At present, the role of the Phantom Spy is still limited to collecting spy information. If it is allowed to stare at Fei and Wu according to Ju's proposal, it will be equivalent to giving the Phantom Spy the power to monitor hundreds of officials.
Liu Xin walked back and forth in the room for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice, "No, let Chen Gong and the others do the supervision officials."
The Phantom Spy has now developed into a huge organization, its traces spread all over the Han Dynasty, and even extended to the grasslands and the Western Regions. The energy contained in such an organization is very huge, and it is bringing Liu Xin a steady stream of energy. At the same time all kinds of news have become a sharp double-edged sword.
Liu Xin has become more and more aware that such an organization always hiding in the dark means that it will lose effective supervision. Although Jushou’s loyalty is undoubtedly, who can guarantee that Jushou’s successors are equally loyal? If the person in charge of the Phantom Spy in the future is an unpredictable person, the consequences will be incalculable,
Some time ago, Liu Xin had already realized this problem. Not only did he plan to gradually put the Phantom into the light, but also to split the Phantom. Naturally, it would not further expand the power of the Phantom. Of course, how to operate it, Liu Xin also Be prepared to communicate with Ma Yun before making a decision. After all, Ma Yun is a regular police school student and should know better than him in this regard.
Seeing Liu Xin's firm attitude, Jushou didn't dare to say anything, he arched his hands and said, "If this is the case, please rest early, and the subordinates will retire first."
Liu Xin waved her hand and turned into the back room.
When Lu Qiling saw Liu Xin coming in, she rushed over and cried with her nose and tears: "God, why did you let that bad girl go? Ling'er really wants that grasshopper,"
Liu Xin's face sank, and he said with a serious face: "Qi Ling, you are my goddaughter now, but you must never act in this way. The old man who sells grasshoppers and other grasshoppers, why do you have to and Fei Shuang argues for the one, you know, it’s not easy for the old man to make up a few grasshoppers. If you make a fuss like this, the grasshoppers are trampled by you, and people are scared away by you. He didn’t make any money. , Maybe you will be hungry for a day, do you think this is good,"
Lu Qiling tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, "It doesn't seem to be very good, but I obviously liked the grasshopper first, and my mother is already paying for it."
Liu Xin touched her head, and patiently persuaded: "Qi Ling, you are still young now, but you should also learn some advances and retreats. There is a sentence I want to give you, take a step back, and endure calm. , Think about it, today you and Fei Shuang made such a big movement in order to fight for a grasshopper. If you hurt your mother and others, it will be too late for you to regret it."
Lu Qiling was silent for a while, but then said: "That girl named Fei is a few years older than me, why did she let me? Why did I let her, oh, I see, she looks pretty. Godfather won't be interested in her, right?"
Diaochan couldn't help laughing with a "pouch". Yan Rui was so frightened that Huarong was pale, and while reprimanding Lu Qiling, he said to Liu Xin: "Master, the child is open-minded, and I hope that the master will not be angry."
Liu Xin didn't expect Lu Qiling to say these things, but when she saw that the little girl didn't admit her mistake, she was really angry. He picked up Lu Qiling, put it on her lap, and said sternly, "Say, I'll still make peace with you. Stop quarreling with others,"
Qiling Lu seemed a bit stubborn, she still pouted her mouth and said: "In any case, I will not let others bully me casually."
Liu Xin shouted in a deep voice: "Okay, you still have a stiff mouth. If you don't admit your mistake, I will spank you."
Although Qiling Lu did not talk back, she still refused to admit her mistakes.
Liu Xin finally couldn't help but raised her slap and fell heavily. Lu Qiling twisted her body desperately, but she could not get free. She was about to hit him. Liu Xin suddenly felt something wrong. After all, Lu Qiling was not his biological daughter. It didn’t seem to be good to hit her in front of her mother. Thinking of this, Liu Xin abruptly put away his strength, and this heavy blow turned into a light pat.
Lu Qiling was slapped by this painlessly, and she was dazed for a while, then she laughed endlessly.
Liu Xin was furious, and finally slapped her slap down. With a crisp sound, Lu Qiling's laughter stopped suddenly, and she was replaced by a loud cry of "Wow" soon.
Diao Chan hurriedly persuaded: "Master, Qi Ling is still a child, and it is inevitable that she will make some mistakes. I hope that the master will give her a chance to make corrections and stop beating her."
Liu Xin saw Lu Qiling crying violently, and Diaochan persuaded him to continue the fight. The slap raised again was stiffly received, and he scolded: "You can hear what your master said clearly, and I will change it in the future. Do not correct,"
Qiling Lu was really beaten this time, so how dare she let her temper again, she had to choke and nod her head again and again.
Liu Xin couldn't help but laughed, and said, "This is how you behave. Come on, if it doesn't hurt, let Dad rub it for you.
Slap and rub is Liu Xin's usual tactics, but it seems to be unreasonable when used to deal with a child, but Lu Qiling seems to be very useful. After being gently rubbed by Liu Xin a few times, she broke her tears into a smile.
