In the afternoon, when the sun was only a few strokes away from the mountains, an invitation was quietly delivered to Galohan's mansion.

While the porter hurriedly sent the invitation to the study, a tall old man with broad shoulders and a thick armor was kneeling on a soft couch covered with a splendid Persian carpet, and sighed at a yellowed portrait of the great man of Fuluochuan.

Even if he sat there on his knees, he was like a deep mountain, and he was full of a majestic and domineering spirit. Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps outside, he raised his head slightly, his gray eyebrows shook slightly, and when he saw that it was his housekeeper, he asked lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

The butler walked in small steps to Jia Luohan's side, and replied respectfully: "The head of the family, Li Taishou sent an invitation to invite the head of the family to go to the camp outside the city for the evening feast. ”

"Li Taishou invited me to a banquet outside the city?" Galohan was stunned

"Exactly." The housekeeper will present the invitation.

Jia Luohan looked at it again, his eyebrows moved slightly, and he thought about it in surprise.

When Li Keshi went to work, he asked people to prepare a generous gift, but the person who gave the gift couldn't even enter the door, let alone give a gift.

But now, he let him go to the banquet outside the city.

That's kind of interesting.

After pondering for a while, he asked, "Why didn't Li Taishou enter the city?" And a banquet outside the city? ”

"According to the person who sent the letter, Li Taishou was patrolling here, so he simply held a bonfire dinner outside the city, and the location was Sulan Fort in the southeast, less than twenty miles away from here."

Jia Luohan nodded, he has lived in Fuluochuan for thirty or forty years, and he knows the nearby terrain well, the steward said that the Sulan Fort is located on the main road to Heyuan County in the east, and the transportation and military status are very important, and the fort is garrisoned by fifty soldiers in peacetime, and it is under the jurisdiction of Xuande County.

Because Sulan Fort communicates the north and the south, so over time, a small town has been formed, in addition to the military households, there are more than 100 families, they provide convenience for business travel along the way, and the business of more than 10 shops is not bad.

"Just me?" Galohan asked again.

"It's not." The butler shook his head, and then said, "The big men in the city have received it. ”

Garohan laughed and said, "I see. I'll just say, how can there be a cat in this world that doesn't steal? ”

"The head of the house, this is ......," the butler didn't understand what Galohan meant.

Li Taishou was supervised by officials from the Criminal Department and the Imperial Department, so he closed his door and thanked the guests, pretending to be clean and honest like water on his sleeves. But he didn't want to miss this generous gift, so in the name of inspection, he changed to set up a banquet outside the cities. ”

"I see." The housekeeper suddenly realized, but suddenly said: "The emperor of the Sui Dynasty and Tubo fought at the Jishi Pass in Heyuan, and Li Taishou accepted bribes like this? Aren't you afraid? ”

"You mean there's fraud?"

"The Han people say that there is no good banquet, and I think it's better for the head of the family not to go."

"No good feast?" Jia Luohan put down the invitation card in his hand and smiled, "Is it still a Hongmen banquet?" ”

"Exactly."

"It's because the emperor is close at hand, so Li Taishou dares to accept gifts, this is the Han people's virtual and real art of war, commonly known as black under the lamp." Jia Luohan stood up and said, "This Li Taishou is the younger brother of Li Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and it will do us no harm to be friendly with him. This time I went to the banquet, and I happened to have a relationship with him. ”

The housekeeper wanted to persuade him again, but Jia Luohan couldn't help but say: "The whole city has gone, and if I, the No. 1 wealthy family in Fuluochuan, don't go there, I can't say anything." You don't need to say more, go get your car ready. ”

"Whoa." Seeing that Jia Luohan had made up his mind, the housekeeper didn't say anything more, and only went down to prepare for it.

Soon, the carriage was ready.

Escorted by a team of family members, Garohan left the house, got into the car, and headed all the way out of the city.

On the way, I met a lot of local tycoons in a hurry, and all of them, like Galohan, brought a different number of guards, and when they saw each other, they all brought various gift boxes, and everyone laughed heartily, and some talked and laughed and went to Sulan Fort.

When he arrived at the established location, Li Keshi led a group of local officials to greet them from afar, and personally invited them into the camp outside Sulan Fort.

The group, according to Li Keshi's arrangement, only brought a few relatives and brought all kinds of treasures into the main tent, but the relatives were stopped by the guards.

