When he came to the backyard of the tavern, Du He sat at the top, beckoned Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing to sit down, and asked them about the recent situation without rushing to discuss the matter. Both of them are squad leaders, and they don't have to perform tasks, but just sit in the rear, assign dispatches, and be responsible for the liaison between the two sides, promulgating tasks and other behind-the-scenes work.

Huangfu Haohua is fully capable of these tasks, and Ba Yuxing is relatively inferior, so Du He arranged a clever subordinate for him to call. The two of them, one clever and the other real, complement each other and do a lot of things.

Huangfu Haohua first said his discovery: "Jiangnan has four old well-known families: Su, Zhang, Xu, Gu, of which the Su and Xu families have been doing business for generations, rich in Jiangnan, respectively monopolized the textile industry and iron industry in Jiangnan and Zhang Gu two families, generations are literati families, it is said that the ancestors in five hundred years ago, are the Three Kingdoms period after the important ministers of the Wu State, the family is rich, has been hundreds of years!" Nowadays, there are four new rookie families Xie, Wang, Zhou, Helan, these families have sprung up, climbing higher and higher, the whole Jiangnan is full of a different cultural atmosphere, the righteousness and filial piety of Confucius and Mencius saints have a pivotal significance in Jiangnan, giving Haohua the feeling that someone is deliberately promoting the development of Jiangnan. ”

Du He was silent and said: "It seems that the opponent this time is really not simple!" He was clear-minded, and he was faintly aware of the other party's intentions. To conquer a place, it is necessary to conquer their culture. The atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River is under the influence of people with hearts, emphasizing righteousness and filial piety, which is like faith, and regards filial piety as a prerequisite for living in the world. Influenced by this belief, everyone will naturally be dissatisfied and indignant against those who are unfilial and unrighteous.

And this is Li Shimin's biggest weakness, he is the first emperor of the ages, and he is a wise monarch who can make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and powerful, but he has never been able to hide that his throne is not right. No matter how dangerous the situation was before the Xuanwumen Incident, and how forced it was. But killing his brother and killing his brother, forcing his father to abdicate, and being unfilial and unrighteous have become a fact.

Originally, Li Shimin didn't care much about Jiangnan, and if this matter intensified those who had a heart, it would be difficult to say who the people's hearts in Jiangnan would be towards.

As for the subsequent promotion of the development of the south of the Yangtze River, Du He also understood this, and secretly nodded his head to express his understanding: since ancient times, this Yangtze River moat has been a chasm, and there are countless people who have relied on this chasm to survive in history. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were Jiangdong Sun Wu, and then there were Eastern Jin Dynasty turtles shrinking to the south of the Yangtze River, and even in the late Tang Dynasty, there were countries such as the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty that regarded the Yangtze River as the first strategic place to resist the enemy in the north, and they all achieved excellent results.

Datang's current military strength can be said to be at its peak, and it is not easy to overthrow it in one fell swoop, but if it occupies the Yangtze River, there is still hope for the Tang Dynasty to survive forever.

Du He pondered and said in his heart: "Maybe this is their current first step strategic plan. ”

Huangfu Haohua continued: "As for what Gongzi said, I found a few people who are highly respected in Jiangnan, but most of them are very hidden. I have paid more attention, and a few people are suspicious, but so far there is no solid evidence. ”

Du He smiled: "Take your time, the fox will eventually show its tail one day, and it will not be able to eat hot tofu if it is anxious." ”

Ba Yuxing also reported the news he had inquired about, and he had arranged for people to mix into major merchant families, and it had achieved initial results. It's just that because the time of mixing in is not long, it is not enough to win the trust of his owner, and there is not much inside information to probe into, but in just over a month, stepping on the moon and leaving incense has such an effect, Du He is already quite satisfied.

"By the way......" Ba Yuxing remembered something, and said hurriedly: "I have already found out what the prince ordered, Wei Xiang will be escorted to Chang'an tomorrow, and he is already preparing today." ”

"Good!" When Du He heard the news, his spirits were lifted and he said, "Haohua and Yuxing, you immediately dispatch people to escort them along the way." If anyone dares to rob them, they must all be left behind. If you can capture alive, you must not let them escape alive, even if you can't, you can't let them escape alive. Yuxing, your martial arts are the best, and you will personally lead the team tomorrow. ”

Ba Yuxing received the order and said yes.

Immediately, Du He handed over a bag of night pearls to Huangfu Haohua and asked him to deal with them, asking him to first find out the night pearl that belonged to the filial son Song Sicheng and return it to him, and then sell the rest and exchange it for gold for emergency backup when needed. Then let him help Song Sicheng appropriately, so that he, a filial son, can live better with his mother.

He explained everything, saying that he would go south today and go to Suzhou to conduct an in-depth investigation, so that they could come to Suzhou to find him if they had something.

Ba Yuxing was stunned and asked, "Doesn't Gongzi need to be with us about Wei Xiang?" ”

Du He laughed and said: "The eagle has grown up, and there will be a day when you will spread your wings and fly high, you are already very good, you can be in charge of everything, you don't need me to ask about everything, this important task is handed over to you, I am completely relieved." ”

When Ba Yuxing heard this, his body shook slightly, they were orphans who could not keep food and clothing, but they had a home because they were taken in by Du Ruhui. Now let Du He fancy it, lucky to learn a skill, is expected to become a talent with miraculous skills, so kindness is equivalent to reconstruction, now can get Du He's affirmation of them, for them, it is a great encouragement, only feel that the hard work has paid off, the whole body is full of strength.

