"There's no need to be downcast if you fail in your errand. Even the old emperor never won every battle in his life!" Mao Xiang picked up the garlic again. He had a very special way of eating garlic. He didn't peel it. Instead, he threw it directly into his mouth, and then tongued it.
Turn it over and spit out the skin.
"The case is difficult to solve, so we are needed. Otherwise, wouldn't the emperor have a bunch of idle people?" Mao Xiang took another bite, "Well, it tastes good. When the old man comes back, ask him to mix a bowl for you!"
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Opposite Mao Xiang was He Guangyi.
He had just met King Qin, and before he returned to his residence, he saw a letter brought by his confidant. Then, he arrived here.
When he got here, he understood many things.
Sitting in his position, you have to pretend to be confused about many things, and you have to pretend not to know many things.
If Mao Xiang hadn't been looking for him, he would never have seen him in this life. He didn't want to, didn't dare, let alone did not want to.
"If the matter hadn't been too strange and difficult, I wouldn't have met you!" Mao Xiang continued, "We are all working for the emperor. The most important thing is to get things done well and satisfy the emperor!"
He Guangyi understood what the other party said, "I understand, I understand!" He said, paused, "No one knows, I have met you, senior!"
"Ha!" Mao Xiang laughed out a rare laugh, "You don't have to be so careful!" He said with a smile, "Actually, before I came here, Lord Long Live told me that if there are any obstacles that I can't overcome, I will share my experience with you.
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"Your Majesty?" He Guangyi was startled.
Immediately, he also woke up.
Since the emperor has sent the other party here, he is not afraid that he will know. It can even be said that the emperor is not afraid of anyone knowing that he still has this mysterious secret card. There are some things in the world, knowing it makes people more scrupulous and frightening than not knowing.
"We are not gods, nor can we master everything!" Mao Xiang finished the last mouthful of rice skin, and then said seriously, "You didn't catch anyone over there. Do you suspect that someone leaked the news?"
"Yes!" He Guangyi said, "We were under control, but we were led by the nose. While we were waiting for arrest, the White Lotus Sect's people escaped!"
"Hmm!" Mao Xiang thought about it, "When you come to Xi'an, there are only a few people who know about it! The people who tipped off the White Lotus Sect, hehe, are not ordinary people!"
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly looked like knives, "Where do you think the White Lotus Church is going?"
"I feel humble!" He Guangyi pondered for a moment, then nodded on the table, "This!"
Then he continued, "If I am the White Lotus Sect, and there is an official person behind me to tip off the news, then hiding anywhere is not as safe as hiding next to this person. Because the person who tipped off the tip will definitely know all the moves of the Jin Yiwei!"
"You're not stupid!" Mao Xiang took a sip of the seasoning from the bowl, his face twitching from the spice, "Also, they have been planning here for so long. They can't completely ignore it. They have to secretly contact the backbone of the believers.
, you can’t run too far!”
He Guangyi fell into deep thought and suddenly said, "Senior, please give me some advice!"
Mao Xiang sat on the horse, put his hands into his sleeves, and then wiped the oil stains on his mouth with his sleeves, "Have a look at the city gate, maybe you can find something!"
"City gate?" He Guangyi was confused.
"When you enter the city, you have to go through the city gate!" Mao Xiang said, "When you go through the city gate, you leave traces!"
He Guangyi became more and more puzzled, "More people come into the city every day...?"
"What a fool!" Mao Xiang scolded expressionlessly, "How did you become the commander of the Imperial Guard?" As he said this, he cursed, "One generation is worse than the other!"
Hearing this, He Guangyi did not dare to defend himself and lowered his head.
"The soldiers at each city gate have been on duty at the city gates for many years. Not to mention their sharp eyes, they can tell at a glance who is a local and who is an outsider when entering the city!" Mao Xiang said with hatred, "Who is it?"
You can't hide anything from their eyes. If there is a nondescript stranger, they won't be able to remember it?"
"The philistines you look down on are often of great use! Those soldiers will rip off those who are easy to bully, and be courteous to those who are noble. They will skin businessmen when they see them, and they will interrogate the common people when they see them."
"Have you never worked at the bottom? You don't understand this? That's how the clues come from! Fortunately, you still have people from the Jinyiwei in Xi'an. Isn't the commander of the Military and Horse Division the spy of the Jinyiwei?"
"He was in charge of the Soldiers and Horses Department, snooped on the city gate army, and then put all the problems together. Although it is a bit trivial, how could there be no clues?"
He Guangyi's face turned red after being scolded and he did not dare to raise his head.
