Eagles are birds of prey that fly faster and at higher altitudes. Sending messages with eagles will be more efficient, more convenient, and safer than the carrier pigeons used by the imperial court today.

In Zong Xiu's planning, when the Eagle Factory is fully completed, even if there is a wind and grass thousands of miles away, he can receive news within a day, which is still a little-known way.

This is also the reason why when Le Zhengyang said that he would play eagle, Zong Xiu couldn't wait to see and understand.

After the matter of the Eagle Factory was finalized, Zong Xiu had other things to do, and immediately urged the dealer who was driving the car to send Le Zhengyang away, and he slipped to the door of the shop of "Chang'an Weekly" alone.

'Bang Bang'

'Bang Bang'

"Open the door, open the door. Are there any awake ones? ”

At midnight, Zong Xiu vigorously patted the closed wooden door of the main store of "Chang'an Weekly", and after a while, a guy wrapped in a mattress came out to open the door. When he looked at it, he saw that it was Zong Xiu, and said busily: "President, why are you here?" ”

"What about Shi Hu? Call him. ”

Jong-su walked directly into the store.

The man followed behind with lanterns, first lit the candlestick on the table, and then sneered: "President, the shopkeeper is not in the store, why don't I shout?" ”

"Huh? Where did he go when he didn't sleep in the store in the middle of the night? ”

Zong Xiu couldn't help but be curious.

The guy pointed to the West with his finger, and said with a smile: "Recently, the shopkeeper will go to the new style dress after the first shift, saying that he is looking for the store owner of the new style dress to drink." ”

Zong Xiu: "......"

Yes, after leaving the village, Jiang Shihu's courage has also become bigger. If you knock on Ah Xia's door one day, what else can you do?

The guy even smiled evilly: "The president is in a hurry?" Do you want to shout at the shopkeeper? ”

Zong Xiu scolded with a smile: "Forget it, it's not an important matter, don't do bad things, what if the war is raging, what should I do if I am scared out by your shouting?" ”

The guy laughed after hehe.

Everyone knows that Jiang Shihu and Ah Xia are a little: a middle-aged widow and a widow for many years, and they still have a little meaning to each other, but due to the great defense of etiquette and religion, the two of them have not dared to take a step beyond the thunder pond in the village for many years. Now in Chang'an City, the widower and the widow have sparks, a good thing.

While he was talking, there was a sudden 'poof' in the backyard, and without waiting for the guy to look, he walked out of a person, rubbing his eyes, sleepy-eyed: "Hey, the president is here?" ”

"Well, if you can't sleep, come and have a look. Are you Zhong Sheng or Zhong Sheng? ”

The person who came was one of the brothers of the Qin family who promoted the 'new style' with Zong Xiu a few days ago. It's just that the two of them are twins, and Zong Xiu can't tell whether it's Qin Zhongsheng or Qin Zhongsheng.

"If you go back to the president, the villain Qin Zhongsheng and the younger brother are sleeping."

Although Qin Zhongsheng looked sleepy, his clothes were neat.

Zong Xiu nodded, and was about to get up and leave, when he inadvertently glanced at Qin Zhongsheng's shoes, and then stopped: "Zhongsheng, you and I will come on a trip." ”

"Huh?"

Being named by Zong Xiu, Qin Zhongsheng was obviously stunned.

Zong Xiu thought for a while, and then said, "Go and wake up your brother and let him come together." ”

"Yes."

Qin Zhongsheng made a promise and left quickly.

But after a while, the two brothers of the Qin family walked out of the backyard together.

"President, where are we going?" The Qin family brother asked.

Zong Xiu looked out and saw that Yi Feng Pavilion opposite was brightly lit, and immediately smiled: "Just go to the opposite side." ”

"Hey, Yi Fengge...... President, can you take me with you? ”

As soon as the guy who opened the door for Zong Xiu heard that he was going to Yi Feng Pavilion, he asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

Zong Xiu scolded with a smile: "What's the matter with you, go back to sleep." Lao Tzu is going to do business! ”

"Hehe, what's the business going to Yifeng Pavilion in the middle of the night."