Bidding farewell to Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing, Du He returned to the inn, packed his bags, and left the city at checkout.

As he originally expected, this Yangzhou assassin is still very responsible, because of the theft of the Xu Mansion, the city gate is extremely strict, but everyone who goes out of the city must be seriously checked, even the female dependents are no exception, of course, the female dependents are responsible for the wife and daughter who are responsible for the investigation.

Because Yangzhou is an important town in the southeast, the flow of passengers is extremely large, so early in the morning, people waiting to leave the city have already lined up in a long line.

The government even organized the officials to be responsible for maintaining law and order, and during the waiting period for inspection, some people who relied on their status and status wanted to go through the back door to insert their positions, but they all let the officials arrest them one by one and wanted to bribe, but those officials ignored them and drove them directly to the back of the line.

Du He looked at the secret praise, although he still doesn't know what the name of this Yangzhou assassin is called, but what happened made him have a good impression of this unknown assassin history, and he thought that if he had the opportunity, he would learn more about his personality, say a few good words to him in front of Li Shimin, and promote him.

After being inspected, Du He had no problems, went out of Yangzhou in a big way, and went south to the port to take a boat south to Jiangnan.

The first time he came to this world, he encountered a thief on a merchant ship, which made Du He very taboo in his heart, looking at some merchant ships in the port who were willing to carry passengers, he couldn't avoid them, hurriedly got out of the way, and specially found an ordinary passenger ship and boarded the ship.

The passenger ships are crowded, but most of the people on board are those who go south and north, they are well-informed, a group of people get together, and there is no restraint, talking about the customs and customs of various places, and there is also a unique taste, which is eye-opening.

At this time, a businessman with a southern accent suddenly said, "Do you know Wang Youjun? ”

Wang Youjun refers to Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty who served as secretary of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, general Ning Yuan, and Jiangzhou assassin. Later, he was the internal history of Huiji, leading the right general, so he was called "Wang Youjun" and "Wang Huiji".

Wang Xizhi, as a calligrapher, as long as he loves calligraphy, has nothing to ignore. Although he studied regular script and practiced copying the authentic writings of Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi, he also admired Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.

So these words immediately aroused his interest, and he looked at the person who spoke curiously: it was a very popular businessman, ordinary appearance, ordinary figure, ordinary appearance, looking him up and down, it was a sentence, ordinary businessman.

Obviously, there are not a few people who know the name of this book saint, and as soon as he said this, someone immediately answered: "The book saint of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who doesn't know it?" ”

The ordinary merchant said mysteriously: "Then do you know the "Lanting Collection Preface"? ”

This time he asked a lot of people, Wang Xi's name spread all over the world, but most of the people who knew the "Lanting Collection Preface" had studied calligraphy, how did the merchants and people of this boat know?

Du He's expression was very moved, this "Lanting Collection Preface" has been famous for a long time, this Chinese history has produced many talents, known as the first in literature, no second in martial arts, who is strong and who is weak, there is no correct answer. For example, the soldier saint Sun Wu, although he is called the soldier saint, but the actual combat is too little, and he may not be stronger than Wu Qi, Bai Qi, and Han Xin, not to mention that there is also a Jiang Ziya. Zhuge Liang is known as the god of wisdom in China, but there are Guan Zhong and Zhang Liang, and Liu Bowen and Wang Yangming, who is inferior to him?

But in the calligraphy world, Wang Xizhi's status is recognized in ancient and modern times, the sage of calligraphy, the first person in the calligraphy industry, he wrote the "Lanting Collection Preface" is recognized by the calligraphers of the past dynasties as the world's unparalleled "the first line of calligraphy", in the rich history of the millennium, "the first in the world" these four words, how important the status is.

The charm of this "Lanting Collection Preface" makes Li Shimin, the emperor Yanjing, crazy, and is Wang Xizhi's number one fan.

There is a record in history that after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he began to collect Wang Xizhi's ink treasures, but he has always regretted that he did not get the "Lanting Collection Preface", and finally heard that the true copy of the "Lanting Collection Preface" was in a monk called Zhicai, so he sent people to ask for it many times, but the Zhicai monk always deduced that he did not know the whereabouts of the authentic handwriting. Li Shimin saw that he couldn't succeed, so he changed to outwitting. He sent the superintendent Yu Shi Xiao Yi to disguise himself as a scholar, and deceived the "Lanting Collection Preface" from the talented monk.

An emperor even did not hesitate to "cheat" for the rare book of "Lanting Collection Preface", which shows how great the charm of this "Lanting Collection Preface" is.

So, Du He asked: "But the first book in the world left by Mr. Wang Xizhi?" ”

The ordinary businessman smiled: "This little brother is still knowledgeable, and he is the first book in the world." Legend has it that this "Lanting Collection Preface" has been lost in the war, but in fact, the real treasure is in the hands of Wang Xizhi's seventh monk Sun Zhiyong! He smiled: "It's not clear whether it's true or not, I've only heard about it!" ”

He said it casually, but Du He knew that what he said was the truth, because the monk was Zhiyong's apprentice.

(To be continued)