The first thing he opened was the letter sent back by the Taishi.

"Ah Feng:

The letter has been received, thank you for your concern and blessings, I am busy in Jiangnan, but overall I am doing well.

I learned that you were assassinated some time ago, but I was taken aback, you are the pillar of the empire, you are a person with great ability, maybe the future of the empire will be picked by you, you must not lose! Be more careful when you go out in the future, although I know that you are strong in martial arts, but the situation in the capital is complicated, and it is always good to have more rows of guards by your side.

It can be seen from the words you asked about the situation in Jiangnan that you already have a general understanding of the form here, and you have almost no problem saying it, except for a few small discrepancies.

First, although the flood has been eliminated, the major projects to control the Hongjiang River are still quite tricky, and they have not found any good solutions, and it is indeed difficult to implement your suggestions, and this Hongjiang is not so easy to tame.

Second, the situation of the victims has been alleviated, and most of the people have been relocated to new homes, but there are still a small number of people who have not received timely rescue, and some people have not been allocated housing, etc., the disaster situation is still there, but with the active efforts of the local courts, the situation is gradually improving.

Then there is the rebel army, which is indeed a lot of trouble, but at present, they are still only a small fight, which does not affect the overall situation, and the small force groups have almost been eliminated and cleaned up, and now there are only four relatively large forces, one of which seems to be planning to be the king, but they only have more than 10,000 people, most of them are still bandit refugees, and they have no military cultural literacy, so there is nothing to worry about; There is also a force surnamed Zhu that is very low-key, but their strength is the strongest among them, which is a hidden danger. And the imperial court did not send a large army down to encircle and suppress these rebels is also the right move, the large-scale battle loss is too great, we can't afford it now, and these rebels are not a piece of iron bucket, they have a lot of small frictions and heart-to-heart struggles between each other, when the time comes, see if we can find a way to make them fight themselves, and we will reap the benefits.

All in all, although Jiangnan still has many small problems, but overall it is fine, you can rest assured, Yan Kuqin is also very good, decent, mature and steady, but sometimes he is too timid and cautious, he didn't report these to you, probably because he was afraid that you would blame, haha, that's probably it.

Don't read it.

- Ginger soup.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, it was the eighth day of the month. ”

Haha, it seems that I think too much, maybe that guy Liuchuan Yu has some ideas, deliberately exaggerates the facts, and wants to use me to do something with him, hehe, fortunately, I was witty and not fooled.

However, Taishi is a lot older, not only went all the way to Jiangnan for disaster relief, but also worked hard and diligently day and night, and he was still writing back to me at that time, it is estimated that he was too busy to spare time during the day, alas, if the empire had more loyal ministers like Taishi who are dedicated to the people and the country, it would be great.

Liuchuan Feng put down the letter, quite a little emotional, Taishi is a person he has respected since he was a child, the same as his teacher master, but the master is reluctant to enter the court as an official.

Then he looked at the hard reply, and it was about the same.

However, his words were very humble, and he spoke cautiously about his problems, in short, a letter of pat on the horse and admitting his mistakes, and stating that he would completely fix the construction of the Hongjiang embankment and other matters.

This guy, even if he is timid and afraid of death in war, he is still a sycophant like this, and he still looks like an honest person on the surface, I really don't know how he learned these bad habits at a young age, no wonder Han Duan always has a bad eye with him.

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"No. 1, it has been found out, August 13 is the birthday banquet of the Queen Mother, and almost all the princes of the royal family will go over to pay their respects to participate in the birthday banquet."

"The harem is not easy to enter, and besides, it is such a major birthday banquet, there will definitely be heavy troops to defend it."

"Don't worry, isn't there still a few days, I heard that those foreign Liuchuan juniors have been making a lot of trouble recently, and they often go in and out of various fireworks venues, so we might as well go and kill these guys first."

"Yes, then we'll get ready to act." Number One nodded affirmatively.

The five men in black began to infiltrate the central plot of Chang'an, and quickly found several more famous places where the prince frequented, and kept an eye on the vicinity, looking for the best time to assassinate.

Shuiyue Xuan is one of those locations.

Next door to Shuiyuexuan, there is a private house, five days ago, was rented by a person who doesn't speak much, of course, the original owner is unwilling to rent his house to others for a month, in the face of rich rent, although he is tempted but still not ready to rent, after all, people who can own a residence in the center of Chang'an will not be too short of money, what really made him make this decision was a knife, a deadly knife, when that kind of cold knife was on his neck, of course he had to choose to rent to them.

This became the temporary base of Team One.

And Liuchuan Yu and some of the princes also occasionally go to places such as Shuiyuexuan, but the first few times there were many guards, and such a place itself also has guards, they don't have a good chance to start, so they have been waiting for an opportunity.

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Yongrun Pawnshop, of course, Liu Tinghe is long gone, and he is not the boss here, but he used some of his power to let the boss cooperate with him in a play last time.

