Tibet

Chapter 457 Yishuilou Street
Loujie is a characteristic building of the Tang Dynasty, similar to today's overpasses, mainly appearing in Dongxishi and some prosperous commercial squares.

The Tang Dynasty allowed two-story buildings to be built facing the street. In order to maximize the rental profit, the upper and lower floors were often rented to a shop. The shops downstairs are easy to talk about, but what about the shops upstairs?
Loujie was born in response to the need, and a pedestrian bridge like Fengyu Bridge was built, which was called Loujie.

A small bridge will be built to connect the shops upstairs to Upper Street. Because there is a bridge roof above, it can be sheltered from wind and rain. It looks like a complex. After a few steps, there will be a small bridge connecting a shop.

But not every square has a building street, and the general length is about one or two hundred steps. Apart from the building streets in Dongshi and Xishi, the most famous building street in Chang'an is Yishuilou Street in Yonglefang. It is the longest. The largest, the most connected stores, and of course, the most complex environment.

At dusk, Zhang Ping accompanied Li Ye to Yishuilou Street in Yonglefang. The street was about one mile long and crowded with people. People from several nearby fangs came here to hang out, shop, and eat. A large part of the small shops They are all snack shops, which are cheap and good, and are very popular among low-level people.

The building street is made of very thick materials. Although it is relatively old, it is still very strong, but because of the age, the whole building street looks very messy.

Although Li Ye has been famous for a long time, it is his first time to come to Yishuilou Street.

After strolling around for a while, Li Ye suddenly felt that if the person beside him was not Zhang Ping, but Dugu Xinyue, that would be the most ideal. All kinds of snack bars here are Dugu Xinyue's favorite, so if there is a chance, I can bring her here together It's not bad to go shopping.

Zhang Ping hesitated and said, "Brother, let me tell you something, I think it's a bit weird."

"whats the matter?"

"This afternoon, a businessman wanted to buy my martial arts gym, and the asking price was very high."

Li Ye smiled and said: "It's normal, even the son-in-law was assassinated, and other officials are naturally in danger. Everyone wants to seek protection from warriors, so the martial arts hall is the most profitable."

"I understand this. The strange thing I'm talking about is that the other party doesn't want a martial artist. They only want the venue and the students. You know, the most important thing in a martial arts gym is the martial artist, unless..."

"Unless he has a martial artist himself!" Li Ye said lightly.

No matter how ignorant Zhang Ping is of politics, he also understands that the businessman is a cover, and there are powerful groups behind him who want to buy the martial arts school.

"Brother, who could it be?"

"It should be an outside force. The Yang family has Qingshan Building. They don't need it. It may be Ge Shuhan, An Sishun or An Lushan, but the son-in-law case is only a few days old. The first two will not react so quickly. An Lu Shan is most likely, he wants to build a team of warriors in Chang'an, and the martial arts hall is the best cover."

"Then elder brother said, should I sell it?"

"If you don't sell, what other options do they have?"

"Of course, Mo Laoxian has five martial arts schools."

Li Ye said with a smile: "Just say that the proprietor is not in Chang'an, ask them to wait for a month, and if there is a delay, there may be changes."

"I understand!"

At this time, the two walked to a shop, and the shopkeeper ran out enthusiastically to salute Zhang Pingping, "Mr. Zhang, my Xiaoliang is thanks to you."

Zhang Ping smiled slightly: "You're welcome, I'll have a drink with Xiao Liang another day."

The shopkeeper nodded to Li Ye and went back.

Zhang Ping explained to Li Ye: "His son was originally a little ruffian who caused trouble all day long. Later, he sent his son to my martial arts gym. After beating him a few times, he became more honest now and began to help his father. business, his father has always been grateful to me."

"Do you know many shops in this street?"

"Many, there are at least seven or eight, and they are basically the parents of martial arts students."

Li Ye nodded, "You can arrange some men to hide in various shops. That Zeng Honger is very cunning, and you can only catch him by combining light and darkness." At noon the next day, Yishuilou Street was still crowded with people. An Internet celebrity attraction of later generations, people from all over the city come to hang out and check in every day. Even at noon, every snack bar is full.

