Thirteenth Niang and Yao Xishui walked to the Ningxianglou Rouge Shop and looked outside. Their eyes also fell on Han Qian and Zhao Ting'er across the street for a moment, but they didn't notice anything was wrong at all and walked into the shop.
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At this time, two more clumsy-looking middle-aged men squeezed in from behind, but they did not follow them into the rouge shop, but stayed outside the shop.
"Is this a spy under Mr. You Sichai?" Zhao Ting'er asked Han Qian doubtfully.
Han Qian nodded, thinking that Chun Shisanniang and Yao Xishui were not slow in their actions. They just said yesterday that they would take over Ningxiang Rouge Shop, and they came here today, but he did not think about dragging Zhao Ting'er to get close to Ningxiang.
Instead, he continued to sit huddled in front of the steps opposite, secretly observing the two Wanhonglou assassins who were left outside by Yao Xishui and others.
After a while, I saw a fortune teller holding an old flag with the words "Happy Heaven Knows My Fate, So Don't Worry" came over to talk to the two people.
At this time, Han Qian frowned slightly, thinking that if there were others deliberately watching, he could easily confirm that Wanhonglou had sent more than a dozen spies to hide in the crowd and watch the movements on Fengxiang Street; and this fortune teller
He is the leader of these spies, and the pole of the flag flag he is holding is quite tight, perhaps with a hidden weapon.
Gao Chengyuan succeeded Chai Jian as Du Yuhou and took charge of a powerful force in the Longque Army to show that the Xinchang Hou Mansion did not have the ambition to completely capture the Longque Army. Chai Jian will prepare to build a secret army in the name of deputy commander of the guard battalion.
Cao Yousi.
However, Han Qian saw that Wan Honglou's informant on Fengxiang Street actually reported work to people around Yao Xishui, and guessed that Yao Xishui was probably the actual person in charge of Secretary Yousi.
Chai Jian's task was more likely to be in charge of the guard camp in case the struggle intensified and the personal safety of the third prince Yang Yuanpu would be threatened; after all, Chen De was not a very reliable person.
"Young Master, if you ask Chun Niang to take charge of the Rouge Shop, will Mr. Chai also put extra spies in there?" Zhao Ting'er thought of something and asked.
"They will definitely do this. Just pretend you don't know." Han Qian said.
He is now very poor and has very limited resources. Even if he does not use Chun Shisanniang to run the rouge shop, he is not qualified to stop Wan Honglou from infiltrating people into Secret Cao Zuosi; not to mention that Secret Cao Zuosi's spies and inspectors are all
The military households of the Tunying Military Mansion had their families and children in the hands of the Tunying Military Mansion. Why did Han Qian ask them to only be loyal to Secret Cao Zuosi and not be bribed and won over by Chai Jian, Li Zhigao and the others?
Fortunately, everyone's early goals are the same, so there is no need to worry about these yet.
At this time, the carriages and horses sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to welcome them turned into Fengxiang Street. The crowd suddenly became commotion and crowded forward, wanting to get a glimpse of the royal wedding.
, and then managed to protect the welcoming team that was more than a hundred feet away from being disrupted by the chaotic crowd.
Han Qian and Zhao Ting'er huddled at the foot of the wall, but the broken pottery bowl in their hands was knocked down by pedestrians passing by in a hurry. It rolled three or four steps away and broke into two pieces.
The man who bumped into Han Qian turned around and saw two dirty and smelly beggars. He cursed and squeezed to the front to watch the fun.
Han Qian sighed. It was not easy to find a broken pottery bowl with a chip and an old color in the house. He hunched his body and squeezed forward, thinking that he could pick up the broken pottery bowl that broke into two pieces and put it together.
Use it.
At this time, a pair of people who looked like a father and daughter saw the two broken pottery bowls on the ground and bent over to help him pick them up.
The father is a middle-aged scribe, wearing casual clothes with a round collar and wide sleeves. He has slender cheeks and a short mustache. He is quite handsome. The daughter is rare and bright and beautiful. She is even better than Zhao Ting'er and Yao Xishui. She is even more rare.
There was a heart-thrilling naivety between his eyebrows, which even made Han Qian startled.
