Although the matter of the black fire is in the past, it is still too early to bring down the Qianlong Gang, after all, the biggest transportation is salt, and it is necessary to transport salt from Haikou through the Yangtze River to various states and capitals, and if there is no correct news and contact, there is no way to cut off their line.

This Han Tianshao has been in the Qianlong Gang for half a year, but there is no news about the salt transportation, seeing that this day is about to enter winter, it is estimated that Shen Chengxin of such news has been cold.

"Family master, you see that the sky is about to enter winter, I think this Han Tianshao is unreliable, and he has not had any useful news for half a year?" Shen Cheng didn't even call the general anymore and complained.

"Didn't General Han send news of the black fire a few months ago, how can it be said that it is useless, besides, this salt transportation is irregular, it is related to the imperial court, this Qianlong Gang must act in secret, and there must be no mistakes." Changyu said angrily.

Changyu thought to himself: This salt transport contact business, even if it is secret, it is impossible to have no news at all, besides, Cao Xuan, Cao Long, Zuo Qiuzi and others in this Qianlong gang have never been in contact with any suspicious people, and it is impossible to hand over such a big matter of salt transport to unreliable people to contact.

Changyu thought about it, and he suddenly seemed to have a little eyebrows, so he asked: "We have been here for so long, it seems that we haven't seen the second son of the Hidden Dragon Gang, do you know what this second son is doing?" ”

"You said that this second son, Cao Hu, this person is a playboy, he is nostalgic for Fengyue every day, even he doesn't care about him, why do you suddenly care about him."

Changyu suddenly brightened up, and said with a smile: "This Zuoqiuzi really has two brushes, which has made us suspicious, you think, this eldest prince is recruiting talents, so who is responsible for the operation, obviously the few people we observed have never moved, but we ignore an important person, that is, Cao Hu." ”

"The head of the family, no, isn't it a bit incredible to let a person who is drunk and dreaming all day long do such a big thing? I don't think so. ”

"This is Zuo Qiuzi's cleverness, so that everyone mistakenly thinks that this Cao Hu is a waste who eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles, so that it will not attract anyone's attention, so whether he contacts salt merchants or delivers news, he can escape anyone's eyes, so I think this Cao Hu's superficial appearance must be pretended."

"Then according to the head of the family, what should we do now?" Xingyun asked.

"In this way, Xingyun, you go and tell General Han to let him pay attention to this Cao Hu's movements in the past few days, and record where he goes every day?" Changyu commanded.

"Okay, master, I'll do it." After Xingyun finished speaking, he hurriedly went out.

After Xingyun left, Changyu listened to the north wind howling outside the window, watched the leaves fall, and thought that it was almost winter again, this year passed very quickly, the first year of the Shengming Association did not have a good Chinese New Year's Eve meal with everyone, this year came here, I am afraid that I will not be able to eat a good Chinese New Year's Eve meal.

Another month has passed, and in the past month, Han Tianshao reported this Cao Hu's daily whereabouts to Xingyun, and Xingyun conveyed it to Changyu and said: "The head of the family, General Han said that this Cao Hu will definitely go to three places every day, the first is the gambling house, the second is the music room, and the third is the brothel, and he spends the night in the brothel every day." ”

Changyu thought for a while and said: "Gambling house, music room, brothel, this is quite in line with his standards, do you know which gambling house, which sound room, which brothel?" ”

"Bisheng Gambling House, Xuanyin Square and Piaoxiang Courtyard." Xingyun replied calmly.

Changyu looked at the book, silent, and thought: Of these three places, one must be the place where Cao Hu and the major salt merchants liaison; Changyu thought about it carefully for a while and said, "It seems that we are going to Xuanyin Fang tomorrow." ”

"Eh, master, why did you go to Xuanyin Fang first?" Xingyun asked puzzled.

