Meng Zhao had several reasons for taking this man in. First, he was in need of capable people at the moment, yet in Liang Prefecture, there were very few under his command who could stand on their own.
Gou Shuping possessed unusual abilities and was an extraordinary man. Though his martial arts were not high, he could not be killed carelessly. Maximizing his value best served Meng Zhao's interests.
Second, he hoped to use this man to leak some information to Xiang Qing's people and lend himself a hand.
"What? You want me to reveal this matter to Envoy Xiang? But, but this...?"
Gou Shuping should have obeyed Meng Zhao's every word, yet when he heard Meng Zhao's instruction, he was still greatly shocked, staring wide-eyed in disbelief.
What Meng Zhao wanted him to do was simple: pretend that he had learned the true reason Meng Zhao's party was hunting ferocious beasts. They had in fact been commissioned by Su Hongtu of Yongjian Commandery City to help him cultivate some kind of evil art, preparing him to contend for the position of Divine Might General.
Shouldn't such secret intelligence have been kept sealed tight, with not a scrap of news allowed to leak out lest unforeseen changes arise?
Yet Meng Zhao seemed afraid the matter was not big enough or troublesome enough. He had even specifically ordered Gou Shuping, this mouthpiece, to pass the news to Xiang Qing's side, as though he feared the world would not fall into chaos.
"You only need to do what I tell you. Don't ask so many questions. Understand?"
Faced with Meng Zhao's slightly impatient warning, Gou Shuping repeatedly said that he understood. Yet inwardly, he became even more certain that the identity of the man before him was anything but simple, and that