The assassin was brought back and an arrow shot him in the shoulder.
Chen Huagu, a famous doctor from Taiping, was called over. He just took one look and shook his head, "The internal organs are also injured."
Li Han looked at him and said, "This man is so determined. Doesn't he have good medical skills?"
In his opinion, it is impossible for places like Taiping to have any famous doctors.
The old thief said: "The number of stab wounds he deals with every year ranges from dozens to hundreds."
This is better than the famous doctors in Chang'an... Li Han: "..."
"Torture!" Yang Xuan no longer considered life or death.
Li Han was eager to try, "I'll do it."
The old thief coughed dryly and said, "This is the job of a villain."
"I've seen the Ministry of Punishment carry out executions." Li Han used to be a high-ranking nobleman, but now he wanted to experience the fireworks of the world.
The old thief glanced at Yang Xuan.
"Get it for him."
Li Han nodded politely to Yi Niang and Zhang Siniang, "There will be some big noise later."
He carried the assassin into the house, and the old thief walked to Cao Ying, "Why do I think he just wants to plot something!"
Yi Niang is not alone, and another stick cannot be seen through... Cao Ying glanced at Yi Niang, smiled, and said lightly: "He wants to take the initiative to integrate."
"Yiniang said that Prince Liang is an old dandy and Li Zhen is a beast. But a grandson wants to join the gang. She is afraid of fraud."
"Lang Jun and he saved each other on the grassland."
"The savior will also turn against you."
"Do you think I'm a fool? The important thing is that Prince Liang is willing to sit back and watch him die in Jibo for the sake of money. This man has no relatives. Only in Taiping can he feel that he is still alive. Do you understand?
"
The old thief wondered, "All my relatives are dead, so it's good to be alive."
Cao Yi: "..."
"Lang Jun treated him with sincerity, letting him practice in the army, letting him see and think about it. He even told him that he could go to the county school at any time. Now even the backyard is allowed to him freely. What is Lang Jun thinking?
You should know by now, right?"
"I know this." The old thief nodded, "I'm just wondering if it's worth it. Maybe you've seen through this guy?"
"This guy... I don't know how to see through it either."
"Oh! It's rare for you, Old Cao, to be humble."
"ah……"
Screams came from the room.
Damn it!
Wang Laoer's hair stood on end, "It's a ghost screaming."
Yi Niang was not frightened by the screams, but was frightened by Wang Laoer, so she reached out and slapped him.
"ah!"
I don't know what method Li Han used, but the assassin's screams seemed to come from the Nine Nether Hell, not like human voices.
The screams continued continuously.
"I said!"
Just as Cao Ying was about to go in, she heard Li Han's calm voice inside.
"I confessed so quickly because I was afraid it would be false and I had to wait."
"ah!"
Zhang Siniang folded her arms and rubbed the goose bumps on her arms.
Yi Niang was indifferent.
When she was in the palace, she had seen worse things. She arched her shoulders to Cao Ying next to her, "Do you think this person is a little twisted?"
Cao Ying thought for a while, "Twisted is not accurate, Lang Jun's perverted is more appropriate."
"I'll do it!"
The confession came out quickly.
"It's a tribe under Wasie. They originally made a lot of money from trade. But since the opening of the Taiping market, many merchants have moved here. Their business has been bleak and they can't make ends meet, so they want to assassinate Zitai. Taiping
Once there is chaos, if a new county magistrate is appointed, he will probably stay behind closed doors."
Li Han frowned, "The method is a bit simple."
There was someone outside. The old thief went to ask and came back and said, "Lang Jun, several merchants who came to trade today were killed less than three miles outside the city."
"Extremely rampant!" Cao Ying was also angry.
Li Han rubbed the blood scab on his hands and said, "This is a group. Kill Zitai and then kill a few businessmen. This is killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. Naturally, those businessmen will not dare to come again."
"Go and have a look."
Outside the city, Nongha was kneeling on the ground. Just now, the last friend took his last breath in front of him, and his tears couldn't stop flowing before he died.
A man bleeds but does not shed tears, but at the last moment of his life, he shed all his tears.
"Pitiful."
"Someone assassinated Yang Ming's house before, and now someone intercepted and killed the merchant. This means that I am not allowed to come to Taiping trade."
"Damn it, who is this person?"
"I won't dare to come here again."
"Yes! Although you can make less money by trading elsewhere, there is no risk. If you come to Taiping to trade, you will accidentally trade your life."
"Yang Ming's Mansion is out."
Yang Xuan led the people out.
The accompanying sergeants stared at the people around them with vigilance, especially the old thief and Wang Laoer.
"Yang Ming Mansion!"
Nong Ha knelt down and choked up: "According to our rules, if my brother is killed, I must find the murderer to avenge him. Otherwise, I will have no shame in going back to see their wives and children."
"This is a provocation to Taiping, Chenzhou, Northern Xinjiang and Datang!"
Yang Xuan determined the matter as soon as he opened his mouth.
"It's a crazy provocation to the peace-loving people on the grassland!"
