There is a way to raise a hundred kinds of people with the same rice, and there are not only heroes in this world who sacrifice their lives for righteousness and serve the country wholeheartedly, but also greedy villains who disregard the righteousness of their families and countries in order to seek their own benefits. As a Dongchang Zhongren who was willing to follow Wang Zhen's murder of the loyal ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, Erjiatou Shi Hui naturally belonged to the latter.

The price of 10,000 taels of gold was enough for him to choose to achieve his goal desperately, even if he knew very well what that map would mean to the Ming frontier army and even the whole world once it was really obtained by the Mongolian people in the north. What does the life and death of others have to do with him? All he wanted was the benefits that could be seen.

Therefore, in the next two days, Shi Hui quickly used all the connections he could use, both openly and secretly, and began to look for ways to obtain the military deployment map of the northern land all over the capital, and under the strong temptation of a thousand taels of gold, some people even began to play the idea of the military department's yamen.

However, after these people saw the inside and outside of the military department's yamen and the guards day and night, they quickly dispelled this unrealistic idea. Although it was not as heavily guarded as the Imperial Palace, the hundreds of soldiers of the Beijing camp who guarded various parts of the yamen day and night were not something that ordinary people could easily deal with. Although a thousand taels of gold is exciting, but if you have money, you have to spend your life, and the idea of stealing into the yamen to steal the map was quickly thrown aside by everyone.

But other than that, there seemed to be no other way, so after a few days, Shi Jue waited only for disappointment, which made him more and more impatient. Especially when he looked at the bag of gold in his hand, he felt even more anxious, because once the thing could not be done, not only would the ten thousand taels of gold not arrive, but the bag of gold would have to be returned, which felt like his own gold had been stolen.

"These wastes, such a trivial thing can't be done!" On this day, when Shi Hui once again stared at the bag of gold in front of him and gritted his teeth, and even thought of simply using some means to get rid of it, Tang Qianxiao appeared in front of him again, this time his face was even more solemn than last time: "I've seen the head." ”

"Huh? But is there any good news to bring back? Seeing him coming, Shi Juetou's spirit was lifted, and he hurriedly asked. Because during this time, in addition to the fans under the East Factory who were thinking about obtaining maps, Ruyizhai on Tang's side was also using his own channels to buy relevant information from others. In the past two days, he has not seen him come back to report, but his sudden return today naturally gave Shi Hui an idea in this regard.

Tang Qianxiao really didn't disappoint him, took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "Juetou, early this morning, someone did come to the door and wanted to sell me a copy of the northern military deployment map to Ruyizhai. ”

"Oh? Did you buy it? Shi Hui's eyes showed joy when he heard this, and he asked busily.

"This ...... Because his bid was not low, his subordinates did not dare to assert themselves. Moreover, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of this map, and I don't know its identity......" The shopkeeper Tang said with a sad face.

"How much does he offer?"

"Fifteen hundred taels of gold......"

"Is it higher than what we offered?" Shi Hui's face sank.

Shopkeeper Tang smiled bitterly: "Maybe it's because he heard about it from the outside that he dared to offer such a high price." ”

"In other words, he's asking for a price!" Shi Hui pondered for a moment, and then judged: "But if he dares to ask for this price, it means that the map is indeed eighty percent true." By the way, what is his identity, have you checked it? ”

"The one who came to our Ruyi Zhai to offer the price was a well-known broker named You Song in the capital. However, he is only running errands for others, and it is someone else who really has the map. ”

"Oh? Is that so? Shi Hui suddenly looked disappointed. Originally, he was going to make a move to eat black, and directly took down the person, and he was really not afraid that the other party would not hand over the things by the means of the East Factory. But now it seems that the other party is obviously also a smart person, and he has already guarded against this hand.

After groaning, he finally had an idea: "Since he is asking for a price, we will pay it back on the ground." You tell the broker that we can only pay a thousand taels of gold, or we don't talk about it! Although he could earn 10,000 taels of gold from Namengren, he just didn't want the other party to get more from him, and 1,000 taels was already his bottom line.

"This subordinate can go and talk to him, and look at his attitude, it doesn't seem to be so firm. It's just ......" Tang Qianxiao suddenly looked embarrassed again, looking like he wanted to say something.

"What? Is there anything else you have to worry about? ”

"This person's credibility is indeed not a problem, but his subordinates are still a little worried, after all, the stakes are very high, if someone takes advantage of this to try to disadvantage my Ruyi Zhai, it will be very bad."

