Shao Xi felt that things were getting clearer and clearer. Although there were still many unknowns, at least so far it was basically certain that Gao Cai was a key figure in this.
However, he couldn't directly reveal his identity right now. He had to find a way to attract their attention through the Ghost Emperor's Mansion first.
I believe that when I attract the attention of the other party, the first person to contact me will definitely be Gao Cai. I can use the kite pattern in my hand as a bargaining chip to ask the person behind Gao Cai to make this deal.
Of course, things will not go as smoothly as expected, but you must put pressure on the other party in this way. When Gao Cai cannot make the decision on some matters, he must seek the opinions of the people behind him.
This is the time for you to use Gao Cai to find out the person behind it. So now Xinjing Tea House has become the key point. Only through Xinjing Tea House can you contact Gao Cai, and then find a way to find the person you want to find through Gao Cai.
"Brother Long, you just said that the seats on the second floor of Xinjing Tea House are all distinguished people. So how to judge who is the distinguished person you mentioned? What are the necessary conditions for going to the seats on the second floor? "Long Chhitai was stunned by Shao Xi's question. All he knew was what was relayed to him by the spies who entered the Xinjing Teahouse for a secret visit. He did not know the specific situation in the teahouse.
What made him feel a little strange was why Shao Xi suddenly paid attention to the private seats on the second floor? Ordinarily, he should pay special attention to the back hall of Xinjing Tea House, because according to his judgment, every time the news is transmitted, it is basically in the back hall of the tea house. Every time Xiao Liuzi and the other person go there, they just He went to the back hall, but did not go to the private seats on the second floor.
Neither the secret agents nor he himself thought there was anything special about the second floor seats. Could it be that Shao Xi noticed something different on the second floor of Xinjing Teahouse?
Long Chhitai shook his head and said he knew nothing about this matter. At the same time, he couldn't help but ask Shao Xi: "Brother Shao, what do you think is different about the seats on the second floor of the teahouse? Do you suspect that the seats on the second floor are also related to the transmission of their news?
"But the brothers I sent to conduct an unannounced investigation didn't find anything noteworthy on the second floor, because there weren't many people going to the second floor. You also know that there weren't any big businesses on that street, and there weren't many merchants coming and going. Rich and powerful people don't go there very often.
"Even if people occasionally go up to the second floor, they are all unfamiliar faces. I haven't seen anyone who often goes to the second floor of the tea house. At first, I just thought they were some tea guests who don't come here often. If they are people who often pass on information here, "It's impossible for the brother who made the secret visit not to notice. Brother, what do you think?" Shao Xi hugged his shoulders again and put his thumb on his chin, as if he was thinking about something.
At the same time, he seemed to be talking to himself: "A teahouse whose business is not very good actually has status requirements for the seats on the second floor. This makes people feel a bit strange. If it is just because of the grade of tea, it is If tea guests are treated differently, it is obvious that there should not be so few guests on the second floor.
"I think Brother Long, the brothers you sent into the teahouse should have tried to order some expensive tea, but they still didn't get the chance to go to the second floor. This means that it has nothing to do with the type of tea to drink, but other conditions are needed. So this What are the conditions?
"If it is not measured by the amount of money spent, is it status? But will there be any officials or nobles nearby? Even if there are, why would they appear there? So the second floor of the Xinjing Teahouse There must be something famous about it." After hearing what Shao Xi said, Long Chitai quickly nodded in agreement and said, "Brother, you guessed it right. Since we started monitoring this teahouse, we have also noticed the seating on the second floor, so we also asked brother We spent more money to order some expensive tea, but we were indeed not invited to the second floor.
"Furthermore, I also arranged for my brother to specifically request to go up to the second floor, but he was politely refused by the teahouse shopkeeper. The reason given was also very strange. He only said that the second floor seats are not for ordinary tea patrons, but are only provided to tea merchants from all over the world. .
"At first we thought it was just an excuse, but later we found out that every time a customer came to the second floor, new tea would be put on the shelves. After several observations, it was the same, so we didn't think much more about it." Shao Xi unconsciously said He raised his eyebrows.
"Tea merchants from all over the country are putting new tea on the shelves! So the guests on the second floor are always entertained by the shopkeeper personally, while the waiters in the teahouse are only responsible for entertaining other individual customers downstairs?"
"How do you know? As long as there are guests on the second floor of the teahouse, the shopkeeper will personally entertain them. Only when the guests leave will the waiters go upstairs to clean up.
"But as long as the guests are still there, the person in charge of entertaining them will always be the shopkeeper. We don't think there is anything suspicious about this matter. After all, we have said that the guests on the second floor are tea merchants from all over the world.