The current boss is a middle-aged man with triangular eyes, and he is talking to his new buddy while expertly knocking on the plan.

"Lao Wang, I also took you in because I saw that you were pitiful, and now you are doing things in my place, not only do you eat and drink without worry, but also give you an extra five taels of silver for a month, do you say that there is a good boss like me on Chang'an Street?"

The little guy lowered his head and was sweeping the floor, and when he raised his head, he could vaguely recognize that he was the brother-in-law at the beginning, after he buried his little brother, he suddenly lost the direction of his life, and indulged in wine and beauty every day, and the remaining more than 100 taels of silver were quickly squandered by him, he went to steal, some to strengthen, but none of them succeeded, his strength alone was too small, so he was beaten half to death, and then he wandered to Yongrun Pawnshop, so he became an apprentice here.

"Here's your last month's paycheck, collect it, go get some clothes."

The boss handed him three taels of silver and smiled very kindly.

After taking the silver, my brother-in-law didn't say anything, he already understood that this boss was a vampire, but he had to make him act like a good man, he was exploited and had nothing to say, otherwise he would be a sentence, you either don't do it or accept it.

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you, the two taels of silver are deducted from your food expenses, and the five taels of silver are not enough, but I am a kind-hearted person, and I still gave you three taels, you have to know."

"Yes, thank you boss for your kindness." The brother-in-law replied emotionlessly.

"Well, let's go cook for everyone, remember to go to the market to buy a piece of meat, I haven't eaten meat for a long time, treat yourself today."

"Yes."

Watching him leave, the boss touched his scarce beard, and thought, with this cheap labor, it saves me a lot of things, and three taels of silver is a little less, after all, the price of Chang'an is not low, and ten taels of silver for normal work is required, but, hehe, who called me the boss? When the business is good, give him a rise, after all, he is a very diligent guy, and he can't let him chill.

Hu Lai took a hat and a small package, deliberately walked in the dark and came to Yongrun Pawnshop.

"Hey, what are you here for?"

The boss didn't care about the other party's appearance, after all, he was only in charge of business, and many of the guests who came here had some ulterior secrets.

"How much are these things worth?"

Hu Lai brought the small bag in his hand to the counter and asked in a low voice.

After opening the package, the boss looked at it and found that there were three or five antiques inside, all of which were precious items of good value.

"Where did these come from, they all look a little old, aren't they?"

"What do you care about so much, just ask you if you can accept it?"

"Collect and receive, don't misunderstand, I just want to test the authenticity of these treasures."

In fact, as a very experienced pawnshop shopkeeper, he has long developed a pair of fiery eyes, which is just a means he wants to use to reduce the price, after all, Mingqi, that is gray income, he can greatly reduce the price.

"Do you see anything now?"

"These things are all things from the previous dynasty, and they are valuable items, they should all have a history of two hundred years, if it is a serious collection of family heirlooms, it must be worth a lot, but it's a pity, it's a pity ......"

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that these are Ming vessels, as far as I know, this kind of porcelain is only available in the palace of the previous dynasty, and this pair of jade roses, which are also decorations that can only be used by the royal family of the previous dynasty, so these things must have been obtained from the mausoleum of a big man."

After looking at Hu Lai, I saw that he was dressed in black, with a big hat covering his face, sneaky, not like a serious person, the boss reasoned simply, and it was not difficult to come to this conclusion.

"Yes, you're right, so are you taking it now?" Hu Lai naturally knew that he couldn't hide this from them, so he generously admitted it, anyway, he didn't accept it from others.

"You can collect it, but at this price, it's a little lower."

"How much do you give?"

"Five hundred taels."

"Humph! Don't be too greedy, which of these things won't be worth more than five hundred taels? Hu Lai was a little angry, after all, this profiteer was too greedy, and the value was much lower than the value of these treasures.

"Eight hundred taels, no more."

"Okay, then eight hundred taels will be given to you." Obviously, Hu Lai is not a person who can do business, and the boss's low price should be 1,000 taels, but he doesn't care anymore.

Paying the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, the two of them did a good job, and the big bag of Ming ware was sold and sold by them separately, which was also to prevent the number from being too large and exposing their identities, fortunately, after a few days of low-price sales, they finally sold all these things with a mortgage, although the price was only one-tenth of itself, but there were still tens of thousands of taels of silver in hand, which was a lot of income for Murong Feng and them.

However, two people at the door hid in the dark and silently watched the transaction.

They were the grandfather and grandson, they didn't go back, but followed Murong Feng all the way, originally wanting to see if there was any chance to get back a little Mingqi, until now, they saw this scene, so the two discussed it and decided to report to the official.

Hu Lai deliberately went around a few more times before returning to the house, which was the temporary meeting point vacated by He Fangxin for them, which happened to be next door to them at No. 1, because it was very close to the imperial city, and it was also very close to the downtown area, and it was also very suitable for hiding and investigating the news, and it was also more convenient for the assassination mission in the palace later!