Chapter 78: Gale Inn
The Liao army killed a total of 377 people and fled 41 people, equivalent to a quarter of the number of the first battalion of Tieying, which shook Xianzhou a lot; the horseshoe prints and traces of the cavalry in and out of the brigade could not be destroyed, and Yeluzhen traced all the way to the quarry, but the group entered the mountain from the fork in the road, went straight to the direction of the gold mine, and finally lost their trace near the mining area. The mining area and the quarry have also become the focus of suspicion for Yelu Margo and Yang Zhi, but the gold mine is royal, and the two have no right to inspect it, so they can only turn it over lightly.
Yang Zhi didn't particularly care, even if there was a team hidden in the gold mine, it was nothing for the merchant group, and it was far less important than whether there were rebels in the two battalions of Nu Yeren and Xiao Baigao. In addition, Zhang Di and Qiao Sanzhen are in their hands, that is also a clue, Qiao Sanzhen has already been told everything by a group of Khitan murderers, and there are no valuable clues; Sha Jing and Xue Libao went to Qingyan Temple and took back all the things of Pu Qilu and his wife, except for the money and goods worth two hundred taels of silver, they also found no clues.
Yang Zhi is not surprised, if there is an accomplice of Pu Qilu in Qingyan Temple, he must have dealt with Pu Qilu's things for the first time, only two hundred taels of silver is a clue in itself, Yang Zhi asked someone to evaluate the box of ginseng fur that Pu Qilu gave him, the value is more than one hundred taels of silver, no one will take one-third of the money to give gifts, or do a game, Yang Zhi concluded that Qingyan Temple must have Pu Qilu's accomplices, so many things Pu Qilu can hide from Qiao Sanzhen.
Yang Zhi asked the painters in the state to paint the portraits of Wang Bolong, Zhang Di, Gao Tuoshan and Zhao Xunqiu, who was killed by himself, and asked Sha Jing and Geng Shan Ji to take people to inquire inside and outside Xianzhou City to see if anyone had seen the four people. Wang Bolong and the four of them were a little big at that time, they came from Youzhou, and stayed in inns in Xianzhou City and suburbs, Wang Bolong even entered the camp of the resentful army to meet Tie Ying, and everyone understood why Tie Ying didn't consider hiding his identity when he had an accident, because exposure was only a matter of time.
Yang Zhi found that Wang Bolong's guest room in the Dafeng Inn in the city had not returned, and he went to see it again, and there was nothing left that should have been taken away, but Yang Zhi saw a pair of broken boots thrown down in the corner, Yang Zhizai looked carefully for a long time, and asked the boss to ask if it was Wang Bolong and his gang who dropped it, Yang Zhi said: "I want to take the boots away, you recall, when a few of them lived here, did anyone come to look for them?"
"Nope. The guy said very simply, the boss also shook his head, Yang Zhi looked at the Lushan Restaurant opposite the window, walked to the counter outside, picked up the register on the counter and slowly flipped through it, Li Raole and Pu Qilu all live in this inn, is it really such a coincidence, Pu Qilu is to arrange for Zhang Di and the two to disguise themselves as buddies for convenience, what is Li Raole for. Li Raole is a real rich man, he has a house in Xianzhou City, and living in an inn is a bit of a picture, according to records, Li Raole's room in the Gale Inn should be a private room.
Yang Zhi closed the notebook and asked, "Li Raole raised an outer room in the inn?"
The shopkeeper was startled, and whispered: "My lord, this can't be nonsense, Li Dahu is a good person, if there is such a thing, he will also arrange another residence; the reason why Li Dahu opened a room here is because he lives in Qingyan Temple all the year round, and the house in the city is full of female dependents, so his subordinates live in a small shop when they come to Xianzhou to do business." ”
Yang Zhi nodded and said, "Then let's go to his room and have a look?"
Yang Zhi was mixed in Bianliang, he was used to seeing the style of a big family, Li Raole couldn't have this kind of thought, his subordinates came to Xianzhou from other places, didn't they just see him Li Raole, they should go directly to Lushan, how could they stay in Xianzhou City. The matter of the inner family is an obvious excuse, and then the female dependent, there are always housekeepers and the like, and there are two people, not just a doorman in a room, why toss outside.
On the surface of the room, there was indeed nothing except for the bed, table, chairs and other furniture in the store, but Yang Zhi still saw traces of the erasure of the mark on the wall, and there were more than one place, indicating that this room was used to transmit news. Yang Zhi asked the guy quietly: "On the day the restaurant opposite was arrested, was there anyone in this room?"
Didn't you read the register, but he didn't dare to refute it at all, but squeezed out a smile and said, "Two people came in the morning, saying that they had returned from Guiuiju, and they had left the carriage in the courtyard behind the small shop with a few boxes of goods. ”
Yang Zhi lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know what it is?"
The man looked at the shopkeeper in embarrassment, and the shopkeeper suddenly became anxious, and reprimanded: "Whatever the adults ask you, answer whatever you want, and don't hide it." ”
The shopkeeper has a lot of experience, and he can see that Yang Zhi, a Han man, is different, isn't he just a guest staying in a hotel? Even if it is a wealthy businessman, Li Raole, it is not worth taking any risk for him. Yang Zhi handed over one or two lines of silver, and the man's face suddenly brightened, and he said in a low voice: "Because the five boxes were specially moved into the room from the carriage, the villain was afraid that the guest's belongings would have an accident, so he paid attention to it, it should be gold, silver and copper coins." ”
Yang Zhi asked about the appearance of the two and the appearance of the carriage, thanked him and walked out of the inn, and instructed Geng Shanji, who was following him, and said: "I am afraid that the gold and silver transported from Guiyi Prefecture are mainly purchased, check the whereabouts of the carriage, and check whether Li Raole has purchased materials in Xianzhou and Zhongjing." ”
Geng Shan Ji agreed, immediately led people to act, Yang Zhi himself went to the prison of the Jiedu Envoy, Yang Zhi has always been concerned about Zhang Di's treatment, yesterday I heard Sha Jing say that we can talk, so I thought about visiting in person, and then find out. When Yang Zhi saw Zhang Di, Zhang Di was sitting on the ground drinking water, a few days of treatment, using a lot of good medicine, Zhang Di now has no worries about life, but he can't do it yet, but the jailer handcuffed Zhang Di for the sake of prudence.
Yang Zhizhi walked away from the jailer, showed a kind smile and asked Zhang Di, "Are you feeling better?"
Facing Yang Zhi, Zhang Di was muttering in his heart, Zhang Di has been pondering in the past few days, where the horse's feet were exposed, so that Yang Zhi saw the flaw; hearing Yang Zhi's question, Zhang Di knew that the other party was not well-intentioned, and said coldly: "I can't die, Yang Tong is really a good dog of the Liao people." ”
Yang Zhi said disapprovingly: "You are a Han person, as a master of the Mirage Mansion, what are you helping the Jin people for?"
Zhang Di distinguished: "We are not for the Jin people, but for the sixteen states of Yanyun to return to the hands of the Han people." ”
"Oh, is it?" Yang Zhi sat down opposite Zhang Di and said, "Double Dragon Society, one dragon is Da Song, so who is the other dragon?"
Naturally, it was Jin Guo, Zhang Di felt that there was something wrong with his beliefs for a moment, and looked at Yang Zhi with wide eyes.