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A carriage filled with vegetable baskets slowly arrived at the back door of Tong Guan's mansion.

"Who are you? Where is the sixth person who delivers food?"

When the guard at the back door saw Cao Zheng's reaction, he immediately became alert and asked questions.

"Lao Liu was drunk yesterday and fell into a ditch and broke his leg. Today I will help him deliver groceries! No, the car still belongs to Lao Liu!"

Cao Zheng smiled and stepped forward to bow.

The guards looked at the truck that often delivered food and the vegetables in bamboo baskets. They no longer had any doubts. The man who delivered the food, Lao Liu, was known to like drinking. It was not uncommon for him to break his leg when he was drunk. thing.

"Leave the car outside and carry the vegetables in!"

The guard looked at Cao Zheng and said.

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Cao Zhengpei said with a smile.

The back door was opened, the carriage was not allowed to enter the mansion, and the guards of the prime minister's mansion could not come to help. Cao Zheng had no choice but to pick out baskets of vegetables by himself.

When he picked up a basket of cabbage, Cao Zheng pretended to be out of breath and coughed.

"You look like you're in good shape, but you're already exhausted after picking a few baskets of vegetables. You're such a loser!"

The guards laughed at Cao Zheng.

"What a joke! What a joke! Last night I carried Lao Liu home and went to see the doctor again. I didn't sleep all night!"

Cao Zheng laughed twice and picked up the vegetables before entering the Prime Minister's Mansion. He also practiced martial arts every day, so picking a few baskets of vegetables was no problem. He coughed to signal the change of time under the vegetable leaves.

Shi Qian had already tried to enter Tong Guan's mansion at night, but Tong Guan had transferred back all his cronies in the army this time. The defense was not as strict as usual, and there was no way to enter from the outside.

Cao Zheng put the vegetable basket away, took the money from the kitchen steward, and left with great gratitude.

In the vegetable basket, Shi Qian listened quietly to the noise outside. After confirming that no one was there, he came out of the vegetable basket, spread several baskets of vegetables evenly, and walked out.

Shi Qian was currently wearing the clothes of a servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion, walking with his eyebrows lowered.

Shi Qian walked carefully in Tong Guan's mansion and met many servants and maids along the way. These people were in such a hurry that they didn't pay attention to Shi Qian.

When Shi Qian saw that these people were coming from the backyard, he knew something was wrong and did not dare to approach them easily. He did not take action until night.

Shi Qian braced himself up and retreated into darkness.

"Are you sick or dead? Why are there archers on the roof?"

Shi Qian looked at the defense in the backyard and cursed. He could tell there was something wrong with the defense.

Shi Qian tried several times, but finally returned to the outer courtyard. He did not dare to take risks, even with his skills, he was not sure of sneaking in.

Just when Shi Qian was about to leave, a dozen maids slowly walked over carrying dinner plates.

"Damn, dozens of dishes! There are fish, meat, and roast goose? Roast suckling pig? Is this sick?"

On the beam in the corridor, Shi Qian looked at the dishes on the maids' plates and was even more confused. This didn't look like he was seriously ill. This was completely a banquet inside.

Shi Qian was still a little skeptical at first, but when he saw the sumptuous dishes, he was [-]% sure that there was something wrong with Tong Guan's illness.

Shi Qian quietly came to the outer courtyard and waited until the guard changed in the middle of the night before finding the opportunity to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Back at Cao Zheng's shop, Cao Zheng and Ma Lin were already waiting.

"Brother Shi Qian, have you found anything?"

Cao Zheng asked quickly when he saw Shi Qian coming back.

Shi Qian explained what he saw one by one, and Cao Zheng and Ma Lin also frowned. "What's going on? Aren't you seriously ill? Why are you still having such a nice banquet?"

Cao Zheng scratched his head and thought about it. He was seriously ill and must have been lying in bed without food and water. The most he could do was drink some medicinal soup, but Tong Guan was constantly eating delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"The security in the backyard was too tight. I couldn't sneak in, and I was afraid of alerting others, so I had to retreat. It was really..."

Shi Qian blamed himself and said that if he could sneak into the backyard, he could figure out what Tong Guan was up to.

"Brother Shi Qian, don't blame yourself. We are engaged in intelligence work. The most important thing is not to be exposed. As long as we are not discovered, there will always be opportunities."

Ma Lin comforted Shi Qian.

"But now Sun Li can't get the information, and we can't get the information either. How can we explain this to His Majesty!"

Cao Zheng was a little worried. Qi State was already paying close attention to this matter, and Sun Lei even asked him to investigate it.

"Let's not be impatient, there will always be clues! No matter how strict Tong Guan is on guard, he can't hide in the backyard for the rest of his life, right? As long as our news can be sent back to Liangshan as soon as possible, we won't be afraid of him doing something wrong."

Ma Lin shook his head and said, the last thing to do now is to rush, the best way is to stop quietly.

"Well, I've asked the vegetable and meat sellers to go around Tong Guan Mansion these days!"

Cao is on point.

"Well, I also asked the gangsters to go for a stroll. Zhang San and Li Si haven't come back, so they are really short of people!"

Ma Lin said helplessly, Zhang San and Li Si now have the support of Qi State, and now control nearly [-]% of the rogues in Tokyo City.

Don't underestimate the gangsters. In a place like Tokyo, where there is a mixed bag of good and bad, there are hundreds of gangsters who make up [-]% of the gang. Hundreds of people wander around the city every day and collect a lot of information. For example, the official stayed in a brothel and was blocked by a shrew. At the door, the official lost money gambling again yesterday.

"Don't worry, they will be back in a few days."

Shi Qian said with a smile, Zhang San and Li Si returned to Liangshan on behalf of everyone in Tokyo, and they stayed for a few days to treat them this time.

In the next few days, there were many more vendors setting up stalls around Tongguan's mansion. Tongguan's mansion is located in the northwest corner of the Imperial City and is considered one of the busiest places in Tokyo.

There are also a lot more rogue idlers on the street. These people are idle and wander around the streets and alleys all day long. When they are tired, they sit under the eaves and bask in the sun, but they are always on the street where Tongguan's mansion is located.

……

The problem of Tong Guan's mansion was quickly spread back to Liangshan.

"It really is weird!"

Sun Lei looked at the information in his hand and smiled.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Tong Guan has a big plan!"

Li Zhu said, Tong Guan was pretending to be ill, and he was guarding himself tightly. He was also having a big banquet in the mansion, and everything was weird.

"It's just thinking about how to deal with us! If you don't know it, don't care. You need to be tough to make iron. All the bells and whistles are funny in the face of absolute strength."

Sun Lei said nonchalantly, the worst case scenario is that Tong Guan thought of some new trick and then led his troops to kill him.

"There have been a lot of people fleeing recently. We need to do a good job in diversion. They can't all be crowded in Liangshan City!"

Sun Lei looked at Jiang Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and said, "There has been a rise in exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Zhao Ji, and many people have fled to Qi."

But these people can't all stay in Liangshan City. Most of these people are from farming backgrounds and can do nothing but farm. There is not so much land around Liangshan City. In Sun Lei's plan, Liangshan City should be a commercial and industrial place. Focus on maximizing the city’s advantages.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Jing took the order and said that tens of thousands of people have fled recently, and it is said that there are still many on the way. Population registration, diversion, and land division are all top priorities.