The Western Regions is a very broad concept. It is a general term used by the Zhou Empire for the area west of Yangguan and Yumenguan outside the empire's territory.
There are both thirty-six Buddhist kingdoms and various city-states established by barbarians.
Of course, when Zhao Xun saw the eyes of the owner of the wine shop, he could clearly conclude that this barbarian was a Persian.
Blue eyes, tall nose, wavy brown hair, wheat-colored skin...
Of course, the reason why Zhao Xun used the term Persia is because there was no country called Persia in the Zhou Empire.
"Two distinguished guests, what would you like to drink?"
The foreign boss spoke fluent Chinese and had piercing eyes. He seemed to sense that the two men had unusual intentions.
Jia Xingwen took two steps closer and lowered his voice: "The bad guys are handling the case, so let's take a step to speak."
The foreign boss shuddered subconsciously, then squeezed out a professional smile, nodded slightly and said, "Please come this way."
This wine shop has two floors. The first floor is mainly a lobby for individual customers to drink. Of course, it is not convenient to ask questions.
Boss Hu took Jia Xingwen and Zhao Xun upstairs directly.
The space on the second floor is not as big as expected. The not-so-large space is divided into several elegant rooms by wooden boards.
After Boss Hu closed the door, Zhao Xun took the lead and asked straight to the point: "Name, age, where you are from, how long you have been in Chang'an. I'll ask, you answer, don't say any unnecessary words."
Although he had just joined the Bad Guys, he had read many novels and TV series about detectives in his previous life, and he still understood some basic detective theories of solving crimes.
Since they chose this barbarian wine shop as a breakthrough point, they must restore everything as much as possible, and the confession of the barbarian boss will be very crucial.
"My name is Bahram, I am thirty-five this year, and I come from Dayue Kingdom in the Western Region. It has been fifteen years since I followed the caravan to Chang'an in the second year of Xianlong."
Bahram seemed very cooperative and showed no resistance at all.
"On August 13th, a censor named He Yuanshan came to your wine shop to drink and stayed all night. Do you remember?"
"I remember, Mr. He is a regular customer of my family. He comes to the wine shop to drink whenever he has time. He takes good care of my business. But I haven't seen him for several days."
Bahram's eyes seemed to be shining with fire and bright, and he didn't seem to be lying at all.
"He Yushi is dead. He died at his home in Huaidefang late at night two days ago."
Zhao Xun repeated what he saw in the archives and stared at Bahram carefully.
Anyone who is familiar with criminal investigation knows that it is difficult to conceal a person’s micro-expressions.
Even a slight facial twitch could give away a criminal.
"What?"
Bahram looked extremely shocked, obviously unable to believe what he heard.
"How could this happen? You were fine a few days ago, how could you suddenly die?"
Zhao Xun found that there was nothing strange about Bahram's expression. He was in a state of shock after hearing that a regular customer had been murdered.
Even if Bahram was good at concealing and disguising his emotions, he would never be able to disguise them to this extent.
From then on, Zhao Xun could roughly judge that Bahram should not have lied and he should not be the murderer.
"Do you still remember why Yushi He came to the wine shop on the night of August 13th and drank all night? Who was he drinking with?"
Zhao Xun did not stop because of this, but continued to ask.
"That night, Mr. He seemed to be drinking with a few people from Dongyue Kingdom, and he also invited the girl from Miaoyin Tower to accompany him."
Bahram didn't hold anything back and told Zhao Lun everything that happened that night.
"People from East Vietnam..."
Zhao Xun searched quickly in his mind, and he knew that the Dongyue Kingdom was to the east of the Great Zhou Dynasty, close to the sea.
East Vietnam was only a small area, and it was far from being comparable to the Great Zhou in terms of territory and talent. The reason why Zhou Dynasty did not destroy Dongyue was because there was a martial sage named Wei Wuji in Dongyue.
This person is a swordsman from Dongyue. He has a unique sense of nature and a refined temperament since he was a child. He is especially obsessed with the way of swordsmanship.
Later, he was valued by Wu Lang, the first swordsman in East Vietnam, and was accepted as his disciple, and he taught him everything he had learned in his life.
Wei Wuji was gifted with extraordinary talent, and within ten years he was able to outperform others.
In the year of the Sixteenth Academy, Wei Wuji left Dongyue Kingdom and began to travel around the world. When he returned three years later, Wu Lang had passed away, and Wei Wuji naturally became the number one swordsman and practitioner in Dongyue.
The Emperor of Dongyue invited Wei Wuji as a guest, but Wei Wuji, who was arrogant by nature, asked the emperor to take off his boots.
The Emperor of Dongyue was furious and scolded Wei Wuji for a few words, but was beheaded by Wei Wuji with a sword.
Wei Wuji immediately walked away.
After that, he went to Qingdi City to challenge Han Lang, the number one in the world at that time, but was completely defeated.
From then on, Wei Wuji restrained his arrogant character and devoted himself to the practice of swordsmanship.
Five years later, Han Lang cursed the sky and died due to divine punishment. Wei Wuji went to Qingdi City to pay his respects, lamenting that the best in the world was dead, and he, the second best in the world, was invincible from then on.
Although there are countless practitioners in the Great Zhou Empire, there is really no one who can hold Wei Wuji down.
The mountain chief of Haoran Academy, Zheng Jie, the eunuch supervisor of the Internal Affairs Ministry, and Yuan Tiangang, the Taoist Celestial Master, may be capable of fighting Wei Wuji, but since they have never fought in actual combat, they naturally cannot do much.
Judging from the ranking of practitioners alone, Wei Wuji is indeed invincible today.
But apart from this master swordsman, Zhao Xun really didn't have much impression of Dongyue Kingdom.
Moreover, the relationship between the Great Zhou Empire and the East Yue Kingdom is very delicate. Although they are not mortal enemies, they are not allies either.
He Yuanshan, He Yushi and several Dongyue people drank happily and stayed up all night, which is really confusing.
Those Dongyue people are definitely hard to find now, but the girl from Miaoyin Tower might be worth questioning.
If they can remember some key information, it may be of great use in advancing the entire case.
"Brother Jia, I've finished asking. Let's go to Miaoyin Tower next."
Jia Xingwen, who had been silent all this time, almost choked to death on the spot, with a strange look on his face and said: "Miaoyin Tower is a place for hooks. What are we doing there?"
"Of course I'm going to investigate the case. This is an extremely important clue. You can also listen to some music to entertain yourself. Oh, Brother Jia, don't look at me like that. Entertainment is for better work. What if we How can you be productive if you are stretched like a bow string all the time? I promise you, I will never have any wrong thoughts."
Zhao Xun was sincere in what he said. He was jealous of the King of Wei and threw down Zui Xiaoxiang. Later, he borrowed a corpse to resurrect his soul and came back to life. He was accused of deceiving the emperor and joined the bad guys to perform meritorious service. If he openly went to Goulan Wase to have fun at this time, it would be really bad. The old man hanged himself because he was tired of living.
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