Qin Xiao and Fat Yu glanced at each other, and they both knew that if Yuwen Chengchao's face was so ugly, something that would happen must be not small.

Yuwen Chengchao drank all the cup of tea, didn't wait for the fat fish to pour the tea, picked up the teapot and poured it for himself, and said to Dapeng: "Dapeng, you tell them about the situation." He raised his hand and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Several people sat down around the table, and Dapeng said: "Tangren City was burned by a fire, and the white shopkeeper of Maple Leaf Building was arrested, and now the situation over there is a mess, and some people have run back one after another, but what happened has not yet been fully figured out." ”

Fat Fish and the others were all discolored, but Qin Xiao was a little puzzled.

"Was he captured by the Vultures?" Fat Fish asked with a frown.

Dapeng nodded and said, "It is said that it was ordered by the White Wolf King of Wutuo himself, and it was also set on fire by the White Wolf King's White Wolf Rider." ”

Yuwen Chengchao drank two cups of tea in a row, and then he eased up, and when he saw Qin Xiao's confused face, he understood, and explained: "You may not know that although the Veda Khan is respected, it is divided into eight parts, and the White Wolf King is one of the eight departments, with the white wolf as the totem. ”

"I've heard of the White Wolf Division, too." Qin Xiao said: "I heard that although the Vedic Khanate is dominated by the Vedic people, there are not only Vedic people in the Khanate. ”

"In his early years, the Vedas were only one of the kingdoms of the Western Regions." Fat Yu said: "It is rumored that the Vedic people are related to the Tusun people of the Moxi grassland, and in the earliest days, the Vedic people also lived by grazing in Moxi. Later, because of the tribal fighting, coupled with the continuous natural disasters in the Moxi grassland, some small tribes moved westward, which was dominated by eight small tribes, and among the eight tribes, there were many people from the Wutuo tribe, and after these people moved to the Western Regions, it was inevitable to fight for territory. If they were fighting separately and scattering the sand, these tribes would have been swallowed up by the countries of the Western Regions long ago, so they were united at that time and respected the Utuda, and since then, this group of Tusun people who migrated westward has been called the Eight Wuda tribes, and they have survived with difficulty in the Western Regions. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that the fat fish had a little ink on his chest, and he knew a lot.

"The Eight Tribes of the Vedas occupied a small piece of land outside the Kunlun Pass, and they could only survive at first." Fat Fish said slowly: "However, they can ride and shoot well, brave and good at fighting, and after gaining a firm foothold, they began to expand everywhere, and the tribes of the Western Regions that they annexed, both in population and land, were divided by the eight tribes of the Vedas, and the land became the private property of the kings of the eight tribes, and the captives became their slaves." The countries of the Western Regions had different thoughts, and they didn't pay much attention to the little Udras at first, but when they found out that the Uthas had grown stronger and become a threat, instead of uniting to fight together, the countries rushed to form an alliance with the Udas, saying that they wanted to become a brotherly country. ”

Yuwen Chengchao sneered: "It is the connivance of the countries of the Western Regions that has made the Wutuo people grow to this day. ”

"Originally, the Vedas were still worried that the countries of the Western Regions would join forces to deal with them, and their ambitions were still somewhat restrained, but after seeing that those small countries were just sheep, the Vedas immediately showed their fangs." Fat Yu sighed: "In just ten years, the Wutuo people have expanded dozens of times in terms of land and population, becoming the first power in the Western Regions, after the founding Khan King called Khan, he had a harmonious relationship with my Tang Dynasty, sent envoys to worship, and was willing to be a minister, and the trade between the two sides was also thriving, prosperous for a while, at that time, Xiling, day and night caravans were endless, but it was much more lively than now. ”

"The Founding Khan is the cunning man." Yuwen Chengchao said lightly: "If you are a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, not only will you not be subject to the Tang Dynasty

suppression, on the contrary, is to take this opportunity to trade with our Datang and develop strength. In those years, the Veda Khanate lived in peace with us in the east, and there was no idle in the west, attacking the city, and I knew that it was a dog that would bite people. ”

Fat Yu said: "What the eldest prince said is very true, but it is a pity that no one in the court at that time would have thought that the Veda Khan Congress would be a big trouble later." He waved his hand and said, "It's far away, it's far away." At the time of the Udha Khanate, our trade with them was very frequent, at that time the Udha Khanate did not have such a huge territory as it is now, and now the territory of the White Wolf King is the place where the Udha Khan was located, in order to show the harmonious relationship with the Tang Dynasty, the old Khan King recruited craftsmen and people, and built a street in the trader market, according to the architectural style of my Tang Dynasty, carved beams and painted buildings, that is the Tang Dynasty. ”

"I see." Qin Xiao really didn't know much about this past.

Regardless of the purpose of the old Khan, at least in the history of the two countries, there was really a honeymoon period.

