Lao Huang held the book in his hand, his eyes stayed on the book, he didn't raise his head, and asked teasingly, "Headache?"

Liu Han sighed, didn't speak, and Lao Huang didn't speak, reading quietly. [Full text reading.]

"Headache. Liu Han muttered, in the Western Regions, things are much simpler, even if you dig a pit, it is far worse than the Great Jin.

Liu Han simply lay down, Lao Huang frowned slightly, and snorted dissatisfiedly, Liu Han didn't pay attention to it, and still muttered: "Yan Zheng, Jingming, debt collection, Liu Chuang, damn, what is the origin of this bastard? Cao Yun, the three families, what do they want to do?"

The corners of Lao Huang's mouth showed a hint of mockery, and after thinking for a while, he put down the book, took out a collection from the file on the side, and pushed it to the opposite side.

"This is Jiangnan Kangcheng, Gu Wei sent someone to find him, hoping to come forward and take one or two salt fields. ”

Liu Han sat up when he heard this, picked up the summary and looked at it quickly, frowned and said: "Didn't you already greet him, don't get involved in salt affairs, they just stood up, and it is not appropriate to get involved in salt affairs now, hmph, I look at Kangcheng Liuhuo, the two guys should be knocked down, and they are a little carried away." ”

After speaking, he suddenly frowned, looked at Lao Huang and asked, "Is there any news over there?"

Lao Huang nodded, looked outside first, then got up and took out a file from the back file and handed it to Liu Han, Liu Han opened it and looked at it, thought for a while and said: "Agree, let them make their own decisions, I will intervene, but remind them to be aware of the risks." ”

"Are they also reckless?" Lao Huang frowned and asked, but Liu Han shook his head: "It's right for them to do this, they are doing business for thousands of miles, but they are asking for money, and it is not normal to let go of such a large fortune without asking for it, but remind them to pay attention to controlling the scale and to take it step by step." ”

Lao Huang's brows were still furrowed, and he slowly stretched out, and said with a wry smile: "In business, you are a genius, and I am ashamed of myself." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the pen and quickly wrote a secret letter, which is a series of numbers, the meaning of which is only known to the other party, and after writing, he tore it into several strips of paper, rolled the paper into small strips and put it in a bamboo tube, and then called the big head to come in, handed the bamboo tube to him, and asked him to send it out immediately.

After the big head went out, Lao Huang turned his head again, the paper had turned into ashes in Liu Han's hands, Lao Huang returned to the back of the bookcase, and drafted a second letter, which was addressed to Jiangnan Kangcheng Liuhuo.

After it was drafted, it was translated into numbers, but this letter was not broken down, but the paper was rolled into a small tube and placed in the bamboo tube, without immediately calling the big head to come in and send it out.

"Alas, yesterday, I went to see Ding Xuan,...." Liu Han explained the process of meeting Ding Xuan in detail, Ding Xuan revealed that the three families were going to make a move on Cao Yun, Xiao Yu's analysis of Cao Yun, and finally said what happened to Liu Chuang last night, and explained the suspicious points one by one.

These words were very long, and Liu Han's mouth was a little dry, he took the teacup and drank it dry, then poured another cup, and sipped slowly.

Lao Huang didn't speak immediately, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was still holding the book in his hand.

This is a long-term tacit understanding between them, whenever Liu Han has doubts in his heart, he will come to tell Lao Huang, and Lao Huang listens and ponders.

After a while, Lao Huang opened his eyes and asked, "Who do you think Ding Xuan is?"

Liu Han was slightly stunned, his brows furrowed slightly, Ding Xuan was a greedy and lustful corrupt official in his eyes, spending money like dirt, and he and Cui Jun's showing off their wealth became a scene in the imperial capital.

"Let's talk about it. Lao Huang reminded lightly, and Liu Han sighed: "You old thing, if you have an idea, hurry up, okay, this guy is a lustful, greedy, ignorant and narrow-minded corrupt official." ”

Lao Huang shook his head slightly: "I knew you would say this, but do you know? Ding Xuan is not the head of the Ding family, according to the tradition of the Ding family, the vast majority of the wealth of the Ding family is inherited by the son, Ding Xuan did not inherit much wealth, and more importantly, when Ding Xuan and his brother competed for the position of the head of the family, the two sides had deep contradictions, so after Ding Xuan embarked on his official career, he did not get much support from the family.

I mean, most of Ding Xuan's position and wealth today are earned by himself. ”

Liu Han did not interrupt Lao Huang, silently holding the teacup, Lao Huang continued: "Ding Xuan's wealth is mainly accumulated in Jingzhou's assassin history, his methods are varied, there are forced merchants to pay tribute, there are robberies and kills past business travelers, there are clever names, the imperial court has always heard of it, but his methods are secret, others can't get evidence, and he has risen step by step, if it weren't for Ding Xuan's three years, I'm afraid he would have entered Shangshutai." ”

When Lao Huang said this, he stared at Liu Han and asked, "Do you think such a person will be a lustful, greedy, ignorant and narrow-minded fool?!"

Liu Han was taken aback, and immediately understood what Lao Huang didn't say: "You mean, he did it on purpose!"

