Outsiders watch the fun, while insiders watch the door.

For big shots who are accustomed to intrigues in court, if they discover a new thing, their first subconscious reaction is "friends and foes", and their second reaction is "pros and cons."

The so-called "Bagua Bao" is actually a casual version of the "Di Bao", but it is not as serious as the Di Bao. Most of the contents in the Di Bao are government decrees and edicts sent by the imperial court to local governments, and each article can be officially

Recorded in history books.

The Bagua Bao is different. Every article in it is not qualified to be recorded in the history books, but there must be more people interested in it than the people who read the Di Bao, because every article in the Bagua Bao is not serious, and since ancient times

To this day, Chinese people are very interested in snooping into the privacy of others, especially celebrities, and gossip newspapers just meet people's unseemly needs for privacy.

In later generations, "no one asked at the general's grave, and the actor's family affairs were known to the world" was the result of the decline of moral standards. In this life, Gu Qing invited the court officials and famous folk celebrities and poets to be actors for a time.

Two thousand gossip newspapers were poured into Chang'an City, a city with a population of one million. After human-to-human transmission was confirmed, the effect was truly sensational, and the extent of the sensation was not even expected by Gu Qing.

Few people have specifically summarized the anecdotes of celebrities before. Even if they summarized the anecdotes of celebrities at that time, they were just silently recorded in a small book, just for their own entertainment. No one was as boring as Gu Qing, who actually thought of talking about celebrities.

Go out and capture the public’s attention.

Two days later, Yang Guozhong found Gu Qing.

This time Gu Qing really shocked him. He didn't expect that a mere young man would start causing trouble without even being able to stand firm after coming to Chang'an.

In order to find out the origin of this gossip newspaper, Yang Guozhong spent a lot of effort and sent countless people to restaurants and inns in Chang'an City. Finally, he caught a hired street gangster and dug out two people from Shuzhou.

A businessman from Qingcheng County.

When the clues were reported to Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong immediately thought of a person.

Qingcheng County, Shuzhou, he has been more sensitive to this place recently. During the last garden party, Concubine Yang specially called Gu Qing to introduce them to each other. The concubine kept calling Gu Qing as "little fellow countryman", her tone was affectionate, as if she were her own brother.

Only then did Yang Guozhong have a deep impression on Gu Qing.

Now when he checked the so-called "gossip newspaper", he found two businessmen from Qingcheng County. Yang Guozhong immediately thought of Gu Qing, but what happened in that gossip paper happened to be about the garden party that day...

So Yang Guozhong ordered not to touch the two businessmen, but came to visit Gu Qing in person.

Changlefang was relatively remote. Yang Guozhong rode a carriage and stopped in front of Gu Qing's house. After the carriage stopped, he did not get off the carriage. Instead, he asked his attendants to knock on the door and hand over a greeting card.

This is the rule of visiting others in ancient times. It is said that "visiting without warning is a bad guest." Before visiting others, you must first send a greeting card, clearly stating the time and place of the person. After the host readily agrees, the guest can come again. If the host has something to do, ask him to see him off.

The person who is calling will make an appointment at another time, and the two parties have not yet met, and the etiquette is fully implemented. It is not like the mobile phone in later generations. No matter whether the owner wants to communicate or not, the phone will ring as soon as it rings, and you can be found even if you hide in the end of the world. This is

Bad guest.

The attendant knocked on the door, and after a few knocks, the door opened. The attendant respectfully handed over a greeting card and said a few words to the person inside. Yang Guozhong kept observing through the curtain of the carriage. After a while, the attendant looked at him with a strange expression.

He came back with a piece of paper and handed it to Yang Guozhong with both hands.

Yang Guozhong took it inexplicably and opened it. He saw a line of extremely ugly words on it, which read "Good people have a safe life".

"What...what does this mean?" Yang Guozhong asked in shock.

The attendant's cheek twitched and he lowered his head and said, "It means that Gu Shenjun is waiting for Mr. Yang Taifu to come."

"Didn't you tell him that I was on the carriage outside?"

"said."

"Then he asked you to hand over a line of words, what does 'good people live in peace' mean? Tsk, what an ugly word."

The entourage said respectfully: "Gu Canjun said that courtesy should be reciprocated. Yang Taifu handed over the greeting card, and he wanted to reply. He also said that replying was polite and to 'save the dignity of the host.' I don't understand what he meant."

Yang Guozhong stared at the line in his hand and pondered for a long time. His mind was spinning rapidly. He was pondering over the hidden meaning of the line. After much deliberation, he could not guess it. He was secretly annoyed at his lack of IQ and could only passively think about this line.

The word should mean blessing.

After being helped out of the carriage by his entourage, Yang Guozhong walked to the door of the Gu family's house, still thinking in his mind.

"What does it mean to save the poster's dignity? Has my dignity been provoked? Who dares to commit suicide like this? Or, what was written in the gossip newspaper was to save my dignity after falling into the water and make me less embarrassed.

, is Gu Qing showing his kindness to me?"

Yang Guozhong thought to himself, with a gloomy expression on his face, and his entourage stepped forward and knocked on the door.

The door opened, revealing Gu Qing's unhappy face. When this kind of face appears at the door of a home, any guest with a more sensitive mind will feel that the host's face is filled with rejection. Those with a more tempered temper will definitely turn around and leave, and the relationship will end forever.

Fortunately, Yang Guozhong had met Gu Qing. He knew that Gu Qing looked like this, so he was not unhappy at all.

