When they came to the city lord's mansion, the merchants were arranged by Zhao Ziliang to rest in the next wing room, and the generals of the Tang Army and the leaders of the various departments discussed in the lobby. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals and the leaders of the various departments present and said: "This time we can break the city thanks to the leaders, generals and soldiers under their command to fight the enemy bravely, although the city is broken, but we also suffer heavy casualties!" The leaders and their officers and soldiers have made great contributions, and this general will reward them later! ”

"Thank you, General!" The leaders of all the departments were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all said that Zhao Ziliang was a good commander and strategist.

How do you know that Cheng Qianli sat next to him and snorted coldly: "Hmph, but in this siege battle, there are also people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, for fear that their subordinates will lose too much, and they want to benefit, but they are unwilling to contribute, where is there such a good thing in the world?" This general will definitely report this matter to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to deal with it! ”

The tribal leaders who had not yet participated in the siege changed their faces when they heard this, and they were extremely resentful of Cheng Qianli in their hearts. He Luoshi moved the Khan to stand up and said angrily to Cheng Qianli: "Cheng Jianjun, what do you mean by this? Our department did not participate in the siege of the city, but General Zhao did not issue a military order to my department, what is the reason for you to say that we are greedy for life and afraid of death? I have always been obedient to the Celestial Empire since I became the Khan of the Heluo Shi Department, and the imperial court said that the troops were transferred, and I the Heluo Shi Department transferred the troops, and there was never a word of complaint. ”

There are still several tribes with ten surnames who did not participate in the siege, and the Tunduo and Basai Ganye of the Sesheti Department and the Basai cadres also stood up and said: "The transfer Khan is right, we have always been loyal to the imperial court, but Cheng Jianjun suspects that we are afraid to fight in order to preserve our strength, in the words of your Han people, isn't this called 'with the heart of a villain, the belly of a gentleman'?" ”

Cheng Qianli was furious when he heard this, and he slapped the case and said angrily: "Bold, as the deputy envoy of the Beiting Xingying Festival, how can you criticize it?" If there is such a presumptuous person, this general will definitely report to the court and punish him severely! ”

"You ・・・・・・" The three of Khan, Tunduo and Basai Ganye and the other leaders of the other departments were very angry, especially these three people, they saluted Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, it seems that this General Cheng is not very easy to get along with, now that the big cannibal has also been beaten away, the war is over, if there is nothing else, I will lead the army back first, and leave!" ”

After the three of them finished speaking, they turned around and were about to leave, Zhao Ziliang hurriedly said: "Wait!" The three chiefs, it is still too early to say that the war is over, the leader of the Thousand Springs of Asykiel has already led his troops to hunt down the Great Food Army and has not yet returned, and according to the reliable information we have received, the Great Food garrison in Sogdia and Tocharo and other places is now being assembled, and it is very likely that they will raise troops to the north, if we lead the army back now, will not all that we have done before be in vain? ”

The leader of the Setati said: "The general has an order, and we should obey it, but the general also saw it, this Cheng Jian army doesn't seem to look down on us, if we stay, won't it be annoying to people?" ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at Cheng Qianli, and he had already scolded him in his heart, it was really not enough to succeed and more than to lose! But there was a smile on his face and smiled at the leaders: "Don't be angry, leaders, General Cheng is a straightforward, jealous and hateful person, his mouth is poisonous, in fact, others are not bad, don't take it to heart, everyone will know who he is when they get along more!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang said to Cheng Qianli again: "General Cheng, now that order has just been restored in the city, there may still be many hidden dangers, I see that you have eaten almost enough, why don't you lead the team to inspect all parts of the city?" ”

"Humph! Just go, do you think so-and-so really wants to eat and drink with these barbarians? Cheng Qianli said and threw his sleeves away.

After seeing Cheng Qianli leave, Zhao Ziliang beckoned everyone to drink and eat meat together, and the leaders were relieved.

After rewarding these leaders for their merits and deeds and appeasing them, Zhao Ziliang sent them back to the camp outside the city, turned around and walked back to the city lord's mansion, and Zhao Hu asked: "Those merchants said that their goods and belongings were robbed by the big cannibals, and now they have been seized by us, is there such a thing?" ”

Zhao Hu hurriedly said: "The little nephew has already sent someone to investigate this matter, but there is no result for the time being." In fact, they had already been here twice before, and the little nephew had been instructed by his uncle to take strict care of the seized gold, silver, and supplies, so he sent them away on both occasions, but he did not expect that they would stop him directly on the road."

