After returning from the night patrol, Xu Zhiqiong ordered the number at the Yamen and was about to go home to sleep when he suddenly saw Qu Jinshan walking over: "Zhiqiong, go to Mingdengxuan."
Qu Jinshan is here. This is a big deal.
Xu Zhiqiong entered Mingdengxuan and saw Wu Qianhu reading a book, his face turned red.
What book are you reading?
Xu Zhiqiong took a closer look and trembled with fright.
He is looking at spring paintings!
Very exciting spring painting!
It was said before that Wu Xu liked to read spring paintings in order to use Yang Wu's mouth to deceive Han Di. I didn't expect that Wu Xu really had such a hobby.
"Why are you standing so close?" Wu Xu raised his head and said, "This is a masterpiece's painting. How can you, a layman, see it? If you want to see it, take this book and read it!"
Wu Xu handed the "Book of Gu Transformation" to Xu Zhiqiong. Xu Zhiqiong was stunned for a moment: "Qianhu, I don't understand Yin Yang magic and I don't understand Gu magic. It's useless to give this book to me. I should give it to Qu." Light Keeper."
"You think I don't want to give it? That old stubborn Qu Jinshan refused to read. He said that he would not read anything written by Taibu. There might be some secret hidden in it! It's just a book, how could there be any secret?
But it doesn’t matter whether you look at it or not. If you really encounter bewitching, these methods of divination may not be useful, and a bloody battle will inevitably happen."
Xu Zhiqiong accepted the "Scroll of Transformation of Gu" while still staring at the spring painting in Wu Xu's hand.
Wu Xu frowned and said, "Why are you still watching?"
Xu Zhiqiong sniffed: "This painting is really beautiful. Qianhu, please let me have a look too!"
"Lend it to you? How can that be done? Do you know how much this picture album costs?"
"What a big deal," Xu Zhiqiong sneered, "I can buy a dozen copies for a small amount of money."
Wu Xu spat and said, "Are you capable of handling commonplace items like yours? Ask the great master Li Shabai who he is? Ask Xiao Songting how much does a picture album of Li Shabai cost?"
Xiao Songting!
This painting was given to Wu Xu by Xiao Songting!
Xu Zhiqiong lied to Yang Wu, and Yang Wu told Han Di. Who did Han Di tell the news to?
Is there anyone who can give the green light?
There are many options, it may be Yu Shan, it may be Zhong Shen, it may be someone bigger than Zhong Shen.
But these people can be eliminated one by one. There is no need for them to take such a big risk and put a secret behind Wu Xu.
After elimination to the end, only one person remained - Liang Yuming.
Liang Yuming is the person who cares most about Wu Xu's movements.
Xiao Songting is Liang Yuming's man, and this guy is a mole.
No wonder Wu Xu never let Xiao Songting participate in important operations. He had long seen through Xiao Songting's identity.
But since you know he is the traitor, why not kill him?
Wu Xu's motives should be the same as mine. He didn't want to alarm Liang Yuming, but he also wanted to use this mole to cause trouble.
Xu Zhiqiong took the "Gu Volume" and was about to leave Mingdengxuan when Wu Xu gave another instruction: "Go to the Ministry of Punishment and deliver a letter for me. The Ministry of Punishment has arrested several people in the past and refused to kill them. Let them go again." I don’t want to let go. It took me so long and now I have nowhere to go. I want to leave the matter to me.
You give them the letter and tell them that I am willing to accept it, but I have no place to keep it. I will kill each one when I see them. If they nag you, just turn away and leave. Tell them that I am not in the mood to grind my teeth with them, let alone Accompany them and make peace with the mud."
After receiving the order, Xu Zhiqiong took the letter and went out. Just as he was about to ask where the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment was, he suddenly saw Yang Wu coming over.
"Zhiqiong, where are you going?"
Good boy, you are really serious about waiting for me here. You want to spy on me!
What benefits has Junior Sister Han given you? Just let me kiss you if you don’t say anything, right?
Don't overestimate Yang Wu, I'm afraid he hasn't even touched it.
Xu Zhiqiong felt that he was telling Yang Wu half the truth: "I will go to the Ministry of Punishment to deliver a letter to Qianhu."
"What letter are you sending?"
"The Criminal Department arrested a few Yazi and put them in prison. The case is no longer under their control. It is useless to keep them. Qianhu wants to get those Yazi over." Xu Zhiqiong deliberately said the opposite.
Wu Xu took the initiative to ask for Ya Zi, which would give Liang Yuming the illusion that Wu Xu was trapped in negativity.
Yang Wu smiled and said, "Does Qianhu want to take credit?"
"What kind of credit do you want to ask for? It's just for business."
Yang Wudao: "My home is not far from the Ministry of Punishment, I will go with you."
Xu Zhiqiong sighed in his heart, how nice it would be to be so careful about serious matters!
Liang Yuming took Xu Zhiqiong to the Ministry of Punishment. The structure of the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment was very different from that of other government offices. On the whole, it was similar to that of Zhang Deng Yamen, with a court and a prison.
