He took a sip of his tea cup and then said slowly: "This Huang Junsheng Jinyiwei was a close friend of the deceased Guan Supervisor from the same hometown. The official in his hands was bought from the King of Luo."
Lu Bai said nothing, still staring at Tang Zhu, silently telling Tang Zhu that he already knew the news.
Tang Zhu didn't take it seriously, "What Mr. Lu may not know is that this Customs Supervisor is actually working for King Kang and helping King Kang raise money."
Lu Bai blinked now.
The information Tang Zhu provided him was indeed beyond his expectation. He had never been able to find the reason why someone killed the Guan Supervisor before. Now that Tang Zhu said this, Lu Bai felt that the Guan Supervisor really deserved to die.
"It's not just the supervisory department who works for King Kang, it's actually the entire Lin'an Prefecture raw silk merchants." Tang Zhu seemed to be free of money for the news, and kept throwing it out, shocking Lu Bai again.
"Are all the merchants in Lin'an Prefecture on the side of King Kang?" Lu Bai asked in surprise.
Tang Zhu smiled meaningfully.
This smile was thought-provoking, but before Lu Bai could ask him what he meant and wanted him to tell him directly, Tang Zhu had no intention of continuing the conversation.
He shook the fan in his hand and said, "How much you can guess the rest depends on Mr. Lu's luck. As for today, I, Zhuyingtang, did a favor to Mr. Lu. I wonder if Mr. Lu can also do me a favor.
busy?"
Lu Bai was not in a hurry to agree.
He asked Tang Zhu to talk. If he made things difficult for him or did anything immoral, Lu Bairang would stop talking.
"Haha." Tang Zhu laughed, "I heard a coachman say that Mr. Lu is a good official. I don't think that after meeting him today, there is a high probability that Mr. Lu is really a good official."
Lu Bai's eyes narrowed and he stared at Tang Zhu like a knife.
Only one driver who pulled the cart said that he was a good official when he first went to the Guan Superintendent's house to investigate the case. Now that Tang Zhu actually knows that, it shows that he is well-informed.
When Tang Zhu mentions it now, I'm afraid it's not just a matter of words.
Tang Zhu still looked calm and relaxed, "But don't worry, Mr. Lu, the help I ask you to do is just a small favor, such as——"
The fan in his hand stopped, "How did Master Lu achieve such rapid progress?"
Before Lu Bai could say anything, he said in advance: "Don't talk about practicing hard, or being a genius. Mr. Lu is making such rapid progress, tsk tsk -"
He felt that Lu Bai's progress had already surpassed this aspect.
This is as nonsense as Lu Ban, a carpenter with good skills, suddenly developed an atomic bomb at the end of his life. This is not the same level at all.
Lu Bai nodded in agreement, "You are right, my progress cannot be described as genius and hard work."
"Treasures from heaven and earth?" Tang Zhu asked pretending to be careless.
He was not asking, but he knew that Lu Bai might not tell the truth, so he wanted to use preemptive strikes and then observe his words to determine the truth about Lu Bai's rapid progress from Lu Bai's expression.
However, Lu Bai shook his head without pretense, "Of course not. I have never eaten a ginseng so far."
"Is that a magic weapon from a master?" Tang Zhu asked again.
Lu Bai still shook his head, making Tang Zhu unable to see the flaw.
Tang Zhu stopped talking, waiting for Lu Bai's answer. Lu Bai chuckled and said slowly: "Read more, read more newspapers, sleep less with your wife, and solve more cases. This is my secret to practice."
Tang Zhu was stunned, and Gu Qinghuan couldn't help but laugh behind him.
At the end, Tang Zhu shook his fan and said, "Master Lu is so funny. Okay, since Master Lu won't say anything, let me change the question -"
Lu Bai smiled and said, "It's not that I didn't say it. I said it, but you didn't understand. But I have a good heart and can do you one more favor."
Tang Zhu didn't pay attention, he just asked: "There is a White Wolf Gang in Yancheng, and the White Wolf Gang has Shunfeng Bank. Is this Mr. Lu's business?"
Lu Bai raised his eyebrows. He was getting more and more surprises from Zhuyingtang. He even knew about Shunfeng Bank.
He nodded, "Yes, it's mine."
"My current business is related to Mr. Lu's Shunfeng Bank." Tang Zhu asked for advice, "Although our Zhuyingtang is not as big as Mr. Lu's business, the money we handle cannot be withdrawn by just one or two people. I don't know Mr. Lu.
Can you give me some pointers?"
Lu Bai once again refreshed his view on Zhuyingtang.
His Shunfeng Bank business has not spread very widely, and it has almost established its presence in Yancheng and Yongle City. It has recently been involved in other cities, but it is still in the initial stage, so it has not become a big success.
To be honest, in Lu Bai's opinion, people in the capital should pay more attention to his private salt business, and Shunfeng Warehouse and Shunfeng Bank should be secondary.
