Xinfeng’s cloth, Xianyang’s paper, Sanyuan’s sauce and vinegar, Yunyang’s wine.
Sanyuan County is famous for brewing soy sauce and vinegar, and pickling various pickles. The whole county is filled with a salty and sour atmosphere.
Zou Tao set off from Chang'an in the middle of the night in an ox cart, and did not arrive in Sanyuan County until dark the next day.
Like Chang'an, all counties in Gyeonggi Province do not close their city gates at night, and merchants traveling at night can enter the city at night.
At this time, hundreds of masters of internal defense were ambushed around the Lao Wu Ji Inn next to the South City Gate, including the supervisor Deng Wenyuan who also arrived.
The oxcart stopped at the door of the inn. The door of the inn was closed, but the red lantern hanging at the door was still lit, indicating that it was still in business and you could stay.
Zou Tao got out of the oxcart anxiously, stepped forward and patted the door knocker. After a moment, someone in the courtyard asked, "Who is it?"
"I'm here to find someone!" Zou Tao shouted loudly.
The door creaked open, and the innkeeper came out with a lantern. He looked at Zou Tao, then at the ox cart behind, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for my brother, named Zhang Yong, to live in your store!"
"Zhang Yong, is that the tall guy?" The shopkeeper remembered the person the other party was looking for.
"That's him, is he here?"
"He lives on the second floor, haha! You brothers look really different. Come with me."
Zou Yong is nearly seven feet tall, almost two meters tall. He is extremely strong and strong in martial arts. He is indeed completely different from the fat and short Zou Tao.
"I can decide which room he lives in by myself! I won't bother the shopkeeper."
"I'd better take you there! It's quite complicated upstairs, and you can't find it even if I tell you."
The shopkeeper carried a lantern and took Zou Tao upstairs to Zou Yong's room.
The internal guards had already discovered Zou Yong living in the inn. The reason why they did not take immediate action was that they needed Zou Tao to personally confirm whether it was him or not. This was also the cautious side of Deng Wenyuan, as he was afraid of arresting the wrong person and alerting others.
The shopkeeper knocked on the door, and there stood a very tall and strong man inside. It was Zou Yong, the deputy commander of the guards of Dugu Mansion. After he left Dugu Mansion, he went to Hedong. As the end of the year approached, he was thinking about his three hundred coins.
, and returned to Chang'an from Hedong. He did not dare to live in Chang'an, so he hid in Sanyuan County and asked his cousin to send him money.
"Brother, why are you here?" Zou Yong quickly glanced outside and asked warily.
After the shopkeeper left, Zou Tao placed a heavy wicker box in front of Zou Yong, "This is your money. You asked me to bring it to you."
Zou Yong was overjoyed and quickly opened the box and took a closer look. Inside was thirty ingots of silver, ten taels each, a total of three hundred taels of silver. He was immediately elated. He thought that the Dugu family would only give two hundred taels of silver, but he didn't expect that they would give it.
Enough.
"If it's okay, I'll leave."
"Drink some water, sleep for a while, and then leave after dawn!"
"I have to rush back to open a shop! The bullock cart is waiting outside. I'm sleeping in the cart. By the way, I agreed that you would give me two bucks, and I have to pay the fare."
Zou Yong had no doubts. His cousin couldn't leave his grocery store all the time. He took out two coins and handed them to Zou Tao, and then asked: "No one comes to you to ask about me!"
"No! It was just yesterday that people from Dugu Mansion came to give money."
Zou Tao got the two coins and said, "Then I'll leave first. Come and sit at my place if you have time."
"Brother, walk slowly!"
Zou Tao left, and Zou Yong quickly put the silver into his bag, and he began to pack his belongings and prepare to leave overnight.
At this moment, there was a loud sound of 'Bang!', the door was kicked open, and several men in black rushed in and rushed towards Zou Yong.
Zou Yong was shocked. He reacted quickly, kicked the stool towards the opponent, turned over and ran out of the window.
Just as he rushed to the window, a black shadow suddenly appeared outside the window. The black shadow was as fast as lightning and kicked Zou Yong hard on the chest. Zou Yong missed the window rafter and was kicked back into the room, falling heavily.
on the ground.
Before he could stand up, three shadow men swarmed him and pinned him to the ground. Zou Yong roared like a wild beast and struggled desperately. He was so powerful that the three men could no longer hold him down. At this time, the commander
Deng Wenyuan rushed forward and kicked him accurately on the temple. Zou Yong was knocked unconscious immediately.
Everyone worked together to tie his hands and feet, gagged his mouth, and put a black bag on his head. They carried him downstairs and put him into a special iron cage carriage. From the outside, it looked no different from an ordinary carriage.
The carriage started, escorted by more than a hundred inner guard cavalry, it left Sanyuan County and headed for Chang'an...
Although Zou Yong was physically strong, he was weak and could not withstand torture. The internal guards interrogated him for less than half an hour before he confessed everything.
Zhou Min hurried to the official room of the King of Jin. He was led into the official room, bowed and said: "Your Highness, I have achieved a major breakthrough in my humble position."
Guo Song put down his pen and asked: "What breakthrough?"