"Well, your concerns are not unreasonable." Shi Hui was not completely blinded by the immediate interests, and after being reminded by the other party, he also showed vigilance. After pondering for a moment, he finally had an idea: "Well, if you make a deal with someone, I will bring someone outside to meet you." If someone really wants to make trouble behind their backs, my East Factory is not easy to provoke. ”

Seeing him say this, Tang Qianxiao finally relieved his heart. With Wang Zhen's momentum now, as well as the close relationship between Dongchang and him, no one in the capital, whether it is the officials or the people, really dares to be their enemies. It's just that somehow, his heart is still uneasy, but this is understood by him as a disturbed conscience, after all, this is a harm to his own country.

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The next morning, near the alley where Ruyizhai was located, there were suddenly a lot of Dongchang fans who walked calmly and hid weapons, but they all changed into the clothes of ordinary people at this time, or pretended to be passers-by, or pretended to be traders, and completely controlled this area.

At this time, Shi Hui pretended to be a tea seller, put the cart with a lot of tea on the side of the road, and squatted under the shade of the tree to enjoy the coolness.

Nor are they afraid that their hides will be discovered. After all, Shi Hui's purpose was only to deter others, not to really plan someone to take them. As long as others see the problem and dare not make trouble, and let the deal go smoothly, his goal has been achieved.

The time soon came, and it was the time that Tang Qianxiao had agreed with Na You Song. And this broker came very punctually, and as soon as the hour came, he appeared in front of everyone's eyes. When he came to the alley and saw the formation set up here, he obviously hesitated for a moment, and seemed to retreat.

Seeing this, a fan who had already been ordered leaned forward and whispered a few words to him. Only then did You Song continue to move forward with some hesitation, burrowing into the alley and entering the Ruyi Zhai.

Seeing that he did come alone, Shi Hui breathed a sigh of relief, at least this person really wanted to make this business with him, that was the best.

At the same time, Tang Qianxiao and You Song had already met again. Without too many greetings and temptations, Tang Qianxiao said: "I have already asked our owner yesterday, and others can only take out 1,500 taels of gold to buy this map, you can't let me Ruyizhai make no money at all, right?" So one thousand taels is already the highest price we can offer, I don't know if Brother You can do this master? ”

You Song lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then said: "I can't hide it, this matter was also entrusted to me by a certain adult in the military department, and the reserve price he quoted to me at that time was 1,200 taels." ”

"Is it an official of the Ministry of War who wants to sell this map?" Tang Qianxiao ignored the reserve price proposed by the other party, and instead focused his attention on the identity of the map holder.

He said that this time Kuang Butang and Yu Shilang's actions were too chilling, so he didn't want to be this official who might lose his life at any time. So I thought about making a fortune before leaving. ”

"I see, this one is so good-thinking." Tang Qian smiled: "In this way, it shouldn't be difficult for him to take out the map." Even, he now has such a map in his hand. Since this is just a gesture for him, I won't add to this price. If the other party refuses to give in to the price, it is a big deal that I will not do this deal. ”

"You ......" I didn't expect the other party's attitude to be so tough, which made You Song's face change suddenly, but it was not easy to attack, so he was stunned.

"Brother You, you haven't done this kind of business before, you still know a truth, this kind of illegal business, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, so it's better to be happy and make the deal at the price I offered, otherwise...... Hehe...... "Although he didn't say it explicitly, the threat in it was conveyed.

You Song's complexion changed, and he had to be extremely entangled at first, and after a while, he finally sighed: "That's it, just sell this map at your price, one thousand taels is one thousand taels!" ”

"Okay, Brother You, you are really a smart person. Come! With Tang Qianxiao's call, a boy brought in two huge silver tickets: "This is the silver ticket of six thousand taels of silver issued by the largest silver number in the capital, you can confirm it." ”

As a broker, You Song naturally knew the ratio between gold and silver in the recent period, and this price was quite fair, so after carefully looking at the seal on it, he wanted to accept the silver ticket.

But at this time, the shopkeeper Tang stretched out his hand and pressed the silver ticket: "Slow, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." ”

"Oh...... Look at my brain, I've forgotten this rule. You Song smiled awkwardly, and then took out the map in his arms and handed it over.

Tang Qianxiao hurriedly took it with one hand, and after seeing the seal of the military department on it at a glance, a satisfied smile appeared on his face again, and the other party really didn't lie to himself. Except for the people in the yamen, no one can forge the seal of this military department, which is enough to confirm that this picture is true.

Only then did he let go of his hand and let You Song take the silver ticket on the table and leave.

A few words, a few thousand taels of silver, and an important map related to the safety of the Ming border were traded by them......