Dignity is not so important to beggars, and the people who were clamoring to leave before now all have a miserable look, and some even kneel on the ground and hug Lin Ling's thighs, begging her to show mercy. The courtyard was dirty and messy, and the sound of grief was endless, and Lin Ling felt uncomfortable all over.

Suddenly, she saw that the aunt who was cooking in the chef just now also crawled over on her knees, and she had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly shouted: "Quiet! ”

Everyone quieted down and looked at Lin Ling.

"This lady, you get up first." Lin Ling walked over to help the cooking aunt and said softly, "Tell me why you are begging on the street?" You are good and diligent in your hands and feet, and you can cook, so it stands to reason that you should be able to get a job in the capital, but why ......?"

The aunt began to cry, wiped her tears, and said, "Girl, don't you know, I lost my husband in my early years and my son in middle age, and others say that I am my nemesis." Later, I was alone, I could only come out to make a living, and I didn't want to beg, but in the restaurant where I was working, because I went, the chickens and ducks were gone overnight, and the plague was gone, and I was driven out, who else would dare to accept me in the future? These beggars don't dislike me and are willing to eat the food I make......"

Lin Ling naturally knew that what happened to each of these beggars was very tear-jerking, and she didn't want to ask more, so she patted her aunt on the back and said, "It's not easy for you, you will cook for them in the future, and the matter of finding out the news has nothing to do with you." As he spoke, Lin Ling looked at everyone and said, "There are many of you who have sound hands and feet and flexible brains, but because of some rough experiences, they are willing to degenerate into beggars. I can provide you with food and clothing now, but you have to fight for your own breath, don't you? ”

Lin Ling said, walked to the side of a man with a lame leg, and said, "Although you don't have legs, your hands are flexible, can you write?" Seeing the man nodding, she added, "After they went out to inquire about the news and came back, you turned the news into words, can't you do this?" ”

"I can do it......" the man said, looking at his hands in disbelief. He had also gone to private school before, but his family was in the middle of the road, and he was robbed by bandits, and the accident not only took away his relatives, but also left him without a leg. Therefore, he can only go to work as a beggar to solve the problem of three meals a day. But now, it's unbelievable, he can actually support himself with writing, is he dreaming?

Lin Ling stood up again and said loudly: "Everyone can find their own value in life, if you just eat, drink and have fun every day, then life will not mean much." At first, I came to you to make it easier for me to tell the story, but now, my idea is to create an intelligence organization, and we will come up with whatever information the guests want. I am here to promise that if a guest buys any of you who inquires about it, I will give him five layers of silver! ”

"Really?" Some people questioned, "Who's going to buy it?" ”

"There will always be people coming, and the first step we need to do now is to improve the channels for collecting information, make sure that guests don't leave empty-handed, and open up the market." Lin Ling's expression was firm, "However, we have to keep these things secret for the time being, you remember, don't say anything outside you don't leak your mouth, you know?" ”

"Yes!" And all the people should come down in unison.

In fact, what Lin Ling wanted to find out most was all kinds of private secret information about the court officials' families, because this had a great connection with Long Yuze's seizure of the throne, and sometimes a secret could make an official defect. However, this is only the early stage, what kind of character these beggars are Lin Ling can't find out, if there are some beggars who are greedy for money and leak all her plans, it will be more than worth the loss, so she can only take her time.

The people in those courtyards were encouraged by five layers of silver, and at last they stopped being lazy, and all of them became industrious. Some of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who have inconvenient legs and feet stay in the yard, or clean up, or prepare lunch and dinner. All of a sudden, the cooperation was tacit, and the house was much cleaner and tidy.

Lin Ling deliberately opened up a room in his yard to make a study, called the study, which is actually a huge bookcase for all kinds of intelligence information. She looked at some of the information she found, and it was nothing more than the messy news about whose family had killed chickens and ducks, whose wife had run away, whose daughter's daughter and whose son's son had gotten along, but it was better than nothing.

