People are in Zhenguan, solving crimes scientifically

Chapter 198 A wonderful trick sneaks in! A third-party force, the Western Region Caravan, appears?

As Lin Feng expected, the night passed peacefully without any accidents.

As soon as the morning sun rose from the east, Lin Feng and the others got up.

They were eating on the first floor of the inn while handing over the information they had gathered... After Lin Feng made the decision last night, they took advantage of the curfew before they started and visited some inns to collect some information about the caravan. Today they You need to decide which caravan to sneak into to Chang'an.

"Zide, how are you doing there?" Sun Fujia asked Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took the time to eat and said: "Man'er and I went to three inns, two of which were occupied by a caravan each, but of these two caravans, one was going to the Jiangnan area, and the other was We’re going to Chang’an, so I only have one caravan to choose from here.”

Sun Fujia nodded and said: "My situation here is the same as yours. I visited two inns, but there was only one inn where the caravan lived. Fortunately, the destination of this caravan is also Chang'an."

"Looks like we got lucky."

Lin Feng smiled and said: "In more than an hour, we found two caravans that we can use. We can also choose one of the two. There is a chance to choose. This is better than I expected."

When Sun Fuga heard this, he shook his head and said solemnly: "Maybe there is no way to choose between the two. If nothing happens, we can only choose the caravan you found."

"Oh?"

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows, looked at Sun Fujia with some curiosity, and said, "Why did Dr. Sun say that? Is there anything wrong with the caravan you found?"

Xiao Man'er, who was quietly drinking porridge, raised her head when she heard this and looked at Sun Fujia with confusion.

Then Sun Fujia sighed and said, "Although the caravan I found is also going to Chang'an, this caravan is not my Tang Dynasty merchant, and it is not easy to bribe and get in."

"Not a businessman from the Tang Dynasty?"

Lin Feng seemed to have thought of something. His eyes suddenly flashed and he said, "You mean foreigners?"

Sun Fujia nodded and said, "This is a caravan from the Western Regions."

"Businessman from the Western Regions?"

"Yes."

Lin Feng suddenly became interested and said, "How much does Dr. Sun know about this Western Region caravan?"

Sun Fujia said: "I briefly inquired about it. This caravan often travels between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty. It will go at least twice a year. It will buy silk from the Tang Dynasty and transport it to the Western Regions, and then buy things from the Western Regions that the Tang Dynasty does not have. Bring it to Datang for sale."

A merchant on the Silk Road?

Lin Feng couldn't help but think of the "Silk Road" and nodded. The prosperous Tang Dynasty was indeed the most prosperous period of the Silk Road.

Moreover, the Li family royal family was very tolerant and open, and provided many conveniences for other countries to do business in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, it was also common for foreign businessmen to travel to the Tang Dynasty.

"Where's the number of people?" Lin Feng asked.

Sun Fuga said: "Because merchants from the Western Regions travel long distances and have many dangers, they often gather enough people to protect themselves before setting off. This caravan has at least one hundred and fifty six people. Ten people, there are dozens of guards alone.”

"One hundred, fifty and sixty people..."

Lin Feng touched his chin and said: "It is three times the number of people in the caravan that Man'er and I found... Even if the five of us are hidden in it, it is very inconspicuous. It is indeed more suitable than the caravan that I found."

"Furthermore, this caravan has dozens of guards. With so many guards, the Four Elephants Organization will have more to think about when acting, which can also delay us for more time. Considering these two points, this caravan from the Western Regions will have more to think about. The team is the best for us.”

Xiao Man'er also nodded repeatedly.

The reason why they choose a caravan is because there are many people in the caravan, and it is difficult for them to be discovered if they hide in it. Therefore, the more people in the caravan, the safer they are.

But when Sun Fujia heard this, he frowned and said: "Of course I know this too, but these merchants from the Western Regions are very vigilant due to the difficult and dangerous journey. They will not easily let outsiders join them to avoid danger. This is not A little money can easily impress them."

