Jia Cong has always known how important espionage work is; but he is an outsider. Apart from coming up with a few ideas that appear in later novels and movies, he can't do anything. It wasn't until he listened to Mr. Ji's explanation for a whole night that he realized what he was doing.
Already soaked.
Spies and counter-espionages in ancient times were great. The prince of Xining County had already captured the pigeons in the Rongguo Mansion. He was also secretly fascinated by the Jia family's messenger boy and had read the important letters. He had guessed it a long time ago.
There were cryptic words in the letter to Rongguo Mansion, and many of them were copied, but it was really impossible to decipher. Fortunately, there was Gong Kun. The coded letter compiled by Gong Kun took many twists and turns. First, it imitated the graphic code of Sherlock Holmes' "The Dancing Man",
The villains correspond to English letters, and the English letters correspond not to English words but to Chinese pinyin. After the Chinese pinyin, there are tone codes and homophone codes. The people of Xining County King have no idea about these, although they have accumulated
There were a lot of transcribed letters in cryptic words from the Rongguo Mansion, but I didn’t know what they meant.
Fortunately, the Prince of Xining County had been cautious for many years. It turned out that most of the military achievements of the Prince of Xining when he opened the palace were fake, and they were done by the Grandfather in order to make his family a king. Those who knew the truth at that time did not dare to tell, and later they did not
People know the truth. The first Prince of Xining County was the intelligence chief of Grandpa Tai. He was the one who supported the hidden front during the founding period of this dynasty, and he was so smart that no one has ever done it before or since. Grandpa Grandpa became the leader.
The emperor was most afraid of him, and he once thought of getting rid of him secretly - for no other reason than he knew too much.
Even though the prince of Xining was extremely intelligent at that time, he had no way to deal with the emperor's suspicion. Therefore, he did not teach the children at home to learn these things at all, and taught everything to his deputies. Soon after he obtained the position of county king, he handed over all the power in his hands.
There was only one military seal left, but Grandpa forcibly gave it to him. Naturally, Grandpa Grandpa wouldn’t believe that he didn’t leave anything in his hand, so he used many methods to monitor him. He was a crafty ancestor, Grandpa Grandpa.
The idea and method were not impressive enough. It was just that the Prince of Xining was old at that time and saw through it. He really didn’t want his children to continue doing this business. So he really didn’t teach them.
From one moment to another, the Prince of Xining has been idle in the court for three generations, and no one in the court or outside knows about the founding of the country. Not even a few people in the Tian family know about it. No matter how solid the foundation their ancestors laid for them, they have no power or power.
It is inevitable that the clan will gradually decline. Now the king of Xining County is ambitious. He thought that when the world is in chaos, spies can be of great use. Among the kings, King Yan is the most enlightened and magnanimous, so he surrendered to King Yan.
Although the King of Yan knew the details of their family, Liu Dengxi only said a few vague words in his early years. He did not know how much family knowledge had been passed down. He still trusted his old subordinate Feng Ziying more. On second thought, he worked carefully.
It's good to have two sets of troops, so that if one side makes a mistake, the other side can make up for it. So I handed over the ones I got from Zhou Yan back then, including the Wang Fuzuo, to the King of Xining County to see what he could do.
Come.
Prince Xining won these people and did not rush for credit. He first cultivated them carefully and then slowly spread them out. In the early years, he was not as good as Feng Ziying at all. In recent years, he has gradually improved, but he is still not as trustworthy as Feng Ziying in winning Situ Pan's trust. He
He knew in his heart that Situ Pan was nostalgic for the past. Unless he could make great contributions, he would have to be suppressed by Feng Ziying for the rest of his life. Therefore, he spent all his energy on investigating the Rongguo Mansion. After several years of investigation, he felt that
I have understood that the Jia family must be self-reliant. However, Jia Cong has made great contributions and has many evil ideas. Situ Pan believes in him. Without ironclad proof, it is impossible to move it down. If you want this stepping stone, you must have a jack.
Someone under his command also mentioned that handing over the cryptic letter from Rongguo Mansion would be regarded as evidence of a crime. Prince Xining thought about Jia Cong's mouth and immediately gave up the idea. He himself could come up with an excuse for Jia Cong - what a kid
They were playing guessing games or something like that. Their family was meticulous in their work, and each coded letter was accompanied by other letters. Prince Xining glanced at those letters and knew they were a pretense - who would be willing to spend such a quick horse to deliver daily chores?
Letters flowed from north to south? Especially Rongguo Mansion, which also has the largest horse racing company in the country. He originally thought that he could achieve this great feat by breaking the cryptic language, but it has been several years, and those cryptic words are like a book from heaven. After being reminded by Rongguo Mansion, Xining County
The king also had people make up cryptic words so that his subordinates could feel more at ease when writing letters - he also wanted to be on guard against Feng Ziying.
As for Mr. Cao, he traveled to the capital to study in his youth. The Prince of Xining was still the heir apparent at the time, so he met Mr. Cao by chance on the street. Seeing that he was very discerning about the world at such a young age, he concealed his identity and made friends with him. They happened to catch up.