The guy had a look of 'I'm a man too, I know everything'.

Zong Xiu said: "Go, go, don't be poor." It's all memorized for me, the monthly money sent to you is for you to take back to support your wife and children, and honor your parents, who dares to drink flower wine secretly and wait to be expelled. ”

As soon as these words came out, the guy didn't dare to be poor, and hurriedly smiled: "Look at what you said, we memorize the 'rules of the world association' you set every day, and no one dares to disobey it. ”

Although "Chang'an Weekly" is located opposite Yifeng Pavilion, no one in the store has ever drunk flower wine.

It's not because Yi Fengge's consumption is too high, it's mainly because of the rules that Zong Xiu once set - his men are not allowed to gamble and prostitute. Whoever commits these two points, no matter what the reason, will be directly expelled and never hired.

As a traveler, Zong Xiu is well aware of the dangers of 'gambling'.

Gambling can make people addicted, not to mention gambling to the depths of bankruptcy, but also to harm the people around them.

Zong Xiu didn't want his subordinates to gamble one day, use the funds and information in the store to exchange money, or do things that violated the law.

Therefore, gambling is explicitly prohibited in the 'Tianxia Association Rules'.

As for drinking flower wine, the main reason is that Zong Xiu feels that there are no safety measures such as small umbrellas at this time, in case any unlucky child gets sick, and then infects other people when eating and drinking internally, it will be a big trouble.

After reprimanding the guy who opened the door, Zong Xiu led Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng brothers to Yifeng Pavilion.

The turtle slave who greeted the guests on the opposite side had already seen Zong Xiu coming, but Zong Xiu went to the opposite side just now, so he didn't say hello.

Now seeing Zong Xiu walking towards his own pavilion, he hurriedly greeted him flatteringly.

"Sect President hasn't slept yet? But who came to our pavilion master? ”

"Well, arrange a room."

"Okay, the sect president is here, please come among the three distinguished guests."

In a sharp and slender voice, a few flowery women immediately walked out from behind the door, and they all came around with a smile, shouting 'Sect President, Sect President' one by one.

The brothers of the Qin family followed behind, their expressions solemn and without any change.

Zong Xiu saw it in his eyes, and he didn't say anything, and said to a few singers with a smile: "I'm tired of a few girls leading the way, let's go to the second floor, and find a private room first." ”

"Hee-hee, sect president, please."

"I'll inform the Pavilion Master."

These singers will also observe words and feelings, and they know that Zong Xiu is clean and self-conscious, and never cherishes the dust, so they are just compliments and do not move their hands and feet.

A singer dressed in blue led the three of them into the room, poured wine again, and left with a smile: "Sect President wait a minute, my pavilion master will be here in a while." ”

"Well, please bring a word, let her wait at the door first."

The singer was puzzled, but she still made a promise.

"Yes."

Ge Ji walked out and closed the door from the outside, leaving only Zong Xiu and the Qin brothers in the room.

Zong Xiu crossed Erlang's legs, sat upside down, and didn't speak.

The Qin brothers stood across the table with their backs to the door. After waiting for a while, I didn't see Zong Xiu speak, and I couldn't help but be anxious.

"I wonder what the president called us here for?"

"No hurry, no hurry."

Zong Xiu picked up the wine glass, took a sip, picked up the tea on the table and shook it: "You're welcome, eat yourself when you're hungry." ”

"We're not hungry."

Qin Zhongsheng said.

Zong Xiu smiled: "That's okay, I'm welcome." ”

Zong Xiu ate a few more bites, and there was a knock on the door outside the door, as well as Yan Qingcheng's coquettish voice.

"What do you mean, Sect President? came to look for the slave family in the middle of the night, but let the slave family wait outside. Tsk, the slave family has never seen such a guest. ”

Zong Xiu said loudly: "Haha, Yan, wait a minute, I still have something to say with the two guys." Trouble everyone, prepare outside, maybe I'll call you in at any time. ”

"Hey, you guy, does the slave family owe you?"

