Verse 67 before running away

"You'll use these goods to meet the store." Guo Yi instructed, "The gold and silver stored in the treasury for jewelry are counted, and if there is a deposit, use these to pay first." I'll also transfer the money. You don't have to worry. ”

"Yes." I heard that Guo Dongzhu prepared silver to deal with the squeeze, Shen Fan's heart was a lot more settled, many of Zizhenzhai's silver deposit customers were brought by him, if it was seized, the people in the government have always been the masters who eat bones and do not lose slag, and they don't need to take it back at all, and their old face for many years will be lost.

"Craftsmen everywhere, do you want to let them go home?"

"You have to maintain the situation here." Guo Yi thought about it, if he started to dismiss people on a large scale now, it would inevitably make the government suspicious, and he would start to seal down and arrest people in advance. It is necessary to maintain the normal business appearance.

These local craftsmen are just immersed in their work and receive wages. Although I am very grateful to a generous and generous owner like Guo Yi, after all, it is the periphery of the periphery, and I know very little about the secrets of Guangzhou Station. Even if they are seized, the government will not do anything to them. There is no need to rush to dismissal.

In order to prevent people from seeing that he was about to leave, Guo Yi still sat in a sedan chair to visit customers in the city the next day, but few people were willing to see him. Guo Yi also looked at the door to post something. He did this only to declare his existence.

After walking around, his luxury sedan chair was carried to Ziming Building, which was still brightly lit, but this once drunken Guangzhou ** cave is now full of doors, and only the empty hall remains.

Zheng Shangjie and other people who don't show up on weekdays have withdrawn one after another, and only Pei Lixiu is bored and shows up here every day. At this moment, she was leaning on the Xiangfei couch in the Ming Pavilion on the second floor, drinking sullen wine alone.

She is a very lively person who loves to be prosperous. On weekdays, I sit in the pavilion in the middle of the second floor, watching the people coming and going in the lobby downstairs through the thin bamboo curtain, and my ears are full of laughter and the sound of silk and bamboo...... How pleasing it all is.

Now the lobby was empty, and even the ticking of the fountain was clear.

Seeing Guo Yi arrive. Pei Lixiu greeted him with a big yawn.

"How? Don't have guests? ”

"Not a single one." Pei Lixiu took a sip of kvass, "Only the person who carries the silver comes to the door." ”

"Can you handle it?"

"No problem. The big ones have long since taken it away," she said, "and the small ones don't have to spend a few taels of silver, and they don't have any interest." Saying that, she also poured a cup for Guo Yi, "You can drink it too, Kvass can't take it away, and keeping it is cheaper for others, so just drink it up." ”

"Even though it's something like soda, it's a bit of alcohol in the end, so it's better to drink less." Guo Yi took a sip and found that there was rum mixed in it, "We are ready to flee at any time now." How do you get drunk? ”

"Do you think we'll be back?" She asked suddenly.

"At least three months, at most half a year, this is still your territory."

"It's been a difficult half a year...... "She looked at her red nails,

"Why don't you go back to Lingao, I heard that there will also be a Lingao version of Ziming Building......

Pei Lixiu laughed: "Xiao Guo-" She seemed a little unfamiliar with such a title, "Can we still go back?" My boxes full of jewelry, dozens of boxes of clothes; Your little wife, maid...... We are no longer compatible with Lingao. ”

Guo Yi's heart tightened. It's something he's been worried about. He took a sip of kvass: "There is no need to think about this: we are the first to get rich at most. The Executive Committee will not fail to forgive the ...... of what we have done in Guangzhou."

"You've been in the agency for too long, and you're talking in an official tone." Pei Lixiu was a little drunk, "I don't want to go back to Lingao ...... at all"

"Don't talk nonsense." Guo Yi glanced around a little nervously. There was not a single person in the pavilion. "Without Lingao, there would be nothing in Guangzhou. You don't understand that? At present, Guangzhou is in danger, do you want to be caught in a prison cell, eat a board, wear shackles, and kneel on a chain? ”

When Pei Lixiu said this, she winced, and she hesitated a little: "No...... I think the officials of the Ming Dynasty are quite personable, and they are very good at pitying the fragrance and cherishing the jade. ”

"If you fall into the hands of the government, you will know how the jailer 'pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade'." Guo Yi sneered in his heart, not to mention that it is the 17th century, it is the 21st century, and a walk around the dictatorship and a cup of tea is enough for you. PEPI is really a day and night, and I forget what age it is.

