In the eighth year of Fengyi, the second day of September.

Lin Fan, the former superintendent of Dongchang Factory and the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, committed suicide in the prison of the Criminal Department at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve two.

The emperor remembered his past exploits and specially ordered him to be buried in the Lin family garden.

The scholars finally won the victory of this party struggle, but they also paid a very heavy price for this, not only were they killed by Lin Fan, but in order to show their attitude, they had to take out a lot of money and food to fully fund the imperial court and the Nanban war.

Although there will still be other nobles who will re-enter the imperial capital and rise to become the new magnates.

But in general, the influence of the scholars has also been greatly weakened for the time being, and for at least ten years, they can no longer exert too much influence on the situation in the court.

With the full support of the Shi clan, the famine in the south was effectively alleviated, and the front-line army also showed stronger combat effectiveness.

Thousands of private martial arts masters of various ethnic groups joined the battlefield, which instantly changed the battle situation.

In just two months, the front was pushed hundreds of miles to the south.

The situation is very good.

"I still hope that this war can be ended as soon as possible, no matter what, after years of war, it is those ordinary people who suffer in the end."

Su Chen occasionally cares about national affairs.

After Lin Fan's death, he also went to the Lin family cemetery twice, offering incense and worshipping, and then he had been secretly observing the situation in Tsing Yi Building.

Tsing Yi Lou does not seem to have been affected by his death, there are no court officials to seal it, and there are not even people looking for trouble.

It seems that no one should know that Tsing Yi Building is his property.

So it wasn't affected.

After making sure that there was no trouble, Su Chen decided to go and get in touch, if he could take this industry into his own possession, it would be much more convenient in terms of money and intelligence in the future.

Of course.

Just in case, he wouldn't have direct contact with the people in Tsing Yi Building.

One is worried about the loyalty of those people, and the other is that they want to maintain a sense of mystery that will help them have more control.

This night.

Su Chen quietly left the palace, put on makeup and sneaked up, and came to Tsing Yi Building.

He first disguised himself as an ordinary businessman, entered the Tsing Yi Building to observe the situation, and after familiarizing himself with the environment, he left directly.

In the second half of the night, he sneaked in again and came to the secret wing on the roof of Tsing Yi.

Here, a woman, with her maids, is sorting out the revenue and belongings, as well as all kinds of information gathered.

The woman looked to be in her thirties.

The appearance is beautiful, the figure is graceful, especially the scale on the chest, which is quite spectacular and eye-catching.

Wearing a pink dress, this should not be a color that she can control at her age, but the woman's charm is excellent, and there is a sense of coquettishness between her eyebrows, which makes people not feel any disobedience.

"Sister Taohong, our business is good this month, and our income has increased by 10% compared to before. Why do you look unhappy? ”

In the midst of her busyness, the maid asked.

The woman, who was called Pink, turned her head to look at her, and her eyebrows could not hide her worry: "The landlord has not heard from her for several months, and I don't know what happened. Our Tsing Yi Building can be based on this, it all depends on the landlord operating behind the scenes, if something happens to him, can we have a good life? ”

She is ostensibly the shopkeeper of Tsing Yi Building, but the real landlord is someone else.

It is rumored that the landlord is a real big man.

She didn't know who it was, but every month someone would come to contact her, collect money and money, and release information.

Over the years, there have been no exceptions.

But in the past three months, she has not heard from the landlord, which makes her a little worried.

Recently, a lot of people have died in the capital, and many scholars have died, and maybe the landlord is one of them.

If this is the case, how should Tsing Yi Lou gain a foothold in the future?

"Sister Peach, don't worry too much. How can a big man like the landlord be so prone to accidents. Besides, it's been so long, and I haven't seen anyone come to our Tsing Yi Building to make trouble, and the city guards can still be contacted as always, which means that the landlord is still in control of the situation, maybe because of something else......"

The maid was obviously also a core member of Tsing Yi Lou, and she knew a lot of things, and after some analysis, Taohong's expression was also much soothed.

"I hope I'm thinking too much."

Taohong waved her hand, then took out a list that had been prepared a long time ago, and ordered: "As in the past, this month's revenue will be taken out of 30%, and people will be sent to various yamen for routine checking." ”

"Yes."

The maid agreed, and withdrew.

Su Chen watched all this in the dark, and from the conversation between the two, he knew a lot of useful information.

First of all, these people in Tsing Yi House don't seem to know who the boss behind the scenes is.

That's right, only if the people below don't know who they work for, can concealment be guaranteed.

Secondly, the contact between Tsing Yi Lou and Lin Fan is also through a relatively secret channel.

The people below don't know his identity, and only rely on tokens to communicate, and they don't recognize people.

It's better this way, and you can save yourself a lot of tongues.

In addition, Tsing Yi Lou seems to have an open relationship on the side of the city guards, which may have been established through Lin Fan at the beginning.

But now that Lin Fan has fallen, the previous people were either dismissed and implicated, or they all drew a clear line for the first time, and it is difficult to say whether this line is still reliable.

"It's better to find a way to find this line first. If you don't get this person, you can't really control Tsing Yi Lou. ”

Between thoughts.

Su Chen raised his hand, a true qi was struck, and the jade card broke through the air and fell on the desk silently.

Peach rubbed her eyebrows a little tiredly at this time, and was about to continue working, when she turned her head and saw the jade plaque that suddenly appeared on the table.

Suddenly, his face changed slightly.

She looked left and right, but there was no one in the room.

At this time, an old voice suddenly came from the darkness.

"The green shirt is still the same, and the order is like meeting."

This is the code word that Lin Fan told him before leaving, which can identify himself.

Really.

When Peach heard this, her face changed again.

Hurriedly got up and bowed in the direction of the door: "Subordinate Taohong, meet the landlord." ”

"Hmm. This building has been riddled with miscellaneous things recently, so I didn't come over, what is the situation in the building now? ”

Su Chen asked.

Peach lowered her head and tried to secretly search for the source of the voice, but found nothing, knowing that this person must be a powerful martial arts master, completely different from the previous messengers.

Is it really the landlord himself?

Taohong was suspicious in her heart, but she didn't dare to hesitate on the surface, and hurriedly told the truth about the income of these days.

"Good guy, you earned more than 100,000 taels of silver in three months? Even if you remove the daily expenses and up and down points, there is still a net profit of more than 40,000 yuan. ”

Su Chen was surprised in his heart.

This Tsing Yi Building seems to be more profitable than imagined.

It's a cornucopia.

However, he knew that the real value of Tsing Yi Building was not money, but intelligence.

So he continued: "Is there any news about the information that I asked you to inquire about before?" ”