Mu San found that his luck was really bad, not bad at all.
He thought that after contacting Niu Huilun, a senior scholar, the next thing would be much smoother, but soon he found that he was too naive. Although he had already left Chang'an City Taiji Palace for a while, he felt that he was very familiar with that palace city, and it would not be difficult for him to get in touch with the little eunuch who had known him there.
However, there was no one he was familiar with in Taiji Palace. All the palace people were transferred to the Changchun Garden, and the outside of the Changchun Garden is now guarded by armored soldiers, not to mention outsiders, even the courtiers are not allowed to approach. The official explanation was that the little emperor had a sudden illness and needed to recuperate without being disturbed by anyone. So General Tiejia ordered all the palace people in Tai Chi Palace to be transferred to Changchun Garden to serve the little emperor. Of course, no one knew that these palace people really went to serve the little emperor.
After Mu San came out of the University Scholars' Mansion, he muttered a few words of disappointment, walked with his head down, and kept thinking about how to get in touch with the people in Changchun Garden. Attracted by the aroma, I looked up and saw that it was a roadside stall selling soup dumplings. The buyers and sellers were a couple. It seemed that the man was very simple and honest, and the woman was very simple.
"Guest officer, do you want some soup dumplings?"
The man asked politely, only then did Mu San realize that it would be impolite to stand at someone's stall if he didn't buy some. He was hungry anyway, so he simply found a cleaner table and sat down.
"A few steamed buns, and a bowl of haggis soup."
"okay!"
The man responded, and swiftly pulled out several small cages from the cauldron. Inside each small cage is a soup dumpling, a common snack in the south, which is rare in Chang'an City. But Mu San could tell that this soup dumpling was made extremely authentic, just the delicious taste made people salivate.
"Boss, good craftsmanship!"
Mu San intentionally spoke with a thick voice, and after being removed from the penis, his voice became more and more shrill, so he had to hold his voice in order not to be exposed.
"Have you been doing business in Chang'an City?"
Mu San asked.
"Well, it's always been."
Or because there were not many customers, the boss had a rare leisure time, so he served a plate of mixed vegetables, and cut a few slices of beef and put them in front of Mu San: "Give it to me, and the guest officer is kind."
Mu San quickly thanked: "I have been to this street before, why haven't I seen you and your wife?"
Mu San asked while eating.
"oh… "
The boss smiled honestly: "We also recently moved to this street to do business. It used to be on Dong Ershisantiao Street."
"Oh... Dongshisantiao, I know..."
Mu San was burned for a while, and he answered vaguely. After saying this, he froze suddenly, then raised his head to look at the boss with a simple and honest smile: "Dong Ershisan?"
"yes."
The boss said with some regret: "I remember at that time, we just learned how to make soup dumplings, and we set up a stall on Dong Ershisantiao Street. I made dumplings, and my mother-in-law made noodles. It was a treasured place of geomantic omen. There was a Boys who are well-known in the capital like to eat my steamed stuffed buns and hot noodle soup the most. Also, those beautiful girls from Hongxiu Zhao also like to eat my steamed stuffed buns, and people come to buy them every day."
The proprietress glared at him fiercely, and the boss immediately smiled embarrassingly.
"It seems that something happened in the capital recently?"
Mu San didn't dare to be sure of his judgment, so he pretended to ask casually.
"It's not..."
The boss sighed and said: "Damn people, people who don't deserve to die, a large number of people died. Alas, who would have thought that the city of Chang'an would be in such a mess..." As he spoke, he dipped his fingers in the tea as if he was bored. Writing and drawing on the table, Mu San stared at his fingers without blinking.
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Binyue Inn
This is the largest inn in Chang'an City, merchants who come and go like to live here, firstly, it is clean and spacious, and secondly, the location is excellent. It was the first time for Mu San to live in this old shop in Chang'an City for so many years. It is said that the history of this store is much longer than that of the Sui Dynasty. It can be seen that the family's ability has been able to do business for so long.
Mu San let out a long sigh of relief after entering his room, then threw himself on the bed and didn't bother to move anymore. I don't know how long it took before he got up and was going to ask Xiao Er to bring some food up. When he sat up, he was startled. He didn't know when there was another person in the room, so he sat not far away to drink tea.
The tea was brought up by Xiao Er after Mu San came back, but Mu San was too tired to drink it.
It looked like this guy had been around for a while.
"Unexpectedly, the tea in this inn is of good quality."
The fat man drinking tea glanced at Mu San, smiled and said, "How about it, today's harvest is not small?"
This fat man is called Jiu Se Cai, and he is San Jinhou's first capable assistant. Mu San once wondered what such a fat man who seemed to be panting after walking a few steps could do? But now he probably knew, because the fat man came in and sat down not far from him, and he didn't even notice after drinking half a pot of tea. If this person wanted to kill him, Mu San was sure that he didn't even know how he died.
"Why didn't Mr. Jiu wake me up?"
Mu San smiled embarrassingly.
"You didn't fall asleep at all... Do you know if I came in, it has nothing to do with whether you fell asleep or not."
After a pause, Jiu Se Cai asked, "Why do you call me Mr. Jiu?"
"What's that called... Mr. Se or Mr. Cai?"
"My surname is Zhan."
Jiu Se Cai said solemnly: "Jiu Se Cai is my name, Jiu is not my surname, nor is it Se nor Cai nor is it. My full name is Zhan Jiu Se Cai."
Mu Sanxin said that it would be good if your name is Zhanquan.
