Chapter 83: Human Traffickers
The conflict between Wanqi and Jin Wuwei in Dongshi was like a stone falling into an ancient well, 'Boom! There was a sound, and then there was silence, as if nothing had happened.
However, there was an effect that was obvious, Jin Wuwei's street patrol soldiers saw the cavalry of the Nine Gates patrolling from a distance, and immediately dodged, and the cavalry of the Nine Gates patrolling the waist straightened up and spoke more arrogantly.
In the afternoon of this day, Li Qing'an led a hundred cavalry to patrol in various squares as usual, and he had just arrived at the gate of Pingkangfang, when suddenly, an old man ran out crying, and suddenly knelt in front of Li Qing'an's horse, "General, save my daughter!" ”
Li Qingan gave Li Fei Yuanli next to him a look, and Li Fei Yuanli immediately jumped off the horse, patted his chest and said, "Say it!" Your daughter was snatched away by a bastard, and Lao Li helped you get it back. ”
"General, it was the green-eyed Hu Shang who abducted her."
'Hu Shang? Li Fei Yuanli was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly said indignantly: "His grandmother's, those green-eyed dogs dare to abduct and sell my Tang Dynasty women, are you tired of it?" Tell me, when was you abducted? ”
"This morning, two Hu merchants came to Xiao Lao'er's shop to buy steamed buns, bought two hundred, and asked the little girl to send them to the Persian mansion where they lived, and the little old man didn't know that there was a fraud, so he asked his daughter to send them to them, but she didn't return as soon as she went, and the little old man was going crazy, and he couldn't find it everywhere, and those Hu people were gone, so they must have abducted them."
Li Qing'an pondered for a while and said to the two soldiers: "Go to the Persian Mansion to check, where is the Hu merchant?" When did you leave? ”
The two soldiers immediately ran in the direction of Dongshi, and came back after a while, "General, there are two groups of Hu merchants who left Chang'an today, one is the wine merchants of Gaochang, and the other is the merchants of Kangguo, the people of Gaochang left early in the morning, and the merchants of Kangguo left at noon.
"That's right! It's a Kangguo merchant. Lao Er said excitedly: "They once said that they were Hu merchants in Lingxi. ”
"Catch up!"
Li Qing'an turned his horse's head and galloped westward, and a hundred cavalry followed him, like a gust of wind sweeping through the streets.
Li Qing'an ran to the Jinguang Gate and said in a loud voice: "Can there be Hu merchants out of the city?" ”
"Yes! Half an hour ago, a group of Kang Guo's Hu merchants went out of the city. ”
Li Qing'an whipped violently, and the war horse galloped westward along the official road to chase after him, and the Hu merchants from Kang Guo generally rode camels to load the goods of the Tang Dynasty, and the speed was not too fast.
Hundreds of cavalry galloped on the wide official road, the sound of hooves was like thunder, the yellow dust was rolling, the momentum was very terrifying, and the people on the road were so frightened that they dodged to both sides.
The speed of the horses was extremely fast, and after a quarter of an hour, a camel team was seen in the distance, with three or four hundred camels, mixed with dozens of horses, full of goods from the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army suddenly accelerated the speed of the horses and chased after the camel team.
This is a Sogdian caravan from the city of Kangguo, consisting of more than 100 Sogdians, loaded with Western gems, silverware, and spices, who traveled thousands of miles to the Tang Dynasty in exchange for porcelain, silk, and tea, and they are now returning to Kangguo.
Suddenly, he found that a large group of Tang troops was coming from behind, and Hu Shang pulled over one after another to stop their camels and make way for the Tang army, but several of the Sogdians looked a little panicked, and they turned their backs and did not dare to face the Tang army.
The cavalry caught up in an instant, Li Qingan waved his hand, and a hundred cavalry surrounded them in a fan shape, and Li Fei Yuanli stepped forward and said loudly: "Unload all the goods and accept inspection!" ”
The Hu merchants complained, but no one dared to disobey, so they had to unload the goods from the camels, at this time, the Hu merchants quietly led a few camels carrying large boxes to the very edge, but their subtle movements could not escape Li Qing'an's eyes, he pointed at these fierce Hu people with a silver stick, and shouted: "Go and check the camels on the edge." ”
More than a dozen Tang soldiers rushed up and grabbed the reins of horses and camels, and a Hu man hurriedly laughed and said: "Master Jun, it's all satin, please bear with me." ”
As he spoke, he took out a handful of large gold coins and stuffed them into the fire chief, who slapped the gold coins in his hand and shouted, "Unload them for me." ”
The Tang army rushed up, unloaded the boxes on several camels, and pried them open with knives, and the faces of several Hu merchants on horses suddenly turned pale, and they took a few steps back, and two of them, Hu Shang, who looked fierce, quickly exchanged glances.
A soldier tore open a piece of silk covering it, and was taken aback, and turned back and shouted: "General, I have found it!" ”
Li Qingan turned over and dismounted, walked over quickly, he glanced into the box, and saw two young ladies curled up inside, both unconscious.
"General, there are also here!"
"General, there are also two little ladies here."
More than a dozen boxes were discovered, and the sudden change made the Hu merchants exclaim, none of them thought that there were human traffickers in their team.
Li Qingan's face turned pale, and he waved his hand and said, "Take everyone back." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the two Hu merchants suddenly pulled out daggers from the saddle, brushed the ground and cut off the reins in the hands of the Tang army, and ran westward.
Dozens of Tang soldiers followed Li Qing'an and chased after the two Hu people, at this time, a group of people came from afar, and there were two carriages in the middle, most of these people were young people, all brightly dressed and energetic, and it could be seen that they were a group of powerful children who had returned from an outing.
They saw that there were people in front of them who were rushing wildly without looking at the road, and they flashed to both sides, and at this time, the Tang army had chased one hundred and fifty paces away, and they shouted loudly: "Stop the thieves in front!" ”
Li Qing'an suddenly recognized the young man who was the leader, it seemed to be Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, a trace of bad flashed in his mind, and immediately drew the bow, the string was loosened, and an arrow shot out like lightning, straight to the back of a person's heart, the two Hu people saw that the situation was critical, they almost rushed towards the convoy in unison, at this moment, the arrow arrived, and shot through an arrow to a Hu man who was ready to pounce on Li Li, Hu Shang screamed and planted his horse.
Li Jiao's guards were suddenly in chaos and rushed up to protect the little prince, but in this way, there was a defensive gap in the carriage behind, and another Hu man seized the opportunity, jumped up from the horse, hit the window, and threw himself into the carriage.
Suddenly there was a woman's scream in the carriage, and the guards were furious, and rushed towards the carriage with their knives, and at that moment the door was kicked open, and the man strangled a young girl by the neck with his arm, pointed a dagger at her chest, and shouted: "You are not allowed to come, or I will kill her with a knife!" ”
The girl's face was pale, her eyes were terrified, the guards stopped abruptly, and retreated uneasily, at this time Li Qingan also arrived, and when the girl saw Li Qingan, she immediately cried, "Brother Li, help me!" ”
Li Qingan reined in the war horse, this girl turned out to be Dugu Mingzhu.
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