The next morning, early in the morning, Fang Jun went to Zhou Ang's house in Guide Fang on time to "report".

In this regard, Zhou Ang was originally quite helpless, but today, Fang Jun came at the right time - Zhou Ang was about to find someone to inquire about the "black market", if Fang Jun didn't come, he also planned to go to the county Zhu Yamen to find someone to inquire, he came, but it was convenient for Zhou Ang.

The two sat down for a while, and Zhou Ang asked about the "black market", and Fang Jun naturally knew everything.

It turns out that the so-called "black market" is also divided into a higher market and a lower market.

The so-called upper market refers to the transactions between the official cultivators at all levels and yamen, where you sell and I buy on weekdays, and under normal circumstances, the system of official practitioners still has their own pride, and they are only willing to trade with each other within the system.

Of course, even if you are not proud, the official system will not be able to sink, because the real lower market will never be willing to do anything with the official cultivators—poachers and police do fur business, is it possible?

In fact, this upper market, after all, is also a "black market", a part of the underground market, so of course, it is also shady, and it is impossible for the officials to open up to each other to do business.

Therefore, in this so-called superior market, in the yamen of all official cultivators, there is such a person with hands and eyes to the sky, who is the "tooth man" in the center. On the side of the county Zhu Yamen, this role is undoubtedly Guo Yuan.

But in addition, there is another part, or even a larger part, of what we usually call the "black market", that is, the lower market - this is not isolated from the upper market, after all, the official also has something to deal with and turn into money. But this market is beyond the control of official forces.

Of course, there is still a certain degree of surveillance.

For example, at least Fang Jun knew that the informants on the side of the two county Zhu Yamen were responsible for paying attention to the people's trends and inquiring about the summary of news for the county Zhu Yamen, and on the other hand, they were also responsible for "shipping" for the county Zhu Yamen.

When Fang Jun talked about these things, he didn't care at all, because these news were naturally top secret to outsiders, but Zhou Ang was already a person inside the system, of course, he was not the object of top secret, but Zhou Ang didn't take the initiative to ask about it in the past, but he didn't know that these words fell on Zhou Ang's ears, and suddenly opened another window.

Well, if it was a door that opened last night, now it's at least a window.

The two phases confirmed, and Zhou Ang suddenly had a score in his heart.

It's just that when Zhou Ang asked the county Zhu Yamen how much control he had over these two informants, Fang Jun's answer poured cold water on him again-

He said: "I can't talk about control, it should be regarded as an exchange! Our yamen will regularly sell some things, such as weapons, pills, talismans, etc., to them at a relatively low price, and sometimes, for example, in October last year, our harvest is relatively rich, and even a demon corpse is transferred to them." ”

"In this way, they have something to sell in their hands, not only can they make money, but they will also have a better way, and the news will come more widely, and they will be able to transfer some of the following news and trends to us in a timely manner. Even if it's ...... Let's benefit each other!"

"It's our resources and the support of some special times that allows them to stand on their feet, and he gives back to us, but they are not so obedient, at least not always. ”

Zhou Ang thought for a while and asked, "Then why don't we arrange our own people to do this?"

Fang Jun obviously didn't think about this question, and was stunned for a moment by Zhou Ang's question, and then said, "But everyone...... It's all like this, isn't it?"

After a pause, maybe he thought about it carefully, and then said: "I think maybe it hasn't been tried by the yamen before, and it is estimated that the effect is not good, do you think, those who can do this have to be deceived and concealed from above, and ordinary people may not be able to hide it? Those underground cultivators, don't want to have an official person staring at them all day long! ”

Zhou Ang thought carefully when he heard this, and nodded slowly.

But in fact, in his mind, there should be a person like this who is responsible for infiltrating the underground cultivators for monitoring, but there is no Zhu Yamen in Lingzhou County.

For a small yamen like the county Zhu Yamen, after weighing the pros and cons, it is obvious that it is still an affordable and easy-to-use informant who is more in line with their own requirements - although in this way, it is almost difficult for the county Zhu Yamen to achieve real control over the other party, and the news they get is often what they are willing to reveal.

