Zhang Shou had seen sedan chairs many times in various movies, TV series and scenic spots. However, during his two visits to Beijing, he walked around a lot in this huge imperial capital, but he almost never saw a human-powered sedan chair. Therefore,
He was urged out of Duke Zhao's mansion by the Prince of Shuntian Prefecture, as if urging him to do something. He heard that a sedan chair had been sent to pick him up, which made him really curious.
But when he got to the door, he suddenly realized. It was correct to say that it was a sedan, because the huge sedan was carried high by two strong mules, and it was indeed a pack sedan! And next to the sedan, there was a person standing there.
, who else could it be if it wasn’t Deng Xiaodai?
"Little sir." Deng Xiaodai finally took a few steps forward to greet Zhang Shou, and then whispered, "I can't help it. Mr. Fu Yin has his life, so he has no choice but to come. He has been very angry these days.
Soon, he spoke less and less, and his face was as cold as ice. From top to bottom, no one dared to make him angry, just for fear of his knife-like eyes piercing you."
What else could Zhang Shou say? Even the Mrs. Tai, who was so thoughtful and daring, even had to send him to the Chuihua Gate, and specially ordered people to deceive and hold Zhu Ying away. This shows that the teacher Ge Yong said this
Wang Datou is such a strong person. Therefore, he could only sigh helplessly and said: "Stop talking nonsense, since it is urgent, let's go!"
The carriage was very high, and one had to use a special staircase to go up. After entering, Zhang Shou realized that the place was very spacious. Besides, since it was using animal power, he didn't want Deng Xiao to stay below and walk with the sedan, so he simply asked him to come up.
Carrying a sedan chair, the two sat opposite each other like this. Perhaps they were silent for a long time. Deng Xiaodai felt his throat was a little itchy, so he had to find something to say.
"Little sir, when Emperor Taizu came to the throne, he thought that human-powered sedans were a waste, so he ordered iron signs to be erected in cities all over the world. Regardless of official position, no one was allowed to ride in human-powered sedans. Only the elderly over seventy and those with inconveniences could hire them.
It was carried on a bamboo sliding pole carried by two people. But because the carriage was bumpy, a more comfortable carriage came into being."
Zhang Shou could clearly feel that as the mule advanced, the carriage trembled slightly as it moved up and down, but compared with the bumps of the carriage on the ground, this tremor was completely within the acceptable range. He leaned on the
On the small square table in front of him, he suddenly asked: "Then this sedan chair must be of high quality, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't have seen a few of them since I entered Beijing."
"Yes, Emperor Taizu has decided that only officials of the third rank and above can have one in the capital, but it can be lent to family members and friends. After all, the carriage is so high that a wooden ladder must be used to get up and down. Elderly people over seventy and their legs and feet must
It’s impossible for people with inconveniences to sit there.”
"Taizu often said, don't think that there are too many people in the world, so you overuse manpower. The world is vast and there are many places that need manpower, so don't waste it. An animal can grow up in a few years, but it takes twenty years for a person to become a mature man.
, don’t treat people like animals.”
Although I have heard many stories about Emperor Taizu, after listening to such a law, Zhang Shou unknowingly appeared in front of Zhang Shou the image of an intellectual to somewhat emotional man. After conquering the world and establishing most of the capital, he could use such a
He can truly be called a meticulous monarch who cherishes human resources in form, not to mention the attitude of attaching great importance to education.
No wonder to this day, the knowledgeable people he meets, even Zhu Ying, always talk about Taizu in retrospect, wishing he could have been born in the same generation.
Deng Xiaodai paused as he spoke, and then whispered: "Sir, Master Fu Yin told me this. Although I am still in the household, Master Fu Yin often transfers me to do some counting.
"My uncle was so happy that he almost went crazy, but I was really upset. Other people who originally looked down on me have been either saying weird things or trying to flatter me recently. I..."
Deng Xiaodai kept talking about his worries and uneasiness, while Zhang Shou sat there quietly, just listening and not speaking. He didn't know how long it took when he got off the sedan chair.
After landing steadily behind Deng Xiaodai, he finally answered: "When you get a great opportunity, of course you have to bear the corresponding goodwill and malice. Just get used to it."
He didn't expect that Deng Xiaodai, who was too young and had too little experience, could understand this kind of words, but he believed that the other party's uncle, who was sophisticated and got along with him day and night, could understand to some extent. As for whether he could treat people
He was not very worried if the directions were wrong. After all, he was in the capital, not in Rongshui Village dozens of miles away.
