Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 27

The rebellion in Baisha City has subsided, and the security in Yele City is not as strict as before, but there is still a curfew at night.

As soon as the sun goes down, wine shops, brothels and gambling houses will close their doors.There is no entertainment at night, and the rich go to bed early and wake up early like the poor.

Miphatai is dead, and Mifti, the eldest son, will support the whole family.

After he got up early in the morning and taught his two younger brothers a lesson, he walked into his mansion through the back door, and the old housekeeper greeted him and reported what he was going to do today and what money he would spend.

"In the past few days, I have been busy with the old master's funeral affairs, and have not taken care of buying horse feed. I asked Asa to inquire about it in the morning, and the price of alfalfa was four cents a bundle. A few days ago, it was two cents. It should be There was a rebellion in Baisha City, and the army bought a large amount of horse feed to put down the rebellion, and the price was doubled."

"A bundle of four liters is a bundle of four liters. First, buy less."

Mitiff didn't want to hear anything related to Baisha City, so he signaled the old housekeeper to continue.

The old butler knew that the master was in a bad mood, and was about to say that the money released had expired, and it was time for someone to get it back with interest, when there was a sudden commotion outside.

Mifti stood up, and saw the officials of the city lord's mansion rushing in with a few servants in Yu Wangli.

"Treasurer Mi, I was looking for you everywhere, so you are here."

"It turned out to be Yu Xingguan. If you don't go to those villages outside the city to collect taxes and dispatch labor, what are you doing here?"

"Under the order of Young Master Xu, I come here to thoroughly investigate who killed your lord." Yu Wangli cupped his hands, then turned around and said, "Yang San, tell the Youyi people outside to guard the door for me. From now on , the mansion is only allowed in and not out."

"promise!"

"Cao Erluo, let's see how many people are in the shop. Let them stand where they are and wait for the officer to ask. They are not allowed to walk around at will, and they are not allowed to exchange news in whispers,"

"As ordered!"

The so-called "executive officials" are actually officials of the city lord's mansion, not even officials, but led a group of people to break in and give orders.

Normally, Mifti would let the warrior beat him out without hesitation.

But now is not the usual time, the family has already had such a big incident, he didn't dare to make further troubles, raised his arms, stopped the few warriors who had just rushed in from the backyard, and said coldly: "Yu Xingguan, I only know Cui Mingfu , have never heard of Xu Shaofu."

"Xu Shaofu is the thief-catching captain who I just took up in Yele City."

I have to finish today's work today, and there are more important things to do tomorrow, Yu Wangli didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and pointed to his backyard: "Master Mi, don't you only know about Cui Mingfu? Xu Shaofu is looking for you in the back."

Business is done in the front yard, and people live in the back yard. Most Sogdian merchants in Yele City have such a layout.

Mifti really wanted to meet the city lord and that thief-catching captain, and wanted to find out why Cui Han was here, but he was worried about this side.

He was about to let a few warriors stare at Yu Wangli, who was holding a chicken feather as an arrow, but Yu Wangli acted as if he didn't exist, and directed the two guards who had just entered to start rummaging through boxes and boxes.

"Yu Wangli, what do you want to do, don't bully others too much!"

"Shopkeeper Mi, what are you talking about? We are here to investigate the case for your family and avenge your father who died tragically."

"You don't need to worry about our Sogdian affairs."

The Mijia Mansion is next to the West Market, and there are more and more people watching outside.Those people would have squeezed in if it wasn't for the Youyi people blocking it.

Yu Wangli's heart was really agitated, but he opened his bow without looking back. He looked around the crowd and said: "But Mifatai is not only a Sogdian, but also a Sabao Zongzheng appointed by my Tang Dynasty. He is regarded as a sixth-rank official. That is to say, rebellion, dare to kill my Tang officials, how can my city lord's mansion ignore it!"

Mifatai was indeed a Zoroastrian during his lifetime, and he spent a lot of money to do it at that time.

When Yu Wangli said this, Mifti was speechless.

At this time, a person shouted outside: "Officer Yu Xingzheng, Zoro is dead, and your government can take care of it naturally. But Mifatai was killed by someone, and he didn't kill someone. Instead of arresting the thief, you came here instead. Feng Mi's family door and ask what the Mi family is?
I stayed up until midnight yesterday, thinking about how to deal with it.

Yu Wangli walked to the door, looked at the Sogdian dressed like an aristocrat, and said with a straight face: "There must be a motive for murder, and there must be a reason for being killed. There are those who want money, those who want sex, and there are foreign thieves." Naturally, there may be house thieves. It is said that it is difficult to guard against house thieves. If the officials of this bank do not ask each one clearly, who knows if Mifatai was killed by the house thieves!"

The Sogdian nobleman snorted coldly and asked, "Then why did you rummage through the boxes?"

"Didn't the officer of the bank say just now that it may be for money, or it may be done by a family thief. If you don't look at the ledger, who knows if there is any money lost? If you don't search carefully, who knows if the thief has hidden the murder weapon and stolen goods. In the shop?"

"I think you are making use of the problem."

"Who are you, dare to obstruct the City Lord's Mansion from handling the case!"

