Chapter 10: The Third Man

In addition to this identity, he also designed three identities, one is a silk merchant, one is a grain merchant, and the other is the forbidden army officer who served as the lieutenant of Dantu County, these three identities are also true, however, the silk merchant Yongzhou has a business name in Chang'an, the grain merchant is a Hedong person, and he has a business name in Chenliu, as for the forbidden army officer who served as the captain of Dantu County, he is an internal guard, and he is now being ordered to investigate the king of Qi in Qi State.

Liu Han was very suspicious, the real owners of these three identities were actually internal guards, it seemed that the palace was very determined this time, and before he saw the shadow, he took out a huge investment, just the transfer of the forbidden army officer was a huge loss.

The investment is large, the expectations are naturally great, Liu Han understands in his heart that this is a test for him in the palace, if he can find out the bottom of the hundred workshops, does he still need internal guards?

But the question is, can he find out?

Ye Xiu left, Liu Han was still lying on the bed, staring at the top of the bed, thinking silently for a long time, and after determining the plan of action, he got up slowly, washed up, bought some breakfast on the street, and wandered around the house for a while before Shi Shiran went out.

After wandering in the city for a long time, he went to the Keats Temple in the city, and after offering incense in the temple, he walked around the courtyard, and walked to the east Shi Shiran after leaving the Taoist temple, and when he arrived at a secluded place, he stood under the willow tree for a while, and it was not long before a small boat came out of the river bay, and the captain shook the oars, and the boat slowly moved forward, and landed in front of him, and a man wearing sackcloth and a hat came out of the black canopy.

The man's hat was pressed relatively low, covering half of his face, and after going ashore, he walked straight to Liu Han and came to Liu Han.

"This brother, inquire, how to go to Cihua Palace?"

"Cihua Palace, brother, make a mistake, there is no Cihua Palace here, only the Daxiong Treasure Palace. ”

"Daxiong Treasure Palace, Your Excellency is wrong, it's Huaihua Temple. ”

"Huaihuayuan is in Pengcheng or Jiankang. ”

"Brother is wrong again, is it in Chang'an or Xiangyang. ”

After speaking, the man in the hat lifted his robe, and Liu Han saw at a glance that there was an eagle-headed bronze medal hanging on his waist, he frowned slightly, spread his fist, and a white jade plaque suddenly appeared in his palm.

The man in the hat bent down slightly, and said respectfully: "I've seen adults." ”

"Excuse me, this is not the place to speak, let's go. After Liu Han finished speaking, he turned around and left, and the man in the hat did not speak, silently following behind him.

Liu Han didn't walk the street, but took him around the alley, and only stopped after turning a few alleys.

"Where are you staying?"

"I rented a room across the street. The hatsman said, he still didn't take off the hat, Liu Han still didn't see his face clearly, only saw the lower half of his face, which was slightly fat, and had a sparse beard on his chin.

"Across the river?" asked Liu Han, and the hatsman nodded.

"Well, that's good. Liu Han pondered a little and asked, "What do you call it?"

"Back to my lord, I am lowly and limao, it has been five months since I arrived. ”

"Limao!" Liu Han thought for a moment and said, "The knife among the seven stars and eight generals?"

The hatsman raised his head, looked at Liu Han, and nodded with a wry smile: "Yes, it's a humble position." ”

In the battle of Fengyulou, the knife betrayed at a critical moment and inserted Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu almost died.

In this battle, Xiao Yu once asked the remnants of Fengyulou to look around for the traces of the knife, but he never found his traces, and he didn't expect to come to Jiangnan.

"Find a place and let's have a good talk. ”

Xiaodao didn't say much, turned around and left, this time Liu Han followed him.

The two of them walked around in the alley, walked for most of the hour, and arrived in front of a small courtyard, which was very messy near the courtyard, obviously this is a civilian area, of course not a slum area, although the slum area is messy, people come and go, but if a stranger really wants to go in, it will attract people's attention at once, but it is not as good as this civilian area.

"This place is nice and secluded. After Liu Han looked around, he nodded with satisfaction, this knife is still very rich in experience.

The knife took off the hat, hung it behind the door, and washed his face with a basin of water, Liu Han found out that he was actually wearing makeup, he nodded again in his heart, and he was cautious, no matter how much, he also supported.

After washing, looking at the knife again, the whole person has changed, the beard on the chin is gone, the flesh on the cheeks is a little less, and it has become thin and long, a pair of eyes are lazy, and the corners of the mouth are tightly pursed.

Liu Han lifted the teapot, and the teapot was full, so he poured himself a glass of water, and poured a glass of water for the knife, and motioned for him to sit down.

Xiaodao sat down next to him, took a sip of the teacup, and Liu Han asked, "What are you doing now?"

"I'm now from Yangzhou Shuanghu Village, watching the scene at Ruyi Casino. The knife's tone was a little bitter.

"You've been here for five months, what have you found out?" asked Liu Han again.

Xiaodao shook his head: "The order given to me by the palace is to stand firm in Yangzhou City, and it is also an order from the palace to enter Shuanghuzhuang." ”

Xiaodao looked at him a little strangely as he spoke, Liu Han understood after a little thought, smiled and said, "I have never done it in a local area, and I don't know anything about local things." ”

The knife then understood, and then smiled bitterly in his heart, this jade medal is not something that ordinary people can get, and those who can take the jade medal not only have a high cultivation, but also have some other strengths.

