The cunning rabbit still has three burrows.
In the wild, rabbits often become food for foxes.
Sly Fox has gathered a group of the smartest lunatics. Of course, they understand that madness that leaves no escape route is the stupidest thing.
Regarding Zhao Rang's question, Zhang Zong whispered to the girl standing beside him, and then the girl went out.
After drinking a glass of wine, the girl came back again, holding a cloth bag in her hand.
Zhao Rang had seen this kind of cloth bag, which was used by Dawei officials to deliver official documents.
It is divided into three colors: cyan, blue and black. Black represents the highest level of confidentiality and is often extremely important military information.
The bag the girl brought was exactly black, and contained a border newspaper.
Zhang Zong opened the Tang newspaper and asked the girl to bring it to Zhao Rang.
"Commander Zhang, the military intelligence report is top secret, I..."
Unable to overcome Commander Zhang's insistence, and Zhao Rang himself was really worried about what had happened, so after the girl handed over the newspaper, Zhao Rang still read it carefully.
The content of the Tongbao is very simple, just one line, and no matter how many times I read it, I still can’t read it:
"The Dragon Sail Society has marched towards the north, carrying tens of thousands of gold and silver, and will arrive in Suluo City soon."
Zhang Zong explained:
"This is a report from the Investigation Department Station along the Taishang River."
Zhao Rang nodded, feeling relieved immediately.
His purpose of coming to the first floor has been achieved. Now after drinking the glass of wine, he can leave happily and go home to have a good sleep. As for the Nujiang Gang and Longfan Society, Commander Zhang will handle it.
"Master Zhao, didn't you see the weirdness of this newspaper?"
Zhang Zong asked.
Zhao Rang opened the Tang newspaper and read it again. The content was still the same. It could not have changed just because he read it again.
"Commander Zhang, this is my first time reading the Tang newspaper."
The implication is that I have no idea what is considered normal or problematic.
"Young Master Zhao is just like two old friends who communicate frequently. They usually share their lives in detail. Until you receive such a letter, how will you feel?"
"Then this letter is a bit too simple."
Zhao Rang said without thinking.
The Tang newspaper only said that Longfanhui brought a lot of money and returned to Suluo City soon. But not a word was mentioned about their motivation for coming or the purpose of their going. If applied to the example given by Commander Zhang, it would be too simple!
"You're right! It's just too simple, so simple that it seems fake!"
Zhao Rang asked in surprise:
"What do you mean, Commander Zhang, that this newspaper is fake?"
Commander Zhang shook his head and replied:
"I'm just speculating. But in my opinion, there should be many more letters before this one. It shouldn't be just this dry text."
Zhao Rang thought for a while and said:
"Could it be that they failed to find out?"
Commander Zhang said categorically:
"Never will!"
Zhao Rang didn't ask any more questions.
If you ask again, you are questioning the ability of Si Yingwei to investigate. This is not what an ordinary person should say.
But there are no absolutes in the world, and Zhao Rang felt that Commander Zhang was a bit exaggerated.
"Even if they don't find out, there should be one or several letters before then."
"It's so embarrassing if we can't find out. They probably don't want to tell!"
Ximen Dazhuang said suddenly.
Commander Zhang looked at him and said word by word:
"It's better to be embarrassed than to lose your life. Those who are Shadow Guards have long forgotten their own faces."
"Master, it's time!"
The silent girl on the side suddenly spoke softly.
Zhang Zong looked out the window and said:
"So fast? Okay."
Zhao Rang saw this and said quickly:
"Since Commander Zhang still has something to do, we will leave first!"
He felt uncomfortable dealing with people in the government.
This is the first time Zhao Rang has said the word "resign" in his memory.
"Master Zhao, wait a moment, I have something else for you."
After that, Zhang Zong stood up and led Zhao Rang towards the door.
Until he reached the entrance of the courtyard on the first floor, Zhang Zong didn't take out anything and handed it to Zhao Rang.
Zhao Rang couldn't help but stand still and look at Zhang Zong.
"It's a message."
Zhang Zong said.
Zhao Rang immediately thought of who gave him the message.
There is only one person who can deliver a message to him through Zhang Zong—Yuan Mingkong!
After leaving the first floor, Zhao Rang kept his brows furrowed.
Even though he had slept for two and a half days, all the energy accumulated in his sleep had been used up after being out for more than half a day.
It wasn't until he was far away from the first floor that Ximen Dazhuang asked:
"Brother Rang, what did Zhang Zonggang give you?"
Just now Zhang Zong deliberately avoided Ximen Dazhuang.
In Zhao Rang's view, this move was meaningless.
He also believed that Zhang Zong definitely knew that he would tell Ximen Dazhuang.
"A message from Yuan Mingkong."
When Ximen Dazhuang heard this, he became excited and asked:
"What did you say? Are you asking us to destroy the Nujiang Gang and the Longfan Society?"
Zhao Rang rolled his eyes at him and was about to scold him, but found that he couldn't get angry at all and could only say lightly:
"Quite the opposite."
Ximen Dazhuang scratched his head and carefully understood the meaning of these four words.
"If you don't kill them, why don't you drink with them?"
Zhao Rang nodded and said:
"Roughly the same."
