Dugu Jin was also quite surprised, he actually saw An Dashi, a Sogdian merchant, here, "Why is An Yuanwai here?" ”

An Dashi said with a smile: "General Dugu said that he was joking, this is An's shop, I am taking the guys to count the number of goods tonight, and I have been busy until now, I didn't expect to meet you Jin Wuwei search!" By the way, General Dugu, this kind of big search is not common, I remember the last time it was more than half a year ago, right? What happened? ”

Dugujin didn't answer, "Did you hear anything just now?" Were there a large number of people passing by outside before Kim Wuwei's men searched it? ”

An Dashi shook his head: "I've been registering the quantity of goods, and I haven't paid too much attention!" Guys, did any of you hear movement outside? ”

The guys in the courtyard all shook their heads, indicating that they hadn't heard.

"General Dugu, look, everyone hasn't heard it!"

Dugujin raised his hand and waved: "Search!" ”

An Dashi hurriedly said: "Wait, General Dugu, your subordinates have already checked it once just now, is it necessary to check it again?" ”

"Of course it is necessary!"

"General Dugu, I have a lot of goods here, and they are all things that can't be touched roughly, if they are broken, my losses will be great! General, I have a little meaning here, please have a glass of wine for the general and his brothers! An Dashi said and waved his hand.

A guy came over with a money bag.

Dugujin opened the bag and saw that there were some gold coins inside, although these gold coins were minted by the Qianguo Mint Division, they were not circulated in the market, and were generally rewarded by the emperor to meritorious ministers and generals, and he also had ten in his hand, which were also rewarded by the emperor.

What Dugu Jin didn't do was An Dashi, a Hu businessman, who dared to have gold coins in his hand, and he was so generous, which aroused Dugu Jin's suspicions, just to stop the search, he took out so many gold coins to bribe, An Dashi, as a businessman, would never do a loss-making business.

He glanced at the goods piled up in the yard again, these porcelains were indeed fragile, but the soldiers would not deliberately break these porcelain, even if there was some touch and damage during the search, it would not lose too much, and it was worth An Dashi to pay such a big bribe?

"Outside of the security staff, you dare to openly bribe this general? As long as this general reports to the Imperial Tower, you will immediately have to go to the cell and eat the cell! Come, take this bag of gold as evidence! ”

An Dashi's face changed, and he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "General Dugu, An has not offended the general, why did the general target me like this?" ”

"General Ben didn't deliberately target you, but if you want to stop General Ben from handling the case, don't blame General Ben for being polite!"

"Can the general take a step to speak?"

"If there is anything to say here, General Ben has always acted above board and does not like to be sneaky!"

An Dashi seemed to have made up his mind, walked to Dugu Jin's side and whispered: "I went to visit General Cao a few days ago, and the general asked me to walk around with General Dugu more!" ”

Dugujin was stunned for a moment, he immediately understood, there are several generals surnamed Cao in the entire Great Qianguo, but there is only one general surnamed Cao, that is Cao Jiao, it turns out that the backer behind An Dashi is Cao Jiao!

Dugujin is not stupid, he can't believe this kind of thing, and he can't disbelieve it, because it is impossible for him to go to Cao Jiao to confirm, even if Cao Jiao is really An Dashi's backer, it is impossible to admit it, the ban of the imperial court is not a joke, the crime of collusion between officials and businessmen is not light, even if Cao Jiao is the founding general and patriarch, it is impossible to openly disobey the ban of the court and the emperor.

Dugu Jin hesitated and weighed in his heart, judging from An Dashi's current reaction, there must be a problem in this shop, as for whether it is related to the murder just now, he is not clear, once he orders the search, he is likely to offend Cao Jiao, he is just a small Zhonglang general, and Cao Jiao has long been a famous general who is admired by the mountains, not at all a level, Cao Jiao doesn't even need to move his little finger, just need a word to end his career, and may even be sent to the border.

But soon Dugu Jin's mind cleared up, he just acted on orders, and the real person in charge was Zuo Jin Wuwei General Fu Zhan, if he couldn't catch the murderer today, or even found nothing, I was afraid that he, the Zhonglang general, would also do it!

"What, An Yuanwai wants to use General Cao to suppress me? Who is General Cao? Will he pay me a little lieutenant general for a Sogdian merchant like you? An Yuan Wai also thinks too highly of himself! This general is not afraid to tell you the truth, this general is also acting on orders, tonight the general Fu Zhan personally supervises the battle, if anyone is derelict in his duties and perfunctory, he will definitely not have a good life, not to mention your shop, even the houses of important ministers of the court and relatives of the emperor will be searched in the same way! Come on, search for me! ”

An Dashi couldn't stop it, he wanted to resist, but he didn't have the capital, although there were more than a dozen of his subordinates here, they didn't have weapons, and they didn't have the courage to do it at all, so they could only watch the soldiers rush into various rooms to search.

After a while, a soldier came to report: "Report to the general, I have found some weapons and crossbows!" ”

After saying that, a few soldiers came over carrying two wooden boxes, in which were lying a dozen steel knives and ten crossbows.

