Regarding the tasks assigned by himself, Yipinlou did not do well enough, but it was basically within his expectations, and Zhao Ning did not blame them at the moment.

This is not Zhao Ning's generosity - in fact, he strives for perfection in everything, even if he can't do this, he must achieve the best result that can be achieved by human beings - but seeking truth from facts.

Yipinlou is currently only a Jianghu organization, not a spy yamen, and many things are just contacted, so it is inevitable that the action will be jerky. Although Zhao Ning wanted to train them into spy yamen, this matter had to be done gradually.

As far as the previous tasks are concerned, Yipinlou has met Zhao Ning's expectations, and the part that has not been done is that on the one hand, it is inexperienced and the action is poor, and on the other hand, the opponent is not simple.

Whether it is Liu, Xiao Yan or Zhao Yujie, they are not easy to match.

Leaving from the teahouse, Zhao Ning asked the people from Yipinlou to lead the way and found Su Yeqing outside the three square areas.

The other party was in the window of a two-story house, motionless and monitoring a large mansion not far away, and the half-hidden window was facing the back door of the mansion. As far as surveillance is concerned, this house is in a fantastic location.

After inquiry, Zhao Ning learned that the private house was a well-known ruffian on this street, and the other party had been bought and controlled by Yipinlou, and now he was a peripheral member of Yipinlou.

In order to ensure the upright atmosphere of the first building, there are certain standards for absorbing members, the most important of which is not to accept people who are misbehaving and working hard.

Since it is the house of the peripheral members of Yipinlou, and this person is still a ruffian, there will be no shortage of fox friends and dog friends on weekdays, and Su Yeqing and others will not arouse the suspicion of people who are interested in coming and going here.

It can be seen that although Su Yeqing is simple, this simplicity is only emotional, and when it comes to the wisdom and insight, methods and ways of doing things, he is still quite outstanding and sophisticated.

This is also reasonable, if it weren't for this, she would not be the manager of the teahouse at a young age.

"Zhao Gongzi...... Why did you get here?" Seeing Zhao Ning enter the door, Su Yeqing hurriedly stood up, and his joy and surprise were overflowing.

Probably Zhao Ning came suddenly, she was embarrassed and flustered for a while, she didn't know where to put her hands, and slid them around on the hem of her clothes.

Su Yeqing in Zhao Ning's eyes has two big panda eyes at this moment, which are much richer than when I first saw them in the teahouse, and the eyeballs are almost invisible, and the little face that is pale due to extreme lack of sleep is becoming whiter and whiter like paper, and the whole face is flickering in the dim candle flame, which actually has a bit of a little female ghost.

Zhao Ning opened his mouth when he saw it, he didn't know what to say, he wanted to laugh, he felt that it was not appropriate, and he barely held back.

Su Yeqing saw that Zhao Ning's expression was different, and he reacted in an instant, and immediately felt ashamed, feeling unable to face Zhao Ning, his heart was beating like a drum, he lowered his head, looked around in a panic, and instinctively wanted to find a hole in the ground or under the table to get into.

Of course this is not good, she raised her hands, almost wanted to cover her face, and felt that this was too pretentious, stopped halfway, froze, for a while I didn't know whether to put down or should do a cover-up action, completely messed up, I didn't know what to do, I was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, her face was red to the base of her neck, and her earlobes were delicate.

Zhao Ning came to the window and looked out, asked about some information, and relieved Su Yeqing's embarrassment, the latter answered the question seriously and took the initiative to supplement other situations, and his heart finally returned to the distance and became more natural.

When Yu Niang, whose maiden name was Liu, came in with tea, Su Yeqing took it and handed it to Zhao Ning, and when he was invited to sit down, although he still lowered his head slightly, trying not to scare Zhao Ning with his panda-eyed female grimace, he also lost the urge to run away.

"Yu Niang also came here?" Zhao Ning looked at Yu Niang named Liu Yu.

