This middle-aged Sogdian man was named Kombole. He was the leader of the Sogdian chamber of commerce in Chang'an and had a lofty prestige among the Sogdians.

What Li Zhen showed him was the peace talisman of the Sogdian caravan. After Li Zhen rescued a group of Sogdian girls in Fulu County, the caravan leader Seba specially presented it to him for gratitude.

No matter where he is, as long as Li Zhen shows this peace talisman to the Sogdian merchants, Sogdian merchants from all over the country will do their best to help and solve his difficulties.

In the precious guest room, Kang Bole asked the maid to give them hot milk. He looked carefully at the peace talisman, which contained the name of the caravan.

This is a large caravan that left Chang'an last month. Kang Bole has received news that the caravan was attacked by horse bandits in Fulu County, Suzhou, and robbed nine Sogdian girls. Later, he received help from several young Han people to rescue the robbed.

Kang Bole knew in his heart that it was the two young men in front of him who saved the caravan. He smiled and nodded, "May I ask the two young masters who have the surnames and names?"

Li Zhen bowed and said, "Li Zhen, a native of Dunhuang, is my companion. We have encountered some small difficulties and hope to get help from our uncle."

Kombole smiled slightly, "I still have some prestige among the Sogdians in Chang'an. Tell me! As long as I can do it, I will do my best to help."

"That's right. We are looking for a group of Tochar samurai who have just arrived in Chang'an, about dozens to hundreds of people. Can we ask the uncle to help me find them?"

"This is not a big deal. Just find someone. I can help you!"

Kombole agreed happily, and he pondered for a moment: "The living habits of the Tocharis people are very different from those of the Central Plains. Many of the items they need must be purchased from the Sogdians. Moreover, I have close contact with the Tocharis Chamber of Commerce. It should not be difficult to find them. I wonder when will the young master need news at the latest?"

"If I could give me the best news today, I would need to know where they are at noon tomorrow at the latest."

Komble nodded, "I'll try it! Try to send you news today."

Li Zhen was grateful and quickly thanked him. At this time, he remembered something again and said quickly: "I want to remind the uncle that this is a group of vicious criminals. Killing people is like a slaughter. You must be careful."

"Thank you, my son, for reminding me, I will pay attention."

Li Zhen gave him his residence, and stood up and said goodbye to Jiuzhi.

The two of them had nothing to do for the time being. Seeing that it was noon, they simply came to a restaurant next to the East City to sit down, ordered a few dishes, and ordered a pot of wine.

"Old Li, we have another important thing we haven't done. Have you forgotten? Wang Yuanbao promised each of us 2,000 guan, but we haven't withdrawn it yet! Should we go and get it in the afternoon and exchange it for Sogdian gold coins? What do you think?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "Two thousand gold coins are heavy enough, but they will become a burden to us. Anyway, Wang Yuanbao will not be dependent on the account, so please take it back in the future!"

"That's right! Fatty, I have been to Chang'an for a lot of days, but I haven't even enjoyed the beauty of Chang'an. Alas! When will this mess be the beginning?"

"There are opportunities in the future. I will rescue Xiaoxi first. I will not care about you. I will just pretend that you don't know anything, and I will not tell Cui'er in the future."

"I like to hear these words, and I don't know if Cui'er has forgotten me."

Li Zhen drank a glass of wine, and he remembered something again, pondered for a while and smiled at Jiuzhi, "Old fat, I think there is something that is strange."

He found that Jiuzhi was distracted, so he looked at him, and couldn't help but feel angry and funny. He slapped the table, "What are you looking at?"

Jiuzhi was peeping at the snow-white chest of a young woman sitting next to her. He was screamed by Li Zhen and was shocked, "What's the matter?"

"Can you guys give me some face? Her husband is right next to you!"

Jiu Zhi's face turned red, "Oh! I get it, you continue."

"I'm talking about something that I think is a bit strange. I can't figure it out. Please help me with the staff."

Jiuzhi took a sip of wine and laughed proudly, "I know why you are unwilling to let me send Sisi back, because you need a wise person like Fat Master, who can't listen to you nonsense. Da Zhuang's rusty brain, if you tell him a hundred times, he can't react. Say it! Fat Master, I'll listen carefully."

"I remember Wang Yuanbao said that King Ah Yan also got a shadow relic set, and he also knew how to distinguish the authenticity of the relics. Since King Ah Yan's subordinates appeared in Chang'an, why did I feel as if everyone didn't know the authenticity of the relics, and they tried hard to steal the relics, even King Ah Yan's people wanted to steal them.

Also, Wu Shun's relic is actually a pattern of a shadow relic. Did King Ah Shang tell Wu Shun how to tell the truth and false? I can't figure it out for this reason."

