Wei Gao fell to his knees, kowtowing like a pile and trying to explain...

Before Li Zhi could speak, Xue Bing, who was standing on the side, suddenly said: "Our Highness didn't say that you did something illegal, so you must have been so panicked?" ”

Li Zhi glanced at Xue Bing, but he didn't expect this little guy to be so clever.

"Hmph, you Wei Gao can't even deceive a small guy in this king's mansion, and you dare to bluff this king, what crime should you be guilty of?" Li Zhiyi slapped the table and said angrily.

"Your Highness... Your Highness spares your life... Your Highness spares your life..."Wei Gao completely lay on the ground and shouted for mercy.

"Your Highness, I did smuggle a group of Dajin Kingdom slaves from outside the customs a few days ago because of greed, but the grass people really didn't do anything other illegal..."

Although the slave trade was legal in the Great Xia Dynasty, and was also respected by many dignitaries, most of the slaves sold were overseas slaves, and they were basically black slaves, but in the Great Xia Dynasty, it was strictly forbidden to sell the common people and slaves of the enemy country, the purpose was to prevent enemy spies from entering the Great Xia Dynasty through this legal and regular way, so Wei Gao was greedy for cheap and smuggled slaves of the Dajin Kingdom has violated the iron law of Great Xia, and it is to be decided!

Li Zhi didn't expect to learn from Wei Gao that the border guards were so corrupt, and a small slave trader could communicate with the border guards, how could it be unreasonable, and secretly took a little care Li Zhi held back, and after making a conclusion, he said: "Since this is the case, then do you know how to deal with this group of slaves?" ”

Wei Gao hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Your Highness?" Or... I'll take them all—" He made a motion to wipe his neck.

"Presumptuous!" Li Zhi angrily reprimanded.

"Although they are the people of Dajin Kingdom, they are also some hard-working people, if we kill them like this, then what difference will we have from those thugs in Dajin Kingdom?"

Xue Bing's eyes purred and shouted: "Your Highness is wise!" ”

Seeing this, Li Zhi only felt that this little guy was too clever and a little slippery, but he was not a useful person, and then glanced at Wei Gao and said, "Why don't you let those people go?" ”

"Yes! Your Highness, the grass people immediately went back and released them. With that, Wei Gao got up and was about to run to the outer hall.

"Slow!" Li Zhi stopped Wei Gao, and the purpose of calling Wei Gao over was not this, so he said: "Hmph! The king will write this account down for you first, and you can go back and release the people afterwards, but today the king has come to you for another matter. ”

Wei Gao only felt that life was up and down, his face was confused, and he was stunned and didn't dare to stand and look at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi took a sip of the teacup and said, "This time I came to you to come here, in fact, this king wants to run this slave business with you." ”

Wei Gao looked at Li Zhi with some incredulity.

"Don't be surprised! That's right, this king has come to you for this purpose, and if you do a good job in this matter, this king will not treat you badly in the future. Li Zhi sat on the chair and drank tea and said lightly.

Life is comparable to the waves on the sea, Wei Gao was so happy after being shocked, he was just a lowly slave trader, but now he could cooperate with His Royal Highness King Xin, Wei Gao was really dreamy at the moment, and he couldn't believe it was true for a long time.

"Your Highness, is this true?" Wei Gao asked after blowing his nose.

"How can our Highness have such idle time to deceive you." Xue Bing stood aside and snorted, then looked envious.

Li Zhi was a little displeased, and this Xue Bing may not be a little too expressive, and then said to Wei Gao: "Really! This king is full of words! You must not publicize it to the public, and secretly this king will give you financial support, and you can rest assured that you will provide slaves to this king. ”

Before Wei Gao could answer, Li Zhi said again: "Of course, this king wants more than just ordinary slaves, the price of craftsmen who know some techniques is slightly higher, and the same is true for craftsmen, and this king who can read and read will naturally give a higher price, you don't have to worry, you have to find a way to find it for this king!" ”

"I can find all these things that Your Highness said, even if you can read and read words, it may take some effort, but the grass people will do their best to find them for Your Highness!"

Li Zhi nodded, and said: "Well, that's fine, you know a lot more naturally in this business, and this king will not ask about the way that slaves get it, but you must remember that you must not violate my laws of Great Xia, otherwise don't blame this king for being ruthless." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the grass people understand," Wei Gao nodded repeatedly.

Suddenly, Li Zhi asked again: "Wei Gao, this king asks you, how did you come here with the smugglers of the Dajin Kingdom?" ”

When Wei Gao saw Li Zhi asking him, he trembled, and said with some hesitation: "Your Highness, it was I who occasionally obtained this way, and met a colleague in Anxi City, who claimed to be a native of Daxia, but he could get cheap high-quality slaves in Dajin State, saying that he was worried that his family would not be able to take all the slaves, so he asked me to cooperate with him, so I was moved..."

"This peer you're talking about is also in the slave market in the West Market?" Li Zhi asked.

"That's right, Your Highness, he's in the West Market, but he hasn't been seen for a while, but his stall has always been guarded by men."

Li Zhi thought for a moment... He also asked, "Were slaves traded outside or inside the customs?" ”

Wei Gao thought for a moment and then said, "It's in Guannei, and it's in Gantang County." Then Wei Gao seemed to have made up his mind and said, "And... And.. Every slave trade was brought by Nie Ting. After that, Wei Gao seemed to be a lot more relaxed.

This Gantang County is only 20 miles away from the border pass, and it is the border city of Suxi Province in the northwest and Dajin in the northeast.

Li Zhi was a little stunned and asked, "Who is this Nie Ting?" ”

Wei Gao said incredulously: "His Highness doesn't know him? ”

Li Zhi said unhappily: "Do all the people in the world know this king?" ”

"Don't dare.. Don't dare" Wei Gao said stupidly: "This Nie Ting is the rotating guard of Yuqing Pass, and I have an old acquaintance with him, so when I went to trade, I was very surprised to see him, but I didn't expect him to get involved." After speaking, Wei Gao sighed for a while.

And Li Zhi's face was pale, it seems that this Yuqingguan should be rotten not just one person, how can one person be able to bring such a large number of slaves in?

Therefore, Yuqing has to be thoroughly investigated, and it must be investigated fiercely!

"How many times have you traded with him?"

"Your Highness, just this once.... The first time I was cheated by him..."Wei Gao cried for a while.

"How did you get caught?" Li Zhigang asked, then suddenly thought of something, and then reacted and asked: "Just now you said that this colleague of yours has been missing for some time now?" ”

"That's right, Your Highness, that person's name is Ma Shuangquan, and he is very easy to recognize, because he is not tall, and there is a long scar on his chubby face on the left side of his face, so everyone on the road calls him Ma Scar." After speaking, Wei Gao looked at the teapot on the table with a longing expression.

Seeing this, Li Zhi glanced at Xue Bing, who reluctantly poured Wei Gao a cup of tea.

Wei Gao took a sip of tea and said, "But he hasn't appeared since he contacted me to cooperate with him to take down this batch of slaves, which makes me have to buy this batch of slaves alone, and my funds are almost out of luck." After speaking, Wei Gao was not angry for a while.

"Then the guys in the stalls in the West Market are the old guys? Were there any substitutions in the middle of the process? Li Zhilian asked.