In a short time, a middle-aged man with a white face and beard was tied up by Wuhuada, brought to Li Zhongyi, and knelt on the ground of the cabin with his head bowed.

Li Zhongyi carefully looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, although this person was wearing an ordinary linen clothes, but his skin was very white and he had long nails.

Such a man actually risked his life to go to the forefront of the battle between Zhou and Liao, and even crossed the sea to the north by boat, obviously there must be fraud in it.

Since there is fraud, Li Zhongyi has a way to make the middle-aged man in front of him speak, and it is a long way to go to Youzhou, just to relieve his boredom.

"What is your name? Where are the people? What kind of livelihood do you do? Li Zhongyi asked the middle-aged man coldly, took the teacup handed by Zhu Niang, and took a sip.

"Back to Shangguan, the villain's surname is Wang, his name is Zhangcheng, and the word Miaogao is a Qizhou person's name, and he sells linen cloth as a business on weekdays." This middle-aged man named Wang Zhangcheng didn't seem particularly afraid, and replied 1510.

"Well, Myoko, this table, get a good wow." Li Zhongyi smiled coldly, and before he could start the torture, this flaw was revealed by itself.

In the Great Zhou, none of the big businessmen who had dealt with him dared to take the words, so as not to insult Sven. On the contrary, the wealthy merchants from the Southern Tang Dynasty, in order to vassal lords like the elegance of literature, almost all have table characters.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, the status of merchants has deteriorated. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, although it was not to the extent that merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination within three generations in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were strict laws and regulations on dress, family courtyards, and dealing with people.

Although strictly speaking, the imperial court did not explicitly prohibit the power of merchants to take table characters, but the government has always had an unwritten unwritten rule: merchants can make a fortune quietly, but they must not pretend to be scholars.

In Da Zhou, where did the children of poor families come from? Parents are illiterate, and countless brain cells have to die when they name their children, and they are generally sorted all the way according to A, B, C, D, for example, Wang Xiaojia, Yan Xiaoyi, and so on.

Just from Wang Zhangcheng's words that leaked out of his mouth, Li Zhongyi can already conclude that he is definitely not a businessman.

This Wang Zhangcheng, who was neither a merchant nor had fine skin and tender meat, could not have been a farmer, and his identity could almost be concluded: he could only be a literati and Qing guest raised by a powerful family.

Fools know that sending the current officials of the Great Zhou to the north to hook up with the Khitans is unimaginably risky.

In other words, anyone with a modicum of political wisdom will try to avoid it.

Therefore, Li Zhongyi expected that this person must be a confidant of a powerful family who does not often appear in crowded places.

"Mr. Myoko, how many pieces of linen have you sold when you came to the Northland? How much profit? Li Zhongyi took a sip of tea soup and played with Wang Zhangcheng leisurely.

Wang Zhangcheng lowered his head and whispered: "The villain doesn't understand the way of economy, and it's all the old housekeeper's agent." ”

Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth slightly, this person was obedient, maybe he knew that he was not a businessman, so he simply didn't know about it, and wanted to pretend that the second ancestor was fooled.

Hey, there's no door! Li Zhongyi lightly instructed: "Come on, go and mention Wang Miaogao's big butler, serve him with a big punishment, and take out all the things he knows." ”

"Whoa." The tooth soldiers went down to give orders, Li Zhongyi held the tea cup in his hand, and slowly paced to the window, too lazy to pay attention to Wang Zhangcheng.

After Wang Zhangcheng understood Li Zhongyi's instructions, his face immediately changed greatly, under Miki, why can't he ask for it?

Li Yunxiao silently admired the change in Wang Zhangcheng's face, he was secretly amused in his heart, at this juncture, he actually had to take a boat to the north, and when he met the fleet of the official army, he wanted to slip away, how could there be such a cheap thing?

"I said that the surname is Wang, you have confessed now, and my father-in-law may be able to protect your whole family without worry." Under the influence of Li Zhongyi, Li Yunxiao has long been trained to become a master of interrogation, "If you want to die to the end, hehe, my father-in-law can let the government arrest your whole family, sell your wife and daughters into the Qinglou, let thousands of people ride, and ten thousand people cross." ”

Li Zhongyi stood by the window with his hands in his hands, and on the surface, his expression was as usual. However, Zhu Niang noticed that her husband's mood at this time was actually very bad.

Previously, Zhu Niang was nominally just a personal big girl ring of folding race flowers, but in fact, she was given the function of marrying concubines or having sex by the folding family.

In the family of the gate valve in this era, the marriage of the daughter of the descendant, if there are not a few concubines to marry, it is actually a very embarrassing and rude event.

Therefore, Zhu Niang received a more orthodox family education by the side of Zhesaihua, although she is not very proficient in politics, but she also understands that Li Zhongyi is fighting against the powerful Khitans in the front, but someone is stabbing a black knife in the rear, how can she be in a good mood?

Li Zhongyi's heart has been fluctuating, and the anger in his chest is burning: fighting for power and profit for power is a natural law, no matter how bad the opponent is, he can understand it.

However, for the sake of the selfish interests of an individual or a small group, it is simply shameless to disregard the fundamental interests of the state and the nation!

Who knows, Li Yunxiao's vicious words frightened him, but he did not knock down Wang Zhangcheng, he touched the ground with his head and shouted injustice: "The villain is really a serious businessman, please check it out with the captain." ”

Li Zhongyi pondered for a while, and then understood that Wang Zhangcheng's family must be within the protection of the behind-the-scenes manipulators, so he would be so fearless.

"Come on, drag the national scum Wang Zhangcheng out, castrated!" The more Li Zhongyi thought about it, the more angry he became, he couldn't control his emotions, and resolutely made an unprecedented cruel decision.

"Whoa." Li Yunxiao waved his hand, and two extremely strong tooth soldiers immediately stepped forward to set Wang Zhangcheng up and dragged him backwards to the outside of the cabin, like an eagle clamping a chick.

Unexpectedly, although Wang Zhangcheng shouted loudly and hoarsely, he never let go and begged for mercy.

Li Zhongyi's heart moved slightly, and he ordered: "Drag this thief into the bilge, carefully search the whole body, and don't miss the slightest." ”

"Whoa." Li Yunxiao guessed Li Zhongyi's true thoughts, he didn't say a word, directly picked up Wang Zhangcheng's back collar and dragged it to the dark and damp bilge.

"Master, the slave family will massage it for you." Zhu Niang obediently moved behind Li Zhongyi, stretched out a pair of tender arms, and hugged him in the fragrant arms.

Such an empathetic beauty, what more can a husband ask for?

Li Zhongyi took Zhu Niang into his arms with his backhand, and said gently: "Don't worry, I'm just angry for a while, and I will never be blindly impulsive." (To be continued.) )