On Tianqing Street next to Tianqing Temple, there is a small house, covering an area of about three acres.
The owner of the house is a young man who is often away from home.
There was only one old servant left, who guarded the house on weekdays.
The usually deserted house was extremely lively today. Two people came to visit early in the morning.
The old servant guarding the house led the guests to sit inside the house.
The guests waited in the house for a full hour before the owner came back from outside.
As soon as he entered the main hall of the house and saw the guests sitting in the main hall, a trace of unhappiness flashed across the owner's face, but he thought of the purpose of the guests coming to him, so he hid the unhappiness on his face in his heart.
Guo Yi looked at the two people sitting on the seats and said in a neutral tone: "Since you have come to the door, you should know what I do. Tell me directly if you have any purpose. I don't have that much free time.
Let's have some fun with you."
Guo Yi served many noble people in the palace.
The two people in front of me were dressed in ordinary clothes and had some green skin aura about them. They were obviously not noble people.
He should be someone like a thug in a nobleman's house.
How can Guo Yi be so kind to this kind of people?
After hearing Guo Yi's words, the two knew that Guo Yi was the rightful owner.
So they both stood up and saluted Guo Yi together, "I've seen Mr. Guo..."
"Um?"
The two of them had just finished speaking when Guo Yi's brows rose.
The two of them were stunned and quickly changed their words, "I have met Mr. Guo..."
Hearing this, Guo Yi straightened his brows again and snorted coldly.
"Tell me your purpose!"
Among the two.
The older man held up his hands and said, "We brothers want to buy some information from the young master."
Guo Yi glanced at the two of them and said in a neutral tone: "I have a lot of information, but I just don't know if you can afford the price."
The older man was stunned for a moment and said in a deep voice: "What kind of regulations?"
Guo Yi walked to the main seat, asked the old servant to pour him some tea, and said calmly: "Different news naturally has different prices..."
The older man hesitated and said: "We brothers want to inquire about the news in the palace..."
Guo Yi picked up the tea brought by the old servant, took a sip, rolled his eyes and said: "Everyone who comes to me is looking for news from the palace. I don't have any other news.
The palace is quite big.
News from different palaces may have different prices."
"Where is the bedroom?"
Guo Yi was stunned for a moment, his eyes lit up, his brows slowly raised, the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a faint smile.
Big business is coming...
News in the palace is very expensive, and news in the bedroom is even more expensive...
Guo Yi loudly ordered: "Uncle Qian, serve tea, serve good tea..."
The old servant tremblingly agreed and went down to prepare tea again.
Guo Yi stared at the two of them with a smile and said: "The price of news in the palace is not cheap."
The older man said in a deep voice: "As long as the young master can give us the information we want, we will pay any amount of money."
When Guo Yi heard this, the smile on his face became even brighter, "The news in Concubine Chen Xian's palace can be earned by ten coins... The news in Concubine Chen's palace can be earned by fifteen coins..."
Guo Yi counted the concubines of the late emperor in the palace, and the prices he mentioned were slowly rising.
Seeing that the two men remained calm, Guo Yi felt happy.
The reason why he counted the concubines of the late emperor in the palace in front of the two men was for two purposes.
The first is to tell the two men that he has all the information they want, and to prove to the two men that he has enough information.
The second is to test the price that two men can accept.
If the price the two men can accept is not high and the information they want is not very valuable, he doesn't mind lowering the price and selling the information to the two men.
But the two men didn't show any other expressions as he kept raising the price.
That means the man behind the two men is very rich.
Since you have money, you can speak freely.
Guo Yi counted the dormitories of the people living in the palace all the way. When he came to the Queen Mother Liu E and the official Zhao Zhen, he stopped decisively.
The Queen Mother Liu E was his master, as was the official Zhao Zhen.
The news about the Queen Mother Liu E and the official Zhao Zhen can be sold, but cannot be stated openly.
After finishing the detailed counting, Guo Yi said with a smile: "Which nobleman do you want news from his palace?"
The older man cupped his hands and said loudly: "Everyone!"
Guo Yi was stunned and looked at the two men in astonishment.
I'm thinking secretly in my mind.
Those who ask for all the news in the palace usually have two purposes.
One is to find out what's going on in the palace.
One is to hide the news that they really want to investigate.
Guo Yi has been selling information for a long time, and he has already figured out the thoughts of those who come to buy information.
