In the World's Number One Tea Shop.
Cai Youde was checking the accounts. After all, September was coming to an end and October was coming. This month's accounts needed to be calculated early so that he could arrange for the accounts to be sent to Daizhou at the end of September.
Especially now, Cai Youde had to manage the accounts of the restaurant, Xinhua Bookstore, and down jacket shops. He was extremely busy. Most of the time, Cai Youde had already handed over the affairs of the tea shop to the shopkeeper.
He just needed to take care of the overall situation.
After all, there were so many things that he couldn't take care of them one by one.
Although it was tiring, Cai Youde also enjoyed it.
Because he felt a sense of accomplishment.
While Cai Youde was busy, there was a knock on the door outside the study. It was Cai Feng, Cai Youde's personal attendant. He said, "Shopkeeper, it's me."
When Cai Feng was young, because of the chaos of war, he was alone and had no one to rely on. It was Cai Youde who took him in and brought him by his side as Cai Youde's personal attendant.
Cai Youde said, "Come in!"
With Cai Youde's consent, the door creaked open. Cai Feng entered and saluted, "Shopkeeper."
Cai Youde said, "What's the matter?"
Cai Feng said, "Shopkeeper, I just heard a news outside. It said that the Emperor reprimanded the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace and ordered the eunuchs to supervise the execution. The Crown Prince's Palace's Chief Officer, Wang Bei, was flogged 30 times."
Cai Youde raised his eyebrows and immediately asked, "What's the cause?"
Cai Youde was also concerned about the Eastern Palace. After all, Du Qi and the Eastern Palace were enemies. Every move of the Eastern Palace was related to Du Qi's safety. Now that Cai Youde was the head shopkeeper, he was extremely concerned about all the news.
He had also received the news that the Academy of the Tang dynasty was targeted. Although Cai Youde was the head shopkeeper, it involved the Academy and was not under his jurisdiction. Therefore, he didn't send a letter to Du Qi and didn't care about this matter.
Cai Feng said, "The reason is the Academy of the Tang dynasty. The East Palace poached people from the Academy of the Tang dynasty and angered His Majesty, so His Majesty punished the Crown Prince of the East Palace. "
"It's funny. It's said that the Crown Prince was originally dissatisfied with our Young Master, but he couldn't find a chance to take revenge. Then, Wang Bei proposed to vent his anger on the Academy of the Tang dynasty."
"This matter is in full swing. It has indeed caused Dean Wang Ji to fly into a rage."
"Now, when His Majesty punished him, the Crown Prince shirked the responsibility. He said that Wang He was stubborn and had poached people from the Academy of the Tang dynasty in order to please the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince didn't know about it."
Cai Feng said, "Li Jiancheng shirked the responsibility, so Wang Bei became an abandoned pawn. He was beaten thirty times and his buttocks were blooming. After that, Wei Zheng went to visit Wang Bei's home. It was obvious that the Eastern Palace felt guilty towards Wang Bei, so they sent Wei Zheng to visit. Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this. "
Cai Youde sneered. "The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace has always been someone with great ambition but little talent. He was able to become the Crown Prince because he was born earlier. Otherwise, the position of Crown Prince would have belonged to the Duke of Qin. "
Cai Feng said, "Indeed."
Cai Youde praised, "You did a good job in this matter. Information is more important. Speaking of which, our Young Master is indeed powerful. Wang Ji couldn't stand it and went to the Gate of Yanmen. Young Master easily dealt with it, and now the Eastern Palace is being criticized. "
Cai Feng echoed, "That's because Young Master is not in Chang 'an. If he were in Chang 'an, the Eastern Palace would be a joke. "
Cai Youde laughed and said, "You're really rude, kid. Remember, these words are only to be said at home. Don't go out and say it. Be careful not to be caught by others, understand? "
"Got it!"
Cai Feng nodded.
Cai Youde waved his hand, and Cai Feng turned and left.