Xu Zhiqiong handed the letter to a policeman. Not long after, the policeman replied: "Mr. Xu Denglang, Yang Denglang, Zhang Xunde and Zhang Xunde asked you to go in and reply."
Zhang Xunde, Chief Zhang...
How many chief officers are there in the Ministry of Punishment?
Could it be the owner of that big black dog?
Xu Zhiqiong and Yang Wu followed the officer to the side hall. Zhang Xunde didn't even look up. He looked at the letter and said nothing for a while.
Yang Wu whispered to Xu Zhiqiong: "Why don't you speak, sir?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Maybe I was fascinated by the letter."
Are you really fascinated by it?
of course not.
These are the two special skills of the Criminal Department - deafness and blindness.
Deafness and blindness do not refer to disability. They refer to pretending not to see when seeing, and pretending not to hear when hearing. It is easy to say, but it is really difficult to achieve a certain level.
Regardless of whether you are the plaintiff, the defendant, the first accuser, or the victim, as long as you come to the Ministry of Punishment to do business, you should stand down there first. Regardless of whether you are taking advantage of it or not, just pretend that you are not seen and sharpen your spirit first.
Zhang Xunde wanted Xu Zhiqiong and Yang Wu to learn the rules, not for them, but for the lamp-shaking Yamen.
Back then, one of Zhang Xunde's aunts, Mrs. Zhang, who had a big black dog, was beaten to death by two servants in the street. Dong Qingshan, the green lantern man, shot the two murderers to death on the spot. This matter should have ended here. Although Zhang Xunde was the victim
One party, but in the final analysis, is a woman from outside, so the loss is not too great.
But Dong Qingshan felt that Lu San's identity was suspicious, so he took the two bodies and the two maids back to Zhangdeng Yamen and interrogated them severely. Although the trial did not produce any results, the incident had a bad impact on Zhang Xunde. He had hope.
He was promoted to the sixth rank. After this incident, the news of the promotion disappeared.
Since then, Zhang Xunde has been extremely disgusted with Zhang Deng Yamen. When he met Xu Zhiqiong today, he had to teach him a lesson.
Xu Zhiqiong waited for a long time, only to hear Zhang Xunde sigh and say: "It's difficult!"
This "difficult" sentence means great learning.
I didn't speak just now and was silent for almost a few minutes.
With this "It's difficult", there can be silence for half an hour.
If someone asks him to do something, saying "It's difficult" can directly break the other person's psychological defense.
Yang Wu's psychological defense was broken: "Zhiqiong, what should we do? How about we go back and talk to Qianhu..."
Before Yang Wu finished speaking, Xu Zhiqiong clasped his fists and saluted, and said to Zhang Xunde: "Farewell."
As soon as Chief Zhang started to show off, Xu Zhiqiong was about to leave?
Zhang Xunde was furious: "Stop, where are you going?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Go back to the Yamen and reply to the Qianhu letter. Mr. Zhang is having difficulty with the matter."
"I haven't finished speaking yet!"
"Then please ask Chief Zhang to send someone to the Yamen to say goodbye."
Yang Wu was frightened at the side: "Zhiqiong, you, what are you doing..."
Zhang Xunde pounded the table: "You are so bold! He is just a ninth-grade cadre, do you know who you are talking to? Come on, get him!"
Two government officials came up with shackles on them and shouted to Xu Zhiqiong: "Don't move!"
They dared to shout, but they didn't dare to stretch out their hands. They had heard of Xu Zhiqiong's reputation.
Seeing these two cowards, Xu Zhiqiong was happy. He was holding a lantern in his left hand and pulled out his saber with his right hand.
The officer was startled and did not dare to step forward, knowing that this was a master who would kill without batting an eye.
Yang Wu was frightened: "Zhiqiong, you don't dare to do anything wrong!"
Zhang Xunde pounded the table and said: "I have rebelled against you! How dare you show off your weapons in the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice!"
The big label of rebellion should be put down first. This is Zhang Xunde’s rhetoric experience from many years of being an official.
Xu Zhiqiong pointed the tip of his knife at Zhang Xunde and said, "Who is the rebel? I am the lantern-carrying man in charge of the yamen! I am an official of the Imperial City Department! Without His Majesty's order, you, a seventh-level officer, let the yamen hold weapons.
What do you want to do to me? Do you dare to ask your men to attack the Lantern Man? Zhang Xunde, do you feel that you have equal status with His Majesty?"
Xu Zhiqiong had seen too many tricks in his previous life, and he could take the hat back with just one backhand.
I just didn't expect Zhang Xunde's reaction to be so violent, and he suddenly stood up.
Xu Zhiqiong thought Zhang Xunde was going to have a fight with him, but he was wrong. Zhang Xunde was not that impulsive.
Zhang Xunde stood up because he heard the word "Your Majesty".
When you hear the word "Your Majesty", you must stand up. This is a conditioned reflex engraved in the bone marrow.
"Zhang is very loyal and sincere to His Majesty. It can be seen from the sun and the moon that I will never allow you to speak nonsense!" As he spoke, Zhang Xunde's expression was solemn and solemn.
