Song Xiuneng and Xie Ziming also stopped, Song Xiuneng had already walked this way, but Xie Ziming didn't move.

Seeing that Xie Ziming was hesitating, the guard hurriedly urged him, "Xie Editor, please hurry up, Master Zhu is waiting." ”

Wan Lin squeezed Fu Xiaojiu's hand a little harder, and Fu Xiaojiu glanced at Xie Ziming meaningfully.

The two of them walked in front, and the four of them soon came to Master Zhu.

"My lord, I don't know what you want us to come back for?" Wan Lin asked first.

Seeing that several of them were standing in front of him, Master Zhu said to them with a pleasant face: "The old man suddenly remembered something, and remembered that the compilation hall was rebuilt once twenty years ago. The craftsmen who rebuilt the compilation hall seem to have come from Tailiao Mansion, and it is said that they are a group of craftsmen with exquisite craftsmanship, but the old man has not yet come to the Hanlin Academy to join the company. ”

When Master Zhu spoke, his eyes swept over Xie Ziming intentionally or unintentionally, Xie Ziming's eyes drooped slightly, and he was listening carefully to what Master Zhu said.

Bachelor Zhu continued: "The old man also remembered this matter just now, but when the old man came to serve in the Hanlin Academy, the compilation hall had been rebuilt, and the old man had just arrived at that time, and he only cared about whether the daily official duties were completed or not, and he didn't care about other things, so the old man didn't know about the secret door. ”

Speaking of this, Bachelor Zhu fixed his eyes on Xie Ziming.

"Xie Editor, the old man remembers that you are from Tailiao Mansion, and your father is a mason, the old man wants to ask, did your father participate in the reconstruction of the compilation hall back then?"

After Mr. Zhu asked, Xie Ziming's shoulders shook slightly.

Originally, none of these old people in the Hanlin Academy would suspect that the book thief was among the three newly recruited Hanlin, and they didn't know why Master Zhu called the three of them back.

Now they were shocked to hear that Xie Ziming's father might actually participate in the reconstruction of the compilation hall.

Xie Ziming lowered his eyes and replied respectfully: "Xiaguan was still young, and he didn't know much about whether his father was involved in the reconstruction of the Compilation Hall, and Xiaguan's father never mentioned this matter to Xiaguan. ”

No matter how Xie Ziming answered, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Hearing his answer, Bachelor Zhu glanced at the gate of the Hanlin Academy quietly, "The old man has already sent someone to the Ministry of Industry to get the list of craftsmen who rebuilt the Compilation Hall back then, and it will soon be known whether Xie Bianxiu's father was involved in it back then." ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

Xie Ziming immediately raised his head and showed a dissatisfied look.

Bachelor Zhu looked at him and said with a calm face: "Xie Editor, don't be impatient, the old man is just investigating the book thief." If the loss of the history books has nothing to do with you, even if your father was a craftsman who participated in the reconstruction of the compilation hall, the old man will not slander you as a book thief. ”

Xie Ziming clenched his fists and wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it.

Bachelor Zhu saw the grievance and resentment in his eyes, but he didn't talk to him again, but said to Wan Lin and Song Xiuneng: "The reason why the old man called you two back is for the sake of fairness. ”

Wan Lin and Song Xiuneng said at the same time: "Xia Guan understands. ”

Song Xiuneng raised his head and boldly asked Bachelor Zhu: "My lord, the lower official wants to take the liberty of asking, except for the three of us, is it true that none of the other officials of the Hanlin Academy will know that there is a secret door there?" ”

Bachelor Zhu was not annoyed by Song Xiuneng's question, and replied calmly: "The old man is investigating the most suspicious person, if Xie Xiuxiu can completely remove the suspicion, the old man will continue to investigate the others." ”

Song Xiuneng stopped talking and waited quietly.

Everyone just stood quietly waiting for the list of the Ministry of Works, and the atmosphere was awkward and tense.

About two quarters of an hour later, a guard ran in from the gate, out of breath.

"My lord, I've got the list!"

The guard handed the list to Master Zhu, who immediately looked at the list carefully.

"Xie Damao." Mr. Zhu slowly read out a name.

Hearing this name, Xie Ziming instantly wrinkled his eyebrows.

"Xie Editor, Xie Damao is your father?"

There was a bit of coldness in Mr. Zhu's tone.

Xie Ziming replied: "That's right, he is Xiaguan's father." ”

Bachelor Zhu looked at Xie Ziming's eyes with some annoyance, "It seems that your father did participate in the reconstruction of the Dictionary Hall." Xie Editor, the old man has read the test paper of your palace examination, and you have put forward a suggestion for the defense of the city gate, saying that you can build a secret passage and organ information on the city gate, and you can use the organ message to shoot the enemy from the bottom when the enemy is attacking the city, so that the people can escape from the secret passage, which can not only reduce the casualties of our army and civilians, but also subdue the enemy army. Editor Xie, your knowledge of the secret passage must have been taught to you by your father, right? ”

Bachelor Zhu's words made Xie Ziming's face change immediately.

