This kind of face-to-face teaching by word and deed is obviously much more intuitive and effective than last night's air-to-air training session, and Zhang Guang has also seen a side that He Xi does not know about. Even if he doesn't engage in intelligence work in the future, Zhang Guang thinks that He Xi will be an actor, or open a troupe and a director by himself, which will be a proper master.

What surprised Zhang Guang even more was that He Xi was obviously not the only one on the line of Kong Yanmu. One morning, among the people who came in and out of this teahouse, Zhang Guang estimated that half of them had greeted He Xi. Zhang Guang counted it, most of them were officials in the state government, and two of them were the staff of Tongzhi and Tongju, and a few soldiers came to the store when it was almost noon, and He Xi even knew one of the hundred households.

This morning, He Xi attacked from all sides, chatting spittle, and people who don't know may think that he is the resident storyteller. Zhang Guang doesn't have He Xi's ability to talk like a river, so he can only cooperate with a mouth, or provide a little background laughter when others are laughing, and he can't get much sense of survival.

After the gang of soldiers left, He Xi knocked on the table and shouted, "Xiao Er, settle the account!"

Calculated a total of one or three cents of silver, which still helped to give tea money to several tables of people. Zhang Guang has seen what is the efficient use of activity funds. No wonder yesterday He Xi was able to pat his chest and say that as long as he can use the money in the right place, it is not a waste, according to his efficiency in gathering intelligence, such a small expenditure can be called a model of frugality.

Although the teahouse activities are over, it is clear that He Xi's work will not end there - his next target is the nearby "Nanhaiju" restaurant, which is a place frequented by celebrities from all walks of life in Yazhou. The last time the Yazhou action team celebrated the banquet was eaten in the "Nanhaiju", and He Xi, who had specifically inquired about the news from the action team, naturally listed this restaurant as one of his activity venues.

"If there's a question you'd like to ask, you might as well ask me now. Sitting on the elegant seat facing the street on the third floor of "Nanhaiju", He Xi said unhurriedly.

"I do have a question for you. Zhang Guang nodded and said, "Two questions." First, why did these low-level officials appear in that teahouse, and how do you know about this? Second, it seems that they all know that you are not a local, so why don't I sense that they are suspicious of you?"

"That's a good question. He Xi first affirmed Zhang Guang's attitude, and then said, "Then I'll answer you one by one." First of all, after I came out yesterday morning, I first ran around the North City, mainly to see what public places are suitable for my activities. Remember what I said yesterday about the principle of choosing a public place?"

"You have to have a lot of people, so it's not easy to attract attention, and you have more information to collect. Zhang Guang replied immediately.

"That's right, with this principle for screening, it will not be so difficult to determine the place among the two restaurants, three small restaurants, and four teahouses in Beicheng......" He Xi looked at the sky in the distance and said faintly: "Of course, in order to save time, I didn't do such complicated investigation work, and I just spent a penny and silver to find an idler on the street and asked." ”

Zhang Guang almost squirted out a mouthful of tea when he heard this. He Xi patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "Don't think I'm opportunistic, this is called experience." Let's talk about your second question, first of all, you have to pay attention to the identity of these people we are in contact with today, who are they? All of them are low-level officials, who are called around in the workplace during work hours, and have no high social status when they go outside after work, and they can only have breakfast in a place like a small teahouse on the street. If you want money but no money, you want power but no power, you are a low-level little civil servant, so please sue me, what are their psychological needs?"

Without waiting for Zhang Guang to come up with an answer, He Xi continued: "It's respect, it's praise, it's worship, it's feeling your own extraordinaryness from other people's reactions! In Yazhou, not many people call them 'adults', and even many of the prisoners who have been assigned here are much higher than them. In their work life, most of the time they are only kneeling and licking others, you can imagine their psychological state. And now there is a stranger who shows enough respect and kindness to them without any entanglement of interests, and this person obviously has a certain economic power and social status, and is willing to sit at a table and chat with them pleasantly, what reason do you think they can scruple or guard against me?"

Zhang Guang opened his mouth wide and sat for a long time before muttering, "You are so reasonable, I am speechless." ”

"If you are interested in my craft, I suggest that you can find some books on personality psychology and social psychology in the big database in the future. He Xi saw that Zhang Guang did not respond, so he added: "Learning a little bit of psychology will also be very helpful for chasing girls." ”

"Really?" Zhang Guang suddenly came back to his senses.

"Of course, it's rigorous science. He Xi nodded solemnly: "But before you use it to chase girls, it's best to have enough practical experience." ”

Not surprisingly, He Xi also met two groups of acquaintances here. However, this time his table was much more reserved, and he just went over to toast and then came back to his table, without talking to anyone too much.

Zhang Guang also noticed this detail, and after He Xi came back and sat down, he asked, "What are the origins of those two tables?"