However, Zhuyingtang was able to find out about Shunfeng Bank and realized its power. Based on this alone, Lu Bai had to look at them several times.
However, it is one thing to be well-informed and realize the future potential of Shunfeng Bank, but it is another thing to be able to truly realize the bank's vision. Lu Bai is not afraid that Zhuyingtang will learn the essence of this bank.
Because there is only one most important thing for a bank - reputation.
Without credibility, banks will never succeed.
It just so happens that Zhuyingtang, as a martial arts sect, lacks such credibility.
You must know that Shunfeng Bank did not grow by relying on Lu Bai's private salt business, but by relying on Lu Bai's unrivaled reputation in Yancheng and the serious business of Shunfeng Warehouse, Shunfeng Bank broke out of its shell.
Of course, the most important thing is that Lu Bai has a card in his hand.
If you have a card, you will not be afraid of counterfeiting. If you are not afraid of counterfeiting, you will not be afraid of counterfeiting. If there are no counterfeiting, you will naturally have a good reputation.
It can be said that Lu Bai's Shunfeng Bank is difficult to copy at least now.
but--
Lu Bai would not tell Tang Zhu about the bank's business because of this, because "just a piece of news about this case is not enough to exchange for the business secrets of my bank, right?" Lu Bai smiled at him.
Tang Zhu nodded, "It's indeed not enough. What if I told you that on Qingming night, the person who lured you to Jiange was actually not someone from Yiqiu Villa, but someone else?"
"People from Liyuan." Lu Bai knew it without him having to say it.
Tang Zhu was surprised, "It turns out that Mr. Lu already knew."
Lu Bai nodded, then turned to look at Gu Qinghuan. This was what Gu Qinghuan had inferred based on the conversation the Mo family members had with him at the dinner table.
Gu Qinghuan had actually vaguely guessed it yesterday.
First of all, yesterday's swordsman in the fog was always in the fog and never came out for a moment; secondly, yesterday's swordsman in the fog was vulnerable to a single blow. Almost every time he fought against Lu Bai, the fog broke. He was obviously not an ordinary swordsman, nor an assassin.
It belongs to the group of people who are trying to make things mysterious.
And in the current capital, who is the best at deceiving Lu Bai?
The answer is obvious: they are people from Liyuan, and most likely they are the two guests from Liyuan who stayed at the Mo family.
Their puppetry, clone and illusion techniques are almost the same as those of the man in the fog who attacked Lu Bai yesterday.
"Let's change the question." Lu Bai saw that Tang Zhu could not proactively provide effective information, so he asked: "Brother Tang, does he know the real culprit in the demon book case?"
"The demon book case?" Tang Zhu was a little surprised.
He looked at Lu Bai doubtfully, "This case has been closed long ago. Why is Mr. Lu still investigating this case?"
Lu Bai smiled nonchalantly, "I'm just curious. After all, I think the water here is very deep."
"The water is indeed very deep." Tang Zhu nodded.
He advised Lu Bai with a kind look on his face. If Lu Bai wanted to pursue an official career, he suggested that Lu Bai should not investigate this case.
Lu Bai thanked him for his kindness, "Well, since Brother Tang doesn't want to do this business, then I have nothing to ask, let's——"
"The demon book comes from the palace." Tang Zhu said the answer directly without waiting for Lu Bai to thank him.
"What?!" Although Lu Bai heard clearly, he still couldn't help asking.
Tang Zhu regained his elegance and calmness just now, "Master Lu also knows that there are witchcraft and other sorcery, and some people's birth dates are not easily revealed to others, let alone King Luo and King Kang. In this case, what is in this demon book?
After an analysis of the birth date and horoscope, it was concluded that King Kang was the destined emperor - do you think if the birth date and birth date above were false, it would cause such a panic?"
Lu Bai thought thoughtfully, "So the birth date and horoscope are true?"
"It really can't be true anymore." Tang Zhu nodded.
He took a sip of wine and praised again, Lu Bai's wine was really delicious.
He asked Lu Bai if he would sell it?
"If you come to my mountain gate, the wine will be open to you, but as an outsider -" Lu Bai shook his head.
If it were before, this wine could still flow out for one or two jars.
Not anymore.
Firstly, with the upgrade of the skill to Jiuxingxing, the materials for making wine have become more rare and valuable, and the output of wine has begun to decrease. Secondly, with the growth and increase of Lu Bai's disciples, the supply of Haoqi Sect's wine is now in short supply.
Now the Haoqi Sect far away in Yancheng no longer accepts disciples, but the White Wolf Gang in Luyuan still accepts its own disciples, so Lu Bai's disciples are still growing.
He even has disciples now.
In a letter from Da Hei Niu a few days ago, she said that she had accepted a disciple. This disciple is very handsome. The key is that he also has a lot of strength. There is no need to worry that Da Hei Niu will break his body and bones.
