It is not difficult to find Musuo's shop, just find his son, Musuo's son is called Tieerwin, who is very famous in Hengsai County, and his sheepskin shop is also one of the largest in Hengsai County, which also comes from his father's accumulation over the years.

"You're looking for my father?"

The sturdy Tierwin looked at several Han people outside the store and asked suspiciously, "He doesn't interact with Han people, what are you looking for him?" ”

"Ask him about something, it has something to do with the Sogdians, and it won't take much time."

Tielvyn looked at them for a long time, but finally nodded, "He's just basking in the sun in the yard, I hope you don't frighten him!" ”

Feng Jian led a few of his men through the shop, the atrium of the store is a large courtyard, an old Hui man is sitting on a chair basking in the sun, he is Mu Suo, this year is sixty years old, few Hui men can live to this age, he belongs to the long-lived Hui people.

"May the Immortal Heaven bless you!" Feng Jian spoke fluent Turkic and gave the old man a steppe etiquette.

Old Man Mu Suo laughed, "May the Immortal Heaven bless you!" ”

At this time, his grandson brought a few stools, everyone sat down, and Feng Jian said: "We went to the Hui tribe to inquire about the situation of a Sogdian twenty years ago, and they said that in such a long time, we must ask you to find out. ”

Muso grinned, "Twenty years ago, I don't necessarily remember. ”

"A Sogdian named Kang Hongxin, he is about the same age as you, a native of Kangguo, who has lived in Hui for twenty years."

Everyone looked nervously at Mu Suo, this was their last hope.

Mu Suo recalled for a long time, nodded and said, "I still remember him!" ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of expectation on their faces, Feng Jian hurriedly said, "Can you tell us about him?" ”

"He is actually not called Kang Hongxin, he seems to be called.... Right! His name is Kang Yishak, and the name Kang Hongxin is still the name I gave him when he first went to Chang'an. ”

"He's been on the steppe for twenty years?" Feng Jian asked.

Mu Suo shook his head, "He spent most of his time in the Central Plains, and he stayed in the steppe intermittently for about five years at most, strictly speaking, he is not actually a Sogdian, but a Khazar, his real name is Ishak, and his mother is a Sogdian from Kangguo, so he is also called Kangishak." ”

"Khazars?" Feng Jian and everyone looked at each other.

Mu Suo smiled: "It is a very distant country, the faith is different from the great cannibal, it seems to believe in Judaism, after Kangishak's father converted to Judaism, his mother left, I heard Kangishak say, his mother remarried a Sogdian, gave him two half-brothers, one settled in Chang'an." ”

Feng Jian's eyes lit up, "Do they have any contact?" I'm talking about Kangishak and his brother in Chang'an. ”

"Yes!"

Mu Suo said slowly: "Every time Kang Yishak goes to Chang'an, he lives with his brother, and they have a deep relationship, just like brothers. ”

"What's his brother's name?"

Mu Suo shook his head, "I don't know about this, I only know that his brother is also surnamed Kang, is in the gem business, and has settled in Chang'an for thirty years." ”

At this time, Tielvin was a little unhappy and said, "Several, my father is tired, let him rest!" ”

"Good! Good! Let me ask one last question. ”

Feng Jian asked Mu Rope again: "Kang Yishak has joined an organization, do you know what this organization is?" ”

Mu Suo closed his eyes, and after a while, he said slowly: "The last time I saw him was ten years ago, right here, I remember it very clearly, he said that he had a new master, he found his purpose in life, and after a few days he left, and he didn't come back, I don't know who his new owner is?" He wouldn't say, and I didn't ask. ”

.........

In the afternoon of the same day, Feng Jian and his entourage left Hengsai County ahead of schedule, rode south, and two days later, they arrived in Jiuyuan County and sent an important piece of information to Chang'an with the letter eagle of Jiuyuan County.

.........

In the morning, Guo Song arrived at the Shengdaofang, also known as the Persian Fang, under the protection of hundreds of guards, and was home to the Persians and Sogdians in the West.

The architecture of the whole fang is very exotic, and there are several Zoroastrian monasteries and cannibal mosques in the fangfang, although they are incompatible in the West, but in Chang'an, they can live in harmony.

There is a mansion covering an area of 20 acres in the southernmost part of Shengdaofang, which is the Zhangye County Mansion of the Shi family, and Shi Donglai's house.

Shi Donglai has been completely paralyzed since last year, his body is getting weaker and weaker, and the doctor said that he will not survive next year, and Guo Song also came to visit him this time.

In Zhangye that year, the historian gave great support to the Hexi Army, and the military expenditure alone supported hundreds of thousands of yuan, and various material resources were continuously transported from Chang'an to Hexi, which strongly supported the growth of the Hexi Army.