"Mr. Zhan, today's harvest is not very big. Although I have contacted Niu Huilun, a senior scholar, I may not be able to contact the people in the palace. I found out that those palace people have been transferred to Changchun Garden, and the Iron Armored Army Keep guard, it is too difficult to get in, and it is said that no one will be released."
"I know this."
Jiu Se Cai said: "I have found out more things than you..."
He pointed at the opposite side and signaled Mu San to sit down: "After going out early this morning, I planned to contact the people who used to deliver goods to the palace to contact my old acquaintances, but I didn't get in touch with any of them. Then I planned to find someone None of the people who contacted Jinyi School could be contacted. The Tai Chi Palace is still guarded by the forbidden army. They only know that the palace people have gone to Changchun Garden. The yamen of Jinyi School was empty a few days ago, and only a few people are hiding in the folks. people are still there."
"Mr. Zhan has a good method!"
Mu San praised sincerely.
"Where is there any means, it's just some friendship in the past."
Jiu Se Cai said with some complacency: "In the whole Chang'an City, it is very difficult to find a person who does not get the benefits of my goods. Although it seems that nothing has been found, in fact A lot of real things have been found. It’s just that some people are too lazy to analyze what they found useful.”
"The underworld people in Chang'an City gave me some face, so I came back with a lot of useful news. A few days ago, a lot of new soil was transported from Changchun Garden. Someone came forward to find Chang'an City. You also know that most of these Libas have underworld backgrounds, otherwise they would not be able to get along. I found out how many trucks of new soil were shipped out, and I went to the Ministry of Industry to find someone to ask, Changchun There has been no construction work in the garden recently, so…”
Jiu Se Cai said: "I calculated, how many trucks of soil were transported out, I can probably know how big a hole was dug. Of course, it may also be that a lot of holes were dug. If a lot of holes were dug, then what to do? Suppose it was buried People, then subtract the approximate space occupied by the corpses from the excavated soil, and you can vaguely figure out how many people died in Changchun Garden. Preliminary estimates are around 2,500 to 3,000."
"ah!"
Mu San was taken aback, opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.
"The servants in Taiji Palace plus the people from Jinyi School, the total number should be more than 3,000. This is a calculation error, so you can ignore it. However, it can be inferred from this that these people may all be killed Yes. Let me ask you, if General Tiejia ordered the killing of the palace people and Jinyi school, what is the reason? Of course, the dead may also be the descendants of the Yang family who were arrested and taken into Changchun Garden a few days ago, but the number does not match And I asked, the people who delivered food to Changchun Garden in the past few days said that about 1,000 people were sent in every day. There were more than 3,000 people from Guanggong and Jinyi School, why did they only send one Food for thousands of people?"
Mu San thought hard, then shook his head vigorously.
"fool!"
Jiu Se Cai sighed and said: "I'm afraid that the little emperor of the Sui Dynasty is probably no longer alive. Although this inference is a bit far-fetched, I can't think of anything else."
"The reason for this speculation is that the bright yellow brocade woven by Huijinzhuang in the womb of the previous battle has expired for three days, and no one has come to pick it up. If it was in the past, it would have been taken away long ago. According to the practice of the Sui Dynasty , there should be a ceremony to worship the God of Saturn at the end of the month. It’s the beginning of spring, and it’s time to plow the fields. Every year at this month, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty will lead his officials to worship the God of Saturn. The bright yellow brocade is obviously prepared for this ceremony, but no one take away..."
Jiu Se Cai was silent for a while and said: "Even if the people in the palace forget to eat and shit, they can't forget the things prepared for the emperor. There is only one explanation, and that is that the emperor is gone."
"Also, the rouge powder from the Phoenix Tower was changed to Changchun Garden a few days ago. And it can only be delivered to the door, and no one is allowed in. You have been in the palace for so long, you should know that the concubines in the palace only use the Phoenix Tower. thing."
"I know."
Mu San nodded and said: "And each master uses a special product, which is carefully prepared by the master of the Phoenix Tower according to each master's physique and skin color. It can be said that there are so many nobles in the harem, no two people use the same thing .”
"So, now there are two things you can write a secret letter to tell General Fang."
Jiu Se Cai stretched out a finger: "First, the little emperor is probably dead. Second, the eldest princess is now in Changchun Garden. These two things are very important!"
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Mu San came to the street again, sat down and ordered a bowl of hot noodle soup and a drawer of steamed buns. The boss still enthusiastically added a cold dish for him, but the beef was missing. I guess it was scolded by my mother-in-law last time, so I didn't dare to make another claim.
"I won't be able to come here often in the future."
Mu San lowered his head while eating and talking: "If you exceed three times, you will be suspected. Now there are not many people in Chang'an who are still in Chang'an in the Ouchi bodyguard. I can't implicate you. Tell others, in this Find a way to get out of the city within a month, and then wait at Shiwulipu outside the city. If there are no accidents, we will send a few people to Yongzhou."
The boss was obviously taken aback: "Why... isn't the person from Hutong Tianxia responsible for taking people out?"
Mu San shook his head: "Sometimes, I still rely on myself. The people who work in the world are too capable, so it must be easier to take them out. But just because the people who work in the world are too capable... I suddenly feel that It's a little scary, so scary that I can't fully trust it."
He thought of Jiu Se Cai, and thought of Jiu Se Cai's simple but shocking words.
In the entire city of Chang'an, if Huotong Tianxia wants to inquire about something, there shouldn't be anything he can't find, right? Almost none of those firms had anything to do with Huo Tong Tian Xing. But because of this, Mu San always felt a little insecure.
"I'm not doubting that the currency will work in the world, but I think the more we think it's safe, maybe the opponents feel the same way..."
Mu San explained a sentence, and then did not speak again.