"Dare to ask who I am, what kind of thing are you, dare to break into my Sogdian merchant's house to rummage through boxes and chests, when will it be your turn to take care of our Sogdian people's affairs?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Come out, get the hell out of here."

"How dare you insult officials!"

"I still dare to be an official."

"They can come to seal Mi's shop today, and they can seal the door of our house tomorrow. It's really deceiving. Kill them and see if they dare to bully us in the future!"

……

A group of Sogdians got excited under the incitement of several nobles mixed in the crowd, roaring, pushing and shoving, and some even waved scimitars to threaten them.

The four Youyi people guarding the door unanimously drew out their horizontal knives and stood ready.

A scuffle was about to break out, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Just when Yu Wangli was burning with anxiety, a familiar voice came from outside: "Kill the officials, whoever said that, dare to stand up and let me see."

"The city lord is here, don't let him go!"

"Who dares to obstruct the City Lord's Mansion's handling of the case!"

"Cui Mingfu, I just blocked it, how dare you do anything to me!"

A young Sogdian nobleman stepped forward, and several Sogdian warriors worried that he might make a mistake, so they rushed forward to protect his sides.

Cui Han recognized him at a glance, and asked coldly: "Little Ashina, do you dare to talk to me like this, do you feel itchy? You came here to pick trouble, does your father know?"

The Sogdian nobleman was about to speak when the back of his head was slapped hard.He subconsciously turned around, and suddenly found that Bai Zuojian had arrived at some time.

"Uncle, why did you hit me..."

"I'm teaching you for your father, why don't you rush to make amends to the Ming government."

The Sogdian nobles had no choice but to say bitterly: "Cui Mingfu, I'm not sensible, you have a lot of adults, and adults don't remember the faults of villains."

Naturally, Cui Han would not argue with a stunned young man, staring at Bai Zuojian and asked, "Master Bai, why are you alone, and the other two?"

"I'm late, please forgive me from the Ming government."

"The dog has eyes that don't know Mount Tai, and dares to charge into the Ming Palace, I must give him some flair..."

Sure enough, as "Han Sancrazy" expected, these three old fellows had ghosts in their hearts and dared not confront the City Lord's Mansion, so they hid in the dark and made waves, bewitching the Sogdians who heard the news and obstructed the investigation.

What surprised Cui Han even more was that Qudu High Priest, who was not supposed to be in this muddy water, also came, and the Sogdians who were screaming and beating just now gave way to him, not to mention being respectful.

Cui Han thought to himself that no matter how high your status in the Fire Sect is, you are still just an idiot.

To save face, you are the high priest.

If you don't give you face, you are nothing.

Cui Han made up his mind, as if he hadn't seen the High Priest Qudu, he introduced sideways: "Three, this is Xu Haoran, the new thief-catching captain of Yele City. Xu Shaofu was ordered by the General and Han Shiyu , to fully investigate the case of Mifatai’s murder, and even the official will give his full assistance, let alone the three of you.”

Xu Haoran stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Xu has heard the names of the three for a long time, and the three came just in time. Later, Xu will go in and search carefully, and maybe bring some evidence and witnesses back to the government office for closer inspection. Ask the three to help to be a witness."

Xu Haoran, this name sounds familiar.

But it looked strange again, I should have never seen it before.

Shi Xianning was preoccupied with thinking about the origin of this thief Cao Wei who suddenly appeared, and forgot to answer for a moment.

Bai Zuojian couldn't keep his mouth shut, and said with a troubled face: "Cui Mingfu, Xu Shaofu, and Sogdian people manage Sogdian affairs. This has been the rule for many years. Otherwise, what would we Zhengzheng do?"

A Sogdian hid behind and yelled: "Yes, we have not missed a single penny of the taxes that should be paid, we have not missed the corvees that should be served, and we have not missed even small miscellaneous taxes. The City Lord's Mansion should not care about us anymore. thing."

"This officer is talking to the three Zoroastrians, who is talking too much?"

"Mingfu calm down, they are ignorant."

"Don't talk about it anymore, the Ming Palace will make a clear decision."

"Three, has the City Lord's Mansion ever taken care of your affairs before? No. Why should I take care of it today? Yu Wangli, the official of the City Lord's Mansion, made it very clear just now."

Cui Han decided to give courtesy first and then fight, he paused, and then said: "In view of the rules that have been agreed for many years, I can add that after Xu Shaofu finds out the ins and outs and captures the real culprit, you can entrust the thief who killed Mifatai to you." Punish, or be punished by my city lord's mansion according to Sogdian rules."

It's already very face-saving and sincere.

Seeing that they were unmoved, Xu Haoran reminded: "Mingfu has already talked about this, what do you think?"

"Young Master Xu, the rules are the rules, they can't be broken."

"Young Master Xu, it's not like you haven't seen the situation in front of you. What the three of us say won't work."

"Hey... instead of being in a dilemma, it doesn't matter if you don't do this."

The three old guys just didn't cooperate with each other.

Hearing that more and more Sogdians came, many of them were warriors with knives, Cui Han couldn't help frowning.

(End of this chapter)