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Zuo Mingchan's face was solemn, and after taking a look at Zhou Mingli, he said, "This matter is beyond our imagination. We must send someone back to report to the lord immediately. If we want to continue the investigation, it is obvious that our current manpower is not enough. It can’t be touched at all. Now it can be confirmed that those people are from the military, but it’s just not sure which team they are. But since this kind of thing can be done in Eastern Xinjiang, it is impossible to do without the Mu Mansion... "
"I understand why the people in the Mu Mansion gave up Mu Ping to Yang Shunhui!"
Zhou Mingli suddenly raised his head: "If it was Mu's house that bought a large number of firearms from foreigners, then Yang Shunhui's presence in Muping was just a cover-up for Mu's house. If Mu Ping was handed over to Yang Shunhui, who would doubt that it was Mu's house who traded firearms with foreigners? People from the mansion? Yang Shunhui is a shield, no wonder the Mu mansion will let out the rich and rich Mu Ping."
Zuo Mingchan nodded: "The people who traded were from Eastern Chu, but obviously the people behind the scenes are foreigners."
Zhou Mingli suddenly thought of something: "I have been in Mouping for a long time, and I can always hear things from the other side of the ocean when I deal with those Eastern Chu merchants. The Eastern Chu merchants mentioned before that after the Principality of Ross was swallowed up by the Opru Empire. , the Opru Empire sent a grand duke named Shuruns to take over the Principality of Ross, and began to suppress the original Ross nobles... and those Ross nobles naturally would not sit still, so they formed a rebel army to fight the army of the Opru Empire , but because of limited strength, we can only make small troubles."
Zuo Mingchan thought about it carefully: "So, based on this analysis, the ones who sold firearms to the Sui people were definitely not the people of the Opulu Empire, but the rebels of the Rus State. They need to exchange firearms for money and expand their army. Firearms in exchange for the support of the Sui people, and the only one who has the strength to support the Ross rebels in the eastern border of the Great Sui Dynasty is the Mu Mansion!"
Zhou Mingli's complexion changed: "What kind of secret agreement is there between the people in the Mu Mansion and the foreigners!"
"That's right!"
Zuo Mingchan's eyes froze: "With our current manpower, it is obviously not enough to find out about the Mu Mansion. But we can start from other directions. If the people who trade with the Mu Mansion are Ross State rebels, then those in the city The Eastern Chu merchants are just here to cover them. Behind the Eastern Chu merchants, there must be people from the Ross State rebels watching."
He stood up and said: "What we have to do now is to find out as soon as possible that there are those Eastern Chu merchants who shipped goods to that caravan, and then keep an eye on them. We will definitely find the Ross rebels. If we can catch a few A rebel from the country of Ross... This matter will be revealed."
"Several foreigners lived in the Tongsheng Inn."
Zhou Ming imagined something: "Yesterday when I sent someone out to watch those Eastern Chu businessmen, I saw a few foreigners coming out of the General's Mansion and staying in the Tongsheng Inn."
Zuo Mingchan was taken aback: "If these foreigners are the rebels of Ross State, then... Yang Shunhui also knows about it?"
Zhou Mingli shook his head: "There is something wrong, if Yang Shun knows about it, there is absolutely no need for people in the Mu Mansion to do things in such a secret way, they can put the transaction in the General's Mansion, so who will see it? There is no need for the Mu House to hand over Mu Ping to Yang Shunhui, as long as Mu Ping is still in the hands of the Mu House, wouldn't it be more convenient to trade?"
"Makes sense."
Zuo Mingchan nodded: "Then these foreigners may have nothing to do with the Ross rebels."
"I'm thinking… "
Zhou Mingli said: "Why do the people in the Mu Mansion do so many things? If it's just to cover up their arms trade with the Ross rebels, it is obviously more convenient for Mu Ping to be in their hands, and they can do it more secretly. Unless it is What are the people in the Mu Mansion afraid of? Once this matter is exposed, the people in the Mu Mansion can shirk it, because Mu Ping belongs to Yang Shunhui now!"