Su Yeqing nodded, she didn't sit down, and stood beside Zhao Ning, "Sister Yu's cooking skills are very exquisite, but she doesn't want to be just a cook, this time I come out, Sister Yu takes the initiative to follow......

"Before the son came, Sister Yu said that if we don't have a good way to confirm whether the people in the silk village opposite are the remnants of the White Clothes Society and the Goshawk Gang, she is willing to blend in in the name of finding work, be a cook or servant, and understand the situation inside. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ning was slightly surprised.

He originally thought that Liu Yu would want to live a stable and easy life after encountering great changes in his life. Being a cook in a teahouse can not worry about eating and drinking, and can slowly "pay off debts" for him, I didn't expect the other party to make this choice and be willing to take such a risk.

"It's dangerous to sneak into the thief's den, and if you're not careful, you'll risk your life, so do you really want to do this?" Zhao Ning asked.

Su Yeqing looked at Yu Niang, and after getting the latter's nod, she pursed her lips and said: "Sister Yu said that when she was at home, in order to keep some of the silver money in exchange for sewing and repairing, she was not taken out by the gambler scholar to gamble, and she fought with each other all day long, and she was very good at observing words and feelings, and she was sharpened into a very careful and delicate mind, so she felt that she could do it." ”

Zhao Ning was a little dumbfounded when he heard it.

I'm afraid that Liu Yu has been honed, not only these skills, but also a very tenacious heart. If your heart is a little fragile, and after a long day's hard work, you still have to fight with your gambler husband who will only lose money, I'm afraid you will be wronged and can't think about it, and you will either hang yourself or run away.

"You look at it. Zhao Ning let Su Yeqing make up his own mind.

He knew very well that Liu Yu should also have the intention of making meritorious service to repay his debts when he made this choice. After all, three thousand taels of silver is a lot of money, enough to bind her for the rest of her life. If she has the determination to pay off her debts, she will definitely want to do something "big".

In this regard, Zhao Ning did not want to support or block it.

In any case, it's always good to have a purpose in life, even if it's hard to achieve and risky. If there is no goal in life, ordinary people will live in a state of confusion, or they may feel that life is boring and meaningless; Liu Yu may not hold it in one breath, so he will be immersed in the past and cannot extricate himself, and he will die of depression.

Zhao Ning didn't plan to stay here for too long, the reason why he came here was actually just because he cared about Su Yeqing, and he didn't need to intervene more about monitoring the shop.

Before leaving, Zhao Ning went to the kitchen on the way, and happened to find that there were still a few plates of leftovers in the cupboard, and after sweeping his eyes, they were all pickled vegetables and radishes, and the meat was only a plate of fish soup, and the fish was only half of the meat.

"Yipinlou is also the lord of the rivers and lakes of Yanping City, so you will eat this?" Zhao Ning turned around and asked Su Yeqing strangely.

Su Yeqing blinked his panda eyes, and said suspiciously, innocently, strangely, and as a matter of course: "It's not too hard to monitor people, and you don't need big fish and big meat...... Besides, these dishes are already very rich, with three dishes and one soup, which is much better than ordinary people...... There are still many people in Yipinlou who can only eat coarse grains, and there are no vegetables......"

Zhao Ning was speechless for a while.

The ordinary people in Su Yeqing's mouth are naturally the lowest people's families. It's the inertia of her thinking. Even if her status is rising now, she will not compare with the rich family, and her mind is thinking about her former situation.

Zhao Ning didn't put forward any requests to improve the food, and it was meaningless to say this. He will not leave any silver, whether it is Su Yeqing or Yipinlou, he does not need to give him money for meals. He will not pay for it himself to help Yipinlou improve his life.

Zhao Ning, who was already planning to go back, asked his entourage to go to the restaurant to buy some good wine and food, and came back, and had a good meal with Su Yeqing and Liu Yu.

......

Flying Snow Building.

Xiao Yan pondered for a long time about a letter, and her pretty face, which had always been resolute and smart, was covered with a layer of frost, and there was still an unknown trace of anger and pain in her eyes.

