- As soon as Shi Xin walked out of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the four family members who were in front of him just now lowered their eyes slightly, and the five people who approached with the sound of donkey hooves not far away also sped up.

"Subordinates meet the third young master!" In the end, the four family members from the Prime Minister's Mansion walked faster, and after approaching quickly, they saluted Shi Xin together.

"You've worked hard this trip, let's go rest first!" Shi Xin gestured to the four people. In the Prime Minister's Mansion, no matter who he treats, he is courteous and first, and of course, the respect and loyalty that the servants of the whole mansion give back to him is also huge.

When the four of them entered the mansion, Shi Xin turned around slightly, and saw Cen Chi who was already approaching, and he greeted him with a happy face: "Brother Cen has not seen you for a year, and you are finally back." ”

"How dare you have the third son of Lao to greet him? Cen will be restless all night tonight. ”

Cen Chi, who was closer, saw Shi Xin and casually threw off the donkey rope in his hand, walked to Shi Xin and stopped, he raised his arms and bowed deeply.

When Cen Chi straightened up, Shi Xin grabbed the forearm of one of his hands, and said with a smile while leading him into the house: "Why not?" I've always treated you as a friend, so don't be polite about it. If Brother Cen really can't sleep tonight because of this, we can talk together with candles. You don't know, I haven't been out of the house for months, and I'm suffocating. ”

"Who can hold you!" Cen Chi's courtesy was only a matter of a moment, and soon he relaxed and teased.

"Let's sit down first." Shi Xin smiled.

The donkey was cleverly led by a housekeeper to take a detour to the backyard, and the rest of the housekeepers returned to the house and closed the door. Except for the two who stayed behind to guard the door, the other five dispersed. Only the round-faced housekeeper beckoned a few maids to busy cleaning up Cen Chi's lodging and the refreshments for the guests.

Cen Chi followed Shi Xin into a small courtyard, which was Shi Xin's residence.

Although there are many talented people who Shi Xin stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion as guests, the place where he usually makes tea and chats is in a courtyard set up in the mansion. Because of the special feature of Shi Xin's temporary position in the court, if he is not a person who is particularly close to each other, or has something important, he will not bring guests from the palace here under normal circumstances.

Sooner or later, Cen will be mentally prepared. When he first came out of the small temple next to the garbage mountain in the south of the city, he had inquired about the two family members sent by the prime minister who had been protecting him, but if something important happened to the prime minister's family. It won't spread to everyone in the family.

So Cen Chi exchanged a few words with Shi Xin. asked implicitly: "Shi Gongzi has a sad look between his eyebrows. If there is a need to help, please do not hesitate to ask. ”

"I didn't expect to be seen by you so quickly." Shi Xin's eyes moved, and he said with some embarrassment: "You just came back, rest first." Slowly, I'll tell you again. ”

"You look a little anxious." Cen hesitated for a moment and then asked, "I'll ride back on a donkey." It didn't take much effort. Since last year's trip. has been idle, Shi Gong sent people to send him from time to time. Nor do you have to work for your livelihood. Now when I come back, I see that my son is worried. I don't do anything, and I always feel a little uneasy in my heart. ”

"Brother Cen, you always say this, but it makes people think that our historian's friendship with you is just a deal." Shi Xin was annoyed.

After a moment of silence, he glanced up at the height of the moon on the horizon, and then sighed softly. said, "Okay, please help me solve a problem first." But we've said okay, and it's just to appease the uneasiness you just said. I also wanted to solve the problem in front of me quickly, but it was really too late today, and the drawings were all kept by my father's place, so I couldn't scoop them up for a while. ”

"Drawings?" Cen Chi was puzzled.

