Weicheng is an important town in the south of the country, with prosperous economy and excellent geographical location, and has been the capital of all generations of emperors since ancient times. The Heyue Tea House is located in the south of the city gate, close to the city gate, and is the best position to observe the merchants.

Li Zifeng took Tian Kun to disguise himself as an ordinary merchant, sat in the corner by the window on the first floor, ordered a pot of salt green tea and two plates of dim sum like ordinary people, and observed the situation outside at any time.

The two of them entered the city early in the morning, and came to this teahouse, and they have been sitting here for two hours, seeing that the blue and white porcelain plates containing snacks have bottomed out, and the tea has no taste, but the two are still sitting steadily, and even Xiao Er is too lazy to come over to say hello.

Since Tian Kun joined the Hengshan faction, this is the first time he has sat at the same table with the chief disciple to drink tea, and he has been sitting for so long, sitting upright and uncomfortable, moving his slightly stiff body, looking at the teapot that has been cooled, and asking tentatively, "Senior brother, or I ......."

Li Zifeng couldn't help but smile when he saw him standing up, and gently pressed his shoulder and saw him press back, "Sit, don't be impatient." ”

There are more and more people in the teahouse, some guests see that there are no seats, and they reluctantly walk out of the door, Xiao Er sees this, walks towards Li Zifeng and the others, and politely orders the eviction, "I said two guest officers, you two have been sitting here for almost a day, and you don't add tea and snacks, just sit like this, many guests come without seats, you see?"

Li Zifeng instructed Tian Kun beside him, "You go and help me find a more spacious inn in the city now and book a room." ”

"Yes. Tian Kun took the order and left.

When Tian Kun walked away, Li Zifeng smiled politely at the guy, "Little second brother, I'm not sitting idle, but I want to talk to your shopkeeper about something, I don't know if your shopkeeper has time?"

"The shopkeeper, to tell you the truth, I hardly see the shopkeeper this day, I'm afraid you've run in vain, why don't you leave your name and where you live, and then tell him when I see him?"

Li Zifeng gradually smiled, "Are you perfunctory to me?"

"This guest officer, can you also be reasonable?"

"Then tell your shopkeeper that the old man has come to his hometown, and he will have time. ”

"Then you wait. ”

After a while, a middle-aged man with a slightly large body approached, followed by Xiao Er, Xiao Er pointed in the direction of Li Zifeng and complained, "It's him, he doesn't leave, and he doesn't say it's your hometown." ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" the shopkeeper of the teahouse looked at the person by the window and vaguely guessed a few points.

Seeing the two approaching, Li Zifeng stood up and saluted politely to the shopkeeper, "Uncle Gu, the juniors take the liberty to disturb, I hope you will forgive me." ”

The shopkeeper of the teahouse is named Gu Xuan, who has five out of thirty, dresses plainly, and treats people kindly. When he assisted Ouyang Ze in quelling the rebellion two years ago, he had several encounters with Li Zifeng.

"What did the young owner say? It's that the guy has a bad attitude and snubbs you. As he spoke, he looked at the guy with a confused face, "Don't you want to make amends to the young owner?"

The guy was about to ask for guilt, but was waved away by Li Zifeng, Gu Xuan said with a smile, "If the young owner doesn't dislike it, please ask Feng Yaju upstairs to talk in detail?"

Li Zifeng politely returned the salute, "I'm bothered." ”

When following Gu Xuan upstairs, Li Zifeng subconsciously looked back at the overcrowded hall. turned around and continued walking, at this time, a guest accidentally bumped into the rich boy who came to drink tea, and the entourage next to the son hurriedly scolded, "How do you walk, don't you have long eyes?" "I'm sorry..."

Li Zifeng watched this scene silently, Gu Xuan saw this, and hurriedly explained, "He is Li Shijie, the young owner of Hongyuan Villa, and he often comes here to drink tea and chat. ”

"The young owner of Hongyuan Villa?" Li Zifeng raised his eyebrows, "Who are you close to?"

"They're all rich kids. ”

Xu is Li Zifeng's gaze attracted Li Shijie's attention, and he looked at Li Zifeng from a distance, for some reason, he always felt that the person who was watching him on the stairs had an inexplicable feeling.

Li Zifeng retracted his gaze, and there was always a faint feeling in his heart that Li Shijie was here now, and the purpose was not simple, so he then whispered to Gu Xuan, "In the past few days, send someone to pay attention to his movements." ”

"Don't worry. ”

The sky was full of clouds from nowhere, and the sky that had just been sunny was obscured by the clouds, and the light immediately dimmed, and in the autumn, it was a little more gloomy and cold, and the two backs were plotting something in a narrow alley.