While he was solemn, Xu Zhiqiong turned around and walked towards the door.
Zhang Xunde shouted: "Stand down, I have another letter to send to Wu Qianhu."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "You ask someone to send it yourself, I don't have time to wait for you!"
Yang Wu was so frightened that he almost cried: "Zhiqiong, please stop saying a word."
Zhang Xunde said angrily: "You are too arrogant. You missed something important. Can you afford the punishment?"
Xu Zhiqiong turned around and said: "Master Zhang, since there is something important, you should go and talk to Qianhu face to face."
Zhang Xunde shouted: "Thousands of families in your family would not dare to be so arrogant after seeing me!"
"I'm afraid my Qianhu family is too lazy to see you," Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile, "You go to the prison and mix the mud first, and then find our Qianhu family!"
"You!" Zhang Xunde blushed with anger, and Xu Zhiqiong led Yang Wu out of the side hall.
Yang Wu complained all the way to Xu Zhiqiong: "Look at you, Qianhu asked you to ask for help, how can you offend others!"
Xu Zhiqiong snorted coldly: "This is my temper!"
"You, you are so stupid. What can I say to you? When we went out on errands, we were not in the academy. I just said...what is this sound?"
When I walked to the front yard of the Ministry of Punishment, I suddenly heard someone wailing. When I got closer, I saw that Liu De'an was tied to a wooden stake, and an prosecutor from the Ministry of Punishment was whipping him with a whip:
"I asked you to go to the Dehua class, you are shameless, and you dared to give me the name of the Ministry of Punishments. You have been completely embarrassed!"
Liu De'an cried: "I didn't go, it's really not me!"
"How dare you be so tough-talking? I've been told that the Ministry of Punishment has a man with a face full of pustules!"
"My face is pockmarked!"
"You don't admit it, right? I'm going to peel off your skin!"
…
Yang Wu was surprised and said: "Isn't this Liu De'an? How can he go to a place like Dehua Class? It's really embarrassing!"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Didn't you also go to Jiqing Class?"
"Jiqing class is cleaner than Dehua class. It's in the city after all."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and agreed: "Why don't you call him a disgrace?"
…
After leaving the Criminal Department, the two of them went home respectively.
Lying on the bed, Xu Zhiqiong opened "The Transformation of Gu".
No wonder Wu Xu couldn't understand it.
Xu Zhiqiong thought that this book would directly introduce methods to resolve the poisonous spells, such as using a medicine, using a magic circle, etc., but it turned out that it introduced the academic knowledge of the Yin and Yang family at the beginning.
The academic knowledge here is not the explanation of the terms of yin and yang, but some mathematical problems. This is simply a torture of Wu Xu's soul.
Xu Zhiqiong is good at answering questions, but this question is not that easy.
The Yin Qi is three points more, the clear Qi is one point less, the distance is half a foot more, the consumption is reduced by one point and thirty percent, the strength is lost by one point, the speed is increased by two points and forty percent, and the Yang Qi is added by three and a half points... Thirty enemies are trapped in the magic circle.
, what is the proportion of yin and yang?
Listing so many conditions requires the maximum damage value of a magic circle.
This is the optimal solution to a linear equation. There are sixteen conditions in total, corresponding to sixteen equations.
Solving this problem requires knowledge of linear algebra. Xu Zhiqiong can solve it, but what is the use of solving it?
The book does not introduce the method of arranging the magic circle. Can the poison be resolved by just solving the problem?
Xu Zhiqiong didn't sleep all night and was very sleepy. He put away the "Gu Volume" and fell asleep.
After sleeping until noon, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to ask Tong Qingqiu for advice, but saw a carriage in front of Tong Qingqiu's door.
have a guest.
Xu Zhiqiong couldn't be bothered and was about to leave when he saw Tong Qingqiu sending the guests out.
It's a female guest.
What a handsome female guest.
Her beauty is not inferior to that of Han Di, she is one of a kind. Even Xu Zhiqiong, who has such a strict aesthetic, secretly admires her.
The woman cupped her fists at Tong Qingqiu and said, "Senior Brother Tong, I hope that Senior Brother will think twice about what my little sister said. Taibu sincerely invites you. You have to go whether you want to go or not!"
This is again to force Tong Qingqiu to become an official.
This girl talks so loudly. So many people came to invite Tong Qingqiu to be an official, but Tong Qingqiu rejected them all. How could she invite Brother Tong?
Tong Qingqiu also smiled: "Junior Sister He, I haven't seen you for many years, and your temper has gotten worse. Tong won't go even if he says he won't go. Can you still kidnap me?"
The woman smiled, said nothing, turned around and got into the carriage.
Just as the carriage was about to leave, the woman suddenly poked her head out, looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Is your Excellency Xu Denglang?"
know me?
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his nose by mistake and nodded.
The girl smiled and said: "I am He Fang, a seventh-grade wizard of the Yin and Yang Division. I once heard from Taibu that you are very good at arithmetic. He will come back to Xu Denglang for advice another day!"