"After the second generation of the Khan came to the throne, he immediately set his sights on Xiling." Fat Fish said: "The Vedic Rebellion, the lives were devastated, the trade on both sides was naturally interrupted, after the Vedic people retreated outside the pass, the Kunlun Pass was completely blocked, and for many years, the trade between the two sides was completely lost. After a slight pause, he continued: "Interrupting trade with them, both sides will naturally have losses, especially Xiling, which has suffered great losses, and the Vedas have been affected much more seriously than Xiling. Therefore, in the years that followed, King Veda Khan sent people to Beijing several times to worship the saints, hoping to open trade routes and resume trade. ”

"The Khan King's face is very thick." Qin Xiao said lightly: "I can't grab it, so I will continue to plead and do business with a cheeky face." ”

Yuwen Chengchao also said indifferently: "They are barbarians and are bent on profit, as for their face, they don't care very much." ”

"The Tang Dynasty is in the upper kingdom, the sage is kind-hearted, the king of the Udha Khan has repeatedly requested, and the sage has remembered the Xiling people, and finally issued an order to open the Kunlun Pass and resume trade." Fat Yu said: "In this way, the two sides began to move, and many merchants also began to trade in the Western Regions, but the Vedic people also hoped to recover through trade after the battle of that year, coupled with the blockade of Kunlun Pass for many years. The White Wolf King restored the trade market, and the Chinatown of the year was lively again. ”

"The white shopkeeper of the Maple Leaf Building, who is sacred?" Qin Xiao asked.

"That's our people." Yuwen Chengchao said very directly: "The Yuwen family has opened the Maple Leaf Building in Tang City, and the white shopkeeper is a retainer of our Yuwen family, and he is also one of the capable cadres under my father, and he has been on the Wutuo side for four or five years. ”

Seeing that Qin Xiao was still a little puzzled, Fat Fish explained: "Maple Leaf House is a restaurant inn, and many businessmen who go to Woodland to do business are not used to the food and lodging of Woodland, so they will stay in Maple Leaf Building, which is the largest restaurant in Tang City. ”

"Eldest Prince, since Tang City is on the territory of the White Wolf King, trade is thriving there, and it is an important trade market, which will definitely be of great benefit to the White Wolf King." Qin Xiao was puzzled: "It stands to reason that he is too late to protect, how could he send someone to set fire to Tang City?" The white shopkeeper is just the shopkeeper of the restaurant, what did they arrest the white shopkeeper for? ”

"Here's the weirdest thing." Yuwen Chengchao's expression was solemn and said, "The largest trading ground outside the gate is in the fiefdom of the White Wolf King

Those who know the Veda Khanate know that among the eight tribes of the Vedas, the White Wolf Tribe is growing in strength because of the trade between the two sides, and the White Wolf King has become the most powerful figure in the Khanate after the Veda Khanate. The existence of Tang City, so that the White Wolf King close to collect taxes, is enough to be proud of other tribes, it is no exaggeration to say that Tang City is a cornucopia in the hands of the White Wolf King. His face was even more grim: "I really can't understand that setting fire to Chinatown is like smashing his cornucopia for him, and it doesn't make sense anyway." ”

"That's what the eldest prince said." Zhao Yi finally said: "Who in this world can't get along with silver?" As soon as the Tang City burned, the merchants were too frightened to do business, and the only one who lost was the White Wolf King himself, and it was impossible for him not to understand this truth. ”

"Eldest son, apart from the white shopkeeper, who else has been arrested?" Qin Xiao thought for a moment before asking, "How many people are there in Maple Leaf Building, and have they all been arrested?" ”

Yuwen Chengchao said: "Someone came back the day before yesterday to report to my father that the Tang people were burned, but the specific news was not explained." Yesterday afternoon, when we were dealing with Ding Zixiu, someone ran back from outside the gate, embarrassed, saying that the white shopkeeper had been taken away by the white wolf cavalry of the White Wolf King before the Tang City was burned. According to him, the front foot of the white shopkeeper was taken away, and hundreds of white wolf cavalry set fire to the Tang City, without any warning in advance, and the goods of many shops did not have time to be transferred, the fire burned, people fled in panic, and no one knew what happened. ”

"Only the white shopkeeper was arrested?" Qin Xiao frowned and asked.

"In addition to the white shopkeeper, it seems that a few other people have also been arrested, but they are not from Maple Leaf Building." Yuwen Chengchao thought for a while, "By the way, he also saw that the shopkeeper of a pharmacy was also arrested, but the pharmacy has nothing to do with our Yuwen family....!" ”

"So this time, the White Wolf King doesn't necessarily just go to the Maple Leaf Tower." Qin Xiao said: "Eldest prince, does the White Wolf King know that Maple Leaf Tower has a relationship with the Yuwen family?" ”

"Should know." Yuwen Chengchao said: "Shopkeeper Bai has been in Yuwen's house for many years, and many people are familiar with him. He was ordered by his father to go to Chinatown to take care of the Maple Leaf Building, although there was no fanfare, but many people still knew about it. After a pause, he said: "In fact, on the side of Tangren City, merchants gathered, in addition to our merchants in Xiling, there are also merchants from the Guannei, and merchants from the Western Regions are also trading there, there are many people, it is inevitable that there will be some conflicts, just because the merchants in Xiling know that the white shopkeeper of Maple Leaf Building is a member of our Yuwen family, so if they encounter any difficulties, they will find the white shopkeeper to deal with them, and the white shopkeeper has become the actual leader of the Xiling merchants in Tangren City." ”

Qin Xiao nodded and said, "I understand." This accident may not be related to the white shopkeeper, but it may be related to the Xiling businessman, or related to the Tang Dynasty businessman, the white wolf king felt that the white shopkeeper was the head of the Tang Dynasty businessman, so he also arrested the white shopkeeper. Frowning slightly: "I didn't hesitate to burn my cornucopia, and I also caught the white shopkeeper, eldest prince, it seems that this time the incident is really not small." ”

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ps: The conjunctivitis of the eye is serious, I have been shedding tears, and it hurts when I look at the screen, so I asked my wife to help with typing, and the speed is a little slow, I'm sorry. I've been medicated, it shouldn't take too long to recover, and the chapters that I owe will be made up.