Chapter 104: The Persian Merchant
The soldiers defending the city received the order and immediately called two teams of men and horses to surround the convoy. The first to inspect were the first three cars.
As the curtain opened, two people suddenly came out of the first car, and they were two blonde and blue-eyed Persians. Both men and women are in their thirties.
These two should be the employers of the dart game.
The Persian man looked very surprised when he saw the officers and soldiers surrounding their convoy. In a somewhat broken Chinese, he asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what happened?" Why are you surrounding us here? ”
Gan Lin's face did not change, "Presumably you are the owner of the goods behind, right?" ”
The Persian man, "Exactly!" Any questions? ”
Gan Lin raised his hand to signal him to be calm, "Recently, the city has not been peaceful, and the yamen has been ordered to conduct a routine inspection!" Don't panic! ”
"But my goods are ......," the Persian man was a little embarrassed to explain, and just halfway through the crowd let out a burst of exclamations.
Cheng Chuyang and Bai Su probed when they heard the sound, and found that the doors of the two carriages behind them were open, and there were Persian girls in their prime sitting inside, and there were about a dozen people in the two carriages together. The delicate faces like porcelain dolls suddenly attracted a wave of onlookers from officials and passers-by.
Those blonde girls seemed to be frightened by the scene around them, staring at innocent eyes one by one, and snuggling together very helplessly.
That pitiful appearance made several officials in charge of inspecting the car almost soft-hearted.
Cheng Chuyang noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and immediately glanced at Gan Lin. Gan Lin shook his head and immediately pulled his neck and roared.
"What are you looking at? What to see? Yes? Let you check the goods, one by one stunned here and do not move, are you waiting to be punished? Don't hurry up and check the back! ”
With a lion's roar, all the officials immediately dispersed, and checked the vehicles behind them one by one with a feeling of regret.
The big boss of the dart was worried that the officers and soldiers were acting rudely and damaging the employer's goods. I had to bite the bullet and personally open the box for the officers and soldiers to inspect.
As the wooden boxes were opened, the exclamations of one after another rang out in my ears again.
Cheng Chuyang, Bai Su and Gan Lin, the three of them checked all the way, and found that those big wooden boxes were indeed antiques, cultural toys, silk, jewelry, etc., as the big master of the dart game said. When the sun shines, the jewels shine brightly, and when you glance at them, you can see that they are all fine and valuable.
Cheng Chuyang suppressed the amazement in his heart, and said secretly: It seems that this Persian has made a lot of money in Chang'an! I just don't know what kind of business I did in Chang'an before, why did I leave with so many valuables?
Gan Lin also carefully checked them one by one, and after reading it, he returned to Cheng Chuyang's side and said in a low voice: "Childe, the goods are fine!" There is nothing we are looking for. ”
Cheng Chuyang nodded, "Go over and ask, what kind of business did this Persian merchant do before?" What street is the shop on and what is the name. After asking, you go to his place and find out if it's true. ”
Gan Lin hesitated a little, for a reason: "We are mainly responsible for finding weapons, there is no need to get along with a foreign businessman, right?" ”
Cheng Chuyang looked like he didn't understand, and said in a low voice: "Extraordinary times, you should be treated very well!" Don't you think it's suspicious that this Persian merchant left Chang'an so ostentatiously just after the accident happened to the Weapons Supervisor and the Weiwei Temple? ”
Gan Lin frowned and said reluctantly: "Is it suspicious?" Don't think so? It's just a coincidence, right? You see that they have so much manpower and valuables, they must have started to get them a few days in advance. Who knew that there would be a big case in Chang'an City on the eve of departure? Not everyone can pinch and calculate! ”
Seeing that Cheng Chuyang's face turned black little by little, Bai Su hurriedly spoke: "I don't think this Persian merchant is wrong, you should inquire according to his words!" In the face of the facts, there is no harm in asking carefully! ”
Gan Lin has always had some respect for Bai Su, and as soon as he saw him speak, he immediately left without saying a word. Cheng Chuyang was left dumbfounded!
Heart, what kind of ecstasy did this Bai Su pour into Gan Lin, why is that Zi's attitude towards him so contrasting?
Bai Su just smiled sideways, and didn't mean to pay attention to him.
Cheng Chuyang didn't want to question Bai Su, so he could only snort coldly at the back of Gan Lin leaving.
At the gate of the city, there was no problem with the goods, but the official still did not let them go, which made the big boss of the Qin dart bureau and the Persian couple very dissatisfied. However, hindering the idea of the people not fighting with the officials, the big boss of the dart bureau was quite polite when he came to ask.
"Official, you see that this person has also seen it, and the goods have also been checked, so there is no problem with the big brother. Do you think you can let us go? On the side, he took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve without a trace, and handed them to Cheng Chuyang's hand without anyone noticing.
Cheng Chuyang was stunned for a moment and didn't move. The big boss of the dart game suppressed the displeasure in his heart and pleaded in a low voice: "Official, this Persian road is far away, and the business of our dart game is not easy to do. If you are too little, go back and ask the brothers who stayed in the capital to send you more. It's almost noon now, and if we don't set off, I'm probably not going to be able to catch up with the booked inn at night, and then the employer will blame it, and we can't afford it! You can do it, be accommodating, and let us out of the city no matter what! ”
Cheng Chuyang looked at the silver tickets handed to him, each of them was a hundred taels of denominations, and it was estimated that there were a few plus one thousand taels.
Cheng Chuyang looked at the big master of the dart game twice, almost didn't listen to his noise in front of him, and was full of thoughts, is this silver so worthless now? Brush brush brush and take out a thousand taels, which is really generous!
However, although silver is a good thing, he does not dare to ask for this kind of silver.
Cheng Chuyang pushed back the hand holding the silver ticket very calmly, and said comfortingly without changing his face: "Master Qin, don't be impatient. I think you have also heard, a big case happened in Chang'an City yesterday night. We have been instructed to check on passing vehicles and pedestrians here, but it is a routine business, and we do not mean to embarrass you. ”
When the master Qin heard this, he immediately became anxious, "I heard the case, but what does it have to do with us ordinary people?" Our brothers have traveled thousands of miles, and we are just eating together. The official can't stop us from leaving the city with such a big excuse, right? Then, the other hand was about to give him the silver ticket with a roar. When Cheng Chuyang saw it, he hurriedly grabbed his arm.
"How is it an excuse? I don't want it, it's a routine inspection, and it's not deliberately aimed at you, etc., why don't you understand? ”
Seeing that the big boss of Qin was about to speak again, Cheng Chuyang suddenly turned away.