She came up with a nice name for her fledgling intelligence organization -- "Tingyuxuan."

Lin Ling still goes to the teahouse every day to tell stories and stories.

One day, after listening to the finale of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", a person got up and asked: "Seeing that you are young and don't have much experience, why do you have so many good stories in your belly?" It's addictive! ”

Lin Ling said with a smile: "Listen to the six ways, look at the eight directions, listen more to the life of ordinary people, and take a look at the dull life, and you will naturally find some inspiration." In fact, the story I told is just a collection of what happened to all kinds of people in the capital, and then made it up randomly, just listen to it, you don't need to take it seriously. ”

"Could it be that Mr. Fei has clairvoyance and ears? Can you learn about the lives of ordinary people in this teahouse every day? Someone said skeptically.

"Neither nor not!" Lin Ling shook his head and made a fuss, "Out of the teahouse and into the alley, there is a Tingyuxuan in it, and I have a lot of stories from there." Basically, whatever you want to know, you can inquire there, as long as you ......" Lin Ling pinched his fingers, "As long as there is enough silver, the boss of Tingyuxuan will definitely not disappoint your expectations." ”

She didn't feel embarrassed at all when she said this, it was originally true, the news that those beggars inquired about was some trivial things, and the things that these ordinary people who came to listen to the book wanted to inquire about were nothing more than these things. Therefore, she was sure that as long as these people wanted to inquire about something, her Tingyuxuan should have it.

Listening to Yuxuan, she is currently being handed over to Ashin to take care of, and she does not come forward. And she bought another house, just next door to her current yard, the plaque of the house is the three words "Listen to Yuxuan", often listen to what Yuxuan moves, she can also know immediately, and this can well cover up her identity. Qin Yiyan and Chen Huiniang have been watching her for a long time, and they can't hide it, but in the short term, Chen Huiniang shouldn't tell anyone about it.

Mr. Storyteller's reputation is not bad, and he came to business on the second day.

It was a merchant who sold rice and came to ask the widow next door who she was interested in. This incident is also a coincidence, it happened that the beggar Wang Erxiao was begging at the door of the merchant selling rice, and he saw a woman wandering around in front of the rice shop every day, but he didn't go in. He sold the news to a merchant and made two taels of silver.

The house on the outskirts of Beijing cost 3,000 taels of silver, Tingyuxuan spent 5,000 taels of silver, plus the expenses of those beggars on weekdays, it was almost more than 10,000 taels of silver. The two taels of silver earned now are simply insignificant. However, Lin Ling still felt unusually happy, which showed that her plan still had a future, she took out five layers of silver from two taels of silver and personally sent it to the courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing.

"Wang Erxiao! Who is Wang Erxiao? Lin Ling shouted with the money bag, and she exchanged a tael of silver into a lot of copper plates, put them into a money bag, and shook them with a clanging sound. The people who were busy in the courtyard looked at it in surprise, after all, this was the first time that Ting Yuxuan had earned money, and no one would have thought that Lin Ling had come to send money, and thought that Wang Erxiao had made some mistake.

Wang Erxiao is a young boy with tattered clothes. Although Lin Ling provided food and shelter, he did not buy clothes for them. Originally, it would be too much to beg on the street if you were dressed properly, so I didn't think it was necessary. But the day was getting colder and colder, and it seemed that something had to be done.

"Girl looking for me?" Wang Erxiao rubbed his hands together and walked up to Lin Ling.

Lin Ling raised the money bag and said with a smile: "This is yours!" The widow and the rice merchant you inquired about sold for two taels of silver, and here is one tael of silver. "Her voice was so loud that the whole courtyard heard it.

Wang Xiaoer held the silver in his hand, his face full of disbelief: "This is mine?" Girl, is this really mine? ”

"Yes, it's yours!" Lin Ling smiled, raised his head and said to the people in the courtyard, "Now that Yuxuan has just opened, don't worry, everyone will get the silver." But don't slack off, the more news you have, the more money you earn. ”

Those two taels of silver not only added great motivation to Lin Ling, but also gave great motivation to all those who listened to Yuxuan. As more and more news accumulated, a room could no longer fit up, and a carpenter was hired to build a bookshelf. And Ashin can't take care of it alone, and Ghost Li can only come forward to take care of it with Ashin.

