The east and west markets of Chang'an City can be said to be the two most prosperous places in Chang'an City.

The East Market is very close to the three major interiors (Taiji Palace in the West, Daming Palace in the East, and Xingqing Palace in the South), and there are many royal nobles and dignitaries around the residences, so the things that the East Market operates are mostly some high-end luxury goods and daily necessities required by dignitaries; The West Market is far away from the three major areas, and there are mostly ordinary people's residences nearby, so most of the business in the West Market is some daily necessities.

That said, the West Market is more prosperous than the East Market because of its strong population base, the abundance of goods, and the fact that some outsiders trade in the West Market.

After Su Wuming and Xu Maocai entered the West Market together, they walked through several bustling streets, and finally entered the wine shop alley, the wine shop alley as the name suggests is a special alley for selling wine, in this long alley, all of them are selling wine, and there are many wine shops, and the wine is fragrant after walking in, if there is a drunkard who enters here, I am afraid that he will not want to leave.

Xu Maocai led the way in front, and said with a smile: "Lord Su, the seventh master of our family is in the innermost mansion in the wine shop alley, Lord Su, please!" ”

After the two entered the mansion, Xu Mao bowed to the people inside, and after a while, Long Qi and Long Ba came out, but at this time, Long Qi was sitting in a wheelchair, pushed by Long Ba in the back, Su Wuming saw this, a little surprised, and arched his hand: "Seventh Master is this?" ”

Long Qi's face showed a hint of gloom, and said, "I was broken when I escaped from Qiantang, but it's okay, it's not in the way, Lord Su, please sit down." ”

After sitting down in the living room, Su Wuming asked, "The Seventh Master can be said to be powerful in Qiantang County, how can anyone dare to provoke you?" ”

Long Qi smiled bitterly and said, "No matter how strong the power is, it's just a gangster, if someone wants my life, it's still very easy." ”

"Does the Seventh Master know who those people are?"

Long Qi showed a puzzled look on his face, shook his head, and said: "Without warning, I, Long Qi, think that I am very strict in restraining my subordinates, and I generally don't offend anyone, but I didn't expect someone to be against me like this, and I destroyed the Simo Hutong that I have been operating for many years overnight." Speaking of this, Long Qi's expression was slightly condensed, and after biting his lip with hatred, he said: "That man destroyed my inheritance, and one day I will find him out and take revenge." ”

Seeing Long Qi like this, Su Wuming felt a little relieved in his heart, thinking that the destruction of Long Qi's Simo Hutong was real, not a play they played for themselves; After understanding this, Su Wuming said: "Even the Seventh Master doesn't know who those people are, and it seems that their power should not be underestimated." ”

Long Qi nodded: "That's true, but when we escaped, we found a clue, the people who attacked our Simo Hutong at that time had a strong Chang'an accent, so I guessed that they might be from the capital, so we absconded all the way to Chang'an City." ”

"Since the Seventh Master knows that the group of people is from Chang'an, wouldn't it be too dangerous for you to come to Chang'an again?"

Long Qi smiled faintly: "Lord Su is extremely smart, how can he not know that the more dangerous the place, the safer?" ”

Su Wuming smiled suddenly, and then said: "It's still thoughtful to the Seventh Master, since that's the case, if the Seventh Master needs to help in the future, just ask." ”

Long Qi gave his hand again and again: "Lord Su has a great future, and he will have to be disturbed in the future, and if Lord Su has anything to help, please just ask, although the foundation in Qiantang County is ruined, but in this Chang'an City, there are more or less connections and connections, let's just say that this West Market, at least half of the people sell me Long Qi a face, and it is precisely because of this that I dare to enter Chang'an City rashly." ”

Hearing Long Qi say this, Su Wuming realized that this Long Qi was really capable, when he was in Qiantang County, he must have already prepared for the back road, and he had already opened up the relationship in Chang'an City, this kind of person is really terrifying.

But this kind of person is terrible, but as long as he is not an enemy of him, so what? So at this time, Su Wuming smiled faintly: "Since the seventh master said so, there is really one thing that needs the help of the seventh master." ”

"Lord Su, please speak."

"I'm going to investigate the affairs of the Buddhist temples in the world, presumably the Seventh Master has already heard about it, right?"

Long Qi didn't show any surprise, only nodded slightly: "Naturally, I heard about it." ”

"What does the Seventh Master think about this matter?"

"I don't believe in Buddhism, Lord Su will do it if he wants to, and I also believe that with Lord Su's ability, although this matter is difficult, it will not be difficult for you."

Su Wuming smiled: "The seventh master is wrong, this matter is indeed difficult, if I want to do it well, it is not easy, so I want to ask the seventh master for help." ”

"Lord Su, please speak."