In fact, Yuan Mingkong's message was more straightforward. He hoped that Zhao Rang would make friends with the Nujiang Gang and Longfan Society, so as to find out what they were going to do in Suluo City in the north.
"This is the Shadow Guard's business. What does it have to do with us?"
Zhao Rang said very tiredly:
"Sometimes relationships are good just because they don't matter. If the relationship is too big and deep, people will be on guard at all times. Everything they tell is lies. What can you hear?"
Ximen Dazhuang also understands this truth.
But after understanding it, even he felt embarrassed...
Today I just humiliated the leader of the Nujiang Clan, Jiang Lang, on the street by burning meat on his head and covering his face. Wait until night to make friends with them again.
How can there be such a simple thing in the world?
If you offend a three-year-old child, they will ignore you for a long time. Not to mention that Jiang Lang is the leader of a force after all.
"If we had known this earlier, we shouldn't have stood up for that Lao Guang in whatever we said today!"
Zhao Rang waved his hand, it was too late to say anything now. 166
It is better to think about how to resolve the existing problems.
But what I got on the first floor just now was not all trouble.
At least from Zhang Zong, Zhao Rang knew that Qingxue didn't lie. The Longfan Society did come to Suluo City. Although the Tang newspaper did not say what they were going to do, it was obvious that they had already done it.
Ready-made clothing shop plus Changchun Garden.
Zhao Rang couldn't think of any connection between these two places that were out of reach even if he tried hard.
"Did Qingxue say when Aunt Shu will leave?"
Ximen Dazhuang didn’t remember.
Zhao Rang didn't remember either, so he didn't say anything.
After a pause, Zhao Rang said to Ximen Dazhuang:
"Tomorrow at noon, you book the best banquet at Luoyue Tower, and then ask the shopkeeper to make the best invitation and send it to Changchun Garden."
Ximen Dazhuang agreed and then asked:
"You want to treat Aunt Shu to dinner?"
Zhao Rang nodded.
He felt that since Longfanhui bought Changchun Garden from Aunt Shu and brought the Nujiang Gang to the forefront, it meant that Aunt Shu must have had a lot of contact with them, at least much more than he and Ximen Da Zhuang.
Previously, Aunt Shu didn't say clearly that she was leaving, nor did she tell Zhao Rang that Chang Chunyuan had changed hands. She must have had many considerations.
But now that Zhao Rang has learned about this from other places, he can clarify this with Aunt Shu and ask her to tell her everything she knows about the Nujiang Gang and the Longfan Society.
"Brother Rang, doesn't this betray that girl Qingxue?"
"Although that girl is not very honest..."
Zhao Rang turned around and slapped Ximen Dazhuang and said:
"Are you stupid? What does the information we got from the Investigation Department have to do with Qingxue?"
"Aunt Shu doesn't know that we saw her again in Xiao Anna."
Only then did Ximen Dazhuang react and said:
"Yes! She can't reach the investigation department to ask questions."
"Then what are we going to do now?"
Zhao Rang said angrily:
"What else can you do? Go home and sleep!"
Ximen Dazhuang lived in the house opposite Zhao Rang. As soon as he entered the house, he quickly blew out the candle. Soon, snoring came from the open window.
Zhao Rang was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep.
He lay on the bed and carefully sorted out the things he encountered when he went out today, and found that he had indeed fallen into another big incident...
He shook his head with a wry smile. He was not a person who was afraid of trouble, but it was obviously not a good habit to actively seek trouble.
Although he was helping the guy selling barbecued pork out of righteous indignation, wouldn't it be better to do this differently?
Zhao Rang swore to Ximen Dazhuang that there was no regret in the world, but he himself didn't want to have any.
At this point, it's useless to think too much.
Judging from Zhang Zong's attitude today, if Zhao Rang doesn't go to him, he will come to him sooner or later.
"Tangbao..."
Zhao Rang muttered softly.
If it weren't for Zhang Zong's reminder, he wouldn't have noticed anything weird about the Fengtang newspaper.
After thinking about it, Zhao Rang got out of bed and shouted to the door:
"Is Yu Xi here?"
"Yes, Master!"
Yu Xi opened the door and came in, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
Under the dim light, people's facial features are a little blurry. Looking at it this way, Yu Xi looks more like the maid next to Zhang Zong!
"Yuxi, do you have any sisters?"
Zhao Rang asked jokingly.
After hearing this, Yu Xi cheered up and said:
"Master, don't you know yet? I was bought by the master, not to mention sisters... I don't even have parents!"
Zhao Rang sighed and did not continue the topic.
Rootless duckweeds drifting in the wind always make people sad.
"Go and open the master's study. I have something to do for a while."
Yu Xi nodded and turned around to get the key.
Zhao Rang's father is the patriarch of the Zhao family. No one else can enter his study except himself.
Except Zhao Rang.
He admired his son very much and had great hopes, so he specifically said that Zhao Rang could go directly to his study when needed without his consent.
"Master, what are you busy with at this late hour?"
Yu Xi held the candlestick and accompanied Zhao Rang into the study.
Zhao Rang looked around and said:
"It's okay, you go ahead. Make me a pot of Tieguanyin, make it stronger!" 1
