"Why are there so many Hui people here?" Li Zhang looked at the crowded streets of Hue Fang, but asked Ouyang Xiu next to him with some doubts.

Although the Hui people on the street are dressed as Han Chinese, but their appearance is obviously different from the Han people, Li Zhang has also seen it in Tokyo, so he can recognize it at a glance, and there are obviously more Hui people on the street of Hue Fang, at least more than other places in Luoyang, and there is at least one Hui person out of ten people, which makes Li Zhang quite strange, after all, Luoyang is not a border, how can there be so many Hui people.

Hearing Li Zhang's inquiry, he saw Ouyang Xiu smiled and said: "Brother Li doesn't know, Luoyang is one of the capitals of the former Tang Dynasty, and the Hui and the former Tang Dynasty were friendly at the beginning, so there are many Hui people to settle in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, after the establishment of our Great Song Dynasty, we also have good relations with the Xizhou Hui in the west, the two sides often have envoy exchanges, and there are also Hui people to settle in our Great Song Dynasty, there are Hui people here in Luoyang, and they have been living in Sishunfang, so almost all the Hui people in Luoyang live here in Sishunfang. ”

After listening to Li Zhang, he understood that the Xizhou Hui was also called the Gaochang Hui Khanate, which was the time after the grassland Hui Khanate was destroyed, the Hui tribe moved westward, and finally took Xichang as the center, occupying a large territory, so the establishment of the Hui Kingdom, the king is called Ajun Lan Han, translated into Chinese is the Lion King.

Hui is located in the Western Regions, originally an independent kingdom, but a hundred years ago the Liao sent troops to attack the Western Regions, occupied a lot of territory of the Hui, Hui also had to be a vassal to the Liao, become a subject of the Liao, and later the Great Song Dynasty was established, Zhao Kuangyin sent envoys to Hui Hui, the Hui also had the idea of uniting with the Great Song Dynasty to resist the Liao State, so the exchanges between the two countries became more and more frequent, and it was very normal for the Hui people to settle in the Great Song Dynasty.

The Hui people have high noses and deep eyes, and the appearance of the Han people is different, but the Hui people in Sishunfang are all dressed as Han people, and some of them are very similar to the Han people, these should be the Hui people who settled here many years ago, because of intermarriage with the Han people, the appearance of the Sinicization, and those Hui people with obvious characteristics of the Hui people, most of them have only come to settle in recent years.

The Han people on the street have long turned a blind eye to the surrounding Hui people, and it is estimated that they have long been accustomed to their existence, Li Zhang looked at these Hui people thoughtfully, because he thought of the ethnic policy of the Tang Dynasty from the Hui people, although the Tang Dynasty was extremely powerful because of the equal treatment of all ethnic groups, but in the end it also declined because of the ethnic policy, and the Anshi Rebellion was the turning point of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.

In addition, what is more serious is that the ethnic policy of the Tang Dynasty has created a powerful enemy for the current Great Song Dynasty, that is, the Liao State in the north, if the Liao State is just a nomadic empire like the Turks, I am afraid that it will not be inherited for so many years, even if it is as strong as the Xiongnu and Turks of the year, and later Mongolia, etc., it will soon rise and fall, which is determined by the nature of the nomads, and no one can change it.

However, the Khitan changed from a nomadic to a semi-agricultural people, and at the same time, with the help of the domestic Han people, the national foundation of the Liao State was very stable, and even from the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, they had to live together in the shadow of the Liao State, and the Liao State was an example for the later Jin and Yuan, and even the later Manchu Qing claimed to be the descendants of the Jin State, and the Jin State was in the same vein as the Liao State.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh, it can be said that the Liao State is the root cause of the fall of the Central Plains of the Yuan and Qing Dynasty, if the Liao State is not defeated, the north will rise again in the future, and a powerful enemy will rise, so he is also determined to solve the problem of the north in his life no matter what.

"Brother Li, we've arrived!" At this moment, he suddenly only heard Ouyang Xiu in the carriage remind, and at this time Li Zhang found that the carriage had stopped, and on both sides of the street, there was a temple and a view.

Li Zhang jumped out of the carriage and looked at it, this is a north-south street, the east side of the street is the immeasurable view, the west side is the Guanghua Temple, and the construction area is quite large, there is also a small square in front of the main gate, in addition to the pilgrims and believers who come and go in the square, there are many small traders doing business, shouting one after another, it is very lively.

At the moment, Li Zhang's advanced to the immeasurable to watch, and found that the incense here is full of incense, and the view is full of believers who come to ask for signs, and the Guanghua Temple next to it is similar, the main income of this temple is incense money, donations from believers, and usual practices, and even includes income such as lending, the annual income is extremely amazing, if this temple is regarded as a shop, I am afraid that there are few shops in Luoyang City that can make more money than them.

"Brother Li, do you want to send someone to search these two houses?" Ouyang Xiu asked Li Zhang at this time, although he didn't know why Li Zhang was suspicious of Guanghua Temple and Immeasurable Temple, but he was already convinced of Li Zhang's ability, and the official family has always been like this, as long as there is suspicion, you can send someone to search, not to mention that it also involves the hat demon, even if the other party's background is big, it is useless.

"It's useless, after I asked my uncle to show the hat-shaped Kong Ming lantern around, the real culprit behind the scenes must know that after his secret is revealed, he will definitely find a way to destroy the evidence, even people like Xuan Yue know that the Kong Ming lantern was burned, and the other party will definitely not stay for us to search!" Li Zhang shook his head at this time and said.

"By the way, how was the fame of Guanghua Temple and Wuliangguan in Luoyang City before, has incense always been as prosperous as it is today?" Li Zhang suddenly asked Ouyang Xiu again at this time.

"Guanghua Temple and Wuliang Temple are the largest temples and avenue views in the city, especially the Wuliang Temple, which is the largest Taoist temple in the city, the main view is Baoyuan Zhenren, and it is the real person title given by the emperor, but recently he is old, and the affairs in the view are generally handed over to the disciples to take care of." Ouyang Xiu was very familiar with both Buddhism and Taoism, in fact, he had come to Wuliangguan and Guanghua Temple more than once.

Li Zhang nodded when he heard this, and then suddenly thought of something, and immediately pulled Ouyang Xiu into the carriage, and then took out the map he had marked before, and after finding some special marks on the map, he drew an area again, and found that this area coincided with the area drawn before, which made Li Zhang frown.

"Brother Li, did you think of something?" Ouyang Xiu looked at the picture drawn by Li Zhang, and asked with a very puzzled expression.

"I did think of something, if nothing else, the real culprit behind the scenes should still be in this area!" Li Zhang raised his head at this time and spoke again, he thought of some things just now, although he did not rule out Guanghua Temple and Immeasurable Temple, but he made some new discoveries.