"It's not to go to Xuanyin Fang first, but only to Xuanyin Fang." Changyu said this, which made Xingyun even more puzzled, so Changyu explained: "You think, the common feature of these three places is that there are many people, so there must be two places that are used to confuse the eyes of outsiders, just now I have carefully looked at it, this gambling house and brothel are not only crowded, but also noisy, not suitable for discussing salt transportation, and Xuanyin Fang, there are many people, but quiet, everyone is just downstairs or in the wing room to drink tea and listen to music, so I conclude that Xuanyin Fang is the place where they secretly contact the salt merchants." ”

This time it can be regarded as solving the doubts in Xingyun's heart.

The next day, Changyu took Xingyun into the city and let Shen Cheng go to the winning gambling house, this arrangement must be part of Changyu's plan, so Shen Cheng must have a task when he went to the winning gambling house this time.

But Changyu and Xingyun came to the door of this Xuanyin Fang, and they heard a beautiful sound of the piano, although the sound of the piano is wonderful, but from the sound of the piano, it is also reflected that the person who plays the piano is hiding his heart, and this heart has not been solved for a long time, with the sound of the qin entering this Xuanyin Fang, it is really not ordinary quiet, everyone sits quietly and listens to the music in the upstairs room, as if they are intoxicated.

Changyu casually found a seat and sat down, and when Xiao Er came to entertain, he asked curiously: "It's the first time I've heard such beautiful music, I don't know who is playing upstairs?" ”

"Presumably, this is the first time for the guest officer to come to our Xuanyin Workshop." Changyu nodded, and Xiao Er continued: "This is the number one brand of our Xuanyin Fang, Miss Miaoying. ”

Although listening to music is not Changyu's purpose, most of the people who come here are elegant people in this city, and perhaps the salt merchants are hidden among them, so Changyu carefully observed everyone's expressions and did not find anything unusual.

When Miss Miaoying finished playing, everyone applauded, and then they all talked about how wonderful the sound of the piano was just now, when the upstairs window opened, and a young girl with a plain face looked at the guests downstairs, as if she was waiting for someone.

On the other hand, Shen Cheng quarreled with Cao Hu in the gambling house and said: "What's the matter with you, you don't look at people when you walk, it's really unlucky, and your luck for a day has been wiped out by you." ”

Cao Hu is of medium stature, rugged in appearance, and looks very much like his father Cao Xuan, not only is this person not like the playboy that the world says, but he said very politely: "This brother, I was really embarrassed just now, I'm sorry." ”

"If I'm sorry it's useful, then what's the use of the government, if you don't make it clear today, don't leave." Shen Cheng pretended not to be reluctant, but it is conceivable that Changyu deliberately asked Shen Cheng to hold Cao Hu so that he could have a good investigation in Xuanyin Fang.

"I'm sorry." Cao Hu casually took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve and put it in Shen Cheng's hand.

Shen Cheng swept the silver and said arrogantly: "Just ten taels of silver, you send it to ask for food!" ”

"Then you say, how much silver do you want to let me go?"

"That's it." Shen Cheng stretched out five fingers and said.

"You mean fifty taels?" Cao Hu said as he took out fifty pieces of silver.

"I'm talking about fifty taels of gold."

Hearing this, the people next to him were surprised to talk about this, saying that Shen Cheng was too unreasonable and arrogant, and they didn't know who he met today.

"Okay, you can come to my Hidden Dragon Gang another day to get it, and I, Cao Hu, will not owe you a mere fifty taels of gold." Cao Hu finally identified himself.

Shen Cheng saw that the time was almost up, and the head of the family should have already got the news he wanted, so he pretended to be afraid and said, "It turned out to be the second son of Cao, the villain is blind, please." ”

"Forget it, it's not a big deal." After speaking, Cao Hu brushed his clothes and walked out the door.

At this time, Miaoying of Xuanyin Fang had looked out of the window several times, her expression was very anxious, Changyu smiled slightly, presumably this is the middleman of the Qianlong Gang, this person must be the key, after confirming the news, Changyu took Xingyun and was about to walk out of Xuanyin Fang, and happened to meet Cao Hu who came in a hurry, although Changyu didn't know this Cao Hu, but looking at his appearance, he was sure that he must be Cao Xuan's second son Cao Hu.