North and South groceries

On the tenth day of the second lunar month, Prince Gong Li Boyi heard early in the morning that his servant had reported that it was Luo Sanlang from Lishi who had come to visit.

"Luo Yong? Why did he come to see me?" Li Boyi was a tall man with profound facial features. Although he and Li Shimin were only cousins ​​and nephews, there were still two or three points of resemblance.

"Yan Liu's business?" The servant bowed.

"Yan Liu?" Upon hearing the name, Li Boyi guessed that Luo Yong's behavior was not good.

Yan Liu is the brother of his eldest son's concubine's natal family, and he is a little clever. With the help of his sister's relationship, he made a living as a money catcher. Li Boyi also knew that this person's method was not very clean, but he always knew how to measure it, and he never made any big troubles for him. Why did he provoke Na Luo's coffin board this time? up?

The servant was still bowing and waiting, Li Boyi thought about it, the coffin board was so eloquent and so courageous that even the emperor dared to confront him, probably he would not pay much attention to him, the emperor's nephew. Obviously not too pleasant.

Since he is not happy, then he should disappear. He is dignified and respectful to the king.

"Just say I don't see you." Li Boyi sat down on the wooden couch and said.

"Here." The servant bowed in response.

Luo Yong, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, heard just such a sentence. He looked up at the tall courtyard wall and gate of Prince Gong's Mansion, and drove the donkey cart away without saying anything.

The purpose of his trip today was to confirm Prince Gong Li Boyi's attitude.

There is a possibility that Li Boyi didn't know about Yan Liu's use of bad means to grab money. After all, he was just the brother of his son's concubine, and the victims were all merchants. Many people would rather suffer from being dumb than provoke themselves. Trouble, I don't dare to publicize the fact that Yan Liu threatened him.

In this era, the status of merchants is very low, especially some small merchants who don't have much background.I heard that Yan Liu mostly picked soft persimmons before, so nothing happened. There were private rumors among merchants, and people like Du Xi who had a lot of friends and well-informed information had heard of it, but they didn't know. There are still many people. After all, Yan Liu is just a small character. In the eyes of many big people, his little tricks are just some small troubles, which are not worth knowing and paying attention to.

So before moving this Yan Liu, Luo Yong felt that it was necessary for him to go to Prince Gong's mansion to see what attitude Prince Gong Li Boyi had. Use more effort.

In the end, Li Boyi’s reaction was just like this. Luo Yong wasn’t sure whether he was just playing big cards casually, or whether he wanted to protect Yan Liu. The latter was more likely. After all, these high-ranking courtyards pay attention to status and decency the most. Well, even a dog in their yard is not allowed to be touched by outsiders.

Luo Yong returned to his own shop in Fenglefang, called Xu Erlang and two other disciples, and went to Chonghuafang to find Aunt Luo together.

Then in this courtyard of Chonghuafang, Luo Yong told them what had happened in the past few days, including the news that Xing Erwen heard, and what happened to him in front of Prince Gong's mansion today.

"Then what are you going to do now?" Aunt Luo knew a little about what happened in the Nanbei Grocery shop recently, and she frowned when she heard that she was still related to the Prince Gong's Mansion.

Those relatives of the royal family are the most difficult to provoke. I have been doing business in Chang'an City for so long, and I have heard of many such things. In the end, most of them ended up with compromises. If you can't stay in Chang'an City, they won't give up.

"The contract that Yan Liu signed with me earlier, I still keep it now, and the few foreigners they hired to spread rumors were stopped by Xing Er before they left the city, and now they are in my hands .” Luo Yong said.

Xing Eryi had already touched Yan Liu's side early on. Yan Liu and the others didn't know about it, they just thought their actions were very secretive. Later, the North and South groceries were promoting sales, and the rumors couldn't make any waves, so they had to give up and give up. Those people asked them to go out of the city quickly and leave Chang'an City with a little silk and silk money.

I thought this incident just passed away. No one knew what they did behind their backs. I didn't expect that those foreigners were intercepted by Xing Er's men halfway. Money can be said to be stolen and obtained.

"Are you planning to..." Lin Goro opened his eyes wide!

"Of course I'm going to the county government to report to the officials." Luo Yong said as a matter of course.At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was also a legal society at this time. Since there were laws to follow, he naturally still had to go through legal channels.

"The government may not be able to make a judgment." Xu Erlang said.

"Whether it's fair or not, you have to try it before you know." Luo Yong replied.

In fact, Xing Er also persuaded Luo Yong in the past two days, telling him not to make a big show of fanfare. If it hurts the face of Prince Gong's House, I'm afraid they won't let it go easily. During this period of time, I will find another opportunity in the future to kill Yan Liu without anyone noticing.

As long as you do it cleanly and don't leak the news, Prince Gong's Mansion may not be able to hold them accountable, and the people in Prince Gong's Mansion may not really care about Yan Liu's life or death.

Luo Yong was actually moved by it at the time, so that on the surface nothing happened, but it was able to solve the problem.

