Although there were nearly 10,000 Goguryeo people who moved to Yangzhou after the fall of the Goguryeo Kingdom, these Goguryeo people were still nothing for Yangzhou City, which had a population of one million. Most of Goguryeo are ordinary civilians, who either farmed in the countryside for a living, or did small business in the city, worked as friends, bartenders, etc.

After more than 20 years of life, the second generation of Goguryeo people have been born and raised, and their speech and customs are basically no different from those of the locals. Many young people no longer think that they are foreigners and regard themselves as members of the Tang Dynasty.

However, not all Goguryeo has become indifferent to their homeland. There are still some Goguryeo people who are determined to revive their homeland. Most of them are the original Goguryeo aristocrats. Their status in the Tang Dynasty has declined, which makes them miss their homeland's life very much.

Yangzhou has always been one of the more active areas in the Goryeo Restoration Congress. The earliest Goryeo Mutual Aid Association was formed by Goguryeo businessmen who were doing business in Yangzhou.

The size of the Goryeo Restoration Congress in Yangzhou is second only to Luoyang and Chang'an. It has more than 100 people, mainly engaged in business. There are many wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou, and it has also become the most important source of funding for the Goryeo Restoration Congress.

However, since the assassination of Prime Minister Li Dan, the Goryeo Restoration Congress in Luoyang was completely destroyed, the Goryeo Restoration Congress in Yangzhou also fell silent overnight, including Pei Shunqing, the leader of the Goryeo Restoration Congress in Yangzhou, disappeared.

In the medicine shop in Nanshi, Yangzhou, there is a shop specializing in selling ginseng, called Beizanwang. This shop was opened by a Goguryeo drug dealer fifty years ago and has been operated for fifty years. It has become one of the two major ginseng shops in the Tang Dynasty, and the other is Xiancaotang in Chang'an.

The owner of the pharmacy shop is Quan Chongxi, who is about thirty years old. He is the eldest grandson of the Goguryeo who founded the store. However, most of the time, he used the Chinese name Zhang Quan, including registration in the government.

Quan Chongxi was also an active figure in the resumption of the Goryeo Congress. His grandfather founded the Goryeo Mutual Aid Association while founding the Beigan King Pharmacy Store. But he never expected that decades later, the Goryeo Mutual Aid Association became the cover for the resumption of the Goryeo Congress, and his grandson was an active advocate for the restoration of the country.

Quan Chongxi was once the leader of the Yangzhou area of ​​the Goryeo Restoration Congress, but since Jian Dongxi took over the power to restorate the Congress, he invited his confidant Pei Shun to Yangzhou as the leader. Quan Chongxi became a deputy, which made him extremely unhappy.

However, Jian Dongxi was killed not long ago, and Pei Shunqing fled in a hurry, which made Quan Chongxi feel better. He hoped that after the limelight had passed, he would re-support the Goryeo in Yangzhou to restore the parliament.

These days, Tianquan Chongxi was extremely low-key and basically never went out. All members of the Goryeo Restoration Congress were also hidden in the streets and alleys, doing ordinary people's things. The Goryeo Restoration Congress disappeared in Yangzhou like air.

At noon that day, a young woman and several entourages came to the Beigan King shop. A friend came to greet him warmly as usual, "Are you here to buy ginseng? We have all kinds of precious ginseng in our store to ensure that the wife is satisfied."

The young woman was dressed in Zhao Qiuniang. She walked into the store and sat down, opened the box in her hand. It was covered with yellow gold ingots, which made the guy's eyes blurry. He stuttered and asked, "Madam, what do you want to buy?"

"I want ten thousand-year-old ginseng trees."

The guy couldn't stop talking for a long time. The other party actually wanted a thousand-year-old ginseng and ten trees. This was not something he, a young man, could do. He hurried to find the shopkeeper, and for a moment, the shopkeeper rushed over. The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties and also from Goguryeo. He was quite tall, but he smiled. Even if the picky person saw him, he would feel good.

"Are you the shopkeeper?" Zhao Qiuniang asked coldly.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The little man is the shopkeeper in the store. This is the first time that his wife is here to buy ginseng."

The shopkeeper said it was very subtle, but in fact he was saying that Zhao Qiuniang didn’t know anything. Centennial ginseng is already the best, and millennial ginseng is even rarer. It is generally only available in the palace. No matter how much money you have, you can’t buy it, let alone ten thousand-year ginseng trees.

However, the shopkeeper heard that the other party had a Beijing accent, so he didn't dare to offend him too much. Generally, major customers from Beijing were either power or expensive, so he didn't dare to be careless. He smiled and said, "Thousand-year-old ginseng is an extremely rare thing, and it is difficult to see on the market."

Zhao Qiuniang snorted, "I bought three thousand-year-old ginseng trees in Xiancaotang. I want to buy a few more from you. If your store doesn't have one, just say it, don't make any excuses."

The shopkeeper was stunned. The other party moved out the Chang'an Xiancaotang. It seemed that he was not ignorant. Could it be that he was here to smash the brand? He felt a little uneasy and thought for a while and said, "There are two or three small shops, but the shop has the rules. Ordinary guys only sell ordinary ginseng. I am responsible for selling hundred-year-old ginseng. If I want to buy thousand-year-old ginseng, it must be up to my boss to agree."

