In the dark, damp, sour-smelling prison, Brido, the leader of the caravan in the Western Regions, was taken out by the jailers.

Brido trembled, his whole body was trembling, he was tortured by Zhao Xieyang before, and he had a shadow in his heart, for fear of experiencing such painful torture again.

But as he was taken by the jailer to a solitary cell, Brido was stunned.

He looked at the three people standing in the cell, full of astonishment: "Dao Chief, why are you?" ”

Lin Feng didn't answer Brido immediately, but nodded slightly to the two jailers first, and the two jailers quickly turned around and left, and soon, there were only Lin Feng and a few people in the cell.

Lin Feng looked at Brido and said in a deep voice: "Brido, I have a few questions for you, you must answer them truthfully, otherwise, it will be difficult for you to survive this catastrophe." ”

When Brido heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "Even if the Taoist chief asks, I must know everything and say everything, and the Taoist must help me escape from this calamity." ”

"As long as you cooperate well, I will help you leave safely."

Lin Feng appeased Brido, and then went straight to the point: "Brido, tell me, what are the goods you transported this time?" ”

Brido said busily: "There are some things unique to the countries of the Western Regions, there are jewels and jadeites that are only produced locally, there are beast skins that are only available in the countries of the Western Regions, and there are unique agricultural products that are only available there...... I have a list, which is now in the hands of the yamen, and if the Taoist chief can say that the yamen is moved, he will be able to see the specific goods and quantities. ”

When Lin Feng went to the room where the goods were stored to investigate, he had also seen the goods in those boxes, and indeed, as Brido said, they were all specialties of the Western Regions.

But...... If it's just these things, why is Brido hiding them like that?

Zhao Xieyang was so strong at that time that Brido even moved out of the Tang Dynasty regulations to obstruct Zhao Xieyang...... As a businessman who traveled from south to north, it was the most basic understanding not to offend the government and the local snakes, and it would never be possible for Brido to make such a mistake by taking the Silk Road and passing through so many countries.

Therefore, there is a clear contradiction between Brido's actions at that time and his words.

If Brido knew that someone was hiding the body, but Brido didn't know anything about it, it would only prove that there was something unusual about the goods in that room.

Brido ...... It's lying!

Lin Feng looked at Brido with gloomy eyes and didn't speak, but that look suddenly gave Brido a huge pressure.

Sweat oozed from Brido's forehead unconsciously, and his vision began to dodge, and he couldn't help but say, "Dao Chief, you...... Why don't you speak? ”

"Hey."

Lin Feng sighed at this time, shook his head, and said, "Since you don't want to survive this calamity, why waste your tongue on the poor road?" ”

Brido's pupils shrank suddenly, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and he said, "Dao...... Why did the Taoist say that? ”

Lin Feng shook his head, looked at Brido with a look of insight into everything, and said, "Since the merchant knows the ability of the poor road, he should understand...... In the face of poverty, lies are hidden. ”

"So, when the poor road repeatedly told you to tell the truth, you still lied...... Doesn't that mean you don't want to survive the calamity? ”

Listening to Lin Feng's words, Brido's face couldn't help but turn pale, he opened his mouth, and hurriedly explained: "Dao Chief, I'...... I ......"

Lin Feng waved his hand and said, "Taoists never force anyone to do anything, and the merchants don't want to survive the calamity, so needless to say, the poor road is never embarrassed." ”

"Poor Dao still has a lot to do, so I won't waste each other's time here with the merchants, the merchants...... If we are fated, let's see you later. ”

After speaking, Lin Feng did not hesitate and walked out directly.

His back was like a spear, but he had the temperament of a fairy wind bone, and when he left at this moment, he suddenly made Brido's expression completely shocked, and Brido was completely panicked.

"Don't go, I'm ...... It's not that I want to hide it from the Taoist, it's just that I don't know what that cargo is! ”

Brido spoke in alarm.

Listening to Brido's words, Lin Feng's eyes suddenly flashed, and Sun Fujia couldn't hide his surprise.

