Chapter 20: Counterfeit Books and Piracy

In the evening, in Lu Zhi's room, there were several cases on the bed, while Lu Zhi and Liu Kuan sat opposite each other...... Their conversation fell into a kind of anxiety very early, no way, the gap between the two sides is too big!

To put it bluntly, what are the conditions that Yang Ci handed over through Liu Kuan? It's to make Lu Zhi give up!

This is not called peace, this is called persuasion, and how can a person like Lu Zhi surrender easily?

Of course, there are too many scholars who stayed at the foot of this mountain today because they drank too much, and the two bigwigs are embarrassed to end up even if they can't say half a sentence...... Otherwise, maybe someone will coax the two of them to shake hands and say something like that, which is really disgusting.

But just sitting like this will only make the atmosphere more and more stiff, especially when it's still so hot.

"Is it dark?" Liu Kuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, almost fell asleep directly on the desk, until he saw someone come in and light a candle made of beeswax before he suddenly came back to his senses.

"Exactly." Gongsun Yue, who came in to light candles, bowed his head and said yes. "Do you want some food for the two teachers?"

Liu Kuan, who was slumped, and Lu Zhi, who was sitting precariously, glanced at each other, and then nodded their heads...... I'm not hungry, but it's better to have something to fill my mouth than to stay up like this, right?

"Let's have some food!" Lu Zhi commanded.

"If there is still wine in the well water, don't forget to bring some wine, the weather is still unbearable." Liu Kuan hurriedly added another sentence.

"Whoa." Gongsun Yue hurriedly agreed.

However, a moment later, when the food was served, Gongsun Yue came over with a large wine jar with a different shape from the daytime, and as soon as he opened the mouth of the altar, the house was instantly filled with the aroma of wine...... Mo said that Liu Kuan, even Lu Zhi looked at it curiously.

"Returning to the two elders." Gongsun Yue said carefully. "There was still some wine, but it had already been distributed to all the brothers who were in a hurry to return to Luoyang. This is another good wine, fragrant and cold, known as three bowls but not enough! This is the secret recipe for winemaking that my aunt asked people to find at a high price from Qingzhou, it is said that there is a post in the local area, called Jingyanggang......"

Before the story was finished, Liu Kuan had already come to the spirit.

And Lu Zhi is more direct, he is sneering with his beard the whole time, and he doesn't know if he is laughing at this nonsense story of fighting tigers, or laughing at the tone of 'three bowls are not enough'!

After a few moments, Gongsun Yue bowed down and retreated, and then went straight to the backyard.

"Have you drunk?" In the backyard, Gongsun Xun was restlessly turning around, and when he saw Gongsun Yue coming back, he immediately asked.

"How can you not drink it?" Gongsun Yue wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied. "These two are recognized as good wine in Luozhong, and I was even more unconvinced when I told me about the allusion that the three bowls were not good, and I had already drunk two bowl......s of wine before I came out."

Gongsun Xun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's just that my brother ......," Gongsun Yue suddenly stopped talking.

"I've made up my mind." Gongsun Xun answered without raising his head. "Looking at the rumors in the past few days, the princes of the court and the central government will definitely not give Lu Shi another chance, and if he continues like this, he will inevitably be refrigerated in the cellar like that wine...... He may be to blame for his own refrigeration, but he wants to harm our brothers? I am categorically unconvinced! ”

"I'm not talking about that." Gongsun Yue waited for the other party to finish speaking before he helplessly explained. "I want to ask...... Is it really necessary to find out about this matter with Brother Bergui? ”

Gongsun Xun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then replied: "His natural luck was originally on the shore...... And if this matter is revealed, we are only afraid that we will be driven back to Liaoxi by Lu Shi, since this is the case, why bother him? ”

Gongsun Yue pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Is the eldest brother gone?" Gongsun Xunfu asked again. "He didn't suspect anything, did he?"

"I have already escorted those senior brothers who want to go back to Luoyang." Gongsun Yue hurriedly replied again. "And I don't have any doubts, I just think we really want to make peace between the two teachers."

"That's good."

"Brother......

"What else?" Gongsun Xun already had a hint of anger.

"Xu Yu, is this person really reliable?" Gongsun Yue lowered his voice and asked earnestly.

