"Shopkeeper, you're back." Sheng Ji came up from behind the counter.
Wang, who walked in from outside, took a look at the shop and said to the work in front of him: "Take care of the shop. I will go to the backyard to rest for a while. Call me if you need anything."
"Shopkeeper, you can just take a rest, there is a little caretaker here in the shop." Work said.
Wang nodded to himself and walked to the backyard with his hands behind his back.
After sending the shopkeeper away, the waiter turned around, came to a customer, and said flatteringly: "Guest, look at this, the best leather is all from the north, I dare to say that the leather in the whole capital is Among the leather goods shops, there must be no more than three shops with such good leather."
The waiter held up three fingers and made a gesture in front of the guest.
This leather goods shop was a stronghold opened by Tiger Character Banner in the capital. The previous store had been closed because the imperial court sent a large army to encircle and suppress Tiger Character Banner. This store was a new store opened by Tiger Character Banner after it accepted the imperial court's recruitment.
The plaque outside the door is no longer called Tiger Flag, but has been changed to another name.
However, those who should know still know that this is Tiger Character Banner's property in the capital. The palace's internal eunuchs would come to the shop every once in a while to buy some things to return to the palace. They all knew that this shop was related to Wei Zhongxian.
Wang returned to the main room in the backyard alone.
"Boss." A man in the room stood up from his seat.
Wang walked to the edge of the kang and sat down, opened a teacup, picked up the teapot and poured water into the teacup, and said at the same time: "Sit down!"
The man in the room just sat back in his seat.
Wang put down the teapot on his own, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the water in the cup. After swallowing, he said, "I brought you here this time because I have something for you to do."
"Boss, you give your orders." The man leaned forward and pretended to listen carefully.
Wang Zi put down the teacup in his hand and said, "You know about the deputy commander-in-chief of Datong, Yang Guozhu, who sent people to the capital!"
"I heard that it seems to be a man named Zhou Xun next to Yang Guozhu." The man nodded slightly.
Wang Zizi continued: "The purpose of Zhou Xun's visit to the capital is not only to send charcoal tribute to the officials in the capital, but also to win over the officials in the capital to deal with our Tiger Flag under the orders of Yang Guozhu."
"What do you mean over there..." The man looked at Wang Zijin and made a slashing motion with his right hand.
Wang Zi said: "I will arrange for someone to take you to identify the person and note down the appearance of Zhou Xun. When he leaves the capital, I will also send someone to notify you. Then you will take people to deal with Zhou Xun on the way. "
"It's easy to kill a lot of people, but will it anger Yang Guozhu?" The man expressed his worries.
Wang Zizi sneered and said, "The reason why I killed Zhou Xun is to give Yang Guozhu a warning."
"Then I can take action against Zhou Xun at any time if I get the news from my boss." The man nodded in agreement.
Wang nodded on his own, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then said: "After killing people, don't leave any traces. At least, no one can find evidence related to the Tiger Flag."
"Don't worry, boss. Those Jin Yiwei died in our hands. In the end, the court found no evidence. They still believe that those Jin Yiwei were killed by bandits on the mountain." The man assured, patting his chest.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Immediately afterwards, I heard someone outside the house say: "Shopkeeper, your nephew is here."
"Come in!" Wang Zi rushed outside and said.
Soon, the door of the house was opened, and the waiter came in with a man dressed as a beggar.
"You go to the front to take care of them. If anyone comes from the palace, you receive them first. I'll be there in a moment." Wang Zingzi told the waiter.
The man withdrew from the house.
"Sit down." Wang Zi said to the beggar-looking man.
The beggar grinned and said, "I won't do it anymore. I have to clean up my dirty clothes wherever I sit. It's too troublesome."
When Wang Zixing saw that the other party refused to sit down, he did not force him, but said, "You will beat him later to recognize Zhou Xun."
He pointed at the man in the room.
"Okay." The beggar nodded.
The man in the room said: "That Zhou Xun is just a staff member who has studied for a few years. I might as well kill him today."
In his eyes, killing someone seems to be simple.
Wang Zijin frowned and said sternly: "Nonsense, Zhou Xun is not an ordinary person. He is going to die in the capital. Some people in the capital will inevitably think too much. If this delays our master's plan to go north, even if you and I have ten Not even one head is enough.”
"I know my mistake."
The man realized that he had oversimplified the matter of killing Zhou Xun and almost delayed the important matter, so he hurriedly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
Wang Zijin added: "There is no place for king's law outside the city. Zhou Xun's death outside the city will not cause some people in the capital to worry. Even if Yang Guozhu suspects that our tiger character flag is responsible, as long as he has no evidence, Those people in the capital may not take a dead staff member seriously, so Zhou Xun can only die outside the city, and it is best for him not to die too close to the capital."
"My subordinates will definitely get things done," the man promised.
Seeing that the other party understood, Wang waved his hand and said: "Okay, you two go and identify each other! Ren Wanren, you can go directly out of the city. Once Zhou Xun leaves the capital, I will send someone to send you news."
"Yes." The man agreed and stood up.
He and the beggar left the house together.
Wang, who was sitting alone in the room, took the tea cup to his mouth and drank it in one gulp.
Putting down the water glass, he looked to the northwest and said to himself: "The weather has gotten warmer, I don't know if the adults have taken action."
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After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather became warmer day by day. Even though Datong had just had a heavy snowfall, within a few days, the snow on the ground had almost melted.
The ice in the river has become thinner, making it difficult for an adult to step on it. The winter wheat in the field has also begun to sprout buds, and there is a little more green under the dry yellow leaves.
It is colder on the grassland, but because it is warmer at the foot of the mountains, the wild grasses growing at the foot of the mountains germinate earlier than elsewhere. Herdsmen began to graze here, allowing cattle and sheep to nibble on the young shoots that had just grown on the ground. .
On the grassland, several horses appeared on the grassland near the Dahei River.
These horses were galloping on the grass, and the direction they were going was exactly where the Tiger Flag was at Daheihe Dunbao.
"I'm Huang Hong from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, open the city gate quickly."
Several riders arrived outside the moat of the Dunbao, and one of them shouted loudly to the people on the wall.
After a short time, the suspension bridge was lowered.
A few riders on the edge of the moat walked over the suspension bridge and entered the pier.
