Ji Tang

Chapter 1040 Cursing!

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Ji Run shoots an arrow with a bow, without missing a beat. Every time she draws her bow, an assassin will be taken away, just like the King of Hell demanding his life. There is no surprise!
"retreat!"

The leader gritted his teeth. Just when he was about to fight, he heard the sound of horse hooves not far away. It was like a bucket of cold water was poured on him, and his whole body calmed down.

"Retire? Have you retreated?"

Ji Run sneered and roared, and the war horse came running from a distance. He climbed on the horse without hesitation, drew his horizontal sword and went towards the opponent.

"Kill me!"

At this time, Ji's reinforcements also arrived, so they rushed towards the opponent without saying a word.

Not many people came, only seven or eight people.But anyone who knows the Ji family will understand that these people are the reason why the family never dares to act rashly, the soldiers of the Ji family.

I saw everyone using Ji Run as an arrow and forming an arrow formation to rush towards the enemy who was driven to the official road.At this time, after the fighting between Di Renjie and Cheng De, and Ji Run's continuous shooting of several people, there were less than 20 people left on the other side.

They wanted to rush out of the official road, mount their horses and retreat, but how could Ji Run give them a chance?

puff!

An assassin covered his neck in disbelief. Until his death, he never thought that the skill he had always been proud of could not last even a single round in the opponent's hands.

The assassin leader was extremely anxious at this time, but he could not save himself at this time, and it was impossible to rescue others.

"Drop your weapons and surrender!"

Ji Songrun stopped in front of the other party and said condescendingly.

"kill!"

But the other party's actions puzzled Ji Run. After all, everyone has the ability to survive, but the other party came towards him without hesitation.

As long as one side has an absolute advantage on the battlefield, the other side will most likely surrender.The behavior of the person in front of him was very confusing to him. Are there really people in this world who are not afraid of death?
The two went back and forth for several rounds, and just when Ji Run was about to take down the opponent and ask him about his origins, his eyes widened.

For no other reason than that the other party committed suicide after confirming that he could not escape.

Looking at the man in black who was lying on the ground and slowly losing his look, Ji Run fell silent for some reason.

"Sir, are you alright?"

Liu Laoer stepped forward and expressed concern.

"It's okay, second uncle!"

"I'm just a little confused!"

After speaking, he shook his head and stopped talking. Instead, he said: "Go and see if there are any clues on them to prove their identities."

"promise!"

At this time, Di Renjie and Cheng De also walked out of the woods, supported each other and came to Ji Run and saluted: "Thank you young master for saving your life. I will not refuse if you are sent again in the future!"

"Don't be too polite!"

Ji Run turned around, looked at the two of them, and said, "Chengde, right? I only know about your father's affairs. Don't worry, anyone who dares to touch my Ji family will definitely pay the price!"

As a protégé of the Ji family, Khatib had done many things for the Ji family over the years. Now that he was harmed and almost wiped out the family, Ji family should give an explanation to Chengde, both emotionally and rationally.

"Thank you, my lord!"

Chengde said gratefully.

Since Ji Run, as the future heir of the Ji family, promised to give him an explanation, he would not lie to himself.After knowing that the other party was a cannibal, he knew that it was impossible to take revenge on his own.

The other party obviously has extremely huge power. To be able to mobilize so many experts in a foreign country like the Tang Dynasty shows how huge the power of the other party is.

"You are Di Renjie? Are you Uncle Di's son?"

Ji Run looked curiously at Di Renjie, who was several years older than herself.He knew that the other party wanted to become his father's disciple, but he was not destined to do so. What a pity!

"It's down!"

Ji Run waved his hand and said: "Uncle Di is my father's good friend. I haven't done the crowning ceremony yet, and I don't have any words. Just call me by my name!"

Di Renjie glanced at him and saw the sincerity in the other person's eyes. He felt warm in his heart and said, "I have met my good brother!"

"Haha! Ji Run has met brother Huaiying!"

Both of them laughed for a moment.It’s as if we met too late!
"Master, there is no obvious mark on the other party, only this thing!"

Liu Laoer took out a pendant, which was made of copper. It had a star and moon pattern on it, and there was an open book in it.

"Islam?"

"Quran!"

"Big cannibal!"

The three of them said almost in unison.

They looked at each other in surprise, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes!

