Chapter 197: The Red Lantern Hangs High

"Why, he hasn't said yes yet?" , Listening to the return of his subordinates, Tang Cheng frowned and groaned for a while before spitting out a sentence of hatred, "Old guy, toast and don't eat and drink!" ”。 ~~.~~

The place where he is now is a Zhuangzi outside Chang'an City, not far from the West City Gate, which is a separate business that Wei Bo inherited from his mother. Because it is close to Zhongnan Mountain, the more south the garden outside Chang'an City, the more valuable it is, and the manors purchased by the princes and important ministers in the city are also concentrated in that direction, compared to the north, which is much cleaner. With Wei Bo's prominence today, if it weren't for the fact that this Zhuangzi was the inheritance left by his mother back then, he would have sold it a long time ago, but although it was not sold, because this Zhuangzi has been useless for many years, the result of the repair and maintenance cannot keep up is that it looks very dilapidated on the whole, especially after the ghost stories and scary ghost cries have been heard from this Zhuangzi from time to time recently, no one is willing to come to the already dilapidated manor.

This Zhuangzi was the secret operation base camp assigned by Wei Bo to Tang Cheng, and the manpower he allocated to Tang Cheng was also assembled here and did basic training in the early stage. Tang Cheng and the others were stationed five days ago, and from that night, this Zhuangzi let out a tight ghost cry in the middle of the night, and for several days in a row, the surrounding people mentioned this Zhuangzi and their faces changed, and they would rather take a detour than approach when passing by.

Guan Qianyu is in his early thirties, and there is a careful and cautious mind under his ordinary appearance, he is the leader of these people allocated by Wei Bo to Tang Cheng, seeing that Tang Cheng was not embarrassed, he explained in a low voice: "This old guy is stinky and hard, his subordinates originally found out that he likes to collect and play with ancient torture tools, and General Tete Ming spent a lot of money to get a full set of torture tools used in Xianyang Heavy Prison when Qin II, and when he sent it, this old guy was obviously moved, but in the end he confiscated it." After that, he sent the house, or even his subordinates opened the monthly salary to fifty times, and he still shook his head."

"What did he say when you gave the torture instrument?"

He first asked his subordinates what they wanted him to do. Later, he asked who the master of his subordinates was, but because he thought that the matter was confidential, he did not formally agree. The subordinates answered vaguely".

"Did he return the torture instrument to you as soon as he heard this?" Seeing Guan Qianyu nodding, Tang Cheng nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, Su Can himself knows that his ability is too gloomy, and he refuses you to avoid trouble."

Tang Cheng said that this Su Can is a magistrate who returned home to spend his old age after being sent on a mission from the Criminal Department four years ago, this person has worked in the Criminal Department all his life but has never solved a serious case, nor has he personally arrested a felon, and he has not been brilliant in the trial of bandits, his only specialty is stealth tracking and information investigation. When he was younger, he was an indispensable helper for those who were always on a mission. Later, when he got older, he specialized in training for new tolerances. At the most prominent time, not only the Criminal Department, but even Dali Temple and Zongzheng Temple, which specializes in the emperor's mission, had many of his students, that is, after quitting the Criminal Department in recent years, they were gradually forgotten.

The reason why Tang Cheng went to great lengths to get him was because of his ability. Stealth tracking, bribery, espionage, etc., none of these methods of collecting information are not purely technical work, and the technical level required is not ordinarily high. Although Tang Cheng has seen some spy war materials in later generations, it is okay to say a few words to fool people, and if you really want to expect him to train these people, he will not touch the door. And this is the cornerstone of the entire intelligence gathering work, and there is no one to do it. And what about intelligence information?

Professional things can only be handed over to professional people, and Su Can is the best candidate selected by Tang Cheng after investigation.

"Childe, what should I do next?".

"What he learned was the ability to see people, and he still wanted to hide, but he didn't have any doors!" , I went three times in a row The old man still didn't agree, and it was just like that, seeing that so many people were waiting for him to open, Tang Cheng was really anxious, "Since Su Can doesn't go in." Then start with his family. My son, daughter, and son-in-law checked it for me one by one, but I still didn't believe it. There is not a single difficult thing in his family that he can't do

Maeyu said yes and was about to do it. was stopped by Tang Cheng, who had a black face, again, "Remember, he just doesn't have it, you have to think of something to help them make a piece."

Hearing this, Guan Qianyu was suddenly stunned, glanced at Tang Cheng's dark and gloomy face, and bowed his head.

Seeing Guan Qianyu go far away, Tang Cheng got up and walked to the window and quietly looked at the dilapidated scenery outside, Su Can, Lao Tzu has to get you. How clean can a person who has worked in the criminal department all his life be? Is there such a good thing to avoid trouble at this time?

