Everyone lost interest in talking and drinking and was about to leave in a bad mood.
Suddenly, the door curtain was lifted again, and it was the two young men who came running back in a hurry, panting and saying, "Boss, I'm sorry, I forgot to ask for the bill earlier. I wonder how much it is?"
As he said this, he reached out to take the money.
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "No, no, a guest from Xunzhou has already met with you two."
The two men who were about to take the money were stunned when they heard this. They looked up in surprise and said, "Merchant from Xunzhou, this... We have never recognized a merchant from Xunzhou before."
The shopkeeper chuckled and said, "Haha, maybe you don't recognize me, but that customer said..."
The shopkeeper paused for a moment, then said with a low laugh, "That guest said that there are two good men like you in the Qin Dynasty.
Oh, he also said that people in Xunzhou don’t eat people.”
“…”
The two young men were a little confused after hearing this. After a while, they nodded blankly, but they didn't quite understand what it meant.
The young man named Atang scratched his ear, then clasped his fists and said, "In that case, then... if the shopkeeper sees him again, please thank that guest on our behalf."
"good."
The shopkeeper nodded and agreed with a smile.
The two stood there for a while, but didn't know what to say, so they just clasped their fists again, said thank you, and turned around to walk out.
The shopkeeper suddenly called out to the two men again, "Young men."
"ah?"
The two men stopped when they heard this, not knowing what was going on.
The shopkeeper just smiled and said with a fist: "You have a bright future!"
Although the two of them didn't understand what was going on, they nodded seriously, "Thank you for your kind words!"
…
After the two left, the other guests in the tavern also left one after another.
The shopkeeper, who had been smiling in front of everyone just now, gradually put away his smile and looked around to see if there were any outsiders.
His expression suddenly became serious, and then he quickly walked to the warehouse behind the store, stretched out his hand and pressed somewhere on the wall. With a click, a secret compartment suddenly appeared on the wall, with a pen and paper inside. There was also a small hole behind the secret compartment, which was dark and led to nowhere.
The shopkeeper quickly picked up a piece of paper and pen and wrote with flying strokes: "Jinyiwei Bingwu reports... Chen Zhao, the illegitimate son of the Chen family, and Feng Tang, the illegitimate son of the Feng family, were talking in a tavern. They discussed... Then there was a merchant from Xunzhou, whose name is unknown..."
After writing, he skillfully rolled it into a roll, sealed it with wax, and then put it into the small hole.
After doing all this, close the secret compartment again.
Exhale gently.
When I walked out of the store again, I saw the shopkeeper with a smile on his face.
…
Almost at the same moment, the wax-sealed paper scroll appeared in the palm of a hand that was a little too white for a man.
Then it passes through the owner of this palm and is passed on again.
Not long after, it went through layers of transmission, screening, and selection, and then it appeared on the desk of Lin Yuchen, deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, along with a pile of hundreds of paper rolls.
Here, it undergoes a final filter.
Fortunately, it was finally judged to be of vital importance and appeared in the hands of Emperor Zhao Xin that night.
Many more similar scrolls were either sealed or deemed useless and burned directly, as if they had never existed.
And when Zhao Xin unfolded it.
Chen Zhao and Feng Tang had already set out from Luoshui and headed south.
They are not the only ones.
In fact, there were nearly a hundred young people like them who were imprisoned in the East Factory's black prison because of the "knocking on the palace" case. They thought they would never see the light of day again. However, they were received by the eunuch Cao Xiong, the commander-in-chief of the East Factory.
They were also told that the emperor was kind and could not bear to see them ruin their lives at such a young age because of a single mistake.
So I decided to give them another chance.
But whether they can cherish it depends on themselves.
Then these people saw the light of day again with surprise, excitement, or tears of gratitude.
Most of these people, like Feng Tang and Chen Zhao, were either from poor families or illegitimate sons of wealthy families.
In short, they all have one common identity, that is, they are people abandoned by their respective families.
At this time, they each received a different task.
These tasks vary.
Several groups of people, like Feng Tang and Chen Zhao, were ordered to survey a feasible canal route and the topography and geology of the route.
Some tasks are to survey the water network and drought situation in the capital or a certain state or county.
Others were ordered to lead the refugees to dig a section of the riverbed.
Some even went to a certain county to inquire about the customs of local officials and find out the structure of local aristocratic families.
These tasks are a bit difficult, and some seem easy.
It is necessary to inquire about the customs and habits of officials, and other such tasks.
Many people think this is very simple and they think they can understand it by simply asking local people.
However, after some people received these tasks and thought about it for a while, they immediately felt that this matter did not seem simple at all.
To observe the work style of officials, is it really enough to just go to the local people and ask them?
If that's the case, why not just ask the Jinyiwei to send someone to ask?
What exactly does the emperor want to know?
What to do after observing the trends?
Smart people can tell at a glance that these tasks are actually tests for their subsequent tasks.
At the same time, it is also to prepare them for subsequent tasks.
For example, surveying the canal route.
Anyone with a brain will think of it.
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