Lin Ling still mentions Tingyuxuan's intelligence organization from time to time when telling stories every day, and it has also brought a lot of customers to Tingyuxuan. On this day, during the lunch break, as soon as Lin Ling finished lunch, an old man came to the teahouse.

"Xiaoling, you're really here." Ma Xiaoge happily stepped forward to hold Lin Ling's hand, "When Master Hou told me, I didn't believe it. I really didn't expect you to look so handsome in disguised as a man. ”

Lin Ling also smiled: "Of course, whether I wear men's clothes or women's clothes, I am very handsome, hehe......"

Ma Xiaoge also laughed, followed Lin Ling into the private room of the teahouse, and complained, "I asked you to come to me, but you didn't come." Fortunately, I went to ask Hou Ye, and Hou Ye told me. Otherwise, I don't know when we sisters will see each other again......"

Lin Ling felt a little guilty, thinking of the events when he left that day, and hurriedly asked, "Did Bo Yizhu embarrass you?" ”

Ma Xiaoge shook his head: "I'm used to it, Madame has always been like this, in this year, I was beaten and scolded, and it was merciful to punish me for kneeling that day......" Saying that, Ma Xiaoge stopped, glanced at Lin Ling, and hurriedly said, "I shouldn't tell you this, let's talk something else......"

Lin Ling held Ma Xiaoge's hand, sighed and said, "If the prince is not imprisoned now, if I am still the rightful princess, I will definitely be your backer." But little Ge, I'm ...... I don't have the power to help you now, and my identity should not be revealed right now. By the way, Xiaoge, you can find Qin Yiyan, he won't know that Bo Yizhu is so protective of you like this. ”

Ma Xiaoge smiled bitterly: "I don't have the courage to sue openly." Once I hinted at this in front of Hou Ye, but Hou Ye didn't understand it, but Madame listened to it and scolded me again. Xiao Ling, this is a matter of the Hou Mansion, you don't need to worry about it, and ...... This is the path I chose for myself. ”

"Xiaoge, you and I are sisters, what path did you choose, do I have to stand by and watch?" Lin Ling said with a straight face, "I'm thinking about saving the prince now, don't worry, as long as I have the ability, I will definitely help you!" ”

Hearing Lin Ling's assurance, Ma Xiaoge was immediately relieved, she was not a person who liked to uncover her scars for others to see, but in order to win a backer, she could only do this. Although Lin Ling doesn't even have an upright identity now, she just believes that Xiao Ling is a very lucky girl, and one day, she will be beautiful again.

"Xiaoge, are you here to tell a story?" Ma Xiaoge lifted the bead curtain and looked outside, many people were drinking tea and chatting, looking extremely bored, but as if waiting, Ma Xiaoge thought of what the people in the house said, and asked, "I heard that there is a gentleman who is particularly good at storytelling in the capital, can't it be you?" ”

Lin Ling nodded and said with a smile: "Naturally, it's me, it's like a fake!" ”

"You just said that you want to rescue the prince, what method are you going to use?" Ma Xiaoge asked suspiciously, storytelling and saving people don't seem to have much to do with it. And Lin Ling is a weak woman, no matter how lucky she is, if she wants to save someone from the palace, I'm afraid it will be difficult to climb to the sky.