During the day, he was overlooking the Zhi Gong Building opposite. At this time in the evening, Zhang Shou was solemnly invited into the Shuntian Mansion Yamen by the Shuntian Prefecture Yin. He thought it was a bit strange. A man who looked like a master greeted him at the door.
After seeing him, he immediately led the way with a smile on his face until he came to the vicinity of Santang on the central axis, and then turned around.
"Dr. Zhang, Mr. Fu Yin has invited you here to verify the secret correspondence between the rebels in the Linhai Camp and the ghosts in the Ministry of War."
When Zhang Shou guessed before, he also thought it was because of this matter. Otherwise, the dignified governor would actually say that he still cares about his food, drink and sleep?
Just as he was about to speak, the master smiled apologetically and said: "Dr. Zhang's students, Qi Langjun and Lu Sanlang, were also eagerly invited by Mr. Fu Yin. With you and Xiao Deng, we are complete."
Even Lu Sanlang was brought here?
Zhang Shou turned around and saw that Deng Xiaodai was also dumbfounded. He couldn't help but feel that Wang Fuyin's spirit of preferring to kill the wrong person rather than letting go was really "admirable". So, having nothing to say, he could only shake his head and move forward.
, when he arrived outside the Santang Gate, he heard Lu Sanlang's angry voice.
"Mr. Fu Yin, you have invited the right person! My father ignored the real Buddha and instead went to seek another master in a roundabout way. In the end, didn't he fall into the hands of my little gentleman? I sent the note to him last night.
When he went out, the young gentleman pondered for a long time before revealing the key..."
Lu Sanlang, can you please tell me? If these secret messages are really all binary codes, then converted to decimal, and a thousand-character text can be solved, he has already revealed this. The Shuntian Prefecture Yin inside
What else do you want me to do?
Zhang Shou wanted to lament three times for being careless in accepting disciples, so he could only speed up his pace. Before reaching the third hall, he coughed heavily and was about to reach out to push the door open. But then, the door was pulled open.
Opened it, and out came Lu Sanlang.
"Little sir, you are here! Come on, we must hurry up and we must not fall behind my father!"
Zhang Shou was too lazy to pay attention to Lu Sanlang's attentiveness, and went straight into the third hall. He saw a tall and thin middle-aged man, about forty or fifty years old, sitting in the main seat. When he came in, he stood up to greet him, but his expression was...
A bit rigid. He could roughly guess from the descriptions of Deng Xiaodai and Ge Yong that the other party's personality had always been like this, so he immediately stepped forward and offered his hand.
"Dr. Zhang, I won't gossip." Wang Jie, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture who was called Wang Datou by Ge Yong, did have a big face that was slightly out of proportion to his body. He said straight to the point, "Mr. Chu was missing someone at noon.
Passed the message to me, so now there are thirteen secret letters, twelve of which I have deciphered, which are exactly conveying the details of the private visit to Linhai Camp by the Confucian University Scholar."
"Among them, there is a letter that mentions the specific date and time. Day C should be counted as Day A. It was the error in this letter that caused some rebels in the camp to arrive in advance two days earlier.
When I went there, I mistakenly thought that I was a Confucian scholar, so I started early and failed."
"However, there is still a letter that has not been solved at the end, and I must tell the emperor the inside story tomorrow morning, so I have to invite you and the students. You know, when I tried this case, it was
I have issued a military order to the emperor. If we cannot find out the mystery of these secret letters while the criminals confess their crimes one by one and face justice, the Shuntian Prefectural Examination will have to be retaken this time."
Zhang Shou suddenly looked in disbelief. He tried the case and issued a military order, but the bet was to retake the Shuntian Prefectural Examination?
However, what Wang Jie said next made his heart move.
"If it weren't for the lack of people in the arithmetic department for many years, and many officials in the court would often make fun of even tax figures, let alone understand these secret letters, how could it be shown that I included an arithmetic question in this Shuntian Mansion Examination?
Is it necessary? Dr. Zhang, as long as we can solve it, I, the Shuntian Prefecture Yin, will naturally try my best to help you recruit students from the Jiuzhang Hall of the Imperial College!"
Although he was not sure about it, Zhang Shou hesitated for a moment and finally agreed: "Encryption is easy, but decryption is difficult. I happened to have an idea with the person who compiled the cipher text before. Now I can only talk about human affairs.
It’s up to fate, after all, one night is not enough at all.”
Although encryption cannot be too difficult these days, there are no computers and a lot of decryption software!
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Wang Jie say decisively: "Okay, that's it!"