"It's not that Xu Ziyuan is not reliable," Gongsun Xun sighed. "It's that you and my brother have too poor a foundation in Luozhong, so we can only rely on this person!"

Gongsun Yue was about to speak again when he heard this, but was directly interrupted by his brother: "You go to Brother Ziheng's room to see if his 'article' is ready!" ”

Gongsun Yue became more and more helpless, but he could only bow his head and say:

"Whoa!"

In this way, after his brother left, Gongsun Xun, who had been hidden all day, put down the hands behind him - without him, these hands trembled unconsciously when he spoke just now, and he couldn't suppress them at all, so he had to hide behind him!

And at this moment, Gongsun Xun looked at his slightly trembling hands, and he was also confused for a while, because when it came to nervousness, he, the main messenger, was only afraid that he would be better than Gongsun Yue, but he couldn't show it.

In the summer, the sky was dark very fast, and after a while, the Yishe on the opposite side began to make routine noise again, and the voices of three pigs and two monkeys could be faintly heard across an official road, and Gongsun Xun continued to stand at the door of the backyard with his hands, waiting for news:

First, the Goguryeo maid sent out came to report that half of the jar of wine was gone, and the two nobles were already drunk for seven or eight points, so they just waited for the stamina to attack and fell down;

Then Lu Fan asked Gongsun Yue to come over, saying that the 'article' was written incorrectly, and it was too important to scrape it off, so he could only write it again, please don't be impatient;

Then, Han Dang led Xu Yu over again, and the latter actually came to ask Gongsun Xun, saying that the house promised to him could be changed to the south of Luoyang City? Because there are many rich and noble families in the south of the city, it is convenient for him to travel......

At this time, Gongsun Xun didn't know whether to admire his concentration or his insatiable greed.

But all in all, at about the end of the evening and the beginning of the day, things finally came to a good result according to the planβ€”Xu You was completely satisfied; Lu Fan also wrote his article; And more importantly, Liu Kuan and Lu Zhi finally got drunk and fell on the bed!

As a result, Gongsun Xun also officially started his own plan.

"Brother Xun, please take a look." In his room, Lu Fan sweated profusely and handed over a book of bamboo slips spread out.

"Good paperwork." Under the lights, Gongsun Xun took a cursory look at the other party's 'article', and then nodded again and again. "It's eight or ninety percent similar to Master Lu's handwriting!"

"I'm afraid it's hard not to be similar." Lu Fan smiled bitterly. "On weekdays, I was responsible for proofreading Master Lu's official documents...... You can rest assured, not only the handwriting, but also the style of writing I can guarantee that it is seventy or eighty percent similar. ”

"Really?" Gongsun Xun was really surprised this time.

"Lu Shi is not a person who likes to find chapters and excerpt sentences." Lu Fan shook his head and explained. "The article is concise and direct, so it's easy to imitate ......"

"It's better, it's better." Gongsun Xun looked at the text on it and nodded repeatedly. "What about the other one?"

"Here." Lu Fan handed over another book of bamboo slips. "I saw the manuscript of Liu Gong brought by Xu You, and the handwriting can still be roughly imitated."

"That's enough." Gongsun Xun nodded again. "The content is the same anyway, it's just a change of tone. We...... Isn't it time to print? ”

This time, Gongsun Yue next to him and Lu Fan in front of him did not speak.

"Ah Yue went to get Master Liu's seal!" Gongsun Xun seemed to have expected it, gritted his teeth and commanded. "Brother Ziheng dissolves the mud pill, and I will seal it myself!"

The two looked at each other and had to do as they were told.

The Han family system, the most reprinted letter!

Generally speaking, an official is only qualified to take over the official seal after he has accepted the appointment, and once he resigns or dies, he usually has to hand in the seal...... In fact, the vast majority of cases of loss of seals only exist in the case of soldiers dying on the battlefield.

On the other hand, once a document has an official seal mark, it generally represents the most formal and direct attitude of the corresponding official, and the subordinate can be regarded as an administrative order, and the superior can be regarded as a final statement.

Therefore, what Gongsun Xun wants to do is very simple, since Lu Zhi is unwilling to seek truth from facts, then he will help the other party to seek truth from facts!

That's right, he wants to make a fake letter, and then put it on the emperor in the name of Lu Zhi and Liu Kuan!

