Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 17 Han Sanlang was tied up!

Han Pingan asked the fake Taoist leader to bring back two letters.

The first one was a blackmail letter, and there was nothing to say except that the ransom was too much.

The second letter made Cui Han unbelievable. Looking at the items listed by Han Pingan that he had to arrange for someone to do quickly, his dizzy head suddenly woke up, and he asked in disbelief: "Chen Yichang , was this written by Saburo?"

The crooked handwriting is slightly better than that of the newly enlightened schoolchildren.

Yichang Chen saw Han Ping'an's handwriting, and couldn't help laughing: "The appearance may be similar, and the words and deeds can also be imitated. Only this handwriting cannot be imitated by anyone who wants to imitate."

"You know what I said was not Sanlang, and I didn't ask whether this Sanlang might be a thief."

"Ming Fu, do you want to ask San Lang whether he is crazy or not?"

"The postmaster is the one who knows me."

"Sanlang is just playful, a little unrestrained. Not only is he not crazy, but he is very smart."

Chen Yichang put down the blackmail letter, and said with a smile: "Although Lord Shiyu has three sons, only Sanlang, the youngest son of a concubine, suffered hardships with him. Moreover, Sanlang's mother left early, Sir Shiyu feels guilty, and it is inevitable that he will be a little doting , can’t help but be a little indulgent.”

"Then why everyone treats him as a lunatic."

"It's not easy. He was born and raised in the less sophisticated little Bolu. His temperament is a bit like a barbarian. He does his own way and likes to do whatever he wants. For example, his parents dare not damage his body, hair and skin. Without these scruples, I thought it was troublesome to wash my hair, and I was afraid of getting lice, so I simply shaved my head. In the eyes of others, this is madness and even unfilial piety."

"anything else?"

"I didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and I climbed to the roof to sing to the wine. The tune was weird, like howling ghosts and wolves. There are too many to list."

"Then when did you know he wasn't crazy."

Chen Yichang thought for a while and said with emotion: "Three years ago, he went to my place to find Hu merchants to drink, but he got drunk and slept on my bed until the sun went down. I sat by the door in a daze as usual, He asked me abruptly, old man Chen, when do you plan to see this door?
He was only 12 years old at the time, and I thought he was talking about drinking, so I said I could watch it for as long as I could.He said you want to die here?
I didn't know how to answer, but he patted me on the shoulder and said like a little adult, old man Chen, this door is not something you can just see if you want to. "

Cui Han asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"

Chen Yichang did not explain, but continued: "I said I have been watching for so many years, why can't I stop watching. He said that today is different, there are giant mastiffs at the door, jackals behind the house, lions in the west, even The house is full of weeds, and the old house is in a mess and I don’t care about this side, what do you think of this door?"

The giant mastiff alludes to Tubo.

Lions are supposed to be big eaters.

Jackals undoubtedly refer to Huihe, who is becoming stronger and eyeing Datang covetously.

As for the grass on the wall, it obviously refers to the various ministries of the Western Regions that included the Tang Dynasty.

In the past hundred years, the four towns of Anxi changed hands six times, including the Yele tribe who rebelled just yesterday, almost without exception, they all bowed their heads to whomever was powerful.

A vivid metaphor clearly expresses the crisis situation of the four towns in Anxi.

What's even more amazing is that he was only 12 years old at the time.

What a "monster", really has the meaning of "everyone is drunk and I am alone".

Cui Han looked at Han Ping'an's letter again, weighed it over and over again, and raised his head resolutely: "Since he thinks so well, we might as well make him crazy once. Even if he goes crazy, isn't there still Master Siyu?"

What happened in the past few days can be described as confusing, and it involves the frontier army, making it impossible to start.

Yichang Chen also felt that he could let "Han Sancrazy" try it, so he treated it as "fighting poison with poison", picked up the blackmail letter and said with a smile: "Okay, I will arrange it as he said first, and then report to General Li."

"Then we'll split up."

Cui Han watched Yichang Chen go away, and immediately ordered someone to invite Shi Xianning, Bai Zuojian, and Ashina Shan, the richest Sogdian businessmen in Yele.

If Mephatai hadn't died, he would have been invited too.

……

Shi Xianning's house was the closest to the City Lord's Mansion, but he did not go straight to the City Lord's Mansion when he received the invitation.

He stood in the yard with the open door and waited for about two incense sticks. When he saw Bai Zuojian and Ashina Shan passing by the door, he shouted and stepped forward to meet them.

"Do you know what Cui Mingfu asked us for?"

"Is it about King Yele's rebellion?"

"Probably not. I heard that Han Shiyu has put an end to the chaos. Maybe in a day or two, General An will return to the city."

Bai Zuojian turned around and looked in the direction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and sighed as he walked: "I didn't expect him to be so powerful as a civil servant. This is not a supervising army, he is clearly the general who led the army to fight."

Ashina Shan nodded, and said with mixed feelings: "The sooner this chaos is settled, the better. If the war is at a stalemate, you and I will have to bleed again. Fortunately, this is in Yele. If we were in Chang'an, we might really go bankrupt." .”

"Don't talk nonsense, even if the rebellion can't be put down for a while, General An will at most let us bleed a little, and we will definitely not do such a thing."

"General Ke'an wants to listen to Jiedushi."

"Don't worry about it, it's okay."

"Yes, peace in the world is better than anything else." Shi Xianning sighed softly, and then changed the topic: "You two, is it because Cui Mingfu is looking for us to ask about Mifatai?"

