Now, the Phantom Spy's duties are still limited to collecting espionage intelligence, and if it is allowed to keep an eye on the Fei and Wu families according to Fu Zhi's proposal, it will be equivalent to giving the Phantom Spy the power to supervise hundreds of officials.

Liu Xin paced back and forth in the room for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice: "No! The affairs of the supervision officials should be left to Chen Gong and them. ”

The Phantom Spy has now developed into a huge organization, and its traces are all over the territory of the Han Dynasty, and have even expanded to the grasslands and the Western Regions. The energy contained in such an organization is very huge, and while it brings Liu Xin a steady stream of various news, it has also become a sharp double-edged sword.

Liu Xin has become more and more aware that such an organization is always hidden in the shadows, which means that it will lose effective supervision. While there is no doubt about the faithfulness of the frustrated grants, who can guarantee that the frustrated successors will be equally loyal? If the person in charge of the Phantom Spy in the future is a person with evil intentions, the consequences will be incalculable.

Some time ago, Liu Xin had already realized this problem, he not only planned to gradually put the phantom in the light, but also split the phantom, so naturally he would not further expand the power of the phantom. Of course, how to operate, Liu Xin is also ready to communicate with Ma Yun before making a decision, after all, Ma Yun is a regular police academy student, and he should know more about this aspect than him.

Seeing Liu Xin's resolute attitude, he didn't dare to say anything, arched his hand, and said, "Since this is the case, please ask the lord to rest early, and his subordinates will retire first." ”

Liu Xin waved his hand, turned around and entered the back room.

As soon as Lu Qiling saw Liu Xin coming in, she pounced and cried with a handful of snot and tears: "Godfather, why did you let go of that bad girl, Ling'er really wants that grasshopper." ”

Liu Xin's face sank, and she said with a straight face: "Qiling, you are my goddaughter now, but you must not use this identity to do anything wrong!" The old man who sold the gnats and other gnats, why do you have to compete with Fei Shuang for that one? Do you know that it is not easy for that old man to make a few gnats, you make such a fuss, the gnats are also trampled on by you, and people are also scared away by you, he has not made any money, maybe he will be hungry for a day, do you think this is good? ”

Lu Qiling tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, "It doesn't seem to be very good." However, the gnats were obviously my first fancy to them, and my mother was already paying for them. ”

Liu Xin touched her head and patiently persuaded: "Qiling, you are still young, but you should also learn some methods of advancing and retreating." There is a sentence I want to give you, take a step back and open the sky, and endure the calm for a while. Think about it, today you and Fei Shuang made such a big move in order to compete for a grasshopper, if you hurt your mother and them, you will regret it too late. ”

Lu Qiling was silent for a while, but then said: "That girl surnamed Fei is a few years older than me, why did she let me let me, why did she ask me to let her." Oh, I see, she's pretty good-looking, godfather can't have a crush on her. ”

Minchan couldn't help but laugh out loud, Yan Rui was so frightened that she lost her face, and while reprimanding Lu Qiling, she said to Liu Xin: "Master, the child is open-mouthed, I hope the master will not be angry." ”

Liu Xin didn't expect Lu Qiling to say this, but seeing that this little girl didn't admit her mistake, she was really a little angry, so she picked up Lu Qiling, pressed her on her lap, and said sharply: "Say, will you quarrel with others in the future?" ”

Lu Qiling's personality seemed to be a little stubborn, and she still pouted and said, "No matter what, I won't let others bully me casually!" ”

Liu Xin shouted in a deep voice: "Okay, you are still hard-mouthed, if you don't admit your mistake, I will beat your ass." ”

Although Lu Qiling did not talk back, she still refused to admit her mistake.

Liu Xin finally couldn't help but raise his slap and fell down heavily. Lu Qiling struggled to twist her body, but where could she break free. Seeing that it was about to be hit, Liu Xin suddenly felt that something was wrong. After all, Lu Qiling is not his biological daughter, and it doesn't seem good to beat her in front of her mother. Thinking of this, Liu Xin suddenly retracted his strength, and the heavy blow turned into a light slap.

Lu Qiling was slapped painlessly, first stunned, and then laughed non-stop.

Liu Xin was furious, and finally slapped it hard, and with a crisp sound of "pop", Lu Qiling's laughter suddenly stopped, and was soon replaced by a loud cry of "wow".

Minchan hurriedly persuaded: "Master, Qiling is still a child, it is inevitable that she will make some mistakes, and I hope that the master will give her a chance to correct herself, so don't beat her again." ”

Liu Xin saw Lu Qiling crying profusely, and Diao Chan persuaded her, but it was not good to continue fighting, so she took back the slap she raised again, and scolded: "Can you hear your master's words clearly?" Will it be corrected in the future? ”

Lu Qiling was really hurt this time, how dare she make any more temperament, so she had to choke up and nod her head again and again.

