The surrounding area was covered with snow, but the spring water was steaming hot, and the tall elephant crawled out of the hot spring water, wiped himself with a towel, put on his clothes, and stretched comfortably.

I'm really tired from all the way here. But when I was soaked in this hot spring water, I was exhausted and felt full of energy.

"A few of you go and take a dip, I'll be on guard!" Beckoning a few guards, Gao Xiangsheng walked straight to the side, sat down on the saddle, took out the wine from the leather bag, took a sip of it comfortably, and handed the wine bag to the Tao blind man who followed him closely.

The two sat opposite each other, looking at the blind Tao who was drinking, the two eyes narrowed, and they were almost invisible, no wonder they got a blind man's nickname, but his opponent thought that he really couldn't see, so he would suffer a big loss.

For this guy, Gao Xiangsheng still admires it very much. When he attacked Jing Xiang at the beginning, the blind Tao who accompanied him was able to make a judgment at that intolerable moment and escape, which was very good for proving his ability.

To be honest, in such an era, engaging in such a dangerous business, and being able to live for so long, itself has proved his strength.

"When you're done, why don't you go back to Yizhou to help Hao Ren, what are you doing with me in Zhangzhou?" Gao Xiangsheng said with a smile.

"Big brother said, let me learn more from General Gao." Tao Blind smiled and said: "I am to you, it is a high mountain, and the meaning of worship in my chest is like a surging river......

"Stop, stop!" Gao Xiangsheng immediately stopped him, and looked at the other party angrily and funny: "Tao is blind, if you haven't read a book for a few days, don't learn from the literati and drop the book bag." ”

"I've actually read a lot of books now." Tao Blind said seriously: "Big brother said, if we don't read more books, we won't be able to play in the future." ”

"You're reading a playbook, aren't you?" Gao Xiangsheng said with a smile.

"Hey, hey!" Tao Blind smiled awkwardly, which was an admission in disguise. "General Gao, I don't know something, I want to ask!"

"You say!"

"Why do you have to conclude that Wang Yikun is in Zhangzhou and not in Quanzhou? Didn't you say that this man was preparing to flee? If you want to escape, wouldn't it be better to have Quanzhou? Tao asked puzzled. In the past, Quanzhou was the largest port for foreign trade, and it was not much better than the port of Guangzhou. Even now that Haixing is rising, Jiaozhou Bay has also begun to operate, but Quanzhou is a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff! ”

"That's why!" Gao Xiangsheng said: "In the land of Fujian, there are no three points of flat, and the sky is sunny for three days, and where the truly rich places are concentrated, it is on the coast." What does the coast depend on? By sea trade, or rather, pirates, pirates. Didn't those maritime merchants in the past just swing between merchants and bandits? As soon as they go out to sea, the big fish eat the small fish, and the weak eat the strong. ”

Tao Blind nodded: "That's true." But now it's almost cleaned up by our Datang sailors. ”

Gao Xiangsheng glanced at him and said, "The maritime merchants who are serious are almost cleaned up, but the pirates and pirates are repeatedly banned. ”

Tao Blind chuckled: "Isn't that related to us?" ”

"Do you know who these pirates are?" Gao Xiangsheng asked rhetorically. "A large part of these people were the sea merchants of Quanzhou in the past."

"Huh?" Tao was blind.

"Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, these sea merchants have been busy with these things for several lifetimes, and now they are forcibly blocked by our sailors, what should they do?" Gao Xiangsheng said sarcastically: "Naturally, you have to find some ways to rely on us." What is Rong Hong to them? ”

"So, these maritime merchants in Fujian are basically already considered to be our people?" Tao Blind asked in surprise.

"They're not our people." Gao Xiangsheng sneered: "They will always be loyal to themselves, but now they can only make money by holding our thighs, in order to continue their family interests, if one day we decline, they will not hesitate to bite us back." ”

"Some of these guys?" The blind man shook his head repeatedly.

"Tao Blind, this is the norm, you have to get used to it, in the future, if you follow Hao Ren, your status will only get higher and higher, and the black and white set will not work." High elephant ascension.