"What are you afraid of?"
Zuo Mingchan paced back and forth, his eyes flickering: "There is nothing in the Sui Dynasty that the people of the Mu Mansion can be afraid of. The court's troops are restrained by Luo Tu's rebels and cannot move in the south of the Yangtze River. The only remaining troops in Gyeonggi Province are In order to defend against Jin Shixiong and those people in the northwest. In the eastern border of the Great Sui Dynasty, who can make the people in the Mu Mansion worry?"
"No."
Zhou Mingli shook his head: "If even the imperial court is not afraid, what else can the Mu family be afraid of?"
"The person Mu Mansion fears is not in Da Sui!"
Zuo Mingchan suddenly found a way of thinking: "The people in the Mu Mansion secretly trade firearms. One of them is that they don't want the people in the Sui Dynasty to know about it. They want to train an army equipped with firearms. It's still unclear who they are targeting. Second, the people from the Mu Mansion have made such a big circle to trade with the rebels from the Rus State, not the people from the Central Plains, but... the powerful Opru Empire on the other side of the ocean!"
Zhou Mingli suddenly realized: "If this is the case, then it can be explained clearly. People in the Opulu Empire are definitely not allowed to sell firearms to the Sui people. If the Mu family wants to buy firearms, they can only deal with the rebels of the Ross State. And once the people of the Opru Empire know, the people of the Mu House are worried that if the people of the Opru Empire find out that the Mu House has dealt with the Ross rebels, they will take revenge against the people of the Mu House."
"Yang Shunhui is really a shield!"
Zuo Mingchan was stunned for a moment: "That is to say, the people in Mu's Mansion have a very clear understanding of the affairs on the other side of the ocean. Since they are afraid of the Opulu Empire, it means that this country must be very powerful!"
"Send someone back immediately to report to the lord."
He said in a solemn tone: "In any case, this matter seems to be developing in the direction my lord is worried about. My lord personally wrote to remind Mu Fu and Yang Shunhui to beware of foreigners. Now it seems that no one cares about my lord's reminder." The people in the Mu Mansion want to use the Ross rebels to provide firearms to equip the army. I found not only the muskets but also the unassembled artillery from the caravan's carriage... "
"Mu Mansion, we are finally joining the Central Plains."
Zhou Mingli sighed, his eyes were full of worry.
"But my lord is worried about..."
Zuo Mingchan sighed, "Foreigners."
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There are two main streets in Muping, one running north-south and the other running east-west. More than 80% of the restaurants, casinos, brothels, and inns in the city are concentrated on these two streets. In order to facilitate transactions, merchants from south to north also choose to live on these two streets, so the business of the inn is very good.
Although Eastern Chu merchants are stingy, they will not live in remote places just because they feel sorry for a few coins. In that case, the money lost in the delayed business is far more than the money saved.
Therefore, the people of Xiaoqi School soon discovered that a group of Eastern Chu people were acting suspiciously. The masters selected from Huotong Tianxia and the people from the Xiaoqi School stared at the Dongchu people for a day and a night, and finally found a clue. After the transaction, a group of Eastern Chu people wandered around on the east-west street. They first found a restaurant to eat, and then went to a teahouse to listen to a play. They didn't leave until after dark.
They left the tea house in the dark, and then turned into a small alley. The people from the Xiao Riding School followed carefully, and those people seemed to be very vigilant. They would separate and go in another direction without passing through a fork in the road. There is no doubt that this was enough to confuse the people who followed them.
Although these people didn't realize that anyone was following them at all, they still maintained their vigilance.
If it weren't for the barely sufficient manpower of the Xiaoqi School, it would have almost been lost. Because it is impossible to determine which of those who are assigned is the main target, the Xiaoqi School can only assign people. It wasn't until the middle of the night that it was confirmed that those people lived in a very inconspicuous small inn in the east of the city.
