Ang Lee had also stayed in the Jie Mountain for some time. At this moment, since the tungsten ore smelting workshop jointly operated by the Zhan Clan and the Lang Clan had already started producing, there was not much point in continuing to stay here. It was better to hurry on with their journey.
"Both Clan Chiefs, there's no need to send me off anymore. You can all go back!"
Ang Lee looked at the Zhan Clan Chiefs and the Lang Clan Chiefs who were sending them off and said.
"Assistant Minister Li, have a safe journey. Have a safe journey."
"Assistant Minister Li, come back and visit us when you're free!"
The two Clan Chiefs said enthusiastically.
Ang Lee nodded and continued to lead the team forward.
After leaving the territory of the Zhan Clan and the Lang Clan, Ang Lee and the rest entered the territory of the Da Clan. The territory of the Da Clan was larger than the previous clans, but its population was small. It was very vast and sparsely populated, but its people were tough. It was a tribe that advocated martial arts. Although it was conferred by the imperial court, it was basically a local tyrant just like the previous clans. Moreover, the Da Clan was even more excessive than the previous clans. The tributes they offered every year were not up to standard. They even used natural disasters as an excuse to not offer any tributes. The imperial court of the Tang Dynasty did not blame them for this. Instead, they gave some rewards.
After all, in the eyes of the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty, a small tribe like the Da Clan would not have much wealth even if they offered tributes seriously. As long as they were willing to submit, it would be enough. Would the Tang Dynasty care about their tributes? Naturally, the Tang Dynasty would not care, let alone provoke a conflict over such a small matter. Moreover, there were many natural disasters. The imperial court of the Tang Dynasty knew a little about the economic situation of the Western Border Area.
Because it was close to Dongnu Province, the Da Clan had also been affected to a certain extent. Their grain production had plummeted, and the people could barely fill their stomachs. Naturally, they did not have any extra money to offer tributes. The imperial court had rewarded them for disaster relief, but the amount of reward was very small and could not solve any major problems. After all, the relationship between a tribe like the Da Clan and the Tang Dynasty was not very close. The price that the imperial court was willing to pay was naturally more limited. The price that the Tang Dynasty was willing to pay was definitely proportional to the closeness of their relationship. Unless the Da Clan completely submitted to the Tang Dynasty, were willing to listen to the orders of the Tang Dynasty and allow the Tang Dynasty to send officials to govern the country, otherwise, the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty would not give them much support.
Now that the Da Clan had encountered a natural disaster, the people could only fill their stomachs with food. As a result, they naturally had the idea of robbing. It was said that the poor were scheming, while the rich had a conscience. In fact, the rich did not necessarily have a conscience. However, when people were very poor, they would definitely come up with evil schemes. After all, if one could not even fill their stomachs, what conscience would there be? Conscience was the feeling after eating and drinking. If one's stomach was still growling due to hunger, how could one think of conscience? In order to fill one's stomach, it was not a problem to steal or rob. In order to fill one's stomach and survive, one could break the bottom line in one's heart and do illegal things.
The further west they went, the worse the condition of the road became. Naturally, the bad road greatly slowed down the speed of their journey, especially for Ang Lee's group. With so many transport vehicles, they would get stuck in the mud from time to time. It was really annoying.
Ang Lee was very unhappy with such a slow speed. For this reason, he sent more than a dozen guards to be the vanguard. Then, he led a small number of guards and went ahead first.
"Assistant Minister Li, there's an inn up ahead. How could there be an inn in such a desolate place?"
Chen Long looked at Ang Lee and said.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "Let's go in and take a look. Let's go into the inn."
After saying that, he walked into the inn with Chen Long and more than a dozen people.
"Would you like to eat? Or would you like to stay in the inn? "
A beautiful woman walked over and asked with a smile.
Ang Lee said, "I want to eat and stay in the inn. If there's anything delicious, bring it up!"
"Yes, please wait a moment. It will be ready soon."
After saying that, she signaled the shop assistant to prepare the delicious food.
