I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The bearded man was not very flustered, as a businessman who traveled far and wide, he often encountered such scenes.

He also knows.

According to common sense, these people would not easily kill someone.

They are just asking for money and are thieves.If it kills, it is a bandit.

If the thieves are not greedy and just ask the merchants to pay some innocuous tolls, the merchants will not report to the officials, and they will pay them willingly. Even if the thieves are gone one day, they will still feel uneasy and uneasy.

They are not short of money.

Reporting to officials is much more risky than paying money.Today I went to report to the officials. It would be okay if the gang of thieves were wiped out, but what if they weren't wiped out?

How many remnants of the remnant party, knowing that they are the officials who reported themselves, took advantage of a dark and stormy night, raised their knives and fell, and their wives and children landed on their own heads?

Thieves don't kill people easily.

There are thieves making trouble, the disturbance is not too big, there is no such thing as ransacking the village, and the government does not need political achievements too much, generally they will not send out people to encircle the thieves.

After all, when sending people to encircle and suppress the thieves, the government should be responsible for this part of the salary, food and grass.

Can.
If the thieves become bandits, it is the responsibility of the officers and soldiers. This group of people in the army have nothing else to do except to fight. Instead of wasting their salary on daily expenses, it is better to spend it on sending troops to fight.

No matter how small a group of bandits is, it is still an actual battle and can train soldiers.

So experienced merchants like Big Beard knew that as long as they gave enough money, this group of thieves would be easy to deal with.

"Ask for money?" After being stunned for a moment, the bearded man quickly calmed down and said softly, "I am a Turkic businessman. I will give you whatever you want."

What responded to his words was only the blade that pressed even tighter.

"Damn it, can you speak Chinese?" A scolding voice sounded in his ear, "It's a peace of mind."

"Tell me, what do you do?"

The bearded man hurriedly said: "I am a businessman, a businessman." He repeated what he said just now.

"merchant?"

"Businessmen don't stay in West Market well, why come to Huaizhen Square?"

The male voice behind him sounded again, but he didn't follow the meaning of the bearded man, but asked another question.

This made the bearded man feel a little bit in his heart, why did he ask himself why he came to Huaizhenfang?Would a thief ask this?Obviously not, so they are not thieves.
The bearded man's face turned green in an instant. It wasn't a thief. It was very likely that he was the subordinate of the master behind Linlang Pavilion. I was here to inquire about Tongfu Restaurant, and he caught my eye!
He thought so.

Seeing that he would be silent for a while, the guys behind him exerted some force in their hands, and pressed out a bloodstain: "Whispering, say, what are you doing here?"

The bearded man trembled, and the courage he had just now was swept away.

He was so stubborn just now because he thought the group of people behind him were thieves, asking for money but not life, but now he knows that these people are not thieves, if he doesn't answer them satisfactorily, he will really lose his life !
The bearded man's voice trembled, and he honestly stated his purpose, but he didn't explain the Turkic nobleman behind him.

The man behind him sneered: "In order to catch up with my honorable Tang Dynasty, I want to see who is the owner of Tongfu Restaurant, and I want to try to get in touch with him?"

"What a ridiculous idea."

The bearded man heaved a sigh of relief, hearing this tone meant that he was not planning to kill himself.

But the knife on his neck still hasn't been put down.

The man behind him turned his head for a moment, and his tone seemed a little impatient: "It's been a quarter of an hour, why hasn't the Turkic information arrived yet?"

His voice just fell.

A burst of hurried footsteps came from afar, and stopped in front of the bearded man.

The man took a look at the information, and there was not much content on it, and the text was very simple, but the information on the bearded merchant was clearly written on it.

What was inside surprised him a little.

"It turned out to be a merchant."

The bearded man was quite well-known in Chang'an City. He was a big businessman who traveled between West Turkic and Chang'an. He showed up in Chang'an City during the reign of Wude, and he has always been doing business in a well-behaved manner.

The bearded man who was pressed on the table smiled wryly: "My lords, I am really an ordinary businessman."

The knife that held his hand and rested on his neck was slowly released.

The bearded man breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly sat up straight, but he didn't dare to look back at the people behind him.

There was a snap.

One person patted him on the head and said softly: "Since you are a Turkic, then you have the self-knowledge of a Turkic. You can inquire about some things and some people?"

"Thinking of your unintentional mistakes, I will forgive you this time."

"If I see you again next time...or see you Turkic people again."

"Don't blame our knives for being ruthless."

The bearded man responded repeatedly, and staggered away—after being pressed for so long, and being frightened to such an extent, he can still stand up now, all because of his desire to live.

These people are Qianniuwei who Li Shimin arranged to protect Li Lizhi and the others.

The bearded man should be thankful.

According to the information collected by Qianniuwei, he wanted to find out the identity of the owner behind Linlang Pavilion, and wanted to know the relationship between Tongfu Restaurant and Linlang Pavilion.
It has nothing to do with Li Lizhi and Li Shu, and it has nothing to do with the royal family.

If it says above, this group of Turkic businessmen may be related to the prince, or in other words, this group of Turkic businessmen actually want to find out the identities of the beautiful ladies in the restaurant.

Then his head has moved.

The bearded man didn't know this, he rushed all the way back to the inn, closed the door tightly, and closed the windows, the room was suddenly dark, and he had time to catch his breath.

"What's the matter with you?" The two people in the room were startled by him, one sat on the bed and asked aloud, the other sat by the table and lit the oil lamp.

The bearded man swallowed hard: "Our conjecture is correct, that Tongfu restaurant is the master behind Linlang Pavilion."

Those two people were a little surprised: "Have you found out?"

The bearded man shook his head, as if he touched the wound on his neck, making him slow down, raised his hand, covered his neck, and said softly, "No, haven't I been staring at Tongfu Restaurant these days?"

"Today, as soon as I sat down at the tea stand opposite that restaurant, I was held down by a group of people."

"I thought they were thieves."

"After hearing what they said, I realized that they were the guards protecting Tongfu Restaurant."

As he spoke, he paused, his eyes full of fear.

"Do you know how scary they are?"

"In just a quarter of an hour, I got my information, who I am and what I do."