Jia Luohan and other big tycoons were not surprised, and stepped into the big tent. When they arrived inside, everyone was surprised to find that not only did there be no wine and meat in the tent, but also a handsome young man sat on top of it.

"Tell me about it." Li Keshi smiled and said, "This is my Great Sui Emperor"

"Boom!"

When Li Keshi revealed Yang Dong's identity, many Fuluochuan tycoons only felt that their brains exploded.

They knew that Emperor Sui was very young, they also knew that Emperor Sui was in Heyuan, and they also knew that Li Keshi did not dare to let people pretend to be the emperor, but for the emperor to appear in front of them alive, their minds were still blank, and they fell into a moment of distraction. It was as if he couldn't hear anything but his own heartbeat.

After a long while, Jia Luohan's pupils contracted sharply, and he saluted respectfully: "The grass people greet the saint." ”

"The grass people visit the saint." Everyone came back to their senses and bowed one after another.

"You may be seated."

"Thank you." More than 30 local tycoons took their seats respectfully and cautiously.

In the face of this killing god with countless brilliant achievements, everyone dared not come out.

For a moment, the big tent fell into a deathly silence.

Yang Tong glanced at them and asked lightly, "Who is Jia Luohan?" ”

"Back to the saint, the grass people are none other than Jia Luohan." Garohan stood up and saluted nervously.

Yang Tong saw that he had a tall nose and deep eyes, a big beard, and his appearance was different from the Central Plains, nor was he like the Qiang people of Hexi, and even different from the Hu people of the Western Regions. People with this appearance are called Sogdians, and there are many Sogdians doing business in Luoyang, so Yang Tong was not surprised, and asked casually: "Are you Sogdian?" ”

"Back to the saints, the grass people have the blood of the Sogdians of Kangguo." Garohan replied.

The ancestors of the Sogdians originally lived in the "Zhaowu City" (i.e. Zhangye) at the foot of the Qilian Mountain, and then it was broken by the Huns, and was forced to move westward to Central Asia and West Asia.

The Sogdians also established a series of small powers, although they were generally not strong and mostly dependent on other powerful peoples, but they took advantage of their geographical advantages to travel far and wide, and were known for their good business. Since the Han Dynasty, the famous Silk Road has been used to and fro, and the economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West have been carried out through the intermediary of the Sogdians. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, their scope of activities expanded, either in business or as officials, and many of them also relied on their own specialties to please the rulers, and from time to time to undertake diplomatic missions for some countries, such as the Northern Zhou Dynasty in 545 sent Jiuquan Juanno Pantuo to envoy the Turks to the Central Plains.

Yang Tong said: "The Sogdians have long manipulated the resale trade on the Silk Road, and you have Sogdian ancestry, no wonder you are so good at doing business." ”

"No, I don't dare to be." Jia Luohan felt that Yang Dong's tone was not good, and he felt fear in his heart, and his big sharp and long nose trembled slightly.

"You know how to do business, that's your business, and I won't care." Yang Tong had been practicing martial arts for many years, and he had a sensitive understanding of people's reactions, knowing that this person had been frightened by himself, thus showing the timidity and caution characteristic of the Sogdians. So he leaned forward slightly, further suppressed the momentum, looked into his eyes, and said coldly: "But the premise is that you can't break the law and mess with the rules, let alone rebel......"

Knowing that he must have been exposed, Garohan was immediately distraught, his throat was dry, and he couldn't say a word. After a long time, he smiled and said, "The grass people don't know what the Holy Finger is?" ”

"As a person in charge of wealth, how could you not know about Tuoba Wei? How could it be impossible not to know that Tuoba Wei was going to rebel? Actually, you know, you know everything. I just don't want to say it. Yang Tong looked at Jia Luohan coldly.

Jia Luohan's mind roared, looking at Yang Tong's fierce gaze, his brain was blank, and he couldn't move a step. His legs went limp, and he fell to his knees.

This kneeling is tantamount to not admitting yourself.

It's not that Jia Luohan's psychological quality is not high enough, but that Yang Tonglai is too coincidental.

Jia Luohan's words and deeds are cautious and cautious, honest and fearful, suffering from gains and losses, and always afraid of revealing some flaws. And Li Keshi's act of asking for bribes made him feel relaxed and happy.

