"Are there many agents patrolling?" Song Qiyun frowned, "Why? It's because someone among you leaked the secret, right?"
"No, no, it has nothing to do with us." Xiang Liu shook his head, "After I returned to the city the next day, I made some inquiries and found out that the government had the whereabouts of a fugitive. It was said that he had been around Qili Manor. The detectives were searching there, and the fugitive was indeed captured near the manor." He smiled bitterly, "It's just that the little guys are not very lucky, it's a bit miserable, but the result is not bad, and after many twists and turns, we succeeded. He entered the manor and was not caught."
"How many people attended that gathering?"
"Including shopkeeper Bao and Xiaoren, there are eleven people in total. If there are too many people, it will attract others' attention." Xiang Liu saw Song Qiyun and Bai Meng's eyes falling on several other people and added , "They were not present at that gathering, and they were not qualified to participate."
Although Xiang Liu's words made several other people feel uncomfortable, they also had to admit that Xiang Liu was right. They were indeed not qualified. They were all responsible for running errands and doing work. If it hadn't been for the need for manpower when they came to Beijing this time, they would They won't be brought here either.
"What did you do and what did you say that day?"
"Shopkeeper Bao just conveyed the Master's instructions, requiring the thirteen branches to collect the specified amount of money and food before the end of this year. And the Master gave a way to collect the money and food, which is..."
"Stealing grain stores, gold, silver and jade stores?" Seeing Xiang Liu nodding, Song Qiyun snorted contemptuously, "I'm used to stealing from others, so I can't think of other ways. However, you have defrauded people of their money before, right? ?”
"During the government's crackdown, most of them were confiscated, leaving only a small part, but it was not enough to support the next actions." Xiang Liu sighed, "There are three most prosperous streets in Liuzhou Prefecture. Bao The shopkeeper had already stepped on the plates before gathering the little people, and selected fifteen shops including his own jade shop. After the final discussion of the little people, seven of them were left. In other words, the shopkeeper After going to Shopkeeper Bao’s shop, the real target is six stores.”
"Why did you choose a grain shop and a jade shop? If you need money, wouldn't it be better to just steal money from the bank?"
"A bank is not difficult, but it is too obvious and not very convenient. If it is a bank, do the villains steal silver or banknotes? Silver is too heavy and banknotes are easy to see through. It is not as convenient as gold, silver and jade to exchange money."
"What a convenient method?" Song Qiyun glanced at Bai Meng, "You won't take the stolen goods stolen in Liuzhou Prefecture and sell them in other prefectures, right?"
"What this adult said is correct. That's what little people do before they are discovered." Xiang Liu nodded, "This is very hidden and not easy to be discovered."
"Understood." Song Qiyun nodded, "You have already discussed the plan more than seven months ago, why did you just take action recently?"
"Because we need to arrange people to go into these target stores to do internal response for us." Xiang Liu explained, "We selected some smart young people who talk less and do more, trained them, and arranged for them to enter the target stores in batches. Become partners. Our original plan was that each family could keep one or two and be satisfied. Unexpectedly, the few children we arranged were pretty good. After a few months, they all successfully stayed."
"You can take action wherever they stay, right?" Seeing Xiang Liu nodding, Song Qiyun continued to ask, "How many have you stolen so far?"
"Three stores, I originally thought that the fourth store would be Shopkeeper Bao's shop, but the accident happened to Master Yan, so the plan was forced to be suspended." Xiang Liu shrugged, "The adults all know what happened later. .”
"Tell me, what's going on with this Jade Buddha? Where did it come from?"
"The Jade Buddha?" Xiang Liu turned around and took a look, "It has always been kept in the secret room under the manor."
"There is also an identical Jade Buddha in Hengzhou Mansion. Are these two the same?"
"No, it's different." Xiang Liu shook his head gently, "That one is a fake, and this one is the real Jade Buddha."
"Counterfeit? How do you tell the authenticity from the fake?"
"There is a triangular mark on the base of the fake Jade Buddha. The master made a total of ten fake Jade Buddhas, but the purpose is unknown to me."
"These should be secrets, right? Did your brother tell you?"
"Yeah!" Xiang Liu nodded, "He always tells the villain something intentionally or unintentionally, probably because he wants the villain to use it to save his life at critical moments!"
"That's why you have to avenge him no matter what, right?" Seeing Xiang Liu's firm eyes, Song Qiyun sighed softly. This is a man who values love and justice. "How much do you know about the situation of the other twelve altar leaders?"
"Hmm..." Xiang Liu thought for a moment, "I've basically met them all, and our relationship is pretty good."
He reported twelve names in a row and told everything he knew about these twelve people.
Song Qiyun and Bai Meng looked at each other. Although Xiang Liu had always said that he had not benefited from his brother who was a substitute, as he just said, in fact, he had unknowingly benefited from it. benefit.
Otherwise, with his status, how could he have friendship with the other twelve altar masters, and the friendship would be pretty good!
"Before the government suppressed the Tianxing religion, I had met with these altar masters. Sometimes, I was with Shopkeeper Bao, and sometimes I met alone because of some matters. They..." Xiang Liu hesitated for a moment, "I seem to have a problem with Shopkeeper Bao. He occasionally mentions to me that Shopkeeper Bao relies on his elders' relationship and doesn't respect them very much."
"Looking higher than the top of your head is really annoying."
"That's right, and those altar leaders also said that if there is a chance, they hope that the villain can replace Shopkeeper Bao and become the altar leader of the Liuzhou branch." Xiang Liu smiled bitterly, "Anyway, there are a lot of complaints like this. , The villain just listened to it and didn’t take it seriously at all. Maybe the altar owners value the villain very much, but the villain is still very self-aware, and he is not that material at all. "
Song Qiyun didn't start a conversation, but just asked him what these altar leaders usually talked to him about.
"It's just chatting, nothing special." Xiang Liu thought for a while, "To express sincerity, the villain can tell the adults what these altar leaders look like, and the adults can arrest them with the portraits. But the villain I have a request, and I want to ask the adults to grant it."
"After this matter is over, I will treat your brother and his family well."
"Your Excellency is righteous!"
Xiang Liu described the appearance of the other twelve altar masters in Jiangnan in great detail. The Shadows drew portraits according to his description and showed them to him.
"It's very similar, very similar!"
"Thank you for your cooperation!"
Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Song Jue and Song Yaojia stood behind and began to whisper.
"That Master Tianxing, no matter how hard he calculated, he failed to calculate that Bao Gui was the biggest failure of this comeback." Song Yaojia raised an eyebrow, "And the leaders of the several altars in Jiangnan probably regretted it. With him We talked a lot and showed kindness to him, but Xiang Liu sold them out without hesitation. If they knew about it, I'm afraid they would want to strangle him."
“If you don’t choose the right person, everything will backfire!”