Bai Zuojian was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "Mifatai is dead, so what does it have to do with us?"

Shi Xianning looked around and said in a low voice: "At Mifatai's funeral in the morning, High Priest Qudu told me a lot, and he seemed to suspect that I killed Mifatai."

Bai Zuojian subconsciously asked, "Is that so?"

Shi Xianning asked with a wry smile, "You suspect it's me too?"

"Who is that, Mount Ashina? Could it be you who did it?"

"I still think you did it."

Ashina Shan snorted coldly, and said bitterly again: "In my opinion, no matter who did it, they did it well! He can die if he wants to, so why drag us in. Death is not enough for such a lunatic pity."

The City Lord's Mansion was close at hand, and the three of them ended the topic tacitly.

The guard at the gate came up to say hello from a distance, and respectfully invited the three of them into the mansion, and sent them all the way to Master Ming's study.

Instead of discussing matters in the lobby, let him come to the study instead.

Shi Xianning felt it was very strange, and hurriedly bowed to salute.

"Free of courtesy, free of courtesy, three of you."

Cui Han warmly greeted them to sit down, waited for the servant to finish serving tea, and said embarrassedly: "Today, I invited the three of you here to ask for something. Cui is really a little embarrassed to say it, and I don't know how to say it."

"Mingfu is too polite. I beg Mingfu to clarify what is going on."

"Yes, as long as there is a place for me to wait, Mingfu will show you."

"Time is urgent, Cui will not be polite to the three of you."

Cui Han took a deep breath and said worriedly: "The third young master who served as your lord was kidnapped by a group of Turkic horse thieves. The horse thieves forced Saburo to write a letter, which was brought back by the false Taoist priest who happened to pass by Shuiquanfeng. They demanded money Wan Wen said that if the money is not seen at noon tomorrow, the ticket will be torn up."

"There is such a thing, when was he tied up!" Shi Xianning was shocked.

"Sanlang didn't say anything in the letter. I sent someone to ask Han Shiyu's family. They haven't seen Sanlang for two or three days. It is estimated that he was tied up two or three days ago."

"Does Han Shiyu know?"

"The servant is fighting the chaos in Baisha City. Do I dare to report it at this juncture?" Cui Han paused, then added: "And I just received the letter asking to raise money to redeem people."

Han Ping'an is well-known in Yele City. Thinking of the resounding nickname of "Han Sankuan", Ashina Shan couldn't help asking: "Cui Mingfu, as far as I know, Han Sanlang always likes to do something... Something unexpected, maybe he was joking with you."

"The letter was written to Han Shiyu, so it can be seen that he didn't know about Cao Wulan's rebellion, nor that Lord Shiyu was in Baisha City to quell the chaos." Cui Han observed their subtle expression changes calmly, while emphasizing: "And the false priest saw that Turkic horse thief."

False priests can only deceive people when telling fortunes, but not only can't deceive people about other things, but they are also very trustworthy.

Shi Xianning realized that "Han Sancrazy" was really tied up by a horse thief, and subconsciously asked, "Where's the letter?"

"Cui gave the letter to Yichang Chen, and asked him to take the letter to the tower to report to General Li."

"Such a major event needs to be reported to General Li immediately, Lord Mingfu, what do we need to do?"

"Borrow money."

Cui Han sighed softly, and said helplessly: "The army has not moved, the food and grass go first. The little money and food and grass in the treasury have been transferred to Baisha City by the order of General An. If the treasury was not empty, Cui would also You won’t be able to pull down your old face and talk to the three of you.”

It is said to be borrowing money, but in fact it is giving money, because Yele Town has never repaid the money borrowed from businessmen over the years.

However, compared to Yele Town in Chang'an, it is better. In case of rebellion or other things in Chang'an, money is needed. The emperor issued an imperial decree to directly copy the homes of wealthy merchants.It will only leave you ten thousand copper coins to live on, and take everything else away.

When this kind of thing happened, there was no way to reason, Shi Xianning could only agree: "Okay, let's raise money right away, and see if we can raise [-] Wen before dark."

"Silver coins, not copper coins."

"Don't worry, Mingfu, we know."

King Yele rebelled, the army quelled the rebellion, and the merchants were spared the knife, but they were kidnapped by horse thieves because of "Han San Crazy" and were about to bleed heavily.

Not to mention how depressed Ashina Shan got up with an unhappy face, and was about to bow and say goodbye with Shi Xianning and Bai Zuojian, when Cui Han suddenly raised his head: "There is one more thing, I almost forgot to tell the three of you."

"Please make it clear to the Ming government."

"Mifatai is not only a businessman, but also the emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty. He has suffered such a disaster. My City Lord's Mansion and even Yele Town must not let it go, let alone let the murderer go unpunished."

"Master Xie Mingfu defended Mifatai, and I will thank you sir on behalf of Mifatai's family."

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, Cui hasn't finished yet."

Cui Han paused, and said unhurriedly: "Master Shi Yu didn't know that Sanlang was kidnapped, but he knew that Mi Fatai was killed. He was so busy in Baisha City to calm the chaos, not only personally wrote the book and ordered Cui to investigate thoroughly, but also petitioned the University of An The general dispatched a cadre from the army to come to our city lord's mansion to act as the thief Cao Wei, specializing in arresting robbers and criminals."

(End of this chapter)