Lin Feng listened to Sun Fujia's words and nodded slightly. He tapped the table with his fingertips: "This is indeed a problem."

The Silk Road passed through many countries and passed through uninhabited mountains, rivers and deserts. The road was very dangerous and there were many unknown dangers. This also caused these businessmen to be extremely wary of anyone and wanted to stop halfway. It is indeed not easy to join them.

Even if businessmen value profits, in the face of danger and petty profits, these extremely wary businessmen from the Western Regions will make the safest decisions.

In a word, money alone is not enough to impress the other party.

Seeing Lin Feng frowning in thought, Sun Fujia advised: "Although the conditions of the Western Region caravan are very good in all aspects, it is too difficult to sneak into them, and the probability of success is not high. Our time is limited, and these caravans will all be gone in a while. It’s time to set off, so we’d better choose the caravan you found, our Tang Dynasty caravan is relatively easy to talk to.”

"I understand what you mean, Dr. Sun, but as you think, it is difficult for us outsiders to sneak into the Western Regions Caravan... Then the people from the Four Elephants Organization will definitely have the same idea. In other words, we choose the Western Regions Caravan , definitely safer than other caravans."

Lin Feng's eyes flashed with thought, his brain was spinning wildly, thinking about methods, and he said: "Since you have the best choice, you must not give up."

Of course, there was a more important point that Lin Feng didn't mention...the terms "Western Region Caravan" and "Western Region Merchant" were really hard for Lin Feng not to care about.

Among the currently known three forces, he has fought many times with the Four Elephants Organization and the Jin Chai inheritance family. He has varying degrees of understanding of these two forces, but he only knows the one who is hiding at the end and spreading the news about Jin Chai. It can be said that businessmen from the Western Regions have no understanding at all.

But he knows that in the future, Chang'an will surely become the center of the chaotic competition between the three forces, and the merchants from the Western Regions will inevitably have plans in Chang'an. Therefore, he urgently needs to find clues about the merchants from the Western Regions and understand this force.

And now, a caravan from the Western Region happened to appear in front of him, how could he let it go?

Of course, this caravan may not be the power of the mysterious Western Region merchants, nor may it be related to the Western Region merchants, but what if? After all, this caravan is going to Chang'an, and Chang'an is about to undergo a huge change... Therefore, the probability is not impossible, even if it is only one in ten thousand, Lin Feng must seize it.

Not to mention... they all come from the Western Region and are powerful businessmen. Even if they have nothing to do with that mysterious force, they may know some related secrets.

In addition, hiding in the Western Region caravan can more effectively avoid the pursuit of the Four Elephant Organization... This series of events makes Lin Feng absolutely determined to win this Western Region caravan.

"But money can't move them, so how can we make them accept us happily without revealing our identity..."

Lin Feng's eyes flickered, and his brain was like a sieve, filtering out the unworkable methods one by one. In the end... there were only a few usable methods left. He picked and chose the one with the highest chance of success. .

"You guys wait for me here first, I'll go back and change clothes and dress up."

Lin Feng suddenly stood up, said something to Xiao Man'er and Sun Fujia, and then quickly climbed the stairs and returned to the room.

The two were left staring at each other with blank expressions.

"What method did Zide come up with?" Sun Fuga asked.

Xiao Man'er blinked her smart eyes and then smiled: "It must be so. After all, for him, there is nothing so-called impossible in this world. He can even perform miracles to salvage a sunken ship. These businessmen from the Western Regions, Can it be more difficult than salvaging a sunken ship?”

Sun Fujia thought for a while, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's true, let's see what method Zide will use to pry open the hearts of these Western Region businessmen."

Not long after, Lin Feng returned from upstairs.

And when he came to the two of them, Sun Fujia and Xiao Maner were stunned.