"Li Zifeng has arrived in Weicheng and is drinking tea alone in the teahouse, you see?"

"There are many people in the teahouse, it is not easy to start, besides, the Lord also has the meaning of putting a long line to catch big fish. ”

"When he settles down at the inn later, in the dead of night...", one of the figures reached out and made a fist gesture.

"Well, look at the opportunity, don't rush it, but don't forget to trade tomorrow night, and keep an eye on Li Zifeng's every move. ”

"Yes. ”

In the 'Feng Yaju' on the second floor of the tea house, Li Zifeng looked around at the furnishings, all of which were exquisite jade, as well as the tea utensils used, all of which were of the highest quality. I picked a chair at random and moved it to the window position, looked at Gu Xuan, took in the unease that flashed in Gu Xuan's eyes, and took a sip of the tea served by the waiter, "Uncle Gu has been doing prosperous business in the past two years, going down to the hall on the first floor and up to the big private room, the furniture and decorations are all good goods!"

Gu Xuan's heart beat faster, and he pretended to be calm, "It's all up to the owner to take care of it." ”

Li Zifeng's eyes were covered with a layer of coolness, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It's a good thing to make money, but you also have to take it in a good way, if you earn all the money with a black heart, even if the business is big, I'm afraid there will be a day when it will be lost!"

"Young owner, I..."

Li Zifeng interrupted him with a wave of his hand, took out an account book from his body and put it on the table, "This is the amount of income you report every month, all the income in the past two years combined, if you don't count the cost, you can't afford to buy the decorations above and below the teahouse and the new tea." See for yourself. ”

Gu Xuan stretched out his hand to reach out to the ledger, but in the end he didn't have the courage to take it, he frowned, and knelt on the ground with a 'plop', "The young owner forgives the sin, I was confused for a while before I made a mistake." But I can swear to God, I never revealed any of the secrets I knew. ”

"I know. Li Zifeng looked coldly at Gu Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, "If it weren't for that, I would have reported to the master to punish you a long time ago." ”

"Thank you, young owner. ”

"Get up. The shopkeeper of the teahouse kneels down a tea guest and lets others see it, what kind of system does it become?"

"Yes. ”

"Where are those jade antiques you messed up stored?"

Gu Xuan was stunned, surprised that Li Zifeng knew so much, carefully wiped away the cold sweat, pointed to a restaurant diagonally opposite the teahouse outside the window and said, "It's stored in the backyard warehouse of that Luojia restaurant." ”

"From whom?"

"The young owner forgives the sin, I really don't know this, I only know that they are merchants from other places, and they have to come several times a month, this time they came three days ago, all dressed gorgeously and politely. They lived in that restaurant, and they went out at the beginning of the morning and came back around the clock, and they were very punctual every day. ”

Li Zifeng looked at the sky outside, and tapped the lid of the teacup with his fingers, "Give you a chance to atone for your crimes." ”

The stone in Gu Xuan's heart fell to the ground, "Please give instructions from the young owner." ”

Tian Kun arranged everything and hurried back to the teahouse, Li Zifeng was still sitting in the original position of the hall on the first floor drinking tea, the only difference was that there was an extra plate of snacks on the table.

"Senior brother, the inn has been arranged. ”

"Okay, let's go!" Li Zifeng called the guy to settle the account and walked out of the door.

"This brother, can you take a step to speak?"

As soon as Li Zifeng and Tian Kun walked out of the teahouse, they were stopped by someone, and the person who stopped them was the rich son who met in the teahouse, Li Shijie, the young owner of Hongyuan Villa.

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there, just thinking about how to get close to him, never thought that he would come to the door by himself at this time, Li Zifeng sighed secretly, and then pretended to smile casually, "This son, are we very familiar?"

"Brother Tai is really a noble person who forgets things, we had a relationship in the teahouse just now. Li Shijie smiled politely, "Besides, all acquaintances start from strangers, you say, right?"

Li Zifeng sneered, "It's a good reason, if I really save my son's face, wouldn't it be too unkind?"

"Presumably Brother Tai hasn't had lunch yet! In this way, not far from here, not a mile to the north, there is a Nanyue Fang, specializing in local specialties, I do the east, how about it?"