Lin Ling mysteriously approached Ma Xiaoge's ear and said in a low voice, "Have you ever heard of listening to Yuxuan?" ”

"Listen to Yuxuan?" Ma Xiaoge shook his head in confusion, "I haven't heard of it." ”

"Uh......" Lin Ling's words choked in his throat, and then said, "It's okay, you will definitely hear it from other people's mouths in the future." ”

Lin Ling was not embarrassed, it hadn't been half a month since Yuxuan opened, and few people knew about it, she asked Ma Xiaoge, a woman who lived in a deep house, this question was a little too anxious. But she believed that with the current development speed of Tingyuxuan, it would not be long before the people in the entire capital would know that there was such an organization. Thinking of this, Lin Ling said again: "You wait for me here for half an hour, I'll finish my speech today, and I'll take you to a place after I finish speaking." ”

"Eh, I'm ......" Ma Xiaoge just wanted to speak, but Lin Ling stood up and rushed out of the private room, standing on the high platform, holding a paper fan in one hand and an inkstone in the other, and telling the story with emotion. Ma Xiaoge had to wait, in fact, she came out today, did not report to Bo Yizhu, and sneaked out of the back door. If you go back late and are found by Bo Yizhu, I am afraid that you will be punished again.

But think about it, when she didn't do anything wrong, wouldn't she be punished the same? Today...... Ma Xiaoge glanced at Lin Ling, who was very angry outside, the corners of her lips curled, rather than returning to the lifeless place in Qinhou Mansion, she would prefer to be with Xiao Ling. Moreover, if Xiao Ling wants to take her to a place, it should also be a good place.

Lin Ling quickly cut through the mess, quickly finished a round, said sorry to everyone, and took Ma Xiaoge out of the teahouse, entered the alley, and stopped at the gate with the words "Listen to Yuxuan".

"Listen to Yuxuan?" Ma Xiaoge looked up and read, "That's where you just told me." ”

Lin Ling nodded, pushed open the door and walked in with Ma Xiaoge, walked through the courtyard into the hall, and then entered the inner room, which was a huge bookcase. Lin Ling pointed his finger around and said, "This is everyone's secret in the capital, Xiaoge, you say, what do you want to know the most?" If you want to know, it's all here, and even if you don't, I'll have someone find it out for you! ”

Looking at the countless case files rolled together in front of him, Ma Xiaoge was a little dizzy, and he didn't know what he wanted to know for a while.

"Let's take a look at what Bo Yizhu is most afraid of?" Lin Ling said with a smile, stretched out his hand and called Ashin in, Ashin immediately muttered in his mouth, and soon found a scroll, then took out a piece of rice paper from it and handed it to Ma Xiaoge.

Ma Xiaoge took the rice paper and said, "Madame is most afraid of cats?" Are you sure? ”

"Since it's written like this, you can't be wrong!" Lin Ling said with a smile, and leaned closer to Ma Xiaoge's ear and whispered, "This can be regarded as your handle, she will punish you in the future, and you will want to fix her!" If there are no cats, I'll ......" Lin Ling blinked, in the yard on the outskirts of Beijing, there were most cats and dogs who smelled the fragrance.

Ma Xiaoge couldn't help but smile when he heard this, looked up at the countless case files again, and said, "Xiaoling, these are all you found?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Lin Ling nodded, "Say it quickly, what else do you want to know!" ”

"What is Qin Xiaohou's favorite thing to do?" Ma Xiaoge spoke slowly, expectantly.

Lin Ling snapped his fingers and motioned for Ashin to continue looking, the news of the Qinhou Mansion was all in a scroll, Ashin opened the scroll, took out another piece of rice paper, and handed it to Ma Xiaoge. Ma Xiaoge took it, looked at it carefully, and didn't make a sound, and handed it back to Ashin after reading it. Lin Ling was not interested in any of this, and smiled and continued to let Ma Xiaoge talk about things she was interested in.

The two laughed for more than an hour, and it was getting late, so Ma Xiaoge left Tingyuxuan and returned to Qinhou's mansion.

"Ashin, these messages are two taels of silver each, what Xiaoge saw just now, you will send someone to send the silver to them." Lin Ling commanded, seeing Ma Xiaoge's satisfied smile, she was suddenly much happier.

The unknown news that Ma Xiaoge got just now should be enough for her to deal with Bo Yizhu temporarily.