At this moment, Liu Xiangwei frowned, and even looked a little overwhelmed. It seems that his pressure is still huge, and the person who can come to rescue Sima Ziyang must be a person with high power, under one person, and above ten thousand people. Liu Xiangwei's immediate boss, the imperial historian, is estimated to be difficult to match.

Luo Yunxiao saw that Liu Xiangwei was very embarrassed, so he had the idea of helping him once. He turned his head and asked Na Zhu Botao: "As long as you can come up with useful evidence, the 300,000 taels of silver promised to you are a lot, and I will still give it to you." But you'll have to follow me to Jiangzhou County to get it. Now you might as well think about it, do you have any direct evidence in your hands that can bring this Hou Master to justice? ”

Zhu Botao was in an extremely depressed mood at the moment, and suddenly heard that 300,000 taels of silver had fallen, and the whole person immediately came to his senses, and at the same time, his brain was spinning rapidly. Suddenly, he slapped himself on the head hard, and shouted with some excitement: "Yes, yes, Zhu Mou does have evidence here." ”

I saw that Zhu Botao took out a token from his arms. He held up the token and said: "This token is specially given to Zhu for the convenience of Zhu Mou. It is said that this brand must be a noble person with the title of marquis or above to be eligible for it. After saying that, he handed the token to Luo Yunxiao's hand.

This is a token made of purple jadeite jade, and the palm-sized jade has 4 words written on the front: "Founding Candidate Mansion!" ”

It can be seen that this is indeed Sima Ziyang's exclusive token. Because in the entire imperial court, only members of the Sima royal family and distant relatives were eligible to use tokens, and other ministers, such as Dazai, prime ministers, taishi, taifu, taibao, taiwei, etc., could not enjoy this privilege.

Luo Yunxiao handed over the token to Liu Xiangwei. Liu Xiangwei took it and took a look, and he suddenly had confidence in his heart. He stared at Sima Ziyang and said coldly, "Master Sima Hou, is this token yours?" What else do you have to say this time? I can be sure that this is indeed your token. ”

Sima Ziyang has always had a kind of hard air that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. He continued to say strongly: "That's right, this token belongs to the Marquis Ben, that's right. But this marquis accidentally lost a piece a few days ago, and it is estimated that this is the piece that fell before. I really didn't expect that this person would dare to take the token of this marquis to do evil everywhere. It's just a matter of killing! ”

Liu Xiangwei didn't pay attention to his words, and still asked unhurriedly: "Then may I ask Master Hou, when did you lose your token?" ”

Sima Ziyang said grinningly: "It should have been 2 or 3 days ago." Isn't it, this Marquis was planning to go to your Imperial History Observatory today to report the matter, but he was innocently arrested here. Besides, it's been less than 3 days since it was lost, hehe! It seems that you, the middle prince of the imperial history, have no right to punish this marquis! Hehe... Hehe...! ”

Liu Xiangwei took the token and turned it over and looked at it, couldn't help grinning, and then said with a hint of mockery: "Hmph! Although the official is not qualified to own this token that symbolizes supreme glory, he is very aware of the function and process of this token. There is a clear indication on this token that it has been operated 1 time by someone who is not the owner of the card at 7 o'clock 5 days ago. Since you lost it 2 or 3 days ago, how do you explain the record of the token being used by someone else 5 days ago? ”

Sima Ziyang also smiled coldly and said, "I gave it to Captain Cao that night and asked him to use it." Cao Duwei, don't you say? ”

Cao Xi saw that Sima Ziyang kept secretly glaring at him, and immediately understood what he meant, so he nodded again and again: "That's right, that's right." I borrowed it once from Marquis Sima that night, so this record is displayed. ”

Liu Xiangwei then asked, "Then may I ask Captain Cao, at which gate did you enter and exit that night?" Can you tell the officer? ”

After hearing this, Cao Xi was immediately stupid. Because he was a counterfeit in the first place, he never used the token at all. How did he know it would be marked on that door? made ！ Then just say one! Try your luck. So he hesitated a little and said, "North Gate, right?" Oh, no, no, it's the East Gate, huh! It's the East Gate. ”

Liu Xiangwei turned his head to look at Zhu Botao and asked, "This friend on the road, which door did you go through that night?" ”

Zhu Botao said very firmly: "South Gate! ”

Liu Xiangwei raised the sign in his hand and said: "According to the mark on the token, the guests at the south gate of the Jingshi have entered and exited once, which shows that Sima Hou Ye and Cao Duwei are both lying. But what this friend of the Tao said was true. ”

Sima Ziyang shouted loudly: "Liu Xiangwei, you don't want to talk nonsense, this can prove that what he said is the truth, but we are lying, and this marquis is ten thousand unconvinced." This person picked it up, no, no, maybe he stole the token. When the token falls into his hands, he will naturally know the symbols marked on the token! ”

Liu Xiangwei glanced at Sima Ziyang disdainfully, and then said: "I said Sima Houye, you also know that this token is marked, if you don't explain it clearly, how can he know the meaning of the symbol?" ”

"So be it! Didn't you say that your token was once used by Cao Duwei? Then it will naturally tell him how to use it, right? In that case, he must know what these symbols represent. Cao Duwei, then let's talk about it, what does this symbol mean? As he spoke, he walked up to Cao Xi, who was bound, and asked him by pointing to a symbol on the token.

Looking at the symbols on the token that looked like heavenly books, Cao Xi suddenly felt dizzy. He had only seen this token for the first time, so how could he possibly know what this symbol meant. Just now, I decided that I had used the token, and it was completely to help Sima Ziyang lie. And at this moment, he had to hesitate and said vaguely: "This, this, well, hey! It seems to be, probably, probably ...... Maybe it's the South Gate! ”

Liu Xiangwei walked to Zhu Botao's side again, pointed to a symbol on the token and asked, "You come to tell the official, what does this symbol mean?" ”

Zhu Botao looked at it casually, and then said, "This is the main gate of the palace. ”

Liu Xiangwei ignored him anymore, walked straight to Sima Ziyang, who was also tied, and said solemnly after squatting down: "Master Sima, then you come and tell this official that Cao Duwei, who obtained your token, can't recognize this symbol, but the person who picked up or stole your token can understand the meaning of the symbol." Can you give us a reasonable explanation? ”

Sima Ziyang continued his psychological journey of not being able to reach the Yellow River. So he then quibbled: "Maybe there is such a possibility." When I handed the token to Cao Duwei and told him the secret of these symbols, this person happened to overhear it. So he stole the token later, so he naturally knew what it meant. ”