Hong Cheng was very happy, and he was extremely excited from the moment Su Ren promised him to support him in doing business with the Western Regions. In order to raise his own goods, Hongcheng did not rest for three days and three nights, and now he is still in good spirits when walking on the road. In the past, he traded with the merchants of the Western Regions in Chang'an City, but this time he was going to the Western Regions in person, he naturally knew how big the profit was this time, and if he could or came back, he would not be able to spend it in his life.

When Hong Cheng saw Su Ren's caravan, he was completely dumbfounded. In front of Su Ren's caravan, his goods were completely insignificant, almost all of his family's savings were spent, and the goods raised by borrowing from the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce with his shops and real estate were not even a fraction of Su Ren's caravan. Hong Cheng finally understood why Su Ren, the god of business, was able to succeed, and his courage and ability were not even stronger than his own.

After saluting Su Ren, Hong Cheng's excited face flushed: "Mr. has so many goods this time, he will definitely be able to make a lot of money when he arrives in the Western Regions, and following Mr. is the most correct decision the villain has made in his life." ”

Su Ren lay lazily in the carriage and smiled at Hong Cheng: "Is the guide you looking for reliable?" It's a long way to go, and there must be no problems. ”

Hong Cheng hurriedly said: "Sir, don't worry, this person is from the Western Regions, and he has come and gone this way no less than ten times, and he was invited by the villain for a lot of money." ”

"Money is not a problem, people are reliable!"

"Sir, don't worry, the villain vouches with his head!"

"That's very good, you have few people, who knows what will go wrong along the way, you will take your people to stay near my left, even if something happens, your loss will be less."

Hong Cheng was overjoyed: "Mr. Xie, Mr. Xie!" ”

Su Ren waved his hand, Hong Cheng respectfully retreated, and hurriedly brought his convoy to the vicinity of Su Ren's Chinese army. Looking at Hong Cheng's back, Chen Jiao smiled slightly, turned her head and asked Su Rendao, "Since you know that this person has a problem, why do you want to stay near you?" ”

Han Qing said with a smile: "I don't know, it's because this person has a problem, so it's safest to stay by your side, wouldn't it be difficult to monitor this person if you put it on the periphery?" Sir's Chinese army is the most tightly guarded, even if he wants to make any moves, he should be careful. ”

"Oh! I see, it seems that I still don't understand! ”

Su Ren raised his wine glass and touched it with Chen Jiao: "This is thousands of miles away from the Western Regions, we are businessmen who have no way to do it for money, what are you waiting for?" ”

Chen Jiao raised her neck and drank dry: "Chang'an City is lifeless, if you stay here, you will be suffocated sooner or later, to tell you the truth, I have sold all my family property, if the Western Regions can stay, I don't plan to come back." ”

"That's probably going to disappoint you."

"Why?"

"A place with me will never be suitable for living, unless after I leave, Lingnan is like this, Mayi is like this, and presumably the Western Regions is also like this!"

"Ugh! Hahaha......"

Hawking shouted, and the long convoy moved, and one after another the big cars started slowly, following each other slowly along the official road. Three hundred guards rode up and down the road, and those who dared to have bad intentions would immediately find a fierce look, and if they were the slightest unconvinced, the whip would come down at once. This group of people is not like a guard at all, but more like a demon who kills people without blinking.

Laifu's injury was not yet good, but he insisted on following, and Su Ren could not refuse. Lying in the carriage, looking at the scenery outside, there was no joy on Laifu's face, and the frowning brow had never dispersed these days. Su Ren once talked to him, but unfortunately Laifu didn't say anything, and Su Ren couldn't force him to ask, so he could only wait. He knew that people like Rifle would naturally tell him when he said it.

Su Ren left, but the people who stayed in Chang'an panicked. What is the place of Meridian Road, he is facing the Meridian Valley of the Qinling Mountains, it is a straight official road from Chang'an to the depths of the Qinling Mountains, passing through the city from south to north, passing through the north gate of Chang'an, and leading to Xianyang through the Zhongwei Bridge. Speaking of this road is also related, after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, built the famous Qin Straight Road, the world knows that the Qin Straight Road is from Xianyang to Shuofang Northland, for the Qin Dynasty to transport soldiers and horses grain and grass convenient, but few people know where the granary of the Qin State was built, as the barrier on the Wei Plain Qinling has always been the greatest protection.

It is precisely because of the special nature of this road that these two roads in Chang'an City are the base points where the city was built, and almost all the houses on both sides or the palace are built on the meridian road. In the Han Dynasty, the meridian road was cut off from it, and the Jianzhang Palace was in the middle of the road, but this did not make this broken road lose its former glory, but made it transform into a more prosperous market, more than half of the princes and nobles of the Han Dynasty had houses on both sides of this road, and the whole Chang'an was proud to live on this road.

Overnight, Meridian Road became a ghost road, and when the merchants who were lining up to deliver things to the princes and nobles' homes found that the regular customers had not gone out today, and they had not even opened the door, they realized that something was wrong. But no one dared to go in, because the gates of each house were guarded by more than a dozen Jingzhaoyin's dukes or guards who held Jinwu. Some even saw people coming and going inside through the cracks in the doors, and there were corpses.

The old farmer who was carrying the burden of vegetables touched the young offspring who was selling firewood on his shoulder: "What's the matter?" Why are there so many public servants today, who has an accident again? ”

As a native of Chang'an, I still know a little about politics. Although the princes and nobles are prominent, once something goes wrong, it will be the death of the whole family. The king of Huainan the year before last was not like this, he thought that the prince was uprooted overnight, and until now Huainan has not been divided again, which is a good example.