"yes, I kind of understand that now." Tao Blind said: "It's not like we used to mix the rivers and lakes, either friends or enemies, the white knife goes in, and the red knife comes out!" ”

Gao Xiangsheng laughed: "The biggest unconvinced maritime merchants were beaten to the ground by us, and now they are all gone, and the rest have naturally become our lackeys, so ah, Quanzhou, is the most powerful place for our Datang to infiltrate in Fujian." You say, Wang Yikun, as a high-level official of the internal guard, will not be clear about this situation? If he dares to go to Quanzhou, isn't he looking for death? ”

"I see!" Tao Blind said: "Since Quanzhou can't go, and Guangzhou can't stay, then only Zhangzhou still has gaps." ”

"Yes, there is a hole in Zhangzhou to exploit!" Gao Xiangsheng said: "In Zhangzhou, there are still a lot of small maritime merchants we are too lazy to trouble them, and among these small maritime merchants, there are some real outlaws, every time they go to sea, they are fighting for their lives, gambling that they will not be discovered by pirates, nor will they be discovered by us, and they can rest for at least a year if they do a ticket." ”

"Wang Yikun is looking for such a maritime businessman!" Tao's blind eyes lit up.

"Or maybe he's been planning it for a long time. And maybe he even controls one of these firms! Gao Xiangsheng said: "With his status, he was clear about the travel rules and routes of our sailors in the past. Without avoiding our sailors, there would be less danger at sea, and if he did this kind of business once or twice, he would surely have a great reputation in the industry. ”

"If that's the case, hasn't he been planning this thing for a long time?" Tao Blind said.

"Otherwise, where did he get his millions of net worth?" Gao Xiangsheng said: "For several years, he has been accumulating wealth and preparing to flee!" ”

"What is he trying to do?" Tao Blind sighed: "It's okay now, even his parents and family have been harmed, isn't he still unable to escape?" ”

"Wang Yikun is a character. After he fled, he did not betray our spy networks in Guangzhou and Fujian. Once he escapes successfully, the next second step will inevitably be to ask us to send his family out, and he must have a backhand here, and this backhand is the spy network between our two places. He knows very well that we are not willing to tear down the entire spy network in Lingnan and Fujian for his own sake, there is no cost performance, and many networks cannot be built with money. "The high elephant ascends." So he is not worried about the safety of his family at all, as long as he is not caught, his family is absolutely safe. ”

"So the only way to catch him is to catch him first!" Tao Blind said: "General Gao, is there a clue now?" ”

"Naturally!" Gao Xiangsheng nodded and said: "Xie Kun used all the networks in Fujian to find clues related to Zhangzhou, since the circle is already so small, is it still difficult to find him?" ”

"Will it alarm him? Since this person is so powerful, the slightest disturbance will scare him. ”

"You can rest assured about this, I asked Xie Kun to only check the periphery, and the rest of the things will be talked about when I get to Zhangzhou." Gao Xiangsheng smiled and said, "So, when they locked on the final target, the investigation came to an abrupt end. ”

"The goal?"

"Zhangzhou Victory Firm!" Gao Xiangsheng said: "A small maritime merchant used to be the location where a small pirate force sold stolen goods on the shore. Later, after the pirates were disabled, they still survived, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, especially in the past two years, two trips a year, each trip can come back with all the tails, although each time is a lonely boat trip, but still quite famous in the industry. In fact, our sailors have encircled and suppressed several times, but each time they can successfully dodge, for the sake of a small boat, the sailors do not spend a lot of energy, that's all. ”

"Why haven't you found out this information before?"

"Who would have thought that behind this small business house, there is a real big man? How much intelligence needs to be processed every day? These things really couldn't attract the attention of the intelligence officers, and as the days went by, they were thrown into the pile of old papers. If it weren't for Wang Yikun's accident this time, I would have ordered a thorough investigation of these things, but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to dig it out. ”

"The boss of the winning firm is Wang Yikun?"

"The owner behind it is Wang Yikun!" High elephant ascension. "Let's go to Zhangzhou this time, let's go see this guy!"

Blind Tao gasped: "General Gao, how did a celebrity like him manage to openly haunt Zhangzhou without being discovered by our people?" ”

"I can probably guess what's going on!" Gao Xiangsheng said: "A long time ago, I experienced such a thing, I confronted the person face to face, and I didn't recognize this person. And Wang Yikun knows about this matter. He is probably imitating the genius of the old man. ”

Seeing that the guards had finished soaking in the hot springs and came out of the spring one by one, Gao Xiangsheng stood up and said, "Get ready to go!" Let's enter Zhangzhou City tonight, whether it's a human or a ghost, let's all go and meet this guy. If you can make this scene today, I'm going to give him a cheer anyway! ”

Gao Xiangsheng was murderous, and his ugly face was even more distorted at the moment.

Wang Yikun is his old subordinate, this time, he felt that his face was completely lost by this person, and if he didn't bring this person to justice, what kind of face did he have to go to Chang'an to take up the position of second-in-command of the Intelligence Committee?