World Tibet Bureau

This cunning old man is finally about to show up!

I asked, "How?"

Bian Wu replied: "We have an appointment to meet at the Shanfang Tea House at [-] o'clock tomorrow night, and the pigeon will tell us when we meet."

I replied: "OK."

After hanging up the phone, I felt a little tired.

In the past few days, he has been working overtime to appraise Bao Guxuan's antiques, and so many mind-consuming things happened later, without taking a break, he cannot cope with the possible changes that may arise next.

Fatty Xiao had a job of "pulling foreign films" in the afternoon. He said that he was a guy from Western Europe who liked our woodblock editions of rare ancient books very much.He invited a few burden soldiers, and made a lot of fakes. One of them was Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creation", which was very realistic. He planned to give foreigners a lot of eye drops and sell them for a big price. Let me go and see them first. Eyes, have a bottom line in your heart.

I said: "The authenticity of foreign films is second to none. The main thing is the ability to fight the fog. This thing has already started since the first time you met. It's useless if I go. You just screw him to death!"

Fatty Xiao replied: "That must be done. To deal with these foreigners who covet our national treasures, kill them all!"

I went back to where I lived to rest.

Nothing happened that day.

I wanted to call Lu Cenyin several times to explain, but in the end I held back.

Can't say.

Unless the old man Hua is caught and clarified in person.

Or wait until the day the truth comes out.

Next day next night.

After dinner with Xiaozhu, we came to Shanfang Tea House.

The layout of this tea house follows the ancient system. Below is a Nuo Hall. There is a pot of tea, there are wooden stairs on the left and right sides, and there are relatively airtight boxes going up.

Because the whole hall is hollowed out, one window of the box faces the hall, and the people below can be seen singing opera from the box.

The place where we met the pigeons was in one of the boxes.

Although Xiaozhu is also a member of the Jianghu, this girl doesn't know much about the rules of the old Jianghu.

Because she didn't see Bian Wu, she asked with big eyes, "Brother, why hasn't Brother Wu come yet?"

I replied, "Bian Wu is the matchmaker, and he won't come today."

Xiaozhu asked: "Why?"

I explained: "Geves are in the business of selling news, and they have a rule called 'both raw and cooked in the middle'."

"That is to say, there must be strangers at both ends of the buying and selling news, and the middle person is the acquaintance of both parties. When the news is traded, the acquaintance must not be present. Because it is possible that the two parties in the transaction will not abide by the rules and lead to fighting. It is not easy to use a knife in the presence of acquaintances."

When Xiaozhu heard this, his eyes widened immediately: "Will we meet again?!"

I replied: "Yes. For example, the party who bought the news wanted to find out where the enemy was hiding, and the pigeon told the buyer the news. The pigeons for this kind of news will demand sky-high prices. If the buyer does not pay money or gives fake money after getting the news , the pigeon will act as the buyer without hesitation.”

Xiaozhu asked: "Why is this?"

I replied: "Because the news given by the pigeons will lead to the destruction of the enemy's family, the pigeons will confiscate the money, and people will mistakenly think that they and the buyer are in the same group, and the enemies will retaliate wildly. But if you take the money, you know the old world. The well-behaved people know that they are just pigeons selling news, the murder has nothing to do with them, and they will not trouble them."

Xiao Zhu was amazed: "No wonder you withdrew so much money this morning!"

I said: "Of course, if the pigeons are clearly lying to a false news, the buyer will not hesitate to scrap them.

Xiaozhu asked again: "How can the buyer confirm whether the information given by the pigeon is true or not?"

I replied: "There is no need for the buyer to confirm, the pigeon will take the initiative to bring a token to the buyer. This token must be the most prominent object, photo or video on the enemy, indicating that the pigeon has indeed been found."

"In the same way, the buyer told the pigeon who his enemy was, but the pigeon used false news to deceive the buyer, proving that it was a fake pigeon that had no rules in the world. The buyer had every reason to believe that the news that he wanted to kill his enemy would be censored. If the fake pigeons are leaked, they will kill the fake pigeons to protect themselves."