After Tang Cheng was ruthless in his heart, he exhaled heavily, *** This errand of secretly calculating people is really not easy to do, since he took over this errand, he has not done anything and feels a lot more psychologically dark and violent. It's no wonder that in later generations, intelligence agencies attached so much importance to the psychological quality of recruiters, damn every day thinking about dark things, and it would be hellish if the psychology was not dark after a long time.

There was no turning back when he opened the bow, and he was looking forward to the fact that the serial palace change of the upcoming birthplace could be solved smoothly and quickly, but he didn't want to live the kind of life where he slept every day and had nightmares, and he was worried about going shopping with his family.

Tang Cheng stretched his chest and arms in front of the empty garden outside the window for a while, and only after feeling that his heart was bright and relaxed, he coughed lightly and called, "Someone."

Tang Cheng didn't say a word of superfluous nonsense to him, turned around and picked up a list from the bookcase and handed it over, "Don't all nest in the Zhuangzi, before the new password is issued, these days you will keep an eye on these mansions for me in pairs, who went to meet them, and who they went to visit again, you have to write it down clearly." Tell me to go on, this is a stupid job, stay away from it when you stare at it, and I would rather miss the wrong news than expose it."

No. 17 listened to Tang Cheng quietly, and after waiting for a while to see that he was no longer speaking, he opened his mouth and repeated the password just now, and after seeing Tang Cheng nod, No. 17 turned around silently as when he came.

After doing this, Tang Cheng found No. 2 and explained a few words, then called Shangfu and went straight out of the back door of the garden, followed the path in the mountains and forests outside the back door to make a detour, and finally the two appeared in the largest Yizhuang outside the West City, and after passing through the graves to the outside of the house keeper, Tang Cheng stood still, and Laifu did not enter the house and led out two horses after the house.

Turn over and get on the horse. As the two of them knocked on the horse and whipped the whip, the ** ground horse neighed and then rushed towards Chang'an City.

Tang Cheng rode on his horse and looked back at the desolate Yizhuang, so far he had only known so much. If Su Can doesn't come again, this errand won't be able to be played.

Laifu rode on the horse and looked up at Tang Cheng from time to time, looked and looked down, and after lowering his head, he looked up at Tang Cheng after a while, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

It's not a moment for him to be so weird, anyone who sees him like this knows that he must have something to say, but Laifu himself doesn't speak, and Tang Cheng doesn't ask. On weekdays, Tang Cheng hates the most about those who act trivially and talk in a slurred manner. Even Li Yingjun felt cold and shrunk a little when he went out in winter, let alone be reminded by him, let alone come to Fu.

If you have something, you will say generously, if you don't say it, I will never ask, I am not used to this problem.

After Tang Cheng and the two rode into Chang'an City, the horse couldn't ride at all, seeing that it was the end of the year, and catching up with the weather today was really good, it seemed that the people of Chang'an had come out, and only one Suzaku Street was congested.

Think of your relatives every festive season! For a wanderer who lives away from home. The lively scene in front of him is even more exciting, although Tang Cheng does not want everyone to be separated because it is difficult for his family to reunite. But I really don't like to watch such scenes. After dismounting, he had no intention of taking advantage of the excitement again, and led the horse straight back to the small house in the city.

Handing over the horse to the porter, seeing that Tang Cheng had already stepped into the door, Laifu finally couldn't help it, stepped forward and said, "The little one has something I want to tell the big officials."

"Just say something", Tang Cheng slowed down his pace, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth and said, "I can't hold it back."

"How can the little one hide this little bit of thought from the big officials", after Lai Fu salivated, he turned his head to look behind no one on the left and right before he said softly: "Big officials, the little ones want to join the Zhuangzi outside the city."

"You want to do this?". Hear the words. Tang Cheng stopped suddenly, he didn't expect that Laifu would hold back the idea all the way. "Do you know what they do?"

"I know", seeing Tang Cheng's reaction so big. Laifu thought that he didn't agree, so he hurriedly said: "Xiaodi has been going with me for a few days, and Xiaodi can memorize what the big officials tell them, or you can listen to the big officials." Seeing that Laifu was really about to open his back, Tang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Okay, you don't show up", while speaking, Tang Cheng took a step and walked forward for a while, then suddenly turned his head and asked Laifu who was staring at him: "How did you think of doing this?" ”。

"The big officials are very busy these days, but the small incompetence can't help much, and it's really uncomfortable to be idle all day. Another one is that the little one thinks that the errand in the Zhuangzi outside the city is very interesting, and it is suitable for the small one, and he thinks about it."

Tang Cheng was really speechless when he heard Laifu's words, before leaving the village, he still complained that the errand was not done by people, and in the blink of an eye, someone rushed to do it, I really don't know what to say.

"Let me think about it again", after leaving this sentence, Tang Cheng didn't say anything and went directly to the second courtyard.

After returning to the courtyard to freshen up, when the girl brought the food, Tang Chengcheng heard the sound of hurried footsteps for a while, and then Laifu walked in quickly, "Big official, the seven weaver girl is here."

