"Right now, go and summon the other people near the inn and ask them to come to the inn with weapons!"
After Zhao Deyan returned to the Tianzihao guest room, he could already vaguely hear the "clack-clack-clack" of horse hooves coming from the street to the east. At this time, he called one of his men over and gave him instructions.
He didn't know the specific name of this subordinate, because he had too many subordinates, and the ones Xuan Ye and Tianying took away were all masters. The ten people who stayed with him were the worst in martial arts among them. Of course he wouldn't remember their names.
Zhao Deyan placed a total of 200 people in Taiyuan City, Xuan Ye took away 110 people, leaving ten people with him, and there were about 80 of his people hidden in several houses near Tongfu Inn ! Previously, due to time constraints, Zhao Deyan did not wait for everyone to arrive before ordering the attack on the inn, but now that he chose to use himself as bait and stay at the inn, these people would naturally have to call them all!
After all, if the cavalry from the east is weak, Zhao Deyan will be able to defeat it with these people; if the opponent is stronger, it doesn't matter even if he loses, because his purpose of containing the opponent has been achieved. !
"Yes! Guard Master!"
The man hugged Zhao Deyan respectfully, then turned and left.
"You have to do a complete show. You guys are waiting in the next room. If this cavalry enters the inn and comes straight to this room, then you can choose the opportunity to come out again!"
Zhao Deyan ordered the remaining nine people.
"Yes~!"
Everyone clasped their fists and accepted the order, then turned around and went out to the guest room next door.
"Bang bang bang~!"
Not long after these arrangements were made, Zhao Deyan heard someone knocking open the door of the inn from the outside, making several loud "bang bang bang" noises. Almost all the sleeping guests in the inn were knocked open. After waking up, some people with bad temper couldn't help shouting and cursing:
"Who the hell is this? You're up late at night, why are you knocking?"
"What is the shopkeeper doing to eat? Who the hell is banging on the door so late at night!"
"Which bastard is it? Give it to grandpa and let me try again~?"
Amidst the sporadic shouting and cursing, many rooms that were originally in darkness turned on their lights one after another, and then they saw people moving around. They were obviously the residents who had been woken up and came out of their rooms to see what was going on outside. What happened!
Just at this sight, everyone who was cursing before suddenly stopped talking!
I saw more than ten big men holding weapons, standing in the hall with murderous intent. Although there were only a dozen people, they still gave them the momentum of hundreds or thousands of people!
Aura is a very mysterious thing, but it does exist. A general who has experienced hundreds of battles, and a new recruit who has just joined the army, the two people standing in front of them must have different feelings!
The Hundred Cavalry is the most mysterious and elite force in the Tang Dynasty. Everyone in it is one of the elites in the military, and as the commander of the Hundred Cavalry, Li Junxian's strength is not to mention, among all the elites. Among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, his personal strength can be considered top-notch!
Such a group of military elites, standing in front of everyone, will naturally bring invisible pressure to everyone!
Although people in the Tang Dynasty favored martial arts, and many literati and elegant guests carried swords with them on weekdays, but people like Li Junxian and others who rushed directly into the inn with weapons at night were obviously coming from bad intentions!
If they weren't dressed neatly and didn't look like "one-eyed dragon" or "scarface", these residents would have thought they were bandits!
Even if they were not bandits, Li Junxian and his group gave everyone the impression that they were not easy to mess with. Therefore, the residents who were woken up and prepared to leave their rooms to "swear" them, saw Li Junxian and others. He swallowed the words that were on his lips, and then went back to his room dejectedly!
It's not that they are timid and afraid of trouble, it's because the aura of Li Junxian's team is too strong, and they look like a tough opponent at first glance. Anyone who dares to come forward to provoke them will have to be kicked in the head by a donkey!
In fact, Li Junxian did not take these guests seriously. Since he entered the inn, his eyes had not stopped at these guests. He raised his head and scanned the top of the door of each room on the second floor of the inn. The small wooden sign above records the "room number" of each room. As the largest inn in Taiyuan City, Tongfu Inn divides the guest rooms into four levels: "Heaven, Earth, People, and Tong" according to the interior decoration of the room. , there is only one Tianzihao guest room, but the price is so expensive that most people can't afford it. The lower the level of guest rooms, the greater the number, and accordingly, the price per night will be cheaper!
Therefore, Li Junxian only needs to find the word "天" from the wooden sign in front of each room!
"over there!"
Suddenly, Li Junxian's eyes narrowed, pointing to the westernmost guest room, and then said in a deep voice to the people around him: "Chen Fu, Shentu, you two guard the front and back doors of the inn respectively, and the rest of you will follow me upstairs~ !”
"yes!"
Everyone bowed and took orders, two of them ran towards the front and back doors of the inn respectively, while Li Junxian led the remaining people up the stairs, and then ran straight to the westernmost Tianzihao guest room.
"No need to knock, just knock it away!"
Arriving at the door of the Tianzihao guest room, a Baiqi was about to knock on the door, but Li Junxian stopped him.
As the saying goes, things can change sooner or later, and he didn't want anything to change!
After that, he passed over the Baiqi and kicked the door open with one kick. In fact, the door was not locked!
