After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 129 Exchange of Information
Xie Wenzai sighed and sat down by the kang.

He took out the gold ingot, showed the engraving on the bottom to the two children, and told them what the engraving meant.

Hai Jiao was surprised and took the gold ingot, turned it over and over, and exchanged glances with his sister Haitang.

In his previous life, he had never even seen gold ingots cast by the inner palace. He really didn't know that different engravings on gold ingots produced by the inner palace meant different uses.And the box of gold ingots owned by the Jin family was actually a reward from the emperor.

He quickly asked Xie Wenzai: "Who is Jin Juren? Is this gold his? Can it see the light of day?"

Xie Wenzai said: "That kid Jin Jiashu should be well aware of the affairs at home. He doesn't care at all that the box of gold will fall into the hands of others. He must know that the origin of the box of gold is okay and can be used openly."

Haitang carefully observed the engraving on the bottom of the gold ingot calmly and then returned it to Xie Wenzai.There had been more than 50 years between her death in her previous life and the emperor had been replaced two or three times. The gold seals in the inner palace had been changed several times, so it was normal for her not to recognize them.Moreover, she originally only knew that gold was scattered all over the place where Jin Juren was killed, but she had never seen the gold. How could she know what secrets it hid?
She just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to exchange information and give Xie Wenzai some tips: "Jin Jiashu doesn't seem to want people to know his identity, but he doesn't care about people knowing Jin Juren's identity. What is the reason? He is worried about that. The thing is, dead people don’t matter, but living people don’t?”

Xie Wenzai said calmly: "Although there are many doubts about him, I believe that he will soon think clearly and take the initiative to tell us the secret."

Hai Jiao curled his lips and said: "If he is really willing to say it, that would be the best, otherwise I will have to find another way to get the letter from him."

"What kind of letter is that?" Xie Wenzai asked, "How did you know that there was a letter hidden in his robe?"

Hai Jiao looked at Hai Tang, who only hesitated for a second before telling Xie Wenzai frankly: "When I went to see him in the morning, I accidentally discovered that his blood-stained robe had an interlayer. There was a letter hidden in the cuff. There is a wax seal on it and a seal with the word 'zhou' on it. In addition, there is something hidden under the left armpit, which is sewn shut with thread, so you can't feel what it is."

"Seal with the character Zhou?" Xie Wenzai thought for a while, "Is this a letter written by the Zhou family? Jin Juren will come to Chang'an. Does he intend to send the letter to the Zhou family?" He raised his head and asked Haitang, "The address written on the envelope is Who is the believer?"

"There is no name of the recipient." Haitang replied, "There is a small rectangular seal stamped in the lower right corner, with the four small seal characters ' Changle Wuyou' written on it. A very special ink pad was also used on the wax seal, which exuded a strong The aroma, it feels... a bit like the smell of Grandpa Cao's half-finger-sized piece of ancient ink."

Cao Gengyun has a collection of ancient ink that Xie Wenzai gave him as a birthday gift four years ago.It was actually more than ten years ago when the Hai family was still in Chang'an. Hai Xiya accidentally collected it and gave it to his cousin. When he got it, it was a piece of used ink. Because of the high level of ink production, it also exuded a strong aroma. It is obviously the work of a famous artist, which makes it rare and precious.Xie Wenzai used it sparingly for more than ten years, and only the length of his index finger was left.That year the emperor issued an order to rehabilitate them, and all the old friends regained their freedom and identity, and they were in a good mood.Seeing that Cao Gengyun had always admired his ancient ink, he simply gave the remaining bit of ink to him as a birthday gift.

Xie Wenzai has been the owner of this piece of ancient ink for more than ten years, so he naturally knows its taste.The spices represented by that fragrance were transported from the South China Sea and were rarely seen on the trade routes of the Western Regions.Begonia was born and grew in the northwest. I have never seen this kind of spice in my life, so I can only use the smell of that piece of fragrant ink to describe the smell I smell.If the ink pad used on the letter Jin Jiashu hid has a scent similar to that of ancient ink, it must have been mixed with very precious South Sea spices, which is definitely not suitable for ordinary people.