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Zhao Hu: "Uncle wants to use these businessmen to do something, and not give them a little favor and benefit, but I am afraid that they will not do their best, you send someone to find out this matter!" With the results, report quickly! ”

Zhao Hu hurriedly agreed: "No! ”

Soon, the soldiers who were sent to check the seized materials came back and reported the results to Zhao Hu, who immediately reported to Zhao Ziliang.

"Uncle, the people sent to investigate have returned, and a large part of the merchant's goods are indeed in the materials we have seized, but some of them are missing, presumably used by the cannibals, and as for the amount of money they themselves said, because there is no name written on the gold, silver and copper coins, we cannot know which ones belong to them, so the amount they said cannot be verified!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "In this way, forget the money they said, how can there be any reason to return the money in hand, you prepare a hundred yuan for each of them for me, and then put out those goods separately, and all the other belongings are packed and sealed!"

Zhao Hu understood what Zhao Ziliang meant, and agreed: "No! ”

The leaders of the caravan devoured in the wing room next to the lobby of the city lord's mansion, they had long been extremely hungry, and there was only a palm-sized cake every day in the cell for a month, and everyone was so hungry that they were not human.

After eating and drinking, the soldiers brought tea again, and the merchants were intoxicated while holding teacups and drinking fragrant tea, when a small colonel walked in and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the general invites you to go to the lobby to speak, please!" ”、

This is to talk about goods and belongings, the merchants were shocked, and the tea was no longer drunk, and immediately everyone got up, sorted out the clothes on their bodies, and followed the little school to the lobby.

More than a dozen people walked into the lobby and stood in three columns, saluted Zhao Ziliang together, and said loudly: "Meet the general!" ”

"Excuse me!" Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said: "Everyone, General Ben has sent someone to check, and some of the goods you said are indeed part of the materials we have seized, but the money you said was also taken away by the Great Food Army, so please forgive General Ben for being powerless, because whether the money you have been taken away is more or less, whether it is really true, this cannot be checked, after all, your name is not written on those gold, silver and copper coins, and only you say it with one mouth, no evidence." So don't mention the money issue again, is any of you my Datang caravan? ”

The two of them stood up, "General, both of us are from Chang'an, and we are both from Chang'an!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the two of them, nodded and said: "In view of the fact that you are my Tang clan, in line with the principle of national priority, General Ben can call the shots now and return to you all the goods that we can find that belong to you, maybe only a part of it, not very complete, maybe it is the Great Food Army, we only found so much, and we will return it to you, and the loss can only be borne by yourself!" In view of the fact that you only need the goods now, there is no money, and the caravan cannot set off, this general can lend you a hundred guan in his personal name for you to spend on the road, but now that my Datang and the Great Food Country are at war, this general suggests that if you want to take the goods to the Great Food Country to sell or want to pass through the Great Food Country, you had better dispel this idea now, take the nearest town to dispose of the goods, return with the money, and wait until our country and the Great Food Country resume normal diplomatic relations before going to the business! What do you think? ”

The two listened to Zhao Ziliang's words, and could only consider themselves unlucky, it was already very good to be able to recover most of the goods, this is still Zhao Ziliang's help in the face of everyone is Han, for Zhao Ziliang's suggestion, they also agreed, and they both nodded and said: "Thank you general, what the general said is very true, I will dispose of the goods in the nearby towns when I take the goods, and then repay the general's loan after taking the money!" ”

"Okay, Zhao Hu, you take them to go through the relevant procedures for lost and found, and ask them to write down the IOU, and then give each of them a hundred yuan" Zhao Ziliang beckoned to Zhao Hu.

"No!" Zhao Hu agreed, and said to the two: "Two, come with me!"

Zhao Ziliang looked at the other merchants again and said, "Are there any merchants from the Great Food Country here?" ”

Six bearded men dressed in cannibal costumes stood up, "I've seen the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to the side and said: "Now my Datang is at war with the Great Food Country, according to the past practice, you are all going to be arrested and confiscated all your property, but this general knows that the war between my Datang and the Great Food Country has nothing to do with the common people, you as a businessman who comes and goes between my Datang and the Great Food Country, it is beneficial to both my Datang and the Great Food Country, originally this general decided not to arrest you, and return your goods, But are you really only a merchant and not a spy sent to our country by the Great Food Country? We need to check this carefully, so please wait a little longer in the city, and you won't be able to go anywhere until the problem is clarified! Come on, take them down! ”

Some soldiers of the Tang Army rushed over like wolves and tied up the six Great Food Country merchants, and the two Great Food Country merchants were so frightened that they were taken away in the wah-wah-waw shout.

The ending of these six merchants of the Great Food Country made some other merchants frightened, Zhao Ziliang looked at these people and said: "Everyone, you are all merchants of the Western Regions countries, you must be no stranger to the Great Food Horse, right?" ”

All the merchants nodded. (To be continued.) )