When Tang Cheng walked to the gate of the second courtyard, he saw him wearing a seven-fold sprinkled gold skirt standing outside the courtyard gate with a smile and a smile.

Standing behind her, in addition to the personal girl, there were six or seven people dressed as shop guys not far away, each with something more or less in front of them.

After getting along for so long in Yazheng Garden, especially after passing through the observation pavilion, the two got along very well, "Why are you here?" Tang Cheng walked over and took the wind in the girl's hand and naturally put it on Qizhi, "Thirty-nine days are careless, seeing that it is the New Year's Festival, at this time, you will wait to cry if you suffer from the wind and cold."

"Look at what a good day it is today", Qizhi said this, but Ren Tangcheng, who was motionless, helped him put on the wind, this scene only made her personal maid look at the belly, she refused to listen to the persuasion just now, why did she become a little sheep now? The girl is such a bully.

When Tang Cheng helped her put on the wind, the smile on Qizhi's face became even bigger, but he said with a smile: "You also know that the New Year's Festival will come soon?" The house in the city that is not a paper-cut and hangs lanterns is bubbling out of the festive atmosphere, and look at what you are doing here."

"Living alone in the capital, there is a New Year's thought", Tang Cheng looked up at the courtyard and said indifferently: "It is good to eat with fewer people, it is better to celebrate the New Year with many people, and it is not worth it for a lonely person to pay back."

"Who said it's just you", Qiori smiled, turned his head and said: "The goods have been delivered to the ground, Xiaoqing, you go and let them go."

After giving the order and looking at the things placed in front of the guys with a satisfied face, Nanori turned around and said, "My legs are sore after walking around the two cities all morning, Tang Daguan, you should also invite her in to rest and drink tea when the guests come."

Sitting down in the main room of the second courtyard, Tang Cheng instructed the girl to put tea on the tea and asked with a smile: "Although I haven't been to Yazheng Garden recently, I have heard the footmen say several times on the road that the business in the garden is very hot, how come you, the Oiran, have time to come to me?" ”。

"What's wrong with Oiran? Oiran also has to celebrate the New Year", as soon as he finished speaking, Nanori, who was indifferent to the word Oiran, immediately smiled and said: "Silly melon, don't look at what day it is, do you see a few people who are still visiting the garden after the twenty-sixth month of the lunar month?" I have to wait for the end of the day to come back."

The day is strange, and the entertainment venues in the city in later generations are not more and more lively the New Year's Festival, why did the Tang Dynasty turn around?

Seeing Tang Cheng's puzzled face, Qizhi giggled and put down the teacup he had just received and stood up, and after pulling up the sleeves of his arms, he said to the personal girl with a proud mouth: "Qing'er put the yard away, it's all twenty-six and it's still deserted, how can I celebrate the New Year here?" ”。

"You mean ......", today's surprising things are really one after another, "to celebrate the New Year here?" ”。

Weaving waved his hand as a matter of course, "There is no day before the year, so you have to hurry up." You're busy with you, I'll leave this matter to me", after speaking, without waiting for Tang Cheng to say anything, Qizhi, who was in a good mood, was already full of ambition and took Xiaoqing out of the main room.

Until Qizhi walked out of the second courtyard gate, Tang Chengdu still couldn't react, what was the situation?

"Childe, is this the lady?" , The whispered question was Xiaoyu, one of the two girls. As soon as Xiaoyu finished speaking, Tang Cheng didn't say anything, and Shuangcheng, another girl next to her, was already amazed and said: "Madame is so beautiful, the slave maid looks at even the Panpan girl in Furong Tower, who is a little inferior to her!" ”。

"Your lady is in Jinzhou, Shannan East Road", Tang Cheng replied angrily, got up and walked out of the main house and followed in the direction where Qizhi had just walked.

Outside the courtyard, Qizhi was fiddling with the festive objects bought from the two cities in the morning with a happy face, and before she could say a word, she had already summoned those rough girls and little girls to her side.

After Tang Cheng came out, he pulled Qizhi aside, "Which one are you coming from?" Tell me the truth, who asked you to come? ”。

"If it's a face-to-face statement, it's Zhang Mingzhi who asked me to come. But it's really me who wants to come, otherwise he won't be counted", Qizhi was in a really good mood today, Rao is Tang Cheng's tone of question just now was not very good, she was not annoyed, only stared at Tang Cheng with burning eyes, "What, not welcome?" ”。

Looking at the shiny Qiori, and then at the people who were surrounded by a bunch of objects with happy and festive faces, Tang Cheng pondered for a while, then turned around and waved his hand: "Toss as you like."

Watching Tang walk away like a child, Nanori couldn't help but laugh for a while, and after laughing, he turned around and pointed to the two little guys and said, "Those two big red lanterns are hanging high for me."