The descendant of Danchai shook his head: "It seems to be the family of the lord of Qinghe County, but the Daxing Cheng family is not quite right, in the past, my Chai He and these two families rushed to ask for it, but today they are all gone." ”

The old farmer who sold vegetables smiled and patted the young young man on the shoulder: "You have two less customers, my old man's vegetables are only given to Cuixiang Building, as long as that building does not fall, it will never lose me, farewell!" ”

The people in Chang'an City talked a lot, and the court also opened a pot. The people here know more clearly and in detail, killing people and goods is rare in Chang'an, not to mention killing so many people overnight. Jing Zhaoyin and Zhi Jinwu had been bounced into a sieve, and a few of those who had anything to do with the mansions knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, begging the emperor to avenge their relatives, which was a miserable one.

Liu Che sat on the top with a dark face and said nothing, he didn't expect Su Ren to do such a desperate thing, those dozens of families can be said to be chickens and dogs, from the gatekeeper to the woman in the inner house, and even the infant child did not let go. According to their original plan, those who had something to do with the Mo family and Fang Xianshu were indeed on the execution list, but what were the sins of the children who were still in swaddling clothes?

Liu Che looked at Dou Ying, Dou Ying knew that he couldn't do anything anymore, so he coughed and got up: "Everyone, this incident happened in Chang'an, and it happened on Meridian Road It is really unimaginable, Jing Zhaoyin and Zhi Jinwu are not to escape the blame, come, put the two in prison, since the murder has happened, then it must be solved, and give you an explanation to the world, Tingwei, what do you think?" ”

Zhai Gong's beard trembled very much, and he got up and knelt down: "The minister is old, such a big event may be difficult to deal with, and please ask Your Majesty to choose another person who can preside over the court lieutenant, the minister intends to resign and retire, and I hope that Your Majesty will resign from the minister's position for so many years of loyalty." ”

Dou Ying turned his head and glanced at Liu Che, and said to Zhai Gong: "The boss is dedicated to the country, and it is understandable that he wants to resign now that he is old, but the Meridian Road blood case is imminent, even if the boss wants to leave, he has to take care of this matter, otherwise who can do it?" ”

"The old minister recommended to His Majesty that the court captain Shi Zhang Tang Keye, this person is well versed in criminal law and handles the case seriously, the old minister originally planned to recommend this person to His Majesty, and today is just an opportunity."

Dou Ying said: "Zhang Tang has only been appointed as Tingwei for half a month, and now it is not appropriate to be promoted, the boss will work harder, and it is not too late to go after Zhang Tang can take over, the matter of Meridian Road will be investigated and handled by Tingwei, Jing Zhaoyin, Zhi Jinwu, and Weiwei will work together, and the time limit for ten days to solve the case cannot be postponed, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

Liu Che said: "Accurate! ”

Without waiting for Zhai Gong to speak again, Liu Jiqing's rooster throat rang out: "Retreat!" ”

Liu Che, who returned to the Xuan room, was very angry, raised his foot and kicked over a candlestick, dropped two more pen holders, grabbed the inkstone and was about to smash it at Su Kai who was kneeling on the ground, hesitated for a moment, took two deep breaths, and suppressed the anger in his chest: "Get up and talk back, I don't blame you for this incident, he has always done things based on likes and dislikes, those people naturally hold a grudge against him repeatedly, this time if he doesn't hurt those people, those people won't obediently follow him to the Western Regions." ”

Su Kai didn't dare to get up: "The minister is not thoughtful, making His Majesty embarrassed, and the minister is willing to take all the responsibility." ”

"Hehe, you can't afford it, twelve princes, more than 30 ministers with more than 30 marquises, and dozens of other courtiers, there are no less than 700 people, such a thing is not something you can afford, even if I hand over Su Ren, the people of the world will still think that I did it, and only I can bear it!"

glanced at Su Kai, who was kneeling on the ground: "Go, closely monitor the kings, whoever wants to make a move can cut it first, this time they must not be allowed to have any chance, understand?" ”

"No!"

After sending Su Kai away, Liu Che calmed down the anger in his heart, shook his head and sighed, and said to Liu Jiqing: "Go and find the prime minister, I have something to say to him." ”

There are no secrets in Chang'an, and when the early dynasty was not over, news about the Meridian Road was already flying all over the sky, and many people were speculating who did such a big thing. Everyone unanimously united with the fact that the emperor had ordered the kings to come to Chang'an to worship the heavens not long ago. So, it seems that the truth is clear at a glance. With so many princes, nobles and ministers killed overnight, who else in the world will there be besides the emperor?

In a small hidden room on the second floor of Jing Fu Xuan, Mo Cong and Shao Weng sat opposite each other. Behind Mo Cong is Mo Yu, and behind Shao Weng is Luan Da. The four of them were still covered with dust, and they all came from a long way first. There was no food or drink on the table, only two cups of tea. The air in the room was also very depressing, because Mo Cong and Shao Weng's faces were not good, especially Shao Weng was as cold as ice, and his eyes were full of murderous energy.

"He's really gone?"

Mo Cong nodded: "I went out of the city early this morning, with a large number of goods, three hundred guards were closely protected, all the way to the west, according to the time, it should have passed Xianyang by now." ”

"Humph! Even if he runs to the ends of the earth, the old man will break his body into thousands of pieces! ”