Seeing that the middle-aged scholar had extraordinary bearing and looked over with sharp eyes, Han Qian couldn't guess who this person was. He was afraid that his flaws would be discovered, so he shrunk his neck and stepped back in fear. He seemed afraid of bumping into the nobleman, and he didn't even dare to ask for the pottery bowl.
"for you."
The girl handed over the pottery bowl.
Han Qian wiped his hands with the lapel of his clothes a few times, then stretched out his hand tremblingly, took the broken pottery bowl, then returned it to the foot of the wall, and tried hard to put the two pieces of the broken pottery bowl back together again.
"This girl is so beautiful!" Zhao Ting'er couldn't help but whisper beside Han Qian.
Han Qian pulled Zhao Ting'er towards him and told her not to look around randomly. The middle-aged scribe's eyes were very poisonous. If he didn't want his identity to be revealed, he couldn't show any fear at this time.
"This is for you!"
Probably because she saw Han Qian and Zhao Ting'er looking so timid, the girl took out a bag of snacks wrapped in a brocade handkerchief from her arms and leaned over to hand it over.
Han Qian looked at the middle-aged scribe, hesitated for a while, then stood up and took the food from the girl. He just made two meaningless screams to express his gratitude, and then quickly retracted to Zhao Ting'er, for fear that other beggars would find out and snatch the food.
past.
"I still want to keep that brocade handkerchief," the girl said sheepishly.
Han Qian asked Zhao Ting'er to reach out and hold a bunch of snacks, then leaned forward and handed the brocade handkerchief embroidered with a new lotus to the girl.
When the girl was about to take the brocade handkerchief back, a strong woman came up next to her. She reached out and grabbed the brocade handkerchief first, and complained to the girl: "This beggar is very sick, and the hand he took over was unclean, young lady."
If you touch it blindly, you will be in trouble if you contract any disease - wait for the slave to wash the brocade handkerchief and return it to the young lady."
The girl was quite dissatisfied with the slave's words, but she was not used to refuting others face to face. She could only frown and watch the strong woman put the brocade handkerchief into her arms. When she saw Han Qian looking over blankly, she smiled apologetically.
The middle-aged scribe saw that the crowd in front was too crowded, so he took the girl's hand and said, "We can just watch here, don't push any further."
"Obviously you can enter the third prince's mansion and wait for the bride to come, but dad must squeeze in to watch the fun." The girl pursed her sandalwood lips and said angrily.
The father and daughter retreated to the foot of the wall on the street. Even though there were only two beggars around them, they timidly moved to the side. The middle-aged scribe just smiled and was unwilling to say anything outside.
After three or four steps, Han Qian lowered his head to hide the confusion in his eyes.
As a close entourage of the third prince, Han Qian was invited to the Linjiang Marquis Mansion for the official banquet today. In addition, there are thousands of civil and military officials in Jinling City. There are really no one who is really qualified to attend the banquet today.
How much, I can't even guess for a moment what the identity of the father and daughter in front of me is?
It's a pity that today's banquet list of the Hou Mansion is in Guo Rong's hands. Han Qian obviously has no reason to ask Guo Rong to take a look at the banquet list.
"Master Wang is here to send congratulatory gifts on behalf of Chuzhou. If you don't enjoy the courtesy of being a guest in the Third Prince's Mansion, why are you running on the street and crowded with these untouchables?" At this time, a middle-aged man squeezed out from the crowded crowd.
, said while staring at the father and daughter.
The middle-aged man is thin, with a hooked nose and deep eye sockets. In addition, his sharp pupils are staring at the middle-aged father and daughter, and his eyes look quite sinister, like a poisonous snake staring at others.
Han Qian saw this man squeeze out of the crowd, followed by four tough men in casual clothes.
The chests and arms of these four people are bulging like iron. Regardless of the weapons hidden in their waists, even with bare hands, more than three or five strong men can get close. Looking at the faint bloody murderous aura on their bodies, guess they
He should be a military master who survived the bloody killing array.
"Master Zhao is not in charge at Zifangguan at the moment, but he went to Fengxiang Street. Is it possible that he was also invited to have a banquet at the third prince's house today?" The middle-aged scribe stood on the street with his hands folded, but when faced with the question from the sinister man,
Smile calmly.
Han Qian was slightly startled. Unexpectedly, the sinister man turned out to be Zhao Mingting, the governor of the Privy Council Staff Division. Could it be that there were four military experts guarding him at all times?
