Chang'an, the Imperial Palace, inside the Imperial Study.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty sat on the dragon chair, looked at the courtiers standing in front of him with a serious face, and asked in a low voice: "Fang Aiqing, what I asked you to investigate, how did you investigate?" ”

The man standing in front of Tang Taizong was wearing a purple official robe, his face was thin, and he was not young, but his voice was full of anger, "If you go back to the emperor, the old minister found out that this businessman named Wang Bo is in my Datang, that is, there is no tea house tavern, and there is no Qianzhuang Hualou, and Weichen has not found out about the industry he runs in Datang at all." ”

"However, according to Lao Chen's investigation, this businessman entered Chang'an not long ago, first spent 50,000 yuan, bought a mansion in the West Market, and then made friends with exorcists.

"When the exorcist leaves, the merchant will also give the exorcist between one hundred and five hundred taels of gold and silver."

"So far, this businessman has spent hundreds of thousands of yuan, and his wealth is very large, and it is very appalling."

When Tang Taizong heard this, his brows couldn't help jumping, his Tang Dynasty is now rich and strong, and now the annual tax revenue is only tens of millions.

And this businessman, who has no industry, can casually take out hundreds of thousands of yuan, looking at the posture, and has no intention of feeling sorry for money at all.

It can be seen that this mysterious businessman must have made an astonishing fortune.

Maybe it's as rich as it gets.

"Fang Aiqing, have you found out the origin of this businessman?" Tang Taizong asked.

Fang Xuanling said helplessly: "Please forgive the emperor, the old minister did not find out the origin of this businessman, but the old minister suspects that the other party is very likely not to be from my Tang Dynasty." ”

Tang Taizong's face sank, he knew Fang Xuanling very well, although the other party used such vague words, but he, the prime minister, was not the kind of person who released arrows for no reason.

"I can't find the other party's origin in Datang, it seems that this person, as Aiqing said, is very likely not to be from my Datang, so what is the purpose of him coming to my Datang and befriending exorcists?"

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a moment, then arched his hand and said, "This, the old minister doesn't know very well. ”

Tang Taizong's face became more and more gloomy.

To be honest, he had mixed feelings about the exorcist, awe, and anger at the same time.

Awe is because of the strength of the exorcist.

Although the exorcists are mixed, there are many powerful people among them.

However, the anger is also due to the strength of this group of people.

There is a good saying, Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban.

This group of powerful exorcists, one by one, has distinct personalities, relies on their own skills, has no king's law, acts without taboos, kills people and grabs treasures, it is not uncommon, and even some cruel exorcists sacrifice demons with human blood, do many evils, and are biased towards the devil's way.

Sometimes, he wants to kill all these exorcists.

But helplessly, his Datang can't do without this group of exorcists.

Demons are highly skilled, if you crusade against demons with ordinary soldiers, you are completely piling up your life, an ordinary demon can easily kill hundreds of soldiers.

If it is a powerful demon, it can rival tens of thousands of troops.

His Tang Dynasty is strong, and he doesn't dare to take tens of thousands of troops to pile up a demon.

So at this time, what he needs is an exorcist.

Only exorcists can fight against this group of man-eating demons.

But the problem comes back, some exorcists are powerful, unruly, and have no king's law, and some exorcists with extreme forms cause no less evil than demons.

This made him feel very complicated about the exorcist. That is, you want the other party to disappear, and you need the other party to fight the demons.

This sense of helplessness made him an emperor, and he was very aggrieved.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about recruiting a group of exorcists and letting them obey the laws of the Tang Dynasty for their own use.

But the problem is that most of the exorcists who come under his command are a group of guys with ordinary skills, and the really strong exorcists don't eat the court's set at all.

They do as they please, and they don't want to put a chain on their heads to lock up their freedom.

So far, although the imperial court has established a demon suppression division, the strength of the demon suppression division is not worth mentioning compared to the exorcists in the world, and the imperial court still has nothing to do with the exorcists.

However, after all these years of research, the imperial court has gradually figured out the urine nature of exorcists and mastered the methods of getting along with exorcists.

And this solution is to let go, and to take advantage of.

The imperial court recognized the existence of exorcists, and allowed them to act chivalrous and kill demons. If the exorcist acts in favor of the devil's path and does a lot of evil, the court will also issue a reward.

In this way, it is natural that there will be a group of exorcists who will do the right thing for heaven.

Of course, whether they are really doing the right thing for heaven or not, Tang Taizong is not clear, but after this method comes out, there are many fewer scum among the exorcists.

At least the exorcists won't be as unscrupulous as they used to be.

But today, there is a businessman with a mysterious origin, at the foot of Chang'an City, spends extravagantly every day, and makes friends with exorcists, who is he and what does he want to do?

Tang Taizong had to wonder if there was some conspiracy in this.

It's not that he's too suspicious, it's mainly because exorcists are too sensitive in the eyes of the imperial court.

Especially among the exorcists befriended by this businessman, many of them are burdened with more than one murder and flouting the royal law, not once or twice.

Thinking of this, Tang Taizong suddenly made a decision, "Fang Aiqing." ”

"The old minister is here."

"I order you to immediately investigate the identity and purpose of this mysterious businessman, and when necessary, I will allow you to mobilize all the power of the Demon Suppression Division, Fang Aiqing must not live up to my expectations of you."

Fang Xuanling said: "Old minister, obey the order!! ”

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At the same time, the west city of Chang'an, within the palace.

Wang Bo didn't know that his move to make friends with exorcists had already attracted the attention of the imperial court, and at this time he was setting up a banquet to entertain a few exorcists who had just arrived.

These exorcists claimed to be Taoist priests who cultivated in Kunlun Mountain, and had just been ordered by their master to go down the mountain to practice, but in the process of subduing demons and eliminating demons, they accidentally injured innocents.

In desperation, he had to spend most of his coils to treat the disease and save people.

Only a small part of the entanglement was left for daily expenses, and by the time it arrived in Chang'an, it was already penniless.

At this time, several Taoist priests heard that there was a great good man in Chang'an City, who was anxious for justice and righteousness, and made friends with exorcists, so they came up cheekily to disturb him.

After hearing this, Wang Bo couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly invited a few Taoist priests in to set up a banquet to entertain him.

As for whether these Taoists are lying, Wang Bo thinks it is unlikely.

Because he found that these Taoist priests really have mana.

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