Guo Yi knew that it was pointless to talk to her any longer, but since she was still here and persistent, she would be able to attract the attention of many people, and her goal would be achieved. He said a few more words to PEPI. I got up and went to the safe house in the back. In the safe house, Xia He is burning papers. He knew that this girl was actually a graduate of the confidential class of the State Administration of Political Security, and she had received professional training and was very reliable. Immediately instructed her a few more words.

At this time, one of his servants, who specializes in secret affairs, came to him and whispered to him: everything is ready. He had just arrived at Pei Lixiu's boudoir, where several sets of servants' clothes, shoes and hats had been prepared for him to change, and he had smeared some putty on his face, and then he quietly opened the secret door of the room and went down a secret staircase to the backyard. There were already two security guards sent by Zhang Xin waiting here.

The personnel of the security department of the Guangzhou station were young people selected from the Qiwei Dart Bureau, and after inspection, they secretly went to Lingao to receive training. It is unique in the organizational system, and has little to do with the Wei Dart Bureau.

The three of them quietly left Ziminglou in the middle of a group of men and cooks, walked along the back alley to the street, turned around and turned to a no-man's land, and confirmed that no one was with them, Guo Yicai sat on a sedan chair that had been waiting for haode.

In this way, everyone knew that he went to Ziming Tower and spent the night at his concubine's place. In the past, he didn't need to go to such great lengths, but now he had to be very cautious.

The sedan chair walked along the side street for a long time and was carried into a small dark courtyard. This is the courtyard he originally purchased. When you have confidential matters to do, you will have a secret meeting with someone here.

Today he is going to meet Sun Kecheng, who is one of the pillars of the Guangzhou station. But Qiwei's semi-independent status made Guo Yi extremely worried about their attitude. Although Qiwei's entire finances were controlled by the Guangzhou Station, most of the people in it had not been screened and politically examined, and he had to guard against the sudden rebellion of Sun Kecheng or his disciples, who turned to the government - the dart bureau has always pretended to be a "serious business" and obeyed the government.

What is Sun Kecheng's attitude, he must find out today. This is a matter of future cooperation -- and the bureau is also an important part of the national layout plan.

Sun Kecheng was already waiting for him in the house, and was stunned when he saw him come in disguise.

"Proprietor Guo, has the matter become so urgent?" Sun Kecheng couldn't care about being polite. The news that the government is going to do something to the Australians has spread.

"It's always within ten days and a half months, and we will see it" Guo Yi did not shy away from what might happen, "I naturally want to avoid this limelight, but the game has always had a lot of dealings with us, and I am afraid it will implicate you......"

"This one is out of the way. I have my own way. Sun Kecheng waved his hand, "What should you do?" ”

Seeing that his appearance was quite sincere, Guo Yi deliberately said: "We are going to hide here for a while first." ”

"Proprietor, don't say such outward things." Sun Kecheng shook his head, "How many people can live in this small courtyard?" There are many of you. Why don't you stay with me? I had a few farm houses in the countryside earlier, and you have as many people as you can live. ”

Guo Yi was noncommittal, only saying that there were still many things to be taken care of, and he might hide here for a while. Wait until it's over.

"Not to mention, once the government is unfavorable to us, how will you deal with it?" He asked.

