"Commander Xuan Ye, it's not good!"
In the corridor on the second floor of Tongfu Inn, a thin man in well-dressed clothes ran up, clasped his fists towards Xuan Ye and said: "All the gates and road exits within a mile of the inn have been blocked by the government troops, except for the original gates of each square. Residents are not allowed to go out without authorization! When two of our brothers went out to inquire about the news, they were arrested by officers and soldiers at the gate of the square!"
"What did you say? The government troops blocked all the intersections near us?"
Before Xuan Ye could say anything, Tianying standing beside him couldn't help but said with excitement.
"Yes! Now there are officers and soldiers guarding the gates of the houses and at every intersection. If you want to go out, you must be identified by the chief of each house. Unidentified people have all been arrested by the officers and soldiers and put in jail!"
The Turkic spy bowed to Tianying and clasped his fists.
"Damn it!"
Tianying angrily hammered the railings on the corridor and cursed: "The King of Wei is still in our hands, and the people in the government dare to be so arrogant. Go and chop off King Wei's arm and give it to the officers and soldiers outside. I Let’s see if they withdraw their troops~!”
Arrogant!
Tianying, who thought he had captured the government's fate by catching Li Tai, was extremely arrogant at the moment. He believed that as long as Li Tai's life was threatened, the government would definitely give in!
"No!"
Xuan Ye was relatively rational. After hearing this, he quickly shouted to stop Tianying and the subordinate, "Tianying, don't forget that the guard master is still in the hands of the government. Let's cut off one of King Wei's limbs now." Arm, the next moment, they will chop off one of the guard master's legs, who can bear the consequences?"
Tianying said dissatisfied: "But if the government is allowed to do this, we people will be completely trapped and die near the inn. We will not be able to find out the news outside. Even if the reinforcements sent by the Great Khan arrive outside the city later, we will probably not be able to find out." We will know in advance, let alone cooperate with the reinforcements from inside and outside to capture Taiyuan City!"
Xuan Ye frowned and said, "That's true, but don't forget, our first task now is to rescue the guard! Anshunshan has bribed the cell guards. When the opportunity comes tonight, the guard will have a chance to escape. Dalao, when the time comes we won’t have anything in the hands of the government, but the King of Wei will be in our hands, so the government won’t let us control it?”
Hearing this, Tianying hesitated and said: "But our people are trapped here and have no way to approach the prison of the state capital. Can those people bribed by Anshun Mountain rescue the Lord of Wei?"
Xuan Ye thought for a while and said: "If you want to rescue the guard leader, the quality of people is more important than the number of people. If we compare the number of people, even if we all go there, there is no way to compare with the defenders of the cell! Those cells bought by Anshun Mountain On the contrary, it is easier for the guards to succeed than if we go in person!
Those people work hard and only get a few hundred dollars a month in salary. Anshun Mountain has given them more money than they can spend in a lifetime this time. I believe they will do their best to rescue the Lord of Wei! Let's wait for a day for now. If the guard master escapes tonight, everything will be easy. Otherwise, we will think of another way! "
Hearing this, Tianying's brows relaxed a little. He nodded and said: "Okay, wait and see first! All the servants in the government are greedy for money and lustful. After Anshun Mountain gave them so much money, I will I don’t believe those guys dare to just take money and do nothing!”
Li Tai, who was sitting in the lobby downstairs and drinking "afternoon tea" leisurely, had no idea that he had almost had an arm removed just now.
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In fact, Li Junxian's decision to block the inn was undoubtedly a wise one. By drawing an "isolation zone" one kilometer around the inn, it would be difficult for the Turkic spies in the inn to come out to inquire about information and secretly "become evil". ”, the situation in the city was quickly stabilized with the efforts of the Taiyuan government.
First of all, there are no more people gathering in the streets and alleys to grab food. Moreover, the people who had previously looted the official food also carried the food they robbed and delivered it to the government in person. At first, only a small group of people dared to do this. After all, no one is sure what the government's attitude is, let alone whether the notice that says "Those who return the food to the government will not be held responsible" is true or false.
But as the first batch of common people delivered the stolen official rations to the government and came out of the government office safely, more and more common people began to carry the stolen official rations and rushed to the government office.
After all, the common people are naturally afraid of the government these days, and there are still very few people who are willing to go against the government. Moreover, the government now puts grain in the official warehouse in the west of the city, and guarantees that as long as you queue up, you will be able to buy cheap grain. Now that the common people have a "way to live", they will naturally be less likely to go against the government!
Therefore, around Shen time in the afternoon, more than 800 shi of food that had been robbed from the government had been returned in full!
Fortunately, Li Junxian sealed off the area around Tongfu Inn. Otherwise, if the Turkic spies there heard the news, Xuan Ye and Tian Ying might be furious and try to trick him!
"...General, the mansion in Anshun Mountain has been inspected. He has no family members in Taiyuan, only dozens of servants and an old housekeeper. Governor Wang personally interrogated these people, but according to them, these few people in Anshun Mountain Although they go out frequently, they are always alone without any servants following them, so they don’t know who they have come into contact with during these days in Anshun Mountain!"
In the turret of the south city wall of Taiyuan, it has become the "frontline headquarters" for rescuing Li Tai. Zhao Kang, who had just returned from the governor's mansion, reported to Li Junxian the situation in the governor's mansion.
Li Junxian frowned when he heard this and asked doubtfully: "Every time he goes out alone, is there no one to drive his carriage? Is he walking?"
Zhao Kang replied: "According to the servants of the Kang family, Anshunshan is good at riding horses. Every time he goes out, he travels on horseback, not a carriage!"
Li Junxian nodded slightly disappointedly, and Zhao Kang added: "But the old housekeeper of An Mansion said that Anshun Mountain has withdrawn a large amount of money in the past few days, and the total amount is probably close to 60,000 to 70,000 yuan. The old housekeeper once asked Anshun What did Shan Chi use so much money for? Anshun Shan just said that he will discuss a big business in the next few days, so just ask him to raise the money as instructed!"
"Sixty to seventy thousand yuan! This Anshun Mountain is really a big deal!"
Hearing this, Li Junxian couldn't help but sigh, don't underestimate these 60,000 to 70,000 yuan. This wealth is completely worth a year's tax of a superior county, and the entire city of Chang'an can spend it all at once. I'm afraid there are only a handful of sixty or seventy thousand guan, and some nobles may not be able to get it. Li Junxian couldn't help but snorted coldly:
"Big business? What kind of big business requires so much money all at once? Most of Anshun Mountain used the money to bribe state officials and generals! What a big deal!"
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