Gu Shuo shook his head, as he said just now, this is not something they can think, the palace naturally has their thoughts.

"It's been almost half a month since this order was issued, and there is not even any news, which is really evil. The middle-aged man said: "These guys can't just hide underground, this palace needs to be urged, how can we explain." ”

The middle-aged man's tone was bitter, Gu Shuo was even more upset, the order in the palace was sent more than half a month ago, he passed the order down, and the internal guards of the entire Yangzhou Mansion were mobilized, and every internal guard was highly vigilant to look for clues about the hundred workshops, but more than half a month passed, but there was no news.

As a business, there are always some basic things, such as people.

If you are a person, you will have a house, you will get married, you will have a wife and children, and you must always eat.

But these hundred workshops are strange, they have never found out where his lair is, and where his people live?

All this without the slightest trace was found.

"Send one down there and tell them to pay attention to those estates, not to the city, to the remote estates outside the city. Gu Shuo thought for a while and said.

"Manor?" The middle-aged man thought for a moment and smiled bitterly: "Yes, but, master, if this is the case, we don't have enough manpower." ”

"If it's not enough, you have to investigate, it's better than investigating it in the palace. Gu Shuo's tone was very helpless, if the palace wanted to investigate it, it would be a big problem.

Internal guards, life and death, it is good to be able to die, and if it is not good, you have to take your family to accompany you to the funeral.

The middle-aged man didn't say anything anymore, picked up a pen and wrote a few letters, and then also tore them into small strips, put them in a small bamboo tube, and went out to hand them over to the subordinates outside.

Gu Shuo sighed, returned to his seat, picked up the pen and prepared to write, but he couldn't put down the pen for a long time, half a sound, sighed, put down the pen, put away the things on the table, put them in a small iron box, and put the small iron box into the cabinet under the bookshelf.

After doing all this, he left the room, and as soon as he went out, he met the middle-aged man and told the middle-aged man to clean up the room.

The knife watched silently on the roof, and when Gu Shuo left, he was about to follow him, but at this time, the middle-aged man pushed the door in.

After coming in, the middle-aged man was in his seat, picked up the pen and quickly wrote something, and after putting down the pen, he tore the note into several pieces and stuffed it into a small bamboo tube, and then cleaned up the room and went out to close the door.

Seeing all this, the knife moved his mind, restored the tiles, and quietly followed the middle-aged man, avoiding two teams of patrolling families on the way, and followed the middle-aged man to a separate courtyard, after the middle-aged man entered, the knife quietly jumped on the roof, uncovered the tiles and looked inside, there was a woman in the house, the woman was already asleep, heard the door knocking, did not get up, muttered a sentence back, the middle-aged man hummed, the woman said that the hot water was on the stove, and then turned around and fell asleep.

Xiaodao couldn't help but be disappointed when he saw this, this was the middle-aged man's home, the middle-aged man washed silently, and then went to bed, the woman turned over and hugged him, and the middle-aged man blew out the light.

The knife was even more disappointed, quietly restored the roof, slipped off the roof, looked inside the house, pondered slightly, and turned around to leave the house.

This area seems to be the station of the Gu Fu's subordinates, the garrison is very loose, the knife came out easily, and after arriving in the alley, he was thinking about going up to find Liu Han, when someone whispered in his ear: "I'm here." ”

The knife turned around in shock, and a dark figure stood in the shadows, and he asked tentatively, "My lord?"

The black shadow took two steps forward, the moonlight shone on his face, it was Liu Han, the knife breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak, Liu Han turned around and left, he immediately followed.

Along the way, the two of them didn't speak, and soon arrived at the place rented by Liu Han, after entering the house, the knife looked around, Liu Han poured him a glass of water, and the knife took it and drank it without the slightest hesitation.

Putting down the teacup, Xiaodao began to tell the results of tonight's investigation, and finally said with some regret: "I should follow Gu Shuo, not that guy, maybe I can find out something." ”

Liu Han shook his head, frowned and thought about it: "This kind of thing, not necessarily, it depends on luck, and it may not be effective, go and see, just understand his situation, Gu Shuo has been operating in Yangzhou for so many years, he will not show his feet so easily." ”

Xiao Dao was in a relaxed mood, and felt that this Shangguan was very reasonable, and asked directly: "Does the problem have to be Gu Shuo's? Is there any other possibility?"

"Yes. Liu Han nodded affirmatively: "However, Gu Shuo has to rule it out first, so let's do it, you keep an eye on him first, and as for the others, I have other arrangements." ”

Xiaodao nodded, this kind of thing is a chore, Gu Shuo has been the commander of Yangzhou's internal guards for a long time, and his mind is naturally meticulous, it is not easy to catch his horse's feet.

"Tomorrow, I'll meet this Gu Shuo. Liu Han said lightly.

The knife was slightly stunned: "My lord, are you trying to startle the snake?"

"To frighten the serpent. Liu Han said lightly: "There is a problem with the Yangzhou internal guard, this Gu Shuo is the main target of suspicion, I don't contact him, how do I know if the problem is his." ”

The knife didn't persuade him, but after a while, he got up and said, "My lord, if there is nothing else, I'll go back." ”

"In the middle of the night, don't go back, just spend the night. Liu Han said casually, then got up and took out the quilt from the cabinet and threw it to the knife, the knife took it and spread it on the ground, Liu Han was not humble at all, and occupied the only bed.