But after thinking about it, Luo Yong finally refused.Although Xing Er can be regarded as a gangster, this person is actually very principled, and he refuses to touch the bottom line of the law easily. He would rather set up a small workshop and let the children under his hands pick wool and goose feathers to earn a living than let them go out to earn those things. Easier but ill-gotten money.

For such a person, Luo Yong didn't want his hands to be stained with blood, and Luo Yong himself was actually unwilling to bear the burden of human life, so he finally decided to confront those people face to face, even if the damage was greater, it was better than letting Xing His hands were stained with blood, leaving a haze in his heart.

Talk to Aunt Luo, Xu Erlang and the others, so that they can prepare themselves, and then Luo Yong goes out to meet Xing Er, binds those foreigners, and goes all the way to Chang'an County.

The location of Chang'an County Government is very close to Chonghua Square.Just south of the West Market, there is Huaiyuanfang. To the west of Huaiyuanfang is Chonghuafang, and to the south is Changshoufang. The Chang'an County Government is in the southwest corner of Changshoufang.

Luo used them to tie up people, and Da Lala walked on the street in the street. When the people saw it, they came out to watch the excitement.

"This isn't Luo Sanlang, why is he tied up? Is this going to Chang'an county government?"

"Didn't you catch the thief?"

"Sanlang, what are you doing? What's wrong with these people?" Someone raised his voice and asked Luo Yongdao.

"I don't know where a foreigner came from. He spread rumors all day long, saying that my shop's work was stealing people's money bags. I found out that I tied him up and sent him to the official. He asked the county magistrate to stop him. Fair." Luo Yong said to those people with a smile.

"I was wronged, I really lost my purse." Among the few people who were tied up, there were still some who were unwilling to give up, so they cried out for injustice at this time.

"Don't make excuses!" Luo Yong yelled violently, only to hit him with his hands:

"The silk and copper coins you carry on your body are exactly the same for each of you. They are clearly stolen money obtained from doing bad things. After waiting in the court, just ask for it honestly. Who is going to kill my shop!"

Luo Yong originally wanted to provoke him, but he didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good. The man probably thought that Luo Yong would not dare to do anything to him in broad daylight, and he thought that the person who was doing business with them was of a very different status. Ordinary, more courageous in my heart, immediately replied:

"When I reveal the identity of that person, I'm afraid you will have nothing to eat and go around. If you are sensible, let us go as soon as possible, so as not to get burned in time!"

"Hehe! Let's go, let's go to the government. I want to see how your fire is going to burn. If the officials can't make a judgment, I will personally twist your dog's head when the time comes."

There was a strong man who was righteous, and when he heard this, he immediately became furious, grabbed the man by the back of the neck like a chicken, and pushed him towards the Chang'an county government.

"I just said that those rumors a few days ago came out strangely, because someone maliciously slandered them."

"Such a wicked person, you should send him to the official immediately!"

"It's true that Chang'an City has lost the king's law!"

"Let's go, let's meet the officials!" The crowd pushed and shoved the gangsters to the Chang'an county government. The team continued to grow along the way.

When they arrived near the Chang'an county government, the team had grown to hundreds of people, and many people were clamoring to find out who was behind it.

How did Li Boyi in Prince Gong's mansion know that he just pretended to be a jerk this morning, and Luo Yong gave him such a show at noon.

What's even more coincidental is that his own concubines were sitting and talking that day, and they happened to be a little greedy, so they sent their servants to buy food from Auntie's restaurant.

Aunt Luo happened to be in the shop at this time, she knew this woman and knew that she belonged to Prince Gong's residence.When the business was not busy, I chatted with her a few times, because the other party often came to buy, Aunt Luo also gave her some food such as stewed skewered fish balls, jujube bean cakes, etc. After all, she is a regular customer, and every time she comes here I bought a lot, and it was not easy for her to run errands for people all day when she was old.

"The food in my shop is no longer sold in Prince Gong's Mansion, so you don't want to come here in the future." This time, Aunt Luo refused to sell her things.

"Why?" the woman asked in surprise.

"Early this morning, my Saburo had something to discuss with Prince Gong, but he refused to meet." Aunt Luo said.

"What is the status of Prince Gong, is it just anyone who wants to see him?" The woman smiled when she heard this, with a sarcasm on her face.

"I'm just anyone's elder sister. I don't have any other abilities. In my shop, whoever sells food or not sells it to others, but it's up to me." Aunt Luo glanced at the woman and sneered in her heart. Despite his identity, he actually looked down on Saburo.

When Luo Yong came to the door today, he explained his intentions. Not only did King Gong disappear, he didn't even show him any face, and he didn't even find an excuse. used face.

"You should think about it." The woman said viciously.

Not to mention that she didn't buy food today, and she was involved in such a thing. After returning home, she was afraid that those gentlemen and ladies would take revenge on her. Thinking about it this way, she felt extremely annoyed.

"Is there any need to think about this?" Aunt Luo replied blankly.