Dugu Jin took out a steel knife and looked at it, there were still blood stains on the blade, and he picked up a crossbow again, which is undoubtedly the standard equipment in the army, and the general army is not equipped with this thing at all, it has a strong lethality within twenty steps, and can shoot through thick leather armor, the most important thing is that it has high accuracy and stability, and it is a sharp weapon in close combat.

An Dashi knew that he had no choice but to run, his face was like ashes, and he did not resist.

"Come on, take down An Dashi and the others!"

······

Consulate.

Prince Wen He walked around the brightly lit hall with his fists and arms, his expression was a little anxious, the third entourage official had been gone for more than an hour, and he had not returned until now.

At this time, the second accompanying official walked in quickly and reported: "Third prince, something has happened!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"I just received news that there was a homicide in the City God Temple in Yipingfang, there were more than a dozen corpses at the scene, a large number of Jin Wuwei have blocked the streets and the streets and alleys of several nearby streets, and are searching for the murderers door to door, I suspect that it is likely that something happened to them in Handa, but I can't be sure, I have sent someone to inquire, I believe there will be a reply soon!"

Wen He was incredulous: "What, An Dashi actually attacked the people of this king, is he impatient?" ”

"Your Highness, this person, he was forced to do anything, Handa wanted to kill him, of course he couldn't wait to be killed, I think An Dashi probably guessed that Handa would not let him go, so he made preparations in advance!"

Because there is no definite information, Wen He and his subordinates can only guess.

The people who inquired about the news have not yet returned, but the people from the government have come first.

"Prince, this official said that he wanted to see you, but his subordinates couldn't stop him······"

A catcher pushed away Wen He's entourage, walked directly to Wen He and asked, "Prince Wen He?" ”

"This king is, I don't know what Your Excellency is looking for this prince?"

"Under is the Imperial City Division to catch the head of Feng Qingyang, tonight there was a bloody case in the City God Temple in Yipingfang, thirteen corpses were found at the scene, suspected to be His Royal Highness the Prince's entourage officials and guards, please Your Highness go down to recognize the corpse, please!"

"What? Prince's entourage and bodyguards were killed? This ······"

"It's still uncertain, so the prince needs to identify the corpse!"

When Wen He and his party were taken to the site of the City God Temple by Feng Qingyang, the corpses had been placed side by side and covered with white cloths, and some catchers were still searching for clues around.

"Si Cheng, Prince Wen He is here!"

He Yong, who was squatting on the ground, turned his head to look, got up and arched his hand and said, "Prince Wen He, I am Si Si Cheng of the Imperial City, and I am the host of this case!" I'm so disturbed that the prince has come over so late! ”

"Where is the body?"

"Please come with me, prince!"

He Yong took Prince Wen He to the place where the corpses were parked, a row of thirteen corpses were covered with white cloths, and under He Yong's orders, several soldiers lifted up the white cloths, and under the light of a large number of torches, Wen He could clearly identify the corpses.

The appearance of these corpses is obviously different from that of the Han Chinese, and they also look a little different from the Sogdians, and there is no doubt that they are Bada people, Wen He could not pretend not to know them at all, he identified them one by one and said: "That's right, these are my entourage, and this one who was hacked to death with a knife is still my entourage official Handa!" ”

He Yong stared at Wen He and asked, "I want to know what the prince sent them out to do at such a late hour?" Why were they killed? ”

Although Wen He felt a little caught by the tail in his heart, his face was not flustered, "Prince Ben plans to change the venue for polo training, so let Handa take someone to find a new place, he went out at night, but he didn't expect to come back this time, and he was killed here!" As for why they were killed, this should be something you need to investigate, and I hope you will give me the first satisfactory findings of this prince! ”

"Rest assured, prince, we will definitely investigate to the end! I don't understand, even if you want to find a new venue, you should send someone out to look for it during the day, and you can't see it clearly at night, how do you know if the venue is suitable? ”

Wen He asked rhetorically: "Prince Ben likes it, can't he?" ”

He Yong nodded: "Of course you can!" However, I have reminded His Royal Highness the prince that this is Chang'an City of the Daqian Empire, even if His Royal Highness is a prince, you must abide by the laws of Daqian in my Daqian's land, and you must not act recklessly, otherwise even if you are a prince, you will not be able to escape the punishment of the Daqian law! , we have to bring back the bodies of these retinues of His Highness for further examination, looking for clues and evidence! In addition, if we have anything to ask His Highness or need His Highness's assistance, we will come to the door at any time, I hope Your Highness will not go out at will these days, if the case is solved, we will send a special person to report to His Highness! There's nothing going on here, Your Highness can go back and rest! ”

Wen He turned around and left with a gloomy face, and when he got into the carriage, he said to the second entourage official: "This must have been done by An Dashi, I didn't expect him to be so bold, you will send someone to keep an eye on An Zhai later, don't let him run away!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The next morning, Wen He received reliable information that An Dashi and his guards were arrested by Jin Wuwei in Dongshi last night, and Jin Wuwei found a large number of weapons and crossbows in the shop where he was hiding, and it must be determined that An Dashi committed the crime.

"No, since An Dashi killed Handa, then he must know that Handa is behind Prince Ben, and he can't let him live, once he confesses that it was Handa who threatened him to find an assassin to assassinate Belus, Prince Ben will be in big trouble! Therefore, An Dashi must die, find a way to kill him! ”