At that time, the Crown Prince's biological younger brother was competing with him for the throne. He struck several times in a row, each time more severe than the last. In the end, Mr. Cao was almost killed by a mistake. The Crown Prince was angered. He ignored his mother and concubine's pleas.
, forcibly made his younger brother a cripple. Later, the old prince of Xining fell ill. He passed away a few months later and was succeeded by his son. Since they had long lost power in the palace, no one in the court inquired about these things. Mr. Cao
But because of this incident, he formed a sworn friendship with the Prince of Xining. Twenty years later, an old friend came from the capital and dragged him into trouble. As Mr. Cao's nephew and unmarried son-in-law, Mr. Ji was his number one confidant.
Mr. Ji had naturally learned the secret language of Prince Xining. He did not know that it was Cao's own idea to trick him, and Mr. Cao had no idea at all. People like them are inherently suspicious and self-righteous, and they also know that his uncle is a ruthless person.
. Therefore, he never thought about going to Mr. Cao to testify, and decided that he had no way out. So he poured out all the contents in his stomach. It was as if Jia Cong had stepped on a pothole while walking on the road, and found an ingot of gold in the pothole.
Chen Ruijin took a look at the cryptic language carefully crafted by the Xining Department and said with a smile: "This is what you usually call inertial thinking. They can't jump out of the box of cryptic language hints. Although it may not be easy to break, they can break ours in this way.
It’s absolutely determined.”
Jia Cong said: "Ours uses a pure numeric code, and theirs uses a pure text code. If we don't know the root cause, we can't break it by guessing and association." Nai smiled and said, "On the importance of a math expert.
"
Chen Ruijin looked at Mr. Ji's new list of detailed works. Sure enough, there was Wang Chuzuo in it, and he was a very important leader. He asked Mr. Ji, "Why is there no Ding Chu? He is not an accomplice of you guys?"
Mr. Ji said: "No. From what we can see, Mr. Ding does not seem to be sincerely helping King Qin, hiding his private thoughts."
"Then why does Wang Wuzuo have a personal relationship with Mr. Ding?"
Mr. Ji thought for a while and said, "Perhaps it was the case involving Jiang Laosi a few days ago, and Mr. Ding intended to use Wang Zuo's power?"
"That's not right." Jia Cong shook his head.
Mr. Ji said: "It's impossible to say that Wang Wuzuo wants to join Ling Chu."
Jia Cong still shook his head: "It's still wrong. We met secretly in the middle of the night, maybe there was something else."
Mr. Ji thought for a long time and said: "There is really nothing else."
Seeing that he didn't look fake, Chen Ruijin nodded and said: "You will only stay at Gao's house for the past two days. We are going back to the south. Then we will take you out with the others."
Mr. Ji said: "I know too much, and my uncle will not let me go. Please ask Mr. Jia to send me directly overseas."
"That's okay," Jia Cong said, "Let's go to Japan, there is a shortage of literati there."
Mr. Ji said: "How about Nanyang?"
"Okay, there is a shortage of literati in Nanyang." Jia Cong looked him over. "The wilderness initially lacked warriors and farmers because they had to deal with wild beasts and natives; after more than ten years of development, literati were needed. You
You may not be accustomed to the local conditions in Nanyang now, or it may not be of much use in the first ten years. But if you can persevere, put down the pretense of being a scholar and mingle with the common people, you will be able to become a high official or even a powerful man in a few years. It is said that you will have to endure hardships.
, Fang is the master of human beings.”
Mr. Ji hesitated for a while: "I'll think about it later."
Chen Ruijin said: "But where are your parents and wife?"
Mr. Ji said: "As long as I lose my whereabouts, my uncle will take good care of them and not dare to mess around. I will pick them up one day after I have started my career overseas."
Jia Cong breathed out: "It seems that this is the only way."
Suddenly someone from the Gao family came to arrange for Mr. Ji to rest in the wing. Chen Ruijin asked Jia Cong with a smile: "Why don't you hook him up to Nanyang? He can be considered a talent."
Jia Cong winked: "I chose Japan by myself, not by my instigation."
Chen Ruijin hummed: "He has an old man and a young man. He wishes he could be successful in three or two years. If his family is taken away, he will not go to Nanyang to live a life." He then looked at the list written by Mr. Ji, "What do you see?
Are you here yet?"
Jia Cong took the list and took a few glances at it: "Don't Mr. Cao have a younger brother? He didn't join the gang? Mr. Cao treated his nephew as a confidant, but his son didn't know anything. This is a red heart. Prepare for everything.
If King Yan doesn't succeed, or if King Yan fails to become the king of Xining County, his son can still stay out of it."
Chen Ruijin asked casually: "How to deal with this?"
Jia Cong also casually said: "Leave it to the experts."
"Leave everything to Feng Ziying?"
