The Xinjing Teahouse in the east of the city looks ordinary, no different from the ordinary teahouse, there is nothing special, it seems that there are few customers, and it seems that the business is not very prosperous.

Shao Xi and Long Qitai sat in the private room on the second floor of the restaurant opposite, looking at the scene of the Xinjing Teahouse, and couldn't help but secretly wonder in their hearts that if this teahouse was a serious business, it would not close down like this, and it could only be said that the shopkeeper of this teahouse was really persistent enough.

This street in the east of the city is really not prosperous, if you open a restaurant or cloth village, you can barely make a living, but it is not a wise move to open such a teahouse in such a not prosperous area.

However, this is only from the perspective of doing business, and it is very appropriate to use this place as a place where information and information are exchanged.

The business is cold, which naturally avoids a lot of people, and it is indeed enough to use the shop of this business to cover people's eyes.

For people who don't usually do business, they don't care about whether this teahouse will make money, but Shao Xi himself is a businessman, when he first saw this Xinjing teahouse, the first thing he thought of was how much surplus this teahouse could have every month?

After such a calculation, I found the unusualness of this teahouse, and a money-losing transaction has been done for so long, which can only prove that the purpose of opening this teahouse is not the teahouse itself.

Then if you guess further, it is not difficult to guess. Either there is some illegal business behind the teahouse, or it is doing other things, in short, this teahouse is just a cover.

And when Shao Xi and Long Qitai followed behind Xiao Liuzi and watched him walk into this Xinjing Teahouse, there was no need to guess what was going on behind it.

"Brother Long, in the past six months, you have sent people to secretly stare at this teahouse, have they noticed it?"

"Of course not! The people I sent here were all transferred from other places, and I didn't even know Xiao Liuzi. Long Qitai said very confidently.

"Well, have you ever been in this teahouse for an unannounced visit? Did you notice anything wrong? ”

"Yes! This teahouse is opened here in the east of the city, it is said that it is not prosperous here, and there are not many merchants who come and go, most of the people who appear in this area are some craftsmen or some peddlers and pawns, even if you want to drink tea, you should only drink some cheap broken tea, aged tea, but there is no cheap tea in this teahouse.

"This teahouse sells some famous tea from all over the world, the pot of Biluochun that you drink in the temple today is what I sent someone into the teahouse to buy when I made an unannounced visit, according to the investigator came back to report, there is no cheap tea in the teahouse, which is very contrary to common sense, where would anyone do this business?" Shao Xi nodded approvingly, it is indeed worthy of Dali Temple, just from the tea sold in the teahouse, it can be judged that this teahouse is unusual.

It seems that it is not unreasonable for Dali Temple to solve strange cases in recent years, everyone in the temple is not an idle person, and it is no wonder that the imperial court will rely so much on Dali Temple.

"So, there is someone you arranged in the teahouse at this moment?"

"There are two of them inside, and when we first entered this restaurant, the fortune teller in front of the restaurant was also one of our people, and there were also several vendors walking the streets and alleys, among them were our people, in order to avoid too many unfamiliar faces to arouse their vigilance, these people have been doing business on this street for half a year.

"How many people come in and out of this teahouse every day, how many times everyone has come, someone will report to me, so far except for Xiao Liuzi, the person who makes us feel suspicious is the one I mentioned to you before, and the others haven't found anything wrong.

"However, there is another thing that makes me feel a little strange, that is, the date of purchase of this teahouse is very fixed, no matter what their business is every month, there will always be a carriage to deliver on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. This is also unconscionable. Shao Xi had to admit that he was very satisfied with the investigation that Long Qitai and his brothers had done in the past six months.

The observation is detailed enough, and the records are detailed enough, it seems that this professional thing is indeed to be done by professional people, Shao Xi believes that even if he changes himself, he will not be able to do better than them.

"The teahouse only sells famous teas from all over the world, and there will be horse-drawn carriages to deliver them at a fixed time on the sixth day of the first month!

"If my judgment is correct, this delivery carriage is responsible for handing over the information collected from various places to this Xinjing Teahouse, and then conveying the instructions from above to various places, and the so-called procurement of famous tea is just a means of information transmission.

"It is not because they don't know how to do business, but because they do it on purpose, because the business of the teahouse is bleak to avoid people from getting mixed up and spying on them.

"Let's just say that they are smart! In doing so, they make themselves a little abnormal, but it's hard to notice if you don't look closely. Although Long Qitai did not object to Shao Xi's statement, he still felt a little surprised.