Guo Yi asked tentatively: "Do you also want the news from the two nobles' palaces?"
The two men nodded without any hesitation.
Guo Yi narrowed his eyes subconsciously, and the smile on his face disappeared, and he said coldly: "You two came to me to buy information, so you should know my identity. You want the information in the palace of the two nobles,
Just let me betray my master.
If you betray your master, you will die miserably.
Both of you will also die miserably."
The older man said in a deep voice: "Master, just give us the news. We are not short of money."
Guo Yi slapped the table and stood up, "Although I love money, I will not risk my life for money."
When the two men heard this, they looked at each other.
The younger man shouted decisively: "Ten thousand guan! Our brothers want all the information!"
"Ten thousand..."
For a moment, Guo Yi felt that his heart could not beat anymore.
Ten thousand guan!
He sells information, and it takes him five or six years to get so much money.
The greed in his heart prompted him to open his mouth and agree.
"Master, tea is ready..."
The old servant's appearance at the right time made him sober up.
His face was gloomy.
After the old servant put down the tea and went out, he stared at the two men and shouted with fear: "Say! Who sent you here?"
The two men were not afraid of Guo Yi's threats.
If Liu Heng hadn't told them not to harm Guo Yi's life, they would have taken Guo Yi to a private prison and tortured him severely.
The older man said loudly: "Master, don't be suspicious, our brothers will never betray you."
The younger man followed closely and said, "If you think the price is not enough, sir, we brothers can add more."
"Twenty thousand guan, how about that?!"
"Okay! I believe you!"
Twenty thousand guans per export.
Guo Yi agreed without any hesitation.
He didn't even increase the price.
The reason why he didn't increase the price was not because he wasn't greedy enough.
But he knew that if the other party could offer more than 20,000 yuan, there would be no need to approach him.
You can also get information by looking for his godfather Guo Huai.
The information he got was even more comprehensive than the information he gave.
As for leaking the information, will it threaten myself?
Guo Yi no longer considered it at all.
Money is the most important thing to him.
With money, even if he is threatened, he can still use the money to find his godfather to protect him.
His godfather was Queen Mother Liu E's confidant.
Even if the official Zhao Zhen wants to teach him a lesson, his godfather can still come forward to protect him.
The two men looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
He took out Jiaozi from his arms and handed it to Guo Yi.
Guo Yi couldn't wait to grab Jiaozi from the hands of the two men. After checking it carefully, he stuffed it into his arms decisively. He stared at the two men and said with a bright smile: "I said... you write...
"
The two men nodded in agreement.
Guo Yi very considerately did not choose to dictate it all in one breath, but planned to dictate it while letting the two men write it down.
Guo Yi ordered his old servant to prepare pen and ink.
The younger man picked up a pen and paper.
Guo Yi dictated it, and he started writing.
The information given by Guo Yi was very detailed and complicated.
That noble concubine had a grudge against that noble concubine, that virtuous concubine often broke things in the palace, that noble concubine liked to pull Gong'e into bed late at night, etc.
Guo Yi told the two men in detail.
When he talked about the official Zhao Zhen and the Queen Mother Liu E, he even explained their eating habits, meal times, and bedtimes in detail.
Guo Yi spoke for two full hours.
The younger man took a pen and wrote for two hours.
Two hours later.
The two men put away the paper and bowed their hands to Guo Yi.
Guo Yi said happily: "For the sake of your generosity, I will tell you another piece of news that the noble man has expressly forbidden to tell anyone."
The two men's hands moved for a moment.
The older man raised his hands and said, "I'd like to hear the details."
Guo Yi rubbed his hands.
The older man took out ten more 100-guan jiaozi and handed them to Guo Yi.
Guo Yi held the thousand-guan jiaozi and said excitedly: "My news is definitely worth the price..."
After putting away his hand, Guo Yi stared at the two men and said in a deep voice: "Xia Song is waiting in the noble palace..."
The two men were stunned when they heard this. They bowed their hands to Guo Yi, took the paper on the table, and decisively left the house.
After the two men left, Guo Yi took out a thick stack of jiaozi from his arms, held them in his hands, and shouted excitedly.
"Get rich!"
"Get rich!"
"Hehehehehe..."
"..."
An hour later.
The paper in the hands of the two men has appeared on Kou Ji's desk.
However, there were only three or five pieces of paper placed on Kou Ji's desk.
