Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 239 Li Yuanfang Returns to Chang'an
"I don't understand what Li Jiyi means."

Facing Li Yan's gaze, Eunuch Gao shrank his pupils and shook his head.

Li Yan said: "Okay, then I will explain it more clearly!"

"I played the story about Tuyuhun's restoration of the country. So far, there has been no news of it."

"Tuyuhun is my Great Tang vassal state, and the current situation must be supported by my Great Tang, so that the new regime can regain stability."

"If there is no sage's edict, even if Princess Honghua and the Lord of Qinghai come back, they will not be justified."

"And this matter is related to the stability of the border and the containment of Tubo's expansion. His Majesty was so concerned about the Tubo war situation before, and the edict should be issued as soon as possible!"

"What about now? Why is Chang'an not responding to such a big event?"

Eunuch Gao said: "The sage suffers from a headache and is drowsy all day long. Is there anything more important than the sage's dragon body?"

Li Yandao: "Not to mention your Majesty's dragon health, there are also ministers in the cabinet, and the courtiers of the Manchu court. Whose order did you come here for the servants?"

Eunuch Gao said in a low voice: "The servants are treating Qiu Geling's injuries so that the illness won't relapse."

Li Yan sneered: "By the way, check the border situation again, so I can go back and report?"

Eunuch Gao closed his mouth, and the three servants came out again seeing the tense atmosphere.

Li Yan turned a blind eye, pointing to the outside of the mansion: "Do you really want to see the sergeants around the mansion, give an order, and all of you will die?"

Eunuch Gao trembled slightly, looking at Yang Zaiwei.

Yang Zaiwei said irritably: "With Li Yuanfang watching, if the army in the city moves again, we really have no way to survive. It depends on me?"

Eunuch Gao sighed deeply: "Since that's the case, Li Jiyi, how can you be ignorant of what Chang'an is like? This is all I have said. If you really want to persecute me, I can only give up these humble lives to you!"

Li Yan closed his eyes slightly, and said after a while, "Let's go back to Chang'an!"

Eunuch Gao was stunned: "Back to Chang'an? Now?"

Li Yandao: "Right now, I have just made arrangements, and the few of you will set off with me!"

Eunuch Gao and Yang Zaiwei looked at the pitch-black night sky, thinking that with this person, there would be no one who would not stay up all night, so they nodded helplessly: "Okay!"

……

Just go.

When the five of them hurriedly packed their luggage and left the mansion, they found Lion Cong standing quietly outside the mansion, with luggage hanging beside the saddle.

The people rode out of the city on horseback, wearing the stars and the moon, and galloped all the way to Chiling.

After passing Chiling, it is Datang Longyou.

After going down the mountain road, Li Yan took a breath of air, and found that he had been living in the plateau environment for a while, and it was easy to get drunk when he returned to the plain area suddenly.

Yang Zaiwei didn't notice anything, Eunuch Gao and the three servants also felt unwell, and suggested: "Li Jiyi, why don't I go to Liangzhou to recuperate for a while, and then go back to Chang'an!"

Li Yan shook his head: "Don't enter Liangzhou, go directly to Guanzhong, I want to see how the disaster is going!"

In fact, there was another reason. Wei Daijie, the governor of Liangzhou, had a strange attitude and stopped the supply of food and grass to the army at a critical moment, which was suspected of slowing down.

Jingzhao Webster, obviously has completely stood in line, returning to Liangzhou at this time, may be detained.

Seeing Li Yan's firm attitude, Eunuch Gao had no choice but to keep up.

The people did not take the official route, but only sought shortcuts. In just three days, they arrived in Lanzhou.

Li Yan went to the station, but Eunuch Gao's expression changed slightly: "Li Jiyi, it's not convenient for me to live in the station, please find another place."

Li Yan glanced at them: "Then find a Nilv to stay!"

Although plum blossom inner guards like Ming Chongyan don't want to be exposed, if they really can't hide it, they will directly reveal their identity.

After all, it belongs to the imperial court, and it is not a foreign enemy. At most, it is disgraceful and hostile to monitor the courtiers.

But these people are different. Once they are exposed to the public, their fate will be absolutely miserable.

That person in the palace hasn't really risen yet!
Eunuch Gao said: "Thank you Li Jiyi for your understanding."

Looking for a comfortable rebellion along the way, he looked at the street again: "Lanzhou is close to Guanzhong, and the disaster does not seem to be as serious as the rumors!"

Li Yan has been observing for a long time: "Didn't you notice that there are too few people on the street? Yang Zaiwei, go and ask about the price of food here."

Yang Zaiwei curled his lips: "I'm not your subordinate, why do you command me?"

As he said that, he went to a rice shop not far away to ask about the price of grain, and when he came back, his face became very ugly: "It costs a hundred dollars for a bucket of rice, so why not grab it!"

Li Yan's face darkened: "When I was in Liangzhou, it only cost ten yuan to buy a bucket of rice. This is still Lanzhou, and the price is ten times higher?"

A person passing by heard it and came to chat: "This gentleman is not from this place, so the price is not too high!"

Li Yan said: "Didn't ask for advice?"

The man sighed: "There is a severe drought in Guanzhong, thousands of miles of barren land, followed by locusts, these rice are naturally precious!"

Li Yandao: "But how many people can afford the rice that costs a bucket of money?"

