After the luncheon, Qin Liang was sent out of Wu's house. After observing the terrain for a while, he asked Wang Kang to drive the carriage out of the way and wait at a corner. Before long, Zhen went out and got into a carriage.
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"Follow." Qin Liang said to the bamboo curtain in front.
The two cars left the inner square along the street, and then headed east on the road between the inner walls. Qin Liang's car followed all the way to the front of a courtyard, the gate opened, and the carriage drove straight into the courtyard. Wang Kang drove the car there
time, and was not blocked.
A powerful family behaves with pride. This courtyard is larger and more gorgeous than the courtyard of Qin Liang's family. Although it seems to be just an individual courtyard and not as good as the courtyards of deep houses, it is still very good. In front of the inner house is actually
There is a road to illuminate the wall, and the carriage goes straight to the back of the wall. The slaves in the front yard cannot see who the visitor is.
This place is indeed more secluded and quiet than the guest house. It is inevitable to see all kinds of people in the guest house.
Qin Liang asked Wu Xin and Wang Kang to stay in the carriage and wait, and then followed Mrs. Zhen into the gatehouse. No one could be seen in the small courtyard inside, and now there were only two people left. But Mrs. Zhen did not look like she was in the Wu Mansion.
She looked provocative, just walking in front silently, she seemed very nervous, her head was buried and she was a little unsteady when walking, and the backs of her snow-white ears were also a little red.
Mrs. Zhen said earlier that she had never done such a thing, which may be true.
The two came to a side room with several tables, couches and other furniture, and a screen. Mrs. Zhen did not dare to look at Qin Liang anymore, but closed the door silently and carefully. Her nervous look,
This also affected Qin Liang's mood. Qin Liang felt like he was stealing from someone else. After all, he was a beautiful woman whom he had just met and hadn't spoken a few words to.
In fact, he doesn't feel any pressure. Even his wife doesn't care about this kind of thing. He just hides it to prevent outsiders from knowing.
It's just that Qin Liang, like Mrs. Zhen, was doing this kind of thing for the first time and was still not very skilled. From the moment he first met Mrs. Zhen, Qin Liang actually started to feel a little nervous. But he was okay and performed better than Zhen.
Madam, you need to be more patient.
So Qin Liang began to take off his robes. He took off the small crown, seals, ribbons, official robes and other things, and placed them neatly on the tables next to them one by one. The robes were also folded neatly.
Mrs. Zhen looked at him and finally couldn't help but said, "What are you doing?"
"You smell when I touch you. Zhuo Jing doesn't care about me, but when I ask, I have to tell you something. Didn't I agree not to tell anyone?" Qin Liang said. In fact, he didn't want to keep Mrs. Zhen's secret,
This kind of thing is not necessary at all, but it is really troublesome to explain to Lingjun. There are a lot of twists and turns that can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and Qin Liang doesn't want to lie in front of Lingjun. As long as Lingjun doesn't ask
, he doesn’t need to explain it for now, and will tell you the cause and effect later.
"You seem to be very thoughtful in your work." Mrs. Zhen bit her red lips and said softly.
Qin Liang said: "It's okay."
He quickly took off all his clothes, even his boots, and the process was quite leisurely. Mrs. Zhen looked at his current appearance with a blank face, looking away for a while, and glancing at him again.
Mrs. Zhen still didn't take off her clothes, so Qin Liang stepped forward to pull her belt. Mrs. Zhen hurriedly pulled her hands together, exhaled unevenly and said in a deep voice: "Is everything okay?"
Qin Liang shook his head and said, "What can happen? We can keep in touch from now on."
Mrs. Zhen said: "You can only do this this time. If you do it too much, something may happen." At this point, she finally let go of her hand with a blushing face. Although Mrs. Zhen is a little older, she is very beautiful and has a good figure.
The key is to be very direct and quick, and you can get things done once you meet.
This place is quite secluded, and the courtyard has a high wall, so the sounds in the courtyard should not be heard at all from outside, but that is not necessarily the case today. It depends on whether the thin inner door is reliable. Mrs. Zhen is indeed very selfless.
After a long time, Qin Liang wrapped himself in quilt and went to the courtyard to find a stove to boil water. Fortunately, there was no one else in the inner courtyard, so he didn't need to worry about his disheveled appearance.
After tidying up, Qin Liang wiped his hair, but it was still a little damp after combing it into a bun. He didn't want to stay long and said goodbye directly to Mrs. Zhen on the couch.
Mrs. Zhen covered her head with the quilt and said in a muffled voice: "I'm sorry I can't see you off."
Qin Liang returned to the carriage outside the gatehouse of the inner house, and then left the house.
Wu Xin was in the same car. Qin Liang glanced in the direction of the mansion behind him and said to Wu Xin: "In the past two days, Qing will come here in person and secretly inquire about the owner of this mansion. Don't tell others."
Wu Xin cupped her hands and said, "Here."
Qin Liang glanced at Wu Xin's clear, expressionless eyes, then pointed to the back and said, "I have my own considerations, and it's not for the sake of dissoluteness."
Wu Xin's voice was still a little hoarse: "Why are you telling me this?"
"Same." Qin Liang smiled a little awkwardly.
Although they went to the Wu family for a banquet at noon and spent a lot of time in Mrs. Zhen’s yard. It was already afternoon, but Qin Liang and others still went back to the school affairs office to continue their work. After two days of leisure, Qin Liang originally wanted to wait
After being transferred, he didn't have much thought about managing the school affairs, but after his hopes were temporarily frustrated, he had to continue to mess with the government.
