Huangzhou Prefecture is an important prefecture in Huguang Province. This area is densely populated with rivers, numerous lakes, and abundant land. It can be called a land of fish and rice. People's lives are generally rich. At the end of February, it is the season when warblers and grass grow and peanut trees are mixed. On this day, two horse riders came from the official road of Yangluo Town, Huanggang County. It was Li Weizheng and his subordinate Yang Ning who came from Dingyuan County.

"Fifth brother, otherwise I will go to explore the wind and meet in the town." Yang Ning and Li Weizheng have been together for a long time, and their relationship gradually becomes harmonious. Yang Ning is twenty-one years old this year, Li Wei is two years old, and has been an orphan since childhood. He has been a famous Wudang family and has been a secret bodyguard by the prince for two years. This time he was assigned to Li Weizheng as a entourage, and the prince means to follow him forever. Although he was a little dissatisfied, he was helpless. However, Li Wei's performance in Dingyuan County made Yang Ning very admirable. He could understand the enemy in one day, especially after Li Wei took away the magistrate of Dingyuan County, he actually gave him 500 taels of gold. This touched Yang Ning very much. With this money, he could re-cultivate the Taoist temple for his master. He heard Zhang Erhu call Li Weizheng the fifth brother in Dingyuan County, so he called him this.

The hometown where the family members were stolen from Yangluo Town, Huanggang County, Huangzhou Province was from Yangluo Town. His family was in a small village five miles north of the town. After walking for another quarter of an hour, it was dusk. It was dusk and night gradually came.

"I don't have to explore the wind, I have my own way."

Li Weizheng pondered for a while and said, "The family surnamed Yan will definitely not be in his hometown. The purpose of our visit is to understand how many passers-by have come. Similarly, everyone also wants to understand the situation of their opponents. It seems complicated, but it is actually very simple. Just one sentence: know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be able to win a hundred battles. As for the family surnamed Yan, he can't escape under the net of heaven and earth. The key is to see who can laugh to the end."

"Why brother think how many people will come to compete for it?"

Li Wei was smiling and shook his head, "To be honest, I only know the lower limit, not the upper limit, the prince's two ways, the king of Qin, Lan Yu, all the way, these are the four ways. I suspect that the emperor may also send people to participate, and there are other princes. If the king of Qin wants to muddle the water, it cannot be ruled out that he will leak the news to others. If this is the case, it will be really unsure. However, although we are the weakest party, we are also the most hidden party. As long as we make full use of our advantages, we may not be able to laugh to the end."

As the two said that, they walked into the town and for this operation, Li Weizheng went home and changed two ordinary horses. Mr. Li made two road guides for them. In this way, they transformed into two ordinary farmers who came to Huangzhou to buy rice seeds.

There are several large inns in the town, but Li Wei was just not looking at them at all. He took Yang Ning to search around the town and finally found a small inn on a back street. The inn was really bad, damp and cold, and traces of rats and cockroaches could be seen everywhere. Several low-prostitutes with heavy makeup leaned under the eaves and stared at them unscrupulously. The pale faces were like lonely female ghosts under the night sky.

"Shopkeeper, stay in a hotel!"

The two finally got rid of the entanglement of the prostitute and walked into the inn. A dark oil lamp was dim. The light was dim. The shopkeeper's lazy spirit glanced at them blankly, "The single room has twenty cents a night, five cents a night, no matter how much food is, the price will double if there is no road guide."

The two looked at each other and it was very good. They just didn't want to leave any traces. Li Wei immediately smiled and said, "Then let's give us a single room with two beds. If you want your reserved room, we have no way to guide you."

"It costs 100 yuan to reserve a room." The shopkeeper was a little surprised. The other party actually knew about reserved room. It seemed that they were really willing to live here because they had no road incense. Moreover, they did not have a Huguang accent. His eyes rolled and he tentatively said, "I wonder what special requirements do the two guests have?"

Li Weizheng has always been very grateful to his father for sending him to Linhuai County to be a minor official. Although his status is low, he has exposed him to the bottom of the Ming society and accumulated a lot of valuable social experience, such as the tricks of small inns. Although these small shops have poor conditions, they have their own ways to make money. The so-called reserved rooms are of course the highest-end rooms, but this is not the most important thing. If you want to live in a high-end room, you can go to the large inn. The conditions are better and the prices are similar. More importantly, living in a reserved room means that the guests want to live safely and comfortable in conditions. There are special requirements. Although the large inn can also provide some special services, they are far less diverse than small inns. Especially small shops can be free of road access, but large shops dare not. Therefore, this reserved room is mostly for the kind of thieves who are wanted by the government to earn their privacy money.

Li Wei was throwing down four guan coins and said, "Live for five days. As for special requirements, this is not a place to talk. Let's talk about it when we enter the room."

Li Weizheng only needs two stakes to stay for five days, but Li Weizheng gave four stakes. The extra two stakes is actually a commission. This is the secret rule in the industry. If the customer wants to do small things, he no longer has to pay the shopkeeper's intermediary fee. However, if it is a big thing, he will have to pay another commission. Seeing that he is very proficient, the shopkeeper couldn't help but respectfully raise the oil lamp and said respectfully: "Customer, please follow me."