"There are also inns, temples and Taoist temples, brothels and casinos in the city." Mao Xiang continued, "If the government doesn't know anything, ask those ruffians! They walk around the streets all day thinking about where to go to catch the autumn breeze, and which street has entered the life.
People know better than the policemen patrolling the streets. Do you have no power or no mouth? Can’t ask?”
"The humble position is clear!" He Guangyi clasped his fists.
"Next time you come out, remember to take a good look at yourself!" Mao Xiang glared at He Guangyi again, "Ordinary clothes with official boots? Are you afraid that others won't know that you are an official?"
Oh, He Guangyi's legs were immediately touched by the hem of the skirt, and his face looked ashamed and angry.
"Who taught you this?" Mao Xiang scolded, "Remember, since there is a whistleblower, it proves that no one here can be trusted. The Chief Secretary, Tang Zhentai, and people from the Prince of Qin's Palace are all out of use! Manpower
If it’s not enough, we’ll use it from the surrounding area.”
Then he suddenly looked at He Guangyi with disgust, "Hurry up and leave! I'm looking at you!"
He Guangyi stood up and said, "I resign from my humble position!"
"Wait a minute!" Mao Xiang stopped him again and said sideways, "When you walk, can you stop holding your head up like a little rooster? Keep a low profile, keep a low profile!"
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He Guangyi walked away quietly, and Mao Xiang looked back at the other side of the alley.
The old man selling rice cakes came back quickly with the meat buns in his hands and put them on the table, "My lord, please take advantage of them while they're hot!"
"Where are the kidneys?" Mao Xiang looked at the food wrapped in oil paper.
"Ah?" The old man paused and said with a smile, "Um...you didn't say you wanted kidneys?"
Mao Xiang said nothing and looked at the other party sideways.
"Well...seeing you talking to others, I'll wait over there! The taste of the kidneys is really mouth-watering, so I can't help it..." The old man smiled bitterly.
"I gave you ten yuan!" Mao Xiang scolded, "Can't you help yourself and buy one yourself?" He said, laughing and scolding, "It's been so many years, but you still like to take advantage!"
"It's been so many years, but Dutang is still as stingy as ever!"
The old man selling rice skin suddenly changed his temperament, his eyes sharpened, and his back was straight instead of submissive, as if he had become a different person.
"Who's following me...?" Mao Xiang was eating meat buns, his mouth full of oil.
From the time he left home until now, he has always had a tail behind him. Those who were staring at him thought he didn't know, but they didn't know that he, Mao Xiang, was the ancestor of these people.
"Arrested! Do you want to live or die?" The old man sat down and asked with a smile.
A piece of fat meat fell on the table. Mao Xiang picked it up and threw it into his mouth, "Of course it's going to live!" He said, suddenly grinning, "No one has been keeping an eye on me for how many years! This Xi'an is really evil!
"Having said this, he asked again, "Have you investigated the matter you were asked to investigate?"
"King Yongxing eats food and chants Buddha's name all day long and doesn't move around at will, but last month he built a temple at home and invited eminent monks from Nanshan Temple to teach Buddhism!" said the old man.
Mao Xiang clapped his hands and said, "People in the palace...?"
"They are all people who served King Yongxing before!" the old man said, "The population of the palace is simple, there are only more than 300 people in total!" He said, after a pause, "Qin San, the horse number of the palace, is ours!"
As he spoke, he habitually looked around twice and whispered, "Qin San said that at the beginning of spring, a group of horses without marks came to the palace's horse stable. He has been serving them for half a year, and those horses last month
The horse was taken away by the guards of the Prince's Mansion and taken to nowhere!"
Mao Xiang's face became solemn, and he put his hands in his sleeves again, "Keep an eye on it to see if anyone comes in!"
With that said, he stood up and left.
"Wait!" the old man said.
Mao Xiang turned around and said, "Huh?"
"Give me some money?" The old man stretched out his hand.
"what money?"
"Mipi, you haven't given me the money yet?"
Mao Xiang squinted, "Damn...do you want to figure it out so clearly?"
The old man seemed to be like a merchant at this moment, "Sir, the profit is small and the profit is small, so we don't accept credit!"
Mao Xiang threw a copper coin angrily and rolled his eyes, "If you say that, you still owe me a roasted kidney!"
The old man walked to the corner, took off his pants and squatted down.
"What are you doing?" Mao Xiang asked.
The old man chuckled, "Pull it out and give it back to you!"
"............" Mao Xiang took two steps back, turned around and cursed, "I've been unlucky all my life to know you idiots!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Tell Xiaoquan and Xiaowu Lao to wait for me somewhere!"
This chapter has been completed!