Building Street is a characteristic building of the Tang Dynasty. It is similar to today's overpass. It mainly appears in the East and West markets and some prosperous commercial districts.
The Tang Dynasty allowed two-story buildings facing the street. In order to maximize rental profits, the upstairs and downstairs were often rented to a shop each. The shops downstairs were easy to say, but what about the shops upstairs?
Tower Street was born in response to the need. A pedestrian bridge like the Wind and Rain Bridge was built, which was called Tower Street.
A small bridge will be built to connect the shops upstairs to Upper Street. Because there is a bridge roof above, it can be sheltered from wind and rain. It looks like a complex. After a few steps, there will be a small bridge connecting a shop.
But not every building street has a building street, and the length is generally about one or two hundred steps. In addition to the building streets in the East Market and West City, the most famous building street in Chang'an is Yishui Building Street in Yongle Square. It is the longest.
It is the largest and has the most connected stores. Of course, the environment is also the most complex.
At dusk, Zhang Ping accompanied Li Ye to Yishuilou Street in Yonglefang. The street is about one mile long and has a huge flow of people. People from several nearby streets have come here to hang out, shop, and eat. There are a lot of small shops.
They are all snack shops, which are cheap and good in quality, and are very popular among the lower class people.
The building street is made of very thick materials, and although it is older, it is still very strong. However, due to age, the entire building street looks very messy.
Although Li Ye has heard of the name for a long time, this is his first time coming to Yishuilou Street.
After walking around for a while, Li Ye suddenly felt that it would be ideal if the person next to him was not Zhang Ping, but Dugu Xinyue. All the snack bars here are Dugu Xinyue's favorites. If there is a chance, he could bring her here together.
Shopping is not bad.
Zhang Ping hesitated and said, "Brother, let me tell you something. I think it's a bit strange."
"whats the matter?"
"This afternoon, a businessman wanted to buy my martial arts gym, and he offered a very high price."
Li Ye smiled and said: "It's normal. Even the prince-in-law was assassinated. Naturally, other officials are in danger. Everyone wants to find warriors to protect them, so the martial arts school is the most beneficial."
"I understand this. What I'm saying is strange is that the other party actually doesn't want a martial artist. They only want the venue and the students. You know, the most important thing in a martial arts gym is the martial artist, unless..."
"Unless he has a martial artist himself!" Li Ye said lightly.
No matter how ignorant Zhang Ping was about politics, he understood that the businessman was just a front, and there was a powerful group behind it that wanted to acquire the martial arts gym.
"Brother, who could it be?"
"It should be an outside force. The Yang family has Qingshan Tower. They don't need it. It could be Ge Shuhan, An Sishun or An Lushan. But the Prince Consort case has only been going on for a few days. The first two people will not react so quickly. An Lu
Shan is most likely. He wants to build a team of warriors in Chang'an, and the martial arts school is the best cover."
"Then brother, do you want me to sell it?"
"If you don't sell, what other options do they have?"
"Of course, Mo Laoxian has five martial arts schools."
Li Ye smiled and said: "Just say that the proprietor is not in Chang'an and ask them to wait for a month. If you delay, there will probably be changes."
"I see!"
At this time, the two of them walked to a shop, and the shopkeeper ran out to greet Zhang Pingping enthusiastically, "Manager Zhang, my Xiaoliang is very grateful to you."
Zhang Ping smiled slightly and said, "You're welcome. I'll have a drink with Xiaoliang another day."
The shopkeeper nodded to Li Ye and went back.
Zhang Ping explained to Li Ye: "His son was originally a little gangster who made trouble all day long. Later he sent his son to my martial arts gym. After beating him a few times, he is now much more honest and started to help his father.
business, his father has always been very grateful to me."
"Do you know many shops in this street?"
"Many, at least seven or eight, they are basically the parents of martial arts students."
Li Ye nodded, "We can arrange some subordinates to hide in various shops. Zeng Hong is very cunning. We can only catch him by combining light and covert."
At noon the next day, Yishuilou Street was still crowded with people. It was like an Internet celebrity attraction in later generations. People from all over the city came to hang out and check in every day. Even at noon, every snack bar was full.
Three sword-carrying samurai wearing red and black samurai uniforms were roaming among the crowd. Li Ye wore a mask on his face and also wore a red and black samurai uniform. In fact, his tall and tall figure looked more like a samurai leader.