He led the two of them through a narrow passage filled with mold. The so-called single room was inside the low small doors on both sides. He could clearly hear the laughter of secret prostitutes and the breathing of men in the room. The shopkeeper had become accustomed to it. Li Wei had no expression on his face, only Yang Ning frowned and covered his mouth and nose. Although he was very skilled in martial arts, he had never been in contact with such a bottom-level place.

Walking up a dilapidated wooden staircase, the staircase creaked and went to the highest point, and then passed through a dark passage with doors at both ends but very low. Finally, I came to a wooden door. The shopkeeper took out the key and opened the lock, turned around and smiled, "Please come in! Every day, my wife will come to clean the place and make sure it is clean."

He lit the lights in the room, and the soft light immediately filled the room. Although it could not be compared with the upper room of the large inn, it was also clean and tidy. There were two houses in total, with beds and new bedding. In the inner room, there was a small window, which could see the main street of the town and the entrance to the town. This made Li Weizheng very satisfied. This was the effect he wanted.

"Customer, this is the highest place in the shop. Downstairs is my wife and I'm very quiet. My wife will bring hot water later. If you want to have a meal, I can also help you buy it at the restaurant in the town."

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper turned around and closed the door again, lowered his voice and said, "You two can tell me now that I need to make arrangements in advance if there are any special requirements."

The special requirements mentioned by the shopkeeper refer to some secret matters, such as hiring murderers, inquire about intelligence, bribing prisons, etc., and the industry has industry rules and will never betray the customers. You can feel completely at ease. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can get the most satisfactory service.

Li Wei was taking out twenty coins and handing them to the shopkeeper and laughed: "This is a commission for the shopkeeper, so there is no need to bother the shopkeeper to pass the message. Please ask the shopkeeper to find me the most informed person in the town. If the commission is not enough, I can calculate it separately."

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment. It seemed that the guest officer knew the condom in it very well! He nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, please do what the guest officer said."

The shopkeeper left, and Yang Ning said to Li Weizheng with great admiration: "It's really a lot of knowledge to do business with Brother Wu. I have gained a lot today."

Li Weizheng smiled slightly and said, "Actually, the people of the King of Qin will also spend money to buy intelligence. However, they live in big shops and become prey for each other. Unlike us who live in the most ragged shops, only we know their share, but they will never know us. Living here, we are like hiding. Do you understand? Just being willing to spend money is not enough. The key is to know how to spend money."

"I understand." Yang Ning said admirably.

Li Wei was patting his shoulder and laughing, "Let's go to the town tomorrow morning for another walk. You are too tall and not like a farmer who buys rice seeds. You must pretend to be simpler."

Yang Ning nodded silently. After a moment, a slight sound of footsteps came from outside the door, followed by the shopkeeper's voice, "Customer, it's me!"

Yang Ning went forward and opened the door. He saw a man with a vulgar appearance following behind the shopkeeper, smiling. When he entered the door, he nodded and bowed to Li Weizheng.

"Kei Guan, this is our town's inquiry. He knows everything about the trivial matters in the county, and he can do everything as long as the guest wants it."

After the shopkeeper introduced him, he stepped down. Li Wei was just glancing at the man and smiled and said, "Brother, you have a good business these days!"

The man quickly smiled and said, "The uncle is right. There are many people coming to the town to inquire about things these days, but although the business is good, the villain does not earn much."

Li Wei understood what he meant. It was like buying fruits. It was different from buying at a vegetable market and buying at a wholesale market. It was different from buying at a wholesale market and then buying directly at an orchard. He smiled and said, "Does it be that you peeled it layer by layer? If you don't have much money when you get it?"

The man sighed, "Although there are many people buying news, they don't go on the road. They just want to find a waiter. Those waiters are all ruthless and always ask me about the cheapest information. They are stupid! They spend a lot of money and can't get the most detailed ones. Unlike the customer who knows how to directly look for me, they can get the best news for the same money."

Speaking of this, the man stretched out two fingers, "If the guest wanted to inquire about the Yan family in Mikimura, then I would have to pay 200 cents."

"Two hundred stakes!" Yang Ning exclaimed, "You guy is too dark!"

Li Weizheng smiled, immediately reached out to stop Yang Ning, and said to the man in front of him: "Two hundred coins, we will make a deal!"

"Okay!" The man sincerely praised: "Since the eldest brother is so generous and righteous, I won't hide my own private parts."

He turned around and smiled at Yang Ning, "I'm really sure that this little brother. There are quite a few waiters who come to me to buy the Yan family these days. I don't know how much their customers have paid, but these unscrupulous waiters are willing to give me one or two cents of money. I dare not break the rules and go directly to their customers. Alas! Think about it, what news can you buy for one or two cents of money?"

"Then we will give you two hundred guan, what news can you give us?" Yang Ning asked in disbelief.
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