"Good. Li Zifeng responded happily, and then said to Tian Kun, "You go back to the inn by yourself, and after an hour, come to Nanyuefang to pick me up." ”

"Yes. ”

Li Zifeng followed Li Shijie to the north of the city, and all this was seen by Gu Xuan, who was standing on the second floor of the teahouse.

Nanyue Fang was overcrowded, but the shopkeeper left a good private room for Li Shijie, Li Zifeng smiled without a trace, and it was really arranged.

Xiao Er brought the dishes up in turn and introduced them one by one, and Li Zifeng patiently listened to Xiao Er finish reporting the names of the dishes. At this time, Li Shijie's entourage stepped forward to prepare vegetables for the two.

"Under Li Shijie, born in the forty-first year of Wuzong, thank you brother for his face. ”

Li Zifeng saw that the person in front of him was so honest, and he didn't want to hide it, but the Hengshan faction has a door rule, and all deacon disciples must use a pseudonym when they go out to perform tasks, and then saluted back, "Then I should call you Brother Tai, in Xia Mufeng, born in Xuande for three years." ”

"Oh, misunderstanding. Li Shijie smiled indifferently, "For some reason, I actually feel that the virtuous brother is a little kind, but he looks like an old man from the past." ”

"Oh?" Li Zifeng frowned silently, he was extremely disgusted with calling the person in front of him a brother, and he also hated being called a virtuous brother by him, but he would never break the etiquette that should be had, and then smiled, "Then you and I are really fateful." ”

Li Shijie smiled, and Li Zifeng continued, "You have to have a reason to eat, don't you know brother?"

"How about making friends?"

"Okay, then I don't know what kind of business my brother is doing here?"

"It's just a toss with friends from the north to toss some jade antiques. Li Shijie said casually, observing Li Zifeng's reaction by the way, but he didn't capture any useful information from Li Zifeng's face.

Li Zifeng guessed Li Shijie's thoughts, but he didn't say anything, "Jade antiques still need to understand people, if you are confused, wouldn't you have to lose your money?"

Li Shijie heard the meaning of Li Zifeng's words, and smiled awkwardly, "That's what Brother Xian said." ”

Li Zifeng frowned slightly, he was sure in his heart that Li Shijie's trip was definitely not as simple as reselling antique jade, otherwise Hongyuan Villa would not have sent the young owner to go out in person.

"I don't know what Brother Tai means when he says Guard?"

Li Zifeng deliberately led the north in the direction of the imperial city, just to see Li Shijie's reaction, and sure enough, he took in the panic that flashed in the eyes of the person in front of him, although he only regained his calm in a short moment.

"Brother Xian is joking, the feet of the Son of Heaven are not a joke. ”

At sunset, the last ray of light was lost on the horizon, the candles in the A-shaped guest room on the second floor of the inn were burning for a long time, and the flames made a crackling sound, shaking people a little tired, Li Zifeng kept pacing in the house, his mind was full of 'richly dressed merchants, reselling jade antiques', which was nothing, but the appearance of Li Shijie, the young owner of Hongyuan Villa, made everything seem to be not simple.

"Luojia Restaurant?" Li Zifeng groaned in a low voice, and in a blink of an eye wanted to call Tian Kun, who was on duty in the outhouse, but found that Tian Kun was already standing against the door frame and drowsy. Li Zifeng shook his head helplessly, and was about to wake it up, when the window was blown open by a gust of wind, at this time, Tian Kun woke up with a spirit, and saw that his master was standing beside him, and he couldn't slap himself, and it was taboo to be drowsy during the duty, so he hurriedly asked for sin, "Senior brother, I..."

"It doesn't matter. Li Zifeng smiled softly, walked over and closed the window, "I haven't taken care of you for most of the day, haven't you eaten yet?"

Tian Kun was flattered, "Yes." ”

"It just so happens that I'm hungry too, you help me go downstairs and bring some food, and we'll eat together." ”

"Yes. ”

In the dead of night, the drums on the street have been beaten, Li Zifeng lay on the soft couch in the inner room of the guest room and fell asleep deeply, breathing evenly, a figure quietly approached, stood for a long time, and then quietly left, disappearing like a gust of wind. After less than half a cup of tea, Li Zifeng opened his eyes and sat up, sighing heavily.

At this time, a dark shadow quietly appeared behind him and saluted Li Zifeng slightly, "Childe, Shen Yu has followed." The guards lurking in the city are also ready and ready to be on standby. ”

Li Zifeng frowned, "Okay." You have been keeping an eye on it for the past two days, and until the last moment, you must not startle the snake!"

"Don't worry, Childe!"