At night, the atmosphere of the East Market has become a little weird, there are tolerances in the yamen everywhere, nearly a hundred officials from Wannian County, and two hundred officials borrowed by Yang Zhao from the Jingzhao Mansion Ya, the entire East Market has been set up, hundreds of torches are lit at the door, as if it were day, dozens of officials are standing to guard the door, every person who comes out must be carefully checked, and middle-aged men of medium height and slightly darker skin must be detained.

Every carriage was carefully searched, the boxes were opened, the bundles were unpacked, and no suspicious corners were missed, while the rest of the servants were divided into four groups and began to go house-to-house along four main roads at once.

In the Pingjiang copperware shop, the shopkeeper Su Yuanlun trotted all the way into the inner courtyard, he ran up to the second floor and knocked on a door hurriedly, "Third brother, open the door quickly!" Hurry up! ”

The door opened, revealing the dark face of a middle-aged man, his name is Su Yuankai, who is the henchman sent by Du Bosheng, the big salt lord of Yangzhou, to Beijing to complain.

Su Yuankai has a distant uncle, that is, Suning, Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, Su Yuankai wants to pass the paper through his relationship, he went to find his uncle in the morning, but learned that his uncle went to Longyou to inspect the waterwheel, and he will not return until ten days later, which makes him very frustrated.

Unexpectedly, from the afternoon, the whole city began to search for suspicious Yangzhou people, Su Yuankai immediately realized that this suspicious Yangzhou person was most likely talking about himself, he didn't dare to stay on the street anymore, and hurriedly hid back to his brother's shop.

"Big brother, is there something going on?"

"Third brother, things are not good, Dongshi has started to check door to door, it's too dangerous for you to hide here, I have to send you away."

"But, how did I get out of the East Market Gate?"

Su Yuankai also hurriedly said: "It's better to be like this, I hide in the well or cellar, maybe I can avoid their search." ”

"I've thought about it too, but I'm worried that the guy will betray us."

Su Yuanlun lowered his head and walked a few steps, then suddenly raised his head and said: "It's better to leave from the gate, and then come in through the back door over the wall, and turn over the old locust tree in the middle, I will put a staircase there." ”

"Alright, I'll go."

Su Yuankai simply packed up a little things, and hurriedly went out under the witness of a few guys, but soon, he quietly hid in the cellar and was detained under a huge copper bell covered with patina and cobwebs, and Su Yuanlun casually discarded some scattered money and belongings in the room.

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"Open the door!" There was a bang on the door of the copperware shop.

A man opened the door in fright, and Jiao Facao broke in with a dozen servants.

"Is your shopkeeper here?"

"In! At! ”

Su Yuanlun hurriedly walked out and said with a smile: "I am the shopkeeper." ”

Jiao Facao glanced him up and down, "Where are you from?" ”

"The villain is originally from Hailing County, Yangzhou."

"Yangzhou people?" Jiao Facao snorted and asked, "Are there any relatives and friends who have come from Yangzhou in the past two days?" ”

Su Yuanlun glanced at a few guys, and shook his head like a rattle, "No, absolutely not!" ”

"Okay, according to the rules, I'll check it and hand over your roster."

Jiao Facao waved his hand, and the officials began to search the house, the search for people was fake, and the search for money was real, and almost every official ran to the inner courtyard.

Big things are not dared to take, petty theft is always unavoidable, it is best to meet women gold hairpins, silver bracelets and the like, and take the sheep to yourself.

Soon, they had a harvest, and almost every one of them found something of value, whether it was a silver hairpin, or a scattered copper coin, or a purse adorned with pearls, and so on.

"Facao, no suspicious person was found!" The officials who had gained something did not want to stay long.

Jiao Facao nodded, he casually threw the roster of men on the table, and said to everyone: "Let's go!" ”

But the moment he turned around, he suddenly noticed a guy winking at him.

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The actions of the Wannian County Government in Dongshi soon caused Jin Wuwei to follow suit, and nearly 500 officers and soldiers of Jin Wuwei also began to check in Dongshi, and at the same time, 150 cavalry of the patrol battalion also appeared on the streets of Dongshi.

There are three systems of people in the East City, two armies and one government, and the officials of Wannian County certainly have the right to arrest thieves in the East City; And the patrol battalion is also their duty to maintain law and order; Jin Wuwei's street patrol made the arrest of thieves even more natural.

The teams of the three systems are like a marquee, in and out of hundreds of shops in the East Market, chaotic coaxing, you sing and I appear, until near Hai, when the golden bell of the three hundred closed markets rang, nearly 1,000 military and political personnel retreated like a tide, and no one caught the so-called 'Yangzhou thief'. ’

Jiao Facao returned to the county government to sign, and then he could go home, at this time the closed drums of Chang'an City also began to beat, and the people on the street ran to the square where they lived, and after the drum beat 800 times, the door of the square will be closed, which will last for more than a quarter of an hour.

Jiao Facao galloped on his horse, but when he was still hundreds of steps away from Anderfang, dozens of cavalry from the patrol battalion blocked the way in front of him.

