Chapter 918 The Person Behind It?
In stark contrast to the rainy and gloomy southern region where Li Dalang lived, Chang'an had been enjoying sunny weather for the past few days.
Mr. Bu Ke had just come out of the small court assembly and exited the palace gate when someone came up to him and told him that Li San Niang's carriage was being followed.
Of course, Mr. Bu Ke considered the affairs of the extraordinary people as major matters within the Bad People organization, especially those concerning Li San Niang. He dispatched several groups of people to protect and monitor her. The ones on the surface were naturally Lao Shi and Qiu Xiang, while those on the inside were also numbered in order.
Mr. Bu Ke stood outside the majestic red palace walls, looking at the narrow strip of paper with a few dozen characters written on it in his hand, his mind racing.
"Return to the Alliance and have someone bring those two people here. I will interrogate them personally."
"yes."
The subordinate bowed and acknowledged Mr. Bu Ke's words. He then turned and took the horse from the palace attendant, grabbed the reins, and watched Mr. Bu Ke mount the horse before stepping aside.
As for the hunchbacked old servant who had been following behind Mr. Bu Ke, he didn't say anything, but silently mounted another horse and followed behind Mr. Bu Ke.
Yes, ever since Mr. Impossible was able to stand up, he has refused to sit anymore. Even when going out, he prefers to ride a horse rather than a carriage.
Actually, according to Li San Niang, Mr. Ke should proceed gradually, starting from standing, then standing for a long time, then walking slowly, and then running and jumping.
The reconstruction process would have taken at least a few years, but Mr. Bu Ke possessed a strong will and managed to shorten the time to just over half a year through sheer willpower. He was already able to ride a horse and ride through the flowers.
Meanwhile, the two merchants who had been knocked unconscious by the thugs secretly protecting Li San Niang were now huddled up, their hands bound, and black cloth covers over their heads as they were transferred to a carriage and taken to the thugs' office in Chang'an.
After Mr. Bu Ke finished his business and had lunch, the two merchants were sent to the dungeon of the Bad People's Office.
The dungeon wasn't entirely underground; it was more of a semi-underground space, where some light still shone in during the day.
However, if you want to see more clearly, you still need to light a lamp.
At this moment, the hunchbacked servant carrying a lantern walked in front of Mr. Keke, and the two of them turned several corners before entering the dungeon where the two merchants were imprisoned.
Under the flickering candlelight, Mr. Ke lifted the hem of his robe and sat down comfortably on the chair that had been prepared for him.
On the table to the side, there was a cup of tea that had been brewed long ago. The one-eyed jailer with a limp and a bloody aura stepped forward and bowed to Mr. Bu Ke. He then presented Mr. Bu Ke with a piece of paper by raising his hands.
"Sir, we used some tricks to make sure he is a legitimate merchant, and a medicinal herb trader."
These two men were acting on orders from the powerful Wang family in the south, which is why they set their sights on Li San Niangzi in Chang'an.
Whether there are others behind this Wang family remains to be seen; our spies in the south will have to investigate.
Mr. Ke nodded and took the paper with a few drops of blood on it to read.
It turns out that these two were illegitimate brothers from a family in the south. When they divided the family property, they didn't receive much money, so they decided to come to Chang'an to see what it was like. Wasn't there a rumor that the Imperial Medical Academy was going to cooperate with a major pharmaceutical company to produce tonics for the rich and ready-made medicines for the common people?
The two brothers thought they might have a chance to get rich while others got to eat meat and they got to drink soup. That's why they decided to come to Chang'an.
As luck would have it, just as the two of them had this idea, the Wang family came knocking on their door, offering a considerable amount of gold and silver to support their journey north to Chang'an. They had only one request: that the two of them find Li Sanniang, and preferably kidnap her or cause her some trouble.
The two men naturally knew there must be something going on, but in the face of gold and silver, they ultimately lost all conscience and consideration.
When the two of them finally arrived in Chang'an, they naturally learned that Li Sanniang was a female official in the Imperial Medical Bureau and not someone to be trifled with.
Logically speaking, if the two of them wanted to do business in medicinal herbs, they should have been more supportive of Li San Niang.
But how could these two people refuse the power and wealth of the Wang family?
Therefore, the two only dared to hire a carriage and follow behind Li San Niang after she left the city.
Perhaps they did have some ideas in their minds, but before they could put them into practice, they were captured by the villains sent to protect Li San Niang.
After reading the paper, Mr. Ke stretched out his slender finger and pointed to the words "Wang Family in the South" on the paper.
Because he controlled all the Bad People in the entire Tang Dynasty, Mr. Bu Ke naturally received messages from Bad People from all walks of life in the Tang Dynasty every day.
With Mr. Unbelievable's amazing memory, Princess Nanping's maternal family happens to be surnamed Wang. Coincidentally, the Wang family is located in the south.
Even more coincidentally, Li San Niang had previously testified in the smallpox poisoning case, causing Princess Nanping to lose her only son.
If we think about it further, could the Liu family, the ancestral home of these two brothers, also have some connection with the Duke of Yu (the husband of Princess Nanping)?
So, this shouldn't just be about taking revenge on Li Sanniang.
Besides the Duke of Yu and Princess Nanping, there must be someone else, and this person must be the one who came for Li San Niang's proposal about "tonics for the rich and medicines for the common people".
Self-interest has always been the key to all problems.
Having thought about these things for only a few breaths, Mr. Bu Ke nodded and instructed the lame, one-eyed jailer: "Break his leg, find a lively place, and throw him there. Send someone to see who will pick him up."
After giving this instruction, Mr. Noble left the dungeon with the paper and his hunchbacked servant. He returned to his study, pondered for a while, and then wrote quite a bit on the paper.
"Send this to the people in the Jiangnan East Road branch alliance. I want to see who's behind this."
"Yes, sir."
That night, the two Liu merchants were dumped in front of the Medicine Merchants' Association headquarters in Jiangnan East Road.
The thugs didn't kill them, but as Mr. Bu Ke had said, they broke both of their legs and left them bleeding profusely in front of the club.
Liu Changwen, the president of the Jiangnan East Road Medicine Merchants Alliance, listened with a furrowed brow to the report from his subordinates: "...Liu Kang (the fat merchant) is still unconscious, and the information he got came from Liu Jian (the thin merchant)."
According to Liu Jian, he was knocked unconscious by two ordinary-looking people and woke up in a dark dungeon.
It was there that they were tortured; unable to endure the torture, they confessed everything.
At this point, the man looked up at Liu Changwen and said, "My lord, it must have been the work of the scoundrels!"
Only the Bad People would dare to act like this in Chang'an.
It seems the rumors that Li Sanniang was a member of the Bad People weren't just baseless.
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