But after all, there are only a few official cultivators in a county, and the annual funds are also limited, so it is already a lot of expenditure to maintain this kind of source channel.

In addition, as Fang Jun said, this level of undercover agent is not something that can be done by anyone who says it.

At least Fang Jun and Fang Boju in front of him can't do it.

After receiving this information from Fang Jun's mouth, Zhou Ang was already quite satisfied, calculating in his heart that there were only a few days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the gifts that should be sent out earlier were not worried, he talked and laughed with Fang Jun for a while, and then calmly took him out with him.

First go to the uncle's house, and then go to Jiang Yun Jiang Bo's Taoist house, rush in one morning, personally send all the gifts, and finally bring a beautifully packaged pen, ink, paper and inkstone small gift box, after returning to the county Zhu Yamen, I gave it to Mr. Chen Jing in the past.

The Zhou family has been in decline for many years, and Zhou Ang has grown up for less than half a year, and there are almost no in-laws in the local area, and the social and interpersonal relationships are relatively simple.

Fang Jun followed Zhou Ang for a long morning in vain, but he was busy giving the festival gifts, but he didn't have the slightest impatience, and after eating together in the yamen, Zhou Ang went to find Du Yi, so he lazily stayed in the official room in a daze - but Zhou Ang only went around once, and then came back and called him, "Go, take me around." ”

Zhou Ang went to Du Yi to arrange for him to investigate and see who the main business partners of the Lu clan in Zhanzhou were since the relocation of the Lu clan in Zhanzhou—inspired by the conversation he had heard between the driver and Lu Tao last night. Since it is certain that "Mr. Big" has business dealings with the Lu family, and has a certain degree of dependence on the business provided by the Lu family, this is of course a good starting point.

It's just that, considering that the Lu family is not small, although it is a newly relocated out-of-town household, and it may not have complete tentacles in the local area, Zhou Ang is still extra careful, afraid that his investigation will be discovered by the Lu family, so he does not dare to entrust someone easily, and when he entrusts it to Du Yi, he repeatedly tells him to handle this matter carefully. De Du Yi promised that he would arrange it in person, and even go down in person, so Zhou Ang was more relieved and sincerely thanked him.

As for what Zhou Ang wanted to do with Fang Jun, of course, it was to recognize a few informants from the county Zhu Yamen.

In short, he is now particularly interested in these underground deals.

Of course, he didn't actually plan to do anything through the official channels of the yamen, but just borrowed the strength of his colleagues in the yamen to do a preliminary investigation and understanding.

............

Also in the morning, when Zhou Ang took Fang Jun to send off the festival gift, a simple carriage, dragged by a single horse, and the driver alone, came out of the side door of the newly built mansion of the Lu family in Zhanzhou, and without attracting any attention, it had already left Lingzhou City.

The carriage traveled for less than half an hour, and it had already arrived in Lujia Town.

Eventually, the carriage was parked at the mouth of an inconspicuous alley, and the driver got out of the carriage and looked left and right, leaving the carriage straight and walking to the gate of a house of blue bricks and tiles.

There was a middle-aged man beside the door, who was bored and playing with a tree branch, and when he saw the rider coming, he stood up at once.

The two of them didn't speak, the driver looked left and right, took out a large silver ingot with twenty-five taels from his arms, handed it over, the middle-aged man took it in his hand, and then quickly put it into his arms, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up! If you are caught, it is the sin of killing your head!"

The driver nodded, walked back to the carriage as if nothing had happened, and whispered, "Miss, it's all right." ”

So the curtain of the carriage was lifted open by a slender hand, but Lu Tao, who was wearing a hat, leaned out and got out of the car, and then walked quickly to the door, all the way over, completely ignoring the middle-aged man who squatted back on the side of the road, walked straight to the door, snapped three times, and knocked the knocker.

After a while, she slapped three more rhythmically.