There is a lot of work to do at once. In addition to daily tasks, there is also preliminary preparation for expanding new business.
There are undercover agents in the Chinese and foreign armies in some of the residences of the school affairs office. Most of the information reported daily comes from undercover agents. Luoyang City is divided into grids like a chessboard with inner square walls, and each residence is isolated by high walls, even inside the residence.
The courtyards also have walls, and the cities of the Wei Kingdom are like closed units; to obtain information, it is indeed more effective to use undercover agents.
Of course, the undercover agents of the school affairs office have no access to any confidential information at all. The major families probably already know who the undercover agents are. The school officials can only get some relatively public information. Qin Liang does not intend to carry out strict investigations.
Internal self-examination, otherwise the princes will not feel safe. Now that the school government cannot rely on the emperor, why bother to offend the princes?
But these tasks are not completely useless. As long as there is a lot of conventional information, Qin Liang can extract and summarize useful information from it, understand some of the power structure of the court, and understand the development of the overall situation. In addition, Qin Liang can
Liang can now go to court, observe government affairs, and gain access to a lot of information... This information is opaque to the middle and lower classes.
It was like when he was in Cao Shuang's Mansion for several months, he did almost nothing specific. Just by reading the documents stored in the warehouse, he could understand and interpret the officialdom of the Wei Dynasty.
Qin Liang felt that it was useful to compile this information, which could serve as a consultant and think tank for the court's decision-making. For example, later generations of decision-makers would have special think tanks. Unfortunately, no one pays attention to Qin Liang's staff now, so it is useless to the court.
So now Qin Liang wants to start a new business and conduct intelligence work for the two countries Wu and Shu. The two countries Wei and Wu Shu have been in a state of military confrontation all year round. The establishment of an intelligence system is actually a great contribution to the court.
But the more irritating current situation is that when appointing officials, powerful officials sometimes do not look at merit or even military merit. For example, Wang Chang of Yuzhou, Jingzhou and Yuzhou, who was nominated by Sima Yi a few days ago, has no military merit.
One cannot change his background, he can only find connections. Therefore, Qin Liang is currently preparing to keep moving with all parties to find cooperative relationships. For example, he had a long discussion with his cousin Linghuyu. After all, Linghuyu is the head of Cao Shuang's mansion.
history.
The forces that have the most weight to speak are, first of all, the Cao Shuang Mansion and the Sima family, and then the Queen Mother's royal family and the Wang family. These can all speak loudly. (Wang Ling's family status is not much worse than that of the Sima family, but because it is not in the central government, it can give
There is still a lot of difference between them. For example, they cannot be given relatively high official positions, and talents still want to defect to Sima Yi and Cao Shuang.)
Qin Liang controlled the overall direction while making arrangements for specific affairs.
When carrying out foreign intelligence business, Wu State is the focus, because it can help Wang Ling and accumulate recognition from Wang Ling. In addition, it is necessary to find support from the court and allocate some money to start new work. Foreign intelligence is beneficial to the country, and
It is the military aspect that is under the greatest pressure, and all parties can talk to them.
Qin Liang decided to see Mrs. Wu again and asked Mrs. Wu to bring a message to Master Sima to convey his thoughts. At the same time, he met Linghuyu in the court next time and asked Linghuyu for help to talk to Cao Shuang.
The royal family's attitude should also be useful in matters that have no important authority. Sun Li, who is in charge of the young master's office, is an old boss, but the one who can influence the decision-making to some extent is probably the Queen Mother Guo.
Although Cao Shuang, who was riding a horse, said, "Qin Zhongming is weak at his age, so he can work hard first," which caused Qin Liang's career plan to encounter setbacks; but a few days have passed, and now Qin Liang is not discouraged, and he will work hard if he works hard.
And you can continue to find relationships. If you don't believe it, you won't be able to become a prefect.
Once you become a prefect, you will have a lot of room for display. The resources and manpower that can be mobilized are not comparable to those now.
Before going off duty, Wu Xin came back, walked to the front hall, bowed and said: "The matter that the Lord sent me to do has been completed."
The girl was quite efficient. Qin Liang got up from the banquet and walked up the stairs. Wu Xin followed silently. There was usually no one on the second floor.
Qin Liang walked to the north side of the attic with windows on all sides and could vaguely see Mang Mountain.
Wu Xin said from the side: "That mansion is the villa of the Zhen family. Zhen's original surname is Guo, and she is the adopted daughter of Dinghou of Xidu (the late father of Empress Dowager Guo). Dinghou of Xidu had no heirs, so Empress Dowager Guo was taken to
After Luoyang, Empress Dowager Guo's cousin Guo De recognized Zhen as his sister. Guo De adopted the Zhen family and became the Marquis of Pingyuan. Zhen also changed her surname to Zhen."
Hearing this, Qin Liang was startled, and then turned to look at Wu Xin for a moment: "I understand."
Qin Liang had realized that Mrs. Zhen was probably not Master Sima's spy.
Judging from the general information collected by the school affairs office, the Sima family has frequent contacts with the Empress Dowager Guo's natal family, and some consensus may have been reached. However, a sister recognized by the Marquis would not be willing to work as a spy for Master Sima.
Moreover, it was not anyone's arrangement for Zhen to appear in the palace wearing Taoist robes. She was originally raised by the Guo family.
Qin Liang slapped his palm on his forehead. Only then did he realize that something was wrong when he recalled the conversation with Zhen. But Qin Liang was a little dizzy at the time and didn't pay much attention to that matter, so
The first time I saw Mrs. Zhen at the luncheon, I already thought she was a spy of the Sima family.