Just when Xiao Qi was confused by Xiao Shengzi's father-in-law's strange behavior, Xiao Shengzi suddenly stood up, left the tea money on the table, and then went straight downstairs and left.

Xiao Qi was a little stunned, and immediately ordered someone to follow secretly, but he himself was stunned when he looked at the table made by Xiao Shengzi in the teahouse opposite.

What is this little father-in-law doing? Didn't Zhao Xianqiu ask him to hurry up and prepare gifts for the generals of the forbidden army, why did he still have the spare time to come to Fengxiang Teahouse to drink tea, and he sat alone for a morning?

When Dr. Tea saw that the guests at the window table were gone, he came over to collect the tea set and tea money, and wiped the table anew, and there was nothing suspicious.

Xiao Qi seemed to feel that something was wrong, and still stayed where he was, thinking about the reason why Xiao Shengzi did this, and looked up at the table that Xiao Shengzi had made from time to time, but he couldn't figure out what the purpose of his coming to Fengxiang Teahouse to sit all morning was.

It didn't take long for the Fengxiang teahouse to get busy, and many businessmen came here, either alone, or in groups of two or three, and walked up to the second floor of the teahouse, each ordering some of their favorite tea and snacks, and chatting while drinking tea.

The vicinity of Fengxiang Teahouse is regarded as the commercial center of Yangzhou City, including Dongguan Street, and several adjacent or intersecting streets are mostly shops of some buyers and sellers.

But there are no houses or residents here, almost all of them are shops, so some of the shopkeepers or proprietors who don't have time to rush home for lunch at noon will have a light meal at the nearby tavern, or come to the teahouse for some dim sum as a simple lunch.

Xiao Shengzi sat in the window seat, and there were also two people, seeing that they were dressed well, at first glance, they looked like local merchants, and Xiao Qi was not familiar with the locals, so he called a local Fengshen future to help identify them.

After Feng Shenwei confirmed, he said that both of them were shopkeepers who did business on Dongguan Street, one surnamed Tang was a cloth shop, and the other was a pawn trader.

The shop of the two is not far away, judging from their happy conversation, the two should have known each other for a long time, and when they met at noon, they met at Fengxiang Teahouse to drink tea and eat some snacks, if it is just so, there is nothing suspicious.

Xiao Qi looked at the other side for a long time before ordering to continue to leave someone to follow Shopkeeper Tang and Shopkeeper Zhou, and he went to Xiao Shengzi's side to spy on the situation.

Xiao Shengzi then went back to Caoyun Yamen for lunch, and then accompanied Zhao Xianqiu to be busy, knowing that he went home in the evening, and nothing else happened during the period.

Zhao Xianqiu's performance is still the same, and he has relaxed a lot since he didn't entertain the generals of the forbidden army today, and he can't see anything weird.

In the evening, Xiao Qi returned to Yanyu Building and told Yang Huairen about today's events, and Yang Huairen didn't think there was anything strange about it.

But at this time, a personal guard sent by Brother Hei Niu came to report that starting this afternoon, those generals who went to Cao Yun Yamen Zhao Xianqiu to fish according to Yang Huairen's instructions began to receive gifts from Zhao Xianqiu one after another.

Yang Huairen and Xiao Qi were taken aback, and said in their hearts, how did Xiao Shengzi pass on the news and account books?

None of you figured it out, Xiao Shengzi didn't have any contact with outsiders all day, and he stayed in Caoyun Yamen in the afternoon, but he did everything that Zhao Xianqiu arranged for him, how did he do it?

Xiao Qi was puzzled, "Could it be that we are following the wrong person?" Was deceived by Zhao Xianqiu's strategy of striking the west? ”

Yang Huairen shook his head, "No, you heard the conversation between Zhao Xianqiu and Xiao Shengzi yesterday, how could you hear it wrong?" Impossible. ”

Xiao Qi also doubted himself, when he was an internal guard before, he did a lot of this kind of surveillance and spying thing, and he can be said to be experienced.

Every move of the person being monitored is in his eyes, and he hears every word of what he says, and sometimes in order not to miss any of them, they do this with a diaper, and they will not miss anything when they pee in their pants.

From yesterday to tonight, monitoring Xiaoshengzi's father-in-law can be said to be leaky, so how did he get things done? Xiao Qi also felt very confused for a while, and he also blamed himself a little.

After all, this fishing strategy has been designed, too many people have been dispatched, and it has also brought a lot of pressure to Zhao Xianqiu, if there are no clues from here, then it will be even more difficult to investigate.

Seeing Xiao Qi's expression a little annoyed, Yang Huairen said, "Brother Xiao Qi doesn't have to blame himself, when things come to this point, there is naturally a reason for it."

I believe that the line of Xiaoshengzi, our judgment is not wrong, Zhao Xianqiu also has our people staring at him, and he has not arranged for other people to do things, so the one who does the thing must be this Xiaoshengzi's father-in-law.

As for how he did it, it's worth pondering. He sat in Fengxiang Teahouse all morning, it must be the reason, and the biggest possibility is that he has secretly passed on the news during the morning when he sat dry. ”

Yang Huairen thought for a while and asked the forbidden soldiers who came to deliver the letter, "You said that some of the generals began to receive gifts from Zhao Xianqiu, tell me, how those gifts were sent, who sent them, and what is the situation of the gifts?" ”

The sergeant recalled, "In the afternoon, a group of local squires came from the city, just like the squires who came to deliver things to the soldiers of the forbidden army before.

In terms of number, there are obviously a lot more pigs than before, and more than a dozen carts of eggs have been delivered, and the soldiers have been asked to eat with open stomachs, saying that there will be tomorrow. ”

"As usual?"

Yang Huairen said suspiciously, "From the news we heard yesterday, boiling meat and eggs or something, Zhao Xianqiu arranged for Huang Million and Bai Yinhai to do it, but the silver for gifts really has to come out of his own pocket."

How can the silver and pork delivery be mixed together? It can't be that Huang Million and Bai Yinhai paid this money for Zhao Xianqiu, right?

This should be unlikely, they just want to give Zhao Xianqiu face, and it is impossible to pay so much silver in a row, they are businessmen, and they will have some connections in Beijing, so they will not be afraid of Zhao Xianqiu to such a point. ”

Guan Qiuli happened to come back from outside, heard what they said in front of him, knew the general situation of the matter, and then shook his head and said, "Lord Wang, I can testify to this, I took a few people to keep an eye on the movements of Huang Million and Bai Yinhai, and they did receive the letter.

I don't know the contents of the letter, but when the two of them received it, they ordered their subordinates to prepare the pigs and eggs, but the silver was not touched by the two families......"