"General, I will follow your instructions at nightfall to search the fifth house east of Keshuoren Square. There is indeed no one in the house, but my subordinates found many weapons in the garden in the backyard, but I don't know if they are. The kind of weapons that the government is searching for among the people today!"
In a private house near Tongfu Inn, a sergeant cupped his fist at Li Junxian.
The name of this sergeant was Yan Gui. During the day, Li Junxian had ordered him to sneak into the fifth house east of Shuorenfang (which was the temporary hiding place of Kang Changan and Zhu Xiesheng) to search. Let's see if there will be any new discoveries. This was just a very casual order given by Li Junxian when he had no clue about the situation in the city. He didn't have much hope for it, but he never thought that it would actually happen. Yan Gui found something inside.
"Oh? How many weapons are there? Where are they now?"
Li Junxian's expression changed and he asked.
"Back to the general, there are a total of seven long swords, twenty-one scimitars, and some hidden weapons! My subordinates have brought all those weapons back with their brothers!"
Yan Gui cupped his fists and replied.
"Seven long swords, twenty-one scimitars? And some hidden weapons?"
Hearing this, Li Junxian frowned and muttered: "Judging from the number of weapons, there are not many people on the other side! But Zhao Deyan dares to stir up trouble in the city and intends to plot the entire Taiyuan City. The power in his hands is absolutely It’s more than that! This shows that that house is probably just the place where some of his men once settled! As the saying goes, there must be many similar places like the Three Caves of Cunning Rabbits. This Zhao Deyan is really not simple!"
Having said this, Li Junxian turned to look at the other sergeant beside him and asked: "Zhao Kang, I asked you to send a message to Baiqisi to check Zhao Deyan's identity. Did you pass it on?"
The sergeant clasped his fists and said: "Return to the general, the letter has been sent out! Also, in the morning, you asked the general to take people to the north of the city to watch if there are any carrier pigeons flying out. The general and others stayed in the north of the city until dark, but no one was found. The carrier pigeon flies out from the city to the north! Should we continue to guard the north of the city tomorrow?"
When daytime was approaching noon, Li Junxian led a hundred cavalry into the city. After learning about the current situation in Taiyuan City from Wang Liaoyuan, he judged that the lurking forces in the city were probably Turkic spies, so he sent Zhao Kang and others. Go to the north of Taiyuan City and intercept the carrier pigeons flying out of the city!
Li Junxian shook his head and said: "No need! We are one step late! Zhao Deyan has already sent the letter!"
In the evening, he learned from Governor Wang at the Governor's Mansion that the letter Han Li was bringing to Taiyuan was sent by Zhao Deyan. He knew that his order in the morning was still a step late, because Zhao Deyan had sent it early in the morning. The letter was sent out, and when they entered the city, it was almost noon, which was a perfect time delay!
"yes!"
Zhao Kang responded and saw that Li Junxian had no other instructions, so he stood aside again.
At this time, Li Junxian looked at Yan Gui again and ordered: "Yan Gui, immediately take the weapons to the governor's office to see if they are the weapons sold by Chu Ji Iron Shop! "
"Yes! General!"
Yan Gui cupped his fists and accepted the order. Then, he thought for a moment and asked, "Then will the general and others still want to look for other places for Turkic spies to stay in the city?"
Li Junxian frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No need! Taiyuan City is not big, but it is definitely not small. Searching aimlessly is like looking for a needle in a haystack. To capture the thief first, capture the king. As long as we can capture Zhao Deyan This spy leader, his men will be caught sooner or later!"
"The general is wise! I will send the weapons to the governor's office now!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Gui nodded in agreement, then turned and left.
After Yan Gui left, two more sergeants pushed the door in. It was said that Li Junxian had been secretly protecting Li Tai and others during the day, so they could only report the matter after Li Junxian came back at night.
"General, this is the list of merchants from Kang State in Taiyuan City. Those who are close to Kang Qu have been marked by my subordinates. General, please take a look~!"
One of the sergeants handed Li Junxian a pamphlet with both hands and said.
The sergeant's name was Chen Fu. At noon, Li Junxian had ordered him to collect the list of Kangguo merchants in Taiyuan City.
"good!"
Li Junxian nodded and reached out to take it. He did not ask Chen Fu where he got this roster. If you can't even handle this, then you are not worthy of joining Baiqisi! Li Junxian flipped through the roster and saw it written on it: "Kangfu, Yongliang Rice Shop; Kang Shunjian, Ruyi Baoqifang; Kang Songping, Huyue Restaurant..."
There are about thirty or forty people on the roster. Behind each person's name is the name of the store that this person opened in Taiyuan City. The types of these stores basically cover the food and clothing that the people need in their daily lives. , use, and practice. It can be seen that these merchants from Kang State are really good at doing business. They can be found everywhere in the small Taiyuan City, let alone Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Empire! I'm afraid there are even more Kang merchants there!
Closing the roster, Li Junxian frowned, his face thoughtful.
After a moment, he came back to his senses, looked at the other sergeant and asked, "He Jian, how are you doing there?"
At noon, in addition to asking Chen Fu to collect the list of Kangguo merchants in the city, Li Junxian also asked He Jian to sneak into Kangqu Mansion to see if there was anything unusual.
Chen Fu clasped his fists and said: "General Qi, my subordinate sneaked into Kangqu's house under the cover of night half an hour ago. Apart from a few servants, he and his wife were the only ones in his house. They didn't seem to be the same. Nothing unusual. When the subordinate went down, he and his wife were having dinner. The subordinate hid on the roof and eavesdropped. He vaguely heard Kang Qu saying that he would take advantage of the current closure of Taiyuan City to unite the merchants of Kang State in the city. Let’s raise the price of grain and cloth together, put pressure on the government, and seek justice for Kang Changan!”
"Price gouging? Humph! This Kangqu is really too long-lived!"
Hearing this, Li Junxian's face was instantly covered with frost. In order to capture the Turkic spies in the city, the four gates of Taiyuan City are now closed. No one knows when Zhao Deyan will be caught, so no one knows what Taiyuan City is like. At that time, the blockade will be lifted. During this period, people in the city will not be able to leave, and supplies from outside will not be able to enter Taiyuan City. If Kang Qu unites with the merchants of Kang State in the city to take the opportunity to drive up commodity prices or food prices, it will definitely cause great trouble to the government!
"General, would you like me to lead someone to capture this guy?"
He Jian asked, clasping his fists.
Li Junxian thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry yet! Did you discover during your trip that Kangqu has colluded with the Turks?"
He Jian recalled for a moment, shook his head and said: "Go back to the general, my subordinates never found out!"
"Um… "
Li Junxian thought for a while and said: "These people are from Kang State after all, so let the government handle it! When I have the opportunity, I will go and tell Wang Jishui personally that it is more important to arrest Zhao Deyan now!"
The nine surnames of Zhaowu are like-minded. Li Junxian is still very cautious in this matter, because he does not want to make the matter reach a point where it cannot be ended!
"Where is Lin Jiang? Is he back?"
Suddenly, Li Junxian turned to ask Zhao Kang, the bodyguard beside him.
In the evening, he sent Lin Jiang to sneak into Tongfu Inn and secretly kidnap Sun Dafu, the shopkeeper of Tongfu Inn, for questioning. Counting the time, he should be back by now.
Zhao Kang replied: "Back to General, Lin Jiang has returned! The shopkeeper of Tongfu Inn is being held in the woodshed by us, and Lin Jiang is personally guarding him!"
Li Junxian was overjoyed and quickly stood up and said, "Okay! Come with me and have a look!"
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