With the help of the light, the old man stretched out his thin, age-spotted hand, and trembled to take the letter and silver ticket handed over by Ye Qing, just took a brief and cursory glance, and then put it into his arms, turned around and walked inside without a sound.

"Bring the door shut, and drive the carriage away from the door." The old man's hoarse voice sounded in the rustling of the drizzle.

"It's all ......." Po Li San was startled, the two of them came here tonight, if they drove away the carriage by themselves, wouldn't it be left Ye Qing to follow the old man into the room alone, if there was an accident, .......

"Don't worry, it'll be fine, wait for me at the mouth of the alley." Ye Qing patted Po Li San's shoulder, then held the lantern in one hand and closed the wooden door with the other, and after listening to the sound of Po Li San driving away, he turned around and walked towards the old man waiting at the door.

The furnishings in the room were very simple, a bed, a wardrobe, a table in front of the window, and a tea set on it, and nothing else.

"The Imperial City Division? Or is it from the palace? The old man sat down at the head of the bed and asked, then pointed to the only chair in front of the table and motioned for Ye Qing to sit down.

Looking at the greasy oil accumulated on the chair, Ye Qing did not dislike it at all, gently pulled the chair in front of the old man, and saluted: "Ye Qing, deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, has seen the old man. ”

"Imperial Division? It's been a long time since I've heard this name, it's like a lifetime ago. But now it still sounds a little kind. The old man took out the letter and silver ticket in his arms, and this time he watched it carefully, through the oil lamp in the room and the lantern in Ye Qing's hand.

Ye Qing didn't speak, and quietly looked at the silver-haired old man, as if he was carefully thinking about every word of the letter, or he wanted to recite the letter with his old memory.

"This thousand taels of silver tickets are yours?" The old man slowly put down the letter, picked up the silver ticket and asked.

"Don't dare, it was the nobleman in the palace who asked Wang Lun to bring it to you." Ye Qing looked at those cloudy eyes and said.

"No matter who you and Wang Lun belong to, the old man is very thankful." After the old man finished speaking, he reached out and took out a thick pile of paper from under the pillow, slowly handed it to Ye Qing and said, "This is what Wang Lun wants, put it away by yourself." ”

"Thank you, sir, I haven't asked Mr. Gao's name yet." Ye Qing had been guessing who the old man in front of him was since he entered the door, but judging from the information given to him by Wang Lun, he would not have guessed even if he had guessed his head.

"Gao's name?" The old man was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled disdainfully, and said: "Now it seems that this Imperial City Division is no longer the Imperial City Division of the past, when did the Imperial City Division be as high-profile as you were back then." At that time, the Imperial City Division, the true face of the commander was even more mysterious than the Imperial Palace, whether it was the common people or the officials of the court, it was possible to find out which concubine the Holy Lord favored last night, but they couldn't find out who the commander of the Imperial City Division was. ”

"Keep in mind what Mr. said, and in the future, I will follow the tradition of the past, so that the Imperial City Division can restore the mystery and cruelty of the past." The easy-going smile on Ye Qing's face did not disappear, and he looked at the old man and nodded and said.

"But it's also because the Imperial City Division is becoming more and more mysterious, so mysterious that in the eyes of the Imperial City Division, there is only a mysterious leader, but there is no royal family and saint, so the Imperial City Division gradually surfaced, and gradually suffocated to death, so there is your so-called Imperial City Division. So...... No one knows how the Imperial City Division should exist, but I just hope that young people who are young and promising will not be as lonely as an old man when they are old. The old man's eyes flashed brightly, and he looked at Ye Qing and said as if he was admonishing.

"Thank you Mr. for reminding me, I hope one day I won't be like Mr. Lao." Ye Qing looked at the room on the four walls of the house, and his expression and attitude did not change at all.

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier, that's all the old man can remind you. However, if you can hide nearly a thousand guards in Yangzhou without being discovered by others, it shows that the current Imperial City Division is still worthy of the trust of the Emperor, or you are a person who is quite trusted by the Emperor. ”

"The old gentleman has won the award, if he has real skills, he will not be discovered by the gentleman. I have concealed the officialdom of Yangzhou, haven't I concealed it from the old gentleman? ”

"That's because the old man is more familiar with every move of the Imperial City Division than you, and he knows better than you how the people placed by the Imperial City Division in Yangzhou, Jiankang and other governance offices act." The old man smiled proudly, and then continued: "What you have in your hand is their list, and it will belong to Wang Lun's kid in the future, I introduced him to the palace back then, and now he is in charge of these people, which can be regarded as the old man's wish." ”

"Thank you for the nobles first, old gentleman." Ye Qing saw that the old man had never answered what his name was, so he didn't ask anymore.

However, what the old man said, there were still hidden spies from the Imperial City Division in various places, and Ye Qing was not surprised at all.

After all, from the fact that he went north to Sizhou this time, passed through Yangzhou, and then went to the matter of meeting with Yu Yunwen in Yangzhou, it can be seen that Zhao Gou is either stupid and simple in dealing with the issue of Yangzhou officialdom, or the city government is extremely deep.