He Xi put down his chopsticks, lowered his voice and said, "One table is Zhang Tongju of the state government, and the other table is Wang Qianhu of the guard. ”

"This is a real official, why don't you talk a few more words?" Zhang Guang couldn't help but feel a little surprised by He Xi's expression. I was as enthusiastic as a spring breeze for those low-level officials in the small teahouse, but now I see the main lord and say such lukewarm greetings?

He Xi raised two fingers and said, "Two reasons." First, today is only the second time we have met, and I am not familiar with them enough to share a table casually, and second, if they want to make an appointment at the wine table for some official business, then I will be disgusted if I stay there for too long. In this case, it is best not to forcibly brush the zài feeling, it is easy to play badly. ”

Zhang Guang asked curiously, "Then why didn't you plan to help them settle the bill?"

He Xi hated the iron and scolded: "Are you stupid? Those two tables of wine and food cost at least twenty taels of silver, and besides, I didn't eat at the same table, is rushing to settle the bill to make people treat me as a psychopath? Then again, up and down for 5,000 years, have you ever seen an official take his own money to bring his colleagues out to eat and drink? It is clear that it is public money consumption, why am I still helping these moths settle the bill!"

Zhang Guang nodded suddenly in realization, and then felt that something was wrong-aren't he and He Xi also eating and drinking at public expense now? He Xi seemed to have scolded himself in this.

Of course, He Xi's discipline was just a verbal exercise, and within two minutes of sitting down, he called Xiao Er over and asked Xiao Er to send a bottle of good wine to each of the two tables, and this account was naturally recorded on his head.

He Xi's overtures naturally won the favor of the other party, and the people at the table raised their glasses to this side to show their gratitude, and that Qianhu was probably from a martial arts background, and his temperament was straightforward, so he came over and had a drink with He Xi and Zhang Guang.

After lunch, Zhang Guang curiously asked He Xi where to go in the afternoon, He Xi shook his head and said: "The afternoon is office hours, there is no suitable place, the fastest I have to wait until these people get off work, go to the Qinglou to listen to the song, bubble chick or something...... But it doesn't seem to be convenient to take you there, so I think it's better to forget it. ”

Zhang Guang's face turned red and said, "Then you acted alone yesterday, and I didn't see you going!"

He Xi sighed and said: "This kind of place, it is not clear to go alone, I said that I entered the Qinglou to work, can you believe it?"

"It seems that credibility is handicap. Zhang Guang also had to admit that He Xi's worries were very reasonable.

"At the very least, two or three people have to testify against each other, I'll take Mariko and Qiu Yuan another day, these two guys used to be in the mixed system, and they must be familiar with these three-way and nine-stream occasions!" He Xi mercilessly turned the innocent Mariko and Qiu Yuan into negative teaching materials.

Zhang Guang suddenly thought of something, coughed dryly and said: "Lao He, I think you should have dispelled this idea earlier, I remember reading some information before I came, which stated that the DPRK does not allow officials to sleep with prostitutes." ”

"Oh, is there such a rule?" He Xi really didn't know that there was such a thing, and asked in amazement.

"There really is such a rule. Zhang Guang picked up what he still remembered and said a few. After the original working group was selected, Ning Qi found a lot of reference materials from the large database for them to supplement their historical knowledge. Everyone's focus is different according to their own interests, and Zhang Guang read more at that time some of the works of the Ming people that recorded facts.

In the Ming Dynasty, Lu Rong's "Shuyuan Miscellaneous Records" recorded, "In the past, civil and military officials had to use official prostitutes, but now prostitutes are forbidden to stay with prostitutes, and even resigned." In the Ming Dynasty Wang Qi's "Miscellaneous Records of the Garden", it was recorded that "the official prostitute is guilty of murder of the first class, although he is pardoned, he will be recounted for life, and his style will be extinct." This means that once an official of the Ming Dynasty is caught soliciting prostitution, he will not be hired for life, and the punishment will be very severe.

Similar records are very common in the writings of the Ming people, such as Gu Qiyuan's "Guest Words", which records the punishment of Jiang Bao, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, who prohibits prostitution, "Those who stay with prostitutes will be identified by the prostitute at night and Yinqi in seven points, and they will be punished." This means that once a prostitute is caught, he will be fined seven cents of silver, and he will also be shown to the public with a flail. In the book "Allusions and Chronicles" written by Yu Jideng, it even recounts the story of the Hainan Wei commander who went to Beijing to report on his work during the reign of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty because he was arrested for prostitution, and as a result, he was stripped of his official position and killed Wei Yuanwei.

He Xi was also dumbfounded after hearing this, and sighed for a long time before he sighed: "It's not easy to be a civil servant in the Ming Dynasty with such strict management!"