Liu Baiqing and Helian Qishan looked at each other and smiled, the morning's wait finally had a result, Liu Baiqing smiled and said to Helian Qishan: "The first few were sent by others, now I will send this jar of wine, you continue to wait here, if you encounter another target, you will also sell it, and the rest, you can do it." ”

Helian Qishan nodded, patted his chest, also lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Don't worry, Commander Liu, leave it to me here, you can rest assured to ask what kind of specific thing is over there, that side is the big head, if we can really bring that person to Yangzhou, we will not live up to the heavy responsibility of the son." ”

Liu Baiqing nodded, patted Helian Qishan's shoulder, and held the paper with the address written by Ba Xuyao just now: "Then I'll go first, you will wait for the Yuan Commander to send someone over to take my place, but you have to go up alone first, it's okay, right?" ”

Helian Qishan smiled when he heard this, and said softly: "Commander Liu, don't worry, I'm not the newcomer who just entered the secret camp, so it's definitely okay." ”

Liu Baiqing also smiled after speaking, and then said hello to Helian Qishan for the last time, and then squeezed through the crowd of onlookers and walked out.

However, Helian Qishan and Liu Baiqing did not find out, and when the latter left, there was also a person in the same crowd who left quickly, and then went straight to the Cao Gang headquarters, he was Jing Zhe, Liu Junmao and Wang Haiqi, the spies who had been following Ba Xuyao. Although the three of them had proposed yesterday to relax the surveillance of Ba Xuyao and Wogu, there was still regular surveillance.

Therefore, this spy felt that what the young man who sold wine that Ba Xuyao met today was indeed a bit strange, or that it had become a novelty in Xicheng. On the way to follow Ba Xuyao, he had already heard Biren discussing this young man's strange selling of alcohol, and he was related to the Cao Gang and Ba Xuyao, so he felt the need to report the situation to the two deputy gang leaders and help.

Half an hour later, at the door of Ba Xuyao's mansion, a young man holding the wine jar with both hands appeared, it was Liu Baiqing, who had said goodbye to Helian Qishan before, and he originally wanted the porter of Ba Mansion to go in and report it, saying that the wine that the hall master had purchased before had been delivered.

However, Liu Baiqing had just approached the gate of Bafu, and before he could speak, the porter took the lead in asking: "This son, you came here to deliver wine to my master, right?" ”

Although Liu Baiqing had doubts in his heart for a moment, he immediately understood that it should be Ba Xuyao who notified the porter after he came back, and someone would come over to deliver the wine later, so the porter would take the initiative to ask questions now.

"Hmm...... Yes, the hall master bought this altar from my side in front of me, and I promised to send it in person, by the way......"

However, before Liu Baiqing finished speaking, he was already interrupted by the porter: "Childe, please come in quickly, our master has already ordered, if the prince sends wine over, hurry up and welcome him into the mansion, son, please follow me!" ”

After speaking, he welcomed Liu Baiqing into the mansion, and then thought about coming over and turned out to be the wine jar that Liu Baiqing was holding with both hands, but Liu Baiqing politely refused. Fortunately, Ba Xuyao's mansion is not very big, although it is much more than that of ordinary families, and there are full five before and after, but compared to the Cao Mansion in Jiangning and the Zhizhou Mansion in Yangzhou, it is still like a small thing. After staying in the front for a while, the porter took it from the front to a room in the backyard, and saw that the layout should be the place where Ba Xuyao usually used to meet guests.

When the porter brought Liu Baiqing over, there were already two people in the room, one was Ba Xuyao himself, and the other was standing behind Ba Xuyao, someone Cao Yi had not seen before, what was surprising was that he had a blindfold in his left eye, which turned out to be a one-eyed dragon, Liu Baiqing didn't think he had seen it a few more times, but he didn't take it to heart.

Liu Baiqing retracted his gaze, put the wine jar in his hand on the ground, clasped his fists in front of Ba Xuyao, saluted, and said respectfully: "Master Ba, I'm here to deliver wine." ”

Ba Xuyao laughed, stood up, came to Liu Baiqing, and held his hands in a false position: "This son is polite, don't you know the name of the son?" ”

"Under the surname Liu, the name is Bai Qing." Liu Baiqing bowed again.

"Prime Minister, white-clothed Prime Minister, Liu Gongzi has a good name," Ba Xuyao said with a smile.

"The master of the Ba Hall is polite!" Liu Baiqing hurriedly responded, with a humble and polite attitude.

"Ahem!" When Ba Xuyao and Liu Baiqing were greeting, the middle-aged man who was standing behind Ba Xuyao and wearing an eye patch coughed, which attracted Liu Baiqing's attention for the first time, but when Liu Baiqing looked at him, the other party lowered his head, so Liu Baiqing hadn't looked at him yet.

"Come, Liu Gongzi sits here." Ba Xuyao led Liu Baiqing to the chair beside him.

