"This person claims to be a descendant of the Shu Kingdom. They are related to Yu Yuan. Through the connection between the Shu royal family and Yu Yuan, they were protected and protected by Yu Yuan. They hid in the Shu Mountains and robbed on the mountain roads. Merchants make a living, this time it’s for Widow Qing’s caravan,” Mo Ya said.
"Send someone to bring these corpses, especially those guarded by Yu Yuan." Ziyou said calmly.
"No!" The soldiers began to collect the corpses.
After the woman in the carriage heard the sound of fighting all around, she got out of the carriage. The steward on the side stepped forward and roughly described what had just happened to the woman. He looked at the people who were collecting the corpses and those who were shot by crossbow arrows. Bandit, there was a little surprise in the woman's calm eyes, and she came to Ziyou's side with the help of the maid.
"The Baqing Caravan would like to thank you for your help." The woman said to Ziyou with her hands in hand.
"You're welcome, Mrs. Ba Qing is welcome." Ziyou returned the courtesy.
Hearing Ziyou call out his name, a flash of surprise flashed in Widow Qing's eyes, and then she smiled and said to Ziyou
"As expected, Your Excellency, I came from Xianyang and saw through my identity at a glance."
Ziyou looked at Widow Qing and thought that it was not unreasonable for her to become the richest woman in the Seven Kingdoms. Simply speaking, her eyesight was not comparable to that of ordinary people. Widow Qingzai saw the crossbow arrows on the ground and determined that Ziyou was not an ordinary person. Apart from the royal princes, the only people who traveled with crossbows were those authorized by Yingzheng. And such people all held important responsibilities, or With the secret, Widow Qing learned from the mouth of the prefect of Shu County that Ying Zheng sent someone to reward her, and combined with the crossbows here, she guessed that Zi You was the special envoy from Xianyang.
"Madam, do your caravans always take this route when entering Shu?" Ziyou asked.
Widow Qing was slightly startled, not knowing how Ziyou asked her, but she still said truthfully
"No, caravans generally take the shortest route. This time I took this route because I wanted to visit an old friend. It's half a day longer than the trade route to Chengdu."
"Has Madam offended anyone recently? Or are there any important items carried in the caravan?" Ziyou continued to ask. Widow Qing also said that she took this road because she was visiting her old friend. If these bandits were just ordinary people, The merchants on the way to robbery should be intercepted on the commercial road, not on this farther road, so there must be something evil here.
"Although the competition between merchants is not weaker than fighting on the battlefield, I think that peace is the most important thing in my life. I have a good reputation among my colleagues and I don't have any enemies. As for the goods in the caravan, they are all ordinary goods, Ling Luo silk and satin are just specialties from other regions. I don’t know why you ask this?” Widow Qing frowned slightly, and she already had some clues in her heart.
"My subordinates interrogated the leader of the other party. The other party is a caravan specifically here to rob my wife. If they hadn't offended someone or brought enough valuable items, they probably wouldn't have done anything special." Ziyou said.
Widow Qing temporarily changed the route to Shu, taking a route that ordinary caravans would not take, and the other party was able to accurately target it. No one tipped off Ziyou and did not believe it, but he was an outsider, so Widow Qing was not suspicious. It is inevitable that one of you will be suspicious, so if you don't tell the truth clearly, just remind the other party. Moreover, this is the widow's family affair, and it is not convenient for him to interfere.
"Thank you for informing me, sir. Ba Qing will have someone investigate this matter." Widow Qing said with a salute. She naturally understood Ziyou's words, and her frown became more serious.
"In this case, in order to prevent the other party from having a back-up plan, Madam, let's go on the road with us. There is only half a day's journey left." Ziyou said, Widow Qing is also one of the sponsors of the cause of Qin's unification of the world, protecting the safety of others. It should be.
"Thank you so much, sir." Widow Qing bowed and thanked her.
These corpses have been restrained. Except for the intact corpses of the Yu Yuan guards, the rest of them had their heads cut off and their heads were tied up with ropes by the guards. This is a traditional skill of the Qin army. Yes, the head and left ear are proof of merit.
After Ziyou returned to the carriage, the two teams merged into one and continued towards Chengdu. Concubine Yan looked at Ziyou and asked curiously
"How did you know she was Widow Qing?"
"When the bandits were besieging them just now, these guards immediately gathered around the carriage to protect the carriage instead of the priceless goods. This shows that the people in the carriage are more important than the goods. During lunch before, I observed how the people in the caravan treated the carriage. His eyes were mostly respectful, and he remained calm and composed after meeting the robbers.