The businessmen were refreshed.
"The murderer has been found. The purpose of the attack is to threaten the merchants who come to Taiping for trade. The tribe behind it has sinister intentions!"
The merchants looked sad, obviously a little bit sad.
"They went to the city to trade, they paid taxes according to the Taiping rules, they honestly earned money for the family, their hands were innocent, but now they lie here silently."
"When they paid taxes, they had already signed a contract with Taiping. If they die because of trading with Taiping, who will avenge them!?"
Yang Xuan drew his sword.
"Peace!"
Amidst countless sounds of drawing swords, the merchants lowered their heads.
Businessmen in this era have a reputation similar to thieves. They can always use various methods to steal money from people's pockets.
In the Tang Dynasty, the status of merchants was not high... it used to be even lower.
In the grasslands, merchants are just a communication tool.
So they can't count on anyone to make the decision for them.
"Paying taxes means signing a protection contract. If so, I have signed countless contracts in my life, but I will still be robbed."
"Let's take a look."
"Yes, take a look."
All the businessmen were looking at Yang Xuan, and immediately spread the news of today's events to all the places they passed.
Someone was killed because of trading with Taiping, and the Taiping people said they would avenge them.
When the news came out, it was all laughter.
Businessmen die when they die. As long as they have enough profits, they will still take endless risks to come to Taiping.
In everyone's eyes, Yang Xuan's words were a comfort.
Including that tribe.
The leader of the tribe, Zuhan, was a tall man, holding the leg of lamb and biting it hard. His hair was dancing, and he looked like a lion.
Tiger Foot Han, this was his bandit name in the Waxie tribe.
"leader."
Tu Duo, Zuhan's most loyal subordinate, entered the tent.
"how?"
Tu Duo said: "We have killed several businessmen, but Yang Xuan is very powerful and there are people around him who blocked the arrows."
Zuhan put the mutton leg down, rubbed his hands, and the meat scraps fell on the ground. A dog squatting next to him glanced at him, Zuhan nodded, and the dog came to lick it.
After eating, the big dog lay down at Zuhan's feet.
Zuhan put one foot on the big dog's head and said casually: "How about Taiping?"
"Yang Xuan said in public that he would avenge those businessmen."
Zuhan was startled for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The guard outside looked worriedly inside and thought the laughter was too crazy.
After a long time, Zuhan stopped and gasped: "Don't worry about this. Those businessmen will restrain themselves from now on, and we will still do business."
Tu Duo said worriedly: "Chief, killing can't stop the money-hungry adventurers. Those merchants will probably wait and see for a while. As long as the goods in Taiping are cheap and plentiful, they will definitely continue to go."
"Then continue killing."
Zuhan picked up the leg of lamb and smiled sinisterly, "If you kill them, they will naturally come back."
"I'm just afraid that peace will send troops."
"Do you think Yang Xuan's words will be taken seriously?"
"..."
Zuhan tore into a piece of mutton and said vaguely: "He was assassinated without any thought of revenge, and he didn't shout at the top of his lungs that he wanted to kill people. But he was furious because of a few unrelated businessmen and vowed to send troops to take revenge... He
It's not gods. Gods don't care about themselves and only care about mortals."
…
The cavalry has been assembled.
As soon as the businessmen left, Yang Xuan's response came.
King Wei naturally wanted to follow him and kill him. He rode his horse with Li Han and asked, "Is it worth it for a few businessmen?"
"How do you know he is not doing it for you?" Li Han asked.
King Wei said: "If it were to avenge himself, Yang Xuan would let someone else lead the raid instead of going himself."
"What's the meaning?"
"He goes by himself. This is a business matter. I didn't like him before, but after thinking about it for a while, he can still distinguish between public and private matters."
"Meet the master."
Wu Da came with more than a hundred guards. He dismounted and walked over. After saluting, he kissed the upper of Yang Xuan's shoes devoutly.
"Let's go."
The five hundred riders set off just like that.
Three businessmen were returning home when they heard the sound of horse hooves behind them and looked back.
"It's the Taiping Cavalry!"
"Where are they going?"
The cavalry rushed past them with a bang, but Qiu made no mistake.
A businessman ventured and shouted: "May I ask where the army is going?"
A cavalryman on horseback looked back, "Revenge!"
The businessman was stunned. After the cavalry had gone away, he patted his head and said, "Are you really going to take revenge?"
"Maybe it's just a show, just for us to see."
The three businessmen lamented for a long time, until the sun went down, and then they found a place to camp.
Yang Xuan is also setting up camp.
Li Han followed the soldiers to set up a tent, covered in sweat but still enjoying it.
Yang Xuan and King Wei squatted together, watching the sunset.
"The sunset is so beautiful. I wonder if the sunset seen in Chang'an also looks like this."
It was rare for King Wei to be so emotional.
"It's so burnt that the sunset looks like a biscuit!"
Wang Laoer watched the sunset from behind, rubbed his belly, and went to look for the old thief to eat.
A prince was sad about spring and autumn, and a fool was happily thinking about delicious food, but Yang Xuan felt that it was particularly harmonious.