In the early morning of the next day, Liu Xin and his entourage had just walked out of the post house, and they saw Han Song hurriedly approaching, holding two grasshoppers made of wheat straw in their hands, and said, "I’m the lord, the old man has been found. The damaged grasshopper has been compensated according to the price. This is what the old man made up overnight to express his gratitude to the lord, and gave it to the young lady."
Liu Xin took a closer look, and the two golden grasshoppers were really made up like life. No wonder Lu Qiling liked it at a glance. She nodded, took one, and said, "Tec, the other grasshopper, please You send it to Fei's house and tell them that this is a gift from the young lady to Fei Shuang."
Lu Qiling, who was next to Liu Xin, was obviously a little unhappy. She just remembered that yesterday’s spanking, there was a hot sensation on her butt, her little mouth curled, and she finally held back her silence.
Liu Xin has been paying attention to Lu Qiling's actions, and smiled unsatisfactorily. He stuffed the grasshopper made of wheat straw into her hand and said, "That's right. The enemy is easy to understand and not easy to knot. Wait for us from Jiangnan. When you come back, if you pass here again, maybe Fei Shuang can still become good friends with you. You said, it’s better to have multiple friends or multiple enemies."
Without waiting for Lu Qiling to answer, Liu Xin already took her hand and said: "Trust godfather, godfather will not harm you, go, godfather will take you on the big boat."
Although the principles of turning an enemy into a friend and having multiple friends and multiple paths are not complicated, it is still a bit advanced for a child as young as Lu Qiling. Of course Liu Xin would not expect to be able to teach her these principles.
Lu Qiling said spoiledly: "Then my godfather will help Ling'er rub it later,"
Liu Xin already knew that she was hitting too hard yesterday. According to Diao Chan, Lu Qiling’s little butt was a lot of bruises. Seeing Lu Qiling acting coquettishly, Liu Xin laughed and said, "Okay, wait. After the boat, my godfather will slowly rub it for you."
The child is a child after all. He has a favorite grasshopper, and a new big boat to sit on, and Liu Xin promised to rub her. Lu Qiling's mouth stopped turning, and she jumped up happily.
Liu Xin temporarily changed his itinerary. A small fleet of more than a dozen large and small warships slowly left the Jiangxia Wharf, pulled up sails, sailed down the river, and headed straight for Wu County.
According to Liu Xin’s original plan, the group changed to warships in Jiangxia, crossed the Yangtze River, and then stopped in Changsha for a while and then transferred to Yuzhang. In Yuzhang, Liu Xin would stay for a while, and wait for the deployment of troops to hand over to the state. Then go to Kuaiji. In Kuaiji, Liu Xin plans to take Diaochan and the others to see the vast sea and taste the real seafood. After all these things are done, spring will really come, and then they can chase after them. Spring’s footsteps all the way north to Wu Jun, Liu Xin will sit there until he completely defeats Liu Yao,
Jushou was a little puzzled about Liu Xin's sudden change of plan, and said, "Lord, the weather is cold at this time. Why is it rushing to Wu Jun when he is not using troops?"
Liu Xin thought of the "Romantic Journey" she carefully designed, and she sighed and said, "There is no way. Shopkeeper Song must return to Guangling within seven days at the latest. Liu wants to meet in person. he,"
At this time, Liu Xin was anxious to see the shopkeeper Song who was in the prison in Wu Jun. He had been locked here for a whole day and night.
Under the arrangement of Guan Yu, treasurer Song carried a large sum of gold and silver, secretly crossed the Yangtze River, landed on the river beach in Danyang, and arrived at Wu County by land. Soon, treasurer Song and Wu Jun’s Phantom Secret Spy were picked up. After getting involved, he wrote the news he heard in Guangling Tan on paper, sealed it with wax pellets, and passed it through the secret channel of Phantom.
Originally, shopkeeper Song could easily wait for the answer from above, but he was anxious to do his merits, so he went to the market to inquire about the local food market. Shopkeeper Song is a grain merchant. It is normal to inquire about the food market. It is just this time. Somewhat unfortunately,
At the moment when the green and yellow are not being picked up, and all the grain in the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River is transported from other places, in order to maintain the stability of the grain price, Yu Fan issued a strict order to prohibit anyone from arranging for oddities, prohibit anyone from driving up food prices, and prohibit any People buy and sell food in large quantities,
Shopkeeper Song ran to several grain shops in succession, not only inquiring about the price of grain, but also proposed the intention to buy a large amount of grain. The owners of those grain shops were polite to him on the surface, but secretly reported the news to the government.
No one knows how important food is to the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River. No one knows better than Yu Fan. There are millions of Xuzhou refugees gathered here. The amount of food consumed every day is an alarming number. All these foods are transferred from various places. In order to ensure food security, most of Yu Fan’s energy has been put on this. Now some people dare to commit crimes and want to purchase a large amount of food. Yu Fan immediately ordered the apprehension of treasurer Song and put him in prison.
Shopkeeper Song became anxious. Within seven days, he must rush back to Guangling. Otherwise, Qin Yi would not regret his death, but he himself would lose the opportunity to gain a foothold in Xuzhou again.