When he received this letter, Lu Bai almost thought that Da Hei Niu had found a wife for him.
Tang Zhu didn't want to continue talking about the demon book case, so he stopped talking and mentioned the wine. Lu Bai stopped asking further questions and turned to talk about Shunfeng Bank and told Tang Zhu some of Shunfeng Bank's business methods.
Tang Zhu quickly understood the key to this bank.
He thinks the former credibility problem can be solved, but the latter problem of counterfeit coins or banknotes is a bit difficult, but it is not impossible to solve.
He pondered for a moment, then asked Lu Bai a few more questions, nodded and said with a smile: "To be honest, Lu Bai's amazingness has benefited Tang Mou a lot, and what he has given to Tang Mou is far more than what Tang Mou gave to Mr. Lu. Since
in this way--"
Tang Zhu took out a bamboo sign from his arms and threw it to Lu Bai, "This is the Bamboo Shadow Sign of Zhuyingtang. If Mr. Lu has any information that he wants to inquire about in the future, or if there is something inconvenient to do, he might as well use this sign to make small talk on the street."
Find the store with the bamboo sign in the alley, and they will help you contact me. Then I, Zhuyingtang, will do my best to repay Mr. Lu for today's generosity."
Tang Zhu stood up and saluted Lu Bai.
Lu Bai stood up and returned the greeting, and then the music of the piano played. Amidst the sweet rustling of bamboo, the boat moved into the distance, gradually merged with the boat and the boat in the shadow of the candlelight oars, and disappeared from sight.
Lu Bai relaxed, lying on Gu Qinghuan's knees, looking at the cruise ship outside and the lights on the shore, "What do you think of this Bamboo Shadow Hall?"
Although Gu Qinghuan only found out about Zhuyingtang today, after dealing with him just now, she had a suspicion in her mind, "The information is very well-informed, I'm afraid it's not as simple as a martial arts sect."
Whether it was news from the palace or from the market, he had all the treasures at his fingertips. It was obvious that there was a huge intelligence network supporting him, and this intelligence network was even far superior to Lu Bai's beggar gang.
Lu Bai nodded in agreement, "Yes, I didn't expect this person to even know what a coachman said."
Lu Qing smiled happily, "It's not that exaggerated. Maybe the coachman is one of theirs?"
It also makes sense.
The coachman might not have been picked up by Lu Bai for no reason, especially now that he was waiting for Lu Bai to use the coach in Nanzhen Fusi.
"Get in touch slowly, time will tell. Whoever is standing behind the Bamboo Shadow Hall will definitely show up." Gu Qinghuan opened his palm and gently pressed Lu Bai's head.
Lu Bai groaned comfortably, closed his eyes and whispered softly: "Tang Zhu's meaningful smile just now clearly shows that it is not just the raw silk merchants of Lin'an Prefecture. I am afraid that other silk merchants are also on Prince Kang's side."
"Shen family!" Gu Qinghuan said firmly.
After Lu Bai was silent for a while, he felt a little unbelievable, "Behind King Kang is the Lu family, and behind the Lu family is Yiqiu Villa. The Shen family is now competing for the secular power of Jianzhai, and the Lu family is the former secular power that betrayed Jianzhai."
Lu Bai was wondering if Gu Qinghuan had made a wrong conclusion.
This is equivalent to someone who wants to be Kensai's current girlfriend and at the same time supports the family of his crush's ex-girlfriend. This relationship is too messy.
"No, what if it's one woman and two men, or two women and one man?" Gu Qinghuan asked.
After the Lu family owned Yiqiu Villa, it was true that they were no longer a secular force in Jian Zhai, but this did not mean that the Lu family had turned against Jian Zhai. In fact, there were many people in Jian Zhai who had good relations with the Lu family.
At that time, many people from the Lu family also practiced in the Sword Studio.
Even if they are broken, they are still connected.
"Don't think that the eight major sects share the same spirit and vent their anger through the same nostril. You have to remember that the eight major sects have always been in a competitive relationship, but now there is Yiqiu Villa to temporarily unite them." Gu Qinghuan said.
There are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends in this world.
Everything is vain in the face of interests.
Apart from other things, as for the Jianzhai and Yiqiu Villa joining forces, "If they join forces, do you think it will break the current balance and make the eight major sects become the second major sect?" Gu Qinghuan asked,
Lu Bai nodded.
There is no doubt about the strength of Jianzhai. When there was no Yiqiu Villa, Jianzhai was the undisputed leader of the eight sects, and was the target that the remaining seven sects often jointly dealt with.
"Also, don't forget, judging from the fight between the Shi family and the Shen family, there are already factions in Jianzhai." Gu Qinghuan felt that if there were people in Jianzhai who despised Yiqiu Villa, they would be friends with Yiqiu Villa.