The white-eyed old man entered the door and saluted, "Your Highness called the old slave late at night, what are your orders?" "It is the black-eyed old man who is on duty tonight, if it is not for something very important, Xiao Yan will not disturb him to rest."

Handing the letter in his hand to the other party, Xiao Yan said in a deep voice: "In recent months, some strange people have appeared in the grassland, operating in various tribes, secretly exploring the situation of the four royal courts and exploring folk customs.

"Many leaders of small tribes were asked some of the same questions, including what they thought of the Tianyuan Royal Court, the past wars of the Tianyuan Royal Court's army, and so on!

Although they were all disguised and had identities such as merchants and sorcerers, the prince still found them. Now they are asking me what the origin of these people is, why so many people with suspicious whereabouts go to the grassland, and I have not warned me in advance!"

In the end, Xiao Yan's voice was already like a knife.

After reading the letter, the white-eyed old man's eyes changed. The letter said that the northernmost groups of people had now arrived near their royal court, and they were doing everything possible to find out the truth of the Tianyuan tribe!

This is a big deal, and the person who can do it is definitely not a small person!

"Your Royal Highness, the most likely to send people to the grassland to investigate the truth of the royal court is undoubtedly the families of the Southern Dynasty sitting on the frontier, the Zhao family in Yanmen Pass, and the Sun family and Shi family in Shanhaiguan. But in both of these places, we are watching it closely, and if they send people north, we will not be unaware. The white-eyed old man pondered.

Xiao Yan's eyes sharpened a little, "So it's not the border army of the Southern Dynasty, but the power from the center?"

The black-eyed old man standing behind Xiao Yan answered: "The central center is also only the Grand Governor's Mansion that can do this, but Zhao Xuan is extremely busy fighting with Xu Minglang and the Southern Dynasty Gate, how can he have the energy to do this? Besides, without the permission of the Southern Dynasty Emperor, he can't act on his own." ”

Xiao Yan's eyes flashed, "According to this, it may be someone personally sent by the emperor of the Southern Dynasty?"

After the Daizhou incident, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty increased his troops to Yanmen Pass by 30,000, which shows that he is facing the grassland. The black-eyed old man said.

"Since this is the case, it is not difficult to understand that it is not difficult to send people to the grassland to investigate the truth and reality. The white-eyed old man made up his mind.

Xiao Yan frowned and said: "The border army has not moved, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has not moved, which means that in the hands of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, there is another force?"

The white-eyed old man thought for a while, "The old slave heard that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has a copy of "Fang Wu Zhi" in his hand......

Xiao Yan nodded, "I also know about this." It's just that I didn't expect that "Fang Wuzhi" is not a pretext to deter the ministers, but has real materials! ”

"The emperor of the Southern Dynasty sent the people who compiled the "Fang Wu Zhi" to the grassland, which shows that he had the idea of understanding the grassland...... Your Highness, this is a big deal, and the royal court must deal with it!" the white-eyed old man felt threatened.

If the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty realized the strength of the Tianyuan Royal Court, he would definitely not sit idly by and watch the Tianyuan Royal Court be strong!

Xiao Yan waved her hand, "Since the crown prince has already noticed the people of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, he will not let the other party find out about our details." With the power of the crown prince, a random arrangement in the grassland can allow these people to get the information we want them to know. ”

Speaking of which, she was a lot more relaxed.

If the emperor of the Southern Dynasty wanted to use this to judge the power of the Tianyuan Imperial Court, assess the situation in the grassland, and analyze whether the Tianyuan Imperial Court would threaten the Southern Dynasty, then the crown prince would definitely give the Southern Emperor a "satisfactory" result.

"To pass the situation back to the grassland, you only need to let the prince know that it was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty who made the move, and he himself will understand what to do. ”

Xiao Yan folded the letter handed back by the white-eyed old man, burned it on the candle flame, and watched the paper burn out, then raised his head and said to the white-eyed old man: "We still have to do our own thing."

"I just received a report: the identity of the person who has been pretending to be watching us near the Flying Snow Tower these days has been ascertained!"