Chapter 288 Western Turks
"Is it rare and precious?"
Li Mu frowned. It should be like this. He has been in Chang'an for half a year and has also studied food specifically. If this sacrificial fennel is common, it would not be the first time he saw it. But at the same time, he also felt puzzled. He looked at the slices of meat in front of him, and then looked at the two Hu people who were busy next to the grill, and thought to himself that since it was a rare and precious seasoning, why did these two Hu people have it? They directly sold the seasoning, wouldn't they make more profits?
Moreover, these two Hu people are very strange. They don’t understand Chinese. Some Hu people who come to Chang’an to do business can’t speak Chinese, but they usually hire a translator. These two people are good, but they don’t have translator, but they are doing business. Aren’t you afraid of being cheated?
Looking at the appearance of the two, there are many suspicious points. The two of them look like businessmen, but rather like people from the army.
Li Mu waved, Dugu Jiu understood and turned around. When the people around him were watching the fun, they whispered, but they didn't expect that Zhulu Hou was so anxious. He saw that he was about to kiss him in broad daylight.
Li Mu did not notice the strange gaze around him, and after giving orders to Dugu Jiu, he said, "Go, go quickly and return quickly."
Dugu Jiu didn't move, worriedly saying, "Brother, I'm leaving, you are only one. If these two Hu people suddenly rise up, how can you be the opponent?"
"Don't worry, I'm a guest, what did he do to me? Besides, I'm the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, and there are Tang people around me. If he wants to attack me, I'm worried that no one will help me? No matter how vicious they are, they can't stand many people. Go and go back quickly, there won't be any trouble."
The atmosphere in the early Tang Dynasty was different from Li Mu's previous life. If Li Mu saw a fight, he would only get involved unless he was a fool or a silly man. Most people would hide as far as they could when they saw it from afar. Li Mu had been a silly man in his previous life. When he saw a couple quarreling, the man raised his hand and beat him, completely ignoring the people around him. Li Mu happened to get off work and saw that he didn't want to care at first, but when he saw the woman being beaten to the point of blood, he couldn't bear it, so he went up to stop him. As a result, he was regarded as an "adulterator" and was punched.
Li Mu's temper also stirred up and he immediately fought back. The man was short and no match for him. He was knocked to the ground in a few strokes.
At this time, a magical thing happened. The woman called the police and told the police that someone was beating her husband. The police came and took the three of them to the police station. She kept protecting her husband and put all the blame on Li Mu. Even she was beaten by herself, saying that Li Mu would have lost money if there was no surveillance video.
Since then, Li Mu doesn't care about this kind of thing again. He is not a good young man in the news, and can say it vigorously. Even if I was wronged a hundred times, I will still do what I will-
He is just an ordinary person, a little bit unusual, he is still an orphan. He is sensitive inside and was wronged once and was a fool for a while. He remembers that he must not care about what he has nothing to do with him.
It’s not that he is bad at heart, but that he is too weak. Just talk about this couple. If there is no surveillance video, how could he say that he has two mouths? Besides, both of them are injured, but he is unscathed. In this case, most of the time, he will have to pay for it.
He had just started working shortly at that time, and his monthly salary was only 3,000 yuan. He was an orphan again and had no family dependence on him. If he paid for this time, his monthly salary would be very difficult, and he could not afford the price of being slandered.
Those who keep saying that even if they are wronged ten thousand times will still be like this. Either they are lying or confident. Li Mu doesn't want to lie and has no confidence, so he naturally stops doing it.
Don’t say who is right or wrong in this kind of thing, it is caused by social customs.
This was not the case in the early Tang Dynasty. At this time, people respected filial piety and righteous people. They shouted when they saw injustice on the road, but it was not just a saying. Someone really did this. They were facing two Hu people, and Li Mu was not worried at all.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, several major battles were won. Only the Turks had to endure humiliation for a few years. But after Li Jing destroyed the Turks this year, this shame disappeared. In the past, in Chang'an, everyone might be more afraid of the Hu people. Now - it is already polite to not bully you.
Soon, Dugu Jiu came back with a group of officers, and there was a general interpreter with him. The general interpreter was thrilled in the translation room, and the officer rushed up, tied up two vicious Hu people, and sent them to the Chang'an County Government.
The onlookers looked at it and started whispering again. They just thought Li Mu was bullying people, otherwise why did they eat barbecue well and suddenly asked the officers to catch people?
Although the Hu people arrested and Li Mu was the marquis of the Tang Dynasty, some people were still angry about such unfair things.
Li Mu also heard the whispers and said aloud: "Don't misunderstand everyone, these two Hu people have many suspicious things. This marquis suspects that they were doing it in detail, so he notified Chang'an County to arrest people, and it was definitely not bullying them."
A Hu merchant couldn't help but say, "Mr. Marquis, why do you say they are doing it in detail? What are the evidences?"
Li Mu smiled, picked up two unused small bags of the Hu people containing the fennel, and showed them to everyone. He said to the Hu people who were talking, "You are Hu people, you should recognize this thing."
