Lord Ping! 「
There is a secret espionage stronghold in the south of Chang'an City. In other words, this stronghold was newly built in the south of the city after Tang Ping arrived.
The main purpose is to protect him and do things for him.
So even though Tang Ping rarely comes here, there are all the spies here who don't know him.
He took Tang Ping to a water tank. There were several big fish in the water tank. After fishing one out, he could see a few words carved on the fish scales.
Colors are also filled in between the words.
"Ping Guogong, these colors are lacquer paints, but because we have sold tung oil and tree lacquer in large quantities to East Vietnam in recent years, the production of this lacquer paint is also very large, and can be purchased in many places in Chang'an. In addition, The shipment volume is large, so it is difficult to check from this pigment.”
Tang Ping nodded. The people in the Secret Intelligence Department were quite professional. He looked around and couldn't find anything special about this fish.
"Where are the fishermen?"
"After checking, they are all innocent. There should be no problem. Do you want Duke Ping to ask?"
"Okay, go and ask. I also told Xiaoluo at home to buy fish and I just happened to buy two on the way."
Although the fishermen were not suspected for the time being, the Secret Intelligence Department still arranged for people to follow them.
Not far away in the direction of Bashui, the spy from the Secret Service pointed to a small brick house near the river and said, "Ping Guogong, the fisherman who first caught those fish lives here."
Tang Ping nodded and walked over with Lu Yi and the other two.
"Tuk tuk tuk!" He knocked lightly on the courtyard door, but within a moment an old man with white hair and beard opened the courtyard door.
"Pingguo Gong!"
Tang Ping was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly: "The old man knows me!"
"I know you, I know you, come on, come in and sit down!" The old man was quite enthusiastic.
"Young Master..." Lu Yi wanted to say something behind her, but Tang Ping blocked her with a wave of her hand, and then walked into the courtyard calmly.
It was a very ordinary farmyard. There was a pond dug on the right side with a lot of fish in it, and some fruits were planted on the left side. Tang Ping couldn't recognize it.
A somewhat shabby rocking chair was set up under the fruit tree, with a teapot beside it and some snacks.
"Master, it's such a comfortable life today!"
Tang Ping looked around and said with a smile.
"Hey, it's all thanks to Duke Ping. A few years ago, our whole family was crowded into a hut. At this time, it's either wind or rain. How can we have such a comfortable life!"
With that, he guided Tang Ping to the reclining chair: "Ping Guo Gong, please sit down. Please take a seat. Er baby, quickly bring out the melon seeds on the cabinet."
There was only such a chair in the yard, so of course it was impossible for Tang Ping to lie down on it and talk to him.
A young man who was about the same age as Tang Ping came out of the room. He seemed to be a scholar. He saw that Tang Ping was a little reserved.
He handed the melon seeds in his hand to Tang Ping dully, then stood beside the old man without knowing what to say with his hands shrunk.
Tang Ping looked at it and walked directly to the threshold and sat down: "Sir, please sit down too. I came here today because I want to inquire about something."
"Hey!" The old man also knew that Tang Ping could not come to his fisherman's house for no reason. He was probably here because of what happened a few days ago.
Seeing that Tang Ping was so arrogant, he relaxed a lot and sat down next to Tang Ping.
Tang Ping took out a handful of melon seeds from the bag. The melon seeds at this time were not sunflower seeds. Tang Ping did not bring those kinds of seeds because he felt that they were not of high practical value.
This is the pumpkin seed he brought, which was promoted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The old pumpkin can be stored for a long time, can be used as a vegetable and can satisfy hunger, and is very popular among the people.
The seeds inside were also dried and used as melon seeds, which became a snack.
Tang Ping asked while eating melon seeds: "I heard that uncle caught some strange fish in Ba Shui a few days ago."
"When I return to Duke Ping, the old man did catch a few strange fish that day, but they were not caught by fishing."
"Oh?" Tang Ping asked curiously: "Since the uncle caught it, why do you say it wasn't caught by fishing?"
"Because the old man uses a seine net..." The old man explained. It probably meant that he didn't use that kind of trawl net for fishing because he was old. Instead, he built a seine net near the river bank every night. Early the next morning, go collect the fish that were surrounded.
"And those fish were obviously tied to my fishing net." The old man said confidently: "The old man has been fishing for decades. Although they used very small and thin hooks to hook them on the fishing net, The old man saw the clues at a glance."
After saying that, he entered the room and took out a cloth handkerchief. After unfolding it, there were several small iron hooks inside.
"The hook is hooked on the fish on one side and in the fishing net on the other. If you are not careful, if you exert force when collecting the fish, the hook will be pulled off and remain in the fishing net."
Tang Ping took a closer look and saw that it was indeed a very small double-headed hook. This kind of hook would be difficult for ordinary blacksmiths to make, but it would probably be easier for craftsmen who make jewelry.
"Uncle, these... why didn't you say anything that day?"
Lu Yi was a little angry. The Secret Intelligence Department didn't know such important information.
"Say?" The old man looked innocent: "A few people who came that day, their identities were not revealed, asked me about the strange fish, and then took away my fish. I... I don't know Who exactly are they?"
The old man said a little aggrievedly.
"It's okay, it's okay!" Tang Ping smiled and shook his head. Having been here for a long time, he had long understood the survival wisdom of these ordinary people.
I think it was the Secret Agent who came up to ask about it. This matter involves him, so it is not a trivial matter. When the other party does not know the identity of the Secret Agent, he will naturally say less and make fewer mistakes. It is normal to hide something.
"Those people are doing things for me, but I didn't expect them to be so careless. Didn't the fish pay me?" After finishing speaking, Tang Ping turned to Lu Yi and said, "Give me the money to make up for it."
"No, no!" The old man waved his hand repeatedly, but didn't take it back.
"Take it, uncle, if I take your fish and don't give you money, then you are no longer a bandit? Look at the words on this fish. I'm afraid Chang'an is already in trouble now. If there is any news about my banditry, Then my house will really collapse!"
The old man didn't know what it meant to collapse a house, but after hearing what Tang Ping said, it seemed that he couldn't help but accept the money from Lu Yi with great gratitude.
"Then ask the people from that day to come over and apologize to the uncle. Although there are a lot of fish in our Shanghe Village, there are no big fish. If the uncle catches big fish in the future, please send a fat fish to my yard every ten days! "
This was originally the fault of the Secret Intelligence Department, because they were the emperor's eyes and ears. Although those people were respectful to me, they were a bit domineering outside.
Tang Ping felt that it was time to kill them for their majesty, and he asked the old man to send him fish every ten days, which also stopped those people from wanting to cause trouble to the old man.
Now Tang Ping is becoming more and more impeccable in his work.
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