So I couldn't help but ask: "Use the carriage to deliver the message?" Isn't that too slow? Wouldn't it be faster if you used a flying pigeon to send a message? Why would they choose this stupidest way to deliver their message? Shao Xi smiled slightly, and patiently explained to Long Qitai: "Now we have judged what they are planning and doing, once this kind of thing is leaked, not to mention that the head will fall to the ground, and there may even be corpses all over the field."

"How is it possible to send a message for such an important matter by flying pigeons? Although the pigeon transmission is fast enough, it does not guarantee safety, the safest way is to use people to transmit, and the fewer people the better, they use this method to transmit the message slowly or slowly, but to ensure that the message will never leak.

"And I believe that they must have this way of transmitting messages from flying pigeons, but what kind of news they want to divide, and the messages that can be transmitted by horse-drawn carriages must be extremely important, extremely secretive, and very afraid of being known." Shao Xi's explanation was like a sentence that woke up the person in the dream, and Long Qitai suddenly realized!

It turned out that the other party used such a slow and clumsy method to deliver the news, and it still had such an important meaning, if it weren't for Shao Xi's reminder, maybe he really couldn't understand why the other party did this for a while?

"Brother! Since this carriage for delivering letters is so important, do you think we should send someone to secretly follow this carriage to see where they have been and who they have come into contact with? I wonder what new discoveries will be made. ”

"Don't follow."

"Don't follow? Brother, why don't you follow such an important clue? ”

"There's no need to follow."

"Why not?" Shao Xi was a little speechless by Long Qitai for a while, so he helplessly explained to him: "Where has this carriage been, you can know through the tea they sent, why send someone to follow them all the way?" This, in turn, increases the risk of being perceived by them.

"As long as you know where they have sent the tea, you can arrange for someone to go to the place where the tea is produced in advance, and then follow up on the spot.

"At the same time, you can also find out who are suspicious people in the area? What suspicious things have happened? Wouldn't it be possible to better understand what their purpose was in gathering intelligence in various places? Long Qitai was stunned by Shao Xi's sudden speech.

"Uh...... It's because I'm stupid, and I didn't turn my head around for a while! Indeed, as you said, if you know where they have sent their tea, you can know where they have been.

"But as far as I know, there are many kinds of tea they send, if you arrange manpower in advance as you said, my Dali Temple will not be able to send so many secret agents and hidden piles for a while." Long Qitai reminded Shao Xi this time, he only thought about how things should be done, but he didn't consider the limited manpower of Dali Temple, so it is indeed a little difficult for Dali Temple to place people in various places in Jingyuan.

In the previous case of the murder of the envoys of the White Night Kingdom, Dali Temple, as the head of the ministry investigating the murder case, investigated this matter within the scope of his authority, and now what he wants to investigate involves the court and the royal family, which is not something that Dali Temple can meddle in at will.

Besides, what he is investigating and the people he wants to investigate are strictly beyond the scope of Dali Temple's authority.

If this matter is handed over to Dali Temple, it is not only very difficult, but also very likely to affect Dali Temple in the future, and will be accused of overstepping its authority.

If it is reasonable to ask Dali Temple for assistance, but it is impossible to let them fully participate, it seems that this matter has to be discussed with Zhang Yuzheng in person

Only the power of "Jing Cheng Division" can be achieved. After all

The "Jing Cheng Division" has been placed in various places in Jingyuan, and there is no need for even temporary transfers, as long as a secret order is passed down, the secret agents and hidden piles in various places will obey the order and act according to the order.

But for now, I'm just

The history of the four-product supervision and inspection of the "Jing Cheng Division" is just a second-in-command! This kind of thing of calling secret agents and hidden piles all over the country still has to get Zhang Yuzheng

Only the approval of the leader of the "Jing Cheng Division" will do. Although he has the imperial edict in his hand, but walking in the officialdom, everyone wants face for each other, and it is best not to use power to suppress others, otherwise it is equivalent to blocking their own way.

Let people know that you have the imperial edict in your hand, and it is enough to know that you have this power, and others will give you face for the power in your hand, but if you can use it directly, it is better not to use it directly.

Lowering your posture will make the other party feel that you have also given face to others, so it will be much easier for people to do things, whether they are aiming at the power in your hands or the face you give.

What's more, Zhang Yuzheng was originally Feng Changlin's old boss, and it shouldn't be too difficult to make some demands on his own for this relationship.

Thinking of this, Shao Xi said to Long Qitai: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I'll handle it." ”