Liu Han looked at the shopkeeper with a very calm expression, with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.

"It's worthy of the eyes of God," Liu Han sighed: "With your talent, it's really amazing to have stooped to the alley tea shop for eight years." ”

The shopkeeper smiled, his inner breath flowed instantly, and he looked around vigilantly.

"Mr. Lin doesn't have to be nervous," Liu Han calmly stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and the shopkeeper could see the jade pendant in his palm at a glance, but he still maintained a high degree of vigilance.

"Lin Shu, the former head catcher of Xiangyang, twenty years ago, because of a trivial offense to the local wealthy Ma family, almost died in prison by Ma Jiayin, and the family died in the hands of the Ma family, in prison, you joined the internal guard, and then was sent to Youzhou, stayed in Youzhou for 12 years, and then was transferred to Yangzhou, changed his name to Lin Huai, and opened a tea shop here. ”

These words, Liu Han said to Lin Huai with the method of transmitting sound into the secret, Lin Huai's face was cloudy at first, and then slowly calmed down, he sighed: "I thought the palace had forgotten me, I didn't think about it.... Alas. ”

"Brother Lin's sigh is because of twenty years of unwillingness, or is he unwilling to serve the imperial court anymore?" asked Liu Han.

Lin Huai got up slightly and sat opposite Liu Han, looked at Liu Han, and said slowly: "Back then, in order to survive and take revenge, I joined the internal guard, but in the past ten years, I have been in this Yangzhou alley for fifteen years, I thought that the palace had forgotten me, but I didn't expect it." ”

"Life and death," Liu Han also sighed: "How can the palace forget you, forget it, don't talk about this, how many people do you still have under your command now?"

Lin Huai is another person given to him by the palace, this person has been hiding in Yangzhou, but does not belong to the Yangzhou internal security system, when the palace gave this to Liu Han, Liu Han was very confused, but the palace did not explain, and then he figured it out, this is probably a chess piece laid out in the palace very early, but he has not found the right opportunity to use it.

"No one. Lin Huai shook his head slightly and said, "When I was sent, I was the only one, nesting in this alley, who could there be." ”

Liu Han bowed slightly, his eyes couldn't help but look at him, and after the meeting, he asked: "Xiuwei didn't leave it behind, the palace told me that twelve years ago, you had a second rank of martial arts, and now what?"

Lin Huai also looked at him, Liu Han smiled faintly, and said, "Since the palace gave you to me, I want to know your situation, I don't want you to die because of me." ”

"Although this old life is useless, it is not so easy to take it. Lin Huai's tone was relaxed and replied nonchalantly.

Liu Han picked up the spring roll and took a bite, chewed it slowly, and nodded with satisfaction: "Mrs. Zun's craftsmanship is good." ”

Lin Huai's eyes flashed, and he smiled bitterly: "Don't worry about her, she doesn't know about me." ”

Liu Han nodded: "That's good, this time I came to Yangzhou, two things, one is the hundred workshops, the palace wants to check the details of the hundred workshops, including their general rudder, how many people, and roughly how much silver income is every year."

The second thing is that the palace suspects that the Yangzhou internal security system has been infiltrated, and the specific situation is not clear, and we need to find out and rebuild the Yangzhou internal security system at the same time. ”

Lin Huai couldn't help but gasp, especially the second one, in the twenty years of internal guarding, he knew the strength of internal guards, who was so bold and dared to attack internal guards!!

"What does the lord want me to do?" Lin Huai didn't ask much, since the palace gave an order, no matter how strong the opponent was or how difficult it was, it must be completed.

Liu Han pondered slightly, and then looked at Lin Huai: "If the nest of the hundred workshops is in Yangzhou, where do you say it will be in Yangzhou?"

Lin Huai didn't answer immediately, but frowned and thought for a long time before he looked up at Liu Han and said, "Zizhu Mountain," seeing Liu Han's surprised look, he carefully explained: "If it were someone else, I would think about Changchun Lake, but this hundred workshops, I will deny Changchun Lake first."