"What you just said is correct, it turns out to be a cannibal. Now Zheng Zheng is confronting the cannibal at sea, and now there is a cannibal killing people in Chang'an."

Di Renjie took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Then it's obvious now that Chengde's father must have something or information they want to know. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense why they didn't find someone else and specifically find him."

Cheng De gritted his teeth and said: "If their guess is correct, they must know the relationship between father and Duke Hao. And what they want may not be something, but news about Duke Hao."

"For example, military affairs!"

Ji Run also turned ugly. If this happened, he couldn't ignore it.According to his father's wishes, he should be careful not to cause any trouble during this period of time.

But now the father is involved, and it seems that the other party is constantly picking on their Ji family.If you don't respond, what will those people who are attached to Ji think?I’m afraid everyone will be in danger!
"Okay, let's talk about this later. You are injured, go to Zhuangzi to treat the wounds first!"

Then he said to Liu Laoer behind him: "Second uncle, please clean up the scene, and then send someone to tell Uncle Zheng what's going on here, so that Brother Huaiying doesn't suffer!"

Liu Laoer looked at the two people who were covered with wounds, especially glanced at Chengde, and said: "You go back first, and just leave the matters here to my second uncle."

Ji Run nodded and asked everyone to leave.

One day later, Chang'an.

Tai Chi Temple.

"Your Majesty, there has been new progress in the murder case of Xishi Ling Khatib."

In the morning, Zheng Qian, who was the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, stepped forward and said.Li Shimin, who was a little sleepy, suddenly became energetic and said with a dangerous look in his eyes: "Speak!"

"promise!"

Zheng Qian compiled his words and said: "The former Japanese minister rushed to the scene of the crime as soon as possible after learning about the incident. After learning that Khatib had a son who taught in the academy, he sent someone to summon him."

"but!"

Zheng Qian showed an angry expression and said: "But who would have thought that on the way back, he would be intercepted and killed by unknown forces. In the end, if he hadn't happened to meet Ji Run, the eldest son of Duke Xi, he would have been killed."

After speaking, he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Ji Run will send something later, and I would like to ask your Majesty to take a look at it!"

After saying that, he took out the pendant. Chen Shou did not dare to neglect it and quickly stepped forward to take it and send it to the emperor.

"The Great Cannibal, Koran!"

bang~
"How brave! You really bully me into having no one to call you in the Tang Dynasty!"

After seeing this pendant, Li Shimin recognized it at a glance.This is the symbol of Islamism founded by Muhammad, the founder of Dashi.

The book pattern among them is the Quran, the carrier of its teachings.

He never thought that this matter would be involved with Dashi again. First, he had planned for a long time to stir up trouble in the South China Sea, and then he took frequent actions in the Western Region.Now he has reached out to the Tang Dynasty, still under his nose.

What made him even more angry was that they dared to blatantly assassinate court officials, and even more dared to intercept and kill officials working in the Ministry of Justice.What's this?This is a criticism of him and Datang.

It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!

They are simply looking for death!

"Yuchi Gong!"

Yu Chigong, who was resting with his eyes closed below, suddenly opened his eyes.

"What orders does His Majesty have!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "Bring all your troops and horses together and surround the West City."

"promise!"

Yuchi Gong didn't ask why at all, because he knew that he couldn't refuse, and he didn't want to refuse!Ever since something like that happened to my son.He then understood that the old way of being kind to others and keeping things in check no longer worked.

Now people are pooping and peeing on his head. If he can still bear it, he is not the Yuchi Jingde who fought in the north and south and made the enemies frightened.

Seeing Yuchi Gong go out, Li Shimin said again: "Chang'an, Wannian Order! Zheng Qian, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment!"

"Chen is here!"

"Immediately blockade all the major cities and towns where Persian merchants live. Arrest them all, anyone who dares to resist."

Li Shimin said expressionlessly: "Kill!"

"I will obey your orders!"

After a few people left, you could hear needles dropping in the hall.Everyone knew that the emperor was furious at this time, and no one dared to get into trouble at this time.

But Fang Xuanling frowned and wanted to say something.But he was stopped by Du Ruhui beside him, who shook his head slightly to signal him not to speak.

"Your Majesty, this minister thinks it is impossible!"

While everyone was suffering, a clear voice came out.Everyone was stunned. Is there anyone so stubborn at this time that they don’t want to live anymore?Didn't you see that the emperor was furious?