Lao Huang didn't nod but said slowly: "It's not certain yet, but it can be concluded that Cao Yun is not their goal, or not their primary goal, and Ding Xuan leaked this word, it is likely that he is tempting, just as we are guessing their next step, they are also guessing our next step, so deliberately to test, if we make a deployment in Yanshi Pengcheng now, they can conclude that our movements, thus covering up their true purpose." ”

"What is their real purpose?" Liu Han asked, Lao Huang shook his head and sighed softly: "I can't see it yet." ”

Liu Han thought for a moment and asked, "I really want to use the inner guard." ”

"Don't think too highly of the defenders. Lao Huang said coldly: "The imperial court uses internal guards to monitor the kings and gate valves, for hundreds of years, the kings and gate valve families strictly guard against internal guards, Shilin strongly criticized, and the internal guards are not so easy to use." ”

Liu Han was silent, and Lao Huang sighed: "The key to the problem is that we are passively defensive, fortified everywhere, and passive everywhere, if this continues, we have lost this battle." ”

"Turn defense into offense!" I don't want to," Liu Han sighed: "But where is the breakthrough point?" Ding Xuan can't move now, Wang and Xu are hiding in Jizhou, Tian Ning can be killed, but is it useful to kill him? Besides, if we cause the entire gate valve to deal with us, then we might as well run. ”

Lao Huang didn't speak, his brows were furrowed, the room was quiet, and occasionally a low sound of drinking water was heard, and a gust of wind outside passed, and the bamboo forest made a rattling sound.

"If you can't find a breakthrough point, you can stop for the time being, and you won't be in a hurry when you see the move. Lao Huang broke the silence and said: "However, I think Liu Chuang's matter is more interesting." ”

Liu Han didn't interrupt him, Lao Huang said: "Don't burn it in the morning, don't burn it in the evening, you must wait until you are responsible for the safety of the branch Cao? ”

Liu Han was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "He only made progress more than ten days ago, although it may be aimed at me, or it may be aimed at the king of Yanping County." ”

"It's all possible," Lao Huang said, "but I think it's more likely to target you." ”

Liu Han thought for a while, but still shook his head: "I have thought about it, but there are a few doubts that cannot be explained, it has only been two days since I was transferred to Duzhi Cao, and it has only been two days since I was in charge of Du Zhicao's security affairs, and it has only been more than ten days since Liu Chuang's progress was made to support Cao, is it possible, more than ten days ago, they laid out this bureau? If so, what role did the king of Yanping play in it? This matter is complicated." ”

"It's better to be complicated than to die," Lao Huang said indifferently: "I think this way is the way of those gate valve families, the kind of thing that fights and kills, those gate valve families disdain it, just like you said, this method is not high enough, for them, using the power of the court is the best choice." ”

Liu Han smiled bitterly and sighed, it seems that he still doesn't know Dajin, he doesn't understand these gate valve families in Dajin, Lao Huang's judgment is right, if the two sides only rely on combat power, their gap is not too big, but if you talk about the comparison of strength in the court, that is, the small boss and Ma Yun are richer.

"Have you thought about a question," Lao Huang asked, Liu Han looked at him suspiciously: "The king of Yanping County only has 11,000 taels of silver every year, he has no fiefdom, there are two in the palace, and there are six or seven hundred people in the palace, this salary is definitely not enough, so, the money he found from there to make up for the gap?"

"I guess I sent someone to do business. Liu Han said tentatively, Lao Huang nodded: "Since he is in business, who is his business partner? Is there a partner to cooperate with? Where is the market?"

Liu Han shook his head, Lao Huang sighed softly, looked at Liu Han and said, "Your biggest mistake is that you didn't use that time to pry Liu Chuang's mouth open, at least we can know who the master behind him is." ”

"This guy is a dead man," Liu Han tried to defend himself, then shook his head, and admitted with some chagrin: "It was my mistake, damn!"

"This is a mistake, but why did he burn down the warehouse where the old account books were stored?" Lao Huang asked again, Liu Han reacted quickly, frowned and asked, "You mean, Tian Ning still has something that has not been found, and the clues are in the old account books." ”

"I can't be sure, but in the old account books, there may be something that worries Tian Ning. Lao Huang said, Liu Han nodded slowly, thought about it and asked, "What about Cao Yun?"

"Of course, we have to strengthen the guards," said Lao Huang, "even if they just want to confuse us, we can do the same to confuse them." ”

"So far, we have barely gained the upper hand, but it all depends on our accurate judgment of their actions," Liu Han said, "So where will their attack be next time?"

Lao Huang didn't speak, picked up the book on the bookcase, and looked at it to himself.

Liu Han sighed, every time Lao Huang ran out of ideas, he would be like this, it seemed that the next attack direction was only to find it himself.

"Has that small courtyard been sold?" Liu Han asked again.

"No, he will sell it for five hundred denarii. Lao Huang smiled contemptuously: "Although the house price in the imperial capital is expensive, five hundred taels of silver is enough to buy five such small courtyards." Liu Han sneered, got up and said, "With such an obvious fishing, I didn't expect him to make mistakes." ”

"How can you be sure it's him?" Lao Huang asked sharply, Liu Han was stunned, and suddenly an idea popped up: "How about you say I let people buy it?"

Lao Huang looked up at him in confusion, Liu Han smiled and said, "If you can find the father-in-law in the palace to come forward, what judgment do you think he will make?"

Lao Huang thought for a while and said, "This is a good idea, but the question is, what is the purpose of buying a eunuch?"

Liu Han smiled, took two steps forward, and whispered in his ear.