Qi Xuansu wandered around the city for a long time, and after making sure that no one was following him, he came to the Taiping Inn in the city.

Because Jinling Mansion is a prosperous place in the world, there are not only merchants from all walks of life, but even overseas visitors, it can be said that it gathers customers from all over the world, so the Taiping Inn here is open for twelve hours, and it has nothing to do with the door.

When Qi Xuansu came to the Taiping Inn, he saw that the entire lobby was brightly lit, and there was a night shopkeeper standing behind the counter, next to him.

Qi Xuansu didn't talk nonsense, changed the waist card of the man in black again, opened a room as Wei Wugui, spent sixty Taiping money, and chartered it for a month. After all, after he began to carry out the task assigned to him by Lei Xiaohuan, if it was not necessary, he could not return to the True Martial Arts Temple, and he needed a foothold, and the Taiping Inn with frequent personnel flow was undoubtedly the best choice.

After completing the check-in procedures, Qi Xuansu followed the guy to his room, after all, it cost as much as sixty Taiping dollars, saying that it was a room, but it was actually a small courtyard with a single house.

After entering the courtyard, Qi Xuansu said to the guy: "I will call you if you have something, don't come in usually." ”

This kind of request is not unusual, and it is not strange that the guy has seen a lot, so he directly agreed.

After the guy left, Qi Xuansu looked around and made some moves at the courtyard door, the door, and the window, if someone entered his room while he was away, he could detect it immediately when he returned.

Then Qi Xuansu changed into the clothes of Jianghu people here, and waited until dawn before leaving from the side door of the Taiping Inn.

Qi Xuansu inquired all the way, came to an early shop, asked for a basket of soup dumplings and a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, both of which were famous foods in Jinling Mansion, and put the horizontal knife on the table.

After a while, a young man dressed as a scholar also came here, looked around, sat directly opposite Qi Xuansu, asked for a bowl of chicken soup wontons, and specially instructed to add some balsamic vinegar, and the balsamic vinegar of Dantu Mansion was also a must.

Qi Xuansu smiled and said, "Brother Tangtai." ”

The person who came was Zhang Yuelu, but he used the identity of the beginning of the Taichu, just as Qi Xuansu used the identity of Wei Wugui.

Since Pei Xiaolou said that he could speak bluntly to Zhang Yuelu no matter what, then of course Qi Xuansu would not hide Zhang Yuelu, and deliberately went to see Zhang Yuelu before going to Tianji Hall.

After Zhang Yuelu knew about this, her attitude was supportive, in addition to telling Qi Xuansu to be careful, she just asked Qi Xuansu to wait for her here, and then talk about it slowly and in detail.

Qi Xuan had been to Jinling Mansion before, but he was not familiar with it, so he had to inquire all the way to find this early shop. To be honest, the taste is quite good, and I don't know how Zhang Yuelu, a person from Bigu, found it.

Zhang Yuelu stared at Qi Xuansu's face fiercely, and seemed to be a little unaccustomed.

Qi Xuansu coughed lightly and looked away.

Zhang Yuelu didn't say anything, picked up the spoon and skimmed some chicken soup, and drank it in small sips.

Qi Xuansu also lowered his head to eat the soup dumplings.

Zhang Yuelu suddenly said: "I once read a Western poem: 'The ancient night and the music of the distance are eternal, but that does not belong to me. ’”

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and said, "I don't like this poem, I think the night and music must belong to us, after all, the rainbow is always after the wind and rain." ”

Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but smile, and then said, "Speaking of business, which aspect do you plan to start with?" ”

Qi Xuansu said honestly: "I don't have a clue for the time being, so I want to ask you, the female martial marquis." ”

"Less poor mouth." Zhang Yuelu said, "I don't dare to say that I am right, I can only give you a proposal." ”

"Okay, you say." Qi Xuansu put on an attitude of being kind and streaming.

Zhang Yuelu groaned slightly: "I think I should start with the local beggars." ”

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are many gangs on the rivers and lakes, and these gangs do not have a unified teacher, and they do all kinds of livelihoods, such as the Cao Gang, which relies on the Grand Canal to eat, is one of them, and its members are mainly millions of Cao workers. And in the big cities, there are similar gangs, that is, beggar gangs.

As the name suggests, the members of the beggar gang are mainly beggars, and the gang leader is also known as the "beggar king", which is half an official figure, and the government depends on them in many things. Daomen believes that everything in the world is divided into yin and yang, so the same is true for the government. As the so-called imperial power does not go to the countryside, and wants to govern the lower-class people, the government has two thighs, one is the gentry, they are yang, and the other is the beggars, they are yin. Such a combination of yin and yang is the means of the government to govern the lower class people.