Early the next morning, this night, Liu Han slept very deeply, and when he opened his eyes, the knife was no longer in the room.

He looked at the neatly folded quilt, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

On this day, he still wandered around the city, went to the cloth shop to see, asked the price, looked at the condition, went to the grain store, went to the ship, like a real merchant, and of course went to the helm of the Cao gang to look.

At the dock, he casually learned from the Cao Gang that Fang Zhen was not in Yangzhou City, but went to Jiangnan, and the Cao Gang was very excited.

Hearing this, Liu Han couldn't help but admire Fang Zhen even more, this Fang Zhen was ruthless enough, in the face of the chaos in the imperial capital, he was not moved at all, he simply went to the south of the Yangtze River and did not take a step north of Pengcheng.

The prosperity of commerce has led to the prosperity of the entertainment industry, Yangzhou's green building industry is very developed, on the canal, on the Yangtze River, there are painting boats sliding through at any time, almost every street in the city has green buildings, from the afternoon, the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard everywhere.

The scholars who came to participate in the autumn product filled the green building, embraced the enchanting, filled in the lyrics, this period is also the time for the various green buildings to compete with each other, and I don't know whether it is to cooperate with the autumn product or join in the fun, before the autumn product, Yangzhou Qinglou will also hold the Oiran Competition, just like the imperial capital, however, the Oiran Competition of the imperial capital is held in the summer.

"Why are you getting together? Look at this person coming and going, it's not even easy to find an inn. Liu Han complained.

"Brother Tai is a foreigner, I don't know," Jin Liang's chubby face was full of triumph, this guy met at the dock, and both of them drank tea at the dock, but he went to order a boat, Liu Han went to see the market, this guy is a little familiar, Liu Han casually talked, and immediately attracted this guy, and then Liu Han invited him to the teahouse to drink tea, and made no secret that his purpose was to inquire about the market.

Jin Liang readily agreed, he opened a local business called Fu Shunyuan, dealing in silk and cloth, and concurrently engaged in some local local products, his business name is not big, often have to go to various places, in Yangzhou has been five years.

"Jiangnan women and northern women, very different, northern women are bold, Jiangnan women are soft, just like this city full of river water and plum blossoms, water is delicate, flowers are as fragrant," Jin Liang was arrogant, Liu Han carefully accompanied the laughter, secretly noticed, they were in the corner of the teahouse, there were many scholars in the teahouse, some were talking about the autumn products, and the other part was talking about the Oiran competition, and no one paid attention to them.

"Brother has extraordinary knowledge, I am the first time to come to Jiangnan," Liu Han complimented: "I have been to the imperial capital, and the imperial capital also has an Oiran competition, but it was in the spring, I saw it in the imperial capital last year, it was very lively, but why is this Yangzhou in the autumn, and it is still colliding with this autumn product." ”

"You don't understand this," Jin Liang said with a smile: "You think, the Oiran Competition, our Oiran Contest in Yangzhou, each Qinglou has launched beautiful women, and finally ten women enter the final tasting, there are two things to compare, the same is talent, and the other is the poems written by those scholars for the participating women, who gets more poems, whose poems are good, who is the Oiran, and those scholars, if their poems are selected at this time, they are bound to become famous, which is a place to kill two birds with one stone." ”

Liu Han smiled and nodded: "It's really wonderful." ”

"Brother Wu, do you know our Qinglou in Yangzhou," Jin Liang continued: "We have ten green buildings in Yangzhou, and the annual Oiran can't come out of these ten green buildings, the most famous of these ten green buildings are Qinyin Pavilion, the second Jiangyun Xuan, the third Yanyu Zhai, the fifth Zhaoqing Garden, the sixth Jinse Building, the seventh drunken painting boat, the eighth flower charming, the ninth warm fragrance pavilion, and the tenth willow smoke garden. ”

Jin Liang looked excited, picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, Liu Han took the opportunity to interject: "In this way, this Qinyin Pavilion is a beautiful crown, and it is the Oiran of Yangzhou." ”

Jin Liang shook his head, put down the teacup, swallowed the water in his mouth, and hurriedly said: "This ranking is changing, these ten are actually comparable, each has its own strengths, it's just that Qinyin Pavilion won the Oiran last year, the second Allure the year before last, and the third shy flower the year before last, so it ranked first." ”

"I see, it's intense enough. Liu Han smiled.

"Who said no," Jin Liang said with a smile: "This year, all the Qinglou are gearing up to compete for this year's Oiran, on this day, the Qinglou has made all its moves, and the slightly famous scholars are specially invited, brother, if you can compose poems and paintings, then you can go in, this has to be normal, to enter the top ten Qinglou, it is not so easy." ”

Liu Han pretended to be sorry and sighed: "It seems that the little brother doesn't have that blessing, count the silver,...。 ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw a carriage passing by on the street, Jin Liang stretched out his head to look at it, and said with some envy: "It's grand enough, do you know, this carriage is a Hu man, that is, the shopkeeper of the Tonghui Money Village, this Tonghui Money Village is amazing, there is a lot of silver, and the shopkeeper is a Hu man, called, called Sai... , by the way, Saiem, it's called Saiem, brother, don't look at people are Hu people, this Sai shopkeeper, but a character with hands and eyes, alas, look at people, and then look at us, alas, people are more angry than people!"

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