Chapter 5 There is a way to make money
"If I were a mole, how would I deliver the message?" Zhong Wuregret really couldn't think of a countermeasure, so he simply put himself in the shoes of a traitor and thought about the problem.
The role of the traitor is mainly to respond internally and deliver news, but in this remote place where Wangshan is running a dead horse, he can't send the news to Cao Weng for half a month, right?
One possibility is that when he left Chen Guo, the traitor had left a secret mark on the road for the other party to follow. Another possibility is that the other party sent someone to find out where Cao Zhuang was. But no matter what the possibility is, after tracking to a certain distance, someone must be left to monitor, cooperate inside and outside, and secretly communicate information. However, secret communication also has to be transmitted.
How do you deliver a message in this mountainous area without anyone noticing?
Zhong Wuregret has seen such a story in "The Biography of Meng Weijun", when Meng Yanjun wanted to escape from Hangu Pass, the sky was not yet dawn, and the Qin law stipulated: The rooster crow switch, because the chasing soldiers were coming, some doormen took the initiative to ask Yingxue to learn the rooster crow, so all the chickens crowed together, and the officials who deceived the switch, and everyone escaped from the city.
Zhong Wuregret made various analyses, and finally determined that in this remote mountain village, there is at least a 90% chance that he can learn the cries of birds and beasts as a contact code.
Zhong Wuxian quietly found Cao Weng and told him that he was ready to get rid of the spies who were in harmony with the inside and outside, but he had to find some other people outside to help, and he repeatedly told Cao Weng not to tell anyone in the village what he had done. Cao Weng knew that this matter was related to the life and safety of the whole family, so there was no reason not to allow it.
Zhong Wuregret spent some broken silver from Cao Weng and found an excuse to leave the village.
Zhong Wuregret found the seven or eight hunters who had fought tigers with him, and asked them one by one about the cries of any prey they had recently found outside the village.
Amid the laughter of everyone, a small hunter told Zhong Wuregret that he had heard pheasants crow outside the village, especially the recent ones, but he went to hunt pheasants alone and did not see pheasants.
"He's just cowardly, he goes to a farther place, he's afraid of a bigger prey, last time, Zhong Daxia didn't see the tiger die, and he was still hiding behind everyone." A middle-aged hunter said.
When all the Orions heard this, they all burst into laughter, and the little Orion who laughed was red-faced.
"The master of art is bold, this little brother will be strong in martial arts in the future, so he will naturally fight fierce beasts." The little hunter in front of him looked like he was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he might still be in elementary school in modern times, and it was enough for him to come out and fight tigers with everyone, so Zhong Wuregret comforted him with encouragement.
The hero in the mind of the little hunter did not look down on him, but encouraged him, which made him very excited, he straightened his chest and said proudly: "I will definitely become a tiger warrior in the future." ”
Zhong Wuregret took out the silver taels from his pocket and said, "I came to you this time, in fact, I was entrusted by Cao Weng to ask you to help, because it may affect everyone's livelihood for a period of time, so I will bring some silver taels to compensate." ”
"Cao Weng is a great guy here!" "He often uses corn to help everyone...... "When all the hunters heard that they were helping Cao Weng, they all thanked Yinliang one after another.
Zhong Wuregret stuffed the silver two strong to everyone: "Get paid according to your work, this is the reward you deserve, as long as you do things well, Cao Weng will be rewarded!" ”
Zhong Wuregret's "pay according to work" made everyone feel a little at ease, and they all worked hard to repay.
Zhong Wuregret divided them into three groups and ambushed them in the area where the little hunters often heard pheasants crowing. Zhong Wuregret told them that if they saw a real pheasant, they could let it go, and once they saw someone learning how to crow a pheasant, no matter what, they would definitely capture that person, but they should not hurt his life. If the wrong person is caught, whatever happens in the future will be borne by Cao Weng and himself.
After explaining the details, Zhong Wuregret returned to the villa.
In the evening of that day, when it was about to get dark, Cao Weng gathered all the people in the village, except for the female dependents, and then took out a lit candle from the house.
Although it is only a small candle, when night falls and people are accustomed to darkness, this light is one of the starting points of a new life for human beings.
At that time, at night, it was time to sleep, and at most men and women were doing primitive exercises. However, with light, we can expand the space for various cultural and material activities. Moreover, with the light, the primitive movements of men and women can also shine a lot. One can imagine how shocking the "candle" is to these people.