The two of them looked at Lin Feng's clothes and appearance, with surprise and astonishment on their faces. Sun Fujia couldn't help but said: "Zide, what are you wearing? Why are you wearing a Taoist robe?"

Lin Feng was seen wearing a white Taoist robe, holding a fly whisk, and a beard on his mouth. His makeup was slightly older, and he looked like a Taoist priest in his thirties. At this moment, he was listening to Sun Fujia's questions. , he waved the whisk, deliberately suppressed his voice to make his voice sound more mature, and said with a smile: "Dr. Sun, how are you? Do you feel like a master?"

Sun Fujia looked at it carefully for a long time and then said: "You do have the feeling of a Taoist priest, but you still look a bit young. If your beard and hair are all white, then you really have some immortal spirit."

Lin Feng sighed: "On the one hand, this kind of disguise is too time-consuming. After I finish the disguise, the Western Region caravan may have left. On the other hand, I am still too young. If I want to pretend to be a particularly old person, it will be easy to appear." If there is any violation, we will be traveling together for a few days. It would be too risky. Once discovered, it will be really troublesome."

"So it's better to be generous and be young...after all, there is no law that requires those who have attained the Tao to be older."

When it comes to sophistry, Sun Fujia is naturally no match for Lin Feng. Seeing Lin Feng's attire, he guessed: "Are you trying to gain their trust as a Taoist priest? But there is nothing special about being a Taoist priest, right?"

Lin Feng laughed and said: "There is indeed nothing special about the identity of a Taoist priest, but it is different for a Taoist priest who has Taoism and can distinguish good and bad luck."

As he spoke, Lin Feng walked out and said: "Let's go find them. On the way, Dr. Sun will share with me the more specific news you have learned. Whether I can succeed in the future depends on my skills." ”

A quarter of an hour later.

Several people arrived outside an inn two streets away from the inn where they lived.

As soon as they arrived, they found that foreigners whose appearance was completely different from that of the Tang Dynasty people were carrying goods out of the inn. They had already begun to pack their things and prepare for departure.

Seeing this scene, Sun Fuga said: "We don't have much time. After they finish packing, they will definitely set off immediately."

Lin Feng nodded slightly and said, "Who is the leader of the caravan?"

Sun Fujia looked for it and said immediately: "It's the fat man standing at the door directing everyone to carry things."

Lin Feng followed Sun Fujia's prompts and found the leader of the caravan.

I saw this was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties. He was wearing distinctive exotic clothes. He had a fat figure, a high nose, sunken eye sockets, and blue pupils. He had a standard Western appearance.

At this time, he was directing everyone with a bad temper. From time to time he raised his head and looked at the sun, as if he felt that it was too late.

But it wasn't long before dawn, so it wasn't actually too late... Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly, and he had some guesses in his mind.

At this time, a man in gray clothes ran over, stopped in front of the fat businessman, and then handed the fat businessman an exquisite box.

The fat businessman opened the box and took out the contents. Lin Feng looked from a distance and saw that it was a jade pendant of good quality.

The fat businessman looked at it carefully, then nodded, put the jade pendant back into the box, gave the man in gray some copper coins, and let him leave.

At this time, Lin Feng discovered that there were three gilded words printed on the lid of the box - New Moon Xuan.

Seeing this scene, Lin Feng pondered for a while, and then said: "Let's go and meet him."

As he spoke, Lin Feng straightened his back, held a whisk in hand, and strode towards the inn opposite.

After arriving at the door of the inn, he deliberately bumped the shoulders of the angry caravan leader, causing the caravan leader to stagger and almost fall.

"Who? Don't you have eyes? What are those two eyeballs on your face for?"

The leader of the caravan, who already had a bad look on his face, was almost knocked down and looked at Lin Feng angrily.

When Lin Feng heard this, his footsteps stopped. He turned around and looked at the angry caravan leader. He was about to apologize, but suddenly, his face straightened and he suddenly took a step forward and came directly in front of the caravan leader.