"There's going to be war." Shi Xin frowned slightly and said, "The group of Yi people on the periphery of Qingchuan have long been threatening. Every ten years, we will fight our country until we are victorious, and this battle has not been interrupted since the previous dynasty. Seeing that the time of the war was approaching, my father sent additional spies lurking in the military and political affairs of the Qingchuan Yi clan, and sure enough, he intercepted a batch of drawings, and the charts constructed according to the terrain should be the battle sequence. However, the drawings seem to have been deliberately shuffled, and it is unknown if they are complete. ”

Cen Chi said indifferently: "It's incomplete." After splicing, there will be a natural result. ”

"Hmm. I'm much more relieved that you're up to you. Shi Xin smiled at Cen Chi, and after changing the topic, he continued: "Yi people often do things like drinking blood and eating raw meat, and they are so cruel and violent. It is difficult to train, and I am afraid that even if that place is taken back, the people of Yi will not be able to be obedient to the people. If you want to end this matter, I'm afraid there is only one way to kill. And imagine that if they want to win, they will be ruthless once and for all. ”

"Cen is not good at these things, of course, there will be people who are good at these things to analyze, and Cen will do his best to do what he is good at." Cen Chi stood up, arched his hand to Shi Xin, and then continued: "I have always believed that there must be a way to restore the disrupted order, unless it is disorderly, it can also be solved in another way. As for things like operational maps, because they are field-based, even if there are defects, there is an opportunity to fill in them according to the fixed geographical situation. ”

"Very good." Shi Xin's eyes lit up, and he praised: "I've always been confused about the method of restoring the drawings, but I haven't thought about this, Brother Cen has just come back, and just three or two words have solved a lot of confusion for Brother Fool." ”

"Childe exalted me." Cen Chi smiled and said: "When you encounter a problem and solve the problem, it is the same reason that you have to open the door first in the follow-up house, Gongzi is not wrong, what Cen said is just a remedy, similar to climbing the window and crossing the house." The root of the problem is to spell out that picture. ”

"Brother Cen is too humble." Shi Xin also stood up, arched his hand towards Cen Chi and said, "It's all up to you to do this." ”

……

At noon the next day, the spring was bright and sunny.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shi's father and son stayed in the study for a long time and did not come out, and there was no sound coming from the study, which made several family members who were guarding the courtyard outside the study vaguely feel a trace of unease.

I don't know how long it took, but the sun in the center of the sky shifted slightly, but the light was a little more dazzling. Then. In the corridor opposite the study, a young man with a box in his hand walked quickly, dressed in the same way as the housekeeper in the courtyard, but in a marked difference, that is, he had a short knife at his waist.

This knife is a status symbol. Although he was still just a general servant to the prime minister, among all the ministers' servants, they could exercise the most power. Of course, there are not many such people in the prime minister's house, and they usually don't show up.

Therefore, when several family members in the courtyard saw the young man with the sword coming, they immediately bowed their heads in respect. The young man with the saber also nodded lightly in return. Then he went straight to the door of the study and slammed the door. When the young man changed to holding the box with one hand, a red liquid spread out on the exposed side of the box. In the midday sun. It's so bright that it's a little harsh.

A family member standing in the warm spring light inadvertently looked up. His gaze met the redness, and he was stunned for a moment, and then he felt a chill creep up his spine. It spread out in his body like a vine, and even the spring light that fell on his body seemed to be a little colder. The guy quickly turned his gaze away from the other person, and the look in his eyes was almost the same, so he had to purse his lips and then hang his head.

The door of the study was halfway open, and a deep voice said two words, and then the young man was closed into the study with the box and the slightly dim light in the room.

It was Shi Xin who opened the door, and his father Shi Jing was sitting behind the desk, and nodded when he saw the young man come in. The young man walked straight to the desk, gently put down the box, and then bowed respectfully to Shi Jing and stepped aside.

Shi Jing casually removed the lid of the box, his eyes fell into the box, and he froze for a moment before retracting it. He closed the lid of the box, then looked at the young man with the saber, and said slowly, "Are you sure it's him?" ”

Prime Minister Shi Jing is now in his early fifties, but he usually pays attention to taking care of his body, so he looks a few years younger than his actual age. However, as Xiangguo, he is the closest auxiliary minister to the emperor, and he usually needs to consume a lot of mental energy, and the pressure attached to power and responsibility is not small, so he can still capture some dry and dumb timbre caused by the attenuation of the body in his voice, but it is more of a natural majesty of the minister.

"Hui to the head of the family, it is indeed this person." The young man with the saber bowed down with an extremely respectful expression.

