"Brother Long, you just mentioned that every time there are guests in the second floor seating area of the teahouse, there will always be new tea on the shelves. Have you ever noticed what kind of new tea is on the shelves?" Long Chitai looked frustrated. He shook his head and said: "Those brothers who made secret visits only noticed that there was new tea on the shelves, but they did not know what kind of new tea was on the shelves. Firstly, they did not pay special attention to this matter, and secondly, they did not know much about tea. More." Shao Xi also felt a little helpless. In fact, they can't be blamed for this. It's not easy to notice details like every time new tea is put on the shelves.
After all, it was impossible for them to think as comprehensively as they do now, and they just remembered whatever they saw temporarily.
It can be said that the few people sent by Long Chitai have done a pretty good job as spies of Dali Temple. They have written down all the information that should be collected. It is indeed excusable that they did not pay attention to these trivial things.
So Shao Xi comforted Long Qitai: "Your brothers have done a great job. They are worthy of being secret agents of Dali Temple. They have collected so many details that others would never notice just by having a cup of tea. Dali The temple’s methods are indeed worthy of its reputation.”
"Brother, you don't need to comfort me. We've been watching this teahouse for half a year but we still missed so many important things. It's really embarrassing to say!" It can be seen that Long Chitai does feel guilty in his heart. He was full of words at the beginning. I promised to help Shao Xi keep an eye on this teahouse and collect useful information, but now I find that so many things have been missed, and I really feel like I have failed in my trust.
Shao Xi smiled and waved his hand and said: "Brother Long, please don't criticize yourself and your brothers too much. No one can notice everything. You see, didn't I act as an afterthought today? I thought of something I wanted to ask before running over to you again. ?No one is perfect! Brother Long and his brothers have tried their best, don’t underestimate yourself!" With that said, Shao Xi took out a banknote from his arms and stuffed it into Long Qitai's hand.
Just when Long Qitai was about to refuse, Shao Xi told him to hold back his words with just one look.
"You and your brothers have worked hard for half a year. In order to keep an eye on this teahouse, you have also spent a lot of money out of your own pockets. I will give you one hundred taels to each brother. It is a little bit of my gratitude. Brothers, every month The salary is not much, so we can't always let them spend money out of their own pockets!" Seeing that Shao Xi had said this, Long Qitai couldn't help but give him face, so he took the silver note and put it in his arms, saying thank you. .
Shao Xi seemed to remember something all of a sudden, and asked Long Chitai hurriedly: "Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, right?" When Long Chitai was asked this question, he suddenly remembered the same thing.
"Yes, today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year! I also remembered it when you mentioned it. Today is the day when the carriage delivering tea from Xinjing Teahouse arrives. Brother, you asked about this because you want to get the details of the goods on the carriage. Record it?" Shao Xi felt very relieved when he saw that Long Qitai had taken his previous words to heart. He just mentioned it and he understood what he meant.
It seems that it is a pity that Long Qitai can only be a secretary in Dali Temple. Although his elder brother Long Qihong is the minister of Dali Temple, Long Qitai originally had many opportunities to be promoted to official positions, but perhaps because of this, Long Qihong never promoted him. After all, the two are brothers. Hong always has to avoid suspicion.
But this was aggrieved to Long Chitai, but if he proposed to the Holy Emperor to promote Long Chitai, there didn't seem to be a good reason.
It seems that I can only wait for Long Qitai to make a contribution in this matter before I have a reason to recommend him in front of Xiao Changyi. At present, it seems that I can only let this matter go.
"The one who knows me is Brother Mo Ruolong! That's what I mean. I wonder if Brother Long can go to the city gate department and get the goods detailed list of the Xinjing Tea House delivery carriage from the city gate guard?
"I can judge where this carriage has been based on the detailed records, or I can go back and arrange in advance for the 'Jingcheng Division' to make corresponding arrangements for spies and hidden stakes in various places, so as not to be overwhelmed at the last minute." Long Qitaiyi He patted his chest and said to Shao Xi very cheerfully: "It's a trivial matter. I'm acquainted with that Chengmen Si brother. I just want a detailed list of the goods. It's very easy! Brother, please wait here for a moment. I'll go there now." The City Gate Department will go get the detailed records, just wait here for me to come back." After Long Qitai said that, he went out to the City Gate Department in a hurry, while Shao Xi sat alone in the room waiting for Long Qitai to come back.
Taking advantage of this moment, Shao Xi carefully reviewed the clues he had obtained in the past two days in his mind.
Through the previous exchange of information between Xiao Liuzi and Gao Cai, Shao Xi was certain that Gao Cai was ordered to pretend to seek refuge with Xiao Yuzhi and stay with Xiao Yuzhi to collect information related to him.
To put it bluntly, he was just a hidden stake buried beside Xiao Yuzhi, but this hidden stake was of a very high level.
So when Gao Cai cooperated with Xiao Yuzhi to destroy the Feng family, he must have been instructed by others behind the scenes.