The fat businessman was still questioning Lin Feng angrily just now, but when he saw the Taoist priest in front of him suddenly arrived in front of him, he was startled and subconsciously took a step back and said, "What are you doing?" Lin Feng looked at the fat businessman with his deep eyes and pointed his finger at the same time. He pinched it with his fingertips, as if he was calculating something. After a moment, he waved the whisk, shook his head, and sighed: "It's a disaster, it's a disaster."

After saying that, Lin Feng shook his head, turned around and walked towards the inn.

This scene immediately stunned the leader of the caravan. At this moment, he heard the beautiful woman following the young Taoist priest in front of him ask: "Taoist Master, are you talking about trouble? What happened to him?"

The leader of the caravan subconsciously raised his ears to listen.

Then I heard a long and steady voice: "The face of the layman in Pindao Temple just turned black, and a dark cloud hung over his head. If nothing unexpected happens, something bad will happen within a few days."

"What?" The caravan leader's expression changed.

The woman said: "Really? Why didn't the Taoist priest tell him?"

Lin Feng flicked the whisk and said slowly: "The poor Taoist just bumped into him accidentally, and he said something bad to him. This is a sign of no fate. Our Taoism pays attention to fate. If there is no fate, there is no need to say it. And looking at his appearance just now, Even if the poor man says it, he may not believe it, so why bother doing such meaningless things."

Lin Feng didn't know how a real Taoist priest would communicate with others, but it didn't matter. This businessman from the Western Regions would definitely not understand Taoist priests better than he did.

So he is not afraid of revealing his secret at all, not to mention that to this businessman, the identity of the Taoist priest is not important, what is important is what he just said.

He understands human nature and knows that many businessmen will believe some things... Even in later generations, some business people will keep cats or place various symbolic objects on the counter. The richer and more prestigious the people. , the older people tend to be, the more they care about gods, Buddhas and ghosts.

So he used this method to attract the other party's attention first. As long as the other party took the initiative to establish contact with him, he would take over the rest of the rhythm.

To deal with these wary people, you must not take the initiative to approach. Taking the initiative to approach will only make the other party think that you have evil intentions and become more wary... But if the other party takes the initiative to approach you and actively invites you to join, it is completely different.

Now that the hook has been set, it depends on whether the businessman will take the bait.

Lin Feng's thoughts were racing, but he kept walking. After answering Xiao Man'er's words, he continued walking towards the inn without stopping.

Xiao Man'er was anxious, wondering whether this Western Region businessman would take the bait. Just when she was about to open her mouth again to cooperate with Lin Feng in asking more questions, she heard a voice suddenly sound from behind: "Taoist Master, wait a moment."

Hearing this voice, Xiao Man'er's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly looked at Lin Feng.

Then he saw Lin Feng calmly stop, turn around and look at the Western Region merchants, and said calmly: "Immortal Lord Immeasurable, what's the matter with the merchants?"

The businessman from the Western Regions quickly came to Lin Feng, his brows furrowed, his blue eyes staring at Lin Feng, as if he was sizing up Lin Feng's ability, and said: "I just heard the Taoist priest say that I am in trouble?"

Lin Feng said calmly: "It is indeed coming from Pindao's mouth."

"Am I really in trouble? It's not that I don't believe in the Taoist priest, it's just that the Taoist priest suddenly said such a sentence without any end, which makes it difficult for me to accept."

Lin Feng glanced at the merchants from the Western Regions and said slowly: "Do the merchants suspect that the poor Taoist is talking nonsense?"

"This..." The Western Region businessman couldn't figure out Lin Feng's details for a while and hesitated.

Lin Feng smiled and said: "Congratulations to the merchant on the birth of your son. If the merchant moves forward at the current speed, he will surely arrive in Chang'an when the son is full moon to celebrate your son."

"What!?"

The Western Region businessman was suddenly startled.