When Liu Heng sent the news to Kou Ji, he automatically eliminated the news that was useless to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji took the paper and looked at it for a long time. He raised his head and said quietly to Liu Heng who was sitting aside: "Guo Yi deserves to die..."
Liu Heng nodded heavily.
Kou Ji pinched the paper and sighed: "The food and daily life of the official family are the most secret of secrets. If you dare to leak it to the outside world... you can't atone for your sin by being cut into pieces with a thousand cuts."
Kou Ji put down the paper recording the news in Zhao Zhen's palace, picked up the paper recording the news in Liu E's palace, and said with a click: "This old guy Wang Qinruo has indeed taken refuge with the Queen Mother..."
Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said, "This old guy is definitely a traitor."
Wang Qinruo went behind the imperial court's back, took refuge with Zhao Yuanyan, and helped Zhao Yuanyan usurp the throne.
Actually, while helping Zhao Yuanyan, he also took refuge in Liu E.
Wang Qinruo has trampled the word loyalty into the mud.
Liu Heng despised him from the bottom of his heart.
"The leader of the five ghosts is not something I just talk about casually..."
Kou Ji said neither salty nor bland.
Liu Heng asked: "What five ghosts?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The people call Wang Qinruo, Ding Wei, Lin Te, Chen Pengnian, and Liu Chenggui collectively the Five Ghosts. This means that the five of them are the most treacherous officials in the court.
Wang Qinruo is the leader of the five ghosts."
The evaluation of the Five Ghosts was attributed to the five Wang Qinruo by later generations.
But this does not prevent Kou Ji from using it to evaluate Wang Qinruo and the other five people.
The evil deeds committed by Wang Qinruo and the five others were known to everyone in the government and the public.
When Kou Ji said this, Liu Heng didn't think there was anything wrong.
He would not really go to the people to investigate and see if the people collectively referred to Wang Qinruo and others as the Five Ghosts.
Liu Heng clenched his fists and opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Koji knew what he wanted to say.
All the five ghosts were in the hands of the late Emperor Zhao Heng, and the late Emperor Zhao Heng bears a great responsibility for this.
Liu Heng wanted to comment on the late emperor Zhao Heng.
But due to the status of monarch and minister, it is difficult to speak.
Liu Heng was silent for a long time and said angrily: "And that Yan Shu is also a traitor! And that Xia Song!"
Kou Ji was slightly startled when he heard Liu Heng's words.
The news that Yan Shu had taken refuge with Liu E was written on the paper.
But what happened to Xia Song?
Wasn't this person tricked into Yongzhou by him?
Seeing Kou Ji looking at him blankly, Liu Heng said quickly: "In addition to what was written on the paper, Guo Yi also revealed a message. He said that Xia Song is also waiting in my aunt's palace."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "Xia Song has secretly entered the capital and has taken refuge with the Queen Mother..."
Kou Ji always felt that Queen Mother Liu E's plan this time was too sophisticated and not like Liu E's style.
Now the source has been found.
All arrangements made by Queen Mother Liu E are probably made by Xia Song.
Queen Mother Liu E was accustomed to using the means of borrowing power to gain strength, and also preferred to use some frame-up methods.
Wang Qinruo prefers to infiltrate camps and frame people.
Yan Shu was quite good at deceiving the people, but in the battle for power, he was still a little immature and did not have the courage to use a prince as a pawn.
Only Xia Song.
This person cannot be treated with common sense.
Only he can come up with such a profound situation.
Kou Ji sighed: "Xia Song is not easy to deal with."
Knowing that Xia Song had taken refuge with Liu E, he began to help Liu E with his plans.
Kou Ji felt a little more cautious.
At the same time, he became more concerned about Guo Huai's forcing Cao Cao to use it.
He might not have cared much about Guo Huai forcing Cao Cao to use it before, but now he knows that it was Xia Song's plan.
Then he had to pay attention to Guo Huai's forcing Cao to take advantage of him.
This is definitely not a casual move.
It is probably the most critical link among many arrangements.
It may also be the most critical step in dealing with their ancestors and grandchildren.
While Kou Ji was thinking, he ordered Liu Heng in a deep voice: "Except for those who are watching the Eighth Prince's Mansion, I will withdraw all other personnel and watch Cao Lili's Mansion.
Try your best to let your people sneak in and become members of Cao Liang's house."