While Shao Xi and Long Qitai were talking, Xiao Liuzi was seen walking out of the Xinjing Teahouse. After going out, he looked around and quickly left the place after finding no suspicious person.
Long Qitai wanted to get up and go downstairs to follow him, but Shao Xi waved him back and asked him to sit down again. Long Qitai looked at Shao Xi with a puzzled expression, and couldn't help but ask: "Don't we have to follow him anymore? Didn't you just follow him out today just to know what he was doing?" Shao Xi He smiled indifferently and said to Long Qitai: "I followed him not for his sake. I followed him here just to make sure that he came to Xinjing Tea House. What I want to wait for is another person."
"Another person? Could it be...?"
"Yes, you guessed it right. What I want to wait for is the person who even you think is suspicious. If I guessed it correctly, I should know this person. Xiao Liuzi will not go anywhere else after leaving here. , now he should be on patrol in accordance with your instructions, and you and I are here waiting for that person to come." Long Qitai was confused by Shao Xi's mysterious expression. , asked Shao Xi again very puzzledly: "How are you sure that that person will come today?" Shao Xi smiled again, and did not answer Long Chitai's question immediately, but asked back: "Remember carefully Just for a moment, every time you find that person who makes you feel suspicious appears, will that person appear here soon after Xiao Liuzi comes to Xinjing Tea House?" When Shao Xi asked, Long Qitai immediately Frowning as he recalled it, just a moment later, he raised his head in surprise and looked at Shao Xi in front of him with incredible eyes.
"That's true! How did you know? Even I ignored this, how did you know that person would appear after Xiao Liuzi left?" Shao Xi raised his hand, stretched out two fingers and pointed at Long confidently Qitai said: "There are two reasons. The first reason is that the words we said in front of Xiaoliuzi today and the way I deliberately behaved in Junxiao Tower have made him completely believe that we think the person behind him is Man does not exist.
"He thinks that everything that happened before has been attributed to another person. This news is very important to them. When the potential threat is eliminated, they will definitely take action next. The second reason is actually very important. Simple, look what's there?" As he spoke, Shao Xi raised his hand and pointed to the roof of the Xinjing Tea House opposite.
Long Qitai looked in the direction of Shao Xi's finger and happened to see a few white pigeons flying over the ridge and flapping their wings towards the distance. Judging from the direction of those pigeons taking off, they should be in the backyard of Xinjing Teahouse. Long Qitai Tai looked surprised again.
"That...is a pigeon that delivers messages? How do you know they fly pigeons to deliver messages?"
"I told you just now that they used horse-drawn carriages to deliver the news because of the importance of the news. They were afraid that the news would be leaked, so they used the safest method, but this does not mean that they will not use flying pigeons to deliver the news.
"As long as it is some relatively urgent and brief news, they only need to write the code word on the note and use pigeons to quickly spread the message. The person who receives the message will rush to the place where the intelligence is handed over to understand the news through the code word on the note. of detailed content.
"To put it simply, pigeons are only used to notify each other of important news. The real message transmission is done between people, so that it can be both fast and safe." Long Qitai finally understood. What Shao Xi meant.
"You mean that Xinjing Teahouse used a flying pigeon to send a message to that person to come, tell that person the news that Xiao Liuzi just provided to them, and then that person would bring the news back to the person behind the scenes?" Long Qitai just said After asking this question, before Shao Xi could answer, he seemed to remember something again, and quickly asked again: "Wait! You just said, "Do you know that person? If you know that person, Does that mean you know the person behind the scenes?" Shao Xi put his thumb on his chin, thought about it seriously, and said with some uncertainty: "I just said that I should know him. So far, I don't know him. It's just a guess, and even if this person is really the one I know, I'm still not sure who is behind it.
"But there is one thing you should be right about. That is that the person behind the scenes should be someone I know. As for who it is, it's hard to say. You don't have to ask me until there is a definite answer. I won't let you know if you are unsure. I won't tell you." Long Qitai felt very uncomfortable at this moment. He felt that Shao Xi obviously had an answer in his heart, but he was not sure yet.
But Shao Xi also said that he would not say anything he was unsure about, but Long Chitai particularly wanted to know what kind of answer it was?
Even though he knew that Shao Xi had the answer in his mind, he still had to guess. This aroused Long Chitai's strong curiosity.
