Zhou Min immediately divided into two ways to investigate, one was led by the judge Sun Lianjie to go to the Jewish monastery to investigate, and the other was led by him to find Kang Hongxin's brother.

Early the next morning, Zhou Min went to the East Market Jewelry Store under the leadership of Shi Eun, there are two jewelry markets in Chang'an, one is the traditional jewelry market, located in the East Market, and the other is the West Second Road of Xi'an Menwai Street, where dozens of jewelry and jade shops are also concentrated.

But there is still a difference between the two, the Dongshi jewelry store is mainly operated by the Hu people, mainly with rough jewelry, while the jewelry store on Xi'an Menwai Street is a variety of jewelry, all kinds of jade, mainly operated by the Han people.

There are more than 30 shops in the East Market Jewellery Shop, and their gemstones are sold all over the world, which are purchased by major jewellery shops, and then made into exquisite jewellery to sell to customers.

"These thirty jewelry shops are all run by the Hu people, and they come from many sources, not only Sogdians, but Sogdians occupy most of them!"

Shi Yan took Zhou Min to a street in the jewelry store and said to Zhou Min: "Yesterday I thought about it carefully, the person you are looking for should be Kang Deyao, the other two, one is too old, almost seventy years old, does not meet your conditions, and the other person has lived in Chang'an for thirty years, but actually lives in Zhangye for a long time, and his mother is from Anguo, it is estimated that it is not what you are looking for, only this Kang Deyao is the most suitable." ”

"You're talking about the proprietor of Deyao Jewelry Shop!" Zhou Min said with a smile.

"It's him, his shop is very famous in Chang'an."

Shi Yan pointed to a shop in front of him and smiled: "That's it!" ”

Deyao Jewelry Shop is indeed very famous in Chang'an, almost everyone knows it, it is the largest Huren jewelry shop in Chang'an, covering an area of about five acres, even in Dongshi, it is a very large store.

Zhou Min's heart moved, with the characteristics of the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce occupying shops, how could the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce, such a profitable jewelry shop, let it go?

Either Kang Hongxin concealed his relationship with Kang Deyao, or Deyao Jewelry Store was also a member of the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Thinking of this, he beckoned one of his subordinates to come up, whispered a few words, and his subordinates immediately hurried away.

Zhou Min followed Shi Eun into the jewelry shop, and the big shopkeeper greeted him with a smile and saluted: "Why is the master here?" ”

Shi Yan also returned the salute according to the Sogdian etiquette and asked, "What about the proprietor?" ”

"The proprietor is here, please come with me!"

The shopkeeper led the two to the backyard, where they saw a thin Sogdian man, about fifty years old, with a large nose and a pair of blue eyes, who was none other than the proprietor of the shop, Kang Deyao, pacing in the yard.

"The proprietor, the master of the history meeting is here!"

Kang Deyao was stunned, greeted him with a smile, and hugged Shi Eun, "How did you think of coming over today?" ”

Shi Yan pointed at Zhou Min, "This is General Zhou of the Internal Guard, he has something to look for you!" ”

Kang Deyao was stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I have heard the name of General Zhou for a long time, and today is the first time I have seen it." ”

Zhou Min smiled slightly: "Excuse me today." ”

"Please come into the room and sit down!"

The three of them went to the room and sat down, they walked up to the wooden couch covered with carpets, sat down around a small table, and the maid served them the traditional ** and scones.

Zhou Min got straight to the point and asked, "The proprietor knows Kang Hongxin!" Or rather, Kangishak. ”

Kang Deyao's face changed slightly, and he said lightly after a while: "Of course I know, he is my brother, but I haven't seen him for three years." ”

"How much does the proprietor know about him?" Zhou Min asked again.

"He has been doing sheepskin business in Taiyuan, but his whereabouts are very mysterious, I asked him if he is doing prohibited business, he said no, let me not ask more, otherwise I will get into trouble and disappoint General Zhou, I don't know anything about him."

There is no loophole in Kang Deyao's words, as a brother, if he wants to protect his brother, he must cut off contact, and he can't let him know the inside story.

Zhou Min held back the disappointment in his heart, and asked with a smile: "Your brother is not in Taiyuan, he has been in Chang'an in recent years, and he lives in Xinfeng County, and you have no contact at all?" ”

Kang Deyao still shook his head, "If he wants to see me, he will naturally come over, but I won't go to him." ”

"What if your brother is dead?" Zhou Min said a word quietly.

Kang Deyao's face changed drastically.........

Zhou Min said goodbye and left, but the matter did not end there, Zhou Min relied on his own experience, he decided that Kang Deyao had a problem, at least he did not tell the truth to himself, Zhou Min tried to be patient and waited for the opportunity to appear.

Not long after Zhou Min and Shi Yan left, Kang Deyao hurried out, he got into a wide carriage, and drove unhurriedly out of the city, but Kang Deyao didn't know that an 'old man' riding a donkey had been following his carriage from a distance.

Soon after leaving the Chunming Gate, Kang Deyao's carriage drove into a field road, and at the end of the path was a village, and the 'old man' riding a donkey entered the woods.