Jiu Zhi sneered, "Will you still feel confused when you are wise Fat Master in front of you? Let me tell you the answer, it's very simple. King Ah Shang is a cunning old ghost. He knows the truth but doesn't tell it. Then he also sells his fake relics at a high price. Anyway, he is in Tochar, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. In the end, the fooled person can't do anything about him. I've done this kind of thing."

Li Zhen nodded. This fat man seemed to be half right. King Ah Suang deliberately concealed the truth. As for why he wanted to hide it, it might not be as simple as Jiu Zhi said.

...........

Kang Bole is worthy of being the leader of the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce. His ability and efficiency did not disappoint Li Zhen. At dusk, he asked his nephew to send a note with only one sentence on it, "The person is in Qinglong Temple outside Yanxingmen."

Li Zhen immediately asked Jiuzhi to go outside Qinglong Temple to monitor him, but he set out to Wushun Mansion. A quarter of an hour later, he spread out a map in front of Wushun and drew a circle on Qinglong Temple.

"The murderer who killed your men lives in the temple!"

Wu Shun didn't expect that Li Zhen's investigation was so fast that he found the murderer's headquarters in less than a day. You should know that it took him three days to dispatch more than 100 people, but he couldn't even find the shadow of the murderer.

He was stunned for a while and asked, "Can you be sure?"

"I can be sure now that my fat brother is monitoring outside the temple, but you have an insider around you. If you leak the news, I can't guarantee it."

Wu Shun walked a few steps behind his hands: "I will summon the servants and warriors to rush to Qinglong Temple on the grounds of protecting the manor."

He smiled at Li Zhen again and said, "I will bring your brother with me too. If the information is true, I will release someone on the spot and never break my promise!"

Wu Shun was also a very courageous person. He immediately made a decision and summoned two hundred servants and hundreds of samurai soldiers to give a lecture. His manor was in Lantian County, southeast of Chang'an, and he just needed to go out from Yanxingmen.

"I just received news from Lantian Manor that a group of hungry people broke into the manor and robbed food and supplies. The manager asked for help urgently. Everyone brought their weapons and followed me to the manor for rescue!"

Three hundred servants and warriors quickly brought weapons, and Wu Shun also wore armor and helmets, turned over the war horses, and led 300 fully armed subordinates to rush towards Yanxingmen.

It was not until he left Yanxing Gate that Wu Shun changed his order and pointed to Qinglong Temple hundreds of steps away and shouted: "Around Qinglong Temple, the Hu people hidden inside will be killed without mercy!"

Wu Shun was determined to do so. He was not afraid of killing people. He also had his father Wu Chengsi to take care of him. On the contrary, eight Wu family generals were killed in Chang'an and Maitreya relics were stolen. If he did not give his father an explanation, he would not be able to bear the consequences.

Lan Zhenyu did not expect that things would change suddenly. He didn't know that Li Zhen sent a letter to Wu Shun half an hour ago. Although Li Zhen promised to find the group of Tochar samurai within one day, he did not really believe that Li Zhen had this ability.

It was not until Wu Shun's order was issued that his face changed drastically. He realized that something was going to happen, but it was too late to notify the people in Qinglong Temple to withdraw.

Lan Zhenyu had to bite the bullet and find Wu Shun and advised him: "I understand the sentiment, but it is indeed a bit inappropriate for you to do this. This will cause a big disaster!"

Wu Shun glanced at him coldly, "What kind of disaster will it cause?"

"The envoy also knows that a certain force is involved in the relics. This person must be a powerful man in Luoyang. If the envoy kills his people, he will establish a strong enemy for the King of Wei. Please think twice!"

Wu Shun sneered, "He can kill the Wu family without any scruples, and is not afraid to offend the Wu family, but I dare not touch a hair. If the matter reaches my father's ears, how do you ask me to explain it to my father?"

Lan Zhenyu wanted to persuade him again, but Wu Shun waved his hand and said, "Don't persuade him anymore, so as not to suspect that you are an insider. You can shut up."

Lan Zhenyu had to swallow the words to his mouth. He was secretly anxious but helpless.

At this time, Wushun's servants and samurai had already rushed into Qinglong Temple and happened to meet a group of Tochar samurai who were preparing to go out. A fierce battle broke out in the temple...

The strength of the two sides was very different, and the fierce battle ended in less than a quarter of an hour. More than thirty Tochar samurai were killed by Wushun's servants. At this time, several servants carried a seriously injured monk to Wushun.

"Your Majesty, this person is their leader!"

The monk was about thirty years old, and his eyebrows were filled with frivolous aura. Although he was seriously injured, he was still extremely angry and said in a low voice: "Wu Shun, did you eat the courage of the Xiongxin Leopard? How dare you kill the person of the Grand Chief!"

Wu Shun looked at him carefully and was shocked. He knew this monk, commonly known as Wang Daoyuan, who was originally a scoundrel selling fake medicines on the streets of Chang'an. Later, he went to Luoyang and met Feng Xiaobao, a wise man who also sold fake medicines in Luoyang.