Adults don't know, on this Changchun Lake, every day the boat shuttles, there are many islands on the lake, but the problem is that most of these islands are very small, and the few islands suitable for human habitation have long been inhabited, and the hundred workshops will definitely not be able to hide it for so long.

On the contrary, it is Zizhu Mountain, don't look at this Zizhu Mountain is not high, but the mountains are continuous, especially the back mountain, few people have entered the back mountain of this Zizhu Mountain, this area is a little strange, the left side of the mountain is a swamp, the right side is the southeast end of Changchun Lake, this area of waterways is intricate, people who don't know go in, must be lost, so, generally to the back mountain, are from the Yangtze River past, but there is nothing on the back mountain, and I have never heard of a manor or something, but if you want to say that the lair of the hundred workshops in Yangzhou, I first choose here. ”

"Zizhu Mountain?" Liu Han muttered to himself, frowning slightly: "Can I enter the former mountain?"

"No, this Zizhu Mountain is an asset belonging to Zizhu Courtyard, and outsiders are prohibited from entering the backyard. ”

Liu Han's heart was full of suspicion, and his brows furrowed even tighter: "What is this Purple Bamboo Courtyard?"

Lin Huai nodded: "Zizhu Courtyard is the oldest Taoist temple in Yangzhou, it is said that it has been thousands of years, and the view is dedicated to Zizhu Shengjun." ”

"Purple Bamboo Holy Monarch?" Liu Han recalled the Taoist scriptures he had read, and he had never heard of this deity.

"Yes," Lin Huai looked at Liu Han's puzzled expression, and understood after a little contemplation, and explained: "The name of this Zizhu Courtyard comes from this Zizhu God, legend has it that this Zizhu Mountain is a blessed land, the mountain is full of purple bamboo, there are Zizhu Shengjun living here, after the drought on both sides of the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River is almost cut off, Zizhu Shengjun practice, the sky rains, save hundreds of people on both sides of the Yangtze River, later, Zizhu Shengjun was taken to the heavenly court by the Emperor of Heaven, and the people on both sides of the strait named this mountain Zizhu Mountain, built Taoist temples in the mountains and mountains, and worshiped every year. ”

Liu Han smiled bitterly in his heart, how similar this is to Luo Shen, he suddenly felt that this is not a hidden immortal gate, this Zizhu Holy Monarch is probably soaring in the day and becoming an immortal!

Shaking his head, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then asked: "If this is the case, this Zizhu Houshan should be the industry of Zizhu Courtyard, then doesn't it mean that the Hundred Workshops are related to Zizhu Courtyard." ”

Lin Huai fell silent, Liu Han thought for a moment and asked, "Is this Zizhu Courtyard a Jianghu sect?"

Lin Huai was silent again, and after a while, he nodded: "Every year, I have to accompany my wife to Zizhu Courtyard to offer incense, and I accidentally found that most of the people in the Taoist Temple practice martial arts, but I have never seen the disciples of Zizhu Courtyard on the rivers and lakes, and I have never seen them accept disciples from the outside world. ”

"Accepting apprentices externally, this is easy to solve, but you can never walk the rivers and lakes, which is a bit strange. Liu Han muttered to himself, more interested in Zizhuyuan in his heart.

"After so many years, why is there no information about Zizhu Courtyard in the palace?" asked Liu Han again.

Lin Huai looked at him in wonder, Liu Han also looked at him in confusion, Lin Huai suddenly understood that he dared to love this master not long after joining the internal guard, so he explained: " Adults don't know, the internal guard monitors the target, either there is action, or it is the order of the palace, or it is very powerful, not every Jianghu sect has to monitor, taking Zizhuyuan as an example, he has neither a disciple walking the rivers and lakes, nor much power, if it is not for the people in the temple to practice martial arts, it is no different from ordinary Taoist temples, such Taoist temples, there are tens of thousands of them in the world, and there are not so many people in the palace. ”

Liu Han nodded to accept this explanation, a harmless Taoist temple, monitoring what he did, slightly contemplated: "If this is the case, if you want not to alarm the people in the temple, can you do it?"