His eyes widened instantly and he looked at Lin Feng in disbelief: "You...how did you know."

Sun Fujia and Xiao Maner, who were following Lin Feng, also looked at each other.

None of them knew about this, how could Lin Feng know about it, and judging from the appearance of the merchants in the Western Regions, what Lin Feng said was very accurate.

Lin Feng faced everyone's shocked expressions, waved his dust fly, and said calmly: "It's just a little bit of Taoism, it's nothing."

After listening to Lin Feng's words, the Western Region merchant's expression finally changed when he looked at Lin Feng. He hurriedly asked: "Does the Taoist Master know what I want?"

Lin Feng smiled and said: "You want Pindao to tell your fortune? Can you tell whether your request will succeed?"

The businessman from the Western Regions quickly shook his head: "I just want to know if the Taoist Master knows what I want."

You are still testing me, you are really vigilant... Lin Feng said lightly: "Pindao had calculated on his fingers this morning that he would meet a destined person today. Since the businessman wants to know, then Pindao will say more. Just say it."

He picked up his fingertips, calculated it in a decent manner, and then said: "You ask for your son's future... but it's difficult."

The Western Region businessman's face suddenly changed, and the expression he looked at Lin Feng completely changed at this moment. He hurriedly asked: "Why is it so difficult?"

Lin Feng looked at him and said slowly: "Pindao just said that you will have trouble in the future... No, you will encounter trouble on the way to Chang'an. If you are in trouble, how can your son have a future? "

"This this……"

The Western Region businessman was completely fooled by Lin Feng. At this moment, he no longer had any doubts about Lin Feng's words.

He hurriedly saluted Lin Feng and said: "Please help me, Taoist Priest. As long as Taoist Priest can help me, I am willing to bear any price!"

Seeing the merchants from the Western Regions like this, Sun Fujia and Xiao Man'er couldn't help but sigh... Lin Feng is really so powerful, he is simply invincible when it comes to deceiving people.

They thought that Lin Feng would agree to it, but who knew that Lin Feng shook his head and refused.

"Pindao can't help you." Lin Feng said.

As soon as these words came out, the businessmen from the Western Regions felt as if they were struck by lightning, and their faces turned as white as paper.

Sun Fujia and Xiao Man'er were stunned, not understanding why Lin Feng refused.

"Why? Why doesn't the Taoist priest want to help me? If it's because of my rudeness to the Taoist priest just now, I will give everything to ask the Taoist priest to forgive me. I just want the Taoist priest to help me get through the disaster." The merchant from the Western Regions said quickly.

Lin Feng shook his head and said calmly: "That's not the case. I don't care if you are rude to Pindao."

"That is?"

Lin Feng looked at him and said: "Your disaster is very strange. Pindao can't see it clearly for a while. He can't be sure what kind of disaster you will encounter. He can only know that your disaster will happen on the road, so you asked Pindao to help you now." You, Pindao, really have no choice."

"That...that..."

The eyes of the businessman from the Western Regions moved quickly. He suddenly thought of a way. He quickly saluted Lin Feng and said, "I beg the Taoist Master to go with me... As long as the Taoist Master is willing to go with me, I will pay for the Taoist Master after arriving in Chang'an." The Taoist temple where I live is being repaired, so I can repay the Taoist priest."

Lin Feng frowned: "How can a Taoist care about these yellow and white things?"

The businessman from the Western Regions said hurriedly: "Yes, my vision is narrow, but I still ask the Taoist Priest to save me. As long as the Taoist Priest is willing to save me, I will do anything."

Lin Feng shook his head and sighed: "That's all, you should be the destined person that Pindao calculated this morning. Since Pindao has discovered your sign of disaster... then you can go as long as you like, but Pindao still has a few more days to go. A friend..."

"If they are willing, they can go to Chang'an together, and I will arrange everything." The merchant from the Western Regions said quickly.