Three warriors with swords in red and black samurai uniforms roamed the crowd. Li Ye wore a mask on his face and also wore a red and black samurai uniform. In fact, his tall and straight figure was more like a warrior leader. Carrying a leather bag that may contain gold, Zeng Honger will definitely come to him, not someone else. ,
But in several shops, more than a dozen subordinates were deployed. Some of them were dressed as waiters, and some were dressed as diners. Their eyes were fixed on the bustling crowd. In fact, the target was easy to spot. A man who looked like a nine-year-old child Man, someone like that definitely stands out.

Time gradually approached noon, and the scribe in Tsing Yi also appeared, but he stood far away, manipulating from the stairs far away, while a dozen warriors were hiding around the flower bed.

Li Ye didn't know his existence, and the Qingyi scribe didn't know Li Ye's existence either. They were all looking for the same person.

It was past noon, and a warrior in black came to the flower bed with a cloth bag in hand. The flower bed was located in the middle of the building street. Below it was a large well. The flower bed was filled with flowers. There was a Maitreya Buddha in the south. This Maitreya statue was very beautiful. Eye-catching, often some merchants burn incense in front of the statue.

The warrior in black looked behind the Maitreya statue and unexpectedly found a bamboo basket behind it. The warrior in black opened the lid of the bamboo basket and took a look. Inside was a bloody human head. He quickly closed the lid. The people here Too much and being seen can cause big trouble.

The man carefully put the cloth bag in the place where the bamboo basket had been placed just now, and walked away with the bamboo basket. A dozen or so watchers around him stared at the cloth bag, waiting for Zeng Honger to appear.

At this moment, several warriors in black suddenly found that the cloth bag had disappeared out of thin air. The warriors were shocked and rushed forward, only to find a big hole behind Maitreya Buddha.

Maitreya Buddha is actually a kind of cloth statue, which is naturally hollow inside and connected to the bottom of the building street.
The building is very thick, with large wooden supports at the bottom, and a layer of wooden planks on top, with a two-foot-high interlayer in the middle.

Several warriors in black shouted together, "He's in the mezzanine of the wooden bridge!"

Dozens of black-clothed warriors rushed out. They ran in a hurry, looked around, and kept pushing pedestrians away. There was a commotion in the upstairs and street.

Li Ye also saw the running men in black. He was startled, and suddenly thought of something, and immediately ordered one of his subordinates, "Quickly pass the order and arrest the two black warriors!"

At this time, there will be no one arresting Zeng Honger except the mastermind of the assassination case, and Zeng Honger must have asked them to exchange heads.

Li Ye looked around anxiously, looking for Zeng Honger's figure. At this moment, he saw a middle-aged scholar in green clothes standing by the stairs, looking at himself suspiciously.

Suddenly, Li Ye heard a loud bang under his feet. When he lowered his head, he saw that the floor beside him had been smashed into a big hole. A thin black figure below handed a bamboo basket up and said in a hurry: "This It's the head you want, give me a thousand coins!"

Li Ye squatted down and handed him the leather bag, "100 taels of gold!"

The moment a big hand stretched out to catch the leather bag, Li Ye also grabbed the opponent's wrist. The opponent had a countermeasure, so he pulled back suddenly. This pull weighed at least two to three hundred catties. No one can hold his wrist.

But Zeng Honger happened to meet Li Ye, and Li Ye also guessed his move. His hand was like a pair of pliers, holding the opponent's wrist, no matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.

Zeng Hong was terrified, this was an expert he had never encountered before, he drew his knife and slashed at his wrist, but it was too late, Li Ye had already pulled him out of the floor.

The other hand grabbed his left hand and squeezed it hard. Zeng Honger's left hand was like a child. He screamed and the short knife fell to the ground.

He suddenly shouted: "The scholar in green at the top of the stairs is the murderer you are looking for!"

Li Ye was startled, and looked up, but the scholar in Tsing Yi had disappeared.

He slapped Zeng Honger unconscious and threw it to his subordinates, "Tie him up and gag him!"

He ran towards the stairs, and when he went downstairs, the scribe in Tsing Yi was nowhere to be seen. Li Ye was so angry that he grabbed off the mask, accidentally discovered the real murderer, and he ran away.

At this time, the man in Tsing Yi was sitting in a carriage, and happened to see Li Ye who had torn off his mask from the rear window. He recognized Li Ye at a glance, and his eyes were shocked.

(End of this chapter)