Liu Xin couldn't help laughing and said, "That's how you behave, come, it doesn't hurt anymore, let my father rub it for you." ”

Slapping and rubbing it is Liu Xin's usual technique, but it seems unreasonable to use it to deal with a child. But Lu Qiling seemed to be very useful, and was gently rubbed by Liu Xin a few times, and she had already broken into laughter.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Xin and his entourage had just walked out of the post house, when they saw Han Song hurriedly coming over, holding two grasshoppers made of wheat straw in his hands, and said: "Lord Qiqi, the old man has found it, and the damaged grasshoppers have been compensated according to the price." This is what the old man made up overnight and gave to the young lady in order to express his gratitude to the lord. ”

Liu Xin took a closer look, these two golden gnats were really lifelike, no wonder Lu Qiling liked it at a glance, couldn't help nodding, took one, and said: "Degao, the other cadaver will ask you to send it to Fei's house and tell them that this is a gift from Miss to Fei Shuang." ”

Lu Qiling, who was following Liu Xin, was obviously a little unhappy, but when she remembered the good beating yesterday, she had a hot feeling on her buttocks, and her small mouth pouted, and finally she couldn't hold back and didn't say anything.

Liu Xin had been paying attention to Lu Qiling's actions, couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, stuffed the grasshopper made of wheat straw into her hand, and said: "That's right, it's easy to solve the problem and not easy to tie the knot, when we come back from Jiangnan, if we pass through here again, maybe that Fei Shuang can become good friends with you." You say, it's more than one friend, okay? Or is it better to have multiple enemies? ”

Without waiting for Lu Qiling to answer, Liu Xin had already taken her hand and said, "I believe in the godfather, the godfather will not harm you, go, the godfather will take you on a big boat." ”

Although the principles of turning enemies into friends and multiple friends and multiple paths are not complicated, for a child as old as Lu Qiling, it is still a bit profound, and Liu Xin certainly does not expect to be able to teach her these truths.

Lu Qiling said coquettishly: "Then wait a while, my godfather will help Ling'er rub it again." ”

Liu Xin already knew that she had beaten her too hard yesterday, and according to Minchan, Lu Qiling's little buttocks were bruised. Seeing Lu Qiling lying coquettish, Liu Xin laughed and said, "Okay, wait for the boat, and my godfather will slowly rub it for you." ”

A child is a child after all, with her favorite gnat, a novel boat to sit on, and Liu Xin promised to rub her, Lu Qiling's mouth stopped pouting, and jumped up happily again.

Liu Xin temporarily changed his itinerary, and a small fleet composed of more than a dozen large and small warships slowly left Jiangxia Wharf, pulled up the sails, and went down the river to Wu County.

According to Liu Xin's original planned itinerary, the group changed to a warship in Jiangxia, crossed the Yangtze River, and then stopped in Changsha before turning to Yuzhang. In Yuzhang, Liu Xin will stay for a while, and wait for the deployment of the state with troops before going to Huiji. In Huiji, Liu Xin also planned to take Minchan and them to see the vast sea and taste real seafood. After doing these things, spring will really come, and then they can follow the footsteps of spring all the way north to Wu County. Liu Xin will sit there until he completely defeats Liu Xuan.

For Liu Xin's sudden change of plan, he was a little puzzled, and arched his hand and said: "Lord, the weather is cold at this time, and it is not the time to use troops, why are you in a hurry to rush to Wu County?" ”

Liu Xin thought that his well-designed "Lang Long Journey" was in vain, and couldn't help sighing, and said: "There is no way, Shopkeeper Song must return to Guangling within seven days at the latest, and Liu wants to meet him in person." ”

At this time, Liu Xin's shopkeeper Song, who was eager to see him, was staying in Wu County's prison, and he had been locked up here for a whole day and a night.

Under Guan Yu's arrangement, the shopkeeper of Song secretly crossed the Yangtze River with a large sum of gold and silver, went ashore on the river beach in the Danyang area, and arrived at Wu County by land. Soon, the shopkeeper Song got in touch with Wu Jun's phantom secret spy, and he wrote down the news he heard in Guangling on paper, sealed it with wax pills, and passed it on through the phantom's secret channel.

Originally, Shopkeeper Song could wait for the reply from above with peace of mind. However, he was anxious to make meritorious contributions, so he went to the market and inquired about the local grain market. Shopkeeper Song is a grain merchant, and it is normal to inquire about the grain market, but the timing this time is a little unfortunate.

Now it is a time of green and yellow, and all the grain in the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River is transported from other places. In order to maintain the stability of grain prices, Yu Fu promulgated a strict decree prohibiting anyone from hoarding and accumulating grain prices, prohibiting anyone from raising grain prices, and prohibiting the buying and selling of grain in any quantity.

Shopkeeper Song went to several grain stores one after another, not only inquiring about the price of grain, but also putting forward the intention of buying a large amount of grain. Those grain store owners were polite to him on the surface, but secretly reported the news to the government.

No one knows better how important food is to the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River than Yu Tuo. Millions of Xuzhou refugees are gathered here, and the amount of food consumed every day is a staggering amount, and so much food is all transported from all over the country. In order to ensure the safety of food, Yu Fan put more than half of his energy on this. Now there are people who dare to commit crimes against the wind and want to buy a large amount of grain, either preparing to accumulate Juqi, or planning to communicate with foreign enemies, so what can they do? Yu Fu immediately ordered the Song shopkeeper to be arrested and put into prison.

Shopkeeper Song became anxious, within seven days, he must rush back to Guangling, otherwise, Qin Yi's death is not a pity, and he himself will lose the opportunity to gain a foothold in Xuzhou again.