Chapter 173: The Spy's Nest
Shi Da said: "The teacher never said it, but he once saw the teacher coming out of Yuxuan Pen and Ink Shop, so he guessed that he probably bought it from that shop."
Although Wenshan Street is small and you can see the end at a glance, there are at least five or six calligraphy and painting shops, and Yuxuan Calligraphy and Painting is among them.
"What should we do now?" Su Ruojin asked, "Should we call Uncle Hua?"
Zhao Lan was thinking about how to arrange the investigation. When he heard this, he raised his eyes and asked, "Huh?"
Su Ruojin smiled guiltily: "Uncle Hua used to be a hanger-on. I think he might be more adept at finding out things."
The young lady had clearly guessed most of it, but she still pretended not to understand. Zhao Lan thought for a moment and replied, "I work in the Investigation Department of the Imperial City Bureau, and your uncle Hua is my subordinate."
"I... Dad doesn't know either, right?"
"I hope Jin can keep it a secret for us."
I didn't expect that they were really the 'Jinyiwei' of the Dayin Dynasty. Inexplicably, Su Ruojin became scared after knowing this. Those spies from Liaoxia Kingdom were in the dark. Could it be because of this that Zhao Lan didn't come to the Su family for meals in the past year?
Su Ruojin nodded. Of course she had to keep it a secret. She was not afraid of losing her luck.
Zhao Lan smiled and said, "Call your uncle Hua in."
"Oh." Su Ruojin suddenly realized the moment she turned around, "Could it be that Shopkeeper Ye is also one of yours?"
Zhao Lan didn't say anything, which was considered as his tacit agreement. This person was introduced by Siping, so there was no way to deny it.
Su Ruojin was startled. "There is Uncle Hua Ping in Su's House in Beijing, and Shopkeeper Ye in Wenshan Street. How many people have you planted in our Su's house? How come our Su's house looks like a den of spies?"
A spy nest?
There is also the shopkeeper Huang in Su Ji in the capital, and the two female waiters in Wenshan Street. The key is that the highest official in the Investigation Bureau - Zhao Yuhou now wants to take her home to treat her as his sister, pamper her, stick to her, and live with her.
Su Ruojin didn't know that in a flash, Zhao Lan was thinking about something. She pouted and went to find Hua Ping.
In front of the lobby counter, Ye Huaizhen was answering various questions from customers who were ordering morning tea sets. Hua Ping was sitting next to her, collecting and counting the money and throwing it into the basket under the counter.
One welcoming and the other taking away, the two cooperated with each other tacitly, giving a feeling of the wife following the husband's lead.
Su Ruojin raised her eyebrows, her gossipy heart burning again. Uncle Hua Ping, who was so lazy that he would rather sit than lie down or stand than sit, actually helped Shopkeeper Ye?
Shi Er was selling steamed buns at the door. When there were no customers, he took a break and saw the shopkeeper standing at the door looking inside at the two people at the counter. He smiled and stood behind the shopkeeper, saying softly, "Young master, I'm afraid we'll have to arrange a wedding for them in a few days."
Su Ruojin was startled by a sudden voice behind her and turned around: "Second Uncle Shi, you are scary!"
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." Shi Er apologized quickly and turned around to get busy, but their movements still attracted the attention of the two people at the counter.
Seeing Su Erniang staring at him, Hua Ping blushed and came out from the counter, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"How did you know I was looking for you?"
"At this moment, you are either accompanying your parents or the little prince. If you can come to the front, you must be looking for me or Shu Tong. If he is not here, then it must be me!"
He is indeed a spy, his brain is quick enough.
Su Ruojin nodded, "I'm indeed looking for you." She turned and went to the management room of the East Courtyard.
Hua Ping looked at Ye Huaizhen reluctantly, then slowly followed Su Erniang.
Su Ruojin could of course feel his lingering gaze and smiled, "Are you tempted?"
The young lady looked gossipy, which made Hua Ping feel embarrassed and angry. "What do you mean by ordinary or not ordinary? What do you, a young lady, know?"
"Hey, you're just being stubborn!" Su Ruojin glanced at the calm Ye Huaizhen and leaned close to Hua Ping, whispering, "I'm just ignoring you!"
"You..." Hua Ping was dejected. Why was it so difficult to find a wife and give birth to a baby? It was even more difficult than catching a spy from the enemy country.
Su Ruojin smiled at him with a gloating look on her face, "Do you need my help?"
Aunt?
Hua Ping glared and stretched out his hand to hit someone, "You little yellow-haired girl, who are you?"
Su Ruojin laughed loudly and ran away quickly!
After a while, Su Ruojin brought Hua Ping to the manager's office. She stood at the door and didn't go in. She pursed her lips and said, "Go in!" Then she went to her parents' room.
In front of the Su family, Hua Ping had always avoided his boss, Prince Zhao. Why did the Prince Zhao ask the Second Lady to call him today? He entered the room suspiciously, and the door was closed by Shuang Rui.
"Little Prince?" He looked outside the door, meaning...
Zhao Lan nodded, "She knows."
For some reason, Hua Ping breathed a sigh of relief. He no longer had to hide anything in front of the young lady. But he immediately thought of another question, "Will it make the Su family unsafe?"
"I'll take care of it."
Oh, since the boss can handle it, it is not something for a small soldier like him to worry about. He asked, "Yu Hou, what's the matter?"
Zhao Lan motioned him to look at the paper on the table. Hua Ping's eyes jumped directly over the black ink words that were smeared together and looked at the blue words. This color only appears when a top-secret letter is transmitted. "Where did it come from?"
Santai recounted the story of how he discovered the blue words.
"It's really a piece of cake to find something after searching for a long time!" Hua Ping was sharpening his knife. "Most of the shop owners on Wenshan Street came to Su Ji for breakfast. One of the ones that didn't come was Yuxuan Pen and Ink Shop. It turns out that they are not jealous, but cautious. Little Prince, I will mobilize people right away."
Hua Ping was standing at the counter helping out, and of course he also had the intention of pursuing his wife. He even took advantage of the opening of Su Ji to find out the bottom line of each store on Wenshan Street. Now that he had such much evidence, he could finally lock on to his target.
"Remember to be careful and make sure to get the big snake this time."
"Yes, little prince."
Hua Ping left Su Ji and drove the Su Ji mule cart out of Wenshan Street as if to restock Su Ji.
On the street, there was a wonton vendor wandering around looking for work, but in fact he was staring at the people coming in and out of Su Ji Breakfast Tea Shop. A man named Hua drove out in a mule cart and quickly attracted their attention. Someone seemed to be wandering around but in fact he went around to the back of a shop and entered a small courtyard through a small door.
In the attic, there are various books, pens, inks, paper and inkstones. It is obviously a storage room. An old man is resting inside. Hearing the sound of stairs, he opened his eyes and waited for someone to come up.
"Boss, Hua Ping from the Investigation Department has found Su Ji."
"Did someone catch up?"
"They caught up with us." The man dressed as a hanger-on looked uneasy. "The Investigation Department has been active in Wenshan Street recently. I suspect they have discovered us."
The old man was very conceited, "They were here for a whole year last year and didn't find anything. Don't be afraid, just be careful."
The hanger-on was still worried, but the boss didn't care, so he had no choice but to leave. Seeing that the boss's desk was very messy, he went forward to tidy it up, lit a lamp and burned the waste paper.
He habitually asked, "Boss, six pages of waste paper."
The old man closed his eyes and seemed not to hear.
Seeing this, the hangers-on bowed and retreated.
Just as he was about to go down the stairs, the old man suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "What did you just say?"
The helper said: "Six pieces of waste paper!"
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