Before Fang Xie left Chang'an, he specially went to see Wu Yidao. He was sure that his people would be seen by Luo Yao's people immediately after he arrived in Yongzhou. What he arranged for more than a dozen of them to do secretly was not to help him work for the imperial court, but just to ensure that they could have a way out. It's foolish to show everything in your hand for the sake of the imperial court.
Fang Xie would never expose the big dogs in order to deliver information to the imperial court, so he had to find another channel.
There is no doubt that there is nothing more suitable than Wu's goods all over the world. Fang Xie would not believe that there was no one in Yongzhou. As Wu Yidao, there must be people in Yongzhou besides the guys on the surface.
So he went to Wu Yidao and knew that jubaozhai was actually a dark pile set up by Wu Yidao in Yongzhou. Goods through the world is not just to help the emperor make money. If such a huge firm does not use it to collect information, it will be too wasteful.
This is also a good thing that the emperor inadvertently got. People with goods all over the world are all over the Sui Dynasty. It is easier to collect folk news than the bodyguard. Now think about the emperor is really great, even if the original intention of the establishment of goods connecting the sky and descending has no grand goal, but later, the firm has done too much for the emperor.
For example, repair the Chang'an city wall.
For example, three roads in the northwest.
Of course, this is enough to show that Wu Yidao is a great man. Can he do such a big business by himself?
Fang Xie went to Sanjin Houfu and asked a whole Jubao Zhai to help him deliver the news.
After coming out of Jubao Zhai, Fang Xie and Shen Qing fan bathed their small waist and turned casually for a while and began to walk back. How many pairs of eyes looked at them along the way, but Fang Xie ignored them at all. These people just stare at him. On the bright side, there are many more bodyguards. Isn't that a good thing?
"What are you thinking?"
Mu Xiaoyao frowned when he saw Fang Xie, and couldn't help asking.
Fang Xie was a little distracted. After hearing Mu Xiaoyao's question, he smiled apologetically. He stretched his body and said with a smile that it was not because of how to check Luo Yao. In fact, he lied. On the day he entered Yongzhou City, he saw the Buddha's heavenly Buddha Shiyuan in the crowd. In order not to let Mu Xiaoyao and Shen qingfan worry, Fang Xie never told them.
"It's important to inquire about Luo Yao's important men. All the information we know in the capital comes from the bodyguard's office in Da Nei. We only know that there are 40 well-trained bodyguards under him, known as four gold and thirty-six silver. The thirty-six silver armor bodyguards don't go out in his house all year round. We don't know who the four gold bodyguards are. Who else does Luo Yao have to guard against or nothing Know. "
Fang Xie pretended to say this carelessly as he walked. From a distance, he seemed to be commenting on the goods of roadside vendors.
"In fact, I'm thinking... For the sake of the imperial court or the emperor is not the reason why we fight our lives in Yongzhou. From beginning to end, I haven't been aware of working hard for the emperor and his old man, so I always have some bad intentions when I hear others say I'm loyal to him."
He smiled: "so now we have three choices. First, we should be distracted and forget all our goals. Let it be. As long as we don't touch Luo Yao's things, he won't take the initiative to provoke us, which is very safe. Second, under the condition of ensuring safety, we can find out something a little and go back to Chang'an city to make a job, which is worthy of the salary given by the emperor."
He paused and continued: "third, check, check in the dead, and find out what color of underwear Luo Yao wears."
Shen qingfan looked at him and shook his head: "in Yongzhou, trying to make Luo Yaocha clear is like a fool's dream. In my opinion, you should do what you can. You can't work hard for the imperial court or for yourself. Nothing is more important than living."
Fang Xie said with a smile, "I say this word every time. How can I say it from your mouth without any sense of conflict."
Shen qingfan said four words very seriously: "he who is close to ink is black."
Mu Xiaoyao stopped a sugar gourd seller and bought three strings. Three adults, two beauties and a handsome man, each holding a string of sugar gourd while walking and talking. It looks pleasant and childish. There's nothing like an imperial envoy or a Wulin expert. This scene made all the people who were secretly watching speechless. They said in their heart that it seemed that the imperial envoy was a little threatening?
"Eh..."
Fang Xie praised while eating: "the sugar gourd in the South originally tastes different from that in the north. It looks like hawthorn, but the taste is completely different."
He said a loud word and attracted the passers-by to look at him like an idiot.
It is a small berry rich in Southwest China. It is very common.
"If you want cha Luoyao, you have to start with the people around him. There is no doubt that the most suitable target is the childe Luo Wen, but he didn't kill me when he wanted to kill me in Chang'an. It's more difficult to get him to cooperate with me in his territory than moving the mountain. This man is not a real idiot. As long as I hurry up and lean over, he will immediately think I have a purpose."
"Why don't you make a beauty trick?"
Mu Xiaoyao said with a smile.
Fang Jiebai glanced at her and said, "OK, let Nie Xiaoju dress up and do it tonight."
This sentence made Shen qingfan and Mu Xiaoyao laugh at the same time, especially Changran. They both know that Fang Xie will never let her woman use any tricks for anything. Such a thing can't be recognized by Fang Xie. Even if it's a show, it won't work. At this point, it's a mess of bullying.
