Volume 2 Chapter 138 Minglan Whereabouts
Nan'an City is actually still prosperous, these days are the winter of the year, a large number of caravans from the northern Jin Dynasty, bringing a lot of medicinal herbs and fur goods.
These trading items are relatively rare in the Southern Tang Dynasty, of course, in fact, each caravan will carry a lot of private work, these private goods are probably the elixir of the Great Jin, as well as some other precious items.
There are several trading houses in Xingyifang, which are used to receive most of the caravans' goods for temporary storage, and the shopkeeper here feels a lot of pressure at all times, and many of the goods in the courtyard are worth countless immortal yuan, so he hires a lot of bodyguards to protect the courtyard.
The bodyguards also roam the street when they are fine, but they will not leave his master's compound, and at the same time they are vigilant against any pedestrians who appear on the street.
But today they saw two strange people, like ghosts, who were on the corner of the street one moment and in the middle of the street the next, and how did they come here?
This was a bit creepy, and the bodyguard was also a little too nervous, and immediately reported it to the head of the guard, and it spread all the way to the ears of the boss.
The boss was a man who had seen the world, he sat on the chair and did not move, but said to the people below, "Do you know that there is a rejuvenation hall on this street?"
Everyone nodded, the Rejuvenation Hall has been open on this street for many years, and it is considered a time-honored brand, but what does this have to do with those two mysterious people?
The boss said: "That's right, I don't know if this doctor of the Rejuvenation Hall is skilled or not, but they must sell some kind of magic medicine or immortal elixir in their store, and many people in the rivers and lakes will go to their store to buy medicine, and even immortal masters will go to them." ”
"Master, do you mean that the other party is going to the Rejuvenation Hall?" asked his subordinate.
"Yes, you don't have to guess, why do you also have business dealings with the Rejuvenation Hall, and they also have our goods, so don't worry, those two must be going to the Rejuvenation Hall. ”
In fact, this boss is really right, those two mysterious people went to the Rejuvenation Hall, but Sedum stood there for a long time, and then remembered the incision here: "The spring breeze helps the willows to cause homesickness, and relatives and friends can't ask for information." ”
The two mysterious people are today and Tianye, and this time they came to Baixiaomen to listen to the news, or to buy the news.
The guy from the pharmacy let them inside, and at this time the information officer inside Baixiaomen came out, but when he saw Sedum, he stood there in surprise, unable to speak with his mouth open.
Sedum was a little inexplicable by him, he looked back at God, but God was silent, Sedum asked the other party, "Do you recognize me?"
Only then did the man react, and he couldn't help but step forward and salute: "Your Royal Highness, forgive me, it's a little rudeness, I really didn't expect you to be here with us." ”
In this way, there is no need to say anything explicitly, the other party not only recognizes Sedum, but also knows his identity.
"Why is that?" Sedum naturally didn't understand this.
"Oh, Your Highness, have you just come back? Do you know how many people are looking for you during this time?
This person is secretly happy in his heart now, Sedum appeared in Nan'an City, this news itself is very valuable, and Bai Xiaomen is equivalent to getting this news as soon as possible, according to the speed of their intelligence network, soon the semicolons everywhere will naturally get the news.
For an organization like theirs, which sells all kinds of intelligence information, any information will be automatically classified into different values, and for many people, Sedum's news is still very sought-after.
Sedum could immediately read from the other party's expression, and he rolled his eyes and said, "I need news, I'm afraid you will quote me a high price, but since I have been paid in advance, can I offset the expenses?"
"Then it depends on what kind of news Your Highness wants to get?"
"For example, the inside story of the personnel appointments and dismissals of several jiedu envoys within the Tang Dynasty......" Sedum said with a smile.
"What about this...... I'm afraid the price will be a bit expensive, please forgive your Highness. The other party said with a smile.
"So what's the inside story of the army movement on the Great Jin side? During this time, there is an army movement for Dingnan City, or the inside story ...... I want to know!" Sedum asked again.
The people of Baixiaomen may be most proud of the military intelligence between the two countries, and even more information in this regard than some things in the immortal cultivation world, but this price is also the highest.
So this person smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, aren't you embarrassed for me! How can such news be cheap? You are inquiring about the news of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Great Jin Dynasty and the news of the Great Jin Dynasty in the Southern Tang Dynasty, especially the military, this price is really unavoidable!"
"It's okay, then you can't sell the news of my return to Nan'an, I'll see that we need to kill people in a while!
"Poof!" The man was already kneeling on the ground, and he was about to cry! He said to him: "Your Royal Highness, you can spare me, I can be the master of the limited place, I try my best to give you a preferential treatment, right?"
It doesn't matter if Sedum has this kind of murderous intent or not, but he is followed by the old man, and the power on his body is too great, and people who are close to him will inevitably tremble, as if the other party stretched out a little finger, and he was crushed to death like a bedbug.