After the two of them sat down, Ba Xuyao asked a little anxiously: "Young Master Liu, it was not convenient to speak in the market just now, can you show me the jade pendant again, I want to confirm whether it is the jade pendant I know." ”

Before Liu Baiqing came, he had already guessed what the other party would ask after coming, so he took out the jade pendant that Mu Feichen gave him from his belt and handed it to Ba Xuyao.

Ba Xuyao took the jade pendant, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, unconsciously raised his head and glanced at the one-eyed dragon standing behind him, and then realized his abnormality, so he quickly added: "Brother Hong, you come to help me see if it is the jade pendant I know." ”

The one-eyed reached out to take the jade pendant, but the hand kept shaking, rubbing the jade pendant with his fingers, and the remaining eye was so emotional that it looked like it was wet.

Liu Baiqing looked at it in his eyes, his expression was unmoved on the surface, but he was thoughtful in his heart.

The one-eyed dragon called Brother Hong by Ba Xuyao raised his head and nodded at Ba Xuyao: "Yes, it's the jade pendant I know." "The voice was very hoarse, and even a little choked.

Ba Xuyao nodded at Brother Hong, turned his head to look at Liu Baiqing, and asked solemnly: "Young Master Liu, this jade pendant is my nephew's belongings, where did Young Master Liu come from?" ”

The only remaining eye of the one-eyed dragon was also staring at Liu Baiqing, as if it was about to dig out the news they wanted to hear from Liu Baiqing's mouth.

At the same time as Ba Xuyao asked this question, there was a place for the head of the Cao Gang Headquarters at the entrance of three or four alleys with Ba Ba Xuyao's mansion, Jing Zhe, Liu Junmao and Wang Haiqi were still sitting there drinking tea and talking and laughing, but a person walked in quickly, leaned over Wang Haiqi and whispered, and then got up and retreated, not even looking at Jing Zhe, the leader of the Cao Gang, during the whole process.

However, among the three people present, it seemed that even Jing himself didn't care about this detail, Liu Junmao looked at Wang Haiqi and asked, "Brother Haiqi, is there any new news?" Jing Zhe also looked at the latter intently, waiting for his answer.

Wang Haiqi nodded and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the stall that monitored Ba Xuyao reported that when Ba Xuyao was still purchasing today, he bought a jar of 'No. 1 wine in the world' on Rongbao Street." ”

"Oh? The first wine in heaven and earth? Who is so bold that he calls the wine he sells the first wine in the world. Liu Junmao reclined on the Taishi chair, raised his right foot and stepped on the chair, and said in surprise, but with a disdainful smile on his face.

"Brother Mao, don't laugh, the spies below have already inquired clearly, this wine is indeed worthy of its name, it is said that the auction house has opened a jar of 1,000 taels of silver to buy, and the people who sold the wine have not sold it."

"What!?" Liu Junmao stood up suddenly, with a look of disbelief on his face, and asked in an accentuated tone: "Brother Haiqi, is there a mistake, a thousand taels of silver for an altar?" ”

Wang Haiqi also showed a surprised smile: "Yes, it is true that the auction house has given a price of one thousand taels and one jars as written in the report, but that person has not sold it?" ”

"Don't want to sell a thousand taels and one jars? What kind of wine is this! Is it made of gold? Also, who is this wine seller? A thousand taels of silver don't even care? Liu Junmao shouted excitedly.

"Wait, you just said that the auction house offered a thousand taels of silver, and the people who sold wine refused to sell it?" Liu Junmao looked at Wang Haiqi and asked suspiciously.

"Yes!" Wang Haiqi nodded.

"And then you also said that the spies at the bottom reported that it was because Ba Xuyao bought a jar of that No. 1 wine in the world?" Liu Junmao confirmed with Wang Haiqi again.

"Well, Ba Xuyao did buy a jar of wine."

"Tut-tut!" Liu Junmao turned his head to look at Jing Zhe and said, "Gang Master Jing, it seems that this Ba Xuyao will really enjoy it, I just proposed yesterday that you give him a thousand taels of silver for repatriation, and as a result, he will use it to buy the world's first wine today." ”

Jing Zhe looked at Liu Junmao, and then at Wang Haiqi, with a confused expression on his face, and said puzzledly: "But...... I haven't paid this 1,000 taels of repatriation pay yet? ”

Liu Junmao opened his mouth wide and muttered: "This, it turns out that Ba Xuyao is the hall master, and he can also make so much money?" ”

He was indeed very surprised in his heart, even if he was a child of the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, although he usually used a thousand taels of silver to buy things, but he always bought necessities such as war horses or armor and swords, if he was allowed to spend a thousand taels of silver to enjoy, not to mention whether he had the financial resources, even if he had this financial resources, it was estimated that his elders would beat him up and scold him severely.

Jing Zhe also looked puzzled, Ba Xuyao is indeed capable, and the one who is the leader of Mu Hong is actually Mu Hong's right-hand man, but I haven't heard that he is still greedy for money, and the oil and water in the hall where he is located is not enough, so even Jing Zhe is curious, when did this Ba Xuyao become so rich?

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