"Find a chance..."
Fang Xie said as he walked, "although Mr. Zhuo's injury has not completely recovered, it shouldn't be difficult to use his mind to spy on the heart of a person whose cultivation is far less than his. He looked back at Luo Wen and looked for a chance to let Mr. Zhuo approach him secretly. Try to get some results by reading his mind."
"Lu Ou said that the most things that the whole Yongzhou can know about Luo Yao are his wife Chu and Luo Wen. There can be no intersection with Chu and it's even harder to start, so our goal can only be Luo Wen."
As soon as he finished saying this, he suddenly saw several people coming in the distance.
Having been in Yongzhou for half a month, Fang Xie naturally recognized who the leader was.
The steward of the left avant-garde general's military house is an unforgettable old man named grandson without an arm and a leg.
"I've seen the imperial envoy. It's not easy to find you."
Sun zhe smiled and said, "my wife knows that you pushed all the banquets today. I guess you are tired of the greasy things of wine and meat. You specially cooked a light meal to invite you to the general's house. It's also considered that my wife took care of the general on behalf of the general. No one nearby invited you, so as not to feel upset."
"Since it's my wife's invitation, how can I not comply?"
Fang Xie smiled and said that there was no intersection with Luo Yao's wife just now. Now this opportunity is coming.
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Since arriving in Yongzhou, Fang Xie has been to Luo Yao's general's house several times, but he has never seen him again except seeing his wife Chu on the day he entered Yongzhou. The deepest impression that woman left on Fang Xie at the beginning was her youth. It is said that the woman is over 60 years old, but she seems to live outside the years. The sharp time like a knife has not engraved indelible marks on her face.
It seems that this white face looks like a woman with snow on the top of cangman mountain, that is, about 30 years old. When standing next to Luo Yao, she is more like Luo Yao's daughter. Compared with Luo Yao's white hair at the temples, she has long black and shiny hair.
Because there is only one side, Fang can't explain what he thinks of this woman. If you don't know her age, you won't be surprised by her youth. Of course, what impressed Fang Xie was the uncomfortable smell of her.
If her face is as white as a ghost, her breath is more like a ghost than her face.
When sun Zhe, the housekeeper of the general's mansion, walked into the door, Fang Xie subconsciously looked at the three-story wooden building opposite the pond.
"The general has to patrol the camp every day, and the wind and rain never stop."
Sun zhe explained, "so I'm afraid the general won't be able to catch up with the banquet today."
"The senior general is loyal and dutiful in guarding the southwest of the country. I dare not delay his military affairs. I am flattered by Mrs. Lao's hospitality."
Fang Xie was silent for a moment and asked, "where's your little grandpa?"
The grandson replied: "The young master went out early in the morning and said he was going to the deer and monkey cave in cangman mountain to find some good things for his wife as a gift. My Lord didn't know that my wife's birthday would be six or seven days later. My wife didn't like the young master to spend money on selling some valuable things, so as long as the young master was in Yongzhou, he would go to cangman mountain to find some new things and come back to give his wife as a gift. A few years ago, the young master was in the martial arts academy in the capital, He still sends back gifts made by himself every year. "
"Little grandpa is a man of great filial piety, which is admirable."
Fang Xie praised.
Sun zhe said: "Yes, not long after returning from the imperial capital, the young master heard that there was a rare crystal stone in the deer and monkey cave in cangman mountain. He didn't know its name, but it was very beautiful. However, there were fierce wild animals guarding the cave, which was very dangerous. The young master had prepared for many days to enter the deer and monkey cave. He took Jiashi and uncle Zhong up the mountain this morning and estimated that he would come back in five days 。”
"Well"
Fang Xie said well, he could see that the grandson was a very straightforward person. Almost all soldiers in this era had such a character, and Fang Xie liked it very much.
"It's presumptuous. I don't know madam's birthday."
Fang Xie apologized: "when you go back, you must prepare a big gift."
"You're welcome, my Lord."
Sun zhe said as he walked, "Madam likes to be quiet and simple by nature. She has never made a big deal on her birthday for so many years. She won't accept anyone's gift. The local officials in Yongzhou are the same as our left avant-garde people. Whoever sends the gift, madam will send it back unopened."
"Madam is virtuous and virtuous, which is admirable."
Fang Xie praised again. What he thought was that the lady's temper seemed to be in great contrast to Luo Yao. Luo Yao likes to be lively. He often lives in the camp and won't come for a few days. In contrast, he prefers to eat and live with his men. The lady likes to be quiet. It is said that she doesn't like to be disturbed by outsiders.
At this time, he took the initiative to invite himself to dinner. Fang Xie was a little confused about the other party's attitude.
However, Luo Wen went to cangman mountain. This news is of some value. Cangman mountain is not too close to Yongzhou. Five days back and forth is a very fast speed. It is estimated that the Chu family came forward to invite Fang Xie to the general's house for dinner because Luo Wen was not in the house.
When she followed her grandson, Fang Xie's mind was spinning rapidly.
This woman invited herself to the general's residence for dinner. Is it really just an official entertainment? If not, did she help Luo Yao test himself?