Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 221 The villain still needs the villain to grind

It was already midnight.

Li Yan asked Shen Juyuan and Yang Zaisi to rest in the Dalun Temple, and took Yang Zaiwei, who had regained a certain amount of mobility after drinking medicine to set his bones, to Wangcheng.

Another night of staying up late.

Li Yan was full of energy and didn't feel tired at all, even though Yang Zaiwei lost blood and was seriously injured, he didn't feel tired at all.

Seeing this person's body is so strong, Li Yan couldn't help but look sideways: "Are you fully enlightened with all five senses?"

Yang Zaiwei said proudly: "Not bad!"

Li Yan asked again: "Your consciousness-only strength was taught by Master Xuanzang?"

Yang Zaiwei sneered: "You don't want to know that!"

Li Yan understood: "It seems not, who is your master?"

Yang Zaiwei shut his mouth.

Li Yan put on a chatting posture: "Did your master rescue you from the prostitute? Or did you learn art from a teacher after you escaped?"

Yang Zaiwei clamped his horse's belly and began to speed up: "Drive!"

But Lion Cong followed up easily, and even snorted provocatively at the fan horse under his crotch.

Li Yan went on to say: "You don't want to answer the teacher's inheritance, and I won't force you. There is another question that is difficult to explain. You pretend to be your brother, thinking that you won't be discovered by others. Yes, you two are exactly the same. You can't see it. Flaws, but there is one person, how are you going to explain it?"

Yang Zaiwei was taken aback for a moment, then realized who he was talking about, his pupils shrank slightly.

Li Yan asked: "How do you explain to Yang Zaisi? Your original plan was to keep him tied up in the Dayuan Temple, and then the envoys would be slandered and take Yang Zaisi back together? Yang Zaisi is willing to commit treason with you?"

Yang Zaiwei couldn't help but said: "If Yang Zaisi is willing, then the two of us would have been replaced as early as when we left Beijing. How can you see the abnormality?"

Li Yan nodded: "That's right, that's why I'm most surprised by this point. If you really don't care about your brother's life or death, it's normal to pretend to be him as a murderer, but after I saw you were caught, I was still willing to rescue Yang Zaisi and get him off the hook. Your behavior is so contradictory, how can you explain it?"

"Oh, wait for you..."

Yang Zaiwei raised his head, reacted suddenly, and said decisively: "Ah yes, I just don't care about Yang Zaisi's life or death!"

After opening, I didn't answer any questions.

Li Yan's eyes flickered, and he didn't say any more.

The two of them hurried forward and arrived at Wangcheng very quickly.

After circling around the wall, they found a gap, and even the horses didn't have to stay outside, they just jumped in.

But when Yang Zaiwei led the way and came to a seemingly affluent area with many patrols, Li Yan couldn't help showing surprise: "Why do you come to a gathering place of merchants?"

Yang Zaiwei said coldly: "Yaren seldom have direct contact with sellers, they often use merchants' channels, and even many wealthy merchants start their businesses by relying on this method!"

Li Yan was stunned: "Trafficking in human beings is worthless, and these profit-seeking businessmen will indeed participate. Do you know who are involved?"

Yang Zaiwei shook his head: "I don't know much about Tubo, so I can only point out a general clue. You are not a detective, please show your skills! If you can find someone, I will be your thug, without any complaints!"

Li Yan laughed: "I'm already an assassin, so naughty~"

Yang Zaiwei's face turned blue, but he saw Li Yan observing for a while, and walking towards a courtyard with a clear goal.

The businessman hired a large number of guards, but in the eyes of the two of them, it was tantamount to nothing, and they arrived at the inner house as if they had entered nowhere.

Li Yan entered the room, came to the bed, and tapped lightly.

The businessman on the bed turned over very vigilantly, seeing the two standing in front of the bed, he was shocked: "Who!"

Li Yan said indifferently: "It's me."

The businessman took a closer look by the candlelight, and his face suddenly changed from guarded and fearful to one full of surprises: "Li Jiyi?"

Yang Zaiwei was a little surprised: "You really have people everywhere?"

Li Yan smiled: "Let me introduce, this is Tuoba Gong, a party businessman I met on the polo field."

Tuoba Gong got up immediately, put on his clothes, and saluted respectfully: "I don't know if Li Jiyi is driving late at night, what is the important matter, as long as I can do it, I will do my best for Li Jiyi!"

Li Yan knew very well that what Tuoba Gong cared about most was Wuwei An's face.

The Wuwei An family took root in Liangzhou, closely following the business path of Hu merchants entering the Central Plains, once An Shengan spoke, Tuoba Gong dared not disobey orders.

In addition, the internal guards were extremely powerful, and the businessman wanted to curry favor even more. Tuoba Gong naturally lived up to his name, respectful and respectful.

So he was not polite, and asked directly: "Among your group of businessmen, who are engaged in human trafficking?"

Tuoba Gong heard that his tone was not right, and seeing Yang Zaiwei's cold eyes behind him, his heart shuddered.

But after weighing it up, he still didn't dare to lie, gritted his teeth and said, "More or less, it's all involved, and our caravan is no exception. We sell Kunlun slaves."

Li Yan said expressionlessly: "Tell me about these Kunlun slaves."

Tuoba Gongdao: "Kunlun slaves claim to be as strong as a cow, with a gentle temperament and a down-to-earth attitude, so they are quite popular among the nobles, but they are actually lazy and untrustworthy. It is also because of the high price that we buy from the big food merchant. Buy Kunlun slaves, send them to the country and sell them..."

Li Yan asked: "Where did you buy Dashi?"