"Hmm." Shi Jing nodded and didn't ask anything more. There was a hint of praise in his eyes, but he didn't say a word of praise to the young man, but after a little silence, he pushed the box on the table forward slightly, and said calmly: "You don't need to cook the meat for the dog today, just scoop this dai till!" ”

"Yes." The young man bowed his hand again, then went to his desk, picked up the box, and went out of the house.

After being silent for a long time, Shi Xin walked back after closing the door, and finally asked, "Father, is the person in the box who made trouble last night?" ”

Shi Jing nodded.

Shi Xin then asked, "Kill him like this?" ”

Shi Jing said with a smile: "You ask this, are you sorry, or do you think that this person is cheaper?" ”

Shi Xin didn't answer immediately, he lowered his head slightly, and only replied after a while: "I feel a little sudden." ”

"He's one of the guests." Shi Jing looked at the look on his youngest son's face, and hesitated slightly before continuing: "When I opened the lid of the box just now, you turned your gaze to the side, don't you want to know who that person is?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Xin suddenly raised his head and said, "Father, I have been like this since I was a child, I hate to see blood. ”

"I know." Mentioning this flaw of his son, Shi Jing couldn't help but sigh.

His third child is gentle and calm-hearted, and his intelligence is also in the other two sons. Most of the guests raised in the house are this son weaving, and he is also very popular among everyone. But he was born with the hypothesis of not being able to see blood, which made his great help have a lot of limitations.

In the middle of the court, Shi Jing assisted Shi Xin to serve in the Privy Council, but he only hung up the false title of deputy envoy, which can be regarded as digging a pit for the position of the chief envoy. However, Shi Xin didn't overcome this hypothesis for a day, and Shi Jing wouldn't push him to that position for a day. Shi Jing waited and watched for a long time about the control of the Privy Council, but he didn't want to make Shi Xin have problems in the midst of compulsion.

Externally, Shi Jing has never revealed this secret. And when the emperor wanted to promote and promote Shi Xin several times, Shi Jing chose to refuse by belittling his children's talents. Shi Xin knew that his biggest flaw was very troublesome. Of course, the words of father and son were very consistent, and he agreed with his father's decision before overcoming this problem.

It's just that in the Privy Council, although there is only one word difference between the deputy envoy and the chief envoy, it is really redundant. The person in charge of this post is indeed idle, and many matters can be decided by the chief envoy without having to come forward, which also proves the narrowness of the deputy envoy's authority. The actual power of the deputy envoy is very small, and the right to know is not complete, and in the days of waiting for his son to overcome that hypothesis day by day, Shi Jing felt more and more. I'm afraid this position is just a favor that the emperor sold him.

Shi Jing, who mentioned this, couldn't help but remind his third son again: "Xin'er." The man of my Shi family can't lose his courage because of a few drops of blood, and the Shi family still has a long bumpy road ahead. ”

Shi Xin lowered his head and replied seriously: "I know, I will step up my practice." ”

Shi Jing nodded, his gaze gradually becoming cold. He said lightly: "Put this aside for the time being, don't think about it. What you do to me today. What is your most heartfelt impression? ”

"Damn it." Shi Xin was silent for a moment before he spoke, but he only spit out these two words without saying a word of explanation.

Shi Jing asked again: "If this person is not messing with Cen Chi." Can you still answer so decisively? ”

Shi Xin didn't answer immediately, he thought in silence.

But Shi Jing didn't mean to leave time for him to think about it at all, and only waited for a moment before continuing: "On this question, even if you only have a trace of hesitation, it is equivalent to answering." However, this reply of yours is the one I don't want. Unexpectedly, the friendship between Cen Chi and you has reached the level of affecting your judgment. He obviously doesn't live in the house very often, which puzzles me. ”

"Father, Cen Chi is a piece of jade." Shi Xin's quick reply showed a slight amplitude in his affection, but he quickly realized this, and then said slowly: "Cen Chi's talent is rare in the world, and his love for talent is like cherishing a treasure, which makes people cautious. ”

"Although Puyu is beautiful" Shi Jing looked into his son's eyes, and said slowly word by word: "But it is something outside the body." ”

Shi Xin's eyes moved slightly. Didn't speak.