After Xiaozhu finished listening, her pretty face was full of the state of a little girl: "Brother, you really know everything... I feel that I am so redundant."

I laughed and said, "Nonsense! In addition to withdrawing money today, I also brought you here on purpose. You are my killer weapon as a buyer."

This remark made Xiao Zhu very happy, she lifted her chin slightly and said, "If you encounter a fake pigeon, I will stew the pigeon meat for you to eat!"

I said, "It's not that serious. You must trust the thread that your fifth brother drew."

After a while.

The waiter entered the box and brought a large copper teapot and several plates of peanuts, melon seeds, and edamame for us to use slowly.

After the waiter left.

I directly took off the tea cover on the copper teapot, turned the cover upside down, and placed it on the table.

Turn over the lid of the herbal tea and wait for the tea to enter my stomach, which means that I am impatiently waiting for the news to come into my mouth.

We leaned against the window and watched Pingtan for a while.

It was just after nine o'clock.

A man who looked like a thin monkey with a birdcage in his hand passed by the door of the box. After he walked past, he looked back at the overturned teapot lid on the table and came in.

He first picked up the lid of the teapot, put it back on, and asked, "Two friends, wait for the tea to come in?"

I nodded: "The tea is too hot, my mouth is too thirsty."

The thin monkey said, "You pay a deposit for some tea, and I'll exchange it for a warm pot."

I replied: "Thank you! Tell me the number, and then show me the appearance of the tea."

Upon hearing this, the thin monkey poured some tea on the table, wrote a word with his hand, and tapped the table: "Please take a look at the deposit."

I saw that he had written the word "two", so I turned my head to gesture to Xiaozhu.

Xiaozhu immediately took out [-] cash from the package.

The deposit is generally not less than [-]%.

Proof that the price of this news needs at least [-].

Very expensive.

But as long as the news is true, it's worth the price.

The thin monkey stuffed the money into his chest, took out a dry pipe, and gave us a look.

I've seen this dry pipe before, and it is indeed old man Hua's.

True news!

I said, "Please hurry up."

The thin monkey took back the dry pipe, slipped the birdcage in one hand, and went out with the copper teapot in the other.

This person is just a pathfinder sent by Pigeon to verify the sincerity of the transaction.

Waited another ten minutes.

A bald man entered with a large copper teapot.

My ears are more sensitive.

When the bald man came in, seven or eight people suddenly came to the boxes next to them that had been vacant.

Judging from the sound, the wind blowing under each one's feet belonged to Lian Jiazi.

These are pigeon keepers.

Their appearance is to avoid any accidents in the previously mentioned transaction, to protect the pigeons, and to deter buyers.

The business of pigeons is also a job in the quack with the head in the crotch, and there is no room for ambiguity.

The bald man said: "My friend, you have seen the tea samples in advance, and they are absolutely authentic. Please give me the money for the remaining tea."

I was taken aback for a moment, and replied: "Tea Bureau under the Heaven, all drink before paying the bill."

The bald man said: "It makes sense. But the tea you want to drink this time is quite special. I'm afraid you won't be satisfied after drinking it. I'm worried that you will go back on your word."

What does this mean?

Half-hearted news? !

I stared at him coldly: "You don't follow the rules, and the tea is overcooked, so you shouldn't ask me out!"

The bald man didn't give in at all, and leaned forward, with extremely stern eyes: "Again, we have spent a lot of time, and the tea has also been brought. Whether it is mushy is entirely a matter of your taste, but the money must be paid first. This is the rule of my business! "

Although I really want to know the news of Old Man Hua.

But such unreasonable pigeons annoy me very much.

The pigeons in the world are not his family.

What's more, it may be half-hearted news!

I took the pen and paper next to me, wrote down a bank account number, put it in front of him, and said, "Return the deposit to this account before ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and the transaction will be cancelled. Don't overtime, my patience is limited."

After the lecture, I took Xiaozhu, got up and left.

When the bald man saw this, the muscles on his face trembled, he touched his shiny head, and shouted: "How dare you?!"