As the leader of the caravan, Brido didn't know what the cargo was?

The two glanced at each other and nodded quietly.

Lin Feng's footsteps stopped, but he didn't turn around, but turned his back to Brido, and said calmly: "The merchant is willing to tell the truth?" ”

Sweating profusely, Brido nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes." ”

The corners of Lin Feng's mouth raised slightly.

When he came to see Brido, he thought about whether to directly indicate that he was the identity of Dali Temple, or whether to continue to use the disguised identity of a Taoist priest.

In the end, after much deliberation, he chose a Taoist priest.

On the one hand, judging from Brido's reaction, Brido believes in these ghosts and gods, and he has no doubts about himself, and he can better make Brido speak with this identity.

On the other hand...... It is that Brido, as a foreigner, may have instinctive resistance and suspicion of Datang officials, and in this case, revealing his true identity will make Brido reluctant to speak because of suspicion.

Now it seems that I made the right choice.

He turned to look at Brido and said slowly, "Merchant, please speak." ”

Brido took a deep breath, his heart was crossed, his teeth were gritted, and he said: "Don't hide it, most of the goods I ship are purchased by me, what these goods are, how many they are, I can tell with my eyes closed." ”

"But there are two boxes, which are not for sale, and I don't know what they contain."

Lin Feng thought about it: "These two boxes are not the goods you want to sell, so why are you transporting them?" And you don't know what's inside, so you dare to ship it with confidence? Aren't you afraid of anything forbidden in there? ”

Brido sighed: "As a businessman, many times, many things are involuntary. ”

"Involuntarily?"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed: "The person who asked you to transport these two boxes of goods has an unusual identity?" ”

Brido shook his head: "Speaking of which, the Taoist chief may not believe it...... I don't even know who asked me to ship them. ”

"I believe in you." Lin Feng spoke without hesitation.

Brido was stunned for a moment, and then saw Lin Feng said seriously: "Poor Dao can see your heart, just now when you were lying and concealing, the color of your heart was dark, but at this time, that heart is hot and ruddy, which proves that you really know everything about Poor Dao." ”

When Sun Fujia and Zhao Fifteen heard this, they couldn't help but glance at Lin Feng secretly.

Seeing that Lin Feng's eyes were sincere and his tone was sincere, at this moment, even they were a little skeptical that Lin Feng really knew the Dao.

And they all know about it, let alone Brido.

"Dao Chief, you are really profound." Brido was even more religious.

Thanks to my rich experience in interrogating prisoners, and I have enough experience to judge whether a person lies or not, otherwise I would not be sure whether your unreliable words are true or false...... Lin Feng's expression was calm, and he said lightly: "Go on, why don't you know the identity of the other party?" Why don't you know the identity of the other party and still send him goods? ”

Brido pursed his lips and sighed, "It all started with an incident half a year ago. ”

Lin Feng listened quietly, Brido looked at Lin Feng, and said: "Half a year ago, I was buying goods in the Qiuci Kingdom in the Western Regions, preparing to come to Datang to sell, and at that time, I had just purchased a batch of goods, and before I could leave, I was suddenly arrested by the local Qiuci State Government. ”

"At that time, I was at a loss, and I didn't know what was going on, because I didn't break any of the laws of the country of Qiuzi, and even made it easier for me to call officials at all levels in advance to ensure that my trip was smooth enough."

"So, after I was arrested by the government, I asked my captors why they wanted to arrest me, but they didn't say anything, and after locking me up, they left and hung me there, and I was locked up for ten days."

Listening to Brido's words, Lin Feng's eyes flashed.

Locking a person up for ten days without saying anything is enough time for an ordinary person to feel enough anxiety and panic...... In this way, the person who did these things to Brido was very good at the art of psychological manipulation.

"And then?" Lin Feng asked.

Brido recalled the events in the country of Guizi, obviously still apprehensive, he raised his hand and rubbed his face to calm himself, before continuing: "On the first day of being imprisoned by them, I was still loudly questioning what they wanted to do, but by the time they were locked up until the tenth day, my heart was already anxious to the point of despair, and at that time, I ......"