Shi Jing didn't say anything more about this matter, he opened the drawer in the middle of the desk, took a paper bag from it and put it on the table, and then said: "I heard from the servant last night that Cen was late to come back, but the hour was a little late, so I didn't come to see him." I was busy for half a day this morning, and I used the excuse of going home for dinner at noon, so I had so much free. I won't go to Cen Chi's side. This drawing will be given to you first, and I will go to the palace again to discuss matters. In a few days, it will be the national ceremony, and it will be busy again. ”

Shi Xin approached the desk and lowered his head to scoop the paper bag, the familiar face as he got very close to his father's face. The fine lines that are densely intertwined like cobwebs have become much clearer. Shi Xin thought for a moment, and couldn't help but speak: "Father, you have to take care of your body. ”

"Hmm." Shi Jing nodded.

Shi Xin held the paper bag and bowed to Shi Jing, who was sitting calmly behind the desk, "That son left first." ”

When Shi Xin was about to turn around, Shi Jing's voice suddenly came.

"Xin'er, you ......"

Shi Xin's footsteps were sluggish, he raised his eyes to look at his father's eyes full of words, and said gently, "What does my father command?" ”

"I, Shi Jing, am not a mad person who kills. All the actions are for the sake of my historian's affairs. I hope you understand, too. Shi Jing said this slowly, his tone gradually softened, and then said: "I have a total of three children, and your eldest brother is strong and powerful. The talent of the general, but the handling of human feelings and sophistication is too much inferior to you. Your second brother is a hard-working man, and he was born with a disability, so he ...... The burden of the historian is likely to fall on your shoulders in the future. ”

Shi Xin said movingly: "Why did the father suddenly say such a thing, and the child was terrified. ”

Shi Jing lowered his eyes and said, "My father just wants to tell you that you must not be emotional. Although there are many talented guests in the house, and you can drink with them on weekdays, but that doesn't mean you really have to pool your feelings to exchange friendships with them. However, if there is a major event that affects our historians, whether it is active or unintentional, it should be crisp and clean when it is time to make a decision. ”

"The child must remember his father's teachings today." After Shi Xin answered this sentence sincerely, he calmed down a little. He said, "My father just asked me if I felt sorry for that person's death, and I didn't answer for a long time, but now I think clearly." It's not that I'm reluctant and sorry, but I don't want to talk about it now, because I'm going to see Cen Chi in a while, they are the same kind of people, they just saw a dead person, and immediately saw a living one, and I always think it will be a little strange. ”

Shi Jing listened to what his son said. Suddenly there was a burst of incoherent laughter. Then he said: "This is easy to do, the one who is alive, you should treat him as a good friend, and the one who dies is a friend who betrayed you." They used to be friends. It's just that the dead one is failing you. Thus death is a natural consequence. Isn't that easier to tell? ”

Shi Xin nodded when he heard this: "The father is wise, and the child understands it." ”

……

……

To the east of the Prime Minister's Mansion, in a small courtyard full of camphor trees. A young man was lying on his back on a stone table in the middle of the courtyard. A blue-sealed thread-bound book was split in the middle and spread on his face, blocking the somewhat dazzling sunlight of the noon and covering his face.

In the corner of the courtyard wall not far from the stone table, a donkey was tied to a camphor tree, and next to the donkey stood a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid ring in the house. This girl's eyebrows are not described, but the arc of the eyebrow line naturally grows very soft, and the lips are not dotted, but it has a healthy moist luster. A light layer of grease was applied to her cheeks, but it didn't affect her delicate appearance in the slightest.

In fact, the most important point is that at this moment, the watery girl ring who scoops the coarse brush and combs the donkey's hair will from time to time throw a wave of eyes at the young man lying on the stone table very indecently. But the man covered her face with a book, so that she couldn't see the inexplicable face that would make her feel palpitations for a long time. But Yahuan thought about it, if it weren't for the fact that the person covered his face with a book, wouldn't he be ashamed to look at each other so frequently?