Li An carefully observed the woman and found that not only was she beautiful, but she also gave off a valiant feeling. She seemed to be a martial artist. As for the few hard workers, they didn't look like honest workers. They seemed to have the aura of bandits.
"Assistant Minister Li, something doesn't seem right here! Let's leave as soon as possible! "
Chen Long also found that there was something wrong with the inn and said.
Ang Lee shook his head and said, "There's no need to make any progress. Since we're here, let's take things as they come. Our main force is behind us. Why should we be afraid of them?"
Chen Long heard this and felt that it made sense. Thousands of his men were behind them. A small inn was nothing to be afraid of.
"Sir, the dishes you ordered are here."
After a while, two male shop assistants brought in a few bottles of wine and a few simple dishes.
"Just like that?"
Ang Lee said with some dissatisfaction.
"Sir, don't be anxious. The best dishes are still to come. You eat first. I'll go to the kitchen to urge them. "
The beautiful shopkeeper said with a smile and walked to the kitchen. The shop assistants who served the dishes also left. However, they did not really leave. Instead, they quietly hid in the dark and carefully observed Ang Lee's group through the gap of the wooden door.
Ang Lee looked at the dishes and wine in front of him and had a bad feeling. These dishes couldn't be drugged, could they?
"Assistant Minister Li, there's nothing wrong with the dishes, right?"
Chen Long whispered.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "Just don't drink or eat."
After saying that, he poured a bowl of wine and gently put it to his mouth. However, he did not touch the wine. He did not even touch the edge of the bowl to prevent the drugs from being added to the edge of the bowl.
"Well, good wine, really good wine!"
Ang Lee said loudly.
"It's really good wine. Not bad, not bad."
Chen Long also said. He picked up the food with his chopsticks and pretended to eat.
Although Ang Lee and Chen Long did not really eat or drink, the rest of the guards who were sitting at another table did not know about this. They looked at the good wine and dishes and started to eat and drink directly.
"I'm so dizzy!"
Several guards fainted when they were not paying attention.
Ang Lee and Chen Long looked at each other and also fell on the table with a bang.
Seeing that Ang Lee's group had all fallen, the beautiful shopkeeper and several shop assistants walked out with a smile.
"Quickly search them and see if there's anything valuable on them."
The beautiful woman was overjoyed. They could tell that Ang Lee's group was rich from their clothes. Therefore, they felt that they would definitely gain a lot.
"The dozen people who passed by just now did not enter the restaurant. Could this group of people be in the same group as the ones who passed by just now? Look at their clothes."
"So what if they are in the same group? Have we ever been afraid of anyone? Even if the previous group comes back, we have nothing to be afraid of. As long as we clean up this place, who would know?"
"That's right. At most, we can drug the group in front and get another sum of money."
Several shop assistants talked while searching for valuable items on Ang Lee's group.
"Big sister, we're rich? These people have gold pancakes on them. Where are so many gold pancakes? "
A shop assistant found a large number of gold pancakes in the package of Ang Lee's entourage. His eyes were full of greed. Obviously, he had never met such a rich customer. Naturally, he was very excited.
"Oh my god. Who are these people? How can they have so many gold pancakes? "
The beautiful woman was also very excited. Her eyes were full of gold light. Even her breathing seemed so rapid.
"Big sister, there's more here? There are so many gold pancakes. Hey, what is this? How can it illuminate people so clearly? "
A shop assistant found another package of gold pancakes. At the same time, he found something good that he could not understand.
"Give it to me. Let me see."
The beautiful woman took the package and first picked up the glass mirror on the surface.
"Oh my god. How can this illuminate so clearly? It's so much better than the bronze mirror. It must be a treasure, a big treasure! It must be worth more than these gold pancakes. "
The beautiful woman smiled from ear to ear. Her excitement was indescribable.
Women's nature was to love beauty, especially those who were good-looking. For a woman who loved beauty, it was naturally a very happy thing to have a small mirror to admire her beautiful face at any time.
"Wow! I'm so beautiful, and my skin is so white … "
The beautiful woman suddenly fell into extreme narcissism. She seemed to have forgotten the fact that she was robbing at this moment.
"What is this? What is it for?"