"It doesn't matter. We are walking darts in nursing homes, which is dealing with rich and powerful people. It's always a little thin, and it won't be stiff. When they took office, they collected money and women, and they pointed to us to escort us back to our hometown. Sun Kecheng said, "What is the benefit of investigating Qiwei and them?" The money and goods in the game belong to someone else. Do the adults have to go to the darts and deliver the goods and open the inn by themselves? ”

"Not bad." Guo Yi nodded, "But I'm afraid this level won't be so easy to pass." ”

"You can rest assured that the proprietor of Qiwei is going on." Sun Kecheng nodded, "Without the proprietor you pulling us at that time, Qiwei was just a small situation in which the family was in danger, and now it has become a big name in Guangzhou City." Hundreds of people live by eating, and Qiwei has always been grateful. Although Qiwei does not dare to violate the king's law, he is not a fool who only knows kowtow - we have a mirror in our hearts about the rights and wrongs in the world......"

Although he found out Sun Kecheng's attitude, and he was quite sure of Sun Kecheng's personality, Guo Yi still didn't dare to hand over the most important part to him for safekeeping-he was reliable, and it didn't mean that everyone under him relied on the winner. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to let Sun Kecheng take care of the local craftsmen, and by the way, hide some of the staff and heavy goods from Lingao.

He also took care of Sun Kecheng and prepared a secret escape route, and the two parties agreed on a code, in case they needed to escape, they would use the code.

But when he really had to run away, he still didn't dare to fully trust them. The Foreign Intelligence Bureau has already sent a telegram to Guangzhou to prepare to send a response team composed of a mixed group of special investigation teams and intelligence officers to Guangzhou, ready to help them escape by force if necessary.

However, there are no signs of dealing with the seizure of the Guangzhou station. The government in Guangzhou seems intent on giving Guo Yi and others ample time to consider who to contribute. simply ignore the three industries of the purple brand. At the same time, there was an endless stream of people from various families to talk about their contributions, Tian Da came to urge him almost every day, but Guo Yi simply avoided it completely.

"Master Tian is here to worship." The doorman reported to him.

Lu Yizhong was about to go out, but he had to sit down again at this time, and he sighed:

"Please"

He has been busy with the dispatch of the army for the past few days, and he is so busy every day that he can't put his feet on the ground.

He has served in Guangdong for many years, knows a little about Hainan's climate and geography, and knows that he is about to face the problem of the rainy season in summer, and there will be a typhoon in early autumn, so he advocates simply starting in October. At this time, the autumn grain has already appeared, and it is also convenient to raise grain and grass along the road. The autumn weather is crisp, and the troops are not prone to epidemic diseases when they are stationed on the march.

But Wang Zunde meant to "fight quickly". At this time, the food and salary had been prepared, and He Rubin could no longer shirk it, so he had to decide to open some people in early June.

People outside the city of Guangzhou shouted and neighed, the armies of all walks of life were gathered, and many military affairs had to be handled, and Lu Yizhong was already very busy, and he had to deal with Tian Da coming once in three days and five days to ask him to "quickly complete the affairs of Ziminglou", and he couldn't help but cry bitterly -- regretting that he should not have gone to this business. Originally, he was more than ninety percent sure, as soon as Guo Yi heard the news that the imperial court was going to move troops to Lingao, he would be frightened and scattered, and he obediently had to donate his property to Tianda. Not only did he curry favor with Tian Guozhang, but he could also get a benefit from it - Tian Da had already promised him the benefit of 3,000 taels of silver after the deed.

Unexpectedly, this Guo Yi actually didn't eat soft and hard, and he looked like he was carrying it to the end, not only did the three brands open for business as usual, but even Tian Da and others didn't zaijian after seeing it once.

Tian Da came to him from time to time to make a noise, and asked him to arrest Guo Yi and the others immediately. Forced him to surrender to the industry.

Fool Lu Yizhong listened to his "high opinion" and scolded secretly in his heart. But he is also very helpless - this "idiot" points fingers at himself, and he has to accompany the smiling face.

It's easy to arrest people -- he just cares about Nanhai County. But if one person is arrested, the industry will be sold by the official, and he will also donate a fart. As for who will kill the deer after entering the official sale, it is another matter. Tian Guozhang is far away in Beijing. Not everyone can buy it.

No matter how Lu Yizhong explained, Tian Da always forced him not to let go - he was just a slave in the end, just relying on the shili fox fake tiger power of the national abbot, and there was no shili in Guangzhou City. As long as the official shirks and is perfunctory, it will be difficult to do things.

