Shao Xi came to Dali Temple again, which surprised Long Qitai. He thought Shao Xi had some new news to tell him, but he didn't expect that Shao Xi came to inquire about news from him.
After inviting Shao Xi into a relatively secluded room, Long Zhitai asked Shao Xi: "Brother Shao, you must have something important to come here today. If you want to know, just ask, I will definitely know." Say everything." Shao Xi has always recognized Long Qitai's positive and serious attitude in doing things. In this Kyoto officialdom that competes for fame and wealth, and intrigues, he can be as upright and selfless as Long Qitai, punishing evil and promoting good. There are indeed not many people left who have their own responsibilities.
"Brother Long, there is nothing special about my coming here this time. I just want to ask you whether the spies you sent to Xinjing Teahouse to make secret visits have discovered anything special inside?
"Especially how did Xiao Liuzi or the man without a beard communicate with the people in the teahouse after entering the teahouse? Do they have any tokens to prove their identities?" Long Chitai heard Shao Xi ask. This, he reached out and took out a small notebook from his satchel, which surprised Shao Xi.
It turned out that he also had the habit of taking notes on investigation cases. Shao Xi couldn't help but secretly admire that Long Qitai was indeed very reliable in his work.
But it's not surprising when you think about it. He has sent people to keep an eye on the Xinjing Tea House for half a year. It's impossible to keep all the details in mind. It is indeed a good habit to write down some necessary things in a notebook.
Speaking of which, there are indeed many cases that Dali Temple has to investigate in a year. As a Si Zhi who often has direct contact with cases, it is quite normal to have the habit of recording the details of cases at any time.
I saw Long Qitai rummaging through the book, and finally seemed to find something. While staring at the book, he said to Shao Xi: "According to the reports from the brothers who sneaked into the teahouse for secret visits, ordinary guests usually just sit in the lobby downstairs and drink tea after entering the teahouse. Only a few people go to the private seats upstairs. However, those who go upstairs are usually more noble-looking people.
"Every time Xiao Liuzi and that person went there, they would always talk to the shopkeeper in front of the counter. They didn't hear what he said clearly, but even if they often went to get acquainted with the shopkeeper, every time they were let in Before going to church, they would always take out a sign to prove their identity.
"It seems that the shopkeeper of the tea house only recognizes the brand but not the person. Even if he knows them, he can only enter the back hall of the tea house after showing the brand. It seems that the back hall is where they really exchange information. "Shao Xi heard what Long Chhitai said, and asked quickly: "Did you see clearly what the signs they showed to the teahouse shopkeeper looked like?" Long Chhitai looked down at the book in his hand again, and was very surprised. He said to Shao Xi with certainty: "The brothers who entered the teahouse also paid special attention to this matter and found that the sign Xiao Liuzi showed never changed every time he went there.
"And the other person used two brands. One seemed to be a brand to prove his identity. It was silver, and there was nothing special about it. The other was a black brand.
"According to what these two brothers said, it seems to be very similar to the black ghost head sign we found on the envoy of the White Night Kingdom half a year ago, but every time they just flashed by it and didn't see it very clearly." When Shao Xi heard this, his heart moved.
Could it be that the black brand Gao Cai used was also a life-killing card? If true, this Xinjing Tea House seems to be related to the Ghost Emperor's Mansion.
However, judging from the fact that both Gao Cai and Xiao Liuzi went to the Xinjing Teahouse to deliver news, this teahouse was not affiliated with the Ghost Emperor's Mansion, but was more like an information transfer place for a certain force to communicate with the outside world.
In other words, the information obtained from the outside will be transmitted to this force through the teahouse, and the information that this force wants to transmit to the outside world will also be transmitted through the teahouse.
So the connection between this force and the Ghost Emperor's Mansion through the teahouse may be based on the life-killing cards as evidence. If the judgment is correct, Gao Cai is the most important internal and external messenger.
Every time news from the outside is delivered to him through Xinjing Tea House, he then brings it to someone. If someone wants to send news to the outside world, he will pass the news through Xinjing Tea House.
To them, Xiao Liuzi was just a hidden stake arranged in Dali Temple. He was an external intelligence-gathering manpower. His task should be relatively simple, so every time Xiao Liuzi only needed to show the credentials to prove his identity.
But Gao Cai is different. He is also responsible for conveying someone's instructions to the outside world, so he will change the credentials he needs to produce according to the object and task of each conveyed instruction.
This is the only way to explain why he doesn't use the same brand every time. So when he showed the life card to the teahouse owner, it must be because the target of the mission was the Ghost Emperor's Mansion, and the order he wanted to convey must be to hunt down or eliminate certain people.
