Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 210 Secret
And in the banquet hall next to the mansion pool.As the host, Yinhou Le Xingda also wore a loose and transparent laurel cloth brocade robe with colorful flower garlands, and walked barefoot in the middle of the spacious banquet hall; All the guests raised their hands slightly to signal.

Immediately, there was a roar of toasts and praises.For a moment, everyone was shouting and respecting him, and all kinds of flattery and compliments, flattery and fawning noises almost overturned the entire banquet hall filled with wine, meat, dishes, and fragrances of fat and powder.

As the most popular prodigal son in Luodu City, a romantic and high-flyer.As long as he stayed in the main house, he opened the door almost every day, and entertained all kinds of guests in different ways; but those who were left in the lobby were just ordinary people.

As he walked out without stopping, this flashy and magnificent lobby; in the flickering lights again, after passing through the long waterside corridor.Another small banquet hall, which is more exquisite and more simple and elegant, is also presented in front of the eyes of the servants and maids who come out and sing in tune.

As it was hurriedly opened, it became a carved door with landscape paintings of ladies and gentlemen; with the oncoming light and happy sounds and deep singing.The guests in this small banquet hall, who were standing, sitting, slouching, smiling lightly, or with misty eyes, also turned their heads and greeted him intimately one after another.

And here, it is the people who can really be entertained by him personally, and who are eligible to stay overnight and stay in this pavilion; those figures in the city who each have a certain status and influence.It's just that in a certain relaxed atmosphere, they and their accompanying attendant, Jia Ji, were already disheveled.

Even among them, on weekdays, they may be dignified officials, well-known scholars, or the leader of the knight-errants in the capital, or the children of the richest family, or the rich businessmen and leaders of the West Market. The first trip to the east... At this moment, they are all fellows who indulge in sensuality and pleasure.

Therefore, when Le Xingda came, they greeted each other as usual; they continued to be busy drinking and enjoying themselves, or immersed in the fun of sex and play.On the contrary, Le Xingda took the initiative to roll the roll, greeted a few of them, and after a few words of laughter, he said goodbye.

Normally, Le Xingda's main attention is not on them.Because compared to those outsiders who are full of scenes.Although these people can rely on strength and influence under the means of his recruitment and friendship; but in turn, they must indirectly rely on and rely on him.

Otherwise, with just one word from him, some of them can be completely cornered, or their futures will be cut off, or they will become the target of public criticism.As Le Xingda walked out of the banquet hall and continued on, fewer and fewer servants and maidservants greeted him along the way, and the environment became more and more quiet.

Finally, after a few cronies who were hiding in the darkness came out to salute silently and reported a few words in a low voice, Le Xingda walked onto a rockery covered by flowers, stones and trees.On the side facing the water at the top of the rockery, there is a group of buildings connected by winding corridors.

He couldn't help but straighten his clothes again before picking up the steps to enter.Because, in the most private and quiet building in this courtyard; from time to time, there are a few to a dozen people, special guests/secret VIPs who visit secretly occasionally because of his kind invitation.

If the identities of some of these people were leaked to the outside world, they would undoubtedly be shocking existences; or they represented some kind of overwhelming power, and even he could not be alone.But by mastering a certain kind of secret, he also obtained multiple amulets in disguise.

And this is how he was able to rise to the top after the adventure at Gouji Ridge.And after a few years, it will become a climate of its own, without relying on the backing and assistance of fading behind the scenes; it is enough to be able to thrive in Luodu City, which is far away from Xijing, but not far from the imperial court.

However, this time, Le Xingda did not go to the temporarily vacant building to examine the collections and hospitality methods he had specially prepared for the big shots.He went straight to one of the pavilions without making a sound, pushed away the mural behind the stairs, and climbed down the hidden path.

In the end, he arrived at a spacious and fully functional secret room furnished with ornate curtains, bed nets, and carpets.And in this secret room with multiple suites, the most conspicuous thing is behind the curtain on the side, hiding a row of cabinets that are somewhat incompatible with the style of the secret room.

And on the shelf, there are rows of locked and airtight boxes; among them, according to the degree of importance, they store and record the words and phrases that the subordinates and the attendants get privately around the bed by chance.This is also the basis for him to manipulate power behind the scenes and make friends with rich and noble families.

Maybe, he didn't have the ability to push a certain rookie to a high position.But he is sure enough to use a sudden scandal at a critical moment to ruin a certain person's future; he can also arrange an accident cleverly so that a certain existence that hinders the eyes of noble people disappears.

Of course, sometimes he would also turn into an enthusiastic person who solves problems for a high-ranking family; he would dismiss and dispose of some noises and oddities related to family scandals on his behalf.Sometimes, he is a middleman with long sleeves and good dancers, and achieves mutual benefit and win-win of power and wealth through matchmaking.