Yan Chengcheng complained dissatisfiedly, but he still stood at the door. Through the papier-mâché doors and windows, a graceful figure can be vaguely seen.

With that figure there, Zong Xiu was determined and beckoned to the Qin family brothers.

"Come here."

Zong Xiu said this in a low voice.

Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng didn't know why, but they still leaned over cautiously, and also said in a low voice: "President, since it's inconvenient to talk here, why do you come here." ”

Zong Xiu didn't explain, but asked, "How long have you two been in the store?" ”

"It's been more than a month."

Qin Zhongsheng thought for a moment.

"Have I ever treated you badly?" Zong Xiu asked again.

The brothers of the Qin family hurriedly shook their heads: "This is not true, the president treats us like a mountain, not only gives us a high monthly money, but also manages food and housing, but it is a rare good owner in the world." ”

"In that case, should we be honest with each other?"

Zong Xiu smiled, with a strange look.

Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng's brothers changed their faces obviously, and they each took a step back and said, "What do you mean by this, President?" ”

"Hehe, what do you mean?" Zong Xiu suddenly asked, "I should ask you this!" I recruit thugs, and I never ask for antecedents, but if I can do that stealing chickens and dogs in my store, I will commit my taboo! Tell me, where have you all been tonight? ”

"We're not going anywhere." Qin Zhongsheng argued.

"That's it, President, is there any misunderstanding here?" Qin Zhongsheng also chimed in: "After the shopkeeper went out, let Brother Liu close the door, and we will sleep in the backyard." ”

"Editor! Let's make it up! ”

Zong Xiu's voice was fierce, and he pointed to the shoes on the feet of the two and said, "I knocked on the door in the middle of the night, and the guys who opened the door were all disheveled and came out wrapped in mattresses. Look at the two of you again, all of them are neatly dressed, and there is black mud on the shoe. I remember that our backyard was a rammed earth compacted floor, and if you hadn't left in the middle of the night, where would the black mud come from on these shoes? ”

The Qin brothers took a step back and wanted to cover their shoes with the hem, but the length was not enough and they were stretched.

Zong Xiu sneered, "Do you know why I brought you here to talk? ”

The Qin family brothers shook their heads.

Zong Xiu pointed to the slender figure outside the door, and said coldly: "I have been a neighbor for such a long time, with your skills, I must also see that everyone Yan has kung fu." If you don't make it clear this time, you won't be able to leave. Hehe, if you want to do something with me, I promise that if you don't wait for you to get close, you will die under the sword of the Yan family! ”

Seeing that Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng were sweating profusely, with anxious and helpless eyes, Zong Xiucai breathed a sigh of relief: The bet was right.

Fortunately, Zong Xiu remembered that the day after his assassination, when Yan Tingcheng went to see him, he had something inconvenient to say, so he asked Yi to buy tender lamb.

At that time, Yi Tingqing was worried about his safety and was reluctant to leave, so Yan Tingcheng said: "Don't forget who taught you your sword dance." ”

It was precisely because of this sentence that Zong Xiu thought of taking Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng to Yifeng Pavilion to talk.

In fact, when Zong Xiu first discovered that Qin Zhongsheng's soles had mud, he was also panicked and didn't dare to expose it immediately.

After all, after the children who sold newspapers were beaten, the thugs recruited by Jiang Shihu were, to put it bluntly, idle strong men, who knew a little boxing and kicking, and had everything from three religions and nine streams, so they had to guard against it.

But Zongxiu believes: As long as you arrive at Yifeng Pavilion and call Yan Chengcheng outside the door, even if these two people are faster within one zhang, they will not be as fast as Yan Chengcheng.

The easy-to-love kung fu Zongxiu has seen it, and the apprentices he taught are so powerful, can the master be bad?

Zong Xiu's eyes narrowed slightly, staring coldly at the sweaty brothers Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng, and said in a dark manner: "Now you are taking the initiative to explain; Or do you want me to take you to Jingzhao Mansion to torture you to extract confessions? ”

Without waiting for the two of them to speak, Zong Xiu said again: "Speaking of which, you have also worked in my shop for a month, so you should know my skills." I'm a nostalgic person, and I don't want to see my subordinates suffer a disaster, a disaster, or something. Now I'll give you a chance, and if you don't say it, then don't blame me for being polite. ”

"President ......"

