On the way back to the Horse Mansion, sitting in the carriage, Zhang Xiang frowned and was absent-minded.

Zhao Hanyan next to him saw that he was preoccupied, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't ask, but he was very interested in the newspaper gossip news he had seen in the Ming Society before.

Because those gossip usually come out of the mouths of those people in the streets and alleys, these are often the talk of the people in their spare time, she is a princess, who lives in the mansion, naturally she can't hear these news, and they all bump into the people in the mansion by chance to hear a sentence or two.

Now that the news is recorded directly in these so-called newspapers, she doesn't have to go out to know about it, which makes her feel very fresh.

Moreover, when Zhang Xiang founded this 'Ming Society', he told her some modern news communication concepts in the methods of the ancients, although she didn't understand it very well before, but after reading these rubbed news newspapers, she knew it very clearly.

This method does not need to be passed on by word of mouth, as long as others buy these newspapers and read them, they will know all about it, and this efficiency is not known how many times higher than oral transmission.

Zhao Hanyan said with a smile: "How did the colt come up with a way to record the news on paper and then sell it. ”

Zhang Xiang chuckled: "It was also an accident that I came up with, I wasn't a gentleman in Huating Academy before, at that time, I went to Huating Academy every day, and I could always hear others say those interesting things, and I also like to listen, these days I am often in the house, and I can rarely hear these things." After the princess handed over the business of the Horse Mansion to me, there happened to be a vacant place on the side of the newly opened cloth village, so I also came up with this method, hire these bags to inquire, buy out their news, and the news they inquired about, it is our only family, we record it, others want to know, and they can only buy it from us, people, they have curiosity, often they can often hear it in the teahouse and wine shop, and now I can't hear it, as long as we release the news, there will always be people who will buy it with curiosity, After coming and going, the business slowly grew. ”

"It seems that the horse really has the means to do business, and he will hand over the business to you, Gao Ping is right." Zhao Hanyan pursed his lips slightly.

Zhang Xiang hurriedly said, "Thank you princess for your trust." ”

Zhao Hanyan said: "By the way, you said earlier that you wanted to use this method to find out the assassins hidden in Pingzhou City, but I don't know what to do?" ”

Zhang Xiang thought for a while and shook his head: "It's not clear now, I just have a general outline in my mind, as for whether it's useful or not, I have to try it before I know, because I'm not sure if these assassins are still in the city, I just think, since they didn't kill me last time, they shouldn't give up, as long as they are still in the city, they should have a certain degree of certainty to find out, and the reason why I can't find it now is just because the manpower of the government is limited and the strength is smaller, for these Jianghu people with high martial arts, It's too simple to hide in such a big Pingzhou City, but as long as there are many people and cover the entire Pingzhou City, even if they hide underground, there will always be people who will know. ”

"Hmm!" Zhao Hanyan nodded trustingly slightly, his eyes like torches: "These assassins must be found, and when they are caught, they must be sent to the father and emperor to see who is behind them." ”

Zhang Xiang didn't speak, he didn't want these assassins to leave Pingzhou City alive.

Zhao Hanyan was still a little naïve.

That night, just after dinner, the little slave came to inform Zhang Xiang that the bookkeeper Du Boguang had returned and was waiting for him in the pavilion in the courtyard, saying that he was looking for him for something.

Zhang Xiang nodded, and then came to the pavilion in the courtyard.

After the opening of Fuji Cloth Shop, the big housekeeper Qian Ziang became the shopkeeper, and the affairs of the old Longhe workshop were taken care of by Du Boguang.

He lives there now, too, and only comes back if necessary.

After seeing Du Boguang in the pavilion, Zhang Xiang smiled and asked him to sit down, and then asked his subordinates to bring some snacks up.

Zhang Xiang's attitude towards these subordinates is not too different, and there is no special distinction in his thoughts, after all, in his eyes, everyone is equal, and in his eyes, these subordinates in the mansion are servants hired with money, so he treats them very kindly.

And now he is following him to take care of the business, and he has the attitude of a boss towards employees.

The way of employing people, he knows how to grasp the balance very well, and knows how to make a person loyal to you.

This is also the reason why he has just taken over the business for so long, and Qian Ziang and Du Boguang both respect him on the same level as Zhao Hanyan.

Eating snacks, Zhang Xiang thought that he was going to talk about the workshop, but he didn't expect Du Boguang to open his mouth and say: "Don't you tell the old slave to pay attention to the Qingguang Courtyard where Mrs. Kang lives next door, a few days ago I saw a carriage parked in front of the door, and then a middle-aged man in white and four young men in white with a long sword in their hands walked in together. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xiang glanced at him suspiciously.

Du Boguang continued: "I wanted to come back and report to you earlier, but the workshop is too busy to leave for a while, so I can only pay attention to it first, I found that after those people went in, they haven't come out for a few days, and I have time to come back today to report this matter." ”

"You read that right?" Zhang Xiang confirmed.

Du Boguang nodded affirmatively: "Back to the horse, the old slave has not been dazzled to that extent, and everything is true." ”

Zhang Xiang frowned and got up and paced a few steps in the gazebo.