Thinking of this, Shao Xi hurriedly asked Long Qitai: "Brother Long, please help me find out whether that person has been to Xinjing Teahouse during June and July? When I went this time What kind of brand are you showing?" Long Chitai also felt from Shao Xi's tone that this matter seemed to be extremely important, so he started looking up in the small book again, and stopped after just two pages. It seemed that Yes found the answer.
"Found it. This person went to Xinjing Teahouse at the end of June, to be precise on June 24th. The voucher he showed was the black sign. He also went there on July 21st. The teahouse also displays the black sign.
"In my personal judgment, it seems that this person went to the teahouse twice for the same thing. Of course, this is just my guess. It is impossible for us to know why he went to the teahouse twice.
"However, judging from the black sign he showed both times, at least the two visits to the teahouse are related to each other. It is more like delivering the message nearly a month later and then receiving the message in return. As for the details, We don't know." After hearing Long Chitai's answer, Shao Xi already had a rough idea in his mind. It seemed that the black sign used by Gao Cai was the life-killing sign.
And the time seems to match, the Ghost Emperor's Mansion's plan to hunt down Ruan Haoyang should have started on June 24th.
Gao Cai passed the news about Ruan Haoyang in Zhiqiu Town to the Ghost Emperor's Mansion through Xinjing Tea House. From the mission, he went to the Ghost Emperor's Mansion and Wandaomen to rush to Zhiqiu Town to fight Ruan Haoyang in the Battle of Fangting, fourteen days apart.
After that battle, there were twelve days between the ninth day of July and when Gao Cai appeared again at Xinjing Tea House.
The reason why it took two days less than before was probably because Wan Tong, the leader of the Wandao Sect, and Black and White Wuchang of the Ghost Emperor's Mansion were accidentally killed, so the message delivery was more urgent and took two days less.
From this point of view, all the news about Ruan Haoyang's murder was passed through this Xinjing Tea House, and was also handled by Gao Cai.
It seems that there was not much problem with my judgment at the beginning. Gao Cai was indeed an important intermediary and order giver for someone to communicate with the outside world.
From this, it can be confirmed that what happened to the Ruan family back then was indeed the work of this force. If Gao Cai was just Xiao Yuzhi's subordinate, then it would be a bit unreasonable for Xiao Liuzi to rush to Xinjing Teahouse to pass on the false news he deliberately revealed last time in Dali Temple, and Gao Cai to receive the news on the same day.
Because judging from the previous murder of the Baiye Kingdom envoy and Xiao Liuzi forcing Wuriyeti to death, Xiao Liuzi was not Xiao Yuzhi's person, but a hidden stake planted by another force in Dali Temple.
Judging from this, since the news about Xiao Liuzi was received by Gao Cai, it proves that Gao Cai is not Xiao Yuzhi's person, at least he is not working for Xiao Yuzhi alone.
Judging from the fact that You Yi'an and Wan Daomen were involved in the affairs of Fengjiazhuang and Ruanjia at the same time, this also proved his previous guess that Gao Cai was indeed working for the two forces at the same time.
He really showed that he was working for Xiao Yuzhi only ten years ago in the matter of Fengjiazhuang, and at most it was the matter of Jingci'an.
And his appearance in Xinjing Tea House in June and July plus the previous two days proved that he has been working for another force.
Analyzing from the perspective of Gao Cai's involvement in everything, his performance should be of priority to the two companies he plays for at the same time.
Since there is a distinction between priorities, it proves that one of them is his real master, while the other is just pretending to obey orders, but in fact he is just trying to gain the trust of the other.
These two forces are hostile to each other, so Gao Cai's identity is ready to be revealed. The force he is working for now should be his real master, and Xiao Yuzhi is just someone he was ordered to get close to, gain trust, and pretend to serve.
This also further proves that almost all of Xiao Yuzhi's situation has been controlled by the force that is hostile to him, so the assassination of the Baiye Kingdom envoy made the other force appear to be more proactive.
It seems that Xiao Yuzhi has been controlled by another force for so many years, but he has been kept in the dark without knowing it.
What a great drama of Infernal Affairs! If this is the case, then this force is indeed very terrifying and much more difficult to deal with than Xiao Yuzhi. So, has everything I have always been controlled by this force?
Have you been kept in the dark and not known? Thinking of this, Shao Xi couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. The person behind this force seemed more difficult to deal with than he thought, and he was also hidden deeper.
But precisely because of this, Shao Xi's interest was aroused. A powerful and hidden opponent makes this game more interesting and makes Shao Xi feel more challenging.
It seems that the annihilation of the Feng family ten years ago did not end with Xiao Yuzhi, and Shao Xi's revenge is not over yet.