Finally, an old servant opened the door, but only opened a crack in the door, and when he saw the outsiders clearly, the old servant sighed, "Why are you here again? We have already said that we will not see you!

As he spoke, he was about to close the door.

Lu Tao grabbed the door, so that the old servant couldn't push it for a while, and then she spoke: "Old man, forgive me, please help spread the word again." My surname is Lu, and the grandfather Zhang in your house is really an old relationship, my father is his son and nephew, and now in the festival, the little woman must come to his old man to kowtow and do a filial piety. I'm sorry for you!"

She spoke very politely, but she didn't make any money.

Obviously, she already knew that although the Lu Mansion had long since declined, after all, the prime minister's family still had strict family rules, and no one would dare to accept her money, so she had to say it as politely as possible.

The old servant who opened the door looked at her helplessly when he heard this, and said, "Girl, go back! I went to pass the word for you the first two times, and our manager Zhang has made it very clear, if you don't see it, you won't see it!"

Speaking of this, he also turned his head and poked out the door, and said, "You came here for a trip, you didn't make any less money, right? It's useless, don't waste any more money!"

When Lu Tao heard this, his posture became lower and lower, almost with a hint of pleading, "Old man, you should help me, and help me pass it on again! People often say that things are not more than three, that grandpa Zhang may see my sincerity, but this time he will see me? Can you help ......?"

The old servant sighed when he heard this, but in the end, his heart softened, and he said, "Then you wait for a while, I'll try again!" After he finished speaking, Lu Tao hurriedly thanked him, and at the same time let go of his hand.

So the door closed, and Lu Tao waited outside the door.

After a long while, seeing the middle-aged man squatting on the side of the road looking over frequently, his face was already a little anxious, Lu Tao was also anxious and worried, thinking that he was afraid that when he still refused to see him, the door was opened, and the old servant actually said: "Come in!"

After a pause, seeing that Lu Tao entered the door with great gratitude, he closed the door and led the way, and said: "It seems that you are right, my housekeeper Zhang actually agrees with you this time...... But girl, let me tell you, when Steward Zhang heard that you were here again, his face was not very good-looking!"

Speaking of this, he sighed and whispered: "He just helped my young lady find a cat for a while, but he was not lightly tired, this temper is not very good, according to what you said, you are a granddaughter, I will teach you a trick, you will kowtow when you see it, he will not scold you...... Isn't that right?"

Lu Tao was grateful, and while listening to the chatter of the old servant in his ears, he subconsciously observed the legendary prime minister's mansion - although it is a prime minister who has long since declined, but people like Grandpa Zhang are still willing to follow him, it can be seen that Lu Xiang, who has the same surname as his own family but is of different ethnicity, is by no means an unusual atmosphere.

Looking at the past along the way, she couldn't help but feel that the Prime Minister's Mansion is indeed the Prime Minister's Mansion, although it does look a little dilapidated now, but it is still solemn and magnificent, so that she is also difficult to see for a while.

After walking a long way, she was led to a flower hall, and the old servant stopped and said to her, "Wait here, and I'll go in and see before I call you." ”

Lu Tao really stopped when he heard this, and thanked him casually, but he didn't dare to cross the slightest.

After a while, the old servant came out and said to her, "Go in......! The temper is not very good, kowtow first, girl......! Take off your hat!"

Lu Tao was patient, smiled again and thanked the old servant, and then controlled his excitement, took off his hat and held it in his hand, and stepped into the flower hall - in the flower hall, an old man was bending down to prune the flower branches, Lu Tao saw that there was no outsider except him, so he knew that this must be his father's master, and then she stepped forward quickly, a few steps away before stopping, and said respectfully: "The master is above, and the apprentice has kowtowed to you!"

After saying that, she bent down and put her hat on the ground, and then she lay down respectfully, touched the ground with her forehead, and bowed down earnestly.

The old man didn't turn his head until this time, but it was the same Uncle Zhang who led him to the academy where Lu Duan was when Zhou Ang climbed over the wall and entered the Lu Mansion that day.

It's just that at this time, he is obviously very different from the kind and old image when Zhou Ang saw him that day.