At this time, the notorious head of state suddenly appeared in front of him, which made his heartstrings tight, but the emperor chatted with Yan Yuese, just when his heartstrings were tight and loose, loose and tight, and his brain couldn't turn, he suddenly debunked his conspiracy, and the ghostly Jia Luohan didn't even have time to think about how to deal with it, and there was only one thought in his mind: that is, he was exposed, and the whole family was finished.

The whole process is similar to the psychological war of deciding the case, except that the judge here is replaced by the emperor, but for criminals in this era, the emperor who can determine life and death with one word is undoubtedly more deterrent.

"You are doing business upright, I don't blame you, but you do business with my country, this is unforgivable!" Yang Tong's eyes swept over some of the earth-colored Fuluochuan tycoons, and said coldly: "And you ......."

"Puff"

"Puff"

"Puff"

A series of kneeling sounds interrupted Yang Tong's words.

"......" Yang Tong looked wondering, and a few black lines were faintly and faintly exposed on his forehead, and he didn't know how to speak.

So it behaves.

Such a rat guts, dare to rebel?

In fact, these people are in the same mood as Jia Luohan, in fact, in the face of such a situation, I am afraid that out of a hundred people, ninety-nine will not be able to parry.

After counting carefully, Yang Tong found that among the thirty-seven people who came in, only three of them were sitting ignorantly.

He had thought that the three men were not involved.

Who would have expected that when he was about to speak, the three of them howled loudly in unison: "Holy Lord, spare our lives, we are all forced." ”

Now it's okay, there are thirty-seven people in the audience, none of them fall, they come neatly, and they kneel neatly.

The corners of Yang Tong's mouth twitched, thinking that your reflex arc is too long, right?

But... This also shows that Tuoba Wei's penetration in Fuluochuan is extremely high and strong, and his power is extremely domineering.

He shouted, "Come and arrest them all." ”

"Holy and slow." But it was Garohan who came to his senses.

Yang Tong looked at him for a moment, and said lightly: "Look, you are all wiped out, what else is there to say?" ”

Jia Luohan smiled bitterly: "Of course I know, but here, in fact, there are people who are innocent. ”

"You mean yourself, right?" Yang Tong sneered, "You knew that Tuoba Wei planned to secede and stand on its own, and you knew that Tuoba Wei was going to surrender to Tibet, but you didn't report it to the imperial court, but instead acted in embarrassment, not only contributed people and money, but also oppressed the local people with him, do you think you are very innocent?" You Sogdians are already known for being good at trading, and your business this time is not small. ”

"The grass people don't want to be like this, they also want to be a businessman who keeps to themselves and abides by the law, how can the world be like this, the times can't help it..."Galohan's voice became smaller and smaller, and his tone trembled.

"What do you mean by 'the way the world is'? This is called the way of the world to see the hearts of the people. Seeing that he was about to defend himself, Yang Tong interrupted: "I will give you a chance to make meritorious service and atone for your sins." ”

Jia Luohan understood the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, and immediately clarified the relationship with Tuoba Wei to Yang Tong: "The grass people are Tocharian people, who fled to Fuluochuan, originally just to earn the difference between the east and the west to get rich, and just want to spend the rest of their lives in peace and leave a family business for future generations, I don't want Tuoba Wei to take a fancy to the wealth of the grass people, but also to the grass people, dozens of lives of the family, all under the control of Tuoba Wei, I have no choice but to be with the thief, and please ask the saint to see the Mingjian!" ”

"If it weren't for the allegiance to Tuoba Wei, you wouldn't have the family business you have today. You may not be able to remember exactly how many innocent lives there are in your family business. So don't make you so aggrieved and pitiful. And since ancient times, rebellion has been a major crime of the nine clans, when did it become cheap enough to pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic to wash it away? How come I don't know? Yang Tong stared at Jia Luohan and snorted coldly: "I am now selling the lives of your whole family to do business with you, and I need you to take out something of equivalent value to buy." My time is precious, and I don't have the leisure or patience to listen to you and pretend to be pitiful. You will answer whatever I ask, and if you talk nonsense or lies, I will immediately send someone to kill your whole family. Do you believe it or not? ”

Jia Luohan's face was suddenly like earth, sweat was like rain, he knew that even if he didn't say it, others would say it, but he didn't dare to test the patience of this murderous demon king with his life, and hurriedly said: "I believe, I believe." ”

After reaching a consensus, Yang Tong asked, "Tell me the truth, how many troops does Tuoba Wei have?" ”

"There are about 6,000 men, which is the limit of what he can support, but these people are well-equipped and brave in battle, and over the years they have not only killed people and goods, but also fought from time to time with some disobedient tribes, and when there is no war, they are trained in a ferocious manner like war, and the average army is no match for them at all." Garohan said.