The content of the fake book is very simple, and it leaves room for both sides - isn't the Xiping Stone Scripture engraved on the stone tablet? But the stele has a front and back, the front is engraved with modern civil and official studies, and the back can be engraved with ancient texts!

This idea was born from Gongsun Auntie's letter, but after Gongsun Xun's adaptation to local conditions, for example, he specifically asked Liu Kuan to come over!

Didn't Liu Kuan major in "Han Poems"? Isn't he the well-known Kuanren of the whole Han Dynasty? Didn't he be seen by a large group of scholars today and wanted to discuss the dispute between ancient and modern literature with Lu Zhi in harmony?

Isn't that right? Let Liu Kuan and Lu Zhi 'discuss harmoniously' and then 'jointly write a book', and then say to the emperor that the inscription of the "Book of Songs" is engraved with "Han Poems" in front and "Mao's Poems" in ancient texts in the back!

Let's see where the situation is going after this joint letter is delivered to the Imperial Palace!

Anyway, no matter where he goes, Gongsun Xun doesn't have to stay here in Shishi Mountain to serve Lu Zhi anymore, right?

The plan is bold, but it's not really risky...... Because there is a key person in this plan, Liu Kuan!

Liu Kuan's leniency and confusion have reached an unbelievable level, no matter whether it is true or not, he should continue to maintain this style, so after the incident, whether it is to avoid losing his official position, or he will think that this is Lu Zhi's doing...... Anyway, nine times out of ten, he should posthumously recognize the existence of this watch!

And once he admits the existence of this letter, the joint Lu Zhi can't refute it! Otherwise, could it be that he wants to say that Liu Kuan is lying?

In other words, even if Lu Zhi is as shrewd as a ghost and knows in his heart that Gongsun Xun did it, as long as he doesn't pull down the face of Da Ru to retaliate and punish the other party in private, Gongsun Xun will be fine.

And besides, when it really comes to that time, Lu Zhi is going to repair "Mao's Poems" nine times out of ten, where will he have time to take revenge on Gongsun Xun, maybe this guy has already taken the opportunity to run to Liu Kuan to continue to mess around in Luoyang.

Of course, the premise of everything is that Lu Zhi will not pull down his face and kill him...... And speaking of which, didn't the all-knowing Aunt Gongsun write in the letter?

Lu Zhi is not necessarily terrifying!

While he was thinking wildly, Lu Fan on the side had already dissolved the mud pill, and Gongsun Yue also retrieved Liu Kuan's seal ribbon with a panicked face, the latter threw the full set of court clothes directly into the room when he changed clothes.

In other words, because the handwriting of paper needs to be improved and cannot be popularized, the official calligraphy of the Han Dynasty is still wooden or bamboo slips, and the simple scripts are to be threaded into strings with ropes. After the words are written on the book and rolled into bundles, the rope can not only be tied strong, but also have another important role, that is, sealing the mud!

Take out the square wooden groove prepared in advance, put a part of the rope that leads out the book slip into the groove, and then put in the clay clay ball that has melted with water, and finally ...... Sealed!

This is the origin of the fire paint and ink clay in later generations.

Because it was a joint performance, Gongsun Xun tied the ropes of the two letters together and tied them in a knot this time, and then added mud pills and stamped them with Liu Kuan's silver Guanglu official seal.

The silver seal is actually very small, only one finger long and wide. However, after doing this action, Gongsun Xun couldn't help but gasp: "There is also Lu Shi's doctor's seal...... Those two are completely drunk, who's going to get them for me? ”

Gongsun Yue and Lu Fan glanced at each other, both wanting to speak and stopping.

"Isn't there anyone to help me?" Gongsun Xun didn't notice that his tone had changed...... Only then did he realize that the plan was very good, but the premise was not only that Lu Zhi was 'terrible', but more importantly, he couldn't be caught when he was doing such a headless thing?!

If this is found when he goes in and prints the letter on Lu Zhi's waist, then he is still playing with hair?!

"Brother, forget it!" Gongsun Yue swallowed. "It's okay to study hard for a year, if you really can't stand it, let's go back to Liaoxi!"

"Shaojun." Lu Fan, who had just written a falsetto for the two 2,000-stone bigwigs, was also a little weak at this time. "It's too late to stop!"

