"Is scarce gold expensive?"

Li Mu frowned, it should be like this, he has been in Chang'an for half a year, and he has specially studied food, if this benzoin fennel is common, it will not be the first time to see it. But at the same time, doubts also arose in his heart, he looked at the meat slices in front of him, and then at the two Hu people who were busy working by the grill, and secretly wondered, since it is a rare and expensive seasoning, why do these two Hu people have? Wouldn't it be more profitable for them to sell the seasoning directly?

Moreover, these two Hu people are also very eccentric. They can't understand Chinese, and there are Hu people who come to Chang'an to do business, and there are also people who can't speak Chinese, but they usually hire a translator, these two people are good, but they don't have a translator, but they are doing business, aren't they afraid of being deceived?

Looking at the appearance of the two, there are also a lot of suspicious things. These two men did not look like merchants, but like people in the army.

Li Mu beckoned, Dugu Jiu understood, and leaned over. The people around who were looking at the excitement saw it, and they whispered one after another, but they didn't expect Zhulu Hou to be so anxious, and if they saw it, they were going to kiss it in broad daylight.

Li Mu didn't notice the strange gaze around him, and after he finished ordering Dugu Jiu, he said, "Go, go and come back quickly." ”

Dugu Jiu didn't move, and said worriedly: "Big brother, I'm leaving, you're alone, if these two Hu people riot, how can you be an opponent?" ”

"Rest assured, I'm a guest, what does he do to me? Besides, I am the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, surrounded by Tang people, if he wants to do something to me, I will raise my arms and shout, and I am worried that no one will help me? No matter how vicious they are, they can't stand the crowd. You go and come back quickly, and you'll be fine. ”

The atmosphere of the early Tang Dynasty can be different from Li Mu's previous life, Li Mu's previous life, if he saw someone fighting, unless he was a fool or a stunned young man, he would go over to mix, and most of the people saw it from afar, so they would hide as far as they wanted. Li Mu was stunned once in his previous life, when he saw a couple quarreling, the man raised his hand and hit him, ignoring the side glances of the people around him. Li Mu happened to get off work, and when he saw it, he didn't think about it at first, but when he saw that the woman was beaten and her mouth was full of blood, she couldn't bear it, so she went up to stop her. As a result, he was regarded as an 'adulterer' and was also punched.

Li Mu's temper also stirred up, and he immediately fought back, the man was short and not his opponent, and he was knocked to the ground in a few strokes.

That's when something magical happened. The woman called the police and told them that someone had beaten her husband. The police came and took the three to the police station. kept defending her husband, and put all the blame on Li Mu, and even when she was beaten herself, she said that Li Mu beat her. If it weren't for the surveillance video, Li Mu would inevitably have broken his fortune that time.

Since then, Li Mu doesn't care if he sees this kind of thing again. He's not a good young man in the news, and he can say in a sonorous voice, even if I'm wronged a hundred times, how I'll still be—

He's just an ordinary person, a little less ordinary, he's still an orphan. is already sensitive in his heart, he was wronged once, and when he was stunned for a while, he remembered that he had nothing to do with him, don't care.

It's not that my mind is broken, but that my ability is too weak. Let's talk about the couple, if there is no surveillance video, how can he talk about two mouths with one mouth, not to mention that both of the other party are injured, but he is unscathed. In this case, nine times out of ten, he is going to lose money.

He had just started work at that time, his salary was only 3,000 a month, and he was an orphan with no family to rely on. If he loses this time, a month's salary is enough to choke, and he can't afford the price of being slandered.

Those who keep saying that even if they are wronged 10,000 times, they will still be what will happen. Either he lied, or he had the confidence, Li Mu didn't want to lie, and he didn't have the confidence, so he naturally didn't do it.

This kind of thing, don't say who is right and who is wrong, the social atmosphere dictates.

This was not the case in the early Tang Dynasty, and the atmosphere at this time respected people of filial piety. Lu saw the injustice and roared, but it was not just talking, someone really did it. Facing two Hu people, Li Mu was not worried at all.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, several major battles were won. Only for the Turks, endure humiliation for several years. But after Li Jing exterminated the Turks this year, this shame is gone. In the past, in Chang'an, everyone might still be afraid of the Hu people. Now, it's polite not to bully you.

Not long after, Dugu Jiu came back with a team of errand soldiers, accompanied by an interpreter. As soon as the interpreter room was called, the messengers rushed up, tied up the two vicious Hu people, and sent them to the Chang'an County Ya.

The onlookers looked at it and whispered again. They only thought that Li Mu was bullying people, otherwise why did they eat barbecue and eat well, and suddenly call a messenger to arrest people?

Although it was Hu Ren who was arrested, and Li Mu was the marquis of the Tang Dynasty, there were still people who were angry about this kind of unfair thing.

Li Mu also heard the whispering, and said loudly: "Don't misunderstand, everyone, these two Hu people have a lot of suspicious things. Ben Hou suspected that they were meticulous, so he notified Chang'an County to arrest people, not to bully them. ”

A Hu merchant couldn't help but say: "Master Hou, why do you say that they are meticulous, and what are the credentials?" ”

Li Mu smiled, picked up the two unused sachets of respirant fennel from the Hu people, showed them to everyone, and said to the Hu people who spoke: "You are a Hu person, you should recognize this thing." ”

The Hu merchant approached a little closer, carefully identified it, and said in surprise: "Rest in peace fennel?" ”

"Since you know it, know how precious it is. Isn't it strange that these two Hu people are setting up stalls here to sell roast sheep? ”

The Hu merchant no longer questioned it, bent down and bowed, and retreated into the crowd.

