Chapter 12: Officials Eat Black
Zhao Ziliang didn't expect to bump into such a big fish gathering here this time, he always felt that there was something going on here, otherwise it would be impossible for these giants to all gather here, he asked Kuba: "These people can't meet here so coincidentally, right?" ”
Kuba hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what the official said is right, these giants and evils gathered together to get rid of the dirt, the leader of the wind horse thieves and bandits Yun Dingtian organized this party, the purpose is to get rid of his harvest this year, he has a lot of robbed jewelry, gold and silver stolen goods, and a large number of leather goods, in addition he needs to buy a batch of grain and weapons, bows and crossbows and arrows, so the jewelry merchant Helian Kunlun, the grain merchant Jibam and the weapons smuggling merchant Lebat are here!" ”
After Zhao Ziliang listened to Kuba's words, he thought about it in his heart, the main purpose of his visit this time was not to deal with these underground giants, but to take down the turquoise horses of this Dashun warehouse, as for these giant bandits, these people are either rich and rival countries, or they are underground overlords, and they are all very powerful, and he is just a small border commander, not to mention the wind bandit leader Yun Dingtian, the other three guys can do such a big business, they must have huge energy in the local area, he is not afraid of these people, Offend these people to death, he has no benefit, there is no need to do things that harm others and himself, wait until his status is high enough and his energy is big enough, and then he will clean up these silverfish who dig the corners of the Tang Dynasty!
Zhao Ziliang remembered the pigeon again and asked Kuba: "Are you familiar with the cook named Mucha?" ”
Kuba thought for a while and said: "This Mucha has been here for several years, he was here when I joined in, he is a hybrid born from the Tubo people and the Tuqishi, he is ostensibly a cook, but in fact he is the contact between Negro and the Tuqishi, this person is very good at raising falcons, and usually raises pigeons to play, he is in contact with the Turkish side through the domesticated eagles!" I know that he has a wife and children in the town, and it should be in the west of the town, but the details are not clear."
Zhao Zi's conscience moved, and he asked again: "You said that he used the eagle to contact the Tuqi Shi side?" Can the pigeon be used to deliver messages? ”
Kuba said: "It is not a new thing to use eagles to convey news, as for using pigeons to convey news, the villain has not heard of it, pigeons are not better than eagles, eagles are very smart when tamed, and pigeons are not good!" ”
Zhao Ziliang knows that pigeons are tamed, and they are the most suitable for transmitting information, and the first to train pigeons to transmit information is the Mesopotamians, as for when China began to use pigeons to transmit information, he does not know, judging from the expression of this Kuba, this person should not speak, which shows that no one in Anxi knows how to use pigeons to transmit information, or that no one can train carrier pigeons.
After thinking about it, Zhao Ziliang asked again: "In addition to you and Mu Cha, are the other three shop guys and helpers all from Negro?" Where is Negro's money hidden? He has been running this store for many years, and he is doing all kinds of black and black business, it is impossible not to have a little family background, right? ”
"Yes! They are all the work of the Turgish," Kuba said, touched his head, thought for a while, and said: "Negro must have some money, half of the goods such as leather and wool transported from the Turgish side are handed over to him for disposal, this person not only collects news, but also is very good at doing business, he does almost all kinds of business, but he only spends a small part of the money every year to buy grain and transport it back to the Turgish, so he must have hidden a large amount of money, but where exactly he hid, I don't know, he wouldn't even let us in the room!" ”
There is no money bank in Shule Town, let alone a banking institution such as a ticket number, and the people of all ethnic groups can only hide their money at home if they have money, Zhao Ziliang guessed that Negro must have hidden the money in his room, which may have an independent space such as a secret room.
This Kuba has no effect, Zhao Ziliang is not soft-hearted, he immediately pulled out a short knife and stabbed it into Kuba's heart, Kuba's eyes widened, and he struggled a few times with unwillingness to die, Zhao Ziliang's wrench on the thumb of his right hand appeared, and a green light rose from the corpse and took off close to the wrench, and was sucked in.
After killing Kuba, Zhao Ziliang immediately came to Mucha's room, he searched the room, and soon found a birdcage, in which were two hemp pigeons, one male and one female, exactly a pair. One of the pigeons had a small bamboo tube tied to its right foot, Zhao Ziliang opened the cage mouth and put his hand in to catch the pigeon, but found that the small bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg was placed in a small roll of white cloth, it seems that he and the three dogs came in time just now, Mu Cha has not had time to take the information away, he took out the white cloth roll from the small bamboo tube, opened it, but found that there was a long piece of unknown text written on it, and the font seemed to be Tibetan!
What made Zhao Ziliang depressed was that he knew that it was Tibetan, but he didn't understand what it meant, Tibetan? Why do the Turgishites use Tibetan for communication? It doesn't make sense! A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, could it be that this pigeon had not flown from Turgish, but from somewhere else? If it wasn't from the Tuqishi, it could only fly from the Tibetan side.
