Outside the military department.
A middle-aged man held the horse and examined the documents posted by the Ministry of War outside the wall. The contents were condensed from the "Martial Arts Examination", including the content, time, and treatment of the martial arts examination...
Raising his hand, the middle-aged man rubbed his neck, then turned around and walked slowly. Suddenly, a familiar figure came into view, and the middle-aged man quickly looked away.
Gu Sanshen and Tang Buping were walking quickly. As they passed each other, Gu Sanshen suddenly stopped and turned to look at the middle-aged man leading the horse.
Tang Buping stepped back and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Gu Sanshen did not answer, but just shouted: "Brother, please stay."
The middle-aged man's hand holding the reins tightened a lot, then slowly relaxed. He turned around and looked at Gu Sanshen, and asked without a smile, "You called me?"
Gu Sanshen took two steps forward, looked at the middle-aged man carefully, frowned and said, "Have we met somewhere?"
The middle-aged man said calmly: "Oh, really? I have no impression."
Gu Sanshen looked carefully and saw that this man was less than six feet tall, with two scars on his forehead, dark eyes, and a powerful figure. Gu Sanshen was sure that he did not know this person, but he felt indescribably familiar, as if he had dealt with this person before.
"Looking at you coming here to read the "Martial Arts Law", you must be a martial arts practitioner, don't you know your surname?"
Gu Sanshen stared at the other party.
"Lin Zhaoxue, Changle, Fujian. But you want to buy me a drink?"
Lin Zhaoxue was very indifferent.
Gu Sanshen chuckled, cupped his hands and said, "Zhaoxue, if you don't know, you might think you have some grievance. You want to drink. I'll come find you after Chinese style."
Lin Zhaoxue turned around and said coldly: "Then, farewell."
Tang Buping looked at Lin Zhaoxue leaving and asked Gu Sanshen, "Is this Lin Zhaoxue? I heard he is a powerful swordsman."
Gu Sanshen nodded and said: "This is the first martial arts test since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Everyone wants to take this opportunity to climb up. If the entire army had not selected the top 100 military kings, I don't know how many thousands of households, commanders, etc. Shi wants to get involved. Guard soldiers, nobles and civilian warriors, I am afraid that many people will become famous in this martial arts competition."
Tang Buping grinned and said, "If the emperor hadn't prohibited people from the security bureau from participating, I would have wanted to give it a try."
Gu Sanshen glared at Tang Buping, "What fun is it for you to lift a stone before you kill someone?" He took it back when he said it: "Let's go, we have found the guardhouse where the Yan Ling knife was lost. Xu Huizu and Tie Xuan It should have reached the Cabinet.”
Lin Zhaoxue led the horse and stopped under a tree. He looked at the blue sky with gloomy eyes, clenching his fists full of anger.
"There's no need to show your anger here, right?"
Lin Zhaoxue turned around suddenly and saw a middle-aged Taoist sitting next to the tree, holding a black and white hand and playing chess with himself.
"The Man with a Thousand Faces?!"
Lin Zhaoxue walked over, wrinkles forming on her face.
The Thousand-Faced Man raised his hand and said softly: "Your face cannot tolerate emotional fluctuations. If a flaw is exposed, it will not be good for you or them."
"You deserve to die!"
Lin Zhaoxue gritted her teeth and her face became even more ferocious.
Snapped!
The chess piece fell, and the Thousand-Faced Man said calmly: "As long as you perform well, they can survive. You know, we do what we say."
"You should also know that the people who coerced me are dead."
"At least I'm alive."
"You will also die by my sword!"
"If I give you a chance to take action, do you dare to kill me?"
With a crash, the Go pieces were scattered on the stone table, and then fell to the ground. The Thousand-faced Man stood up, stretched out his left hand with only four fingers, touched Lin Zhaoxue's face, and said coldly: "Don't let Gu Sanshen recognize you, otherwise, you will know the consequences."
Lin Zhaoxue looked at the Thousand-faced Man coldly, the fist bones he held kept banging, and finally said unwillingly: "Don't hurt them, I will listen to you."
"Okay, you heard me clearly, during the martial arts test..."
The Thousand-Faced Man spoke slowly.
Lin Zhaoxue nodded heavily and led the horse to walk in the crowded street. Just as he was about to find an inn to rest, a man came over while he was resting. Just when Lin Zhaoxue raised his hand to turn into a palm, the other person suddenly said: "Do you want a piece of martial arts?" The information on the test will definitely come in handy, don’t ask for much, just five taels of silver.”
"Five taels?"
The corners of Lin Zhaoxue's mouth twitched a little, but it wasn't too much.
The man took out a brochure from his sleeve, handed it to Lin Zhaoxue, and said: "You will know if it is worth it after just two glances. At present, many people in the capital are blindly guessing and betting, but it is just a waste of money and makes the gambling house cheaper." . If you buy an accurate piece of information, wouldn’t it be more accurate?”
Lin Zhaoxue turned over a page, her eyes suddenly widened, and she asked in a low voice: "Where does this come from?"
"Shh, don't ask anymore, but I can guarantee that the news is true."
Lin Zhaoxue lowered his head and looked at it. The content of this book was very detailed. It was written in black and white. It not only contained simple portraits, but also recorded the detailed information of the martial arts people. It even noted their good use of weapons and their strength.