When he was answering the question, he was proud of his understanding of the news of the agency, and felt that his answer would definitely be eye-catching.

His answer did make the examiners shine, but now it has become a handle for suspicion.

Xie Ziming retorted unconvinced: "My lord, even if I know something about the production of the secret passage agency news from my father, and Xiaguan's father also participated in the reconstruction of the compilation hall, do you think Xiaguan is a book thief?" ”

Bachelor Zhu waved his hand slowly, "No, no, of course the old man will not conclude that you are a book thief because of this." ”

Fu Xiaojiu saw that Master Zhu seemed to have full confidence that Xie Ziming was a book thief, but he didn't know how he decided, so he didn't even dare to blink his eyes to look at Master Zhu, waiting for him to announce the mystery.

Master Zhu suddenly shouted: "Come on, bring the things." ”

Soon a guard approached with a wooden plate.

Everyone looked at this wooden plate and didn't know why, Master Zhu said: "This wooden plate contains a piece of evidence that can prove who is a book thief, as long as everyone sees this evidence, they will understand why the old man suspects Xie Xiu." ”

After Mr. Zhu finished speaking, he picked up the things in the wooden plate.

"Everyone, please see, these are a few silk threads torn off the official uniform, presumably the book thief was in too much of a hurry when he escaped after stealing the book, and scratched the official uniform when he climbed over the wall, if Xie Bian is not afraid of the shadow, let's carefully check your official uniform."

Everyone was stunned, Master Zhu still had such a hand!

Xie Ziming's face suddenly turned into a vegetable, and he stood motionless as if he had been pointed.

But it didn't matter if he wanted to be inspected or not, the two guards had already begun to put on his uniform.

A guard took Xie Ziming's sleeve and said to Master Zhu: "Lord Qiyu, there is a slight scratch on Xie Xiu's right sleeve, and the scratched place is consistent with those silk threads. ”

Xie Ziming immediately closed his eyes in despair.

Bachelor Zhu nodded to the guards, looked at Xie Ziming and asked, "Xie Bianxiu, on the first day you came to serve in the Hanlin Academy, you climbed the wall of the Hanlin Academy, do you have any explanation for this?" ”

It's strange that Xie Ziming can explain clearly.

Xie Ziming slowly opened his eyes and replied weakly: "Xiaguan has nothing to explain. ”

Bachelor Zhu no longer stiffened his face, and said with hatred: "Is the purpose of you stealing the history book to blame Wan Xiushu?" You are all Hanlin and have a great future, how can you be so narrow-minded? How can you do such a foolish thing? ”

After Mr. Zhu said, he said to Wan Lin: "Wan Xiu, it is not only because of your wife's wit that you can find out that the real book thief is relying on your wife's wit, if it weren't for your reminder, the old man wouldn't have caught the real murderer so quickly!" ”

Fu Xiaojiu is blind, when will Wan Lin remind Master Zhu?

Not only Fu Xiaojiu, but everyone else also showed puzzled looks.

Wan Lin said humbly: "Xiaguan just thought of those by luck to remind the adult." ”

Song Xiuneng asked curiously, "My lord, Wan Xiu, what the hell is going on?" ”

Bachelor Zhu said coldly: "First tie up Xie Ziming, a book thief, and then the old man will tell you how Wan Xiushu reminded the old man." Xie Ziming, you can also listen to how you were caught. ”

After the two guards tied up Xie Ziming, who was like ashes, Master Zhu told how Wan Lin reminded him.

After everyone found the secret door and then came out of the secret door together, Wan Lin noticed that if the book thief turned back after registering the office, it would not be too noticeable, because it was the time when the officials released the office, many people came out of the compilation hall, and some people left something or remembered something to turn back, so no one would pay attention to whether the book thief left or not.

The book thief should have been hiding somewhere in the compilation hall until Wan Lin left, when he turned back and turned back, until Wan Lin left, he showed up and pried open the drawer and took the history book, and deliberately opened the drawer, just so that the guards on duty would find out that the history book was missing.

When he had done this, he went out through the secret door, and then climbed out of the courtyard wall.

The courtyard wall on this side of the secret door is only more than one person high, and outside the wall is the deer garden that is being repaired.

So the book thief slips over the wall and slips away from the deer park is the perfect route, and it is not difficult for young men to climb over a wall more than one person high.

Wan Lin did not rush to make a noise after discovering the escape route of the book thief, but found an opportunity to glance at Master Zhu, looked at the courtyard wall opposite the secret door, and quickly used two fingers to make a slip away movement.

Bachelor Zhu's thinking was so quick, he instantly understood what Wan Lin meant, and when he led everyone to the main entrance of the compilation hall, he asked a guard to climb the wall to look for clues, and sure enough, he found a few silk threads hanging from the official uniform.

Not only did Wan Xiu remind the old man, but the old man also had an impression of the situation in Xie Ziming's house, so when combined, the old man suspected him. But the old man also hopes that our guesses are not accurate. Alas......"

Master Zhu sighed heavily, and asked Xie Ziming sharply, "Where did you hide the history books?" ”