Chapter 53: The Mystery of the Horse City (Part 2)
He raised the token that Zhou Zhi gave him in his hand.
However, this move did not work. A Qiang man with a thrust belly said, "Zhou Sima's token? We still have the token given by the late emperor in our hands."
"Oh?", this scene was obviously something that Li Jixun did not expect. Although An Lushan was dead, the rest of the power was still there. In the case where Shi Siming did not completely break up with him, in the case where An Qingxu was at least openly the emperor of the Great Yan Empire, it was obviously unwise to ignore An Lushan's token carelessly.
But what Li Jixun thought was, "Why did An Lushan issue a token to a boss in Ma City? Could it be that it was awarded to An Zhongzhi?"
"Can you show me a look?"
The big man hesitated for a moment and handed over a yellow token.
Li Jixun took it and looked carefully. He saw that the token on the side was mostly made of copper, with a big word "Ling" on the front, and the north was the word "Made by Emperor Emperor of Dayan".
He thought of the electric shock, and suddenly threw the token on the ground, then shouted loudly: "Bold, dare to forge the token, arrest them all!"
The man was naturally anxious and shouted loudly: "This was given to my master by the late emperor. What's the fake?"
Li Jixun smiled and said, "I have met the late emperor and have his token in my hand."
As he said that, he took out a token from his arms, which was also Huang Chengcheng's appearance. However, compared with the side just now, this side was obviously made of gold. It was given to Jinu by An Lushan during his time in Chang'an. He was taken to Youzhou by Li Jixun. However, after coming to Youzhou, he had never shown it to anyone.
"My Dayan has only two tokens, one is gold, and it's me. Only a few confidants have it, and the most is sandalwood tokens. This kind of copper is obviously fake. It's bold. People come here. How dare you make tokens privately! Catch them all!"
When the big man heard this, his originally a little arrogant face couldn't help but seep fine sweat beads from his face, standing there and wondering what to do.
"Let's wait!"
Li Jixun was about to ask his subordinates to tie up these people, but a burst of shouts came from the gate.
Not long after, a big man appeared in the gate.
I saw that this man was extremely tall, at least six feet (about 1.9 meters), with a beard, and had a Qiang hair accessories, but he wore a gold earring on his left ear.
At about forty years, a pair of eyebrows were as dark as ink. It was obviously painted with dashi. At this time, it was normal for women to draw thrushes with dashi, but among men, apart from actors, some eunuchs would do this, and few people did this.
Although the man was very tall, he did not look bloated. His shoulders were wide and his chest muscles were bulging. He stood there like a lunar and Yuezhi. His hands were thick and his mouth was thick. He was obviously a martial arts practitioner.
After seeing Li Jixun, the man bowed his hands and said, "I am Qifu Anguo, the shopkeeper of this horse shop. Why don't the captain come in and have a drink first?"
Li Jixun said: "Qifu Anguo? What is your relationship with Mr. Zhang Peng?"
The man smiled and said, "Dissatisfied with the Duwei, Zhang Peng is always the master of the subordinate. He is currently working in Hengzhou, so here is usually managed by the subordinate."
Li Jixun unexpectedly, so he followed him into the second house.
As soon as I entered this house, although there was fishy smell around me from time to time, and the smell of cows, sheep, horses and feces came, Li Jixun was still excited!
This house is arranged like a study room, with calligraphy and paintings hanging on all four walls. The house is not arranged like the ordinary Tang Dynasty nobles, but tables and chairs that are very popular in the Sailing Ye Jun are placed. In the middle of the table is a tray made of red sandalwood, with fine white porcelain teapots and tea cups placed inside.
Of course, this is not the most important thing.
On the back wall of the master's seat, there is a lifelike "Tiger Down the Mountain". When you look closely, you actually hold the name of Wu Daozi, the famous calligraphy and painting master, on it!
This is still not the most important one.
On both sides of the painting, there is also a character.
When Li Jixun saw this calligraphy, his heart was pounding!
It was a very familiar word among senior officials of the Sui Yejun. On the left, it was written "Xiang Wan is a sacred food" and on the right, it was written "The elk in the mountains are silent."
(Author’s note: This is a poem by Zhang Ji of the Tang Dynasty, but the poet was not yet born at this time)
The poem itself is full of rhetoric and artistic conception. Li Jixun, born as a civil and military scholar, did not find it surprising, but the pen of this calligraphy is too similar to a person!
At this time, Li Jixun was sitting opposite Qifu Anguo. When he saw this character, he stared straight at it.
After a while, he came to his senses. At this time, Qifu Anguo also smiled and said, "Captain also admires Master Wu's paintings?"
Li Jixun also smiled, and did not answer him directly, but something else happened in his mind.
"It is said that in addition to Renyongdu, the Ye Army has another channel to obtain news. In addition to confirming the news of Renyongdu, it also exists to balance Renyongdu. As the leader of Renyongdu, I don't even know this person. Could this be the person from another channel of Dashu?"
Then he picked up the teacup and took a few sips, then asked pretending: "This picture of Wu Daozi's tiger going down the mountain is naturally vivid, but this is the character that I am interested in."