"Haha, Mr. Gu Xiaolang, it's been a long time. It's really presumptuous of me, my foolish brother, to come here without warning. Please don't blame me, my dear brother." Yang Guozhong laughed.

Gu Qing also laughed: "Mr. Yang is here to visit me. It's just like a flower. How can I say that I'm presumptuous? Mr. Yang, please come inside."

The two of them walked into the front hall. Yang Guozhong looked around and nodded slowly.

The house is in a remote location and is relatively small. Compared with Yang Guozhong's palace-like residence in Chang'an, Gu Qing's house can only be considered barely large enough to live in.

"Studying in a cottage has its own elegance. My dear brother's house is nice." Yang Guozhong praised against his will.

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Yang Taifu is laughing. It's not about elegance, it's mainly because the house prices in Chang'an are too expensive, and the lower officials are too poor..."

Yang Guozhong burst out laughing. His ability to chat was a perfect match for his unhappy face.

Looking around, Yang Guozhong was surprised to find that there were no housekeepers, servants or maids in the house. There was only Gu Qing in the huge house. It was fine during the day, but at night it was as spooky as a ghost house.

"If my dear brother has trouble with money, my foolish brother has quite a bit of money. I will arrange some servants, maids, and personal guards for my dear brother tomorrow. Anyway, my dear brother is also an official, and he is highly regarded by the noble concubine. His life cannot be too shabby."

Gu Qing hurriedly refused: "Thank you for the kindness of Mrs. Yang. The house was just given by His Majesty. The backyard is still being repaired and decorated. After the decoration is completed, we will hire a housekeeper and servants. I can barely cope with it these days."

It's not that he doesn't want to take advantage, it's just that the future prime minister of the Tang Dynasty arranged housekeepers and servants for Gu Qing's mansion. Who knows how many Yang Guozhong's spies and spies are inside? They all have ulterior motives and will cause a lot of trouble when the time comes, which will hinder Yang Guozhong's face.

You can't hit or kill your servants, which is a big headache.

After the two chatted for a while, Yang Guozhong finally got to the point. He took out a crumpled gossip newspaper from his arms, pushed it to Gu Qing with a smile, and said: "Brother Yu, I'm sorry, I made a wild guess. I'm afraid this so-called 'gossip'

The retribution must be the work of the wise brother, right?"

Gu Qing didn't even read the newspaper, he smiled calmly and said: "Yes, it's from the lower official..."

Before Yang Guozhong could speak, Gu Qing blinked again and said with a smile: "When you traced the source of the Bagua newspaper, did you stop tracing it after you traced two businessmen from Qingcheng County? Yang Taifu started from 'Qingcheng County'

From the three characters, you guessed it means a lower official, right?"

Yang Guozhong was shocked and said: "You actually know everything?"

"It's not that I know everything, but this Bagua newspaper is basically done for Mrs. Yang. Everything was brought here by the lower officials. Didn't you see that the evaluation of you in the Bagua newspaper is both positive and great?

Mrs. Yang must have heard a lot of praises about you these days, right?"

Yang Guozhong asked in confusion: "Brother Xian wants to run this newspaper, why do you want Brother Fool to come here?"

Gu Qing looked into Yang Guozhong's eyes and said calmly: "My official position is low and I have few friends in Chang'an City, but this newspaper is a good thing. Its significance is not to make money, but to publicize..."

Yang Guozhong seems to have realized something: "'Public opinion' refers to the people, 'Lunu' refers to analysis and judgment, and 'public opinion' refers to the voice of everyone analyzing and judging the truth, right?"

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Exactly, Mr. Yang is very talented. But does Mr. Yang know that public opinion can actually be guided or even misled?"

Yang Guozhong groaned and said, "I'd like to hear the details."

"Take the gossip newspaper in front of me as an example. It records that on that day, Taifu Yang was killed by a thief in Qujiang Pond and fell into the water. According to the true situation after falling into the water, the Yulin Guards could not catch the thief, and Taifu Yang was helpless.

Then I had to give up, but the gossip newspaper said that Yang Taifu was tolerant of people and said that he would not pursue it again. When the news spread to the streets of Chang'an, is the world's reputation for Yang Taifu changing day by day?"

"What the Bagua Newspaper does is to guide public opinion. Everything has its pros and cons. As the saying goes, 'When viewed from the side, there are ridges and peaks, and there are different heights from near and far.' The Bagua Newspaper is in my hands. I can decide how the world views it."

The angle from which an event should be viewed can even determine whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, and whether this person is a good person or a bad person. What does Yang Taifu think?"

Yang Guozhong's eyes lit up: "'Looking across the horizon, there are ridges and peaks, and the heights are different from near to far'... What a poem! You are indeed a talented man who wrote 'I hope people will live long, and we will share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles away'. It is a wonderful sentence when spoken."

Gu Qing was stunned. Did I plagiarize again? Whose poem was it just now?

No matter what, just copy it, what about it?

Then Yang Guozhong said again: "Brother Yu has heard what Brother Xian means. Do you want to jointly run this gossip report with Brother Yu?"

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Exactly, not only did he invite Mrs. Yang, but I also want to invite the imperial concubine to be a member. I wonder if Mrs. Yang is willing?"

Yang Guozhong frowned and thought: "This gossip report... seems to be a bit publicized. I may be criticized by the courtiers in the future, which will be detrimental to my position in the court..."

Gu Qing smiled and said slowly: "Xiaoguan just said that everything has pros and cons. Yang Taifu might as well imagine that if the Taifu has any sworn political enemies in the court in the future, then...

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Chapter completed!