Just when these people were dumbfounded, Cao Weng said happily: "What you see is called 'candle'." The candle we just invented is going to be brought to Yingdu to be dedicated to the King of Chu, and then, looking for a place for the Cao family in Yingdu, to develop our ancestral business, soon, everyone will move to the city, and I will not suffer with me here. ”
After Cao Weng finished speaking, everyone was immediately overjoyed and happy.
Zhong Wuregret heard Cao Weng say that "we" invented it, without mentioning his own name, and knew in his heart that Cao Weng was ready to hide him. In a hierarchical society, such a major creation was invented by a small nursing home, and Cao Weng, as a giant businessman, could not afford to lose this face.
Because of the invention of the "candle", Cao Weng may quickly get rid of the current crisis, once he arrives in the capital of Chu State, it is to give the sky a big courage, and Chen Ming does not dare to go to the tiger's mouth to brush his beard. Dare to provoke the giant businessmen who live in the Chu capital, and the Chu army just found a reason to set foot in the Chen State.
Because the light was too dim, Zhong Wuregret couldn't see everyone's expressions clearly, if the light was not too dim, Zhong Wuregret could be said to be very sure, from hearing the news of moving to the capital, the expressions on people's faces found out several suspects of mole.
On the evening of the third day, the Orion came and quietly told Zhong Wuregret that they had caught two people outside the village who were learning pheasant crowing.
At Zhong Wuregret's suggestion, he and Cao Weng came to Cao Yun'e.
Originally, Cao Weng had given Zhong Wuregret full authority to deal with the matter of the traitor, but Zhong Wuregret wanted to test Cao Yun'e knowing that a strong enemy was coming, but he showed a reason for being fearless, so he proposed to discuss the next move with Cao Yun'e.
Amazing! The moment he saw Cao Yun'e again, this was Zhong Wuregret's feelings.
On the table in the inner hall, there are two "candles" wrapped in red brocade, but this candle has been improved by Cao Yun'e, not only much taller, but also made, like a beautiful work of art.
Cao Yun'e sat lazily, under the background of the big red candles, like a glamorous wife who took off her heavy makeup after worshipping the church and waited for her husband.
"Maybe it's not popular to have a high fever with red candles in the wedding hall now!" The illusion almost made Zhong Wuregret reach out and pull Cao Yun'e into his arms.
In order to prevent pine oil from staining the case, Cao Yun'e put a delicate small pottery plate under the candle.
Zhong Wuregret looked at the pottery plate steadily, Lingxiang thought that Zhong Wuregret was fascinated by Cao Yun'e's beauty again, but she was used to Zhong Wuregret's infatuation that she often showed, so she just snorted coldly with her nose with disdain.
"Silly! What a stupidity! Zhong Wuregret knocked his head a few times in annoyance.
"Brother Zhong, but what new things have come to mind?" Cao Yun'e asked.
"It's still my little sister who understands me, so I really know a little bit about it!" Zhong Wuregret replied casually.
Unexpectedly, this sound of "knowing a little bit of clarity" actually made Cao Yun'e's cheeks red, and she was delicate.
"Could it be that Miss Cao is interested in me?" Zhong Wuregret thought secretly.
"Hahahaha......" Zhong Wuregret imitated Stephen Chow's patent lewd smile, and said with a straight face: "With such exquisite skills and intelligence as my little sister, it is difficult to make a fortune." After making the candles, let's make the lights! ”
"Lights? What is a lamp? Not only Cao Weng's father and daughter, but even Ling Xiang was full of curiosity.
Good themes can't be used up at once! Zhong Wuregret thought that he was now just an insignificant nursing home, before he obtained the right or fame, for Cao Weng, he was just a tool with value, once he found a better tool, or he might damage Cao Weng's interests, for example, to lure Cao Yun'e into his hands, he must have a way out is to get out! Even if Cao Yun'e has a lot of affection for him, it is impossible for her to leave her family business and elope with him.
The interests of the family are not only related to money, but also include more responsibility, reputation, and status.
Zhong Wuregret has never been so eager to gain power at any time in his life as he is now. He has bad intentions, and now he can only slowly fool the Cao family, so that they can't leave him!