"Are your boss here?"

"Of course, I'll be here. Please sit down for a while and I'll report to the boss."

The shopkeeper hurriedly walked to the backyard. Zhao Qiuniang's purpose was to test whether Quan Chongxi was in the store. When he saw that the shopkeeper had reported, he immediately turned around and winked at one of his subordinates. The subordinate understood and turned around and went out.

Quan Chongxi lived in the main hall in the backyard. He was drinking a bowl of ginseng tea. At this time, the shopkeeper rushed over and said at the door: "Master, a woman who wants to buy thousand-year-old ginseng is here."

"Millennium Ginseng?"

Quan Chongxi sneered, "Is it necessary to report to me? Just drive out such an unreasonable person."

"But she said she bought three thousand-year-old ginseng in Xiancaotang in Chang'an."

"What?"

Quan Chongxi was stunned. He shook his head in disbelief, "It is impossible, Xiancaotang only has one treasure in the box, how can it be sold to her, let alone three.

"What is her origin?" Quan Chongxi asked again.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud bang. Three or four black-clothed warriors rushed in from the back window and the front door at the same time. They were as fast as eagles, and they suddenly overturned Izumi Chongxi, who had not yet reacted, quickly blocked his mouth with rags, and tied his hands and feet up.

The shopkeeper next to him was stunned and watched the boss be tied up, but couldn't say a word. At this time, a sharp long sword was put on his neck.

The shopkeeper was so scared that he fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly to beg for mercy. At this time, Zhao Qiuniang walked in slowly and said coldly to the shopkeeper: "The pharmacy shop will be open as usual. If someone asks the owner, he will say he is going out to urge the goods. Do you understand?"

The shopkeeper looked at Zhao Qiuniang blankly, and finally realized that there was no thousand-year-old ginseng, and he was fooled by this woman.

Quan Chongxi's secret arrest undoubtedly opened a major gap in the resumption of the Congress of Goryeo, Yangzhou. Under the severe torture of the inner guards, Quan Chongxi finally couldn't stand the severe punishment and began to explain the hiding place of each member of the resumption of the Congress.

That night, with the assistance of a thousand Yangzhou soldiers, two hundred inner guards were divided into twenty teams and began to capture members of the Goryeo Restoration Congress separately.

In a sea-goods shop in Nancheng City, fifty state soldiers surrounded the shop, holding bows and crossbows, aiming at every place where they could escape. Ten inner guards kicked open the door and rushed in. A scream suddenly sounded in the shop.

In a large house, several nobles from the former Goguryeo were so scared that they sat in the hall that they did not dare to move. The soldiers and the warriors of the inner guard searched around the house. "Here" a warrior of the inner guard found a secret walkway in the wooden cabinet in the kitchen. They lifted the wooden boards, threw down several torches, and illuminated the cellar below.

At this time, a black shadow rushed out of the cellar and tried to escape forcibly. In the yard, several inner guards raised crossbows and shot arrows together. The black shadow was shot four or five arrows in a row, screamed and fell to the ground, and was shot to death on the spot.

Similar arrests occurred in various yards in Yangzhou City. Overnight, more than 50 people were arrested in Goryeo Restoration of the National Assembly, and more than a dozen other stubborn protesters were killed on the spot.

The Yangzhou government also urgently cooperated with the interrogation of the inner guards. They specially vacate the state prison, which is specially used to detain arrested Goryeo Restoration Members of the Congress, and Lu Jin conducted an interrogation overnight. The key to the interrogation is to obtain a detailed list and collect all important evidence, especially to obtain information on members who have not been arrested.

The inner guard warriors took turns torture in the punishment room. Several officials selected by the state corps to quickly record confessions and then conduct continuous comparisons. When they found that there were contradictions in the confession, they continued to interrogate and verify.

In the room, Li Zhen had not yet rested. Although arresting Goryeo and resusciting Congress was his official mission, the main purpose was to visit his master and ask about his secret identity. The arrest of Goryeo and resusciting Congress undoubtedly provided him with the best opportunity.

At this time, a Bushi said, "General, Lieutenant Lu and Lieutenant Zhao are here."

Li Zhen looked at the corner of the wall. It was already four o'clock.

"Report to the general, the complete confession and list have finally been sorted out."

Lu Jin smiled and handed the thick list to Li Zhen who had been waiting.

Li Zhen slowly looked through this thick list. There were 116 people in the Goryeo Restoration Congress in Yangzhou, and 74 people were arrested and killed. In other words, there were still 42 people who were not caught, including their leader Pei Shunqing.

Lu Jin explained: "The members of the Restoration Congress in Yangzhou were basically arrested, and the rest of the people who were not arrested were scattered all over the south of the Yangtze River, but we have all obtained their hiding place. The meaning of humble position is that we should act immediately and go to various prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River to capture the remnants. Before the news has spread, they will be beaten up."

Li Zhen nodded and asked Zhao Qiuniang next to him, "What does Captain Zhao mean?"

Although Lu Jin and Zhao Qiuniang have been designated as generals by Li Zhen, the Ministry of War has not yet approved it, so the two are still lieutenants for the time being. Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly said: "I agree with the suggestion of Zhao Jiawei, to break up 200 people into pieces, and go to various places to arrest prisoners, and try not to let one escape."
Chapter completed!