The man whispered: "So what if you can't afford it? There are still rice sellers here. If you go to the pass, let alone the rice shop, the county government is out of rice! Your horse is a green horse, right? I advise you to go back quickly, you can't stay here!"

Li Yan fell silent.

Seeing that Li Yan didn't waver, the man finally reminded him: "Go to the western suburbs outside the city. After you have seen it, you will know how powerful it is..."

Li Yan cupped his hands: "Thank you for your kindness! Let's go!"

When everyone came to the west of the city, they could see that it was crowded with people from a distance. The cries of women and babies soared to the sky.

Yang Zaiwei changed color: "What's going on over there?"

Eunuch Gao said in a low voice: "Whenever there is a catastrophe, you will sell your sons and daughters..."

As soon as he spoke, a dozen figures suddenly rushed over from the side.

Seeing this, the servant behind Eunuch Gao rushed out immediately, kicking those people to the ground with just a few kicks.

And many people fell down, spitting yellow water at the mouth, and stopped moving after a few strokes.

A few of them were a little stronger in comparison, writhing on the ground, Yang Zaiwei grabbed one and asked, "What are you doing?"

The man moaned: "Longyou's... ran to Guanzhong to buy someone... I sold my wife and children... I finished eating rice... please... give me a stutter..."

Yang Zaiwei put him down, and another scream came from not far away: "My baby! My baby!"

He looked over there, and saw a big man from Longxi throwing a young woman onto a horse, but throwing the child in her arms to the ground.

The woman cried out, "Don't be here, don't be here, they will eat her!"

The big man in Longyou muttered something, picked up the child, got on the horse, and left happily.

And the onlookers did let out a sigh of disappointment.

This is Longyou who came to Guanzhong to buy a wife but doesn't want children, even if they walk together now, they will probably end up abandoning him later.

However, it was obviously no different from human trafficking, but no officials stopped it, and even the people from the government dared not show up.

Otherwise, the victims would not be able to leave if they flooded over.

Li Yan didn't look at it: "Let's go!"

Eunuch Gao and the others followed silently, while Yang Zaiwei followed him on his horse without saying a word.

They soon discovered that what the Lanzhou passer-by said was true. The further they went to Guanzhong, the worse the situation was.

Because misfortunes never come singly, due to the famine, epidemics also occurred in some areas, and people in one village and one village died.

Crowds of hungry people fled, ragged and skinny.

I saw on the road that the bark of many trees had been stripped off, revealing their white trunks, and the leaves had been eaten up by locusts and hungry people.

Li Yan and his party had to avoid the fleeing troops, but even so, they could still see the fleeing people.

As they walked, some people fell down, and because there were too many corpses, wild beasts also began to flood.

Wolves and wild dogs roamed around and were not afraid of people at all. Yang Zaiwei punched them, and Li Yan slaughtered dozens of them with a knife.

Finally, they arrived in Fufeng County.

I still remember that when the envoys came to stay here, monks who came to Famen Temple for pilgrimage could be seen everywhere on the street, and the snacks on the street were also satisfying.

But now, the orderly and prosperous scene is gone, and the streets are deserted, but there are no crowded victims.

But because of this, Li Yan's face darkened, and he went directly to the outside of Famen Temple.

I saw that the gate of the temple was closed tightly, and there were no welcoming monks.

Li Yan's anger was accumulated to the extreme, and he said every word: "What I have seen along the way, my Tang Dynasty is not even as good as Tubo! Go forward and call the door, and open it if no one opens it!"

Yang Zaiwei's heart trembled, and he immediately stepped forward, without saying a word, and kicked him with a thud.

It seemed that the door was closed, but someone was guarding it vigilantly.

He kicked just now, a gap was opened in the gate of the temple, and several shadows of sticks came over.

Without dodging or dodging, Yang Zaiwei grabbed the stick with his backhand, snatched it directly, and smashed it out.

There were screams inside, and the monks who were lying on the ground for a while, made more monks rush out with such a movement.

"Deputy Envoy Li?"

The head monk looked at Li Yan and was taken aback for a moment, but he still remembered the envoy of the Tang Dynasty who summoned them in the middle of the night, and hurriedly shouted back: "I didn't know it was Deputy Envoy Li, I'm sorry!"

Li Yan asked, "Where are you hosting? Faming?"

The monk said, "I'm here to ask for the presiding officer, but Senior Brother Faming is no longer in the temple!"

When the host came out slowly, Li Yan asked in the first sentence: "Why is the gate of the temple closed and the disaster situation is so serious? As a royal temple, shouldn't it help the victims?"

The host said calmly: "Deputy Envoy Li, there are porridge givers in the temple, but there are too many victims, and chaos has been caused several times. It is inevitable that the Buddha bone relics will be damaged, and the county government will not allow it."

Li Yan said: "Where are those disaster victims?"

The host said: "The county government took the victims away, and we can only close the temple to practice."

Li Yan took a deep breath and asked again, "Where is Master Fa Ming? I want to see him."

The host said: "Junior Brother Fa Ming has already gone to Luoyang, traveling in a hurry, there seems to be something unspeakable."

Li Yan stared at the sad and joyless host, turned and left without further words.

After leaving Famen Temple, Yang Zaiwei and Gao eunuch said in unison: "Li Jiyi, we will reach Chang'an today!"

Li Yan looked in the direction of Chang'an from a distance.

yes……

I am back!

(End of this chapter)