Liren City in the capital, also known as the Western Market in the Tang Dynasty, occupies an area of two square squares and is surrounded by inner city walls. There are many shops in the city with a dazzling array of goods. The trade is extremely prosperous. There are also Hu merchants' treasure shops and Persian mansions.
In the most prosperous market in the capital, and even in the entire Sui Dynasty, various shops were grouped together according to major categories, called "walks", such as rice shop, silk shop, cloth shop, mule and horse shop, etc.
The horse shop is in the northwest corner, close to the release pond. There are thirty or forty large horse shops. Most of the time they only sell driving horses. It is difficult to find good war horses. Generally, war horses are monopolized by the army, or they are sold halfway to the capital.
Sold out, martial arts flourished in the Sui Dynasty. Many martial arts practitioners hoped to have a good horse, but there were not many opportunities to get a good horse. Often when a good horse appeared, it would attract dozens of people to compete for it.
At this time, the horse shop was boiling. More than 150 fine war horses suddenly appeared on the street, causing a sensation in all the shops. They heard that they were selling horses, and every shop rushed out, scrambling to grab these war horses. They all
Experts, at first glance, these war horses are high-quality Turkic horses from the grassland. If they were not related to the grassland, the Turks would not sell them at all.
This made Combas and others surprised and delighted. The price had already increased five times, far exceeding their expectation of three times. Uncle Su Wu had experience. He immediately stopped everyone, "All these horses must be sold.
There are five horses in a group, and whoever offers the highest price will be sold to whomever!”
This was a good idea, and Fat Fish immediately shouted excitedly: "No one is for sale now, everyone will buy according to the price."
"I bought all these horses!"
Someone shouted, and the street suddenly became quiet. I saw a group of people walking in front, about fifty or sixty people, all wearing black servant uniforms. The leader was a man in brocade robes, wearing a gold crown on his head, with a tall figure.
He has a fleshy face and cold eyes that make people feel fearful. He is riding on a horse and holding a wolf fang in his hand.
Everyone was obviously a little afraid of this group of people and retreated one after another, not daring to compete for horses. Su Wushu knew this group of people, and he secretly complained in his heart that there had always been four tyrants in the capital, and the first tyrant Liu Jushi was killed seven years ago.
, there are still three tyrants left.
The three hegemons in the capital are all the children of powerful people in the imperial court, and are even members of the royal family. For example, the first hegemon in the capital is the second son of Prince Yang Guang, King of Yuzhang Yang Jian. He bullies men and women, preys on the common people, and does all kinds of evil. He is hated by the people of the capital to the extreme.
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The second tyrant was Yu Wenji. He relied on the power of his father Yu Wenshu to extort money, extort money, and gain notoriety.
The group of people in front of them are the third hegemon among the three hegemons in the capital, He Ruo Sanhu, also known as He Ruobi's three sons. This man in brocade robes is the second son He Ruojin.
It turns out that the three tigers of the He Ruo family are also powerful bullies who cannot be messed with, and even once killed people in the street. However, since the prince Yang Yong was deposed four years ago, He Ruobi was implicated for standing on the wrong team and supporting the prince Yang Yong. Although he was not convicted, he has been accused.
Marginalized, He Ruobi has kept a relatively low profile in the past two years.
And He Ruo Sanhu no longer had the arrogance of the past, but the remaining power was still there, and they were still very strong. He did not allow others to compete with them for what he was interested in. At this time, they took a fancy to these horses.
He Ruojin and his servants came to the horse market to buy horses for the villagers to patrol. However, most of the horses in the horse market were free horses, which disappointed him. Just when he was about to leave, a group of horses suddenly appeared on the street.
, he could tell from a distance that these horses were extraordinary, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He Ruojin had strong martial arts skills and an eye for war horses. He dismounted and walked up to pat the horses. Each one had strong limbs, smooth fur, and smooth fur. They were all good war horses. He secretly admired them in his heart.
So many good horses came and he decided to win them all.
"Which of you is the owner of the horse?" He glanced at Combas, Fat Fish and others.
Fat Fish hated his arrogant attitude and ignored him. Compas was a more honest man and quickly stepped forward and said, "These horses are sold by us."
He Ruojin took a look at him and saw that he was wearing the uniform of the Frontier Army and that he was a Sogdian. He despised him a little and said coldly: "I have bought all these horses. Please set a price!"
Fat Fish said bitterly: "We won't sell these horses!"
Kangbas quickly stopped him. He was a little older and had seen the world in business before. He saw that all the shopkeepers in Zhongmadian were obviously afraid of this person. Uncle Su Wu didn't even dare to say a word. He knew that this person was not easy to mess with. He didn't want to
When he was causing trouble, he said, "These horses cost two hundred dollars apiece."
Their capital was sixty yuan a horse, but the Turks sold it to them at the price of a slave horse because of Yang Yuanqing's face. Without Yang Yuanqing's face, the Turks would not have sold it at all.
It requires hiring people and consuming fodder, and the price is definitely not high at two hundred per horse. Combas didn't want to cause trouble, so he decided to sell it at three times the price as originally planned.
He Ruojin's face sank, "How can there be such an expensive horse? Each one costs fifty, so I bought them all."
The 20-year-old horses in the horse shop are all more than fifty piggies, not to mention that they are high-quality war horses. The prices sold to customers in the horse shop are five hundred pigeons each, or fifty pigeons. This is obviously robbery.