Li Mu gestured to the messengers, and the messengers worked together to dismantle the stall. The grill and the remaining half of the sheep didn't know what to do, and asked Li Mu, Li Mu remembered Li Chongyi, this roast sheep tasted very good, and he definitely liked to eat it. So he hired a car and asked the messenger to help deliver the grill and roast sheep to the Zhulu Hou Mansion together.

And he came to the Chang'an County Ya to wait for the results of the interrogation.

……

Wang Zhongyuan sat in the hall today, his eyelids kept jumping. I thought to myself, there is nothing worth eyelids jumping in the near future, and I was thinking about it, and the head of the team came to report, saying that it was to send someone to the deer marquis, and asked the county government to send someone to help catch the Hu people.

When Wang Zhongyuan heard the words 'chasing the deer marquis', he chuckled in his heart. Last time, because of Cui Yuyan's matter, he almost lost his black gauze hat. From then on, he stayed away from Li Mu, and hid as far as he could. I didn't expect that he still didn't hide, he didn't go to the mountain, the mountain came to him, and people came to the door, and said that they were catching Hu people and doing it carefully, this favor, can you not help?

Wang Zhongyuan did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent out a team of officials. The county government is not far from Xishi, and before a stick of incense arrives, the people sent out will come back. Sure enough, he brought two Hu people, Wang Zhongyuan didn't understand Hu language, so he asked the master to ask with an interpreter, and he came to the yamen and waited for Li Mu's arrival.

Seeing Li Mu's carriage from a distance, Wang Zhongyuan tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said, "Lord Hou is here, and the lower officials are not welcome!" ”

Although he said this, he was inevitably sad in his heart. He was the flower of the imperial examination during the Wude period, and he was also wanton and high-spirited back then, but now he has to please a younger generation, how can others know the sourness in this.

But he couldn't help it, after these few months, Li Mu was no longer the original Li Mu. His current power seems to be comparable to that of the eldest grandson Wuji, Wang Qi and others. Recently, there has been a faint discussion between the government and the opposition that there are four forces in the court, Longyou Xungui, Taiyuan Gate Valve, Shandong Shi Clan, and Hanmen officials, and now I am afraid that a Li Mu will be added.

Although he has no serious official position, he is in charge of His Majesty's internal affairs and firmly controls the Ministry of Industry, one of the six ministries. Datang Salt, Datang Mining and other companies are also indispensable to him, and all forces dare not offend him. I heard that because of the conflict between him and Wang Jue, he actually punched Wang Jue outside the Taiji Hall and beat the old waiter to cover his eyes. Although no one saw it with their own eyes, it was also spread to the head of the way.

There is no wind and no waves, Wang Zhongyuan believes this. Because he thinks Li Mu can do it, and he dare!

Facing a person who even dared to fight in the middle of the service, how could Wang Zhongyuan dare to provoke the small county order? Now he only hopes that Master Li Muneng will not remember the villain, and forget the previous dirty, otherwise he will provoke this god, I am afraid that there is no hope for promotion, and he will have to squat in the pit of the county order for the rest of his life.

The carriage stopped, Li Mu got down from the carriage, and when he saw Wang Zhongyuan pouting, he naturally remembered Cui Yuyan's matter, but he was not so stingy, it had been a few months, and Cui Yuyan didn't know where it had gone, and his anger had disappeared, so he naturally wouldn't care about it anymore.

Stretched out his hand to help Wang Zhongyuan up, and said: "Why is the county order so gifted, I have no official position now, just an idle marquis, but I can't afford to be a big gift from you, the parent official of Chang'an County." ”

"Master Hou said with a smile." Wang Zhongyuan heard Li Mu's tone, his heart relaxed slightly, it seems that this master has no intention of being embarrassed, and he naturally will not take the initiative to mention the unpleasant past, just when the previous thing does not exist, he welcomed Li Mu to the back office, and accompanied him carefully: "The matter has been reported, and the lower officials are full of admiration." Hou Ye's eyes are like torches, and he can see the identities of the two fine works at a glance in the busy city, which not only shows Hou Ye's ability, but also shows that Hou Ye never forget——"

"There is no need to say these polite words." Li Mu interrupted Wang Zhongyuan's words with a smile and said, "I'm not here to listen to flattery. Wang County's order, I can't hide it, I don't know whether these two people are meticulous or not. It's just their identity, I'm very curious. Please also tell the interrogator that there is no need to be tortured, just ask about the matter, and I will wait here. ”

"Xia Guan understands." Wang Zhongyuan saw that Li Mu was quite anxious, so he no longer accompanied him, and ordered someone to make a pot of tea to serve, and he went to the front office.

After about two incense sticks, Wang Zhongyuan came back, still holding a confession with a painting in his hand.

"Master Hou! But it was discovered that these two Hu people were from the Western Turks! ”