"We ......"

The brothers of the Qin family looked at Zong Xiu tremblingly, their expressions were complicated, their expressions were entangled, the two looked at Zong Xiu across the table, and then at the slender shadow outside the door, and finally knelt on the ground with a 'poof'.

"Please be gracious, President!"

"Hehe, it depends on what you do! Go ahead! ”

Zong Xiu is very satisfied with this, these two brothers are really not ordinary people, they can see Yan Qingcheng's ability, and they are a bit of a doorway.

Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng glanced at each other, and said hesitantly: "Actually, before the two of us defected to the president, they also committed a crime, and they came here to hide in order to avoid being pursued by the government, and they also wanted to make a living. ”

"What is the case?" Zong Xiu asked.

Qin Zhongsheng shrugged his head and whispered: "When I was stealing, I was found and killed by mistake." ”

"When? Where? ”

Stealing and killing, Zong Xiu's face changed.

Qin Zhongsheng said in despair: "Don't dare to deceive the president, our brother is a snitch who is a family from all over the world. Half a year ago, I met a squire's son in Lingnan because he was rich and unkind, and robbed the people's daughter in broad daylight. We couldn't see it, so we discussed rescuing the woman at night, and then emptying his family's money to teach him a lesson. ”

mentioned the old things, Qin Zhongsheng scolded directly: "Who knew that girl was also a pickled goods." When we went to save her, she said that we had ruined her wealth, and not only shouted for help, but also pulled us away. In the end, the family came around, we had no choice, we wanted to push her away and get out, but we never thought that when she struggled, the back of her head hit the corner of the table, and she died directly. ”

"We were saddled with a life lawsuit like this, and we had to flee all the way from Lingnan, and we overheard that the president of the company was recruiting you, and when he saw that the money given was high, he came to take refuge. Thinking of having a place to hide, to avoid the pursuit of the government. ”

"That's the way it is, if the president doesn't believe it, he can go to the Criminal Department to read the file."

After the brothers finished speaking, they knelt on the ground and raised their heads and glared angrily, with a posture of wanting to kill and chop at your disposal.

Zong Xiu sat at the table, a little entangled in his heart.

He understood that the brothers of the Qin family were placed in film and television dramas, and they belonged to the thieves who robbed the rich and helped the poor. What a pip back! Seeing that the son-in-law robbed the people's daughters, he thought that the other party was wronged, but he knew that the other women's women would like to be snatched back and live a life of fine clothes and food.

Ay...... They ran to save them in a big way, didn't they ruin the wealth of others?

The unlucky woman is too, if you don't want to go, just leave, just explain clearly? Why hold on to it and want to make meritorious contributions?

Seeing that what the two of them said was conclusive, and dared to let him go to the Criminal Department to review the file, Zong Xiu expected that this matter would not be fake.

After all, the Datang Law clearly stipulates that as long as there is a life lawsuit, the local state governments must not conceal it, and must report it layer by layer, and finally store the file in the treasury of the criminal department for later use.

"Get up, I don't want to pursue the past. But tonight's events must be explained! ”

Zong Xiu let the two of them get up, although he could understand what the two of them had done before, it didn't mean that he would sit back and watch the people under his hands continue to do the thing of chickens and dogs.

This is Chang'an!

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the guards are heavily guarded, and there are countless spies in the internal guards, in case these two unsightly thieves are caught, his face as the owner is not good-looking.

Qin Zhongsheng said embarrassedly: "If you go back to the president, it's true that we are going to steal tonight, but our original intention is also to make the president angry." ”

"Vent for me? What are you angry at me? Zong Xiu's eyes widened: "This must be made clear, don't worry about chickens and dogs." ”

Qin Zhongsheng explained: "The president treats our brothers well, and we are bent on repaying us, but we don't have the opportunity. Coincidentally, I recently saw a regular customer in the store, and I felt that something was wrong with him, so I secretly inquired, and only found the trace today, so I went to his house at night, and I didn't think about it, but I found a bad news for the president, and I wanted to find an opportunity to secretly pass it on to you tomorrow......"

