It was too late, so Tang Meng bowed his hands and said goodbye to the lieutenant. After returning to the house, the butler appeared behind Tang Meng appropriately: "Master, we didn't see Su Ren or anyone from the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce here today. It was only at noon."
At that time, a shopkeeper from Cui Jiuming's family walked around in front of our house twice, and then went to the wine shop opposite to drink a bottle of wine. It was not until almost noon that he was called away by a boy from Cui's family."
"The butler of Cui Jiuming's family?!"
"Yes! His surname is Wang. I have dealt with him before. What can I say about this person? He is very shrewd as a businessman!"
Tang Meng smiled: "It seems that Cui Jiuming is the one who can't sit still first!"
The housekeeper didn't answer. He knew what Tang Meng had already thought of. As a good housekeeper, it was better not to speak at this time.
Tang Meng waved his hand: "Go! Send someone to keep an eye on the Su Mansion and report immediately if there is any movement. Does Su Ren really not want to be an official anymore? Officials and businessmen, without the coat of officialdom, even if he is the best businessman
It’s impossible to make it big.”
The butler bowed and bowed out, but Tang Meng lost his sleep. This time, he joined forces with those merchants to force Su Ren out, or at least to force Su Ren to come to his house. After staying under Meng Ji for a long enough time, Tang Meng had forgotten about it.
It turned out that he was the captain of Shu County. When he was suppressing the rebellion outside the city that day, Tang Meng felt that he had become a pawn in Su Ren's hands, which made Tang Meng very uncomfortable.
I stood up and opened the window, and the whole sky was filled with stars at night, some big and bright, some small and dark. According to Taoism, the stars in the sky all represent a person. The biggest and brightest one is naturally the emperor, and only there
When one of the stars dimmed, it meant that the emperor was dying. Tang Meng searched for a long time, but could not determine which one he belonged to, nor did he find where Su Ren's destiny star was.
A gust of breeze blew in from outside the window, almost blowing out the oil lamps on the tables. The light in the room suddenly dimmed, then suddenly brightened. Between the light and dark, Tang Meng felt that the stars in the sky were shining brightly.
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Returning to the desk, he unfolded a bamboo slip, picked up the pen, thought for a moment, and began to write. Tang Meng wrote very slowly, because the seal characters were very complicated, twisting and turning like earthworms.
"I, Tang Meng, the Commander-in-Chief of Shu Commandery, bow to His Majesty the Emperor and wish our Emperor long live. Ever since I became the Commander-in-Chief of Shu Commandery, I have worked hard to not let down His Majesty's kindness. However, there are treacherous ministers in power. Shi Mengji, Governor of Commander-in-Chief of Shu.
In order to harm Shu County, I secretly controlled 50% of Shu County's troops. I was powerless and almost gave up the territory of our Han Dynasty to others. I was so frightened that I was so frightened. Fortunately, God blessed me. My emperor was ordered by God. God sent a talented man to protect me.
In our territory of the Han Dynasty, there is Su Ren, a sage in the mountains and fields, who has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats since he came out of the mountains..."
Tang Meng spent a full hour to finish the memorial. He put down the brush, read it again, corrected the mistakes, and made a neat copy. Then he dried the ink and rolled up the bamboo slips.
Call in your personal bodyguard.
"Immediately send the memorial to Chang'an. Remember to hand it over to Taiwei Tian Fu personally and not to let outsiders see it. Do you understand?"
The guard nodded, accepted Tang Meng's memorial, and went out. As time passed, the sound of horse hooves came from the street outside the courtyard. Tang Meng stretched out, moved his almost stiff limbs, and then took off his clothes.
Get ready for bed.
The sound of horse hoofbeats was very urgent and could be heard far away in the silent city of Chengdu. When passing by the West Market, Su Ren heard it. He quickly sent Huo Jin out to see what was going on. After sending Huo Jin away, Su Ren rubbed his temples and said,
Feeling tired, Su Ren was a little angry after being tormented several times by Cui Jiuming today. This guy offered him an appointment without going through him, angered others without telling him, and almost put himself on the fire.
Huang Shisan quickly poured a glass of water for Su Ren and handed it to Su Ren with both hands. Su Ren let out a sigh of relief: "Aren't you here yet? What time is the appointment?"
Huang Shisan said: "It is Xu time, there is still half an hour."
Su Ren nodded: "Okay, you go to the back door and wait. When you come, bring him in immediately. Don't let anyone meet you."
Huang Shisan nodded, turned around and went out, closing the door quietly and leaving. Hawking hurried back and found Huang Shisan was missing when he entered the door, so he searched in the house and said while searching: "It's a horseman, it looks like he is
The county soldiers are heading towards the west gate."
"County soldier!" Su Ren said doubtfully: "It's so late, the person who can still leave the city must be a certain person. At least the person who sent him out of the city has some skills."
Huo Jin nodded: "That's natural. That man seems to be Tang Meng's bodyguard. I saw him once when I entered the city."
Su Ren admired Hawking's memory very much. He could still remember a county soldier who had only met once, so many days later. Moreover, it was night now, and Hawking might be able to tell the person's name without even seeing his face.
