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Chapter 869 02. Attention of the Court

Chang'an, Imperial Palace, inside the Imperial Study Room.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty sat on the dragon chair, looked at the courtier standing in front of him with a serious face, and asked in a low voice: "Fang Aiqing, how did you investigate the matter I asked you to investigate?"

The man standing in front of Tang Taizong was wearing a big purple official robe, his face was thin, and he was not young, but his voice was full of air, "If you go back to the emperor, the old minister found out that this businessman named Wang Bo was in my Tang Dynasty. Inside, there is no tea shop, tavern, or money house, and the Weichen has never found out his business in Datang."

"However, according to the investigation of the old minister, this businessman entered Chang'an not long ago. He first spent [-] yuan to buy a mansion in the West Market, and then he handed over to the exorcist. Whenever the exorcist comes to the door, he must have good food and wine. Days are wasted."

"When the exorcist leaves, the merchant will also give the exorcist gold and silver ranging from 100 taels to 500 taels."

"As of now, this businessman has spent hundreds of thousands of coins, and his wealth is really appalling."

When Tang Taizong heard this, his brows twitched involuntarily. His Tang Dynasty is now rich and powerful, and his annual tax revenue is only tens of millions.

And this businessman, who doesn't have much property, can take out hundreds of thousands of coins casually, and looks like he doesn't care about money at all.

It can be seen that this mysterious businessman must have amazing wealth.

Maybe rich as an enemy.

"Fang Aiqing, have you found out the origin of this businessman?" Tang Taizong asked.

Fang Xuanling said helplessly: "I beg your majesty to forgive me. The old minister has not found out the origin of this merchant, but the old minister suspects that the other party may not be from my Tang Dynasty."

Tang Taizong's face darkened. He knew Fang Xuanling very well. Although the other party used such vague words, he, the prime minister, was not the kind of person who shot arrows for no reason.

"I can't find out the origin of the other party in the Tang Dynasty. It seems that this person is like what Ai Qing said. He is probably not from my Datang. Then what is the purpose of him coming to my Datang to make friends with the exorcist?"

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "The old minister is not too clear about this."

Tang Taizong's face became more and more gloomy.

To be honest, he had mixed feelings about the exorcist, awe and anger at the same time.

Awe is because of the strength of the exorcist.

Although there are good and bad exorcists, there are many powerful ones among them.

However, the anger is also because of the strength of this group of people.

There is a saying that goes well, Confucianism breaks the law with literature, and chivalry breaks the ban with martial arts.

This group of powerful exorcists all have distinct personalities. Relying on their own abilities, they have no laws and no taboos. They kill and seize treasures. It is not uncommon for some cruel exorcists to sacrifice human blood to demons and do a lot of evil. Biased towards magic.

Sometimes, he wished he could kill all these exorcists.

But helplessly, his Datang is inseparable from these exorcists.

Demons are highly skilled. If you use ordinary soldiers to fight against them, you will be risking your life. An ordinary monster can easily kill hundreds of soldiers.

If it is a powerful monster, it can rival an army of tens of thousands.

His Tang Dynasty was strong, and he didn't dare to use tens of thousands of troops to kill a monster.

So at this time, what he needs is an exorcist.

Only an exorcist can stand against these man-eating monsters.

But the problem came back again. Some exorcists are powerful, rebellious, and lawless. Some exorcists with extreme forms can kill as much as demons.

This made his feelings about the exorcist very complicated.That is, you want the other party to disappear, but you need the other party to fight against the demon.

This sense of helplessness made him feel aggrieved like an emperor.

It's not like he didn't think about recruiting a group of exorcists before, letting them abide by the laws of Tang Dynasty and use them for himself.

But the problem is that most of the exorcists who came under his command are a group of ordinary guys, and the really high-powered exorcists don't follow the imperial court at all.

They act as they please, and they are unwilling to put a chain on their heads to lock up their freedom.

So so far, although the imperial court has established a magic town, its strength is not worth mentioning compared to the exorcists in the world. The court still has nothing to do with the exorcists.

However, after these years of research, the imperial court has gradually figured out the urine nature of the exorcist and mastered the method of getting along with the exorcist.

And this method is to let it go and take advantage of it.

The imperial court recognized the existence of the exorcist, and allowed the exorcist to fight for justice and kill demons.If the exorcist acts in the direction of the devil and does a lot of evil, the court will also offer a reward.

In this way, there will naturally be a group of exorcists to do justice for the sky.

Of course, Tang Taizong didn't know whether they were really doing justice for the heavens, but after this method came out, there were fewer scum among the exorcists.

At least the exorcist will not be as unscrupulous as before.

But today, there is a merchant with a mysterious origin. At the foot of Chang'an City, he spends money every day and makes friends with exorcists. Who is he and what does he want to do?
Tang Taizong had to wonder if there was any conspiracy in it.

It wasn't that he was too suspicious, it was mainly because the exorcist was too sensitive in the eyes of the court.

Especially among the exorcists befriended by this merchant, quite a few of them were burdened with more than one murder and despised the king's law, not once or twice.

Thinking of this, Tang Taizong suddenly made a decision, "Fang Aiqing."

"The old minister is here."

"I order you to investigate the identity and purpose of this mysterious merchant immediately. If necessary, I will allow you to mobilize all the forces of the Zhenma Division. Fang Aiqing must not disappoint my expectations of you."

Fang Xuanling said: "Old minister, follow orders!!!"

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At the same time, Chang'an West City, within the palace.

Wang Bo didn't know that his act of inviting the exorcists had already attracted the attention of the court. At this time, he was hosting a banquet for several exorcists who had just arrived.

These exorcists claimed to be Taoist priests who practiced in Kunlun Mountains. They had just been ordered by their teachers to go down the mountain to practice. As a result, they accidentally injured innocent people during the process of slaying demons.

In desperation, I had no choice but to spend most of my expenses on treating diseases and saving lives.

Only a small part of the money was left for daily expenses, and by the time he arrived in Chang'an, he was already penniless.

Just at this time, several Taoist priests heard that there was a benevolent man in Chang'an City who was anxious for justice and made friends with exorcists, so they brazenly came up to disturb him.

After Wang Bo heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and quickly invited a few Taoist priests in to host a banquet.

As for whether these Taoists are lying, Wang Bo thinks it is unlikely.

Because he discovered that these Taoist priests really have mana.

(End of this chapter)