He raised his head and looked at Lin Feng and said, "They finally have someone to talk to me." ”

"What did they say?"

"They said......" Brido took a deep breath and said, "They said that there is an existence that I can't afford to mess with, and they want me to help transport two boxes to Chang'an in Datang, and as long as I can transport it, they will give me a thousand gold, which is money that I can't earn after several hard work." ”

"And if I dare to refuse, or if I can't transport the goods to Chang'an safely, unless I never return to the Western Regions, they will make my life worse than death the moment I step into the Western Regions with half a foot."

Lin Feng bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "If you refuse, you will never be able to return to the Western Regions in the future, but you make a living by going back and forth between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty, and your home is in the Western Regions, it is impossible not to return to the Western Regions, not to mention that if you refuse, you will not even be able to get out of the prison...... And acceptance, you will get a lot of profits, in contrast, acceptance is the only choice. ”

Brido nodded and sighed: "What the Dao Chief said is that I don't have a choice at all, even if I know that the goods they have taken great pains to let me ship are definitely not normal things, I can only accept them." ”

First, he was imprisoned for ten days to exert psychological pressure, and when he was close to breaking down, he was given a choice that he could not refuse at all, and a full profit that he would get once he accepted it...... For an ordinary businessman, this set of serial offensives is indeed enough to completely grasp it.

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "You accepted their shipping commission, but they asked you not to check what was in the box?" ”

Brido nodded: "That's right, those two boxes are locked with special locks, and there are seals on the outside, once the box seals are torn open, or the locks are opened, they will judge that I failed to deliver, and they will deal with me when the time comes." ”

"Therefore, I have been very cautious when transporting these two boxes, and I have been keeping an eye on them myself, for fear that my subordinates will accidentally bump into them."

"And I also know that these two boxes contain absolutely not normal goods, and they probably won't stand up to investigation...... Therefore, when the county lieutenant Zhao wants to search, I will try my best to block it, after all, once the contents of this box are discovered, even if I say that it was not deliberately transported by me, the county lieutenant Zhao will not believe it. ”

Lin Feng nodded, and Brido's series of strange actions were finally answered at this moment.

Lin Feng had actually ruled out his suspicions about Brido, before he came, he had already thought that Brido was not a member of the merchant forces in the Western Regions, but that Brido's relationship with Zhao Xieyang in order to protect the goods was too strange, which made him feel that Brido had secrets and some problems.

Now, all the doubts are finally clear.

He pondered for a moment, combing through Brido's words in his mind, and then said, "After you escaped from prison, did you try to investigate who your captor was?" ”

Brido said: "I also don't want to be completely controlled by others, so I used my own relationship to investigate. ”

"The result?"

Brido's face was heavy: "As a result, all the investigations were like a stone in the sea, and there was no news, and even among the people I asked, two of them died suddenly and violently, without warning...... This made me creepy, and I only felt that I had encountered an existence that I couldn't resist, so I didn't dare to investigate anymore, and hurriedly left the country of Qiuzi after purchasing the goods. ”

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed quietly, as a big businessman who can cross the Silk Road, Brido's connections will never be bad, and this is the kind of connection, when investigating that mysterious person, he will die directly...... It seems that the mysterious person who captured Brido may have a good idea.

Combined with the fact that the mysterious person wants Brido to transport the goods to Chang'an, and the Sixiang Organization and the Jinchai family also want to work in Chang'an...... This should not be a coincidence, not surprisingly, that mysterious person is probably a member of the most mysterious merchant forces in the Western Regions.

The merchant forces of the Western Regions really have a plan!

He said slowly: "Along the way, you really haven't secretly seen what they asked you to transport?" ”

Brido smiled bitterly: "Don't say I don't dare to take risks, even if I do, I don't have a key to open that special lock, and if I open it hard, it will definitely be discovered." ”

"Where are those two boxes now?" Lin Feng asked.

Brido's face was complicated, with an indescribable sigh, and he shook his head and said, "It's gone." ”

"What!?"

