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An hour later, Manager Liu appeared in the inner guard and bowed to report to Li Chenghua: "Report to General Li, the people sent by Tian Chengsi are here indeed!"

Manager Liu's real name is Liu Zhan. For many years, he has been a minor official in the Weizhou Prefecture. Because of his shrewdness and ability, he was appreciated by Tian Chengsi and promoted to the judge of the Wei Wangfu. He has been a minor official for half his life. When he was middle-aged, he was appreciated and promoted by Tian Chengsi. This kind of grace made Liu Zhan full of gratitude in his heart and he was also very loyal to Tian Chengsi.

It was also because of Liu Zhan's loyalty that Tian Chengsi decided to let Liu Zhan be a silent person when he was laying out the spies in Chang'an. He did not participate in the investigation of intelligence and only occasionally performed some special tasks.

Liu Zhan's last task was to deposit 30,000 taels of gold in Baoji Guifang in Chang'an half a year ago. The counter ticket and secret seal were in Tian Chengsi's hands. This was a secret retreat for his descendants.

Why put it in Chang'an? Because 30,000 taels of gold is too dazzling, it will attract attention in any city, even the Luoyang Association will attract attention. Only in Chang'an, where wealth is concentrated, 30,000 taels of gold will not be so conspicuous.

Then why not buy a house in Chang'an and dig a pit to bury the gold.

Tian Chengsi certainly wanted to do this, but Liu Zhan suddenly had a different mind and swallowed up the wealth?

In the final analysis, Tian Chengsi still didn't trust people with different surnames. He would rather trust Baoji Guifang, put the gold in Baoji Guifang first, and then wait for his son to come and deal with it.

Of course, Tian Chengsi didn't just store his wealth in Chang'an. He also stored a lot of wealth in Jiangnan and Bashu, leaving a way out for his descendants.

The reason why Liu Zhan was targeted by the inner guards was because he stored 30,000 taels of gold in Baoji Guifang.

If Liu Zhan had stored 300,000 taels of silver or 300,000 strings of money in Baoji Guifang, the inner guards would not necessarily target him, but he stored gold.

From ancient times to the present, gold has been a strictly controlled property. It is not allowed for the public to own a large amount of it. There is no problem with a few jewelry and dozens of taels of gold. But if ordinary people own hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of gold, then it is not gold, but a disaster.

So I say that only with great virtue can you carry things. Only with enough power and fame can you have corresponding wealth and keep it. This is the same in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

Look at the richest woman in Vietnam who was arrested and killed, and then look at the current economy of Vietnam, and you will probably understand.

If you want to keep your wealth, then look for treasures that can concentrate wealth, are scarce and non-renewable, and easy to keep, and add four words, wealth is not exposed, that's enough.

What walnut tree roots, sea gold silk wood, dragon banknotes and monkey tickets, there is really no point in collecting them. You can plant as many as you want and print as many as you want.

What brand-name bags, Swiss watches, and private customization are actually industrial luxury goods. The wealth harvesters packaged by European and American capital can be completely copied. You can have as many as you want.

These are all passers-by in history, just like the Shanghai watches in the 1960s, the mobile phones in the 1990s, and the motorcycles and mules.

Those that can survive the aesthetics of China's upper class for thousands of years are precious.

As time goes by, decades later, Eastern civilization will return to the top of the world. Will you still like an industrial watch produced by a second-rate small European country?

So scarcity and non-renewability are the key, and only aesthetics that have been passed down for thousands of years are valuable.

Just like silver, it used to be wealth, but why is it not valuable now? Because aluminum smelting will produce a lot of silver, which is too much, so it can only be used as an industrial metal.

The real European and American dignitaries also favor Chinese antiques, official kiln porcelain, and ancient celebrity calligraphy and paintings. Those are rare and unrepeatable concentrated wealth.

There are also those things that have been linked to power and wealth since ancient times, such as a string of top-quality Hetian jade seed material bracelets, which are worth millions or tens of millions. They are treasures played by dignitaries and aristocratic families. Ordinary people cannot recognize them, and of course they are out of reach for ordinary people.

Ordinary people! They all go to grab LV, Burberry, and Swiss watches, thinking that these are luxury goods, things that ordinary people can play with, so how can they be called luxury goods?

So ordinary people should not struggle with poverty. Having a house to live in, clothes to wear, good food, good drink, and good health is the right choice.

I have gone too far, let's get back to the topic.

Li Chenghua walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and asked again: "Who is it?"

"It's a Hu person, and he looks like a Turk or Tiele person!"

"Then what? Any other information?" Li Chenghua asked again.

"We didn't talk in depth. Maybe I accidentally let something slip, which alerted the other party."

"What did you say?"

"I told him that Chang'an is full of internal security spies, and then told him that since the assassins sent by Zhu Ci failed last year, the Xingqing Palace has been heavily guarded and there is no chance at all. In fact, I shouldn't know this."

Li Chenghua smiled slightly and said, "Maybe it's your guess, but it can't be called letting something slip."

"But the other party is very vigilant. I can see that he is very wary of me. He even refused to tell me his name and where he lives. He just said that he would come again in three days."

Li Chenghua nodded, "Then we'll see in three days!"

Anan hurried back to Buzhengfang with his junior fellow apprentice, found his master Ashina Chengqing, reported today's meeting information to the master, and also expressed his suspicion.

"It's strange, he seems to know a lot, but it contradicts his not participating in any intelligence."

"You didn't reveal your name, identity and our address, which is very good!"

Ashina Chengqing nodded approvingly, and then said: "Zhu Ci did tell me about the assassins, but he didn't tell Tian Chengsi, Tian Chengsi didn't know about it, and in the Tang Dynasty, only the top leaders could know the secrets of the assassination case. This manager Liu really shouldn't know about this. This is a loophole. Your suspicion is correct!"

Anan pondered for a moment and said: "Maybe he really knew about this through some secret channel?"

"Then Tian Chengsi should know, but when Tian Chengsi talked to me, he didn't mention it at all. It should be that Zhu Ci didn't know about it. I have not told him."

"Master, what should I do?"

Ashina Chengqing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Didn't you say you would go again in three days?"

"Yes! I said I would visit him again at noon three days later, but I was just dealing with him."

Ashina Chengqing laughed, "You can go, but don't show up. Hide in the dark and observe if there are any suspicious people around. If you find any suspicious people, they are most likely the inner guards, so leave quickly."

"I understand!"

After hesitating for a while, Anan said, "If this shopkeeper Liu really surrenders to the inner guards, what should we do?"

Ashina Chengqing sneered, "If that's the case, we can rely on our own skills to find opportunities for assassination."