The purpose of working with You Yi'an and Wan Daomen to promote Xiao Yuzhi's crime against the Feng family was not only to use Xiao Yuzhi's hand to kill Feng Changlin and eliminate the evidence of rebellion, but also to kill himself. Liulikou’s idea.
They induced Xiao Yuzhi to take action against Feng Changlin, and they also wanted Xiao Yuzhi to be charged with murdering court officials, so as to get Xiao Yuzhi's handle and take the opportunity to attract Xiao Changyi's attention and dissatisfaction with Xiao Yuzhi.
Not only can this be used to kill people with a borrowed knife, but it can also drive away tigers and devour wolves, exposing Xiao Yuzhi to Xiao Changyi. The method is very clever and the things done are very secretive.
It's a pity that Shao Xi saw the problem with the Ruan family. If Shao Xi hadn't met Ruan Haoyang and knew some of what happened to the Ruan family, Shao Xi would not be so sure.
But it happened that Wandaomen showed up again in the matter of the Ruan family, which made Shao Xi have more associations.
Now Shao Xi is very sure that although Xiao Yuzhi personally committed the massacre of Fengjiazhuang, he was also used as a gun, and the real behind-the-scenes mastermind did not reveal his true face.
Now that Xiao Yuzhi has been forced into a certain death situation by himself, it can be said that there is no way out, so the next thing he has to deal with is the person who planned this behind the scenes.
The first thing I have to do now is to pass the
"Jingcheng Si" means to find out what deployment this person has in various places in Jingyuan Kingdom? The other aspect is to use the line of Xinjing Tea House to find ways to create opportunities to contact Gao Cai through the Ghost Emperor's Mansion, and finally use Gao Cai to find out the person behind the scenes.
Shao Xi knew very well what kind of unshakable force he would face. Fighting against such a force required not only courage, but also sufficient strategy.
It's not enough to know who it is, the most important thing is to get evidence of the crime. Either get conclusive evidence, or force him to jump out on his own.
If the other party is so cautious that he will not make the slightest mistake, then what you have to do is to use every means to stimulate him and force him to make mistakes.
Although the idea is good, it is not that easy to implement it. At present, I can only carry out my plan step by step.
Shao Xi believed that the other party knew him well enough. In order to avoid the other party knowing his intentions, Shao Xi had always chosen to keep a low profile. However, if he was too cautious, the other party would definitely be very careful about him. .
Since this is the case, it is better to just deliberately jump out and sell a flaw to the other party. As long as the other party takes action, you will have the opportunity to catch the other party's sore leg.
Shao Xi plans to use this flaw in the Xinjing Tea House. After getting in touch with the Ghost Emperor's Mansion through the Xinjing Tea House, he will then let the other party know what he has mastered through the Ghost Emperor's Mansion, so as to lure the other party to become irresistible to him. interest of.
As long as the other party is interested, you will have the opportunity to reveal the identity of the person behind the scenes. This is Shao Xi's current plan. Shao Xi admits that his plan is not rigorous enough and is even a bit risky.
But if I keep being cautious, I won't be able to lure the other party out, so this risk is necessary to take.
You need to make the other party feel that you are not without weaknesses and can lose caution due to impulsiveness. In this way, you can use your own flaw to find the other party's flaw.
Just as Shao Xi was thinking about it, he saw Long Qitai rushing back in a hurry. It didn't take long to go back and forth, which showed that he was very efficient and that he attached great importance to this matter.
"Brother Long, you came back quickly enough. Didn't the city gate department ask you what you want the goods detailed record for?"
"What I went to ask for was a detailed record of the goods that transported tea, and not any information about military supplies or food and grass. They didn't bother to care about what I was going to do! Besides, I already have acquaintances there, and I just wanted to say hello. Things are simple!" With that said, Long Chitai handed the detailed inventory of the tea carriage he had obtained from the Chengmen Division in front of Shao Xi.
Shao Xi took it, opened it and looked at it carefully twice, and mumbled: "There are many categories, which shows that they have a lot of spies deployed in various places.
"Among the tea categories, there are actually hemp tea, Loulan tea, sea buckthorn tea, and blood chrysanthemum from the Western Regions. It seems that their hands have been stretched far enough, and they have also planted a large number of spies in the Western Regions." Long Chitai also thought in his heart. It was clear that there was not much he could do to help Shao Xi next.
So he patted Shao Xi on the shoulder and said: "Brother, I don't want to ask more about what I want to do next, but as long as my brother is useful, just speak up. Even if it's just to run errands and send a message, I will do my best to do it well." ." Shao Xi smiled and handed over to Long Qitai, and said: "Brother Long has already helped me a lot. I will have to work hard in the future. Brother Long and my brothers will continue to help me keep an eye on the Xinjing Tea House. If there is still need, Brother Long Wherever I can help with my brothers, I will naturally come to Brother Long, and I will thank you here in advance." After both parties bowed their hands and were polite to each other, Shao Xi left Dali Temple.
He will go to the palace tomorrow, and will go back to Zhang Yuzheng with this detailed record to arrange secret spies from various places.