Lin Huai didn't answer immediately, but pondered for a moment, Liu Han drank tea silently, and after a while, Lin Huai shook his head very affirmatively: "I can't get by." ”

"Can you get past the water?"

"On the water," Lin Huai shook his head, Liu Han sighed, Lin Huai explained: "I once passed through that section of the waterway, that section of the waterway is not a normal waterway, there is a bend, the reeds are reborn inside, the big boat can't get in, although the small boat can go in, but the situation inside is not clear, and the shore is the jungle." ”

"Can you see inside?"

"I didn't notice, there were a lot of waterfowl in the area, white, very beautiful. Lin Huai said.

A look of surprise flashed in Liu Han's eyes, a white water bird, and Lin Huai noticed a faint smile on his lips.

"Okay, when, in two days, you will go to Zizhuyuan again. ”

Lin Huai nodded, and Liu Han advised again: "Don't deliberately, pay attention to the environment around Zizhu Courtyard, by the way, is there a lot of bamboo there?"

"Zizhu Courtyard, how can there be no bamboo," Lin Huai smiled easily: "The front mountain and the back mountain, the mountains are full of bamboo." ”

Liu Han nodded, and then asked about the Jianghu sects inside and outside Yangzhou City, Lin Huai told him one by one, especially the Cao Gang and the Huaiyang Society, he thought that there were many contradictions within the Cao Gang, especially the younger generation, feeling that the older generation was too conservative, especially for the withdrawal from the imperial capital, the younger generation was very dissatisfied, and the withdrawal from the imperial capital made the Cao Gang suffer very big losses, and these young people were represented by Fang Zhen's son Fang Jie.

And the Huaiyang Society, in Lin Huai's eyes, is a group of smuggled salt dealers, they don't occupy territory, they have their own fleet and horse gangs, and they are very familiar with the surrounding tax cards, and the tax cards and tax collectors generally don't mess with them, these guys are all outlaws.

As for the other sects, Lin Huai didn't think there was anything, these sects were all dogs guarding the door, and they didn't do much, and those gang leaders or sect masters were not too high in cultivation, so they would not pose any threat to the Cao Gang and Huaiyang.

"Do you see if there is any connection between this Cao Gang and the Hundred Workshops? With the forces of the Cao Gang in Jiangnan, is it possible to know the movements of the Hundred Workshops?" Liu Han finally asked.

Lin Huai shook his head: "I don't know about this, but with the power of the Cao Gang, there should be chess pieces in the palace, and if there is, the palace should understand." ”

Liu Han thought about it and nodded in agreement with his judgment, put down a tael of silver, got up to say goodbye, Lin Huai put away the silver, put away the teacups, teapots and melon seeds, he had already noticed that at this time, the two plates of pastries had been eaten by Liu Han.

He looked at the two empty plates, and put them away with a slight contemplation.

In the evening, Liu Han returned to the rented yard, and after entering the house, he checked the room very carefully, he set up a few secret marks, after the inspection, he was slightly relieved, the secret marks were still there, and no one should have entered this room.

Boil water, make tea, Liu Han did it quickly, it didn't take long, he would sit at the table and drink tea, when night fell, he simply moved a chair to the yard, sat under the tree and drank tea leisurely, no matter who passed by from the side, he would think that he was resting.

His mind kept tumbling, and today Lin Huai brought him a great inspiration, and now his eyes are fixed on Zizhu Mountain.

Lin Huai is the second person given to him in the palace, this person has been in Yangzhou for a long time, and he should be the spare tire deployed in the palace, this person is obviously also very careful, he has figured out the situation around Yangzhou, and he knows the big and small gangs in Yangzhou City very well, and he is very brainy, not the kind of reckless man who only knows how to do it. 2k reading web