The origin does have extraordinary powers of observation.
"Why did Tang Meng send people out of the city?"
Huo Jin shook his head: "Do you want to chase him back? Tang Meng is very active these days. His butler chats happily with the merchants at the door every day, and our people also found that several large households have entered through the back door of Tang Mansion.
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"I have thought of this a long time ago. With Tang Meng's intelligence, he would never hang himself on a crooked tree like ours. Today's Tang Meng is different from before. If he wants to support his county soldiers, he will have to get those
With the support of big investors, he wants to get rid of us!"
Huang Shisan pushed the door open and came in. Seeing Su Ren and Huo Jin talking, he walked over and whispered in Su Ren's ear. Su Ren nodded, Huang Shisan turned around and went out, bringing a guy in black. This
The person's whole body was wrapped in black clothes, and his face was covered with a black cloth. If he stood in the dark night outside the door, he would never be noticed if he didn't look carefully.
"Here we come! Sit down!" Su Ren didn't get up, and the man didn't salute either. He turned around and sat on the chair in front of Su Ren.
Hawking stared at the visitor curiously for a long time. Suddenly he saw a scar on the left eye of the visitor and said with a smile: "Who did I think it was? Are you serious? You are not afraid of prickly heat."
Ah Xun took off the black cloth that covered his face, revealing his scarred face: "Sir, we can't reveal any of our secrets. There are county soldiers everywhere on the street, so we have to do this."
Su Ren personally poured a bowl of tea for Ah Xun and handed it to him. Ah Xun quickly caught it with both hands: "Thank you, sir!"
Su Ren smiled: "This attitude is right. No one knows about your affairs in Chengdu except the three of us. If there is any situation in the future, I will contact them two. I will send them two if there is something."
, and he will also bring a token, and others should not believe it, do you understand?"
Ah Xun nodded: "I understand!"
"Very good! I called you here today because I have something for you to do. You did a good job last time. When you go back, you will be rewarded heavily for anyone who gets the news. Don't worry about money. I will give you what you need.
everything of."
"I understand!" Ah Xun looked grateful, but the scar on his face completely ruined his appearance.
Hawking smiled: "You should keep a straight face, it's too ugly."
Su Ren glared at Huo Jin and said to Ah Xun: "After you go back, let everyone go. I want to know how many forces Tang Meng still has in Chengdu and even Shu County. Whether they are overt or covert, give them all to me."
Pull it out. I don't care what method you use. In short, cut off all connections between Tang Meng and the outside world. Now that Tang Meng does not have the constraints of Meng Ji, he wants to break away from us. We need to teach him a lesson! In a word, we must force Tang Meng.
Meng come to me!"
"No!" Ah Xun quickly stood up and agreed.
Su Ren continued: "However, we must have a good sense of balance. Don't be too aggressive and expose you. We should let Tang Meng know that we did it, but we can't let him follow the clues and find you!"
"Originally, I wanted Su Kai or Liu Gao to do this, but after thinking about it, their style of conduct has been branded as the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce. This is too obvious and cannot deter Tang Meng, so I let you
Go ahead, after this thing is done, everyone immediately fell silent and sent people to Chang'an to start over. I think this matter will definitely involve the court, so we have to prepare for a rainy day!"
Ah Xun nodded: "I understand!"
"Remember, never expose yourself, because you don't exist!"
When he woke up the next day, Tang Meng lay in bed for a long time. This was the most comfortable sleep he had had in these days. He stared blankly at the roof for a long time, then turned over and slowly got out of the bed.
He sat up. Because of the memorial, Tang Meng had a slight smile on his face. He wanted to see what Su Ren's expression would be like when he received the imperial decree.
The housekeeper came in with the wash water and put it where it should be. While helping Tang Meng get dressed, he asked: "The Zhuo family is here again. They want to discuss the Bodi Copper Mine with the master. Will the master see you or not?"
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Tang Meng stretched out: "What price are they offering this time?"
The housekeeper said: "He didn't say, I guess it should be higher than the previous few days!"
"Hmph! These old foxes are all focused on the industry left by the Meng family. With the copper mine, they can make money. The Zhuo family has a really good idea. Unfortunately, they don't know that the copper mine does not belong to the Meng family."
"Then, should we reject them?"
Tang Meng finished wiping his face and threw the linen cloth into the basin: "No, I want to see how sincere the Zhuo family is. Let them wait in the living room."
"No!" the housekeeper agreed, carrying the copper basin out of Tang Meng's house.
Tang Meng was not in a hurry, and ate his breakfast carefully. He was just about to go out to meet the Zhuo family, but found that the housekeeper came again, and he did not move. This time, the housekeeper's face was very bad, a little panicked, and
Somewhat nervous.
Tang Meng glanced at the housekeeper: "What's going on? Is the Zhuo family making things difficult for you again?"
The housekeeper shook his head repeatedly and murmured in Tang Meng's ear for a long time. The more Tang Meng listened, the more solemn his face became, until he finally slapped his palm on the tables, making the dishes and rice bowls on them jingle: "That's too much!