"The status of these people seems to be somewhat noble for the teahouse. It is not an exaggeration for the shopkeeper to entertain him personally. But brother, you have never been in the teahouse. How do you know about this?" Shao Xi raised his eyebrows slightly. There was just a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth. Although the smile disappeared fleetingly, it was still seen by Long Chitai.
"Brother, just tell me what comes to mind. Don't tease me. You must have noticed something wrong on the second floor of the teahouse."
"Remember the tea carriage we mentioned two days ago, right?" Long Chitai nodded confusedly, but still said with a confused look on his face: "Of course you remember, you said about the tea carriage. The carriage collects information from various places and brings it to the teahouse, and then delivers the instructions issued by a certain force to various places.
"For this reason, you also plan to use spies and secret stakes of the 'Jingcheng Division' to investigate this matter in various places. However, the tea carriage only comes once every sixth day of the month, while the tea merchants who climb to the second floor come from time to time. Yes, there seems to be no necessary connection between the two." Shao Xi smiled and waved his hand to Long Qitai and said: "Brother Long, you have such a bad memory! Do you still remember when I mentioned that the teahouse would deliver tea? When carriages came to convey information from various places, you also asked me why they didn't use flying pigeons to convey messages?
"I told you at that time that there are various means of transmitting information. They use tea carriages to transmit information just for safety reasons, while simple information that needs to be transmitted quickly will use flying pigeons to transmit information.
"Then how do you know that these people who boarded the second floor of Xinjing Tea House are not here to pass on information? Who said that tea merchants must follow the carriage that delivers tea every month before they can come to Xinjing Tea House? Or maybe How can you be sure that the tea merchants on the second floor mentioned by the shopkeeper are definitely tea merchants?
"Since the tea carriage can be used as a cover to deliver information, why can't the messenger responsible for delivering the information pretend to be a tea merchant? I also told you that the safest way to deliver the message is to rely on people, the tea carriage Every month, information from various places is just sent to Xinjing Teahouse.
"This information should be just a daily report on the situation in various places. If any temporary action is really needed, since flying pigeons cannot be used to send messages for safety reasons, there must be messengers. I now suspect those so-called tea merchants on the second floor It is the messenger who delivers this temporary information.
"When there is any important news that needs to be conveyed to the outside world, these people will quickly spread the news. This is just like your Dali Temple will arrange people to perform daily duties on weekdays. Once a temporary case occurs, these temporary guards will be on duty. When people go to investigate, the truth is actually the same." After Shao Xi said this, Long Qitai suddenly understood.
He said with an annoyed look on his face: "Oh! If you said something like this, then I really made some miscalculations! In the past six months, I never thought of sending someone to keep an eye on the tea guests going to the second floor. I didn't know that they would tell me How much news has gone out, but we don't even know it. Miscalculation! It's really such a miscalculation!" Shao Xi also felt that Long Chitai was indeed a little careless in this matter, but he couldn't say anything more at this time. .
Dali Temple originally had few manpower, so Long Chitai dispatched manpower from other places. He has done a pretty good job in monitoring Xinjing Teahouse in the past six months. Even some omissions are unavoidable. They really can't blame them.
I believe that after his reminder this time, Long Chitai will specially arrange manpower to keep an eye on the tea guests on the second floor.
It's just that things have developed to this point now, and I have already planned to end it personally. Sending people to keep an eye on the tea guests will only further collect information, and it can only be the icing on the cake.
If this matter had been done earlier, maybe things could have turned around for Ruan Haoyang, but it was too late to talk about it now. Things had already happened that could not change the outcome, and Shao Xi didn't want to worry about it anymore.
I came here today to confirm that the Death Card of Ghost Emperor's Mansion may actually have some effect in Xinjing Tea House, so I might as well go to Xinjing Tea House to give it a try. Although this matter is a bit risky and I am not 100% sure, but How can anything in this world be 100% risk-free?
But before that, he still had to plan carefully and not act rashly. He had to ensure that he could get in touch with the Ghost Emperor's Mansion this time.
As long as the first step of the plan is implemented smoothly, everything that follows will surely fall into place.
At this time, Shao Xi was extremely happy. Fortunately, Ruan Haoyang believed in him and gave the kite's drawing to him for safekeeping.
Otherwise, I really don’t have such a valuable bargaining chip in my hand. Now that I have this bargaining chip in my hand, I cannot live up to Ruan Haoyang's trust in me. You must know that what you are facing now is not only the enemy of the Feng family, but also the enemy of the Ruan family, and the murderer who killed Ruan Haoyang and Ye Zhiqiu!
Now he not only wants to avenge the sixty-six people in Fengjiazhuang, but also wants to avenge his two friends.
I hope they have spirits in heaven and bless themselves with everything going well!