The moment the door was kicked open, Li Junxian and others quickly entered the house. They saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man drinking tea casually at the tea table in the middle of the house. Li Junxian and others broke in when they saw him. Come on, the middle-aged man was slightly startled, then frowned and said:
"Who are you? Why did you break into my room~?"
Seeing that there was only one person in the room, and he was a middle-aged man who looked gentle and had no martial arts skills, Li Junxian frowned, wondering whether his previous judgment was wrong, but since he was here, it was necessary to explain the matter. Get it all figured out.
After giving a wink to the people around him, the few Baiqi guarded the door and several windows respectively to prevent the middle-aged man from escaping halfway. After that, Li Junxian walked across to the middle-aged man, sat down, looked directly at him, and asked without answering:
"Don't worry about who we are. First tell me who you are? Where are you from? What are you doing in Taiyuan City~?"
Hearing this, a look of displeasure appeared on the middle-aged man's face. He snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Your Excellency, you broke into someone else's room so late at night and didn't give me an explanation. Then you turned around and questioned me? You are really overbearing. Do you really think there is no royal law in Taiyuan City~?"
Li Junxian was too lazy to talk nonsense to him and said bluntly: "Stop talking to me about these useless things. I will give you another chance. If you can't explain your identity clearly, we will arrest you and send you to the government." Go, when we get there, I will slowly teach you the king’s law~!”
"Catch me~? I didn't commit any crime, and I didn't steal or rob you. Why are you arresting me~?"
The middle-aged man sneered and said.
Li Junxian smiled and said, "Haha! You won't tell me, right? Someone, arrest him and send him to the governor's office for strict interrogation!"
Although he could not confirm the specific identity of the middle-aged man, since the other party had something to do with the second roommate of the Wang family, and on the way to the inn, Li Junxian had already learned the news that Wang Kui had absconded in fear of crime, which meant that the second roommate of the Wang family had indeed colluded with a Turkic spy. , since the middle-aged man in front of him has secretly met Wang Xinyuan, it means that he is definitely in the same group with Zhao Deyan. At the worst, he is the person sent by Zhao Deyan to be responsible for connecting with the second wife of the Wang family!
After saying that, Li Junxian made a gesture to get up and leave, while the two Baiqi standing next to him leaned towards the middle-aged man, apparently intending to arrest him.
Seeing this, a hint of panic flashed across the middle-aged man's face, and he quickly said: "You... are you from the government? Well, let me say, I am Yu Dexing, a native of Yunzhou, and I am just visiting Taiyuan this time. In order to buy some goods, I’ll go back after I finish shopping!”
"Yunzhou businessman~?"
Hearing this, a playful smile appeared on Li Junxian's face, and he said lightly: "Then do you have a talisman scroll?"
The so-called talisman scroll is almost equivalent to the modern letter of introduction. In ancient times, an "ID card" was generally required to stay in an inn, but this "ID card" was not a modern ID card, but something similar to a letter of introduction. Although ancient China could not manage household registration through information technology, it had a complete household registration system long ago. In order to prove and distinguish the differences between people, the ancients invented identity badges such as "road guides", "door tickets" or "fish charms" and "tooth cards". Most ancient Chinese people rarely had the opportunity to travel far away, and only a few people had this need.
If an official or businessman is on a business trip, or has an officially authorized foreign affairs activity, he or she will hold a "talisman" or "taluluo roll". Such "talisman", "jie", "volume", etc. are all proof of identity for early stay in the hotel. , these are the modern equivalent of "letters of introduction." Later "Yijuan" and "Xinpai" are also travel vouchers. Without a travel voucher, you cannot check into a hotel, especially a government-run hotel.
In the Tang Dynasty, officials of fifth rank or above were issued "fish charms" by the court to prove their identity. If ordinary people needed to travel far away, they needed to report to Li Zheng or Fang Zheng, and then Li Zheng or Fang Zheng reported It must be submitted to the local county government, and only after approval by the county magistrate or chief registrar can the talisman (letter of introduction) be issued to other places.
Like the road guides from the Ming Dynasty, they were actually similar to this!
"Yes, yes!"
The middle-aged man seemed to have believed Li Junxian's identity as a member of the government. He nodded repeatedly when he heard this. Then he took out a piece of yellowed rice paper from his arms and spread it on the table. Li Junxian stretched out his hand to marry him. , looked at it carefully.
After a while, Li Junxian put down the rice paper, then looked at the middle-aged man, and said with a faint smile: "This talisman scroll seems to be a forgery. If I hadn't seen the talisman scroll in Yunzhou, , it is really possible for you to fool him! Someone, arrest this person!"
The middle-aged man's expression changed, he stood up suddenly and backed away, and said sternly: "My talisman scroll really can't be true anymore. Your Excellency, you are calling a deer a horse and deliberately making things difficult. What is your intention? Do you really think that I am someone who is easy to bully?" ?”
After that, he picked up the tea cup on the table and smashed it on the ground.
At the same time, there was a burst of footsteps outside the door, and then a group of people holding swords and rushing in rushed in. At a cursory glance, there were twenty or thirty people. Apparently, Zhao Deyan had asked people to go there before. Some of the moved reinforcements have already arrived at the inn!
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