It happened that Xie Wenzai also knew that Mr. Zhou Zhou of Cheng'enhou Mansion in Beijing's favorite ink pad was the scent of bamboo leaves, and he had not changed it in 30 years.This letter was probably not written by Mr. Thursday, so who else could it be?In the Zhili area, is there any Zhou family member who has a noble status, wealth, and extraordinary taste and can afford such ink pads?
Xie Wenzai already had a guess in his mind, but he didn't mention it in front of his two children.He just took out a pen and paper from Haijiao's study box and motioned to Haitang: "Trace the two seal patterns you saw. I'll find someone to ask." As long as he knows the address of the recipient of this letter in advance, If you bring someone to Jin Jiashu's identity, you probably won't have any reason to keep hiding it, right?Maybe the recipient of the letter already knew about Jin Juren's family. Even if Jin Jiashu didn't speak, Xie Wenzai could find out the inside story.

Haitang took the pen and paper without saying a word and quickly traced the two seal patterns she had seen.Except for the use of ordinary ink ground by my brother instead of cinnabar, which makes the "Eternal Happiness and Worry-Free" pattern different in color from the seal on the envelope, the two are basically the same.

Xie Wenzai met and had a clearer understanding of Haitang's painting ability. No wonder Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian always praised Haitang's talent in calligraphy and painting in front of him. Such talent was indeed extraordinary.

Thinking like this, Xie Wenzai praised Haitang a few words, and then put the paper with the seal pattern into his sleeve.

He said to Haijiao and Haitang: "Don't go over to Jinjiashu anymore. Although you have good intentions, the child is reluctant. If you press too hard, it seems like you are bullying him. He only knows how to bully him." Make him disgusted. Just leave this matter to me, and I will definitely let him speak voluntarily."

Haijiao hesitated.He knew that his cousin was very smart and reliable, but...his uncle was not like him. He knew so much information about the nobles in the capital. What if he was accidentally deceived by Jin Jiashu?
Haitang secretly poked her brother Hai Jiao in the back and said with a smile: "Don't worry, cousin, as you ordered, my brother and I will never scare Jin Jiashu again. In fact, we really don't mean to bully him, we are just afraid that he will No one knew what was hidden in that robe. He said it was Jin Ju who put it on him before the gangsters blocked his way. Maybe he didn't know anything? But now my brother and I are sure that he knows about the robe. There's no need to worry about what secrets are hidden there. If my cousin is of any use to us, just ask."

Xie Wenzai nodded with a smile, then stood up, raised his hand and slapped Hai Jiao on the forehead: "Bad boy, can't you trust your cousin?" After that, he walked out leisurely.

Hai Jiao walked to the door and confirmed that Xie Wenzai had left the yard before closing the door and turning around to complain to Haitang: "Little sister! How can you promise your cousin? He doesn't know anything, even the secret letter. We didn’t know until we spoke. What if Jin Jiashu cried so pitifully that my cousin softened his heart and stopped asking further questions? "

Haitang whispered: "We just promised not to scare Jin Jiashu anymore, and we didn't say we wouldn't go see him. My cousin has a lot of things to investigate, and it's impossible to stay by Jin Jiashu's side all the time. We have plenty of opportunities. What does brother want? urgent?"

Hai Jiao then smiled and said: "I was confused. Who said that we must be obedient after we promised my cousin? Just fool him."

Speaking of which, there was still one thing he couldn't figure out: "Just now it became clear that you, little sister, were eavesdropping with me in the next yard. It was enough that my cousin could hear the noise. Why did he only talk about me and not say anything? And you?"

Haitang coughed, turned around and went out: "It's getting late, I'll pack my luggage..."

(End of this chapter)