The Hu merchant approached a little, identified it carefully, and said in surprise: "Relieve the fennel?"
"Since you recognize this thing, you should know the value of it. Isn't it strange that these two Hu people are setting up stalls to sell roasted lamb here?"
The Hu merchant stopped questioning, bent down and gave a humble manner, retreated into the crowd.
Li Mu signaled the servants, and the servants took action together and removed the stall. The grill and the remaining half of the sheep should not be dealt with, so he asked Li Mu. Li Mu remembered Li Chongyi. The roasted sheep tasted very good and he must liked to eat it. So he hired a car and asked the servants to help him and sent the grill, roasted sheep and other items to Zhulu Hou Mansion together.
He came to Chang'an County Government, waiting for the result of the interrogation.
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Wang Zhongyuan was sitting in the hall today, his eyelids kept beating. He thought to himself that there was nothing worth catching on his eyelids in the near future. He was thinking about it, and the head of the class came to report that it was Zhulu Hou who sent someone to ask the county government to help arrest the Hu people in detail.
Wang Zhongyuan felt a thrill when he heard the three words "Zhuluhou". Last time, he almost threw away his black hat because of Cui Yuyan's incident. From then on, he kept a distance from Li Mu and hid as far as he could. Unexpectedly, he still didn't hide. He didn't walk towards the mountain. The mountain came to him. Someone came to him and said that he was catching the Hu people in detail. How could he not help this?
Wang Zhongyuan did not dare to neglect and immediately sent a group of yamen runners. The county government was not far from the western city, and before a stick of incense was reached, the sent out came back. Sure enough, two Hu people were brought. Wang Zhongyuan didn't understand Hu language, so he asked his master to ask with the interpreter, and he came to the yamen to wait for Li Mu's arrival.
Seeing Li Mu's carriage from afar, Wang Zhongyuan tried hard to squeeze out his smile and said, "The Marquis is here, and the officials are in absent-coming!"
Even though he said this, he was inevitably sad. He was the Tanhua who was the imperial examination during the Wude period. He had once been arrogant and raised in the past, but now he has to please a younger generation. How can others know the sorrow in this?
But he had no choice. After these few months, Li Mu was no longer Li Mu. His current power was like a person comparable to Changsun Wuji, Wang Gui and others. Recently, there were vague discussions between the court and the country that there were four forces, including the Longyou nobles, the Taiyuan clans, the Shandong geniuses, and the poor officials. Now they are afraid that Li Mu will be added.
Although he did not have a serious official position, he was in charge of His Majesty's treasury and firmly controlled the Ministry of Works, one of the six ministries. He was also indispensable to Datang Salt Industry, Datang Mining and other companies, and no forces dared to offend him. He heard that due to a conflict with Wang Gui, he punched Wang Gui outside the Tai Chi Hall and covered his eyes with his eyes. Although no one saw it with his own eyes, it was also well-known.
There is no wind and waves, and Wang Zhongyuan believed this. Because he thought Li Mu could do it and dared it!
Facing a person who even dares to beat the minister, how dare Wang Zhongyuan provoke the little county magistrate? Now he only hopes that Li Muneng will not remember the villain and forget the previous filth. Otherwise, if he provokes this god, he will have no hope of promotion and will be squatting in the county magistrate's pit for the rest of his life.
When the carriage stopped, Li Mu got off the carriage and saw Wang Zhongyuan politely, he naturally remembered what Cui Yuyan was doing, but he was not so stingy. Several months have passed since this matter, and Cui Yuyan didn't know where he was going. His anger disappeared, so he naturally wouldn't care anymore.
He reached out and helped Wang Zhongyuan up and said, "Why is the county magistrate so generous? I have no official position now, just a casual marquis, but I can't afford to be the great gift of your parents in Chang'an County."
"The Marquis is joking." Wang Zhongyuan felt a little relieved when he heard Li Mu's tone. It seemed that this man had no intention of making things difficult for him. He naturally would not take the initiative to mention the unpleasant past. He just pretended that the previous thing did not exist, and welcomed Li Mu to the Houya and said carefully: "The officer has reported the matter, and the subordinates admired him very much. The Marquis's eyes are as sharp as a torch. He can see the identities of two meticulous works at a glance in the downtown area. Not only does he show the marquis' ability, but he also shows that the Marquis's never forgets-"
"There is no need to say these polite words." Li Mu interrupted Wang Zhongyuan with a smile and said, "I came here not to listen to flattery. County Magistrate Wang is indebted. I don't know whether these two people were doing detailed work. But I am very curious about their identities. Please tell the person who interrogated, there is no need to be punished, just ask the matter clearly. I'm waiting here."
"The official understands." Wang Zhongyuan saw that Li Mu was quite anxious, so he stopped accompanying him and ordered someone to make a pot of tea to serve him, and he went to the front yamen.
After about two incense sticks, Wang Zhongyuan came back, holding a confession with a picture of a concealment in his hand.
Chapter completed!