"Our internal guards are all long-term lurking, and they will never move without instructions. Knife said.

Liu Han already understood, and secretly praised in his heart, this long-term lurking, at a critical moment, killed in one fell swoop, some close friends who have been friends for decades, I am afraid they don't know the true identity of the other party, and when they understand, the steel knife has been stabbed into their bodies.

It's no wonder that the people of the Great Jin Dynasty changed color when they mentioned the internal guard, and with this patience, it made people feel terrifying.

"What kind of place is this Twin Tiger Village?" asked Liu Han again.

The two largest gangs in Yangzhou are the Cao Gang and the Huaiyang Society, the name of the Shuanghu Village comes from the big gang leader and the second gang leader, the big gang leader is called Jiang Wu, and the name on the rivers and lakes is the Earthquake Tiger; ”

"This Shuanghuzhuang is just a small gang in the city, there are 86 people in the gang, occupying three streets, however, these three streets are not prosperous, the gang mainly operates two casinos, there are also two pawnshops, and there is also a boat shop, there are two boats, the boat is not big, can hold hundreds of stone grain. ”

The tone of the knife was a little gloomy, when Fengyulou was in the imperial capital, it could be said that he was rich and powerful, but once he was destroyed, he also fell into this small gang.

"Your knife is also quite famous in the rivers and lakes, and you have a lot of acquaintances with the people in the Cao Gang, aren't you afraid that they will recognize it?"

The knife smiled bitterly, sighed, and was silent, Liu Han's brows furrowed slightly, if the people in the Cao Gang recognized the knife, the knife would be in danger, although his life and death were not in Liu Han's heart, but this life was missing an assistant, and it was an important assistant.

This time, he brought three assistants of light and dark, the cultivation of the knife is the highest, and he is already in the top grade of the martial artist, he is the strongest of the three, and he has rich experience in the rivers and lakes, which is very useful at critical moments.

After a moment of silence, Knife looked up at him and asked, "What exactly does the above want us to do?"

"You don't know?" Liu Han was a little surprised, and the knife nodded: "Tell me above, what to do, it's up to you to arrange." ”

"Oh," Liu Han sighed: "I went to Jiangnan this time to rectify the Jiangnan internal guard, the palace suspects that the Yangzhou internal guard has been infiltrated, over the years, three or four percent of the information reported by Yangzhou is false, Lin Gonggong concluded that there is a problem with the Yangzhou internal guard, let me check it." ”

Xiaodao was very surprised when he heard it, he participated in the internal guard very early, and knew the rules of the internal guard, the rules of the internal guard are strict, which is rare in the world, it can be said that life and death come out, and the punishment of traitors is also very strict, almost all of them are the result of destroying the door.

"Our second mission was to investigate the Hundred Workshops. Liu Han said, the knife was even more surprised, he knew about the hundred workshops, and he also accompanied Reina to participate in the auction of the hundred workshops, how could the palace suspect this trading company?

"Don't think about why, we have to do the work sent by the palace, as for what those nobles in the palace think, it's not for us to speculate. Liu Han said lightly.

Xiaodao's heart tightened, and he quickly nodded yes.

"So where do we start?" asked Knife.

Liu Han sighed and said in silence: "The palace gave some information, but it was also said, we can't get it for sure, we can only investigate one by one, let's start with the commander, Xiaodao, tonight, you go to Gu Shuo's house to have a look, be careful, don't alarm them, no matter what you see, don't care, just watch." ”

"Gu Shuo. Xiaodao repeated the chatter, remembering who it was, but he didn't expect this person to be the commander of the Jiangnan Internal Guard.

"Three watches, I will pick you up outside. Liu Han got up as he spoke, and the knife hurriedly got up and sent him out of the door, and when he arrived at the door, Liu Han asked him to stay.

Closing the door, Xiaodao stayed for a while, and suddenly remembered that since he was going to go, why didn't he go in by himself, he had to go in by himself, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly understood that this was Liu Han's test for him, and it seemed that this Shangguan didn't fully believe him.

Turning his head to clean up the cup, he found that the water in Liu Han's cup was still full, and then he remembered that although Liu Han poured two glasses of water, it was not a drop of water, and this discovery strengthened his judgment.

Liu Han went to Defu Lou to eat again, this time he was still a businessman, but his face was full of sorrow, and he sighed for a long time, he knew very well that the guys in this restaurant were probably all internal guards, and the trained guys would remember the guests who came for two consecutive days.

It's a pity that his actions didn't attract the attention of the guys, and no one paid attention to him, and the guys' attention was on a few scholars next to him, who obviously came to Yangzhou Mansion to participate in the autumn products.

Every autumn, the prefectures and imperial capitals were crowded with scholars, all of whom came from the prefectures and counties under their control.

The tasting stipulated by the state is autumn, and the spring products are only available in the imperial capital, every autumn, the scholars gather to the state capital, and there are even teachers and students in the academies around the country, of course, some of these scholars are participating for the first time, some are participating many times, and those who obtained the top grade last year went to the imperial capital to participate in the autumn products of the imperial capital. 2k reading web