"Hah!" After the persuasion of these two people, Gongsun Xun laughed instead. "I once heard my mother say that the so-called arrow has to be fired! It's already come to this point, how can you still retreat? Is this the rationale for doing things? ”

The two people in the room changed color together, and they both gritted their teeth and wanted to accept it.

"You don't have to!" Gongsun Xun immediately waved his hand. "This was originally my mastermind, and the key thing is naturally up to me!"

After that, without waiting for the two to react, Gongsun Xun pushed the door out directly.

I don't know how long it took...... Not for long...... Gongsun Xun went and returned, and there was another silver seal tied by a green ribbon on his hand.

The most difficult level passed, and now the actions of the three of them were much sharper, and they continued to tie knots, turn mud, and seal, and after a while, another mud seal was added. Then Lu Fan took a wooden box covered with silk and carefully put the two books connected together.

It all came to an end.

But that's just the end of it, it's not over yet!

"Put away the ribbon seal, hurry up and call Xu You." Gongsun Xun immediately commanded, and then the whole person fell to the bed.

Lu Fan and Gongsun Yue did as they said, and after a while, Xu Yu came over accompanied by Han Dang.

"Brother Ziyuan, I'll leave the matter to you." Gongsun Xun pointed to the sealed wooden box and said. "After the matter is completed, there will not only be a house in the south of Luoyang City to send it away, but also other thanks!"

Hearing this, Xu Yu immediately had a happy face: "Please rest assured, Brother Xun, I, Xu Ziyuan, will never make a mistake!" Now I will set off, wait outside Luoyang City overnight, and when the gate of Tianming City opens, I will go directly to Cai Yong...... He is too easy to fool, Liu Shi and Lu Gong's sealing mud is here, there will be no suspicion, and when Liu Shi returns to the city tomorrow, this book must have been delivered to the imperial front, and then Liu Shi had to acquiesce...... Infallible! ”

"Please, Brother Ziyuan!" Gongsun Xun stood up and bowed.

Xu You accepted it calmly, turned around and left with the wooden box in his hand.

On the other side, Han Dang was about to follow, but was unexpectedly directly stopped by Lu Fan, who quietly pointed to the former's saber...... Han Dang understood, bowed his head slightly, and then turned around and chased after him.

As soon as the people left, all three people in the house were silent.

After a long time, Gongsun Yue got up and said, "I'll go and put Master Liu's seal back in." ”

Gongsun Xun also stood up: "I almost forgot, I have to hurry here, but Master Lu tied the seal ribbon around his waist." ”

Lu Fan wanted to say something, but he couldn't say half a word.

"It's been a hard day." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this. "Ah Yue doesn't have to come back after sending him back, just go and rest, Brother Ziheng too, you can rest directly, and I won't come." Now, we can only wait for the good news! ”

Lu Fan and Gongsun Yue bowed their heads together, and the three of them separated.

When he came to Lu Zhi's house, the situation was really the same as before, Liu Kuan was sleeping soundly on several cases, and Lu Zhi was lying on his back on the bed opposite the former...... Gongsun Xun breathed a sigh of relief and carefully tied Lu Zhi's doctor's seal back to the other party's belt.

It was only then that he completely relaxed.

However, just as Gongsun Xun turned around and was about to slip out of the door, a drunken question came from behind him: "Do you know that, according to the Han law, stealing two thousand stone seals and being a forger...... When chopped? ”

In an instant, Gongsun Xun opened his mouth, sweated profusely, and couldn't move his hands and feet.

"Lu Zhi studied in the Shi family, and he was calm. There was a plague of locusts and the people were thrifty, and there were thieves who took advantage of their nights to sleep and entered their rooms. Seeing that Zhiyin was still pretending to sleep, he let him collect his body and leave, but he got up and straightened up, and said from the back: "Madame must not encourage herself." Those who are not good may not be evil, but they become accustomed to it, and so it ends. The thief was frightened, threw himself to the ground, and blamed himself. Zhi Xu said: 'Depending on the appearance of the king, not like the wicked, it is advisable to deeply deny oneself and oppose goodness. 'It is accepted as a disciple, and there is no resumption of theft in a county. β€”"The World Speaks New Words". Proverbs

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