In order to verify the authenticity, Lin Zhaoxue turned to the page where she found "himself". Looking at the evaluation of "one stone three fights", she couldn't help but feel cold. This evaluation was very close to "Lin Zhaoxue's" ability.
"I can't watch it anymore. Do you want it or not?"
"Five taels is too expensive."
"Spent these five taels, it is enough for you to win hundreds of taels when you bet. If you bet on Wu Zhuangyuan, you will not be able to win a hundred taels with one and become a millionaire."
"Okay, give it to me."
Lin Zhaoxue took out five treasure bills, stuffed the book back into the other party, and then disappeared into the crowd.
Not long after, Lin Zhaoxue found out that she had been fooled. This thing was no secret. Tang's Bookstore had already sold it to the public, with a price tag of three taels of silver. As a result, it was sold out for a while, becoming another "best-seller" after "Three Kingdoms".
In a mansion, the young master almost roared and shouted: "What on earth is going on? Who tells me, what is going on?"
Jin Zhong and Qianmianren were also shocked. This was not a pamphlet. It was clear that they were going to ruin the casino business.
If everyone becomes a good guesser, and everyone makes a big bet, and they win, then won't the gambling market collapse all of a sudden? Who will protect the plate? If all the money in the gambling plate is not enough to cash in the gambling note, the transaction is completely over.
When the market collapses, it would be too difficult to safely withdraw this part of the funds.
"what to do?"
The Thousand-Faced Man lost his sense of proportion.
After planning for so long, chess pieces were arranged one after another, and the market was opened. In the past few days, a lot of silver taels had been absorbed, but it was not the right time to let Gujin pass the operation of the handicap and quietly take away 300,000 taels. .
"What else can we do? Let businessmen add money to stabilize the market."
The young master made up his mind.
All operations must be based on the existence of the handicap. The martial arts test is not its own purpose, but only a means. Taking away a huge fortune and completing that transaction is the foundation of one's life.
"That's all we can do now."
Jin Zhong thought about it again and again and agreed with the young master's decision.
As a result, businessmen such as Zhao Dayu from Suzhou and Liang Wenxing from the capital received the news and each prepared 50,000 taels to stabilize the market. These businessmen have been tied to Cao Guogong's government. Now it is impossible to imitate Chang Baiye and get off the ship. They can only go one way to the end.
"Let's go investigate and find out what's the background behind Tang's Bookshop and why we have so much information."
The young master's voice was as cold as ice.
The Thousand-Faced Man stood up and was about to leave when he heard the young master's voice: "Let Mang Zhong go, you have shown up too many times, it is not appropriate to be exposed."
"I am extremely careful every time I act. No one from the Security Bureau has found me yet."
The Thousand Faces Man was a little unwilling.
The young master stared coldly at the Thousand-Faced Man and said, "Follow your orders."
The Thousand-faced Man had no choice but to turn around and sit back.
Jin Zhong looked at the Thousand-faced Man and the Young Master, and said: "Someone discovered that Chu Yun appeared in Qingyan Tower. The Security Bureau may have used Yin soldiers. If they are allowed to act, Mang Zhong's intelligence network will be torn apart."
The young master asked: "What do you think we should do?"
The corner of Jin Zhong's mouth moved slightly, and his tone was a little cold: "The betrayer must die. We have taken control of the house where the Yin soldiers are located, and we only need a fire attack to completely eliminate them."
The young master thought for a moment, shook his head, and said: "I know that you were betrayed by King Gaoyang, so you hate all betrayers. I also know that you were ignored by King Yan, and you are unwilling to prove your ability. But Jin Zhong , if people only know hatred and anger, what difference does it have from beasts? To do big things, you must not stick to trivial matters. A gentleman takes revenge, and it is not too late in ten years. The most important thing right now is to withdraw funds. "
The Thousand-faced Man complained: "If I had known it would be such a trouble, it would be better to just kidnap the businessman and Cao Guogong's house, demand a huge sum of money, and collect three hundred thousand taels."
Jin Zhong and Young Master looked at the Thousand-Faced Man at the same time, with some disdain in their eyes.
Kidnapping and extortion is naturally a way to make money quickly, but the problem is that people in ancient and modern times do not just wash their hands and find a Peach Blossom Island to live a small life after doing one thing today. Instead, they need to exist for a long time and need stable funds. source.
There is no such thing as killing the chicken to obtain the eggs.
Besides, this is the capital, not a remote place in the mountains. It's a small county town. It's easy to rob someone, but it's really not easy to blackmail someone. Not to mention how to notify parents, transportation of ransom is also a troublesome matter.
Whether it is silver taels or treasure notes, tens of thousands taels are not worth one hand. Two boxes can solve the problem. If you transport too much, you will be investigated; if you transport too little, the ransom will not be enough...
If things get serious and the Capital Guard gets involved, it will be a dragnet that makes it difficult to escape. Things need to be prudent and long-term, not impetuous or short-sighted.
Jin Zhong glanced at the young master. Of course, the main reason was that they were nobles, not bandits and robbers. Although some of their behaviors were not much different from those of bandits, they still had to be shameless.
In Tang's Bookstore, it is hard to find a single copy, and the money is made every day.
The casino in the city was packed with people and everyone was happy.
Zhu Yunwen, who was staying in the palace, stood at a high place and looked at the capital hidden in the light and darkness. The streets were like silk threads, connected into a huge spider web.
And Zhu Yunwen, like a huge spider, is waiting patiently for the moth...
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