Guo Song never forgot these old favors, not only after seizing Chang'an, he named Shi Donglai as the crown prince Taibao and the prince of Zhangye County, and allowed the title to be hereditary, and at the same time fully supported the Shi family as the leader of the Sogdians.

Before Guo Song came to Shi Fu, his eldest son Shi Eun was already waiting at the door, Shi Eun was now the head of the Persian Chamber of Commerce, not only the leader of Sogdia, but also the leader of the entire Western merchants, he completely inherited his father's prestige, and was also named the Shangzhu State and Guangwu County Bo by Guo Song.

Guo Song got down from the carriage, and Shi Eun hurriedly greeted him, "Weichen see His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Master Shihui, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

"Back to Your Highness, Weichen has been in Zhangye for the past two months, and just returned to Chang'an a few days ago."

Guo Song nodded, "How is your father's health?" ”

"Thank you for Your Highness's concern, my father is still the same, very sleepy, and spends most of his day in a deep sleep."

Guo Song understood what he meant, so he smiled and said: "If he is still asleep, don't wake him up for the time being, I'll talk to Lord Shihui!" There is one more thing I would like to ask the master of the history meeting. ”

"Don't dare! Weichen knew everything, and replied, Your Highness, please enter the house. ”

Guo Song entered the Shifu and came to the Guike Hall, everyone sat down, Guo Song introduced Zhou Min to him, "This is the deputy commander of the internal guard Zhou, the proprietor should know it!" ”

Shi Yan hurriedly smiled and said: "Of course I know, General Zhou also cracked a big case for several Sogdian merchants not long ago, and recovered the loss of tens of thousands of yuan, we are going to go to the inner guard to thank you!" ”

"What's going on?" Guo Song asked curiously.

Zhou Min bowed and smiled: "Things are actually very simple, Sogdian merchants have the habit of placing goods, not long ago a group of merchants who have just come from Sogdia put goods in an inn in Xianyang County to attract merchants, they put gold and high-quality Persian carpets, worth at least 20,000 yuan, but they were stolen that night, and all the gold objects were stolen.

After they reported the case, Beizhi took a dozen brothers to check, and felt that the thief was very familiar with the situation in the inn, so he concluded that he was a thief, and Beizhi found that one of the five men was the most suspicious, and Beizhi pretended to withdraw to the capital, so that the county commander could investigate outside the city, and at the same time sent someone to follow the man.

Sure enough, the other three accomplices were arrested in a private house in the county seat, and the gold artifacts were recovered, and the key to this case was not to startle the snakes, otherwise they would melt the gold artifacts and turn the exquisite utensils into gold lumps, which would lose a lot of value. ”

Guo Song praised: "General Zhou is getting more and more sophisticated in solving cases. ”

Shi Yan also smiled: "That's true, now the reputation of the internal guard is very big, and if a case occurs, everyone is willing to report the case to the internal guard." ”

Zhou Min hurriedly waved his hand and said: "If there is a case, you still have to report to the local government, the internal guard generally only cares about the case involving the security of the imperial court, unless the amount is huge, the local government will ask the internal guard to assist in the case, this gold case is a large amount, and secondly, the county order is also worried about the thief melting gold, and the time is very urgent, so he asked the internal guard for help." ”

Guo Song smiled and said to Shi Huan: "This time I came to visit, first, I want to visit the old proprietor Shi, and secondly, I also want to inquire about someone to see if the master of the Shi Hui can help." ”

"Your Highness, please speak!"

Guo Song groaned and said: "We don't know much, this person is a merchant of Kangguo, surnamed Kang, about fifty years old, has been engaged in the gemstone business, has been settled in Chang'an for thirty years, as for what he looks like, we really don't know, and then, he has a half-brother, named Kang Hongxin, who is a Khazar." ”

Shi Eun said with a smile: "Actually, His Royal Highness has said a lot of clues, although I have never heard of this Kang Hongxin, but there are two clues to be checked, the first is a jewelry merchant who has settled in Chang'an for 30 years, although there are many Sogdian merchants who have been in the jewelry business, but there are not many merchants who have settled in Chang'an for more than 30 years, as far as I know, there are only nine people in total, of which there are three people in Kangguo, and the others are Anguo, Shi and Shi. ”

"And what about the second clue?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Shi Eun said unhurriedly: "Your Highness just said that Kang Hongxin is a Khazar, then he must believe in Judaism, there are not many people in Chang'an who believe in Judaism, and there is only one Jewish monastery, Your Highness can start from the temple and find out more about this Kang Hongxin." ”

Zhou Min nodded, "This is a good clue, I really didn't expect it." ”

Guo Song smiled again: "The specific case is handled by Deputy Commander Zhou, and I hope that the master of the history will help more!" ”

"Wechen must do his best!"

At this time, a maid said in the hall: "Master, the old proprietor has woken up!" ”

Guo Song said happily: "Since the old proprietor has woken up, then I will go and see him." ”