Mighty and domineering is naturally not enough, but there is no need to do anything deliberately, as long as he does not take the initiative to hide himself, he will naturally have an indescribable strong momentum in his body, but it is true.

Especially for people who have long known how powerful he really is, such a strong man's momentum is even enough to be amplified by subjective feelings several times or more than ten times.

So, the kind old man in front of Zhou Ang fell into the eyes of Lu Tao, who straightened up after paying homage at this moment, and the momentum was so powerful that she even felt that she didn't dare to breathe.

"What are you doing here?" asked Uncle Zhang.

Lu Tao knelt on his knees at the moment, and had not yet gotten up, just now he just hurriedly glanced up at Uncle Zhang, and then he was shocked by his strong momentum and lowered his head.

Hearing this at this time, she thought about it, knelt on the ground again, and wept sadly: "Back to the ancestors, the disciples and grandsons are here, just to kowtow to you and do a filial piety on behalf of the father." Before my father passed away, I mentioned again and again that you were not only his mentor, but also like a father in his heart. Now my father is gone, and my grandchildren are ......"

"Okay, okay, okay, just say whatever you want, don't make these useless things. ”

Uncle Zhang interrupted her, then glanced at her again, and said, "Get up, don't kneel to me!"

Although Lu Tao was interrupted, she didn't dare to be dissatisfied in the slightest, and after hesitating at the moment, she bowed down and said, "No! Thank you, Master ......," and then stood up.

Uncle Zhang sighed, looking very helpless, and said, "Oh, you guys...... When your father came to look for me that day, I explained to him that it was true that I had taken him as an apprentice and passed on some of his skills, but when he was unwilling to follow me to serve my family, our master-apprentice fate had already ended. ”

"Therefore, you don't have to come to me again in the future, let alone kneel down to me and call me my ancestor...... Don't say that your father is no longer there, even if he is still here, and I have nothing to do with your family anymore!

When she heard the front, with Lu Tao's astuteness, she had already prepared words to deal with it, but in the last sentence, Uncle Zhang's voice didn't seem to have changed, but in Lu Tao's ears, it seemed to be the sound of thunder on the ground, which immediately shocked her heart, and in an instant, don't speak, she even forgot to deal with this matter, although she stood up for a while, she was stunned, looking terrified.

After a long while, she finally came back to her senses, and when she looked up, she found that her "ancestor" Grandpa Zhang had already walked a few steps away, and was busy bending down to prune the flower branches.

Lu Tao opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but before she could say anything, suddenly "Grandpa Zhang" straightened up, turned his head, looked at her calmly, and said, "I know what you mean, but ...... Your father's death is purely self-inflicted, and if you want to avenge your children, it is only a matter of cause and effect!"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Lu Tao deeply and said, "Go! Don't come again!"

............

It wasn't until a long time after he came out of the gate of the Lu family, and even he had already walked to his carriage, that Lu Tao recovered from the shock and inexplicable fear just now.

Seeing that she didn't bring up her hat, the whole person looked even more depressed, and couldn't help but say with concern: "Miss, are you okay?"

Lu Tao took a deep breath when he heard this, recalled the scene just now with a little horror in his heart, and slowly spit out this breath, only to finally feel that the feeling of horror gradually faded.

That feeling was the first time Lu Tao had encountered it in her life, if she hadn't experienced it personally, she couldn't even imagine that when a cultivator became powerful, especially after reaching the half-immortal on the ground, it could be so powerful that the momentum revealed in a single sentence was enough to shock herself so much that she couldn't even speak, and even had to use great restraint to control herself from being scared to the point that her legs were weak, or she was trembling.

"It turns out that the power of a half-immortal on the ground can be so powerful? No wonder my father resolutely decided to come to this Lingzhou that day......! It seems that there is no longer the slightest old affection between the two sides. ”

She sighed sadly in her heart, but she quickly adjusted her attitude, glanced at the driver calmly, and said indifferently: "I'm fine! Let's go, go home!"

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