Chapter 319: Intelligence
Gu Shenwei killed the woman who led him to the bait in the Bodhi Garden in Beicheng, and Meng kept the matter a secret, and the war between the two sides had only been going on for a few days before entering a temporary cooling-off period.
A large number of Jinpeng killers and knife men have been invited to go to various parts of the Western Regions to protect Meng's assets and hunt down robbers, at this moment, Gu Shenwei feels that it is better to restrain himself.
But he felt that since the war had started, he couldn't hold back after provoking the anger of Lao Meng, and his next target was Meng Mingkuan, the eldest son of Meng.
Meng Mingkuan is in his thirties, in the prime of life, with a prominent reputation, but he acts extremely low-key, and rarely appears in public unless he is with his father.
He owned a small house next to the Meng Mansion, which was connected to the door of the mansion, and every morning he went to his father on time to ask for peace, and then he took care of business affairs for him in his father's study, and when there was a major matter, he would wait until after noon to ask his father for instructions.
For more than 360 days a year, no matter the wind, rain, frost, snow and freezing, Meng Da has never slackened a little, even if he is sick, he has to do things while drinking medicine, so as not to let his father have a trace of worry.
Because of this powerful eldest son, Meng Yuzun was able to devote his energy to indulge in enjoyment and deal with some of the most important affairs, and because of this, Meng Da's position as the heir was unbreakable.
Only death can clear the way for the ambitious Meng Er.
Gu Shenwei and the Lotus Girl spent almost a whole day analyzing the information in hand, but as a result, a formed plan was not formulated, this Meng Da is really impeccable, not a drinker, not lustful, not fond of gambling, has hardly stepped into Nancheng for many years, and the common assassination methods are basically not used.
Meng Da has a very strict control over the people around him, and there are no more than ten people who have won his trust, and he gives heavy rewards to these henchmen, and once he makes a mistake, he will never use it, and it is not impossible to buy the betrayer from it, but it will take a long time and a lot of money.
There is still a difficulty in getting rid of Meng Da, not too public, nor quietly, not only to let everyone know that this is the handiwork of the Dragon King, so as to avoid Meng Er's suspicion, but also not to let all parties seize the obvious loopholes and publicly accuse Daxueshan of deceiving peace.
For two days, Gu Shenwei and the lotus girl did not come up with a feasible plan, and they were unable to do it for a long time.
In the end, it was Xu Yanwei who got a message by chance that broke the deadlock.
Xu Yanwei took 10,000 taels of silver to open a large brothel, the fifth floor side by side, in terms of area, it is far from the largest in Nancheng, but in Liuren Lane, where every inch of land is valuable, it definitely ranks first, which is bigger than Xiao Fengchai's house opposite.
This is her grand dream, since the prostitutes in Liuren Lane are the most profitable, why not open a bigger one and invite a few more women?
As a result, the 10,000 taels of silver she received from her younger brother Xu Xiaoyi were gone in a blink of an eye, just enough for the first month's rent, plus the three sisters she knew before, and she couldn't even fill the room in the building.
Biyucheng is a place where miracles are believed, Xu Yanwei made up a lie, explaining his whereabouts and resurrection over the years, and no one doubted it, or that no one cared more accurately.
In short, Xu Yanwei had no money, Xu Xiaoyi didn't dare to give it to her anymore, and asked her to go to the Dragon King.
Xu Yanwei didn't know that Chu Tie and the others had been rescued, and he had always felt guilty about their capture, so he didn't dare to see the Dragon King, so he hesitated for a long time, and scraped together a bunch of information before he came to report to the Dragon King.
"Important situation, can you afford to delay?" Xu Yanwei said to the guards at the door, who had received orders from the Dragon King to prevent her from entering casually.
It was frozen at the door for nearly half an hour, Xu Yanwei was able to see the Dragon King in the hall, which made her very dissatisfied, anyway, it was she who encouraged the Dragon King to break up the unhappy marriage, although she didn't think about killing Meng Wu, but the Dragon King's elusive trick poisoned, she always had credit in it.
With a stomach full of resentment, as soon as she entered the hall, she smiled with her eyebrows open, neither said anything about her "meritorious service", nor mentioned the difficulty of the shortage of money, and honestly put out a lot of information.
The merchants were all asking where the gold and silver that had been robbed by the Meng clan in the Western Regions had gone; the swordsmen were curious about who the Dragon King was going to kill next; the hoods were concerned about when the stone castle would break with the Dragon King again; an old aristocrat in exile in his fifties had run out of money and even wanted to stay at Xiao Fengchai's house, and was taken to the checkpoint in the north and south cities, thrown on the bridge and cried for a long time; the mother-in-law of the Xiaoju girl's family next door did not respect the Dragon King very much when she mentioned him, and called him "Yang Huan"; who is always mixed in Liuren Lane these days, and who is a frequent visitor, but there is no one to see these days......
The information is getting more and more trivial, but Gu Shenwei can't blame her, because he has never clearly said what he wants.
Xu Yanwei suffered from the cold for half an hour, so she retaliated against the dragon king with the same amount of nagging, she wanted to wait for the dragon king to be very impatient before asking for money, so that he would happily agree for the sake of the root of the ear.
Liuren Lane is the same as brothels anywhere in the world, the prostitution fee is fixed, no matter how high it is, the most important purpose of the prostitute is to make him pay a bounty far higher than the prostitution fee.
