In the backyard of the county government, Gu Haoran held a banquet to entertain Wei Yu's master and apprentice and apologize. As for Chen Sheng's subordinates, they have also invited doctors to treat their injuries.

Bringing Zhan Yanhuan to the hearty place, Gu Haoran did not forget to knock on the side and ask Wei Yu what he was trying to do when he came to Pengcheng this time.

Wei Yu replied truthfully, saying that he had traveled the world outside, and now he wanted to buy a house in the Pengcheng area and settle down to teach the studies of the two students.

Gu Haoran immediately patted his chest and said that if Lord Guowei didn't dislike it, this matter would be wrapped up in him Gu Haoran. Wei Yu didn't shirk it, just said how much money it would cost to buy a house, and just quote the amount.

After chatting with this Gu Haoran for a while, Chen Sheng found that Gu Haoran was not simple. This Gu Haoran is only in his early forties, with a thin figure and a thin beard on his chin, which looks quite bookish. Speech and demeanor, quite decent, in the face of the once high-ranking and powerful Wei Yu, the words are also calm, talking and laughing.

Wei Yi was also secretly surprised, so he asked what official position Gu Haoran had held.

Seeing that Wei Yu asked about his past, Gu Haoran didn't dare to slack off and conceal it, and replied unhappily: "Xia Guan was originally a junior official in the Heishui Pavilion, and he was responsible for collecting intelligence on the Wei and Qi countries, and then accumulated military merits and was promoted to a position, and he was assigned here to make a county order this year. ”

"Blackwater Pavilion?!" Chen Sheng frowned, feeling that this name was very unfamiliar. He was very familiar with the official positions of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries of the Qin State, but he was very unfamiliar with this Black Water Pavilion, and he knew that it was a relatively mysterious existence when he heard it.

Wei Yi raised his eyebrows, and first said to Chen Sheng: "The empire advocates the virtue of the five elements of water, and in the doctrine of the five elements, the color of water is black. This Black Water Pavilion is named after this, symbolizing the national fortune and strength of the empire. Heishui Pavilion used to be the imperial guest organ, specifically responsible for collecting intelligence on the six countries of Shandong, bribing the ministers and nobles of enemy countries and assassinating the ministers and generals of various countries that threatened our empire. ”

Chen Sheng's heart moved. immediately understood that this Heishui Pavilion was equivalent to the general institution of the CIA in the later generations. Chen Sheng himself is no stranger to this kind of department, because the special forces brigade he was in his previous life was itself under the jurisdiction of a national defense and security agency.

Wei Yu said to Gu Haoran again: "I have been in charge of the Black Water Pavilion for nearly ten years, why don't I have an impression of you?" "Hear the words. Chen Sheng was shocked, it turned out that the teacher was once the head of the empire's spies! Why have you never heard of a teacher mentioning it?

Gu Haoran respectfully bowed his hand to Wei Yu and said, "When your lord was in charge of the Heishui Pavilion, Xia Guan happened to be transferred to the Qi State, and he had not returned to Xianyang for twelve years. ”

"I see!" Wei Yu suddenly realized and said, "You are a subordinate of the vulture?" Wei Yu suddenly thought about the name of a subordinate who was lurking in the Qi State back then, although this subordinate had never met him, but he was all over the country, and everywhere he went, there was no disadvantage. The reason why the Qi State surrendered without a fight is due to the fact that the vulture has been operating in the Qi State for more than ten years, and this person has successfully disintegrated the resistance psychology of the superstructure of the Qi State, and those stubborn resistants, such as the Tian Peng people, were basically bribed by this person to hostile forces, carry out dumping attacks, and die in the internal struggle of the Qi State. Wei Yu was quite appreciative of this person.

"Your Excellency, the next official is a vulture." Gu Haoran bowed to Wei Yi, looking excited: "I can't imagine that the name of Xiaguan can be remembered by adults, it's really a blessing for Xiaguan Sansheng!" Gu Haoran was inexplicably moved.

Wei Yi waved his hand and said strangely: "No." As a person from the Black Water Pavilion, why did you go out to become an official in other places, and besides, you said before that you were originally a Xianyang official? What's the secret to this? Wei Yu had doubts about Gu Haoran's words. On the way back to the county government, Gu Haoran mentioned his identity slightly, saying that he was an official released from inside and outside the Prime Minister's Mansion in Xianyang. At first, Wei Yu didn't care, the speed of the empire's annexation was too fast, and there were countless officials sent out from Xianyang to become officials.

Gu Haoran secretly regretted it in his heart. After drinking two more glasses in front of Wei Yu, he explained the old bottom in two sentences. He looked at Chen Sheng and Tian Peng, who were left and right, and his face was a little embarrassed.

Wei Yi naturally knew that this represented the characteristics of Gu Haoran who really shouldered an important mission. I was secretly amazed in my heart. The six major warring states have disappeared, and the personnel of this Heishui Pavilion should now be in charge of the Donghu, Xiongnu in the west, and the hundred Vietnamese barbarians in the south, how can there be a new mission here?

However, Wei Yu also knows the rules well and no longer asks. However, Gu Haoran let out a long breath of turbidity and said, "Lord Guowei, since you are here, the lower officials don't have to hide anything. Now, the lower officials also want to ask you for advice so as to solve this difficult situation in front of you. ”

Wei Daqi. However, when he saw Gu Haoran's stumbling appearance, and when he saw Chen Sheng and Tian Peng, his eyes still had a suspicious look, and he immediately said: "These two are my students, don't worry about anything." You won't get a word out of it. "Although Wei Yu has been far away from the court, he is very concerned about what is happening in the center of the empire, and he pays more attention to the matter of the Black Water Pavilion. Because the Black Water Pavilion is a sharp weapon to the outside world, if it is controlled by people with bad intentions and used against their own people, it is also a sharp blade that kills people without blood. The person who is now in control of the Black Water Pavilion is his nominal disciple Wang Ao. Therefore, I also paid special attention to the matter of Heishui Pavilion.

"Here's how it is......" After getting Wei Yi's assurance, Gu Haoran nodded slightly to Chen Sheng and Tian Peng and apologized. Chen Sheng looked curious, but Tian Peng's face was not very good. Of course, this is not to offend Gu Haoran's words. It's that he also knows the name of Gu Haoran's vulture. This person has set off a lot of bloody storms in the Qi country, and as a member of the royal family, he is naturally very disgusted by this person. However, each is its own master, and it is no wonder that Gu Haoran is in this matter, if the Qi royal family fights a little bit by itself, how can a huge country be destroyed by the Qin State?

Listening to Gu Haoran's words, Wei Yu began to fall into deep thought.

It all started last fall. At that time, the whole empire set off a round of upsurge in the purchase of private grain stocks, and the people who bought these grain stores basically used the old money of the six countries of Shandong to buy rice and wheat on a large scale, in addition to buying grain, salt and cloth in various places were also bought in large quantities, and the prices of private goods soared for a while.

At first, things only started in the old land of Chuqi and Qi, and the empire didn't pay much attention to this matter, but slowly, things began to expand.