Carrying a leather bag that may contain gold, Zeng Honger will definitely come to him, not anyone else.,
But in several shops, more than a dozen subordinates were deployed. Some of them were dressed as waiters, and some were dressed as diners. Their eyes were fixed on the bustling crowd. In fact, the target was easy to spot. A man who looked like a nine-year-old child
Man, such a person is definitely eye-catching.
The time gradually reached noon, and the Tsing Yi scribe also appeared, but he stood very far away, controlling the stairs far away, while a dozen warriors were hidden around the flower bed.
Li Ye didn't know his existence, and the Qingyi scribe didn't know Li Ye's existence either. They were both looking for the same person.
It was past noon, and a warrior in black came to the flower bed with a cloth bag in hand. The flower bed was located in the middle of the building street. Below it was a large well. The flower bed was filled with flowers. There was a Maitreya Buddha in the south. This Maitreya statue was very beautiful.
Eye-catching, some businessmen often burn incense in front of the statue.
The warrior in black looked behind the Maitreya statue and unexpectedly found a bamboo basket behind it. The warrior in black opened the lid of the bamboo basket and took a look. Inside was a bloody human head. He quickly closed the lid. The people here
Too much and it can cause big trouble if someone sees it.
The man carefully placed the cloth bag where the bamboo basket had been placed, and carried the bamboo basket away. A dozen or so supervisors around him stared at the cloth bag, waiting for Zeng Honger to appear.
At this moment, several warriors in black suddenly discovered that the cloth bag had disappeared out of thin air. The warriors were shocked and rushed forward, only to find a big hole behind the Maitreya Buddha.
Maitreya Buddha is actually a kind of cloth statue, which is naturally hollow inside and is integrated with the bottom of the street.
The building is very thick, with large wooden supports at the bottom, a layer of wooden boards on top, and a mezzanine about two feet high in the middle.
Several warriors in black shouted together, "He is in the mezzanine of the wooden bridge!"
Dozens of black-clad warriors rushed out. They ran quickly, looked around, and pushed pedestrians away. There was chaos on the street.
Li Ye also saw the running men in black. He was startled, and suddenly thought of something, and immediately ordered one of his subordinates, "Quickly pass the order and arrest the two black warriors!"
At this time, there would be no one arresting Zeng Honger except the mastermind of the assassination. Zeng Honger must have made an appointment with them to exchange heads.
Li Ye looked around anxiously, looking for Zeng Honger's figure. At this time, he saw a middle-aged scribe in green clothes standing by the stairs, also looking at him doubtfully.
Suddenly, Li Ye heard a loud bang under his feet. When he lowered his head, he saw that the floor beside him had been smashed into a big hole. A thin black figure below handed a bamboo basket up and said in a hurry: "This
It’s the head you want, give me a thousand dollars!”
Li Ye knelt down and handed him the leather bag, "One hundred taels of gold!"
The moment a big hand stretched out to catch the leather bag, Li Ye also grabbed the opponent's wrist. The opponent had a plan to deal with it, so he pulled it back suddenly. This pull weighed at least two to three hundred kilograms. If it were any other
No one can hold his wrist.
But Zeng Honger happened to meet Li Ye, and Li Ye also guessed his move. His hands held the opponent's wrist like a pair of pliers. No matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.
Zeng Hong'er was horrified. This was a master he had never encountered before. He was heartbroken and drew his sword to cut off his wrist, but it was too late. Li Ye had already pulled him out of the floor.
The other hand grabbed his left hand and squeezed it hard. Zeng Hong's left hand was like a child's. He screamed and the dagger fell to the ground.
He suddenly shouted: "The scribe in Tsing Yi at the top of the stairs is the murderer you are looking for!"
Li Ye was startled. He looked up and saw that the scholar in Tsing Yi had disappeared.
He knocked Zeng Honger unconscious with a slap and threw him to his men. "Tie him up and gag him!"
He ran towards the stairs and downstairs. The scholar in Tsing Yi had disappeared. Li Ye was so angry that he grabbed the mask and accidentally discovered the real murderer, but he actually ran away.
At this time, the man in Tsing Yi was sitting in a moving carriage and happened to see Li Ye who had taken off his mask from the back window. He recognized Li Ye at a glance and was shocked in his eyes.