He quickly found Kang Deyao's carriage and stopped in front of a big mansion in the east of the village, which is a high-ranking family and has it in many villages, and it is generally the old mansion of retired high-ranking officials, but this mansion covers an area of not much, only about three acres, in the countryside, this belongs to a small mansion.

At this time, another group of followers appeared in the woods to the east, and they used another method to follow them, and cooperated with the 'old man' riding the donkey, and kept an eye on Kang Deyao's carriage.

Kang Deyao stayed in the mansion for less than half an hour before leaving, and he returned the same way and returned to Dongshi.

An hour later, Zhou Min led three hundred internal guard soldiers to the village, the soldiers hid in the woods a hundred steps away, and Zhou Min led more than a dozen soldiers to knock on the door of the house.

"Who are you looking for?" An old man who looked like a butler looked at them warily.

"I'm looking for your master!"

Zhou Min said calmly: "We are internal guards, let's learn about some situations." ”

The old man's face changed, and he was about to close the door, but the soldier held the door, another soldier pushed the old man away, and Zhou Min walked in.

"What are you going to do, if you mess around again, I'm going to report to the official!" The old man shouted angrily.

The soldiers ignored him and broke into the house, and in a moment they took a young man from the house, who looked like he was of Hu blood and was fourteen or fifteen years old, and the young man trembled with fright and begged, "Don't kill me!" Please don't kill me. ”

"As long as you answer the question honestly, I promise not to kill you!"

Zhou Min squeezed out a smile on his face and asked, "Who are you Kang Deyao, who came to you in the morning?" ”

"He's.... My second grandfather! ”

Zhou Min's heart moved, and he asked again: "Then what is your grandfather's name?" ”

"My grandfather's name is ..... Kang Hongxin! ”

Sure enough, it was Kang Hongxin's grandson, Zhou Min had a feeling of seeing the clouds, and he asked again: "What about your father?" ”

The boy said gloomily, "My father died very young. ”

"Don't worry, we don't kill the innocent, you come with us! It's not safe here, I'll take you home in two days. ”

Whether the boy wanted it or not, the soldiers took the boy and the old man who took care of him away, and Zhou Min ordered a thorough search, but no useful clues were found.

At this time, news also came from the Jewish monastery, and no clues related to Kang Hongxin were found.

But these are no longer important, with this teenager, Zhou Min believes that they will definitely be able to open up the situation.

Early the next morning, Kang Deyao hurriedly arrived at the internal guard and external official office in Qinrenfang, he was really uneasy in his heart, he felt that the danger of the family was quietly coming.

The soldier led him to the lobby, and Zhou Min smiled with a smile: "Lord Kang, we meet again." ”

Kang Deyao sighed, "What about the child? ”

"He's in the official office, if we talk well, you can take him away directly later."

Kang Deyao looked to both sides, Zhou Min glanced at him, and several soldiers retreated.

"Lord Kang, sit down and speak!"

Kang Deyao sat down at the table and asked for a while, "Is my brother really dead?" ”

"You answer my question first, what organization did your brother join?"

Kang Deyao said slowly: "My brother also persuaded me to join before, and introduced me to this organization, called the Wei Tang Society, which means to defend the Tang Dynasty, and the members are all some relatives and magnates of the Tang Dynasty, about more than 20 people, I heard my brother say that the surname of the leader is Yuan, and he is an important figure in the Yuan family of the Guanlong nobles. ”

"Do you know who these two dozen members are?"

Kang Deyao shook his head, "I don't know! ”

"Your brother ......"

Zhou Min asked, "Isn't he one of the more than twenty members?" ”

Kang Deyao smiled bitterly, "My brother is just one of the thirteen chief stewards under the master, and he is just a servant who does things for them. ”

"Your brother is a Khazar, so could the Khazars be one of the members?"

"It's possible, my brother went to the Khazar country a few years ago, and he has several half-brothers in the Khazar country, and it seems that one of them is a high-ranking official in the Khazar country, I don't know if the eastward expansion of the Khazar country has anything to do with the Weitang Society, I also guessed, but I don't have an answer."

"What's the matter with his grandson?" Zhou Min asked again.

"My brother has two sons, the second son died in Tocharian by horse bandits, and he was not married when he died, and the eldest son died of illness the year before last, leaving only one single seedling, and a few months ago, my brother gave me this child, and he said that he was in trouble and asked me to hide the child, and then he had no more news, and I was really worried about him."

Zhou Min thought in his heart that it should be the beginning of the investigation of the Xishi Tea Shop, Kang Hongxin stabbed the big basket, worried that the above would not let him go, so he hid his only grandson.

"Wei Tang will not know about your brother's relationship?"

Kang Deyao shook his head, "We have hardly seen each other over the years, I know that he is in Chang'an, and he refuses to come to see me, just because he is afraid that Wei Tang will know that I am his brother, and the only time we meet in the past three years is to hand over my grandson to me." ”

Everything that should be asked was asked, and Zhou Min asked people to bring the child and hand it over to Kang Deyao, "Chang'an is really not safe, you can send him away!" Wait for Wei Tang to be destroyed and come back. ”

Kang Deyao said gratefully: "Thank you, General Zhou, if you have any questions, you can come directly to Dongshi to find me!" ”