The sedan chair, Zhang Shou has seen many times in various film and television dramas and scenic spots, but after entering Beijing twice, he can be regarded as a big walk around the huge imperial capital, but he almost never saw a manpower sedan chair. Therefore, he was urged out of the Zhao Guogong Mansion as if he was urging the Shuntian Mansion Ya, and he heard that a sedan chair was sent to pick him up, so he was really a little curious.

But when he got to the door, he suddenly realized. This is a sedan chair, but it is not wrong, because the huge car is carried high by two sturdy mules, and it is a sedan chair! And next to the sedan chair, there was a person standing in a sneering voice, who else was not Deng Xiaodu?

"Little sir." Deng Xiaodao still took a few steps forward to greet Zhang Shou, and then whispered, "I can't help it, Lord Fu Yin has a life, and there is no way not to come." In the past few days, his old man has been very angry, he has spoken less and less, his face is as cold as ice, and no one dares to make him angry from top to bottom, for fear that his knife-like eyes will glance at you. ”

What else can Zhang Shou say? Even Mrs. Tai is so comprehensive, and sometimes even the bold old man has to send him to the Hanging Flower Gate, and specially ordered someone to coax and drag Zhu Ying, which shows what a strong person this Wang Datou in the mouth of the teacher Ge Yong is. Therefore, he could only sigh helplessly and said: "Don't talk nonsense, since 100,000 is urgent, let's go!" ”

The pannier chair is very high, you must first use a special staircase to go up, after entering, Zhang Shou found that this place is very spacious, and since it is animal power, he doesn't want Deng Xiaodu to walk with the sedan chair below, so he simply called him a pannier chair. The two sat opposite each other. It may be that he was speechless for a long time, and Deng Xiaodao felt a little itchy in his throat, so he had to find something to say.

"Mr. Xiao, after Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, he thought that the manpower sedan chair was a pure waste, so he ordered to set up an iron plate in the world's large and small cities, regardless of the official position, not allowed to sit on the manpower sedan chair, only the elderly over seventy and those with inconvenient legs and feet can hire a bamboo sliding rod carried by two people. But because of the bumpy carriage, a more comfortable pannier sedan came into being. ”

Zhang Shou could clearly feel that as the mule advanced, the pannier chair trembled slightly, but compared to the bumps of the carriage when it traveled on the ground, this tremor was completely within the acceptable range. He leaned his right hand on the small square table in front of him, and suddenly asked, "Then this pannier should be of grade to be used, right?" Otherwise, I wouldn't have seen a few cars after I entered Beijing. ”

"Yes, Emperor Taizu decided that only officials above the third grade can have one in the capital, but it can be lent to family members and friends. After all, the pannier chair is so high that wooden ladders must be used to go up and down, and it is impossible for the elderly over seventy and those with inconvenient legs and feet to sit on it. ”

"Taizu often said, don't think that there are many people in the world, so you will divide the labor too much, the world is vast, and there are many places that need manpower, don't waste it. An animal can grow in a few years, but it takes 20 years for a person to become the prime of life. ”

Although I have heard a lot of stories about Emperor Taizu, listening to such a law, Zhang Shou unconsciously presents an intellectual and somewhat emotional image of a man in front of him. After winning the world and setting the capital, being able to cherish manpower in such a form can really be called a meticulous monarch, not to mention the attitude of attaching importance to education.

It's no wonder that to this day, those people of insight he meets, even Zhu Ying, whenever they talk about Taizu, they are all reminiscing, and they can't wait to be born in the same generation as him.

Deng Xiaodu paused as he spoke, and then whispered: "Little sir, this is all what Lord Fu Yin told me." Although I am still in the house, Lord Fu Yin often transfers me to count something. My uncle was so happy that he almost didn't go crazy, but I was really upset and upset. Other people who used to look down on me have been saying strange things lately, or slapping me on the back, and I ......"

Deng Xiaodao talked about his worries and uneasiness in a rambling manner, and Zhang Shou sat there quietly, just listening, not talking, and I don't know how long it was, when he got off the sedan chair, he followed Deng Xiaodao and landed steadily, and he replied: "If you get a great opportunity, of course, you have to bear the corresponding kindness and malice, just get used to it." ”

He didn't expect Deng Xiaodu, who was too young and had too little experience, to understand, but he believed that the other party's uncle, who was old and sophisticated and got along with him day and night, could understand a thing or two, and he was not very worried about whether he would point people wrong. After all, he was in the capital, not in Rongshui Village, which was dozens of miles away.