Now it seems that Zhao Gou has already begun to plan Huainan East Road, and he is just a chess piece for him, a half-hidden chess piece.

Yu Yunwen is like a bright chess, and he is half-hidden and half-hidden, and the old gentleman in front of him is obviously the secret chess, and Zhao Gou is commanding the three like an arm and finger to plan the balance of Huainan East Road for him.

Otherwise, it is okay to just send himself, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, who has just taken office, to help him Zhao Gou solve the affairs of the Zhao and Song clans in Sizhou, if he wants to run errands in the officialdom, it will be a little thin, even if he adds Yu Yunwen and Yu Yunwen, who are single-handed, to do the errands, it still seems a little insufficient.

But if you add the spies of the old Imperial City Division who have long been placed in various administrative offices by Zhao Gou and hidden for many years, then it should be a different matter.

So Ye Qing quietly waited for the old man to continue talking, or to give him something about Yangzhou officialdom, after all, Wang Lun asked himself to find this old man, and this old man also bragged about himself and the old Imperial City Division, so is it time to come up with something real?

Laughing without saying a word, he looked at each other and laughed for a long time with messy white hair and no name in front of him, and finally the old man couldn't laugh, raised his hand like a withered branch, and gave Ye Qing a thumbs up: "Boy, I can't see that my understanding is very high, it seems that the Imperial City Division has regained the majesty of the past, not an empty word from your kid." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he took out a thick pile of paper from under his cornucopia-like pillow and handed it to Ye Qingdao again: "This is evidence of the greed for ink since the Jin Emperor finished Yan Liang's army and retreated, and the governors and pacifying envoys of Yangzhou. Speaking of which, it belongs to this Zhao Shi's ambition and ruthlessness, and one person is greedy for ink, which is more than his predecessors combined. ”

"Thank you, sir, for not bringing any wine, otherwise, I will definitely invite you to a few drinks." Ye Qing looked at the old gentleman...... No, it should be said that it is an old eunuch, after all, the old man said just now that Wang Lun was brought into the palace by him, so obviously, this old gentleman was also a eunuch back then, in charge of the Imperial City Division, or the great eunuch who assisted in the management of the Imperial City Division.

"Boy, since you can guess that Yangzhou officialdom is not enough to rely on you and Yu Yunwen, then you should know that even if you have this full evidence, you can't say that you are sure to win, right?" The old man directly ignored Ye Qing's polite words.

"That's natural, so I ask the old gentleman to give me advice." Ye Qing got up from the chair and saluted.

If it is as expected, even if he returns to Lin'an and takes the position of the commander of the Imperial City Division, then Wang Lun will be equivalent to this old eunuch back then, who is still in charge of the list of spies of the Imperial City Division.

And what he can inherit is still these family backgrounds on the face of the Imperial City Si Ming!

But it doesn't matter, the intelligence network, this thing is not difficult to say, it is not difficult to say, maybe in three or five years, he will become the entire Great Song Dynasty, and even cover Dali, Western Xia, Jin, Mongolia, and even Western Liao, the largest intelligence network leader on the entire map of Great China.

"Be careful of Zhao Shixiong, this person is ruthless, although he has never personally colluded with the Jin people, but Shen Fa in Sizhou has close contacts with the Jin people, including some businessmen who come and go to Sizhou and Lin'an, in fact, they are all serving them, and even working for the Jin people. However, these are not the responsibilities of the old man, but the responsibilities of you, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, so the old man will not say much. But...... Zhao Shixiong has a daughter, you have to be careful, compared to Zhao Shixiong, his daughter kills people without blinking, that is, compared to his son, he is more ruthless, but he is still a beauty, it depends on whether you can pass this beauty by then. The old man's cloudy eyes were full of warning, and he couldn't detect the slightest joke.

"Be careful, it should be Yu Yunwen who is careful, I'm just a layman, Zhao Shixiong's attention should be on Yu Yunwen, or someone who wants to replace him." Ye Qing shrugged and said easily.

"Oh, so...... Above the officialdom, there are still people who want to replace him? Could it be that someone has already begun to compete for the position of the prefect and the pacification envoy? A look of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes.

But it was this fleeting surprise that confused Ye Qing, since the old man was also the Imperial City Division, and he was also the one who supervised the officialdom of the governance office, didn't he even understand this?

Looking at the look on the face of the old man who didn't look like he was deliberately confusing himself, Ye Qing was a little puzzled, what were the responsibilities and authority of these so-called spies placed by the Imperial City Division in the governance center back then, didn't they understand the things above the officialdom?

"Does the old gentleman know about Li Xizhi, the city boss?" Ye Qing put the two stacks of paperwork in his hand on the table, and did not mean to leave when he got the things, but began to chat with the old man.

The old man also didn't expect that the young man in front of him would have the patience to talk to such a useless old eunuch as himself, which made the old eunuch feel a sense of respect in his heart, and at the same time, he was also inexplicably moved.

After all, no young man would want to accompany an old man with white hair and be patient to talk about his daily routines, not to mention that this young man is still a young and promising deputy commander of the Imperial City Division.