This place may be difficult to find even for people from the Muping government office.
However, it can be concluded from this that there must be something wrong with this group of Eastern Chu people. Such a remote place, such careful precautions, can only show that they have ghosts in their hearts. After discovering where they were staying, the people from Xiaoqi School immediately notified Zuo Mingchan.
Zuo Mingchan brought his men and rushed here in the dark.
"I'll take two people over to have a look. You guys should hide around this inn, don't show your tracks, and don't do anything without my order!"
Zuo Mingchan gave an order, and then led two skilled men towards the small inn. The three of them were good at light work. After carefully avoiding the secret whistle outside the inn, they climbed in from the courtyard wall on one side of the inn. This inn is actually a residential house. It should be because the house was idle, so they simply opened the inn. There are only two waiters in the front room, but they have already fallen asleep on the table.
The light in the small courtyard behind was still on, Zuo Mingchan looked in through the gap in the flower wall, and found two people standing guard at the door of the house, they were definitely not from the Central Plains, they were tall, holding firearms in their hands.
He signaled his two men not to move, then he quietly turned over from the courtyard wall on one side, jumped up to the roof lightly, and then walked lightly from the roof to the edge of the eaves, hooking the eaves with one hand, leaning forward He fell down and peeked into the room from the upper window, but the two foreigners who guarded the door stood under him but didn't notice it.
The Dongchu people in the room were muttering something in the language of foreigners, and a foreigner sitting on a chair interrupted from time to time to ask a few words. Zuo Mingchan didn't understand the words of foreigners, so he didn't understand a single word.
He took out the incense from the leather pouch, and when he was about to pierce the window paper, he suddenly felt slight footsteps, and he immediately turned back and lay down on the roof.
Immediately afterwards, a few figures rolled in from outside the courtyard wall, and some of them blew poisonous stings out with blowpipes, and the two foreigners guarding the door limply fell down. Then those few people approached the house, and about six or seven people jumped in later.
Zuo Mingchan was startled, and thought to himself, who else is staring at this group of people besides himself
He didn't dare to act rashly, but poked his head and looked down. There were about a dozen or so people who came in later. Although their movements were very flexible, Zuo Mingchan was sure that these people didn't know how to practice, but their bodies were relatively strong. After entering the yard, these people took off the short guns from their belts, which showed their identities.
Zuo Mingchan's heart skipped a beat, and he wondered why there are so many foreigners in Mupingli? And obviously, the later batch of foreigners and the people in the house are by no means the same group. If the people in the house are the rebels of the country of Ross, then are these people
Before Zuo Mingchan could figure it out, something happened in the yard below. Later, the foreigners kicked open the door, and rushed in with short guns in their hands. Immediately afterwards, he heard several scolding, but Zuo Mingchan still didn't understand a word. He hung himself from the eaves and looked down, and found that the foreigner in the room had been subdued and kept cursing something. And those Dongchu people cut their throats with daggers after being held down.
This group of foreigners is extremely cruel.
At this time, the two boys who heard the shout got up, rubbed their sleepy eyes and walked towards the backyard. Two foreigners came out of the room, waving to the boy and muttering something, but the boy couldn't understand, so he quickened his pace and came to the backyard. Zuo Mingchan's eyes changed, he knew that these foreigners were going to kill people to silence them.
No matter who he is, let's take them down first!
Zuo Mingchan pulled out a whistle and flicked it with his fingers. After the whistle flew out, it made a very thin sound, just like the cry of a bird. The foreigners in the yard looked up, but they didn't pay attention. When it comes to these useful tricks of the rivers and lakes, they are too far behind.
Just when the two foreigners hid the daggers behind them, and when the boy came over to strike, Zuo Mingchan fell down from the eaves and cut the back of the two people's necks with his volleying palms. fell down.