In this way, it was not Shi Guangshun and those assassins who were in Madame Kang's mansion.

Then he was relieved.

But the people described by Du Boguang reminded him of the group of people from Donghu Village, which was the same as what Qin Elegy described.

Could it be that the group of people from Donghu Village lived in Mrs. Kang's house?

How did Mrs. Kang get involved with them?

Those are the remnants of the former Chu, and Kangfu is the home of the loyal family?

……

After the end of the day, the pedestrians on the streets of Pingzhou gradually decreased, and only the fireworks on both sides of the Qinhuai River were brilliantly lit.

Ning Xiang was in the center, Qin Elegy had just returned to the boudoir after dancing two dances, and Yuan Shen, who had already come here to wait, walked out from behind the screen.

After seeing him, Qin Elegy's somewhat tired face showed joy: "Senior brother, are you back?" What did Master say? ”

In the past few days, Yuan Shen went out of the city to deliver a message to his master who was far away in Mobei, and he only came back after receiving the reply.

Yuan Shen said slowly: "Master said, no matter what Wei Lie came to Pingzhou for, as long as he doesn't embarrass Zhang Xiang, we don't want to go against him for the time being, don't worry about him, just secretly check the purpose of his coming to Pingzhou, if it is not feasible, don't check, so as not to expose our identity, after all, Wei Lie also knows our identity." ”

"Then what if he came for Ming Heng?" Qin Elegy said worriedly.

"Even if the master is in danger, he will go south from Mobei to protect his safety, and his safety is the most important thing before General Zhang's innocence is washed away." Yuan Shen replied.

Qin Elegy finally relieved: "That's good, then we don't have to worry about him, Ming Heng has also analyzed, Wei Lie can't come to Pingzhou just to kill him to avenge the revenge of the year, after all, Ming Heng is now a concubine, if Wei Lie kills him, he will definitely alarm the old emperor, the court will track him down, he will not be at peace, he can endure in Donghuzhuang for twenty years, this kind of small mistake is impossible to make, so he should come to Pingzhou for other purposes." ”

"Did you tell Zhang Xiang about Wei Lie's visit to Pingzhou?" Yuan Shen asked.

Qin Elegy nodded: "There is his workshop over there in Lao Longhe, I was afraid that he would run into Wei Lie in the past, so I went to give him a wake-up." ”

Yuan Shen was a little surprised: "Even if he is the son of General Zhang, you can't help but be too good to him, right?" I found out that after you came to Pingzhou, your whole mind was on him. ”

Hearing this, Qin Elegy was stunned for a moment: "Our mission is to protect his safety, is there anything wrong with me doing this?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that you care about him a little too much." Yuan Shen was very calm.

"Shouldn't I do that?" Qin Elegy asked rhetorically.

Yuan Shen was too lazy to say, turned around and said: "It's okay, I just said it casually, I just want you to remember that he is a family man, and he is also the concubine of Princess Gaoping, who is most favored by the old emperor, and your status is noble, and you, in the eyes of outsiders, are a woman in a green building, I am afraid that you will fall deeper and deeper." ”

"Senior brother, what are you talking about? I'm confused. ”

"I'm leaving, I'm going to go around the old dragon river." Yuan Shen didn't answer, and turned around coldly.

"Senior brother, you haven't answered me yet?" Only the Qin elegy that fell into a mess was left.

She looked at Yuan Shen's disappearing window and muttered, "What do you mean to fall deeper and deeper?" Senior brother is always like this, and he doesn't finish his words. ”

……

At the same time, a carriage drove in front of the Yanyu Pavilion, another famous Qinglou in Pingzhou, and then a middle-aged man in white walked in with the support of two young people.

The girls in the Qinglou usually have very strong eyesight, and when they saw the man in white, they knew that he was from a rich family, so they came up to flatter.

"Uncle, look at your face, it's the first time you've come to our Yanyu Pavilion!"

"Uncle, the slave's name is Xiaocui, if you need it, you can be on call!"

"This uncle, slave Ruoyun, do you want me to have a glass of wine with you!"

"Uncle, hurry, please inside!"

“……”

It's just that the middle-aged man turned a blind eye to the swarming Qinglou women, and with the support of the two cold-eyed young men around him, those Qinglou women were glared back at as soon as they stepped forward, and they didn't dare to move forward at all.

After a while, the old bustard of the Yanyu Pavilion hurriedly trotted over, and said angrily to the Qinglou girls around him: "Spread it out for me, what should I do." ”

Seeing their mother's might, the girls quickly scattered in fright.

Then the old bustard said to the man in white with a smile: "Uncle, please come inside, come with me, Miss Liu has been waiting for a long time." ”

The middle-aged man nodded silently.

Soon, under the guidance of the old bustard, the middle-aged man went upstairs and came to a quiet attic.

After the old bustard saluted respectfully, he hurriedly left.

The middle-aged man knocked on the door, and then the door opened, revealing a woman dressed in white, with a slender figure and a beautiful face, whose beauty was not inferior to Qin Elegy.

When the middle-aged man saw him, he finally smiled: "Qingyin." ”

"Uncle..."Liu Qingyin bowed slightly, this smile captivated the country and the city.