Tuoba Gong said: "I don't know the details, but we named it the Kunlun Kingdom, so we have the name Kunlun Slaves."

Later generations have many speculations about the origin of the Kunlun slaves, one of which is said to be from Southeast Asia and South Asia.

But the black slaves there were short blacks with short stature, with an average height of more than [-] meters and short heads and thighs.

Not to mention whether he can endure hardships and stand hard work, his body shape alone is quite different from the rumored Kunlun slave.

Therefore, one of the most credible claims is that the blacks in northeastern Africa were brought by big food merchants and sent to the territory of Datang along the Silk Road.

However, Kunlun has nothing to do with Kunlun Mountain. Nine out of ten it is the land of black Africans. In the Tang Dynasty, there were ancient records that went to Kunlun to get gold, that is, to go to Africa to pan for gold.

Yang Zaiwei didn't care about the Kunlun slaves, he said coldly, "Have you kidnapped the Tang people?"

Tuoba Gong hurriedly said: "I am also from Tang Dynasty, I dare not plunder the population of my own country, that will be hanged!"

Li Yan asked: "Where is Sun Boru's daughter?"

Tuoba Gong also answered quickly: "Sun Boru is very united, it would be very troublesome to mess with them, we don't do that kind of thing."

Li Yanhan said in a low voice, "What do you mean, someone has done this before and had a conflict with Sun Boru?"

Tuoba Gong only hesitated for a moment, and then sold other merchants: "Not only there are, but there are many. Sun Boru's women are in power, and the old customs still exist. Whether their women are slaves or wives, the prices are very high. There are many caravans. Everyone's eyes are hot."

Li Yandao: "Then is there any Yaman among them who quickly disappeared after succeeding again and again?"

Tuoba Gong showed his embarrassment: "Li Jiyi, I have only come here to do business in the past two years. Now I want to go to Sun Boru to rob women. I can point out a few, but I don't know if I got it before..."

Li Yan waved his hand: "It's okay, which team is the oldest in your merchant gathering place?"

Tuoba Gong thought for a while and said, "It should be Shu merchant Liu Xingye."

Yang Zaiwei frowned: "Shu merchants?"

Tuoba Gong explained: "The merchants here change very quickly. There are many from the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions, the grasslands, and the Southern Man. Damn, that's really dark!"

Look at your envious and jealous tone.

Li Yandao: "Call Liu Xingye here."

Tuoba Gong's face froze, and he said helplessly: "Li Jiyi, this Liu Xingye is the leader of a large guild of Shu merchants, and he thinks highly of himself. It's so late, I'm afraid I won't be able to invite him."

Li Yandao: "Since it's the leader of the meeting, it's easier to do it. You send someone over, and say that the internal guards should have Li Yuanfang here, so let him come over."

After watching Tuoba Gong go out to make arrangements, Yang Zaiwei squinted his eyes: "It's very majestic, the rich merchants come and drink, but it's a pity that Shu is self-closing, I'm afraid I won't give you this opportunity to save face!"

Li Yan ignored him.

Less than half an hour later, Liu Xingye appeared in the room in a hurry, with a smile on his face: "I heard about Li Jiyi's name earlier, and it's a great fortune to see you today for the benefit of us!"

Li Yan nodded: "Liu Huishou is polite."

Yang Zaiwei looked at it, puzzled, why should Shu merchants look at the faces of outsiders?

Of course it is necessary.

Shu merchants are not short of money, but the money cannot be circulated, so they are very eager for the Feiqian business.

If the conditions of the Dou Chamber of Commerce were looser, they might all agree. The government promotes flying money, and Shu merchants are more willing to bribe the government's silver taels in exchange for the opportunity to expand their business territory.

For Li Yan, an opportunity envoy with the real power to promote huge commercial changes, Liu Xingye rushed over immediately, and after listening to Tuoba Gong's retelling on the way, he answered unequivocally: "There is indeed a team of toothmen in the royal city. He snatched a woman from Sun Boru, but later disappeared without a trace, rumored to have been retaliated against."

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "Rumor? It seems that you know the truth?"

Liu Xingye said: "To be honest with Li Jiyi, I also want to make a deal with Sun Boru. I did an investigation on this matter and found that not only were those Yaren not killed, but they were still living in the royal city, and they even transformed into living in the East Street."

Zan Xiruo's Dalun Mansion is located on the East Street of the Tubo King City, and its status is equivalent to the few squares and cities in Chang'an that are closest to the Daming Palace and the Imperial City. They are all places where dignitaries live.

Li Yan and Yang Zaiwei looked at each other and said coldly, "Give us the location."

Liu Xingye had been prepared for a long time, and talked about seven or eight mansions in one breath.

Yang Zaiwei said angrily, "So much?"

Li Yan frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Tuoba Gong who was next to him took advantage of the situation and asked, "Is Li Jiyi looking for trouble with those Yamen?"

Li Yan nodded: "That's right, but if you search one by one, not to mention the time issue, it's easy to scare the snake!"

Tuoba Gong knew that the opportunity to perform had come, and immediately said: "Can Li Jiyi entrust this matter to me?"

Li Yandao: "This matter is no small matter! What are you going to do?"

Tuoba Gong cupped his hands: "I'm afraid that my methods won't catch Li Jiyi's ears, but please allow me to try!"

……

After just half a day.

There was a loud noise outside, which startled Li Yan from his practice. Yang Zaiwei, who was next to him, listened intently, and expressed pleasure: "That party member has some tricks. He kidnapped Yaren's wife and children."

(End of this chapter)