At this time, Cai Youde was thinking about the matter of Li Jiancheng abandoning Wang Bei. After thinking about it, he felt that this matter should be handled by Du Qi. He wrote a letter and sent it to Daizhou as quickly as possible.
Du Qi's business originally had a special channel for sending letters. Cai Youde's letter also left Chang 'an in a short time. It went all the way north and entered the Gate of Yanmen in early October.
The news reached Du Qi. After Du Qi saw it, he was moved.
Wang Bei!
In history, this person was bribed by the Duke of Qin's residence.
He became Li Shimin's informant.
Now, unexpectedly, Wang Bei was abandoned by Li Jiancheng, and was even punished by Li Yuan with a cane. Such a punishment was known by countless people. It was already known to everyone.
Du Qi's thoughts turned.
Now that he was Li Shimin's intelligence chief and was in charge of bad people for Li Shimin, he naturally had to instigate a rebellion and infiltrate.
Wang Bei was the best candidate.
It was just that Du Qi was in Daizhou, and many things were not easy to deal with.
If Du Qi wanted to persuade Wang Bei to surrender, he had to go personally to persuade him. But Du Qi could not possibly sneak back to Chang 'an. He quietly left Daizhou for Ming Zhou. This news was easy to conceal, but at the foot of the Chang 'an Imperial Capital, there were many eyes and eyes. Once discovered, the final result would be to incur Li Yuan's fury, so much so that even Wei Dayong and the others would be implicated.
If he wanted to go back, he would go back openly.
Du Qi pondered carefully by himself, all along closing his eyes and resting. Time passed little by little. Less than an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, Du Qi came up with an idea in his mind.
But Du Qi specifically waited until evening. After Du Ruhui returned to the study in the rear courtyard from the yamen where he worked, Du Qi went to Du Ruhui's study.
After seeing Du Ruhui, Du Qi bowed and saluted, saying, "Father, son plans to make a trip back to Chang 'an."
Du Ruhui asked, "But what's the matter?"
Du Qi said, "It's because of the Duke of Qin."
Du Ruhui frowned and said, "Erlang, you want to return to Chang 'an because of the Duke of Qin. Could it be that you're already working for the Duke of Qin? "
"Yes!"
Du Qi nodded in reply.
Du Ruhui sighed and said, "Erlang, at your age, you should be playing around. You're already working for the Duke of Qin, so you've lost the time to rest."
Du Qi said, "The reason son didn't tell father was to avoid father's worry. But now, I need father's help, so I must tell father. "
Du Ruhui said, "Erlang, you're working for the Duke of Qin. What's your current position?"
Du Qi said, "I'm in charge of the Duke of Qin's intelligence network. Of course, I'm mainly in charge of infiltrating and instigating rebellion among the Eastern Palace officials. Apart from that, although there are other matters, I'm not by the Duke of Qin's side, so I'm still in charge of these matters remotely. The organization I'm in charge of is called the delinquents. I'm the delinquent commander, the commander of all delinquents. "
Du Ruhui nodded.
This was an important position.
To put it bluntly, it was no less important than Fang Xuanling or even himself. It was Li Shimin's true confidant.
Du Ruhui didn't say anything else and said again, "Since you've stepped onto this path, I have nothing to say. In short, you must be careful and cautious. Don't get carried away and don't become arrogant. "
Du Qi said, "I'll keep father's teachings in mind."
Du Ruhui asked, "What kind of help do you need?"
Du Qi said, "I want to return to Chang 'an, but I don't have a reason. The reason I want is to go home to pay respects to my ancestors and return to Chang 'an in place of father. "
"I hope to obtain father's approval for this matter. You also need to know what's going on and not make any more mistakes."
"Moreover, elder brother is also in Daizhou."
"Logically speaking, returning to Chang 'an to pay respects to the ancestors should be elder brother's responsibility. Father, you need to consider carefully if you want me to handle this matter. Mother also needs to know. "
Du Qi spoke frankly with assurance. "Otherwise, it'll be easy to slip up if someone asks."
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