Zhao Ziliang knew that the invention of Tibetan was not long from this time, it was invented by a minister under the king of Tubo Songtsen Gampo, as for the name of the minister, he couldn't remember, but the invention of Tibetan was definitely not more than a hundred years away from this time, even in Tibet, the degree of popularity must be limited, and it is even more difficult to find a person who understands Tibetan, but one thing is certain, this Mucha's identity is not just a simple work of the Tuqi Shi people, he is likely to be the fine work of the Tubo country, This guy is a double agent!
Coming out of the room, Zhao Ziliang came to the courtyard, those people still did not dare to act rashly under the surveillance of Wang Can and others, Zhao Ziliang had long known that these people would never dare to make a move against the officers and soldiers unless they had to, what kind of place is this? This is Shule Town, one of the four towns in Anxi, a famous military town of the Tang Empire in Anxi.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Ziliang pointed at Mu Cha and the others and shouted: "Come on, arrest these four shop guys!" ”
"Yes!" Wang Can and the others responded violently, and immediately pounced on Mu Cha and the others to the ground, and tied them up one by one with ropes. Mu Cha and the others had no weapons in their hands, they were weak, and Zhao Ziliang turned his face on the spot, and under the sudden attack, these four people were tied up before they had time to resist.
"The others don't need to panic, the owner of this inn, Negro, is the leader of the Turgish people in Shule Town, they are here to monitor the every move of our Tang army, and report to the Turgish people in time, seriously endangering the safety of our Tang Dynasty and the people, tonight Negro also led a large number of assassins to assassinate important people, and we have been captured, these shop guys are also his accomplices and subordinates!"
As soon as Zhao Ziliang's words fell, he saw a shopkeeper break free from the binding of a soldier and try to escape, Zhao Ziliang's eyes flashed, and a brisk step chased after him, and the horizontal knife he was holding was unsheathed like lightning, only to see the knife flash, and the shopkeeper who tried to escape was split in half by Zhao Ziliang, and his internal organs flowed all over the ground.
Zhao Ziliang didn't wipe the dirty blood off his face, put the horizontal knife into the sheath, looked at the others and said coldly: "The majesty of the Tang Empire is sacrosanct!" Anyone who tries to be the enemy of my Datang, this is an example! ”
Zhao Ziliang's words were righteous, and the four giant bandits were shocked into a cold sweat behind them, and the smuggler Lebat, a weapon smuggler from the Guizi Kingdom wearing silk, piled up a smile and arched his hand: "This military master, we are serious businessmen, and we came to Shule Town to do business, and we don't know that the shopkeeper of this shop is actually the head of the Tuqi Shi people, if we know, it will kill us, and we will not dare to come here to settle down!" ”
"You, you, you, and you, you four come in with me!" Zhao Ziliang ordered four people in a row, exactly four giant bandits, and none of the other little minions were hit.
Seeing this, the subordinates of the four giant bandits suddenly became agitated, and some couldn't help but want to do it, but they were quickly stopped by the four giant bandits shaking their heads, and the four of them glanced at each other, and they all walked out of the crowd and followed Zhao Ziliang into the house.
When he arrived in the room, Zhao Ziliang looked at the four of them, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "I know very well who you are, but I have already said before, the main purpose of my coming here today is not for you, but don't think that I don't know who you are and what you have done!" Lord Lebat, Lord Jibham, Lord Helian Kunlun and Master Yundingtian, I'm not wrong! ”
The four of them were suddenly shocked, but they didn't have weapons in their hands, and if they had, they were afraid that they had already greeted Zhao Ziliang, but they still stared at Zhao Ziliang with a vigilant look.
Zhao Ziliang looked at them and sneered, "What? Want to get your hands on me? Do you think your martial arts are strong? Do you think you can break through the impregnable walls of Shule Town? ”
Zhao Ziliang's words hit their weakness, once there is a fight here and there is too much movement, there will soon be a patrolling army rushing over, and even if they have ten lives, they will not be enough to die.
Yun Dingtian, the leader of the horse bandits, gasped and said, "Then please ask this military master to draw the next line!" ”
Zhao Ziliang said: "You and your subordinates can leave safely, but you can't take away any of the goods, Yun Da master, I heard that you never rob the merchants of the East and the West in the past, only collect tolls, and mainly go deep into the territory of the Tubo country to rob the Tubo people, which makes me a little admired, I will open the net today, let you take away Sancheng grain and Sancheng weapons, and leave all other things!" If you want money or life, you can choose for yourself, but don't think that I am afraid of you like this, if I catch you guilty of endangering the safety of the Tang Empire, I will definitely not let you go, even if you chase to the ends of the earth, you will definitely cut off your head! ”
The room was silent, Yun Dingtian and the other four made eye contact, it was best not to dare to openly confront Zhao Ziliang, and chose to back down, Yun Dingtian gritted his teeth and arched his hand: "Okay, if I meet the general today, I will be unlucky, I will admit it, and I will leave!" I don't know the general's surname? ”
Zhao Ziliang said with a straight face: "A certain Zhao Ziliang is also, if you are not willing and unconvinced, even if you come to regain face in the future, Zhao is waiting for you!" ”
"Okay, farewell!"