Thinking of this, two blushes quietly appeared on Yahuan's face, she quickly turned her head, her eyes fell on the face of the donkey in front of her, but she was thinking about another thing in her heart: "When did it happen?" In fact, he is not handsome! Oh, that's sad! ”

At this moment, the person who had been quiet for a long time on the stone table suddenly sneezed and sat up directly from the stone table, and the book on his face slid to the ground.

"A ......" Cen Chi rubbed his astringent nose and muttered, "Who is scolding me?" ”

Cen Chi's sneezing was earth-shattering, and the donkey on the side was a little affected, spewing rough air in his nostrils, and when he shook his head, he was so frightened that Yahuan, who was combing him, hurriedly took a few steps back, and his body staggered.

"You brute, you weren't crazy enough yesterday, were you? You are not at ease when someone serves you today, you must have been cursing me just now! Cen Chi got down from the stone table and scolded as he strode closer to the donkey. When he came to the donkey, he reached out and slapped him in the face. The donkey ate for a moment, took a few steps back, and then hooked his head and did not dare to come again.

Cen Chi turned to look at the girl, smiled slightly, and said: "This beast is wild and untamed, easy to be stubborn, and almost caused me a big disaster yesterday, it seems that I have to grind for a few days to live in peace." Didn't scare you just now, did you? ”

"The maid is fine, thank you...... Mr. Yahuan whispered, her face flushed as she looked more and more afraid.

Seeing this scene, Cen Chi subconsciously took a few steps back, and then asked, "Your face is a little wrong...... Isn't it a cold, but a fever? ”

There was embarrassment on Yahuan's face, she bit her lip, she couldn't speak for a long time, and her face was even more scarhy. After holding it for a long time, she finally spoke: "Sleeping on a cold hard stone slab with such a frank stomach, Mr. is afraid that he is infected with the wind cold!" Then the servant went into the house and scooped up the gentleman's clothes. ”

Looking at the little broken steps that the girl hurriedly walked into the house, Cen Chi looked at his clothes, reached out and rubbed the placket on his chest, and muttered to himself at the end: "Belly? Not really, right? ”

"Brother Cen—"

The familiar voice of the third son of the Shi family came from his ears, Cen Chi raised his head and looked at the courtyard gate naturally, and saw Shi Xin walking in with light steps.

"Shi Gongzi, you're here." Cen Chi bowed his hand to Shi Xin, and his gaze quickly fell from the other party's face to the paper bag he was holding in his hand.

Shi Xin smiled, approached behind him, stretched out a hand and made a gesture of invitation to the stone table. After both of them sat down, he put down the paper bag in his hand, and did not immediately mention the contents of the paper bag, but greeted in a brisk tone: "Although this small courtyard has been kept for you, it has been vacant for more than a year. I wonder if Brother Cen slept well last night? ”

"Annoying Shi Gongzi cares, a qiē is very good." Cen Chi replied with a smile.

Shi Xin looked sideways at the door of the house, turned around and asked, "Xiao Qiang's service is still thoughtful?" ”

Xiao Qiang is the girl who has Xia Fei's cheeks just now, who claims to be going to scoop Cen Chi's clothes at this moment, and has already entered the house.

Cen Chi smelled a hint of something unusual from Shi Xin's words, but he still said honestly: "Miss Xiaoqiang is as careful as ever in her life, I really want to thank her." ”

Cen Chi didn't know when he said this that in the house, Xiao Qiang scooped up a piece of his clothes and walked to the door. It's just that after hearing what he said, Xiao Qiang, who was about to step out of the threshold, suddenly stopped. Hold the clothes between your arms tighter. Xiao Qiang only felt that a voice in her heart was vaguely telling her to slow down.

Stone table. Shi Xin smiled silently, shook his head slightly, and then said, "Brother Cen, forgive me for taking the liberty of saying it. I accidentally took a closer look at what was going on in the courtyard just now. Don't you feel a little bit? Little Qiang seems to be a little interesting to you! ”

"Shi Gongzi." Shi Xin's words made Cen Chi stand up in surprise. Looking at Shi Xin for a moment, he spoke again: "Please be cautious about this matter." ”

Shi Xin said very seriously: "Brother Cen, I didn't mean to joke. Having said that, this step. I might as well ask again, did Brother Cen really not think about marrying a wife? ”

The expression in Cen Chi's eyes moved slightly, and he did not speak.

