Chapter 93 Li's Caravan
There are fish in Beigu, fresh from Nanli. It is said that there is a cold stream in Beigukou. There is a fish in the middle of the stream called Hanyu. It is the size of a palm, without thorns, and steamed without any seasoning. It tastes very delicious. There is no one in Nanli. Li Ji passed by three years ago and was too hasty and had not tasted it, but this time he refused to let it go.
If you want to eat cold rice, there are only a few of the largest and most powerful restaurants available in Beigu. This thing itself comes from a stream, and it can produce as much output. Since the Meiming Yuanyang, the price has risen a lot. Even so, most local food shops are unable to manage this fish, they cannot afford it, and no one sells it...
Yuyang Tower is one of the few restaurants in Beigukou that are capable of accepting cold weather. Behind it is Beidaotang, a gang that dominated the world, which has the potential and has a great impact on the entire southwest economy. Even the government must give it a little bit of thin air.
Yuyang Tower is three floors high, facing the street, and has luxurious decoration; the first floor is the individual guest lobby, the second floor is the private room and the third floor is not enough to go up with money, and it requires the ability to take advantage of your identity and strength.
Li Ji asked for a private room on the second floor, 5 liang liang 2 taels of silver per person. The expensive price was nothing for a Taoist like him. He also ordered some special dishes. While drinking tea and waiting for dishes, a group of big figures with great status rushed into the restaurant under a large number of companions.
As soon as these people entered the restaurant, they started to chase people. Seeing the lobby cleared, "Is it a slap in the face?" Li Ji was a little excited. But the development of the story was not based on Li Ji's idea. On the third floor of the restaurant, a large number of servants and soldiers were arranged on the first floor. The big figures went up to the third floor, but no one came to take care of Li Ji's second floor, which disappointed Li Ji a little.
Because of disappointment, the observation was relatively careful. The organization of this group was very strange. One of them was an eunuch, one of whom was an old and one of whom was a young eunuch. At a glance, you could tell that he was an eunuch from the capital of Guancheng. There was also a general with a helmet and a armored general. He should be a military officer who accompanied him to protect the eunuchs, 3 or 4 civil servants in official uniforms, several scholars with high crowns and long gowns, and several strong men with a look of a man dressed in a bad manner but with a look of a martial arts face...
Mortals speak without knowing to stop them; for monks, a mere floor cannot stop hearing, let alone a monk who concentrates on practicing the six-minded art of knowledge like Li Ji. Li Ji was not a deliberate listener, but his ears were very powerful. Even the movements with him as the center could not escape his keen perception. With more than half of the wine and food, the group of people upstairs also knew about the rough origin of them.
There was nothing extraordinary. It was just that two eunuchs were ordered by the Nanli royal family to come to the southwest to work. They passed by Beigukou and ate and drank heavily. Li Ji didn't care, so he focused on eating and drinking. After a cup of tea, a large caravan passed the street, but heard the little eunuch on the third floor shocked...
"If you are shocked and deceitful, you can't be more steady?" the eunuch scolded.
"My son knew he was wrong..." the little eunuch whispered: "Godfather, look, isn't the caravan downstairs from the Li family in Shuangcheng?"
A voice beside him said with a slight interest: "This caravan is indeed the Li family caravan in Shuangcheng. I have been in Beigukou for more than ten years, and I have become familiar with the officials. I wonder why my father-in-law...?"
The old eunuch's slight voice, "Since Lord Zhao asked, our family is not afraid to tell you. This time we went out to Beijing for the Li family, the son of the head of the Li family, Li Meng, was originally the blood of the royal family of the previous generation, and the blood of the sinner Prince Feng, has been wandering outside and hidden in the Li family of the Shuangcheng. I thought the emperor's grace was so great that the emperor would not pursue it now, but I didn't expect that Li Meng had been brave enough to secretly attract some restless forces over the years, and wanted to restore his former glory... Hehe, our family was ordered to go to Shuangcheng to give him an explanation."
All the people here are all talented, and officials immediately reacted, "It's really hard for the father-in-law to serve the country and the people. Then Li Meng didn't know how to serve the country and acted in rebellion and rebellion. The real thing to be killed is that Li's family in the two cities. I'm afraid they can't get rid of it. It's the same clan that should be killed... The Li family has always colluded with bandits and evaded taxes. We have heard of it for a long time. Lord Qian, do you know all of these?"
Another official, Wen Xuan, knew his intentions and said, "I know, of course I know, the reason why I didn't move Li was just looking for sufficient evidence. Such a big rat is a big trouble for the country. I thought I would take action every day, but since I had bumped into it today, why not..."
These people were either father-in-laws who won the palace battle, officials who survived the strange officialdom, or heroes who came out of the cruelty of the world. They were all vicious and vicious people. When they heard that the Li family in the Shuangcheng had difficulty in destroying their families, they immediately became concerned about the caravan.
The Qingkong World is known as the Taoist sect and the royal family. In fact, it is the only one in the Taoist sect, but the royal family is a very embarrassing class. The Taoist sect is lazy to participate in the management of the world, and the royal family is more like an agent professional manager. Of course, for ordinary people, the imperial power is still supreme.
The Taoist sect did not have much constraints on the imperial power, one of which was to avoid endless internal struggles between power and profit within the royal family, so that all internal cleanups should be supervised by the Taoist sect to avoid being too bloody. This is a good policy. The reason why Li Ji survived when he was a baby was a saying by the national teacher at that time. Now this wave of people went to Shuangcheng to search the house and destroy the family, and it was necessary to carry out the supervision of the Taoist garrison in Shuangcheng. Of course, the property collected was even less likely to be disposed of at will. The Taoist sacrificial sect, and the prefect of Shuangcheng must also be deducted. In addition, those who must be handed over to the royal family will probably have to be in vain... Therefore, this Li caravan has become a piece of fat in their eyes.
Everyone showed a smile that understood. No one thought it was troublesome to this kind of financial path. The second in charge of Beidaotang even slapped his chest, "My lords, instead of searching the caravan and verifying taxes, it was so troublesome that they were afraid that those who had lost the fugitives would argue everywhere, it would be better for some children to be happy. As soon as it was gone, everyone would have a good time."
Beidaotang has always wanted to curry favor with noble people from Guancheng to facilitate the future opening of the business road to the capital. He was not trying to take a bite from this property. The Eunuch Wang, who led the team this time, heard that he had a very strong position in the palace and was a current old person who was a hidden house, so he wanted to make good efforts and earn a good reputation.
Chapter completed!