So, he changed the topic and said: "I think the top priority is to get rid of the traitor, understand the next move of Doctor Chen Ming, relieve the immediate crisis, and let us move to Chudu safely." Then I will talk about the lamp in detail, I don't know what the little sister thinks? ”
Cao Yun'e covered her mouth and smiled, and said, "Presumably Brother Zhong has already made a plan, why let the little sister make a fool of himself." ”
Her smile really made Zhong Wuregret understand the feeling of being charming with a smile, and when he was fascinated, Cao Yun'e continued: "Brother Zhong is thinking about what else the little sister has behind and wants to come to investigate?" ”
"Huh?" Zhong Wu regretted for a moment.
"My father is so anxious, but I am as if nothing happens, if I change anyone, I will have this kind of thought, but Brother Zhong expressed it more tactfully, am I right?"
In front of this smart beauty, Zhong Wuregret was really speechless.
"If you want to talk about the back hand, this is my last dependence!" As she spoke, Cao Yun'e took out a short sword from her arms: "If I am caught by Chen Ming in the mansion, I will suffer all kinds of humiliation, because if I don't obey, they will threaten me with the life and death of the Cao family, in this way, the Cao family will have no more peace to live, and I will be better off than dead."
In this way, it is better to simply die before entering the Chen Mansion, break the dream of the thief, and protect the safety of the Cao family, I am a businessman, and I know the best way to make trade-offs, so I will naturally choose the most advantageous way, Brother Zhong, right? ”
At this time, Zhong Wuregret was really shocked by Cao Yun'e's integrity, such a delicate beauty with such a weak appearance, her personality is indeed so strong. Zhong Wuregret's blood boiled, and he vowed to advance and retreat with the Cao family, but he didn't say that he would live and die with Cao Yun'e. At this time, his ** mentality turned more into hatred.
"Little sister, don't worry, with my breath, I will never let you be bullied by that lewd thief." After speaking, Zhong Wuregret's heart jumped "chuckle", he was a famous lewd thief in Chu State, and he actually scolded the word lewd thief so naturally.
"When I heard that a thief was coming, my little sister had already had a will to die, and when my father said that I would find a strong martial arts hero who fought tigers and would definitely protect the Cao family, I was still suspicious at first, until I saw the candle created by my eldest brother and a body of courage, I was relieved. It's just that the eldest brother must not belittle his own life for the little sister, looking at what the eldest brother has learned, it is difficult to find one of them, and he will have a great future in the future. ”
"If you don't have a little sister, you have a great future, what's the point? My heart is like ashes! "Zhong Wuregret almost blurted out, as soon as you leave, you will drain my soul and other fleshy words.
These two people are like business against strong enemies, it is simply a life-and-death relationship before the war.
Cao Weng was already a little unhappy, he pretended to cough and said: "Now that the spy has been captured, please also ask Xiaoxia to make the next step clear." ”
"Interrogation!" Zhong Wuregret said almost without thinking: "Interrogate first, but this method of interrogation ......"
Zhong Wuregret thought that most of the people who were thieves were greedy for life and afraid of the dead, but if the interrogation method was too bloody, it would inevitably damage his image in Cao Yun'e's mind, so it was better to ......
After he made up his mind, he said to Cao Yun'e: "I want to borrow Lingxiang to help, I don't know if it's possible?" ”
Ling Xiang glared: "I never leave Miss's side, don't beat my idea." ”
Zhong Wuregret looked at her and said with a wicked smile: "You are so beautiful, how can you not fight your idea?" With you out of the horse, you will definitely be able to catch it. He has been pointed at the throat by this pretty maid many times, and he has long wanted to rectify her rudeness.
Ling Xiang was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down for Cao Yun'e: "Miss, I am willing to protect Miss with death, but the trial ...... Please find someone else, there are many maids in the village who are more beautiful than me, and they are all willing to die for the young lady. ”
It turned out that seeing Zhong Wuregret's bad and lewd smile, Ling Xiang thought that she had to rely on her to seduc, at that time, women were just playthings and tools, sacrificing a maid in exchange for the great interests of the Cao family, which was justified.
Who knew that Zhong Wuregret didn't give her a chance at all, and then said: "Lingxiang, you are strong in martial arts, more beautiful than flowers, outstanding in intelligence, and you are a person next to Miss, who are you going to go?" , can't you let the young lady get involved in the danger herself? ”
Cao Yun'e thought for a while and said, "Lingxiang, since Brother Zhong values you so much, let you do it for you!" ”
"Miss!" Since Cao Yun'e spoke, Lingxiang didn't dare to say more, with a dead face, she helplessly followed Zhong Wuregret.