"But with your heart, you can't ignore it. As a man, with a good wife by his side, life will be better and more comfortable. Shi Xin said and stood up.

He walked up to Cen Chi and whispered in a very close position: "My father has entered the age of knowing his fate, and there are fewer disputes between family members in the house, so the maids are a lot more relieved, and they can dress themselves up beautifully on weekdays, and they don't have to worry about the hostess's suspicion." But Xiao Qiang's girl is really a little colorful, and she is also polite, although her status is low, but if you like it, I can give her to you as a warm girl. ”

Cen Chiwei smiled after a hesitation and said, "Actually, I have never thought about this matter, if you hadn't mentioned it today, I would have almost forgotten about it." But I think this matter has to be happy with each other, if I want to marry a wife, if this is the case, it has nothing to do with my identity, and I will not treat the other party badly. ”

Shi Xin sighed lightly and said: "I suddenly feel that you should go to the small temple in the south of the city less, in case one day you really fall into the Zen Sutra and talk about meditation and inaction, it will definitely be the harm of Master Xixin." ”

"If Master Xixin knew that the third prince of the Xiangfu had said so about him, the next time I go to the small temple again, he might have to scoop a broom to drive me away." Cen Chi bent down to pick up the book he had just sneezed and shook to the ground. patted the dust lightly, and said: "If you want to enter the empty door, I need to cut off too many concerns, and the relationship is only the weakest one." ”

"So that shouldn't be possible." Shi Xin and Cen took the end of the sentence, the two glanced at each other, and then they both laughed happily.

Yahuan Xiaoqiang, who was standing behind the door of the house, listened to all the conversation between the two people in the courtyard just now, and at this time, listening to the laughter of the two people, her mood was very complicated. There is a thin hint of sweetness in the sourness.

Mr. Shum is really not as frivolous as ordinary men, if he can become his wife, he will be very happy, right? But how do you get into his heart? If this path was easy, then how could Mr. Shum still be alone? He said that he had never thought about getting married, could it be because he hadn't seen anyone yet? Does that include yourself?

The person who can make him affectionate and admired, I'm afraid it can only be a beautiful woman in the country, right?

A trace of sweetness in her heart was soon covered by a tide-like confusion, and Xiao Qiang's gaze became sluggish. He didn't even notice that half of the clothes he was holding had fallen off the ground.

It wasn't until the clothes she was holding suddenly disappeared that she suddenly woke up, and looked at the face in front of her that was so familiar that she had even seen it several times in her dreams, and she was stunned again.

With a tight hand, she was dragged into the inner study.

"Do you know how rude it is to eavesdrop on other people's conversations?"

It was only in the man's rebuke that she finally woke up completely from her illusions and confusion.

"I'm ......," Qiang bit her lip. Whispered: "I overheard it." ”

After digging out a stack of papers from the drawer of the desk and placing it on the table, Cen Chi raised his head and glanced at Xiao Qiang, noticing that the fingers she was holding were a little nervously twisted, and he eased his tone. He also said: "In the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are many news that you are not suitable to listen to, even if you are unintentional. Fortunately, what you have just heard is irrelevant, and if there is a situation like today, you must remind yourself to avoid it immediately. ”

"Yes." Xiao Qiang hurriedly responded. She felt that there was a sense of care in Cen Chi's words. Whether he intended it or not. She'll be happy to hear it, too. So at the end, she said thank you again: "Thank you, sir." ”

Cen Chi didn't say anything more, only took the pen and ink on the table, and grabbed a few blank pieces of paper. The mess is about to go out.

Seeing this, Xiao Qiang couldn't help but ask, "Sir, do you want the maid to help?" ”

Cen Chi, who had already walked to the door, was stunned, and after thinking about it, he said, "I may be very busy in the afternoon." It was entrusted by Shi Gongzi. Prepare some refreshments and then rest! ”

"Yes." Xiao Qiang lowered her head in response, and when she raised her head again, Cen Chi was gone.