The more Shao Xi didn't say anything, the more he wanted to know. The feeling of itching and scratching his heart really made him feel uncomfortable all over.
However, he also knew that the things that Shao Xi refused to say must be things that he should not know. After working as an errand in Dali Temple for so long, he also knew that there were some things that he should ask and some things that he should not ask.
It's best not to inquire about things you shouldn't know, because it may not be good for you if you find out. It's really not worth it if you get into trouble because of curiosity.
So Long Qitai suppressed his inner curiosity and stopped questioning Shao Xi. He believed that one day Shao Xi would tell him when he thought it was time to tell him. Now he could only quietly accompany Shao Xi and wait for that person. Appear.
He really wanted to know what his reaction would be if the person who appeared was really the person Shao Xi said he knew?
The two of them just sat in front of the window of the restaurant, drinking and waiting for the person Shao Xi mentioned to appear. The wait was quite long, from late afternoon until almost dusk.
During the waiting process, Shao Xi always looked calm, and could not see the slightest disturbance in his heart. He held the wine glass and sipped the wine in the glass, looking out the window at the pedestrians and vendors coming and going on the street. It seemed that There was no rush at all, as if he was very sure that that person would appear today.
But Long Qitai couldn't bear it anymore. The waiting time was really too long! Although he is not an impatient person, sitting here waiting for a long time would probably make ordinary people impatient.
Seeing that Shao Xi in front of him looked neither arrogant nor impetuous, he had no choice but to wait patiently with him.
The east side of the city is different from the prosperous area in the center of Daliang City. All the shops here are closed after dark, because few people in this area go shopping at night.
This is not like the places they often went to in the past, where shops, restaurants, teahouses, art workshops, etc. are open all night long.
So he thought that if the man didn't come when it got dark, Shao Xi would naturally give up. Maybe he would have a chance to come back another day.
Long Qitai was thinking this when he suddenly noticed that Shao Xi narrowed his eyes and stared closely at a carriage approaching slowly in the distance of the street. Even the expression on his face became focused at this moment.
He knew that the person they had been waiting for might be about to appear, so he followed Shao Xi's gaze and looked at the carriage.
It was an ordinary carriage, just like the carriages used by ordinary wealthy people for transportation. There was nothing special about it.
The carriage drove slowly to the door of Xinjing Tea House and stopped. The driver jumped out of the carriage and placed a stool in front of the carriage door. After opening the carriage door, he respectfully helped the people in the carriage out of the carriage.
I saw that the person who got off the car was dressed very low-key, just wearing a blue robe with a slightly more refined fabric. He was a little thin, with a fair complexion and fine chin. He looked like he was over sixty years old, but there was no hair on his face. The beard looks white and clean, which makes people feel more or less awkward.
In modern society, it is commonplace to have a clean shaven face no matter how old you are.
But you must know that under the background of the Jingyuan Dynasty, if a man of this age did not have a beard, it would be a very strange thing in everyone's eyes.
A man without a beard would look very conspicuous on the street, so Shao Xi recognized him at a glance as soon as he got off the carriage.
It's none other than Gao Cai! Gao Cai looked around after getting out of the car, then turned around and entered Xinjing Tea House.
Although Shao Xi was extremely confused at this time, he seemed to have found some uncertain answer. The expression on his face unconsciously appeared a little complicated, which made Long Qitai on the side look a little confused.
Originally, he thought that Shao Xi would be a little surprised or very calm after seeing this person. After all, Shao Xi said that he knew this person, so when he saw someone he knew, he should be the above These two expressions, why are the expressions on his face so complicated at this time?
It seemed to be expected, and it seemed a little surprised, but more of it seemed to be confusion. Could it be that this person's appearance here would make him feel strange?
Of course, Long Qitai didn't know what Shao Xi was thinking at this moment, and Shao Xi was indeed very confused at this moment, because he found that things he had always thought were very clear were now beginning to become confusing.
Gao Cai's arrival is basically certain to be related to Xiao Liuzi, but why is it related to Xiao Liuzi?
Is Gao Cai's identity really not as simple as he thought? Is he Xiao Changyi's father-in-law or Xiao Yuzhi's minion?
Or is there any other identity? Is he really working for several forces at the same time? If this is really the case, does Xiao Changyi know about it?