He looked up, and when he saw the person clearly, he was relieved, it turned out to be him!

Li Shimin, who was furious, immediately became angry when he heard that someone dared to say something wrong.But after seeing who it was, he suppressed his anger and said sadly: "Then you can tell me, why not?"

"If you can't tell me something, I don't mind teaching you a lesson for your teacher."

But this man smiled slightly, bowed and said, "Thank you for your care, Your Majesty!"

Uh!
Li Shimin's face turned red, and his subordinates were trying not to laugh.

"Say!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said angrily.But when he made such a fuss, the anger just now was not as strong anymore.

The person who stood up was none other than Ji Qing, who was observing politics in the three provinces.In the past few years, he has been studying political experience in three provinces and has never been in the limelight.

For a while, everyone almost forgot about this young man who brought back high-yielding grain from Yinzhou.

Originally he didn't want to come forward, but when he heard that the emperor wanted to arrest all the food merchants and Persian merchants, he immediately became anxious.

You know, at this time, most of the foreign merchants in Chang'an were from these two countries. There was nothing we could do about it. Who made these two countries the main force on the Western Region trade routes since ancient times!
If all these people are really captured, the market in Chang'an will be in chaos.If Commander Dashi, who was confronting the teacher, knew about this, he would probably laugh out loud.

"Does Your Majesty know how many Persian merchants there are in Chang'an at this time?"

Li Shimin was stunned. He really didn't know this, but it must not be too much, right?So he looked at Xie Lian, the Minister of Household Affairs.

"Your Majesty, according to the latest Chang'an population survey, there are more than 300 Dashi Persians with Tang household registration. There are 420 people without household registration. Every year, more businessmen from the two countries pass by. According to no According to complete statistics, there are no less than ten thousand people."

"What? How is this possible? How come there are so many people?"

Li Shimin stood up from the dragon chair with a look of disbelief on his face.There are now less than 80 people in Chang'an, but one-eightyth of them are Dashi and Persian merchants.There are hundreds of people with Datang household registration.

Thinking of the imperial edict he had just given, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat.If something happens here, Chang'an will be in chaos!

"Hurry, catch up quickly, don't move rashly anywhere else except the West Market!"

"Slave, go here!"

Chen Shou also knew the seriousness of the matter and did not dare to delay at all, so he ran out crawling and rolling, not caring even if he fell.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!"

Li Shimin glared at Ji Qing and said angrily.

"I just remembered it!" Ji Qing looked innocent, as if he wanted to be wronged. Li Shimin was so angry that his teeth itched, and he even hated Ji Song. Like a teacher, there must be a disciple!
But now is not the time to argue, so he looked at Xie Lian and said, "Tell me everything you know. What is going on with these naturalized cannibals? Why don't I know anything about them? Also, how many people are there in Chang'an?" This country and the Persians account for more than one-eightyth of the population. This does not include the population of other countries, don’t you have any precautions?”

No wonder Li Shimin is angry. If the current situation continues, will Chang'an be the Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty or the Chang'an of those foreigners a hundred years from now?He couldn't help but shudder when he thought that half of Chang'an's population would be foreigners in the future.

If an enemy breaks through to Chang'an City, do we expect these people to defend Chang'an?I'm afraid it would be weird if the inside and outside cooperated immediately!
Xie Lian was also aggrieved. He only found out about this matter after the population survey not long ago!

"Replying to Your Majesty, although the Tang Dynasty is open to all rivers and does not restrict foreigners from settling in the Tang Dynasty, it does have extremely harsh conditions. Not only does it require that the children have half Han blood, but they also need to contribute to the Tang Dynasty."

"As far as I know, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there are very few people who can meet such conditions. Most of them are leftover from the former Sui Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty treated the vassal countries with great kindness. All merchants who offered heavy gifts also received In exchange for his rewards, settling in Chang'an is one of them."

"In fact, there are many people in Luoyang, but as the Tang Dynasty focused on Chang'an, they also slowly migrated to Chang'an. This is the result of the introduction of the policy of restricting residence in Guanzhong. Otherwise, the population ratio would probably be even higher. "

When Li Shimin heard this, he wanted to curse loudly. He didn't cheat people like this, but he didn't know who to curse?Scolding Yang Guang? But scolding a dead person, he couldn't afford to humiliate that person!

(End of this chapter)