Sun Fujia, who was standing behind Lin Feng, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "It's gone?" ”

Brido nodded with a complicated expression: "That's right...... No, you may not believe it, but those two boxes were the same boxes that contained the two corpses, and the contents of the boxes were all gone. ”

He looked at Lin Feng and the others and said, "If it weren't for the fact that those two corpses hadn't decomposed, I might have wondered if the things they asked me to transport were corpses." ”

Sun Fujia listened to Brido's words, and his brows couldn't help frowning, isn't this too coincidental?

The box containing the two corpses happened to be the box that the mysterious man was going to transport, and with the appearance of the corpses, the contents of the box were gone...... It's so coincidental that it's hard to believe it's a coincidence.

Sun Fujia couldn't help but look at Lin Feng, but saw that Lin Feng still maintained a superior demeanor, but his dark eyes kept flashing with thought, and it was obvious that Lin Feng was also thinking about the same question.

At this time, Sun Fujia saw Lin Feng looking at Brido and said, "I have seen those two boxes, and those two boxes do not have the special locks you said. ”

"What? No? ”

Brido was stunned: "No, those two locks are very complicated, and they are made of stainless steel, not ordinary keys can be opened at all, when the box was put into storage last night, I also saw a lock on it, why did the lock disappear?" Could it be that the thief broke the lock when he hid the body in the box? ”

Lin Feng's eyes flickered, he recalled the scene he saw at the scene where the crime was found, and he groaned for a moment, and said, "Are these people in your caravan all the people who have been following you?" ”

Brido shook his head: "No, our caravan that passes through many countries has a very dangerous journey, and many people are reluctant to take any more risks after passing through a few times and earning enough money, so some of the members of our caravan are recruited before departure." ”

"Of course...... Even if it is a temporary recruitment, it has been screened, either it is my own previous acquaintance, or it is recommended by other trustworthy people, we will not join any person, after all, this road is full of dangers, if you are not a trustworthy person, it is easy to have an accident. ”

Lin Feng bowed slightly, he looked at Sun Fujia, and asked Sun Fujia if there was anything else to ask, Sun Fujia shook his head at Lin Feng, he knew everything he should know, and the deeper things, Brido didn't know at all, and it was useless to ask.

Lin Feng thought for a while and asked the last question: "They asked you to transport those two boxes to Chang'an, so did they say what to do with these two boxes after they arrived in Chang'an?" ”

"They said someone would come to me, but they didn't say who would come," Brido said. ”

It's really not surprising that these guys are more cautious and more mysterious than the other...... Lin Feng combed through Lido's words again in his mind, and after making sure that there were no omissions, he said to Brido: "The merchant can stay in the prison for the time being, and the poor Dao will find a way to find the real culprit, and then he will help you escape from this catastrophe." ”

Brido was waiting for Lin Feng's words, he nodded his head again and again, and kept expressing his gratitude to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng appeased Brido a few words, and then left the cell with Sun Fujia and Zhao Fifteen.

While the three of them were walking, Lin Feng said, "What does Sun Langzhong think?" ”

Sun Fujia pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Those two corpses happened to be placed in the two boxes of the mysterious person, I don't think it's a coincidence......"

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Feng with a solemn expression: "Zide, this case is probably more complicated than we originally imagined. ”

Originally, I just thought that this was a certain force that wanted to cause a fight between Lin Feng and the Four Elephants Organization, so as to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight...... But now, the two corpses happened to be placed in those two special boxes, and the mysterious goods in the boxes disappeared without a trace...... No matter how you look at it, it's no coincidence.

In other words, this case may have another secret and conspiracy that they had not thought of before.

Lin Feng listened to Sun Fujia's words, raised his eyes, looked at the dark passage in front of him, and listened to the angry shouts of the jailers in the prison and the cries of the prisoners begging for mercy...... He rolled up his sleeves and said slowly: "Yes, it's more complicated...... This game of chess is really getting more and more complicated......"

(End of chapter)