Widow Qing is from Ba, but because she does not get along well with her husband's tribe, there are two headquarters of Ba Qing's caravan. Widow Qing herself is in Ba County, and the main caravans are in Shu County. The prefect reported that when the day for the caravan alliance in Shu County came, Widow Qing would also come, so this time the reward was specially chosen in Shu County, not Ba County, so I guessed that she was Widow Qing. " Ziyou said.
"I see, can you guess the people behind these robbers?" Yan Lingji asked curiously.
She has also come into contact with the descendants of the Shu royal family. After the Shu royal family moved eastward to Baiyue, because the culture of Shu also has the shadow of the great shaman culture, and because of Yu Yuan's protection, the Shu royal family took root and developed in Baiyue. With wealth and system The advantage in the tribe quickly developed into a larger tribe. When she first helped Tianze handle internal affairs, she went to the tribe where the Shu royal family was located.
"Widow Qing doesn't have a good relationship with the Ba clan. It's very likely that she's from within the Ba clan or from other chambers of commerce." Ziyou shrugged.
There are too many people with motives for buying murderers, especially the Ba clan. When the widow Qing's husband died, the widow Qing had no children, so the property should be handled by the Ba clan, but the widow Qing relied on strong methods to suppress everyone, inherited her husband's property, and created a large business in Nuo. How could some greedy people not be tempted by such wealth?
"This is someone else's family matter. It's not convenient for us to interfere, and we have more important things to do." Ziyou continued.
"What's more important?" Yan Lingji and Yan Fei asked.
"Suppress the bandits!" Ziyou said, Shu County is an important granary of the Qin State, and the leaders of these bandits are the descendants of the original Shu royal family. These people will inevitably not do anything to the marching food, and the merchants who robbed and blocked the road will also be affected. In the State of Qin, Li Si and Han Fei were revising the tax system, the most important of which was commercial tax. The taxes paid by the common people were limited, but it was different for merchants. They had unlimited possibilities.
"You must be plotting something." Concubine Yan said, Ziyou is not the kind of person who can't afford to be early without profit. Ziyou must want to do other things by suppressing bandits.
"Do you want to be the master of Qingtian again?" Yan Lingji asked.
"Of course, when I come, Shu County will be at peace." Ziyou said.
The half-day journey was quickly completed, and they did not encounter any roadblocks and robberies on the way. When they were approaching Chengdu City, Ziyou and Widow Qing's caravan separated. The two went in different directions. Shu County The prefect is still waiting to greet Ziyou, but Widow Qing and the others need to go to the merchant house to drop off the goods first, and the soldiers need to put on their armor and raise the flag again.
At this time, outside the city of Chengdu, Qu Yi, the governor of Shu County, led the Chengdu officials and local dignitaries and was waiting for Ziyou's team. Qu Yi stood in front of the team and silently looked at the road ahead, although on the surface Qu Yi was as steady as an old dog. , but I was a little panicked inside.
After receiving the edict, Qu Yi didn't feel much at first. It was a very simple matter to send a special envoy to reward the widow Qing. But after hearing that the special envoy was Ziyou, Qu Yi couldn't sit still. Although Shu County was far away, But he knew Ziyou's reputation and how powerful Ziyou was. This kind of thing made Wang Shi come in person. Qu Yi couldn't help but wonder whether Ying Zheng felt that he had done something bad, so he sent him Ziyou came and beat him.
So early this morning Qu Yi led Chengdu officials and powerful people to wait for Ziyou here, just to leave a good impression on Ziyou.
"Master Taishou, when will Master Wang arrive?" a middle-aged man behind Qu Yi asked in a low voice.
Qu Yi glanced at the inquiring head of the Chen family, Chen Shu, and said in a low voice
"According to the distance calculation, we should be there soon."
Sima Su, the head of the Sima family and Sima Chang's father, raised his eyelids slightly when he heard these words, while Li Ye, the head of the Li family, looked like it had nothing to do with him.
The prestige of the Li family in Shu is extremely high, even if the Sima family is slightly inferior compared to the Li family. When Li Bing controlled the water and built Dujiangyan, Shu County was freed from floods, laying the foundation for Shu County to become a land of abundance, and his second The uncle, Li Erlang, was mythologically transformed into a god by the people of Shu County. Now there are ancestral halls of Li Bing and Li Erlang all over Shu County.