A shop assistant found Ang Lee's telescope and studied it carefully for a long time, but did not understand what it was for.
"Let me see."
Another shop assistant took the telescope and tried it a few times. Then, he figured out the purpose of the telescope.
"Wow, what the hell is this? It can see so far. It can see so far. "
The shop assistant was stunned. He looked at everything outside in disbelief.
"Let me see, let me see."
The shop assistant was anxious. He grabbed the telescope directly and looked into the distance. He was instantly stunned.
"Big sister, big sister, we found another good thing. It's even better than the small mirror."
After the shop assistants tried it, they walked to the beautiful woman and said.
The beautiful woman was immersed in extreme narcissism. She was suddenly disturbed. She was annoyed and scolded, "What are you doing? What did you find again?"
"Big sister, it's a very magical thing. It can see very far. Things that are far away seem to be right in front of you."
A shop assistant said.
The beautiful woman put the small mirror into her pocket and walked out of the door. She took the telescope and looked at the scenery in the distance. She was shocked. The rest of the shop assistants took turns to play with the telescope. After all, Ang Lee and his group of more than ten people had brought a total of three telescopes.
In this shop, there was only one beautiful woman and six shop assistants working. Now, they all ran out of the door. They seemed to have completely forgotten about Ang Lee and his group.
Li An gently raised his head and exchanged a glance with Chen Long. Then, the two of them quietly walked to the kitchen to see if there was anything wrong with the kitchen and whether there was a murder for money. If this unscrupulous inn was really murdering for money, then they would definitely be able to find a corpse in the kitchen. What worried Li An the most was the dozen or so guards he had sent out to act as lookouts. If they were to fall into the hands of this group of people, then it would be very bad.
"There are no horses or people. It seems that they didn't enter the shop."
Chen Long said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "There is no human flesh here. It seems that this black shop is only murdering for money and not killing people. At least they have some conscience."
After wandering around the kitchen, Ang Lee didn't find any traces of killing people. This seemed to be enough to prove that this black shop was only murdering for money and not killing people. At least they had a little conscience. This decided the degree of punishment Ang Lee would give them. If they were murdering for money, Ang Lee wouldn't be polite and would definitely kill them all. If they were murdering for money, Ang Lee would give them a chance to turn over a new leaf. At least, he wouldn't be willing to kill them.
"Assistant Minister Li, what are you going to do with these people?"
Chen Long asked.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and said, "That beautiful woman is quite beautiful. I really don't want to kill her. If I can persuade them to walk the right path, it will be a good deed."
Chen Long nodded and said, "She is quite beautiful. Moreover, the lives of the people here are poor. Many people who have no way to survive have no choice but to take risks and do things like robbing and robbing. If they could live a little better, they wouldn't do these things."
The two searched the kitchen for a long time and didn't find anything unusual. There was oil, salt, wine, and some mountain products. It was very similar to the kitchen of an ordinary hotel. It didn't look like the kitchen of a black shop at all.
Later, Ang Lee searched several rooms near the kitchen and found some goods. They should be the loot of this black shop. The cash must have been hidden by them, and these goods were directly placed in an insignificant room.
"Two people are missing. Why are two people missing?"
A waiter whose excitement had subsided returned to the inn and suddenly found that Ang Lee and Chen Long were missing. He was shocked.
"Big sister, big sister, bad news. Two people are missing."
The people who were fiddling with binoculars outside the door were shocked when they heard the news. They immediately ran into the room.
"Hey, they really ran away."
"They can't have run far. Let's chase after them separately."
"Big sister, let's go after them!"
Several waiter said.
The beautiful woman smiled slightly and said, "What's there to chase? They have already run away. There's no need to chase. Now that we have so many treasures, we should leave here quickly. Hurry up and get ready. Take these treasures and leave quickly."
Obviously, this beautiful woman was very smart. Since she had so much money and treasures on her, she was definitely not an ordinary person. She must be someone with a very high status. In other words, they had offended someone with a high status. If they continued to stay here, it would be very dangerous. The treasures they had obtained would be enough for them to live for many years. As such, it was naturally the best choice to slip away.
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