In the backyard of the county government office, Gu Haoran held a banquet to entertain Wei Liao's master and disciple to express his apology. As for Chen Sheng's subordinates, he had also invited a doctor to treat his injuries.

After putting the cup to the bottom of the heart, Gu Haoran did not forget to ask Wei Liao indirectly what was the purpose of coming to Pengcheng this time.

Wei Liao answered according to facts and said that he was traveling around the world and now he wanted to buy a house in Pengcheng area to settle down and teach the two students their studies.

Gu Haoran immediately patted his chest and said that if Lord Guowei didn't dislike it, this matter would be covered by Gu Haoran. Wei Liao did not refuse, but just said how much it costs to buy a house and report the number.

After chatting with Gu Haoran for a while, Chen Sheng showed that Gu Haoran was not simple. Gu Haoran was only in his early forties, with a thin figure and a handful of whiskers on his chin, and he looked quite bookish. His words and demeanor were quite appropriate. Facing Wei Liao, who was once a powerful person, he was calm and laughing.

Wei Liao was also secretly surprised, so he asked about what official position Gu Haoran had held.

Seeing that Wei Liao asked about his past, Gu Haoran did not dare to neglect or conceal it, he replied unhappily: "Xiaguan was originally a minor official in Heishui Pavilion. He was responsible for collecting information from the Wei and Qi areas. Later, he accumulated military merits and was promoted to the position. This year he was appointed here to be the county magistrate."

"Hei Shui Pavilion?" Chen Sheng frowned, feeling that the name was very unfamiliar. He was very familiar with official positions such as the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers of Qin, but he was very unfamiliar with this Hei Shui Pavilion. He knew it was a relatively mysterious existence at first hearing.

Wei Liao raised his eyebrows and said to Chen Sheng first: "The empire advocates the virtue of water in the five elements. Water is black in the theory of the five elements. This Black Water Pavilion is named after this, symbolizing the national destiny and strength of the empire. Hei Shui Pavilion was once an inter-human passenger institution of the empire, specializing in collecting information from the six countries in Shandong, bribing the ministers and nobles of enemy countries, and assassinating the ministers and generals of various countries that threaten our empire. It has been established after Shang Yang's reforms. It has been more than a hundred years since the Qin Dynasty unified the world, and the Hei Shui Pavilion made an indelible contribution."

Chen Sheng felt aroused. He immediately realized that this Hei Shui Pavilion was equivalent to an American agency in later generations. Chen Sheng himself was familiar with this department because the special forces brigade in which he lived in his previous life was itself under the jurisdiction of a national defense and security agency department.

Wei Liao said to Gu Haoran again: "I have been in charge of Heishui Pavilion for nearly ten years, why don't you remember you?" Chen Sheng was shocked when he heard this. It turned out that the teacher was once the spy leader of the empire! Why have you never heard from the teacher?

But Gu Haoran bowed respectfully to Wei Liao and said, "When the Lord was in charge of Heishui Pavilion, the lower-ranking official happened to be transferred to Qi State, and he had not returned to Xianyang for twelve years."

"So that's it!" Wei Liao suddenly realized and said, "Are you a subordinate of Cangjiu?" Wei Liao suddenly thought of the name of a subordinate lurking in Qi that year. Although this subordinate had never met him, he was in all countries and everywhere he went. The reason why Qi surrendered without fighting was that Cangjiu had made contributions to operating in Qi for more than ten years. This person successfully disintegrated the resistance mentality of the superstructure of Qi. Those stubborn resisters, such as the Tian Peng tribe's people, were basically bribed by this person to fight and kill, and died in the internal struggle of Qi. Wei Liao praised this person very much.

"Sir, the lower official is Cangjiu." Gu Haoran bowed to Wei Liao with excitement: "I didn't expect that the name Xiaguan can also remember it. It's really a blessing for Xiaguan in his three lives!" Gu Haoran was inexplicably moved.

Wei Liao waved his hand and said strangely: "No. As a person from Heishui Pavilion, why did you go out to be an official in another place? Moreover, you said before, you were a minor official in Xianyang? Is there any secret in this?" Wei Liao had doubts about Gu Haoran's words. On the way back to the county government, Gu Haoran mentioned his identity slightly, saying that he was an official released from the Xianyang Prime Minister's Mansion. At first, Wei Liao didn't care. The empire annexation was too fast, and there were countless minor officials sent out to be an official from Xianyang to become officials.

Gu Haoran secretly regretted it. After drinking two more cups in front of Wei Liao, he explained his old truth in a few words. He looked at Chen Sheng and Tian Peng, who were on the side of Wei Liao, with a hint of embarrassment.

Wei Liao naturally knew that this represented the characteristics of Gu Haoran's real important mission. He was secretly surprised. The six major Warring States countries have disappeared. The personnel of the Heishui Pavilion should now be responsible for the Donghu, the Xiongnu, and the Baiyue Barbarians in the west. How could there be a new task here?

However, Wei Liao knew the rules well and no longer asked questions. However, Gu Haoran let out a long breath and said, "Mr. Guowei, since you are here, the officials do not have to hide anything. At this point, the officials also want to ask you for advice to solve the current difficulties."

Wei Liao was very strange. However, when he saw Gu Haoran's hesitant look, and when he saw Chen Sheng and Tian Peng, he had a look of doubt, and immediately said, "These two are my students, don't worry about anything. No word of your words will be revealed." Although Wei Liao was far away from the court, he was very concerned about the things that were born in the center of the empire. He paid more attention to the Hei Shui Pavilion. Because Hei Shui Pavilion is a powerful weapon to the outside world, if it is controlled by someone who is ill-hearted to deal with his own people, it is also a sharp knife that kills people without blood. Now the person who controls Hei Shui Pavilion is his nominal disciple Wang Ao. Therefore, he also carries the matters of Hei Shui Pavilion very much in mind.

"This is the thing..." After receiving Wei Liao's assurance, Gu Haoran nodded slightly to Chen Sheng and Tian Peng to apologize. Chen Sheng looked curious, but Tian Peng's face was not very good. Of course, this was not to offend Gu Haoran's words. Instead, he also knew the name of Gu Haoran's Cangjiu. This person had caused a lot of bloody storms in Qi State. As a member of the royal family, he naturally became very disgusted with this person. However, each of them was his own master, and this matter was no wonder. If the Qi State royal family was more prosperous, how could such a large country be destroyed by Qin State?

Listening to Gu Haoran's words, Wei Liao began to fall into deep thought.

The matter has to start from last autumn. At that time, a wave of buying private grain storage has been set off in all parts of the empire. People who bought these grain storage basically used the old money from the six Shandong countries to buy rice and wheat. In addition to purchasing grain, salt cloth from various places was also bought in large quantities, and private prices soared for a while.

The beginning was just in the old places of Chu and Qi. The empire did not pay much attention to this matter, but gradually, things began to expand.
Chapter completed!