"Aren't you worried about offending the Waxie tribe?" King Wei's sentimentality was defeated by Wang Laoer, and he changed the topic to a more realistic topic.
"I was worried before, but after returning from Tanzhou, these worries disappeared."
"Why? I feel that Taiping is still no match for the Vashe tribe."
"That's almost it."
"It won't help if there are more than a hundred warriors calling you master."
"Isn't there a king here?"
"..."
King Wei thought for a long time, "You are so thick-skinned!"
King Wei is here, and if there is a turmoil in peace, he will naturally find a way to get some troops to protect himself.
No matter how cold-blooded the emperor was, the local government would not dare to let the prince die under his eyes.
Yang Xuan looked at him, "You think too much."
"What's the meaning?"
"The alien races on the grassland are loose. Today they are under the command of the Waxie tribe, but tomorrow they may join others."
King Wei was startled.
Someone sat down behind him, and Li Han's voice came, "Zitai wants to show his kindness today."
Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Someone wanted to buy a Chollima in the past, but the place of origin of the Chollima was too far away, and the merchants were worried that no one would be able to trade it. The man asked the people below to bring a horse bone to see him, saying it was the leg of a Chollima.
The man paid a thousand gold to buy the bones... and then the merchants sold the Chollima."
"The deaths of those businessmen are your horse bones." King Wei felt a little uncomfortable.
Li Han sat up and gave Yang Xuan a look.
King Wei was shocked.
The eldest nephew wanted to make a counterattack, remove the prince from power, enter the East Palace himself, and then ascend the throne as emperor.
But his methods are still a lot worse and a little rough.
Yang Xuan consoled him: "Among the county magistrates in the world, I say I am second, but no one dares to say I am first."
"Your method of comforting people also has an aura of shamelessness." King Wei stood up, "I am not that fragile."
Li Han said: "Do you want to recruit foreigners as your subordinates to fight against the Waxie tribe?"
"No?"
"It's OK, it's just that those people are hard to control."
"There will always be a way."
"This is called using barbarians to control barbarians!" Suzaku said proudly.
On the third day, a tribe appeared ahead.
"This is it." The shepherd leading the way shrank back.
"The money will be given to you after verification later." The old thief threatened: "If you lie, I will drag you to death with a war horse!"
"I don't dare, a villain," the shepherd said in panic.
Yang Xuan looked at the situation and said, "The tribe is not big, about seven to eight hundred people, spread out."
"I will lead an army alone." King Wei pressed the handle of the giant sword and stared at Yang Xuan.
If you don't give it, take action.
"Your Majesty, please lead a hundred people and go to the left."
"The old thief leads a hundred people and goes to the right."
"Take orders!"
"Hold him from behind..." Yang Xuan looked at everyone.
Nan He didn't come, but Zhao Youcai came.
Li Han said calmly: "Who else would it be than me?"
Zhao Youcai grimaced and wanted to fight, but this was a member of the clan.
"Jianming goes, Zhao Youcai will follow."
Jianming is Li Han's character.
Yang Xuan took more than a hundred guards and dozens of Taiping cavalry to prepare for a frontal assault.
Li Han and Zhao Youcai led their troops to circle behind the small tribe.
It's morning now, the sun is shining brightly, and the weather is incredible.
After guessing that Li Han was in place, Yang Xuan waited for a while.
"Attack!"
He drew his sword and pointed it forward.
"For the master!"
Uda beside him shouted enthusiastically.
More than a hundred people shouted in unison, "For the master!"
Yang Xuan: "..."
At this moment, Zuhan was in a daze of boredom in his tent.
When he heard the shouts, Tu Duo also rushed in.
"Chief, there's a surprise attack!"
"Mount your horse and prepare to fight!"
"Assemble, everyone assemble!"
Just as Zuhan was preparing to attack with his hastily assembled more than 500 cavalry, Yang Xuan arrived.
A tribe of seven to eight hundred people can pull out more than five hundred cavalry, which means that the whole people is an army.
"Who is it?"
Looking at the overwhelming guards in front of him, Zuhan asked in a hissing voice.
These guards could shoot arrows while on horseback, and the waves of arrows caused heavy casualties to the warriors of this small tribe.
Zuhan led his men to continuously charge and kill, and finally got trapped in a small circle.
Yang Xuan was surrounded and stepped forward.
"Who are you?" Zuhan asked breathlessly.
"Raise my banner." Yang Xuan wanted to imitate the characters in the scroll by snapping his fingers, so he gave it a try.
Snap!
good!
Crisp!
Behind him, Wang Laoer raised a big flag with a spear.
The flag flutters in the wind.
"It's Yang Ziqi!"
An old man in the tribe shouted in despair: "It's Yang Dog who's coming!"
This time Li Han was considered a serious battlefield murderer, and a lot of blood was sprayed on his body. He rode over and asked: "How to deal with them?"
Yang Xuan said:
"Anyone who dares to hold a weapon will be killed."
The sound of horse hooves immediately drowned out the people in the encirclement.