Yang Zhi knew there was something in Li Tuo's words as soon as he heard it. As a second minister and a rebel who surrendered, he didn't know enough about the Manchu and Qing court. In addition, there were some unique unspoken rules in the world in Forty-Nine City. Yang Zhi He was confused about all this and was worried that he didn't have a good master to guide him. When he heard something in Li Tuo's words, he immediately saluted him as if he had grabbed a savior.
"I'd like to hear the details! You and I don't want to be called adults or adults anymore. How about calling each other brothers and sisters? Judging from your age, you should be a few years younger than me. How old are you?"
By the way, Yang Zhi is two years older than Li Tuo, so naturally he is his brother. He grabbed Li Tuo's hand and said with a smile, "Brother, let's not engage in those fake scenes of beheading chicken heads and burning yellow paper. I sincerely thank you for what you just said." Rescue me, and you will be my brother from now on..."
Speaking of this, Yang Zhi's eyes became wet, "Hey... after so many years of war, I have no relatives in my hometown. If my brothers don't dislike me, how about I treat my brothers as my real relatives?"
Li Tuo quickly lifted up his cotton robe and knelt on the ground, "It's a blessing for three lifetimes for a brother to recognize his eldest brother. Please accept my worship..."
The two of them actually kowtowed and sworn sworn vows in the Palace of Supreme Harmony Square. The eyes of the imperial guards in the distance were twitching, thinking to themselves, what evil are these two dirty officials holding back? There must be no water in the stomach.
The two of them walked hand in hand towards the Meridian Gate. Li Tuo unlocked the so-called secret. In fact, it is very simple. If you want to survive, you have to hug each other for warmth!"
"Every day when I walk into the Forbidden City, I have to remind myself that almost 90% of the people in this city have higher officials and status than me! Don't look at the guards who stand in the cold air with their chests and belly stretched out and their noses runny. They may He is from a big family under Xianghuang."
"Don't look down on those little eunuchs who lead you. Maybe the godfathers they want are Li Lianying and Zhou Daoying. We can't afford to offend these people... let alone the real adults in the court, who are all high-ranking officials of third rank or above. Wouldn't killing us be like squeezing an ant to death?"
"We little characters, if we want to survive, we have to have a little bit of discernment! We have to know in advance that the official is going to be famous, that nobleman is going to be black... If there is a happy event in your family today, you have to find a way to enjoy it. , if something goes wrong at home, you have to be careful to avoid him to avoid anger..."
"Take a look, these are all common sense! Just kidding, Mr. Weng, you can't kneel on the washboard all night last night, and you have to go in front of others and praise your wife for being virtuous, right? Isn't that just looking for a big mouth to slap you? …”
Li Tuo said with a smile, "So we have to share intelligence! We small characters have to weave into a big network, support each other and set off each other, so that we can survive..."
"The few sentences I just chatted with Xiao Liu contained a few riddles. I asked him how his second wife was in good health. That didn't mean that his concubine was really sick, but I asked him what was in the box. …”
"He said that he had a sudden cold and got better after taking some medicine. This cold represents the telegram! Because the telegram is invisible and invisible, just like a gust of wind, and the news in it is hot and cold, good and bad!"
Yang Zhi was dumbfounded, and the door to the strange world slowly opened in front of him. He really didn't expect that the water in Sijiu City would be so deep... and so interesting.
Li Tuo then laughed and said, "The cold wind represents the telegraph. Then Xiao Liu said that it seemed that the south wind had just started. It is likely to snow in the south this winter... The south wind represents the south, and it means The source of the telegram is the south of the Qing Dynasty!"
"Then, his left eye blinked three more times. Only we can understand this signal. Three blinks represent the most noble meaning... A telegram from the south, and it was sent by the most noble person. You Guess who?"
"Haha, who else could it be besides Marshal Zeng, the Dinghai Shenzhen of the Qing Dynasty?"
At this time, the two of them had already walked out of the Meridian Gate. The newly hired housekeeper of Yang Zhi's family was suffering from cold and had runny nose. When he saw that his master was back, he quickly led his horse to greet him.
Yang Zhi ignored the butler and asked Li Tuo expectantly, "Then do you know the contents of the telegram?"
Li Tuo stretched out his hand and scratched his forehead, "The south wind rises and blows north... In fact, this meaning is very obvious, that is, Marshal Zeng is going north, but I still can't figure out why Marshal Zeng is so angry in the first lunar month. Can't a telegram be sent after the fifteenth day of the office?"
"The commander-in-chief is going north? Or is it in the first month?" Yang Zhi was also stunned, but at this moment there was a sudden sound of horse hoofbeats south of the Meridian Gate, and someone on the horse shouted "Emergency call from the Prime Minister's Yamen! The Prime Minister's Yamen Urgent call! Take me to the palace quickly!"
The guards at the Meridian Gate rushed up to check the waist tag. At this time, Li Tuo shouted, "Brother Jiang! When will the number be released? I have some good wine for you, little brother. The real daughter's red brewed by the water of Jianhu Lake is really good!" "
"Oh, Brother Li! When I finish the work at hand, I will be off duty. Where should we go to get together?"
"How about Quanjude outside the front door? I'll order the food first and wait for you, brother..."
"Okay, if I can arrive within an hour, I can arrive. If I haven't arrived after an hour, don't wait for me... The weather is so bad, it's so wet that there might be a northwest wind tonight, and it might be... It’s snowing! Li Tuo, you old cotton-padded jacket can’t withstand the cold. Go home and change into leather goods..."
"If you don't come up with the money, I still have three wolf skins from outside the customs at home. I'll give them to you to stop the rush!"
Yang Zhi listened to the two people shouting back and forth dozens of steps apart, and watched helplessly as the secretary of the Prime Minister's Yamen named Jiang was taken into the Forbidden City by the guards. He had just glimpsed the threshold of the world, and he couldn't help but get excited.
He asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Are you two talking dirty words too? What's going on?"
But he didn't expect that Yang Zhi had a grimace on his face, shook his head desperately and said in a low voice, "This is not the place to talk. Hurry and go to the front door to book a table at Quanjude..."
Yang Zhi got on his horse and said to the housekeeper, "Give your horse to my brother. You go home and tell the second and third ladies that I will eat out tonight so that they don't have to wait for me..."
After saying that, the two of them rode their horses and headed south. On the way, Li Tuo sighed with a sad face, "Something big happened! The three wolf skins outside the pass represent Rakshasa ghosts, and the white snow means the use of weapons." Robbed!"
"Damn it, what does this Rakshasa ghost want to do? Who is it going to hit? How to hit it?"
Yang Zhi was completely stunned. He really didn't expect that this group of seemingly ordinary Zhang Jing, book office, and pen post styles would secretly build such a complex, interesting and exquisite intelligence sharing network.
In this Forty-Nine City, how many secrets do Yang Zhi need to explore carefully?