Xu Yanwei is not a master of this way, and she can be regarded as touching a little doorway, but she can be described as a fiasco today, the dragon king patiently listened to her nagging, occasionally um-huh, like an old woman who doesn't like to talk but likes to listen to the short in the family, it seems that she will never get tired of it.
Xu Yanwei decided to admit defeat, since the first time she met the Dragon King, he was still called Huan Nu at that time, and none of her tricks seemed to be successful.
"That's all. Xu Yanwei took a big sip of tea to soothe his thirsty throat, "Dragon King, do you think it's useful?"
To Xu Yan's slight surprise, the Dragon King nodded, pondered for a while, and asked her, "Jin Quan is a frequent visitor to Liuren Lane?"
"Yes, he has been with Xiaoju for almost half a year, and he always said that he wanted to redeem herself for her and live a serious life, but now there is no one left, I said to Xiaoju, you can't take the words of the guest seriously......"
Xu Yanwei ignored the hoarseness of his voice, and was about to continue, but Gu Shen interrupted in time for this time and gave her an order, "Go find out what Jin Quan is busy with, and tell me as soon as there is news." ”
"No problem. Xu Yanwei's eyes lit up, he stood up vigorously, looking like he was about to act, just took a step, turned around again, and said softly: "Dragon King, I have no money." ”
Xu Yanwei left the Dragon King's Mansion satisfied, and she got another 10,000 taels of silver, enough to support another month, as long as the brothel was running, she believed that making money was immediate.
Although she is only in her early twenties, Xu Yanwei feels that she is not too young, and it is a little powerless to perform the pitiful tricks of the past, and the effect is greatly reduced.
The 20,000 taels of silver provided by the dragon king was a good start.
As long as it takes two months, at most three months, the money can be doubled, she thought beautifully, return to Liuren Lane, act immediately, and in less than two hours, she will inquire clearly about the information that the dragon king wants to know.
Jin Quan, who Gu Shenwei paid special attention to, was Meng Da's housekeeper, and this was one of the pieces of information he had already known.
He originally wanted to see if Jin Quan could be bribed, but the information Xu Yanwei brought back was even better than he expected.
Jin Quan did not abandon Miss Xiaoju, he had important tasks and was preparing to go on a long trip.
The newly arrived 10,000 taels of silver made Xu Yanwei extremely excited, showing a more powerful intelligence detection ability than her younger brother, and even vaguely guessed the true intentions of the Dragon King, and ran to a few more brothels, visited and chatted, and based on various news, she deduced a conclusion: It was Meng Da himself who was going to go far away, and Jin Quan followed the master to perform important tasks.
Meng Da Meng Mingkuan was a man with few flaws, and he was supported by the prospect of inheriting a huge estate, but he could not hold his subordinates to the same standard, they were loyal to their masters, but they also wanted to enjoy the present.
In the gentle village of Liuren Lane, no man can keep his mouth shut, and although he thinks he has not revealed the whole truth, the clever prostitutes can guess the approximate situation with just a few words, but most of the time they don't care about this information, and only think about coaxing more money.
Gu Shenwei and the Lotus Girl mobilized their respective forces and continued to investigate secretly without a trace, and Xiaoyuetang got the clearest information from the inner line of the Meng Mansion: three days later, Meng Mingkuan would set off for Shule Kingdom.
The swordsmen under Tuo Nengya caused serious damage to the Meng clan's business network, especially the Shule Kingdom, and were almost completely paralyzed.
Shule is the largest country in the Western Regions, and its importance cannot be ignored, and Meng Da received his father's order, and he went to have two tasks: one is to bring a large sum of gold and silver over to alleviate the payment crisis, and the loss is temporary, and Meng's signboard and reputation cannot be lost because of this; and the other is to bribe the ministers of the DPRK and China to find out the inside story of this plunder.
Meng Yuzun had already sniffed out the smell of conspiracy from the court of Shule Kingdom, and suspected that someone was secretly colluding with the Dragon King, otherwise, those raids would not have succeeded easily, and there would not be no clues afterwards.
The Meng clan had cultivated many staunch supporters in the Shule Kingdom, and now it was their turn to stand up and speak for the Meng clan.
Meng Yuzun hoped that the news of his eldest son's departure from Biyucheng to Shule Kingdom would be kept secret, but he was worried about his safety, so he made two preparations.
Jinpeng Fort sent thirty killers and one hundred swordsmen to Shule Kingdom, nominally hired to protect the Meng family's estate, but in fact, the most important task was to protect Meng Da on the road.
At the same time, some of the swordsmen in Nancheng became restless again, and there were people peeping near the Dragon King's Mansion from morning to night, giving Lao Meng the impression that he was not dead and wanted to launch a surprise attack on the Dragon King, thinking that in this way he could tie the Dragon King to the palace and have no energy to do anything else.
But for Gu Shenwei, once the core facts are understood, all the actions of the Meng Mansion and Jinpeng Fort will become the most obvious evidence.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for assassination, and Gu Shen worked out a plan with the lotus girl overnight, and began preparations early the next morning.
Meng Da was closely protected by the Jinpeng killers, most of the assassination methods would be expected, and the two could not break the agreement to kill indiscriminately, so they decided to take a less formal approach.
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