However, he actually has the most secret identity.It was the money he had amassed over the years as the price for getting out of Goujiling; in addition to being used to maintain his appearance and the expenses of his subordinates, most of it was actually invested in several flying money ticket shops on a regular basis.

At least, inside and outside this eastern capital, he used the money and power, fame and status he acquired from transactions to recruit all kinds of religions, gangsters, tentacles and eyes and ears from all walks of life; Another roundabout way to achieve the goal.

Even if there are occasional mistakes and setbacks, they can always get inside information in time, and decisively send out scapegoats, thinking that the official situation is peaceful.Even if someone relentlessly stares at him, he will soon receive secret warnings and obstacles from those nobles who have served him.

Then, having learned his lesson, Le Xingda became more cautious next time and hid himself deeper behind the scenes.And this is also the reason why he used to be quite criticized, but now he is able to openly go in and out of various families inside and outside the court and the public, and become the guest of the major wealthy families.

It's just that he still has a few small and big troubles at the moment.First of all, the new yamen that he had entrusted with high hopes and received money to act on his behalf - Qing Zhengsi, because of an accident, became a joke among the current ruling and opposition parties, and even several deals he undertook were ruined.

Secondly, he has been in secret communication for many years, and he has a very close relationship with him in private, Wu Desi's marriage officer/second commander; ), was promoted to Guangzhou Mansion, the headquarters of Nanhai Office.

Immediately afterwards, someone hoped to use his hands to cause some trouble for someone; at least to make him temporarily have no time to care for himself.In addition, there was another nobleman who secretly instructed him to send people to create disputes and conflicts in order to test what this person had obtained in the Chang'an ghost market.

However, this seriously violated his principle of never standing out.Ever since he had to personally bring someone out to deal with the border army lieutenant who was visiting relatives and his family, and was almost killed by the other party's death-defying counterattack, he seldom showed his face in such matters.

If it was one of them, he could still handle it, but under the pressure of the two together, Le Xingda had to think twice.Therefore, he must carefully calculate the matter and arrange a reasonable title in order to ensure that he can stay as far behind as possible.

While thinking quietly in this secret room, he looked at the newly collected speech records; suddenly a paragraph of text made his heart move.But it was a member of the martial arts club who went to his other business to get drunk to relieve his worries, and there were follow-up rumors about the few masters who were overthrown in the Qingzheng Division.

After preliminarily arranging the initial contact, Le Xingda finally felt a little tired, but he didn't feel sleepy.Immediately he walked out of the secret room, rang the bell to call a confidant in charge to come in, and asked in a deep voice: "Is there any new fun tonight?"

"Fresh fun, it seems that there is such a thing." The steward's confidant hurriedly said: "Did you forget that it was not from Cheng's family before, and someone was attracted to beg for mercy in private. She was also a young girl disguised as a man. Where is Cheng Shilian's own sister?"

"Cheng Shilian's sister?" Le Xingda heard the words, but thought for a while with some doubts, and then remembered that the other party seemed to be him, and he brought in Qing Zhengsi as a candidate to make up for the loss.However, even if he regretted the selection of a mere candidate, he didn't take it seriously.

"This little lady is too condescending. She has only one servant to accompany her, so she dares to find someone to come to her door in private." However, the confidant in charge remembered and added: "But you didn't say anything, my little ones. I didn't dare to move around, so I left the person in the side courtyard first."

Afterwards, some news about Cheng Shilian was reported to Le Xingda by the subordinates summoned in the banquet hall; but he suddenly showed a dark smile on his face: "There are still This kind of origin, then I will have fun tonight."

"Send the person to the Yiziyuan first, and make all kinds of preparations first." Immediately, Le Xingda ordered to his subordinates: "After I have used it, I will try to lure the gentlemen in the front court Come here. The reason for this matter starts from the door behind them."

He didn't intend to act rashly towards the Cheng's family, which would cause more ties in vain.But Cheng's family was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and they brought such an opportunity to him, and he had no reason to let him go easily.But he didn't know how frenzied Cheng Shilian would be after seeing his sister's horrific corpse a few days later, and he might turn to that person for help.

Then, as long as the market reveals a little bit of whereabouts, the matter will be led to those few gentlemen who have a bad record; in order to keep their children, the family behind them will naturally turn to him for help... In this way, he fulfilled the entrustment of the two families at the same time. At the same time, they also gained the friendship and origin of those families, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

At the same time, Jiang Tian, ​​who sneaked into the main house in the dark, also followed the stricter guards to the innermost building complex.It landed on the tiled roof of one of the tall buildings.Then, after scanning the building with his focused hearing and vision, he suddenly showed a strange expression.

(End of this chapter)