Ji Bian was very familiar with the streets and alleys of Weiguo, and soon arrived at a gaming house.
This gaming house was not set up by the people of Weiguo, and it is said that the boss behind the scenes is a Wei national. The spread of news between countries is no less than the secret reports of the Seven Kingdoms' courts. However, this place only buys and sells information, but does not take responsibility for spreading the news. Moreover, they are very professional and will never reveal the buyer or seller's information quickly. This is the basic survival rule for all gaming houses.
This gambling house was located in a dead alley, and when you reached the entrance of the alley, you could already hear the noise inside. The door was covered with a dense bamboo curtain, and a small piece of sheepskin hung in the center of the door, on which was written a single character "Bo".
Two men lifted the curtain and went in, and as soon as they entered, they saw a high platform similar to that of a wine shop. On the large chessboard on top, a game was being played, surrounded by a crowd of people, with thunderous applause erupting from time to time, apparently in the midst of a gambling match.
"Does sir want to play chess or make a bet?" A maid came forward and asked with a bow.
"Not playing chess nor making bets" Song Dynasty's first decree
The maid nodded and said, "Please follow me, sir."
Under the guidance of the maid, I passed through the front hall and entered a small courtyard with a secluded atmosphere.
"Sir, please take a rest, I'll go and call the housekeeper." The maid led Song Chuyi and Ji Bian to a simply decorated room and retreated with a bow.
Another maid brought tea for the two of them.
"What does the master want to buy?" Ji Bian touched the gold on his body, afraid it wouldn't be enough.
"Hmm... guess" Song Chu said with a smile
Ji Yan furrowed his brow, "I'm afraid we don't have enough money."
"If you don't have enough money, I'll pawn you off. I think you're still worth a lot of money," Song Chuoyi said with a smile.
"No visitors allowed beyond this point." A gentle voice replied from outside the door.
Two people looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a young man in a light blue robe with wide sleeves walking in. Song Chuyi's first impression of him was "clean", his features were warm and beautiful, his skin as white as snow. The light blue clothes on him were like spring snow, full of sunshine, but actually somewhat cold.
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, as soon as he stood up, he gave a courtesy and said, "Hmm, this set of clothes is pretty good!"
Currently, many colors are thick and heavy, so it's hard to dye such bright and light colors. The quantity is also limited, so no matter what material, the price is very expensive.
"Overpraising." Du Heng stretched out his hand to invite her to sit down, and then sat down himself. "I am Du Heng, one of the managers of this news agency. I don't know what kind of information you would like to purchase, sir?"
"I was thinking of buying some information, but you also heard what was said earlier, and the money in my pocket might not be enough. So I thought of exchanging a piece of information for it." Song Chu said, similar to bartering, Bo Yi Society also accepts this form, but it depends on whether they need that information or not.
"Oh?" Du Heng smiled slightly, "Sir also knows that my betting house has a complex network among the listed countries, and it's rare to have information that can't be obtained. I wonder what kind of information sir plans to exchange?"
Du Heng looks very gentle, but his words are not so soft.
"In the following message, it is guaranteed that Bo Ye does not know and is about the current rumors of various countries attacking Wei." Song Chu raised his cup and asked, "I wonder if you are interested?"
Du Heng sat up straight and said, "If there's any useful and confidential information you'd like to know, sir, I'll tell you everything. If you have any news about Song Huaijin and Min Chi, I'm willing to buy it from you with a handsome sum of money."
Recently, Song Huaijin's persuasion of the six nations to attack Wei shocked the world. Later, her "Extinction Theory" was also bought out by various gaming companies. The so-called "buyout" refers to the gaming company paying a large sum of money to informants, allowing them to reveal this information to the gaming company, and then they can no longer spread it everywhere. If they go back on their word, the gaming company will take their lives.
The intelligence agency can sell this information to the rulers or ministers of various vassal states, it's a business that is sure to make a profit.
As a sensitive gaming company, even if they didn't know the content of "Annihilation Theory", just by the three words, they could sniff out the clues and naturally understand its appeal to monarchs. So although there was competition between different gaming companies, they all coincidentally suppressed the news.
This is also one of the reasons why Song Chuyu's name suddenly became famous at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, while her "On the Extinction of States" was not well known by many people.
In comparison, Ming Zhi's reputation among the various countries was higher than Song Chu Yi's, but his background, teachers and actions were all out in the open, so for Bo Ye Society, he didn't have any particularly great appeal.
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one could see from Du Heng's expression that he attached great importance to this matter. He thought to himself, "In just a few days, she has become so popular?"
"How much can you give?" Song Chu asked curiously
Ji Bian couldn't help but glance at her, wouldn't she really sell herself for a little money?
Du Heng raised one index finger vertically
Ji Bian was shocked, one finger definitely couldn't be worth just one or ten gold coins, it had to be at least a hundred gold coins! It was almost as valuable as the sword at his waist!
"From one hundred taels to ten thousand taels, if there is information about Song Huaijin's 'On the Destruction of a Country' and his whereabouts, our newspaper will offer ten thousand taels." said Du Heng.