Lin Feng waved the fly whisk and nodded slowly: "Then let's do it."

"Thank you, Taoist Priest. I'll go and tell them to prepare a carriage for the Taoist Priest."

The leader of the caravan was afraid that Lin Feng would return, so he hurriedly ran outside to make arrangements.

Looking at his back, Sun Fujia couldn't help but said: "Zide, you really did it."

Xiao Man'er looked at Lin Feng with brilliant eyes and said, "And this is the result of his repeated requests. He will never doubt our reasons for following his caravan. Instead, he thinks this is his luck."

Lin Feng smiled softly: "Fortunately, the secret was not revealed."

Speaking of this, Sun Fujia couldn't help but asked curiously: "Zide, how do you know that he has a child in Chang'an, and he is not yet one month old? How do you know that what he is doing is his son's future?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Maner also looked at Lin Feng curiously.

Lin Feng smiled, looked at the busy fat businessman, and said, "It's very simple."

"Just now outside, I found that he had been urging the workers to carry goods, and had been raising his head to look at the sun. If it was very late now, it would be normal, but it was obviously very early, and he was still like this... Then there is only one way Maybe he's in a hurry."

"And when he came from the Western Regions, he also detoured to some more cities in the Tang Dynasty. If he didn't detour far, he wouldn't have passed here at all... This shows that before going to Chang'an, he should think about selling some things in other cities first, and then finally Arriving in Chang'an, this also shows that he is not particularly anxious to go to Chang'an."

"However, the current situation is that he is in a hurry and is very anxious. As expected... he must have encountered something recently and suddenly became concerned about time."

"But at that time I couldn't determine what sudden incident caused him to be on his way."

"Until the guy in gray comes and brings him the jade pendant."

Xiao Man'er's eyes flashed and she said, "That jade pendant is of very good quality."

She also saw the jade pendant picked up by the businessman just now.

Lin Feng nodded and said: "The jade pendant is not important. What is important is that the box containing the jade pendant has the words 'New Moon Xuan' written on it."

"I happen to be very familiar with 'Crescent House'. It was specially built by Zhao Deshun for these rich people. It contains the most precious jewelry and jade pendants. And the most famous business in Crescent House is that it can be customized according to demand. Tailor-made a jade pendant for newborns - Zhao Deshun also specially promoted words such as "Father's most profound love" for it, so that rich and powerful people would go to Xinyuexuan to tailor-make a jade pendant for their newly born children. A jade pendant full of father's love."

"Such a jade pendant is usually given to children by their fathers at the full moon banquet... So, after seeing that jade pendant, I realized that this should be the most famous jade pendant for newborns in Xinyue Xuan."

"In addition, he was not in a hurry before, but suddenly he became anxious about time. This is more consistent with the fact that he received a letter from home on the business trip, suddenly learned that the heir was born, and then wanted to rush before the child's full moon banquet. Speculation about going back.”

"As for his child in Chang'an..."

Lin Feng smiled and said: "He came from the Western Regions, and the distance from the Western Regions to Chang'an is only two or three months. No matter how hard he hurries, he will never be able to make it in time... But now he is seizing the time to rush. It's obviously him I thought he could make it in time, and since he has been traveling back and forth between Chang'an and the Western Regions, I concluded that his child was not in the Western Regions, but in Chang'an. Only in this way could he make it in time."

Listening to Lin Feng's words, Sun Fujia couldn't hide the emotion and admiration on his face. He couldn't help but said: "So that's it... I really thought it was you who figured it out."

Xiao Man'er also looked at Lin Feng in amazement.

Lin Feng shook his head and smiled: "I don't know how to tell fortunes. I just make inferences based on the clues I have. There is a saying that goes well. When playing chess with others, you must find a way to bring the opponent into your professional scope and give him a dimensionality reduction blow. It just so happens that …Making inferences based on clues is my expertise.”

(End of this chapter)