Combas's face changed drastically, and he immediately shook his head, "Two hundred condoms, I won't sell them for a penny less."
"Yeah?"
He Ruojin's eyes narrowed, "A few beggar border soldiers actually dare to run wild in the capital, how crazy! How damn crazy."
He suddenly shouted sharply: "You must be selling the army's horses privately, and I want to take you to see the officials!"
He turned around and shouted: "Catch them all."
Yuchi Wan and Fat Fish were furious. They pulled out their knives at the same time and glared at everyone. Yuchi Wan gritted his teeth and said, "Whoever dares to come up, I will kill him!"
He Ruojin had a total of more than sixty men, all of whom were masters of martial arts. How could he take these three people seriously? He ordered, "Get them for me. If they resist, they will be killed without mercy. I will bear all the responsibility!"
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Combas saw that the situation was not good. There were only three of them and they couldn't defeat this group of people at all. He pushed them away and said, "You go find the general. I will deal with it here."
Uncle Su Wu knew that these bullies were using an excuse to arrest people and bring them to court. If they were taken into He Ruo Mansion, they would die without knowing why. He also said anxiously: "Don't be stupid and run with me!"
At this time, He Ruojin rushed up and punched Combas hard. Combas was caught off guard and knocked to the ground. He Ruojin stepped on Combas' neck with his foot. He waved his wolf fang and said, "These people are Turks."
Fine, catch me!"
Yuchi Wan and Fat Fish's eyes were red, and Kang Bas shouted on the ground: "Run quickly, if you don't leave, we are all dead."
Fat Fish gritted his teeth and said, "Yuchi, let's go!"
They galloped away, and from afar they heard Fat Fish shouting: "You bastards, you will cry when our general comes!"
He Ruojin was extremely proud and laughed. These good horses all belonged to him, but he wanted to torture them about who their general was. He waved his hand and said, "Take all the people and horses back to the house."
The servants tied up Combas, put him on the horse's back, pulled the reins of the horse, and left. The people in the surrounding stables sighed secretly. They happened to meet He Ruo Sanhu, and they were very unlucky.
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Yang Yuanqing had been invited into the room by his uncle Yang Xuanting. Yang Xuanting was the son of Yang Su's brother Yang Yue and had been in charge of the Yang family. He saw that Yang Yuanqing had not seen him for five years and he was so tall and strong. He was amazed that he looked like the head of the family Yang Su.
As he said, the Yang family has gained another pillar of talent.
Yang Yuanqing, however, had no intention of exchanging pleasantries with him, so he went straight to the point and asked: "Uncle Six, please tell me why my house was burned down and where are my aunt and sister?"
Yang Xuanting knew that he would ask about this matter, and he felt very guilty about it. Yang Xuanting sighed and said: "Speaking of which, I am also responsible. I discovered it too late. There was a fire at night. I led people to the scene, but the fire had already destroyed it.
The house was swallowed up, Yuan Qing, do you still remember what happened to your grandmother?"
Yang Yuanqing understood that he was talking about He Ruoyunniang's incident, and he was startled. Could it be related to that incident?
"I still remember that incident very clearly. Does the burning of the house have anything to do with it?"
Yang Xuanting nodded, "It is directly related to that matter."
There was resentment in his eyes, "I thought this matter was over, but I didn't expect that He Ruoyunniang had always held a grudge in her heart. In the second year after you left home to join the army, the head of the family followed the prince and led the army to the north, and He Ruoyunniang
Use this opportunity to let the He Ruo family take action, force your aunt and sister away, and burn down the house. After I got the news, I went around looking for them, but they were nowhere to be found. I also sent people to the Shen family in Jiangnan, but they were nowhere to be found.
Find them."
"Bang!" Yang Yuanqing hit the table with a punch. The tea cup on the table jumped up and broke to the ground. Auntie and Niuniu both knew martial arts. It was not as simple as forcing them away. They must have used force. They did it at night.
Didn't it hurt them?
Yang Xuanting quickly persuaded him, "Yuan Qing, you have to calm down, now is not the time to be impulsive."
Yang Yuanqing restrained his raging anger and asked coldly: "Is Madam He Ruoyun here? I'll go ask her for someone."
Yang Xuanting smiled bitterly, "Ms. He Ruoyun died of illness last year, so it's a retaliation."
"The matter is not over yet. I'm going to find someone from the He Ruo family!" Yang Yuanqing's eyes showed a cold look.
Yang Xuanting was very anxious, "Yuan Qing, don't be anxious about this matter right now. Wait until your grandfather comes back and let him make up his mind. After all, this is the He Ruo family. You will cause trouble for your grandfather."
Yang Yuanqing sneered, "For so many years, my grandfather has been hiding it from me, or he doesn't care about the life and death of the two of them at all. He is the right servant of the minister. If he has the intention, he can't find anyone.
? Uncle Six, one is my adoptive mother and the other is my sister. I know how to resolve this matter. I will not be reckless, but I will never swallow my anger."
"But...."
Yang Xuanting sighed, "But the He Ruo family is not easy to mess with. The three tigers of He Ruo are famously tough in the capital. You will suffer a big loss."
Yang Yuanqing put a heavy cloth bag on the table with a "Boom!" and strode out. Yang Xuanting was stunned, "Yuanqing, what is this?"
Yang Yuanqing's voice came from afar, "That's the head of the Western Turks Datou Khan. I hunted it from an army of 20,000 people. Can they?"