After Qin Zhongsheng finished speaking, he reached into his arms, took out a stack of boxy newspapers, and respectfully placed them on the table.

Seeing that it was a newspaper, Zong Xiu was puzzled, picked it up and flipped through it casually, and when he saw the contents clearly, the whole person was not good in an instant, and he got up angrily: "You are going to Chang'an Cui Mansion?" ”

The two brothers shook their heads.

"That's not it, it's a squire of Chang'an County. A few days ago, he often went to the store to drink tea and read the newspaper, sat for a few hours, and inquired with the guys, asking everyone if they knew what would be printed later, saying that he couldn't wait to see the content behind "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". ”

Qin Zhongsheng pointed to the crumpled newspaper in Zong Xiu's hand and said, "At that time, we felt that he had a problem, so we knocked a few words on the side. Who knows that he is very vigilant, and whenever he is asked, he will play a few haha and leave. ”

Qin Zhongsheng said: "We thought he was a storyteller, and he wanted to tell some stories in advance to make tea money." But it's not right to say in advance that our "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not right, isn't this snatching food from our mouths. ”

"Yes. We thought about giving him a long memory. But when we sneaked into his house, we found movable type and a plate hidden in his room, and we also found this newspaper. ”

"Hoo ......"

Zong Xiu took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart: "How much more is this newspaper?" ”

Qin Zhongsheng said: "No, Xu is that he just bought all the guys and tried to print a copy." We took the newspaper and stole his tools. ”

"Okay, you can go back first. Remember, don't tell anyone about today. ”

After speaking, Zong Xiu stopped the two people who turned around and wanted to leave.

"Tomorrow, you don't have to work in "Chang'an Weekly", go to the village to report, find a son-in-law named Le Zhengyang, and say that I let you go."

"Yes."

Zong Xiu thought for a while and said, "Not only do you have to work under him, but at the same time, you secretly record what he does and what he does every day, and hand it over to me secretly, so that no one can know about it." ”

"Yes, we saved."

Qin Zhongsheng and Qin Zhongsheng were born as snitches, and their minds are also alive, so they don't understand what Zong Xiu means - secretly spying.

After the two pushed the door and left, Yan Chengcheng stood at the door and said with a smile: "Sect President finished talking? ”

"Hmph, don't you hear it all?"

Although there was a lot of noise in the building, there was only one door between the two sides, even if he lowered his voice, could he still hear it with Yan Chengcheng's ears?

Yan Tingcheng smiled and didn't say anything, the weak willow walked in, closed the door again, and teased: "Tsk, look at this angry face, I don't know why?" ”

Zong Xiu threw the newspaper on the table and said coldly, "Read it yourself." ”

"Huh?"

Yan Chengcheng took the newspaper, was slightly stunned, and subconsciously said, "Isn't this "Chang'an Weekly"? ”

"Look closely! Although his font size and layout are the same, you can look at the content inside! The content of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! ”

Zong Xiu shouted angrily.

If it was just a copy of the newspaper, he would not be angry if he printed it privately. After all, piracy has been impossible to eradicate from ancient times to the present, at most find a time to report to the imperial court and check a wave.

But if you move the content of the story and still have persecution, then you can't forgive.

In particular, this fake "Chang'an Weekly" is still a high imitation, not only synthesizing the content of the last few issues of newspapers and periodicals, but also imitating the same appearance. Even the imitation of the writing of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is meticulously crafted and carefully scrutinized, and even Zongxiu thinks it is genuine.

Yan Tingcheng flipped to the 'story column' and saw "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he was also shocked: "This ...... Who is this, so bold! ”

Zong Xiuyin said predictively: "No matter who it is, he wants me to die, and I won't let him have a good time." Damn, if it hadn't been discovered in advance by the guys in my store, and let this fake newspaper get out, I wouldn't have killed Lao Tzu! ”