Li Qing'an finally appeared, he followed behind Li Fei Shouyu, without saying a word, Li Fei Shouyu stepped forward and smiled: "Jiao Facao, can you find anything tonight?" ”

Jiao Facao knew Li Qing'an, and he hurriedly said to Li Qing'an: "General Li, the county government has nothing to gain, but I know where that Yangzhou man is hiding, and I am about to tell you." ”

"Where is he hiding?" Li Qingan asked.

"General Li might as well go and check the Pingjiang Copperware Shop in Dongshi, I think there is a problem in this shop."

As soon as his words fell, Li Qingan waved his hand, "Go back to Dongshi!" ”

Dozens of cavalry galloped away like a gust of wind, leaving Jiao Facao stunned.

The gate of Dongshi should have been closed at this time, but Li Qing'an saw that there was a crack in the gate, and more than a dozen officials blocked the gate, Li Qing'an's eyes narrowed, which showed that Yang Zhao also got the news.

"Rush in!"

Li Qingan pulled out his horizontal knife, waved it in the air, and shouted: "Dodge!" ”

The sword was so cold that more than a dozen officials recognized him, and they were so frightened that they dodged to both sides, and dozens of cavalry rushed into the East City in an instant, and the fierce sound of horses' hooves shattered the quiet night.

The iron hooves of the war horses struck on the stone slabs, dozens of cavalry rushed to the bronze weapons in the southwest corner, countless windows were pushed open a crack, a pair of eyes watched uneasily as the iron horse galloped past in front of his shop, and when passing by the jewelry shop of 'Tuozhi Township', the window was also quietly pushed open a crack, an elderly Sogdian stared at Li Qing'an with blazing eyes, for a long time, he nodded, turned back and said: "It's him!" ”

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In front of the Pingjiang Bronze Shop, dozens of officials held torches in their hands, illuminating the shop as if it were daytime, Yang Zhao stood on the street with a long sword in his hand, watching the situation in the shop with full attention, and next to him stood a man with a large bag of money in his hand, which was the reward he received for denunciating the shopkeeper.

At this time, there was a shout from the store, "Caught! ”

Yang Zhao immediately became excited, and walked quickly towards the door of the store, only to see dozens of servants dragging out a person from the inner courtyard, medium height, dark skin, and a face full of resentment, he was Su Yuankai who was hidden in the cellar and was found, behind him, his brother Su Yuanlun was also arrested, he suddenly saw the man, his two eyes were about to spew fire, the man was so frightened that he lowered his head, and did not dare to look at him.

Yang Zhao slowly stepped forward, raised Su Yuankai's chin with his long sword, and smiled proudly: "I didn't expect it!" I only came to Chang'an yesterday, and today I was caught by this county. ”

Su Yuankai shouted angrily: "Which royal law did I violate? You guys are free to arrest people! ”

"Huh! Sure enough, it was a Yangzhou accent. ”

Yang Zhao sneered and said, "If you hand over King Qing's things, maybe I will spare your life." ”

"I don't have anything to celebrate the king! You've got the wrong person. ”

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, Li Qingan led dozens of cavalry to arrive at a gallop, they rushed around the officials non-stop, the officials were dizzy, all of them were uneasy, Yang Zhao's face changed greatly, and he stared at Li Qingan viciously, is this bastard going to harm his own affairs again?

Li Qingan waved his hand, the cavalry stopped, and he smiled at Yang Zhao on the horse: "Brother Yang, it's so late, don't you go home to rest?" Beware of my sister-in-law's misunderstanding again. ”

"Humph! General Lee's nose is so smart! ”

"Each other! Each other! Isn't the Yang County Order the same as well-informed? ”

Li Qingan pointed the knife in his hand at Su Yuankai, "Someone!" Take this man with me. ”

More than a dozen cavalrymen came up and wanted to rob people, Yang Zhao was furious, stopped the cavalry and said: "Wait!" ”

"What? Does the Yang County Order want to interfere with military affairs? Li Qingan said lightly.

"You don't want to press me with a big hat, I'm also on official business, I caught this Jiangyang thief, so naturally I'll deal with it, and you patrol the camp Hugh have to interfere."

At this time, a government official ran out with a blue coarse cloth package, "County order, this is his package." ”

Li Qing'an stepped forward immediately, and without waiting for the official to react, he picked up his knife, and the package arrived in his hand.

"Good, thank you."

"Li Qing'an!"

Yang Zhao finally roared angrily, "Don't deceive people too much. ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Yang County's order is too exaggerated, where do I dare to deceive you, you catch Jiangyang thieves, I also arrest Jiangyang thieves, you are for official business, I am also for official business, you have the right to arrest people, I also have the right to arrest people, Yang County Order, you can rest assured, I will show you in the compromise, in fact, we are all for the saint, so why bother?" ”

After speaking, he gave the cavalry a look, Li Fei Shouyu shouted, took the lead in rushing up, and rushed away from the officials and Su Yuankai, and then, dozens of cavalry stepped forward one after another, forming a horse wall, and before Yang Zhao and them rushed up, the cavalry turned around and ran towards the gate, and disappeared at the turn in the blink of an eye, only to see several officials who were holding Su Yuankai were beaten to the point of bleeding, squatting on the ground with their heads covered, and Su Yuankai had disappeared.

"Yang County Order, people were snatched away by them!"

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(To be continued)