When Feng Xiaobao became famous overnight and transformed into Wu Zetian's monk Bin Huaiyi, Wang Daoyuan also ascended to heaven and became a monk at White Horse Temple, changed his name to Daoyuan, and became Xue Huaiyi's right-hand man.

Wu Shun then realized that another major force involved in the snatch of relics was Xue Huaiyi, which immediately scared him into a cold sweat.

You should know that Xue Huaiyi is the most trusted male favorite of the Holy Emperor, with great power. Even his adopted father Wu Chengsi and his uncle Wu Sansi were rushing to hold the reins for him and hold the whip for him. He actually killed his subordinates.

Wu Shun knew that he had caused a big disaster, so he secretly regretted that he should have listened to Lan Zhenyu's advice.

But at this point, he had to bite the bullet and say, "Wang Daoyuan, you killed the Wu family first and stole my relics. You hand over the relics, otherwise I will fight you to the end of this lawsuit!"

Wang Daoyuan was bleeding and still scolded: "Bad! When will I take your relics? I will ask you if you want this fake product, you can explain it to the chief executive if you have any questions."

Wang Daoyuan spoke extremely meanly. In front of everyone, Wu Shun exposed Wu Shun's true feelings in one sentence. Wu Shun felt angry and embarrassed, but he had to care about Wang Daoyuan's life and death. He quickly ordered: "Come on and treat his injuries quickly!"

Several generals came forward to lift Wang Daoyuan down, but in just a moment, one of them came forward to report, "Master, the man's heart veins have been cut off, and he has..."

"Is he dead?" Wu Shun's voice trembled in fear.

The general nodded, Lan Zhenyu next to him felt very hatred, but he didn't dare to say anything. He knew that Wu Shun's next step would be to kill someone to silence him.

Wu Shun knew that he had killed Xue Huaiyi's confidant by chance and caused a big disaster. He simply ordered to bring all the other survivors back to the mansion, and none of these people would survive.

Li Zhen watched coldly. Seeing that Wu Shun had already dealt with the people from Qinglong Temple, he walked over from behind without panic.

"Wu Zhuguo, you told me in person that you are a person with credibility. Now that I have caught the murderer for you, then according to our agreement, you should let my brother go."

Wu Shun hesitated for a moment. Li Zhen’s partner had no meaning to him. It would be great if he could take the opportunity to gather Li Zhen. He was about to agree, but Lan Zhenyu pulled Wu Shun for a moment, "Encourt, I have something to say."

He pulled Wu Shun aside and whispered: "Bizhi had just checked Qinglong Temple, but no relics were found. Beizhi interrogated several people, and they all said that someone else snatched the relics that night. It seemed that what Wang Daoyuan said was not false."

Wu Shun was really disappointed when he heard that there were no relics and asked again: "What about your opinion?"

Lan Zhenyu glanced at Li Zhen viciously from the corner of his eyes. This man destroyed Qinglong Temple and his future, making it impossible for him to explain in front of Xue Huaiyi. How could he not avenge this revenge?

He sneered again: "Since Li Zhen can find the murderer for the envoy, it means he knows more. Why don't the envoy ask him to retrieve the relics?"

Wu Shun thought that he offended Xue Huaiyi, which was also caused by Li Zhen. If he hadn't found Qinglong Temple, how could he have caused trouble? The promise he had originally given Li Zhen was lost without a trace.

Wu walked back and said to Li Zhen: "Of course I will let your brother go, but before letting your brother go, I will have to work harder and get the relics back for me."

Li Zhen was furious, Wu Shun did go back on his word. He drew his sword and stepped forward. The sword light flashed and held Wu Shun's throat. It was extremely fast. Wu Shun was stunned. After a while, he stuttered: "What are you going to... do?"

Lan Zhenyu next to him sneered and waved his hand. Several servants latched up the tied Xiaoxi. Lan Zhenyu's long sword pressed against Xiaoxi's throat and sneered: "Li Zhen, kill me, and see who is more cruel!"

Li Zhen restrained his anger, slowly retracted the sword back to the sheath, and said coldly to Wu Shun: "What if they had sent the relics to Luoyang?"

Wu Shun stroked the sword marks on his neck, feeling very hatred, "I don't care about this. If you can't take out the relics at this time tomorrow, you can collect the body for him!"

Li Zhen took a deep breath and said to Jiuzhi next to him: "Let's go!"

Li Zhen took a few steps, then turned to Wu Shun and said, "Do you know who the inner demon is by your side?"

Li Zhen pointed at Lan Zhenyu, "It's him!"

After saying that, he turned around and left. Wu Shun looked at Lan Zhenyu in shock, unable to say a word for a long time.
Chapter completed!