A Chronicle of the Growth of the General Manager in the Qing Dynasty

Ever since Niu Hulu was carried into the fourth master's mansion and experienced that night of ups and downs, the mansion has completely calmed down. Su Wen looked at the fourth master who was sitting in the study reading the booklet, and he was even more suspicious. Said, fourth master finally held Niu Hulu in his hands, why did he leave her aside now?Shouldn't it be used more?

While thinking about it, Su Wen looked at Su Peisheng who was standing upright. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and felt that his skill was still too shallow. He needed to learn more from Su Peisheng in the future. The ability to pretend to be deaf and foolish was enough for him to learn for a while. that's it.

Fourth master put down the booklet in his hand, rubbed the center of his brow with his right hand, and said, "Su Peisheng, take Su Wen to the Shangyu spare place to get acquainted, and then bring two people back, and arrange them next to Niu Hulu. "

Su Peisheng raised his head and glanced at Fourth Master in surprise, knowing that Fourth Master had really decided this time, he said, "Yes, I understand."

Su Wen was a little dizzy by these words, and didn't understand what it meant. At this time, the fourth master said to him: "Su Wen, your performance these days is also good. From now on, follow Su Peisheng to do things well, don't Think about other things." When it came to this, the fourth master thought about what happened to Fujin last time, and said sternly: "And the most important point, you have to know who the real master of this mansion is, don't What kind of tricks are you playing for Grandpa, understand?"

Although Su Wen didn't know what the fourth master meant by saying this, but he also knew that it was the fourth master warning him to be loyal, so he quickly knelt down and replied: "The slave has only one master, and that is the master, the slave will always remember it. "

The fourth master was quite satisfied, so he said: "You go to choose people now, choose two smart people, the master must know everything in the Niu Hulu family's courtyard, keep this matter secret, don't let Niu Hu Lu found out."

Su Peisheng and Su Wen hurriedly responded, and left the study. Su Wen looked at Su Peisheng with a serious face, and didn't ask any further questions. He thought that the place that the fourth master mentioned should be in the mansion, but he walked out of the fourth master's mansion.

After the two got into the carriage, before Su Wen could speak, Su Peisheng said, "You've come a long way."

Su Wen was a little confused when he heard Su Peisheng's meaningful words, but he still smiled and said, "Everything is thanks to the master. Of course, I also thank Director Su for his guidance."

Su Peisheng didn't care much about Su Wen's response, and said: "The miscellaneous family is not flattering you. Today, the master asked the miscellaneous family to take you to the Shangyu spare room, which means that the master has begun to really value you. In the future Do your best."

"Director Su, I would like to ask, where is Shangyu's spare place, and why do you attach so much importance to it?" Su Wen is now a little worried. Last time he walked around with the fourth master, he not only saw it Those cruel punishments also killed two people, so is the place Su Peisheng took him to now also so cruel?

"Even if you don't ask this question, the miscellaneous family will explain it clearly to you. This Shangyu spare place is just an ordinary courtyard. This courtyard is the master's other courtyard in the capital. Every summer, I will go to it. After staying for a few days, there are some tall trees growing in the inner courtyard of the yard. In midsummer and early autumn, there are cicadas making noise among the lush branches and leaves. There's another simple name for the spare, 'sticky stick'."

Su Wen was a little excited when he heard this. This is how the famous sticky pole in history came from. This intelligence agency is very powerful. It is said that the fourth master was able to ascend to the throne, and it also played an important role. .

"Then Manager Su, why did Fourth Master ask you to bring the young one to this place?"

"Bringing you to this place is to let you familiarize yourself with the environment. Recently, there are a lot of things in the mansion. Although Mr. Wu's leg disease has been brought under control, the master is still worried, and the affairs of the miscellaneous family have increased. This time, the master values ​​you. , From now on, I will leave it to you to deliver the news at the sticky pole."

Su Wen was not excited when he heard Su Peisheng's words. The sticky stick is so important, how could the fourth master give it to him? Furthermore, if the news of the sticky stick is only passed on by a little eunuch, then Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Boss Su, don't make fun of the little one. The news at the sticky pole is so important. If it is really handed over to the little one, isn't this messing around? If something happens, the little one will Even several heads are not enough to chop off..."

Su Peisheng turned his head to look at Su Wen, with admiration in his eyes, yes, at least he had some brains, and he didn't get dizzy, so he said: "Although you are a messenger, but you don't know anything, The information given to the master at the sticky pole has been specially processed, as long as you obey the orders, you will not know the rest if you want to know, and the most important point, I will tell you when I get to the place."

Su Wen's heart was always up and down, and when he heard Su Peisheng's seriousness, he was even more worried. He always felt that everything might be different after today.

The carriage drove for a while, and felt that it had been turned around a lot while sitting in the car, Su Wen felt a little dizzy, and said, "Boss Su, the road is so tortuous, and the little one doesn't know the route, what should we do in the future? "

"You don't have to worry about this, someone will tell you later, well, it's here..."

The car finally stopped, Su Wen hurriedly got out of the car, then lifted the curtain, and reached out to help Su Peisheng down, only then did he have time to look at the scene in front of him.