"No!" Jia Cong said, "Feng Ziying is far away from the emperor, and he is a colleague, so it will be troublesome to do things. The King of Qin does not have two hundred and five, so just give it to the King of Qin."
Chen Ruijin looked at it again: "It's too cheap to just give it to him. Anyway, when I return to Chengtian Mansion, I have to pass through the capital and go to Falcon Bookstore to sell it for a few bucks."
Jia Cong clapped his hands: "Okay. It doesn't have to be sold only to the King of Qin, but can also be sold to other families." The two of them looked at each other and smiled.
It was another night without a wink, so the two of them had to catch up on their sleep during the day. They slept until noon, and Jia Taijun sent someone to call out, saying that sleeping too much during the day was not good. Jia Cong was washing up in a daze, and another person came in and replied:
"The old lady asked me to tell Mr. Jia that the concubine named Cao in the prince's residence has returned to her parents' home today."
Jia Cong was so startled that he woke up: "Go back to your parents' home?"
The man said: "Her mother has not been well these days, so she sent someone to ask her to go back and have a look. The prince is not at the house, so the prince's concubine readily agreed and ordered three old wild ginseng roots to be taken from the warehouse."
Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth: "Is this playing hard to get?"
Mrs. Cao was at home at the moment. Her father was so frightened when he learned that Mr. Ji had entered the prince's house at night so that he could be captured alive. Not knowing what had happened, he hurriedly called Mrs. Cao back for questioning. Mrs. Cao was not ambiguous.
, said bluntly: "That matter was my idea." Mr. Cao raised his eyes and glanced at her. Ms. Cao said, "My cousin asked Miss Chen to come to see me, saying that she wanted to save me from the house. I am in the house.
I am living a good life and have no intention of following him."
Mr. Cao stumbled and said: "Nonsense! That was a ruse, not true at all!"
Ms. Cao quickly asked: "What is not true?"
Mr. Cao said in a loud voice: "We invited... Anyway, we invited important people to listen in the corner and try to trick Jia Cong into telling the truth. Your cousin asking him to take you out of the house was just a cover, why did you just take it like that?"
Where is the truth? The prince has been very important these past few years, how can I let you come out casually?"
Mrs. Cao was startled and said aggrievedly: "My father and cousin never told me everything. Where would I know where to go?"
"Where's your cousin?"
Mr. Cao shook his head: "I don't know."
Mr. Cao said angrily: "You said you had to meet him because of urgent matters. Now you can't see people alive or dead, but you don't know?!"
Ms. Cao was so frightened that she knelt down and said with tears: "My daughter really doesn't know! The day before yesterday, Miss Chen suddenly came to see her and said that her cousin wanted to take her daughter away. My daughter had never heard her father mention this matter. It was obvious that he did it privately.
The daughter thought that her cousin must have betrayed her father, and the father didn't know it yet. But she heard from Xu's mother that her daughter should be more careful. Both the King of Qin and the Princess of Qin were suspicious of their cousin, and they would make people stare at their daughter.
The daughter then thought that her father had important things to do and was determined not to expose his identity because of his cousin. Now Princess Qin was suspicious that her cousin was just doing it for her daughter and had not yet thought about state affairs. If not, let them regard it as a romantic affair.
It’s better than finding out the details of our family.”
Mr. Cao felt calmer now and sighed: "Your cousin is a talent! If he dies, where can I find someone to take care of him? Besides, it doesn't matter if he is dead, what if he is not dead?"
He knows everything!"
Cao said: "Now, even though there have been many misunderstandings, it is difficult to recover. Father, the King of Qin has been watching him, and he can't do anything. Even if he does something, there will probably be traces. As the saying goes, there is no husband without poison." She
He raised his head slightly and said, "Let him take the blame. If my father doesn't have a clean identity, things will be difficult to handle later on."
Mr. Cao hesitated for a while and sighed: "If he wants to hide it, it will be easy to find him."
Ms. Cao chuckled and said, "If others can't find him, my father will naturally be able to find him."
Mr. Cao thought for a long time and shook his head: "It's a pity to have talents."
Ms. Cao said: "The eaves snake has its tail cut off, so we have no choice." Mr. Cao was still regretful, forgetting that Ms. Cao was still kneeling on the ground. Ms. Cao suddenly asked, "Father just said that we have invited important people to listen to the corner of the corner and want to ask Jia."
Cong tried to trick him into telling the truth, but did he trick him out?"
Mr. Cao frowned and said, "I never thought he would be so tight-lipped and refused to relax even a little bit."
Mrs. Cao's heart widened and she couldn't help but smile at the corners of her eyes. She thought to herself: Her father had spent so much effort not even being able to get a few truths out of Jia Cong, and with the magnanimity and ability of Miss Chen, no matter whether Jia Cong really wanted to be independent
Still with Feng Ziying, she can't win. As long as she doesn't win, she won't dare to act rashly. When the prince succeeds to the throne, she will be old, and with King Qin's father-in-law as his father-in-law, she will still be willing to be King Yan's lackey.