The beggars do more than just beg. In addition to begging on weekdays, they will also do a variety of partial business that ordinary people are unwilling to do, such as guarding Yizhuang, watching the street watch, collecting the ownerless corpse, filling the number of red and white ceremonies, and even forming a ghost market, shooting all kinds of tomb robbers, stealing stolen goods, etc., foreign robbers, thieves, and other ninth-rate characters want to do business in and out of the city, and they also get local beggars to worship the mountain to seek refuge.

In addition, many people also have a relationship with the beggar gang, the human tooth is just a Chinese person, the "source" is provided by the beggar gang, many maids and servants who were sold by large families were also sold to the beggar gang, and then the beggar gang took over.

And then there is to act as thugs, most of the beggars are homeless, and there is no trouble when they die in the fight, and the bereavement pension is even more meager. So every time there is a fight, that's when their business opens.

The beggar king has the absolute power to kill and take away the beggars, and enjoys the worship of the beggars, not only with fine clothes and jade food, calling slaves and maids, but also sitting on multiple wives and concubines, almost no different from the gentry and big families.

The people of the beggar gang hardly walk in the rivers and lakes, but they are all over the major cities and towns, and they do not belong to each other, that is to say, the beggar gang in Jinling Mansion and the beggar gang in Dijing are both beggar gangs, but they have nothing to do with each other. The power of the beggars is closely related to the local government. The government is getting stronger and stronger, and the beggars are getting weaker. The more the government does nothing, the easier it is for the beggars to get bigger.

In the last years of the Great Wei Dynasty, the power of the beggar gang reached its extreme due to famine, war, and political chaos. However, after the Daxuan court seized the country, a large-scale rectification of the beggar gang was carried out, and many beggar gangs completely fell apart, the beggar king was beheaded and his house was raided, and none of the murders on his body remained, and the rest of the members were all sent to Liaozhou to reclaim the military tun.

The thunderbolt tactics of the Great Xuan Imperial Court made the beggar gang nearly extinct for a time. It's just that in the past hundred years, the Daxuan court has not been as clear as it was at the beginning of the founding of the country, so the beggar gang has revived and become a leg of the government.

Qi Xuansu, as a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, of course knows about the existence of the beggar gang, but he rarely deals with the beggar gang.

"That's a good idea." Qi Xuansu said thoughtfully, "Compared to the secret association, the power of the beggar gang is really nothing, but they are real local snakes, and they must be well-informed. But today's situation is that you have me, I have you, it is difficult to distinguish between me and foe, I can't expose my identity at will, and I am an outsider, how can I get on the line with these local snakes? ”

Zhang Yuelu hesitated for a moment and said: "Cihang's lineage has some influence in Jinling Mansion, I have a senior sister surnamed Bai, she may have some relationship." ”

"Chief Deputy Mansion Master Bai Yingqiong?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Zhang Yuelu nodded: "Yes." However, my senior sister's attitude is quite ambiguous, although she is a person of Zhengyi, and she is a disciple of my master, but she has been rooted in Jiangnan Province for many years, and it is indispensable to have stakes involved, I am trying my best to win her, I think there are not many variables, after all, the master is still there. ”

This is also reasonable, unless Cihang Zhenren succeeds in taking the throne, Bai Yingqiong can already see the end of his future, no matter how important he is to the overall situation, Zhang Yuelu is the biggest beneficiary, which makes Bai Yingqiong have no motivation to take risks, but in any case, now the sect master of Cihang's lineage is still Cihang Zhenren, not Zhang Yuelu, so Bai Yingqiong still has to be afraid and have a neutral attitude.

Qi Xuansu thought sharply for a while, and said, "That's the only way." ”

In fact, Qi Xuansu still has a line, but it is not good to say it to Zhang Yuelu.

That's the Cheonghei Society.

The number of people in the Qingping Society is very small, but each member has multiple identities, and the key person is in the key position, and often has an unexpected role, which is the fundamental reason why Lei Xiaohuan chose him to carry out this task. It's just that Qi Niang hasn't arrived in Jinling Mansion yet, and Qi Xuansu is not good at waiting, so he can start from the beggars' side first.

Zhang Yuelu finally said: "I will go to see this Senior Sister Bai again, for as long as three days, as short as one day, and I will give you news." You can also go to the bottom first. ”

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