There are many courtyards around this place, but it feels unusually quiet, as if there is no one in these courtyards, and the courtyard in front of Su Wen can be seen normally, and walking in with Su Peisheng, it is indeed as Su Peisheng said. As I said, there are a few tall trees in the middle of the yard. Because it is winter now, the leaves on the trees have all fallen off, but looking at the shape of the trees, I know that summer is the easiest cicadas.

At this moment, suddenly there was another person in the yard. This person was about 40 years old, a little short, with a long beard, and a slightly hunched back, but his face was full of vigor. This person walked in front of them. First, he took a look at Su Wen, which seemed extremely ordinary, but Su Wen felt as if all the pores in his body had been opened, and he had a feeling of being seen through.

Seeing this person, Su Peisheng smiled and said, "Li Baitang, long time no see, how are you?"

The man also said with a smile: "Grandpa Laosu is thinking about it, I'm not bad, do you have any orders from the master?"

Su Peisheng said: "Today, the master asked the miscellaneous family to take the newcomers for a walk, and bring two more people back by the way."

When Li Baitang heard this, he led them into the main room. When he walked in, he found that the room was very abnormal. There was nothing in the room, and it was empty. There were a few more people inside, Li Baitang said: "These are the few we have trained recently, what is the master's request?"

Su Peisheng gave Su Wen a wink, and Su Wen knew that this was an opportunity for Su Peisheng to get close to them, so he hurriedly said: "The young one is called Su Wen, and the master told me to pick two smarter ones and strict workmanship this time. The most important thing is women."

Li Baitang looked at Su Wen for a while, nodded and said: "Well, then you should take the second and third children this time. The two of them have been trained for a long time, and they are considered old people here. They are capable of both literature and martial arts. It meets the requirements of the master." After finishing speaking, he pulled Su Peisheng aside to speak.

Su Wen was choked up by the names of these two people. Looking at the two women in front of him, he understood the pride in Li Baitang's words. Usually, such a talent is the least likely to arouse suspicion.

Li Baitang didn't know what he had said to Su Peisheng again. When he came back, his attitude towards Su Wen became better. He waved his hand to make the others retreat. He took them to the inner room without saying anything. He took out a small bottle from a small box and said, "There is a pill in this bottle. This pill should be taken by everyone who has been in contact with our organization. You are not alone today."

It was only then that Su Wen knew about the important matter that Su Peisheng didn't say when he came here, no wonder Fourth Master assured him to take over the work of delivering the news, so he was waiting here.

Li Baitang said again: "Don't worry, this medicine usually has no effect. As long as you do things honestly, the master will give you an antidote every six months."

Su Wen didn't hesitate, picked up the medicine bottle, and swallowed the pill inside. Li Baitang was very satisfied with Su Wen's actions, and took another pill from his arms and said, "What about this pill?" , is specially refined by us here, you put it in your arms, if you are accidentally discovered while doing things in the future, and you feel that you can’t survive those forced confessions, just swallow it, and you will be relieved gone."

Holding this pill, Su Wen felt a little sad. It seems that the fourth master is indeed worthy of being the future emperor. Everything has been calculated, and even the medicinal materials for suicide have been prepared in advance. It is really a plan. .

Seeing that Su Wen put it away, Li Baitang took them to another room and said, "This room is where we work. We ordinary people are called 'sticky Baitang', like me, my surname is Li, everyone is called Li Baitang, and the one above our sticky stick is called 'sticky stick guard', you just came in now, so you are not qualified to see him."

Su Wen didn't care about these things, he only cared about the delivery of the news, and asked, "Then what should I do when the younger one comes to deliver the news?"

Li Baitang said: "I will give you a booklet in a while, and there are secrets in this booklet. When the master has orders, you just write the content of the news according to the instructions in the booklet, and then give it to me. "

After visiting several places, Su Wen still didn't understand. He always felt that the sticky place was too complicated. It seemed that every place was extremely ordinary, but the ordinary places always had some differences. Su Wen took Li Baitang Given the booklet, he brought the two women back to Si Ye's mansion with Su Peisheng.

Seeing them coming back, Fourth Master said: "Well, since you already understand everything, I will leave this matter to you in the future."

Su Wen hurriedly replied: "Slave, thank you for your master's cultivation, and I will do my best in the future."

The fourth master said: "Su Peisheng, go and bring these two to the Niu Hulu family and say that they were rewarded to her by the master." Su Peisheng agreed to come down and take the two women and went out.

After returning to the room at night, Su Wen took out the booklet and looked at it. There were numbers on one side of the booklet and words on the other. He studied for a long time before he realized that this was the modern code. He translated the message into numbers and handed it to the sticky stick. The person at the pole then translated the instructions into words according to the instructions on the booklet. In this way, the news would be very safe. Holding the booklet, Su Wen had to marvel at the wisdom of the ancient people. The so-called code appeared in this period.

Su Wen suddenly remembered the pills he had taken, so he went to the side, dug his throat and vomited vigorously, but in the end he couldn't do anything, the medicine had already been digested in his stomach, so Su Wen took out the pill in his arms again. Poison, looked and looked again and again, feeling a little sad in his heart, this small pill controlled his life, and he finally knew that the method of using poison to control his subordinates was not only seen in TV dramas and novels, it turned out that during this period It's real too, and he's one of the victims...