Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 22 Book Secret

He Liu did not lead Zhou Zigao to the truth room.The truth room is the place to interrogate criminal officials, and the Mr. Zhou in front of him is not a criminal officer.

He Liu led Zhou Zigao to his room.He told Old Hu, "Go and make a pot of good pre-rain tea."

Zhou Zigao said: "Sixth Master, you are welcome. There are complicated business affairs in Shuntian Mansion, and there are thousands of threads. If you have any questions, just ask. I have to go back immediately after asking."

He Liu went straight to the point: "Master Zhou and Ding Wang, a soldier in the Shenli Treasury of the Ministry of Rites, are friends?"

Zhou Zigao smiled: "Sixth Master, don't be joking. Although I am humble, I am also a third-rank official of the imperial court. There are great scholars in talking and laughing, and there is no white man in communication. A small soldier in the army seems not qualified yet. What kind of friends do you make with me?"

Lao Hu put a cup of Yuqian tea in front of Zhou Zigao.

He Liu made a "please" gesture: "Master Zhou, please use it."

Zhou Zigao took a sip of tea: "Well, this is a new tea this year. It has a mellow aftertaste."

He Liudao: "Master Zhou is very knowledgeable about tea."

Zhou Zigao nodded: "Tea can nourish one's character. I have studied Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea" quite a bit."

He Liu cut to the point: "By the way, Mr. Zhou, since you and Ding Wang are not friends, why does Ding Wang ask the staff of Songhe Tower to pass you a treasure note every month? The treasure note is full of secret words?"

Zhou Zigao's complexion changed: "Who is chewing his tongue? I've already said, I don't know Ding Wang!"

He Liu said to Old Hu, "Bring that boy up."

The boy entered the duty room, his body was covered with scars.

He Liu pointed to Zhou Zigao, and asked the boy, "Do you know this lord in front of you?"

The little guy nodded: "Yes, he is Master Zhou of Shuntian Mansion. Every time Ding Wang gave me a treasure, I would hand it to Master Zhou who came to drink."

He Liu nodded: "Okay, you can go down."

Turning his head, He Liu asked Zhou Zigao: "You said you don't know Ding Wang, how do you explain that?"

Zhou Zigao said: "Explanation? What explanation do you want? Your Jinyiwei's more than 200 punishments are famous in Jinghua. After entering the Jinyiwei Prison and receiving those punishments that can't survive or die, countless people have gone crazy. Maybe it was just now. That person is crazy, is he talking nonsense?"

He Liu laughed secretly: Randomly climbing and taking pictures, such a familiar reason.

When Wan Anliang confessed at the beginning, Ding Wang said that Wan Anliang was talking nonsense.

Now that the proof of Ding Wang's collusion with Zhou Zigao has been caught, the governor of Zhou said that it was just a young man talking about it.

He Liu added a cup of tea to Zhou Zigao: "Master Zhou, don't get angry. If that guy is crazy and talking about it, why did he only talk about you, Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Zigao said solemnly: "Among the regular guests of Songhe Tower, I am the one with the highest official position. You Jinyiwei have always been able to set up a big prison and arrest high-ranking officials. You, or your subordinates, naturally want to induce that guy to confess one The person with the highest official position comes!"

Zhou Zigao straightened his hat and crown: "Six Lord, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

He Liudao: "My lord, it's all right."

Zhou Zigao looked upright and said, "Ji Sun's worries are not in Zhuanyu, but in Xiaoqiang. Those who do your business should be sharp-eyed, not treacherous. Merchants can be treacherous, so Jiangshan has not belonged to merchants since ancient times. But once you commit adultery, one case will lead to ten cases, and one case will fly ten miles. A little ink on the case will lead to a thousand blood in the officialdom."

He Liudao: "Learn more from Mr. Zhou's lesson. Remember the lowly position. How about this, since Mr. Zhou doesn't know Ding Wang, please go back. It must be what Mr. Zhou said, it is the young man who is talking nonsense after being tortured .”

Zhou Zigao cupped his hands: "Well, goodbye Liu Ye. No, it's best not to meet again. Jinyiwei Yamen, I don't want to come unless it is absolutely necessary."

After Zhou Zigao left, Lao Hu walked into the valet room: "Lao Liu, did you find anything?"

He Liudao: "I didn't ask. Zhou Zigao even taught me a lesson."

Old Hu laughed: "There are a lot of weird things these days. In the past, where have you ever heard of someone who dared to teach Jin Yiwei? Let alone the sixth master of the Thirteenth Taibao? Heh, a few days ago, Ding Wang, a small soldier in the household department, had a good meal. I will teach you a lesson. Today, it is Shuntian Fu Yin who will teach you again."

He Liu went to command envoy Lu Bing to report back.

Lu Bing asked He Liu, "Have you finished chatting with Zhou Zigao?"

He Liu replied, "Report to Commander, the chat is over."

Lu Bing said again: "Presumably that Mr. Zhou will never admit that he has anything to do with Ding Wang."

He Liu nodded: "The commander knows things like a god."

Lu Bing got up and picked up the treasure note: "The number code on it is a clue. You take this thing and go to Eleven. He loves to delve into all kinds of codes from past dynasties."

He Liu took the banknote and came to the [-]th master of the Thirteenth Taibao, Li Zipian, the deputy of the department, who was in charge of a thousand households.

Li Zipian, read backwards, is "liar Li".

As the name suggests, Li Zipian was originally a well-known master of thousands of gates in the capital——thousand gates, which is a liar's elegant name for his profession.

Li Zipian is only 38 years old, but he has deceived thousands of people.He can deceive the children on the street without the money to buy candy, and he can also deceive the richest man in the capital into ruining his fortune.

Eight years ago, Wei Changhui, the richest man in Beijing, killed his first wife.Wei Changhui had plenty of money, not to mention destroying the criminal evidence, he also bribed the Shuntian Mansion and the Ministry of Punishment.

Li Zipian, who was still a hundred households of Jinyiwei at that time, heard about it.Determined to do justice for the sky.

Li Zipian pretended to be the largest silk merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and used a fictitious deal to deceive Wei Changhui into bankruptcy.After Wei Changhui lost his family and gave birth, all thoughts were lost and he hanged himself.The huge amount of wealth that Li Zipian defrauded from Wei Changhui was anonymously sent to the household department to help the victims of the flood in Huguang.

Li Zipian not only likes to study all kinds of deceptions in the past and present, but also likes to study the secret language of the past dynasties.

Liu Shiyi went into Li Zipian's office: "Old Eleven, I have something to ask you."

Li Zipian got up: "Sixth brother is here. What's the matter?"

Liu Shiyi put the treasure note in front of Li Zipian: "Old Eleven, just take a look, what do these secret words on this treasure note mean?"

Li Zipian picked up the banknote, looked at it twice, and answered Liu Shiyi directly: "I can't solve this secret word."

Liu Shiyi was a little anxious: "Old Eleven, take a closer look. These secret words are the only clues to a big case."

Li Zipian said: "Sixth brother. The secret language on the banknote is called 'book secret'. For example, the 30 at the beginning may be the seven characters No.13 on the first page of a certain book. It may also be It is the seventh word on page No.[-]. "Book Secret" first appeared in the Song Dynasty. According to legend, the traitor Jia Sidao in the Song Dynasty colluded with Mongolia and used this "Book Secret" to secretly communicate with each other. Want to unlock the "Book Secret" ', it is necessary to find the corresponding book. There are more than ten million books in the world. If you don’t find the corresponding book, even if I have all kinds of skills, I won’t be able to use it.”

(End of this chapter)