"I want to know the relationship between the major monasteries in Chang'an City and the senior members of the court, as well as the distribution of believers, I wonder if the Seventh Master can help investigate?"

After listening to Su Wuming's question, Long Qi did not hesitate too much, and said: "It's easy to do, after two days, I will definitely give Master Su a satisfactory answer, and then let Xu Maocai go to the house to report how it is, he is my cronies, he is absolutely trustworthy, and he is also clever." ”

Su Wuming nodded: "That's how good it is." ”

The two talked for a while, and finally Su Wuming got up and said goodbye.

But after saying that Su Wuming said goodbye, Long Ba asked a little puzzled: "Seventh brother, why are you helping Su Wuming like this?" ”

Long Qi's expression was solemn, and he said, "Eighth brother, who do you think will frame us?" ”

"I don't know, I'm just Brother Seven's thug, I don't understand those things."

Long Qi was not angry, and after smiling faintly, he said, "Those people who attacked us are obviously from the capital, but have we offended anyone in the capital?" Obviously, no, our forces have always been in Qiantang County, and this Chang'an City is just operating some relationship networks, and it does not pose a threat to anyone. ”

"Brother Qi is saying that it wasn't the people on the rivers and lakes who poisoned us?"

"Yes, it's not someone from the rivers and lakes, and if it's not from the rivers and lakes, it must be someone from the court, and we're opponents to the people of the court, so we have to use Su Wuming's strength, which is why I sent someone to pretend to meet Su Wuming unexpectedly."

"But Su Wumingcai is just a small Dali Temple Sizhi, what can he help us?"

Long Qi shook his head: "This son is introverted, and his achievements in the future cannot be underestimated, his ability is something we don't have, I believe in your seventh brother's vision." ”

Long Ba didn't say anything more, and at this time, Long Qi glanced at Xu Maocai and said, "You should know what to do, right?" ”

Xu Maocai nodded again and again: "Seventh Master, don't worry, there will be news in two days." ”

After leaving the wine shop alley, Su Wuming walked on the lively street of the West Market, walking slowly through the West Market and coming to the street of Chang'an City again, he suddenly had a feeling of returning to tranquility, of course, he knew very well that this feeling was an illusion, because the streets of Chang'an City were full of people at this time, and it was very lively, and this kind of liveliness was still a little worse than that of the West Market.

Walking on the street, Su Wuming was thinking about what happened to Long Qi today, he didn't think that he and that Xu Maocai just met by chance, but he didn't care about this, now he was thinking that he had always wanted to establish an intelligence network, so could he start from Long Qi?

Long Qi's foundation in Qiantang County is gone, but his network in the west of Chang'an City is very large, and there should be no problem in using these networks to get information, right?

But when thinking like this, Su Wuming shook his head, this Long Qi is too shrewd to control, he got the news from him just in exchange, and once this interest relationship cannot be sustained, he believes that Long Qi will not hesitate to betray himself.

After thinking about it like this, Su Wuming felt that it was better to temporarily use the power of Long Qi, and then set up his own intelligence network after he had enough strength.

Now, the news that Su Wuming is going to attack the Buddhist monastery is only known to the people of the entire Chang'an City, and the people on these streets can only cast strange eyes on themselves, but some ministers in the court may not just sit and watch.

If Su Wuming's expectation is good, in this morning, there will be many ministers who stand up against the attack on Buddhism, and they dare not sneer at Emperor Li Yan, then the final target will be Su Wuming, the direct undertaker.

Su Wuming did not have the qualifications to go to the court, so in the face of the accusations of those ministers, he didn't even have the most basic refutation, so all this depends on Emperor Li Yan's determination to fight Buddhism.

It was not so fast for the news of the court to come out, so until noon, the news from the court came out one after another, and when these news came out, the entire Chang'an City was shocked, because in the early court today, almost half of the officials impeached Su Wuming, among which the official positions were relatively large, there were Qiu Shiliang, the eunuch who was in charge of the Shence Army and was named the Duke of Chu, and Yu Hongzhi, who was in charge of the forbidden army, in addition to these two eunuchs, some other relatives also had many impeachments, What surprised Su Wuming was that Li Deyu's Li Party members supported the fight against Buddhism this time.

And after thinking about it carefully, I can also understand that although Li Deyu wants to embarrass Su Wuming because of this, Li Deyu, as a close minister of the emperor, must consider the emperor and the Tang Dynasty, and the flood of Buddhism has indeed damaged some of the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

And he must also support it, because Li Deyu proposed to Li Yan to attack Buddhism, if he still dares to oppose it, isn't this playing the emperor as a monkey?

Support first and then oppose, he, Li Deyu, would not dare to do such a thing.