Lu Yizhong originally wanted to continue to perfunctory him, but he didn't expect this person to make another request:

"Pei Lixiu, who has heard Ziming Lou for a long time, is a stunning woman from Australia, and this time in addition to the investment industry surnamed Guo, this woman will also be dedicated to Lord Guozhang together."

Lu Yizhong couldn't cry or laugh, why did he fall in love with other people's concubines again. He has also seen this Pei Lixiu many times, she is already a twenty-four or five-year-old woman, although she looks exquisite, she is a little thicker. That height alone is much taller than the average man. How could such a barbarian woman, Tian Guozhang, be interested? It won't be this Tian Da who wants it.

Thinking that he was a counselor in military affairs these days, he actually had to give advice for a slave to rob a woman. Lu Yizhong's heart developed a great sense of disgust.

It's ridiculous

He wanted to coax him back after a perfunctory time. Suddenly, I thought again: It is not possible to arrest Guo Yi - once you arrest someone, you will have no official property, but it doesn't matter if you arrest his concubine, no matter what the crime is, you will be arrested and arrested, and you will make an example of killing chickens and monkeys, forcing Guo Yi to surrender himself.

As for whether Zuihou Pei Lixiu will return things to their original owners, this is not his business.

"It's easy, it's all on me." Lu Yizhong agreed.

"Really?" Tian Da has been coaxed by him many times recently, and he is very uneasy about his credit.

"Seriously." Lu Yizhong nodded, "After three days, I will naturally hand over the person to you." You have this little beauty, are you still afraid that Guo Yi, the son of Lao Shi, will not obediently offer the industry? This is the meat of his heart. ”

"Okay, I'll believe you this time." Tian Da slapped the table, "I'll come here in three days to pick up people." He sneered, "Lu Zanhua, don't you break your word,"

Lu Yizhong sent Tian Da away, and immediately picked up a pen in the study and wrote a note:

"I'm about to get Ziminglou Guomen Pei's Lixiu, Nanhai County knows" The following handwritten monogram.

When he waited for the ink to dry a little, he called a servant and ordered him to be sent to the Yamen of Nanhai County.

That night, Chunliu was looking after the back door - now that the number of people in Ziminglou had been greatly reduced, she had to take care of the back door herself, waiting for information from the traffic officer. Yan Maoda, Zhang Xin and others have all gone underground. But communication with each other has not been interrupted for a single day. The messages were all delivered by traffic officers.

The traffic officer is a vendor who sells snacks disguised as a burden, and he never enters the door. Harunliu knew that the peddler would pass by every night, but whether there was any information to transmit depended on the windmill on his burden. If it is inserted on the left, there will be no news, if it is inserted on the right, she will go to buy some food, and by the way, bring back the secret letter and give it to Pei Lixiu.

The hawker just passed. Chunliu was about to close the door and go to sleep, when suddenly a dark shadow came from the base of the wall. Chunliu was trained, and immediately jumped behind the door and called out with a code.

"It's dry"

The code signal is not only a signal to identify the visitor, but also to alert the security personnel behind the door and in the backyard to be aware of approaching.

The person who came did not respond to the code, and broke straight to the door. Regardless of the fact that the door was about to close, he just stuck his foot in.

"Don't close the door," the visitor shouted anxiously.

"Who is it?" Harunyu asked.

"I'm -Wu-" The visitor quickly removed the veil from his face.

"Is that you?" Chunliu almost screamed - isn't this Wu Zhixiang? She hurriedly signaled the security personnel not to dispatch.

This Wu Zhixiang is a frequent visitor and regular customer of Ziming Building. often comes to Pei Lixiu's place to be courteous, and he also saved a large amount of silver on the cabinet of Ziming Building to earn interest. However, it has been more than a month since he suddenly brought someone to withdraw the deposit money half a month ago.

"What's wrong with you?" Chunliu was shocked: This son of an official eunuch is still a showman, what is he doing sneakily visiting in such clothes in the middle of the night?

"Is Miss Pei there?" He asked without even taking a breath.