Chapter Seventy-Seven: Seizure
Gao Jun sent people back and forth to inquire about Li Yuanjing's current traces, and at the same time adjusted the itinerary of his caravan, what he wanted was to arrive in Chang'an on the same day as Li Yuanjing and meet at the Vermilion Bird Gate of Chang'an City.
When the royal family returned to Chang'an, they generally entered Chang'an through the Xuanwu Gate, so they were not afraid of missing it.
"Gao Jun, how long will it take to get to Chang'an?" In the carriage behind Gao Jun, Qian Duo's voice came out.
Qian Duo was only after receiving the letter from Qian Dui that he planned to go to Chang'an to see, and now he knew that Qian Dui was in Chang'an for the Hou Mansion to take care of the Chamber of Commerce, and it seemed that he was doing a good job, so he wanted to go and see it in person, and then as soon as Qian Dui received a letter, he happily explained the matter of Erxian Village, and he happened to follow Gao Jun to Chang'an City.
"According to the current journey, there should be two or three days, but the little nephew guesses that Li Yuanjing will definitely track down Dengzhou in the next two days, and probably know the news of our caravan, so he will definitely return to Chang'an as soon as possible, so our team should also hurry forward, and it will return to Chang'an in less than two days." Gao Jun said.
Qian Duo nodded, lowered the curtain of the carriage, and returned to the carriage, Chang'an, I haven't been back for a long time.
At the end of the year, there were more people in and out of Chang'an City than before, and the people on the Zhuangzi around them began to go to Chang'an City to purchase some decent New Year's goods for their own families, so the Jin Wuwei patrols in Chang'an City were more frequent, and the number of soldiers at the city gate more than doubled.
Gao Jun led the caravan to walk unhurriedly on the official road outside Chang'an City, smiling, and the people who came to investigate around him really did not hide, so for a while, there were three or four waves, Gao Jun didn't look at them, just walked forward on horseback with his chest up.
There are a lot of people in the caravan, and when they arrive outside the Suzaku Gate, they can almost block the entire Suzaku Gate, and the soldiers guarding the city will naturally not let Gao Jun enter the city so easily, there is still a distance from the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward to stop Gao Jun.
Gao Jun turned over and jumped off his horse, arched his hand and asked, "This military master, but you want to routinely inspect the caravan's goods?" ”
Li Yuanjing had already arrived at Chang'an City in the morning, and specially instructed the guards at the city gate to stop if they saw a relatively large caravan and wait for the people from the palace to pass.
Although it is said that this is Chang'an City, the soldiers guarding the gate are just some ordinary soldiers, like Li Yuanjing, a high-ranking and powerful prince, they can't afford to be guilty, so they can only do it, so when the soldiers guarding the gate saw Gao Jun's caravan coming from a distance, they sent someone to Jingwangfu, and this side tried to drag Gao Jun's caravan as much as possible.
"Exactly." The sergeant guarding the gate stubbornly said that now he needed to hold the caravan back by inspecting the goods.
Gao Jun stretched out his hand and signaled, "This way, please." ”
The sergeant followed Gao Jun to the carriage with the goods in the back, and Gao Jun ordered his men to open the boxes on the cart.
The men of the caravan immediately untied the rope that held the box on the carriage and opened the box.
"Master Jun, our caravan is transporting some ordinary specialties, this is not about the New Year, the amount of each house is also large, just go down in one trip, you see, this is the special game of Dengzhou, it is customized by Wei Wangfu, as soon as I arrive in Chang'an today, I have to send it to Wei Wangfu when I unload the goods, and these are the mountain treasures of Xiangzhou City, which are ready to be concocted and sent to the palace." Gao Jun explained to the sergeant who was inspecting while motioning to the people under his hand to open the boxes.
Every time it comes to a mansion, the heart of the sergeant who inspected it sank by three points, for this Jingwang Mansion, it is estimated that most of the nobles of Chang'an will be offended, this caravan has such a big background, and even the things sent into the palace are purchased by them.
I hope that the people of King Jing's Mansion will come over quickly, and they will be relieved, the sergeant who checked thought to himself.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen boxes have been opened, if it is normal, this can be released, but the people from Jingwangfu have not come over yet, how should this be?
Gao Jun naturally observed the anxious expression on the sergeant's face, and in order not to show flaws, Gao Jun asked out loud: "This military master, I have checked so much, if there is no abnormality, can you let it go." ”
"That's okay, of course, but" The sergeant really couldn't make up any reason to detain Gao Jun's caravan at the city gate.
Gao Jun was also strange in his heart, how could the people of this Jingwang Mansion not arrive.
Maybe this Li Yuanjing really couldn't stand the chatter, and just when both sides were about to lose patience, Li Yuanjing appeared at the door of the Suzaku Gate with the guards of the mansion.
The sergeant and Gao Jun both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, if they didn't come again, the two of them really didn't know how to round this field, if Gao Jun entered Chang'an City, then Li Yuanjing would take someone to check the goods in the future and nothing would be checked, and he would also suspect the head of the Hou Mansion.
Li Yuanjing stepped forward and arrived next to the caravan, followed by six or seven guards.
"Open all these boxes and search them carefully!" Li Yuanjing said with a cold face.
"This can't be done, we are all businessmen who do our duty, this military master has already checked it just now, there is no problem, we still have to wait to enter the city!" Gao Jun pretended to be anxious and said.
"It's up to you." Li Yuanjing said: "If there is nothing abnormal about your goods, just check it, what are you afraid of, you are stunned, and you don't open all the boxes!" Li Yuanjing scolded his subordinates.
The guards who had come with him turned over and dismounted, walked to the wagons of the caravan, untied all the ropes, and unpacked all the boxes one by one.
The box was full of some mountain specialties, but there was nothing Li Yuanjing wanted to see.
"It can't be!" Li Yuanjing was also stunned when he saw this result: "Rummage carefully!" ”
"This son, you can't do this!" Gao Jun jumped out and said: "You have checked and checked, and you have seen and seen, these things are all purchased by the people of my caravan with great difficulty, and they are all to be transferred to the nobles of Chang'an, you toss so much, and the quality is broken, this is not the life of our caravan!" ”
"Don't give this king nonsense! The nobles of Chang'an City? Who is not allowed to sell some of the king's face, to tell you the truth, this king lost a batch of goods in Xiangzhou City, this king suspects that you did it, now this king wants to confiscate your caravan, and when he finds enough evidence to prove that it was not you who did it, this king will let you go. Li Yuanjing said coldly: "You! Go and call someone, and detain this caravan to this king! Li Yuanjing pointed to the sergeant guarding the door and ordered. (To be continued.) )