"We re-investigated the assassination of Dugu Xiangguo, and with one kill, the flaws that had been covered up by the other party were exposed. We believed that the assassin Wu Faping must have an accomplice. Following this line of investigation, we found that the deputy commander of the Dugu Mansion's guards, Zou
Zou Yong is a major suspect, and through clues from his cousin, we caught Zou Yong in an inn in Sanyuan County last night."
"Has he confessed?" Guo Songxiao asked.
Zhou Min nodded, "This man looks very tough, but he is actually a weakling who is greedy for life and afraid of death. After a few whips, he cried and confessed everything. He was indeed an accomplice who participated in the assassination of Dugu Xiangguo. He made arrangements in advance
He planned and was responsible for covering the assassination, and he was the one who killed the assassin Wu Faping afterwards."
"What can we find out about him?" Guo Song was more concerned about annihilating Wei Tang Hui.
"Reporting to His Highness, he told us that after he resigned, he was arranged by Kang Hongxin to train warriors at the base camp. After Kang Hongxin was executed, he was sent back not long ago to track down and eradicate Kang Hongxin's family. Their base camp is in Yunzhou, and there are more than 4,000 people there.
, there are Han people, Uighurs and other grassland barbarians. They not only train assassins, but also train a large number of cavalry. The warriors who were previously trained in Lanzhou have also been transferred to the Yunzhou base camp."
Guo Song was now interested, and actually found the opponent's base camp. He quickly asked: "Where is it in Yunzhou?"
"Your Highness, it is in a valley on the east side of Zihe River!"
Guo Song walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said to Zhou Min: "It's winter now, and it's covered in heavy snow over there. Let's talk about it in spring!"
Guo Song had just received news that a blizzard had swept through Fengzhou and Yunzhou, and transportation and traffic to the two places had been cut off. He had to wait until next spring before taking action.
"I asked you to investigate the Guanlong family before. Is there any progress?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, Beizhi talked with Dugu Changqiu and found out that there is suspicion in the Doulu family. Dugu Changqiu also gave Beizhi a clue. That person will not be back until a few days later."
"Did Dugu Changqiu suggest that you check out the Doulu family, or do you think there is something wrong with the Doulu family?" Guo Song asked again.
"We sorted it out and found that the Doulu family is the most suspected. It was Dugu Changqiu who suggested that he should investigate the Doulu family."
Guo Song nodded. Among Dugu Changqiu's brothers, Dugu Changqiu seemed to be fighting for nothing, but he kept it secret and knew the Guanlong family very well. If it was Dugu Changqiu's suggestion, then the Doulu family
There must be some problem. As for whether it is in collusion with Wei Tanghui, that will have to be investigated carefully.
.........
In the afternoon, Guo Song finished his busy day and left the official office. However, he was not in a hurry to go home. Instead, he came to Dongshi. Today he had a dinner, and Li An and his senior brother Zhang Lei invited him to dinner.
Zhang Lei just came back yesterday. It has been almost a year since he went to sea. Guo Song also wanted to meet this senior brother who was unwilling to be ordinary.
The banquet was placed at the Mingyue Restaurant next to the gate of Dongshi. This is also a restaurant opened by the eldest sister Guo Ping. Guo Ping has opened three restaurants in Chang'an, the Mingzhu Restaurant on Xi'an Menwai Street, the Mingyu Restaurant next to the West Market, and the Dongshi Restaurant.
The Mingyue Restaurant here in the city.
Among them, Mingzhu Restaurant has ranked among the top ten restaurants in Chang'an, ranking eighth. Of course, it is not as good as some time-honored restaurants.
At this time, it was still early before the East Market closed. The front of the East Market Square was very lively and business was very prosperous.
Guo Song himself felt very deeply that the prosperity of business could not be separated from the long-term efforts of businessmen and the support of the court.
To give the simplest example, when Guo Song came to Gyeonggi Province a few years ago, the city gates were not closed at night in all counties, and the square gates were directly demolished. It seemed that it was just to facilitate people walking at night, but in fact it had a great effect.
On the one hand, it expanded the city, and a large number of villages and residences appeared within a few miles of the suburbs, especially the area near the city wall, which was no different from the city.
Secondly, the counties in Gyeonggi Province keep their city gates open at night, which also greatly promotes the circulation of commodities and materials. At night, the official roads are full of large trucks carrying goods. Many freshly slaughtered pigs and sheep, and vegetables picked at night are transported to Chang'an overnight.
It will be available fresh the next day.
There is also clear and sweet spring water from Zhongnan Mountain. It is transported from Lantian County to Chang'an at night and can be delivered to every mansion in the morning. Now the drinking water for the imperial court and the drinking water in all high-ranking officials' mansions are spring water from Zhongnan Mountain, including the mansion of Guo and Song.
Of course, drinking water for the imperial court is considered a welfare, but private water needs to be purchased at your own expense. The price is neither expensive nor cheap, only thirty cents per load.
Keeping the city gates open at night was just a small administrative order, but it greatly promoted the prosperity of night business and gave tens of thousands of people something to do.
Just as he was thinking about it, the carriage slowly stopped in front of Mingyue Restaurant.