The Li family's prestige in Shu County is unparalleled, so they have no opinions or ideas about Shu County affairs. Their prestige in the hearts of the people in Shu County is enough to keep the Li family from falling for a long time.
Soon Ziyou and his party appeared in the eyes of everyone who had been waiting for a long time. Qu Yi immediately tidied up his clothes. The officials and powerful people behind him also cheered up and prepared to welcome Ziyou. Although they were in Shu County, The strength is huge, but it is limited to Shu County, but compared with Ziyou, it can only be a small local tribe, not worth mentioning. If they offend Ziyou at this time, their family fortune for several lifetimes may disappear at any time.
Sima Su also saw Sima Chang who was riding a horse with a serious face. Sima Chang glanced at his father but did not make any action or reminder. Sima Su immediately knew and was ready to welcome Zi You.
As the motorcade got closer and closer, everyone's expressions gradually changed from anticipation to fear, because the human head on the horse's tail frightened them, especially Qu Yi, whose eyelids kept twitching. After You's carriage stopped, Qu Yi suppressed the panic in his heart, and under the gaze of the soldiers, he came to Zi You's carriage and said to himself
"Qu Yi, the governor of Shu County, leads the officials of the county governor's office to welcome Master Wang here."
Mo Ya jumped off the carriage and waited aside. Ziyou opened the carriage and walked out. Concubine Yan, Yan Lingji and Shao Siming also walked down. Ziyou said to Qu Yi
"Well, Governor Qu is too polite."
"Don't dare, don't dare. It's what we should do to welcome Master Wang. Come this way, sir. The officials of the county governor's office and the heads of local clans are all here." Qu Yi stood up and made an invitation gesture towards him.
Ziyou stepped towards the waiting officials and wealthy family heads. After seeing Ziyou, everyone saluted and said
"Greetings to Master Wang!!"
"Well, no courtesy. I came here this time to give a reward on the order of the king. Thank you all for coming here to welcome me. There is no need to panic. These people are bandits who want to rob me on the road. Prefect Qu, Shu Commandery Qin's law is not implemented very well. These people dare to step forward when they see the soldiers holding crossbows. They don't value their own lives. It's your fault." Ziyou looked at Qu Yi and said.
Qu Yi's face turned pale and he immediately said to Zi Xingli
"It was the subordinate's dereliction of duty that frightened Master Wang."
I have already begun to curse these bandits in my heart. You bastards, how dare you step forward when you see a powerful crossbow? You don’t want your life, but I still want my life? At the same time, he also started to think about what Ziyou would say next.
"It's not that I'm scared. I've encountered many such things when I traveled around the world. These are small things. I'd like to trouble Governor Qu to report to Xianyang and record this credit for the soldiers. Qin's law clearly rewards and punishes." Ziyou said calmly.
Hearing that Ziyou said that rewards and punishments were clear, Qu Yi felt desolate in his heart. This meant that his rule was not strict, but no matter how helpless he was, he could not speak. The situation in Shu County was very complicated, and so was he. The mind is full but the strength is not enough.
The heads of the wealthy families and officials were also moved, and began to guess Ziyou's intentions.
"I know my mistake." Qu Yi said helplessly.
"The governor of Qu County will send someone to collect these heads. We have been traveling for a day. Take us to the inn to rest." Ziyou said.
"No! Master Wang, please come with me. The station has been cleaned and the meals are ready. Please come with me." Qu Yi heard Ziyou say this and did not introduce the local officials or the patriarchs. Thoughts, what he was thinking about now was how to explain it to Ziyou.
Qu Yi led Zi You in front, followed by Zi You's driver, and then the officials and wealthy people. After arriving at the post station, Qu Yi led his entourage officials and Zi You into the post house. The remaining officials and The heads of the wealthy families left to do their own things.
After settling down Yan Lingji, Shao Siming and Yan Fei, Ziyou took Qu Yi to the lobby of the post house, looked at Qu Yi and Ziyou said
"I know that the situation in Shu County is complicated. You don't need to be afraid of anything. It's already a great achievement that you were able to ensure that the grain and grass transportation in Shu County was smooth when the army attacked South Korea."
Hearing Ziyou say this, Qu Yi felt a little relieved and said to Ziyou.
"Officials don't dare to take credit. This is within their responsibilities."
"Tell me the specifics of these bandits," Ziyou said.
There is another chapter in the afternoon
(End of chapter)