During the day, he looked down condescendingly on the opposite Zhigong Building, but at this evening, Zhang Shou was invited into this Shuntian Mansion by the Shuntian Mansion Yin, and he felt a little wonderful when he thought about it. A man who looked like a master picked him up at the door, and then led the way with a smile on his face, and led him to the vicinity of Santang on the central axis, and then turned around.

"Dr. Zhang, Lord Fu Yin invited you to come in order to verify the secret letters between the traitors of the Linhai Battalion and the ghosts in the military department."

When Zhang Shou guessed before, he also felt that it was for this matter, otherwise, the dignified Yin actually said that he still cared about eating, drinking and sleeping?

He was about to speak, but the master smiled again: "Dr. Zhang's students, Qi Langjun and Lu Sanlang, have also been invited by Lord Fu Yin in a hurry, plus you and Xiao Deng, and the people are complete." ”

Even Lu Saburo was brought over?

As soon as Zhang Shou turned around, he saw that Deng Xiaodao was also stunned, and he couldn't help but feel that Wang Fuyin's spirit of preferring to kill mistakes rather than let go was really "admirable". So, he had nothing to say, he could only shake his head and walk forward, and when he came to the door of Santang, he heard Lu Sanlang's neutral voice.

"Lord Fu Yin, you have the right person! My father didn't ask for the true Buddha, but went around the bush to find another master, and in the end didn't he hit my little gentleman? When I sent out the note last night, Mr. Xiao only pondered how long it took him to reveal the key ......"

Lu Saburo, don't you want to blow it? If these secret letters are really all binary encoded, and then they can be solved by converting them to decimal and adding a thousand-character text, he has already broken this joint, what else does this Shuntianfu Yin ask me to do?

Zhang Shou almost wanted to lament three times for the imprudentness of the apprentice, so he could only speed up his pace at the moment, and before he reached Santang, he coughed heavily, and then was about to reach out and push the door. But immediately after, the door was pulled open, and a Lu Saburo came out.

"Little sir, you're here! Hurry, we have to hurry, we must not be left behind my father! ”

Zhang Shou didn't bother to pay attention to Lu Sanlang's courtesy, and went straight into the third hall, only to see a middle-aged man with a long and thin figure and about forty or fifty years old sitting on the main seat. He could roughly guess from Deng Xiaodu's and Ge Yong's descriptions that the other party's personality had always been like this, and he stepped forward and arched his hand immediately.

"Dr. Zhang, I won't gossip." Yin Wangjie, who was called Wang Datou by Ge Yong, did have a big face that was slightly disproportionate to his figure. He said bluntly, "Mr. Chu sent a message to me at noon, so now there are thirteen secret letters, twelve of which I have unraveled, and it is to convey the details of the Confucius scholar's upcoming private visit to Linhai Daying." ”

One of the letters mentions a specific date and time, and day C should be counted as day A. It was the mistake in this letter that caused some rebels in the battalion to mistakenly think that they were Confucian scholars when they went in advance two days earlier, so they launched early and fell short. ”

"However, in the end, there is still a letter that has not been solved, and I will be in court tomorrow morning, and I must tell the emperor all the inside information, so I have to invite you and the students here. You must know that when I tried this case, I made a military order against the emperor. If you can't find out the mystery of these secret letters while the criminals confess their crimes one by one, you will have to retake the test this time. ”

Zhang Shou's face was suddenly full of incredulity. The trial of the case made a military writ, and the bet was that the Shuntianfu test was retaken?

However, what Wang Jie said next made him have to be moved.

"If it weren't for the lack of people in the arithmetic department for many years, and many officials in the court often joked about even the tax figures, let alone understand these secret letters, how could it be shown that it was really necessary for me to add an arithmetic question to this Shuntianfu exam? Dr. Zhang, as long as you can solve it, you will recruit students in the Jiuzhangtang of the Guozijian this time, and I, the Shuntianfu Yin, will naturally try my best to help! ”

Although he couldn't say that he was sure, Zhang Shou only hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed: "It's easy to encrypt, but it's difficult to decrypt, I happened to think of it with the person who compiled the ciphertext, but now I can only say that I will do my best and obey the destiny of heaven, after all, one night's time can be said to be completely insufficient." ”

Although encryption can't be too difficult these days, there are no electronic computers and a lot of decryption software now!

As soon as the words fell, he only heard Wang Jie say conclusively: "Yes, it's decided!" ”