"Oh?" Qi Fu Anguo's eyes also lit up.
"This calligraphy has both the beauty of Wang Youjun, the wildness of Zhang Bogao, and the weakness of Xue Shaobao. Of course, these are not the most important ones. There are also many such characters in the Tang Dynasty. What is strange is that there are a few of them."
(Wang Youjun, Wang Xizhi; Zhang Bogao, Zhang Xu; Xue Shaobao, famous calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Ji, whose calligraphy is weak and soft, is the originator of the thin gold style of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty)
"Oh?" Qifu Anguo was very leisurely.
"Whether it is Wang Youjun or Zhang Bogao, his cursive scripts naturally have simplified fonts, but these words are obviously not listed. Could it be the characters of Wu Jia?"
Qifu Anguo shook his head, "No, forget it, even if you want to break your head, you can't guess it. I won't talk about this for now."
Li Jixun's curiosity became stronger and stronger, so he decided to take a gamble.
"I'm not hiding it to you, I've seen such words at someone's house."
"oh?"
"By the way, I came from Chang'an. I believe you have known this section for a long time. In the West City, some eunuchs often go to buy goods, and sometimes I will deliver the goods to their homes. I have seen such words in two of them's residences, one is Bian Lingcheng and the other is Yu Chaoen."
"I was a little surprised at that time. None of these words were signed, but the key simplified words were the same. I didn't expect to see them here too..."
"Wait," Qifu Anguo stood up at this time. He first opened the door and looked around, then closed the doors and windows tightly.
This scene made Li Jixun even more confused. The man in front of him couldn't help but be tall and strong, and his whole body exuded a strong murderous intent. Although he was a martial arts master and had been with both the Sai Ye Jun and Ren Yong, if he only talked about martial arts, he would obviously not be able to rank among the Sai Ye Jun. If this person suddenly attacked, he might not be able to resist it.
Thinking of this, his right hand couldn't help but hold the Damascus steel knife!
This scene did not escape Qifu Anguo's eyes, but his expression was as normal.
"Uncle, this letter was given to me by an old friend. Well, it's almost twenty years since today. That year, I was only in my early twenties, and that person was even younger, only eighteen years old. He, a descendant of a prisoner, could not be signed."
Li Jixun became more convinced, "This person must have a great relationship with the Great Protector. He said it was twenty years ago, and the Great Protector was probably still in Hunu Town. How could he recognize this person?"
He suddenly thought of something.
"The Great Protector was the first to guard the Capitol City in the Pamirs. It is said that although he was just a descendant of an ordinary rebel family at that time, he was both civil and military, and his martial arts were outstanding. In addition to Li Fei Shouyu, the Capitol Yu Wenjing at that time was similar to him."
"The Protector of the Great Descendant has formed a deep friendship with Yu Wenjing, and he was sent to Hunu Town by Bian Lingcheng because he committed a curfew when drinking with Yu Wenjing at night."
"During this period, the famous guardians only saw Feng Changqing, Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, Bai Xiaode, and Hu Meng Lingcha. Now Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli is dead. Hu Meng Lingcha is far away in Nanzhao. Feng Changqing, Bai Xiaode is his own person, so the name of this person is about to come out."
However, he still had many doubts in his heart, "Aren't he implicated in the Protector of the Great Capital and sent to Lingnan as the deputy governor, why are he still here?!"
He weighed the pros and cons for a long time, "In all aspects, he may become a great helper for me in Youzhou. If he asks, I will say that I have seen him in Chang'an and concealed the past."
Then he said, "You are not Qifu Anguo!"
The man seemed to be in control of everything, and did not get angry or justify, but laughed and said, "Just, do I not even know my name?"
Li Jixun shook his head, "There are no such coincidences. Your real name is Yu Wenjing, the former envoy of the powerful army in Tanzhou. Twenty years ago, he served as the Captain of the Paoling City under Shule Town, the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. However, many years ago you should have been sent to Lingnan..."
Speaking of this, he thought of another rumor, "By the way, it's said that you didn't take office in Lingnan, but disappeared when you reached Wuling. I now understand that you went to Lingnan as the deputy envoy of the Jiedushi. In the whole Lingnan, you have more than ten thousand people, and you have many entourages. How could you not pass the only five lingles?"
"When I think about it now, I understand that it was not you who went to Lingnan, but your substitute! And you have been hiding in the local area, but what I didn't expect was that you had never left Youzhou..."
Thinking of Sun Xiurong knowing An Lushan's whereabouts, he became increasingly sure that this person was another mysterious secret force outside Ren Yongdu.
There is no problem with him saying this. As the Mani Guard, who came from Chang'an and was under the name of the Zoroastrian caravan, obviously has control over major events inside and outside Chang'an. If anyone knows all the things from the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty at this time, who else can besides the caravan?
However, until the end, he still did not reveal his true identity. "I'm going to hide it from you, not only I have seen such words at the homes of Bian Lingcheng, but Yu Chaoen, two eunuchs. They also have the same words at the homes of a few big merchants who came from the Western Regions. These words are all from the hands of one person. The name of this person is famous all over the world, and you must have heard of it."
Chapter completed!