Yang Tong asked another crucial question: "Where are Tuoba Wei and his army hiding?" Furochuan City? ”

"Tuoba Wei did live in Fuluochuan before. His soldiers generally mingled in various cities and pastures in the form of ruffians and hooligans, and regularly demanded money from shops and herdsmen every month, and if the shopkeepers and herdsmen did not have money, they could also replace them with equivalent rice and flour, oil and salt, sauce and vinegar, tea, ironware, cloth, cattle and sheep, horses, furs, and other things. Jia Luohan glanced at Yang Tong cautiously, saw that he was not angry, knew that this was useful information for him, and then said: "Tuoba Wei is very cautious, I heard that the imperial army is coming, and he has pulled all his family and army to his secret barracks. ”

"All gone?"

"Exactly."

Yang Tong was overjoyed in his heart, this was really a godsend opportunity, "Where is his military camp?" ”

"The grass people need a map that is more accurate!"

"Take a map of the West Sea." Yang Tong waved his hand, and immediately a personal soldier spread a map on the table.

Jia Luohan looked at it and pointed to the Golmud River on the map: "This river is the largest Qingshui River in Yanze, the upper source is divided into two branches, the west branch is called the Kunlun River, dozens of miles to the south, that is, the Kunlun Pass, and the east branch is the main stream, called Xiugou." The upper reaches of Xiugou are divided into two branches, the east branch is called Jiagariqu, the west branch is called Huolanqu, along the upper reaches of Huolanqu to the south, you can go to the upper reaches of Zhaling Lake in Heyuan County over the mountain, and the upper reaches of Zhaling Lake are also the birthplace of the Yellow River. The barracks I know are here! ”

Jia Luohan pointed to the watershed in the upper reaches of Huolanqu and Zhaling Lake, and said: "There is a very hidden pasture in the watershed, the north and south entrances are very small, and you will only see a narrow pasture after walking four or five miles along the river, surrounded by mountains and forests, and it is difficult to find it outside. ”

Yang Tong looked carefully, it was about a day's journey from where he was, and Doma where Wang Fubao was located was much closer, only about half a day's journey, so he said to Jia Luohan: "I am going to use cavalry to exterminate Tuoba Wei, you give me as a guide, as long as this force is successfully eliminated, spare your whole family's life, and give you one percent of the family property, and when the matter is over, go to Hongnong Lushi County for the people." ”

Such a cowardly person also cut off Yang Tong's heart to support him to fight against the monarch of Tocharo.

But this man has lived in the West Sea for decades, and must have many networks of contacts that he does not know, and he must be moved away.

"Thank you, Holy Lord." Galohan thanked him with gratitude, and although he lost nine out of ten of his wealth, at least the whole family survived. The West Sea is Tuoba Wei's sphere of influence that Tuoba Wei has operated for many years, even if Tuoba Wei dies, his henchmen may not die, and if he retaliates, I am afraid that the whole family will die, so he can't ask for the arrangement of staying away from the West Sea.

Yang Tong said to the others: "You also have the opportunity to make meritorious atonements, that is, to list the Tuoba Wei henchmen and hand them over to Li Taishou, but you can't wronged good people, otherwise you will still kill your entire family." ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord." Everyone thanked each other.

"Li Taishou."

"Wechen is here." Li Keshi hurriedly responded.

"Tuoba Wei's henchmen are captured by you with your troops, and you must catch them all. After the matter is over, they will also give each person a share of property, and then move to Luoyang in a unified manner, and let the Ministry of Civil Affairs arrange for them to go to Yong, He, Qing, and Xu counties respectively, and they must not be allowed to live in the same county. ”

"Whoa." Li Keshi answered, and said: "The Holy Lord must annihilate them in one battle, once they flee into the mountains, there will be no peace in the West Sea." ”

Yang Tong nodded, turned around and ordered: "Quickly let General Pei and General Niu come to see me!" ”

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