On this day, Kong Rui still dressed up as a middle-aged man with a beard, and according to the contact method given by Yang Liqing, he found what they thought was the best intelligence officer, a person named Duan Zhi.

The two made an appointment to a private room in a teahouse, and after Kong Rui said the code words that Yang Liqing gave him, he saw that Duan Zhi was indifferent, and just asked him, "What news do you want?"

Kong Rui was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: This is too direct, isn't it, and what's the use of this codeword? But he still pretended to be mysterious and said: "I want to find out the situation of all the Rus people who live in Suidu and are friendly with the Qiqi people." ”

Duan Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "The deposit of fifty taels of silver, come back in two days, and pay the remaining fifty taels of silver after you are satisfied." ”

Kong Rui had been in the world for many days, and he also knew the value of the fifty taels of silver, and he couldn't help but be surprised by the appetite of these intelligence dealers, but he deliberately pretended not to care, and said, "Okay, I hope there is something valuable." ”

Duan Zhi didn't expect Kong Rui to agree so quickly, with the acumen of an intelligence dealer, he saw Kong Rui dressed luxuriously and made generous moves, he knew that Kong Rui should be extraordinary, but he didn't know what kind of heart he had, and he was actually a little uneasy in his heart.

Seeing Duan Zhi's nervousness at once, he reached out and took out an ingot of silver, and with a little force in his hand, he pinched the corner of the ingot of silver and deformed it, then threw it to Duan Zhi, and said to him: "Remember, don't play tricks." ”

Duan Zhi took the silver, and when he saw that Kong Rui actually had such strength, he was even more frightened, and hurriedly nodded: "Don't dare, don't dare, I will definitely give Your Excellency a satisfactory answer in two days." Kong Rui then went out and walked away, leaving Duan Zhi there to wipe his sweat non-stop.

In fact, Kong Rui had long been told by the then Xiao Hall Master that this intelligence dealer originally lived in a gray area, and he could buy and sell news from them, and he could also let them create all kinds of fake news, of course, everything depended on strength, and even if they suffered a big loss, they didn't dare to report to the official, let alone notify the scheming people, so Kong Rui didn't care about showing his hand in front of Duan Zhi a little, and let him honestly inquire about the news.

Maybe this task was too simple, and two days later, when Kong Rui came to the place where he had made an appointment with Duan Zhi. As soon as Duan Zhi saw Kong Rui, he trembled and took out a small notebook, put it in front of Kong Rui and said to him: "This is what the Venerable Master wants, you can take a look at it first, if there is anything you need, just bring it up, and you will definitely do your best to do it in the future." ”

Kong Rui pretended to look through it carefully, and saw that there were many people's names, addresses, what they did, and which scritches they had close relationships with, and there were all kinds of things, everything; he just remembered the Rus Kingdom at that time, and wanted Duan Zhi to do something for him, so he made such a request, in fact, he was not very interested in this thing, after all, it was extremely difficult for this ordinary person's interaction to involve high-level secrets.

"Okay, let me ask you again, what do you know about Xili Kingdom?" Kong Rui nodded and asked Duan Zhidao.

"Of course it's no problem, but I don't know what kind of news Zun Jia wants to inquire about?" Duan Zhi's heart finally put down the stone, and when he heard Kong Rui ask about Xili Kingdom, he guessed that he might be quite satisfied with the result just now, and immediately thought about more business, so he quickly replied.

"This time I want to know something about ginseng. Kong Rui had already planned carefully, so he said to Duan Zhi.

"Ginseng?" Duan Zhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled and said, "I don't know, I don't dare to ask for more honorarium for inquiring about this news, I'm afraid that even the errand fee will not be enough." ”

Kong Rui smiled, took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and said, "This is a deposit, and half of it will be paid after the matter is completed, but it must be fast." ”

As soon as Duan Zhi saw Yinzi, his eyes immediately lit up, and he said, "No problem, here tomorrow." Kong Rui nodded, paid him fifty taels of silver last time, and the two separated again.

The next day, Kong Rui paid Duan Zhi a deposit again, but asked him to inquire about the news of the salt warehouse near Suidu, Duan Zhi was even more confused, and he didn't know what kind of news Kong Rui was looking for, but for the sake of money, he also agreed to do it for Kong Rui.