"Okay, okay, don't be afraid, I don't have any money and won't come to Baixiaomen to inquire about the news, but before you formally ask questions, you can probably tell me about some of the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the recent period, and I'll think about what to ask in the end." ”
What happened in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the past two years is actually not a secret, Sedum probably knows it as long as he goes around outside, but listening to them here in Baixiaomen is a different situation.
First, the other party calculates that this is a hedging message, so it will naturally not keep it, and the next news will naturally have to be paid.
On the other hand, Baixiaomen is as a collector and trafficker of intelligence and news, they have no position of their own, and they are equal to a third party, so the source of the news is also very objective, and objective things are naturally more real.
Therefore, this Baixiaomen news official told the major events that happened in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the past two years, mainly after Sedum left, from the failure of the Pingwang rebellion, some changes in the Southern Tang Dynasty court to the personnel transfer in the later period, etc.
In fact, the personnel changes in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the past two years are not very large, in addition to a few important personnel, even a few festival envoys have been pardoned because of their entry into the court, and they are still in their own jurisdiction as festival envoys!
But Shen Tu Gang was transferred back to Beijing, and he has been idle at home for the past two years, which is the strangest point, you must know that when King Ping rebelled, several festival envoys had an affair with King Ping, but Shen Tu Gang was clean and self-conscious, why was he dismissed from his military post and transferred back to the capital to be idle?
This is something that many people can't understand, but Sedum smiled and said: "General Youba is in charge of the Beijing Division, which of those generals who dare to make a move, this is naturally a good move! I can't imagine that there are still chess masters in the Southern Tang Dynasty!"
"What His Royal Highness said is that the current personnel arrangements in the entire imperial court, as far as we know from Bai Xiaomen, are actually the Pei Guogong who is in charge, and this Pei Chengcheng thinks that he is a master of chess. ”
Sedum Tianqi said: "Didn't Pei Guogong just ask about the government? Why did he jump from behind the scenes to the foreground?"
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty doesn't ask about political affairs, he locks himself in Jinhuatai, Pei Gong naturally has no way to get out of the mountain!"
Although the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty is absurd, in Sedum's impression, he still attaches more importance to the government and society, why does this happen?
At the end of last year, the lady in the palace gave birth to a little princess for His Majesty the Emperor, which was the starting point of the whole thing, and then the whole court began to be in chaos.
His Majesty the Emperor didn't like this daughter very much, and even took Concubine Shu to be snubbed, so there was Wei Ziyu, the left attendant of the household department, admonished, but was reprimanded by the emperor, no one expected that Wei Ziyu drew his sword on Jinhuatai on the spot and killed himself, and blood was splashed on the spot!
The emperor only accepted a great stimulus, and then locked himself in Jinhuatai, and never went to court again! And there were no outsiders, so the whole court suddenly became a little chaotic, so Pei Guogong had to go out of the mountain.
At present, Pei Gong's arrangement, the royal family member Li Jinglong entered the Privy Council to study, this person turned out to be the son of King Ping, the third in line is called San Lang, and it is rumored that the current emperor is actually terminally ill, I am afraid that it will not last long, everyone speculates that Li Jinglong is likely to be helped to the big treasure!
These news are really shocking, not only Sedum was surprised, but even the entire Southern Tang Dynasty was shocked, and the people were shocked beyond measure!
No wonder when I came to Nan'an City, I always felt a very depressing atmosphere, it seems that there have been a lot of things in Nantang recently.
Thinking of the handsome strange man Wei Ziyu, Sedum couldn't help but sigh, this person turned out to be a pair of loyal bones, for the emperor and the Southern Tang Dynasty, he did not hesitate to throw away his life, this person is indeed admirable.
After being silent for a long time, Sedum suddenly took out a pearl and said to the news officer: "I have news from someone I want to know, that is, the masked woman of the Nanhai faction next to Cao Guogong, the current situation, first of all, has he returned to Nan'an, and secondly, where is she now?"
"Oh, you said that Miss Minglan did come back from overseas, and she also brought some news, but many people don't believe this news, we Baixiaomen think that your cultivation in the South China Sea may account for sixty percent of the real situation, so when people ask, we also calculate the cost according to this ratio. ”
"Minglan, didn't she follow Cao Guogong's surname Cao?" Sedum asked strangely.
"That's just her pseudonym, Miss Minglan is the daughter of Lord Shouming of Nantang Island County, because her parents were killed by pirates, so she devoted herself to the cultivation of the Nanhai faction, and after her cultivation was successful, she killed the pirates to take revenge, and then it seems that she was a guest in Cao Guogong's mansion. ”
"I see!" Sedum nodded, "Where are you now?"