Walked to the desk and cleaned up the desktop that had just been messed up by Cen Chi in a few moments. Xiao Qiang's chaotic mood gradually calmed down. It's just that her mood is like a cleaned desktop, and a large blank space appears.

Mr. Shum is humble and courteous to everyone he treats. But in this humility, isn't there a distance everywhere?

……

……

Cen Chi returned to the stone table in the courtyard and first put the pen and ink on the ground next to the stone bench. Then he put the written or blank paper he was holding in his hand on the table, and quickly found two pieces of paper from which Shi Xin had given him yesterday.

Shi Xin picked up a piece of paper, looked at the few holes in the first line of words on it, and said with doubts in his eyes: "Brother Cen, what's going on?" ”

Cen Chi smiled embarrassedly and said, "I patronized the text last night, and I was careless, forgetting that this is not a copy sample." ”

"I'm not sorry for that." Shi Xin waved his hand and said, "It seems that you should have made a discovery, but this kind of discovery ...... It's a bit confusing. ”

"The method of encrypting the content on this piece of paper is called 'repetition', that is, it is necessary to cover it with a piece of paper to cover the superfluous words that obstruct people's eyes, and the real content will be revealed." Cen Chi said, took a blank piece of paper and folded it.

Shi Xin often communicates with Cen Chi about this matter, and has a certain tacit understanding with him in language, and he vaguely understands what Cen Chi means in his heart, so he just waits quietly for his next demonstration.

Cen Chi folded the white paper horizontally and vertically several times, and when he spread the paper again, a dense small grid separated by creases appeared on the paper.

Cen Chi took the pen that was placed on the ground at his feet, dipped it in ink, and before lifting the pen, he explained: "The hole in the first line of words was made when I tested it, in fact, the missing words are the content of the solution." Next, I draw dots on a blank piece of paper, and then hollow out these dots and make a laminated paper to reveal what I really want to express in this copy. ”

Shi Xin didn't speak, just smiled and nodded.

But when Cen Chi finished the covered paper, he did not dig the ink spots on the paper into holes as he just said, but after the ink dried, he folded the covered paper in half, and then handed it to Shi Xin.

Seeing Shi Xin's puzzled expression, without waiting for him to ask, Cen Chi explained: "From the first sentence that I derived, it can be seen that this is a secret letter that I am not suitable to know, so please go back and read it yourself!" ”

Shi Xin hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't say anything, which was a tacit acquiescence to Cen Chi's statement.

Next, Cen Chi explained to him the contents of the second piece of paper. For a long time, Shi Xin only accepted the results of decryption, never asked about the process of decryption, and Cen Chi never asked about the content of the secret text, but only stripped the layer of encryption that disturbed people's discrimination outside the secret text.

It wasn't until these things were all over that Shi Xin opened the paper bag he brought and poured out the manuscript paper in the bag.

Cen Chi scooped one with his hand, and after looking at it a few times, he opened his mouth and said, "This is a copy." ”

After taking three pieces of paper in a row and comparing them closely, he said again: "The person who made this picture, if he is not a naughty boy, is an extremely powerful person." ”

When Shi Xin heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "Is it difficult to solve?" ”

"It's a bit of trouble." Cen Chi put down the three manuscript papers in his hand and took two more, and after some comparison, he shook his head slightly and said softly, "It will take some time." ”

Shi Xin's eyes moved. The last time Cen Chi said this, it was a long time ago, but these two times had one thing in common, that is, what Cen Chi was concentrating on was the handwriting of that person.

He's really hard to deal with!

Shi Xin was a little distracted, and suddenly heard Cen Chi call him, and then he suddenly came back to his senses.

Cen Chi stared into his eyes, and only after a moment did he speak: "Shi Gongzi, since this matter has made you so worried, why have you kept dragging it out and not telling me?" Yesterday in the small temple, if it weren't for the two thieves who broke in and ran into the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion, I'm afraid that I wouldn't have known that there were people in the Mansion protecting me along the way, so I vaguely knew that there was trouble in the Mansion, so I came back to take a look. ”——

(To be continued......)