For seven or eight days in a row, Kong Rui asked Duan Zhi to inquire about some seemingly irrelevant things, sometimes asking about the cloth village and the printing and dyeing workshop, and sometimes asking the carriage shop, Duan Zhi saw that Kong Rui's requests were all inappropriate news for them, and he didn't seem to really pay attention to the news from these inquiries, just look at it, but the price has been good, he slowly slackened off, and he was not very attentive to Kong Rui's requirements, and sometimes he made up a message at random and sold it to Kong Rui.

In addition to meeting Duan Zhi, Kong Rui spent a few days staying at the Yuelai Inn, carefully observing and monitoring the boss here, Liang Fang.

A few days ago, Kong Rui thought that this Liang Fang was also the same as those intelligence dealers, just in this circle and mud, to make some money, but Kong Rui soon found that this person is definitely different from those people, this person seems to have good martial arts, and he is very low-key and cautious, the business of the inn is taken care of by the shopkeeper on weekdays, he just meets friends in a private room in the inn, the door does not go out, the second door does not step, it seems to be an ordinary innkeeper, why is it the secret liaison of Black Tiger Mountain here? It seems that this man is indeed not ordinary.

In addition, Kong Rui also spent two days quickly verifying the information provided to him by Duan Zhi, and sure enough, he found a lot of fake news or useless news in these messages, Kong Rui smiled slightly, but he didn't care.

On this day, Kong Rui, as usual, was about to go to the teahouse where he met Duan Zhi, and saw that a very large Feng Ji grain store on the side of the road suddenly closed its door, Kong Rui felt curious, so he walked into a shop next door and asked the shopkeeper: "Dare to ask the store, why did this Feng Ji grain store suddenly close down? Where else can we go to buy food?"

The shopkeeper of the shop sighed and said: "The guest officer doesn't know, this schemer has monopolized the purchase channels of grain, and let Lao Feng buy goods from them, and the price is much higher, while the price of the ramp's own grain store is lower, and Lao Feng's business can't continue." ”

Kong Rui also looked sympathetic, sighed, shook his head and left.

After a while, Kong Rui saw Duan Zhi again in the private room of the teahouse, and Kong Rui still paid the money and said to Duan Zhi: "This time I want to know about the situation of the grain store in the capital city, pay attention, it can't be a grain store run by a ritual, and it must be up-to-date, don't fool me with those grain stores that have been closed." ”

Duan Zhi had a lot of contact with Kong Rui, and felt that Kong Rui was not so strict, so he relaxed a lot, became like an old friend, and said to Kong Rui: "Don't worry, we also have rules for doing business, and we can give you this news tomorrow." ”

Kong Rui nodded, and took out another ingot of ten taels of silver, but pinched it in his hand, and pinched the whole ingot of silver into a disappearance, and then threw it to Duan Zhidao: "It's good to have rules, tomorrow here and now." Then he turned and left.

Duan Zhi put away the silver with a smile and continued to hum a little song and sip tea. Duan Zhi always thought that the news that Kong Rui wanted was something inconsequential, and he didn't care very much about the authenticity of the news, and this time he only asked him to inquire about the grain store for a while, and he got some news from another intelligence dealer at random, and planned to continue to fool Kong Rui. On this day, he still entered the private room of the teahouse according to the previous time, and waited for Kong Rui while sipping tea.

Soon, Kong Rui came as promised, and as before, he first took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and held it in his hand, and then asked Duan Zhidao, "Brought it?"

Duan Zhi nodded and said, "Do you dare to bring the request of the honorable driver?" immediately put down the teacup, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Kong Rui, picked up the tea again, and tasted it leisurely.

Kong Rui took it, his eyes swept quickly, and sure enough, he found the words "Feng Ji Grain Xing", and asked without moving: "These are the latest?"

Duan Zhi hurriedly put down the teacup again and said, "Big brother, this is what I collected when I broke my leg yesterday, of course it's the latest news." ”

Kong Rui already knew that he was talking nonsense, so his expression turned sharp at the moment, and his eyes stared at Duan Zhidao: "Really?"