Song initially stunned for a moment, suddenly felt that her whole body was shining with gold, all were gold! Ten thousand taels of gold! She couldn't help but be moved to tears, thinking back to when the human trafficker wanted to buy her from her father and only offered twenty-five pieces of cloth currency.
Who would have thought that Song Chuyi would be worth so much one day!
"It's really moving!" Song Chu wiped his face and said:
Du Heng was taken aback by her rough words, but immediately thought that 10,000 gold was indeed a number that ordinary people could hardly imagine, and it was inevitable to be excited. He then turned to ask, "Sir's meaning is... there is news of Mr. Song?"
Yes! The theory of national destruction is all here! If Song didn't have something important to take care of, she would probably sell herself out just like that, anyway it's not selling herself into slavery!
"No, but I know about Min Chi's situation. I don't know how much money can be given?" Song Chu thought of saving up some property, but she is very poor now.
She won the gold and made up for the money to buy swords. Those few swords are considered as gifts to Ji Yu and others, and the rest were given to Chi Ju. Now she has a sleeve sword, a giant cyan, and two small servants, one is Zi Ya, all of which cannot be exchanged for money.
Du Heng said with a sigh, "If it's news that nobody else knows, sir can use it to exchange messages with me."
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one couldn't help but burst out laughing. That's probably worth only 300 to 500 gold coins, but she's worth 10,000 gold coins! This news is simply too exciting!
Song Chuanyi felt that the more he looked at Du Heng, the more pleasing to his eyes, but on his face, a disappointed expression appeared, and he sighed, "It's also good this way, I didn't plan to sell it for money in the next volume either. It's just regrettable that I didn't ask more about Song Huaijin's news back then."
"What message does the master want to convey, and what message does he want to know?" Du Heng asked.
Song Chu asked, "I'd like to know about the attitude of the King of Wei towards this matter recently, is there any news?"
Du Heng nodded, "Of course there is"
The attitude of King Wei is not a particularly secret matter, but the rumors heard from others are not enough to make her make an accurate judgment, and she still needs to hear the most authentic one.
"What I'm about to say is about the grudge between Min Zihuan and Song Huaijin, as well as the real reason behind the exposure of this plot." Song Chuyi took a sip of his slightly cool tea and said, "I don't know if it can be exchanged or not?"
"May" Du Heng said
This news is indeed very secretive, but its value isn't that high. Generally, people who can afford to pay a high price won't be interested in such things, and it can only be sold to tea houses or taverns. All in all, the value might not even be worth Song Chu's attention.
Du Heng agreed because he thought the price difference wouldn't be much, and he was very interested. Moreover, the more he looked at Song Chuyi, the more he felt that she seemed familiar, where had he seen her before?
"It was like this, I suppose your esteemed organization is well aware that initially, Min Chi and Song Huaijin went to the State of Song together to persuade them. At that time, Min Chi, as an envoy of the State of Wei, brought a national letter with him, but on the court of the State of Song, he was preempted by Song Huaijin who was alone..." Song Chuanyi recounted the process in this way.
Two people who were originally just passing by each other, were suddenly at odds with each other because of her words. A very ordinary thing turned into a shocking and astonishing event. However, she did restrain herself, and between the lines of her speech, there was no slander or vilification.
The maid brought Song Chuyi a new cup of tea and she stopped to take two sips.
"What great news!" Du Heng's eyes lit up, regardless of how true this message was, but it had to be said that it was very listenable and would definitely be worth a good price in the tavern.
"After hearing all this, I believe you can also guess a few points about the exposure of this conspiracy?" Song Chu said.
"Could it be Mr. Min......" The whole thing was clearly aimed at Song Chuyi, and with the previous entanglement, this matter wasn't hard to guess either.
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one cast a sympathetic glance, "Not bad, Min Zicui's talent is stunning and his ambition is great, but he will conceal his own ambition. This is normal, but as long as you go and ask about his character and conduct, you will naturally understand what I mean."
Du Heng had a lot of information about the slow and painful process, from his past achievements in diplomacy and his private character, it was indeed possible that he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. The exposure of this matter not only gave him a reputation but also dealt a blow to Song Huaijin, and on the surface, it seemed like something he could do.
"What does sir take as guarantee?" Du Heng said
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one finger pointed at Ji Bian, "Just now it has already been said, it was him who sold"
Ji Bian is a straightforward and honest person, but not foolish. Upon hearing Song Chu's words, he understood his meaning and cupped his hands in respect, saying "I am Ji Bian, the thousand-man commander under General Shi Gu's command."
"Some people vouched for him, and Du Heng agreed. He shouted loudly, 'Come on, bring the brush, ink and silk!'"
Before long, two maidservants came in. One held a brush and ink as well as white silk, asking Ji Yan to write down evidence. Du Heng whispered something into the ear of the other maid, who then retreated.
In an instant, he fetched a slender bamboo tube and presented it to Song Chuyi with both hands.
"This is news about King Wei, sir, please take a look" said Du Heng.