The Privy Council's Staff Division is in charge of map surveying, military aircraft archives and foreign military intelligence. The governor is ranked in the sixth rank. Among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he is definitely not prominent, but no one dares to underestimate the existence of the Privy Council's Staff Division.
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In addition, Zhao Mingting also had another identity. He was the nephew of Xu Mingzhen, the governor of Shouzhou. Therefore, he won the trust of Anning Palace in Jinling. He was actually one of the core figures of Anning Palace and the prince's line.
At the same time, the Privy Council's Secret Service Department is Da Chu's open secret espionage agency. Most of the secret spies trained by Da Chu's military over the years are in the hands of Zhao Mingting.
Han Qian guessed that this was the fundamental reason why Zhao Mingting had been in charge of the Privy Council Staff Department for ten years and was unwilling to be promoted.
Otherwise, with Zhao Mingting's qualifications and achievements, being appointed governor of Shangzhou like his uncle like Chizhou would not be considered an over-promotion in the slightest.
Han Qian did not expect that Zhao Mingting would appear in the crowd outside the Linjiang Marquis Mansion. So who was this Lord Wang who came to represent Chuzhou to give gifts to the third prince on his wedding?
Judging from his demeanor, it seemed that he was not overwhelmed by Zhao Mingting's fierceness at all.
"Wang Wenqian..."
Zhao Ting'er saw Han Qian's brows furrowed as if he was thinking about something, and wrote three words on Han Qian's back with his finger.
The second son of former Prime Minister Wang Jixiong, Wang Wenqian, who was the defense envoy in Chuzhou at this time and served as secretary-general under King Xin Yang Yuanyan?
Han Qian had to deal with too many things. There were too many civil and military officials from the ruling and opposition parties, and the relationships between them were complicated. He asked Zhao Ting'er to help sort out the list. He didn't even have time to sort it out. At this time, Zhao Ting'er reminded him,
Only then did I remember who the middle-aged scribe in front of me was, and secretly felt that I needed to strengthen my studies in this area.
The third prince Yang Yuanpu got married. As his elder brother, King Xin Yang Yuanyan could not go back to Jinling to congratulate him. He sent Wang Wenqian, his first civil servant, to represent Chuzhou to send congratulatory gifts. It was considered a thoughtful gesture. Then the girl next to Wang Wenqian was not related to him.
Wang Wenqian, who missed out on marriage by one step, is left alone with Wang Jun?
Han Qian was about to take a closer look at Wang Jun, but then he was attracted by the conversation between Zhao Mingting and Wang Wenqian.
"What kind of thing is Ming Ting in the eyes of the third prince? How can he be qualified to sit at the table? It's not because Lord Niu is afraid that the third prince's wedding will cause trouble among the rebels and enemies, so he is worried about sending Ming Ting over to keep an eye on him."
"Did Mr. Zhao find anything?" Wang Wenqian asked.
"Didn't Mr. Wang also have many informants in the crowd? Did Mr. Wang find anything?" Zhao Mingting asked rhetorically.
"Master Zhao, what do you mean by those crappy spies?" Wang Wenqian said with a smile, "But these crappy spies were all withdrawn an hour ago, and they don't look like rebels who want to cause trouble. Master Zhao should
You won’t blame these things on Chuzhou, right?”
"I thought the spies stationed in the north by Chuzhou were so short of manpower after they were uprooted by Wang Shifan that they had no choice but to send some young melon seeds to Jinling to train hard," Zhao Mingtinghun said nonchalantly, "We have to do it early.
Knowing that these tender melon seeds are not Lord Wang's, Ming Ting doesn't have to be merciful just now."
Han Qian felt ashamed. If there had not been a misunderstanding between Zhao Mingting and Wang Wenqian, and the first batch of spies sent by Secret Cao Zuosi into the city were uprooted by the Privy Council Office, he would have been embarrassed in front of the third prince.
However, Zhao Mingting let his novices go without catching him, not because he wanted to show mercy to Wang Wenqian. Apparently he believed that there were more powerful elite spies lurking in Chuzhou, and wanted to find clues about Wang Wenqian, so he personally focused on Wang Wenqian.
Bar?
And Zhao Mingting showed up to meet Wang Wenqian at this time. He probably didn't see the flaw for so long, so he wanted to provoke Wang Wenqian, right?
