Chapter 30: The Sword in the Box
Seeing that the topic shifted to the theft of the copper coin mold, Zhang Yang knew that the main topic was coming, and only if the Shenhou Mansion continued to investigate the case thoroughly, the plot and a series of stories behind it would be stretched.
Sure enough, after carefully reading the file, Chaseman frowned, and said with some suspicion: "You may not believe it when you say it, when I met Jia San last night, I saw the copper coin mold." If my experience is not wrong, the copper coin in Jia San's hand ...... It should be a fake! ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent, and even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard.
After a long time, Ruthless looked at Chase, and said with some faint surprise: "You said that Jia San's copper mold is fake?" ”
"It's very likely."
Chasing Life touched his mustache, a pair of small eyes flashed with a light called wisdom, and said solemnly: "When I was collecting debts on the rivers and lakes, I had a lot of dealings with money. Although I have never seen a real copper coin mold, according to some information I have learned, the copper coin mold on Jia San's hand is slightly different in weight and pattern inside. ”
Zhang Yang listened to his answer next to him, only to see the chase continue:
According to the coins of the Great Song Dynasty, the royal pen of today's saint is Chongning money, and the four characters of Chongning Tongbao are written on it. But yesterday I tried the copper coin mold with a steamed bun, and the words on it are slightly different from the real royal pen style, and the direction is slightly off, if this kind of thing is wrong, everyone in the treasury will probably have their heads cut off, which is absolutely impossible, so I suspect that the copper mold is fake. ”
For these cases, Zhang Yang has nothing to meddle in. Therefore, I looked at the speculation and reasoning of the ruthless and chasing the two people, and finally came to a conclusion. Jia San's copper mold is eighty percent likely to be fake.
This is called a copper coin die. In fact, it is the standard style template used to mint copper coins in ancient times, which is now equivalent to the printing and plate of counterfeit coins, and some large professional counterfeiting gangs use the printing plates for copying counterfeit coins, and even hand-painted with senior masters, which are almost the same as genuine coins.
The manufacture of counterfeit money, whether in ancient or modern times, is a serious illegal and criminal act, to put it mildly. The circulation of counterfeit money can cause social unrest, market collapse, and to put it mildly, counterfeit money holders will suffer a lot of losses. It's just that compared with the modern complex and cumbersome anti-counterfeiting patterns, etc., the ancient counterfeiting is much easier. After all, there are hardly too many places on the body of a copper coin other than the main font for carving zuò patterns and the like.
"These counterfeits are recognizable because they contain so little copper that they can easily break. I've also received counterfeit money when I'm collecting debts. But I recognized it, so I was confident enough in that regard. ”
The sentence of chasing his life directly shows his self-confidence, if the Great Song Dynasty has a profound study of coins. In addition to merchants such as money banks and money banks, chasing life is definitely one of the most understood. Whoever has been collecting debts for more than ten years. After passing through countless coins in your hands, you will have your own set of experiences.
This information is too important. Therefore, Zhang Yang also called the iron hand over, four people and one staff officer. In the end, I decided to notify Zhuge Zhengme immediately and ask the other party to take an idea.
Zhuge Zheng and I were reading a Taoist book in the lobby, and after hearing the news reported by the four people, I also remembered it, and said with a cautious face: "You said that Jia San's copper coin mold is fake, but I got the news early this morning, Lord Xu, the money supervisor, and Lord Liu, the god catcher, checked the authenticity of the copper mold last night, confirmed that it was true, and it has been put into the treasury. ”
Zhang Yang and the others glanced at each other and said, "If that's the case, then there are only two possibilities. The first is that our judgment is wrong, the copper mold is real, and the second is that the copper mold is fake, and Lord Xu, the money supervisor, concealed the facts! ”
The scope of this blockbuster news is too large, even if it is Zhuge Zheng, I don't dare to make a decision directly, but after thinking about it for a long time, Zhuge Zheng and I chose to believe in the judgment of chasing life!
Zhuge Zheng glanced at the four of them: "Although I don't want this thing to be true, I still choose to believe in the judgment of chasing life, because I believe in his vision." ”
The four of them glanced at each other, and they had some admiration for Zhuge Zheng's decisive decision. You must know that if you can't get this kind of thing right, that is, you will be burned, even if you have a gold medal to protect yourself, Zhuge Zheng and I will inevitably get into trouble. As the so-called suspicious people don't need to be used, employing people without doubt, Zhuge Zheng's decision directly represents the essence of these eight words.
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Now that the judgment has been made, the next thing is simple. A few people present could guess that as a money supervisor, it was impossible for Lord Xu to not even be able to distinguish between the real and fake copper molds, so it was very likely that Lord Xu himself had something wrong, or someone instructed him to do so.
"In this way, during this time, you will closely monitor the situation of the treasury and Lord Xu, and notify me as soon as there is news, and don't act rashly."
Zhuge Shenhou quickly paid attention to it, and decided not to startle the snake first, but to observe it first. And after announcing the next task, Zhuge Zheng and I praised the pursuit of life and publicity, and the two of them discovered this suspicion as soon as they came, which shows that the two of them sincerely joined the Shenhou Mansion to do things.
It's just that it's raining heavily at the moment, but it's inconvenient for everyone to go out, after all, there are few ghosts and shadows on the street, so it's easy to be noticed by the other party by staring directly at the treasury. At this time, Ruthless played a role, directly sent the sparrow he raised, flew into the rain, and landed directly in the bushes in the treasury, staring at Lord Xu all the way.
As you can imagine, no one will pay attention to a bird that can be seen everywhere, and it is really very convenient to use such a means of surveillance. And there is a time limit with the scarab beetle summoned by Zhang Yang, and the ruthless sparrow was raised since childhood, not to mention twenty-four hours, even if it is seventy-two hours or even a month.
Of course, there are advantages and weaknesses, that is, sparrows cannot have a certain intelligence and thinking ability like scarabs, although ruthless can use their ability to "see" what sparrows see, but after all, it is not comprehensive. It's just that at this moment, everyone doesn't have a good way, and before the heavy rain stops, everyone can only stay in the Shenhou Mansion for the time being, waiting for the opportunity.
When a few people were about to retire, Zhuge Zheng and I stopped Zhang Yang.
"Sir, is there anything wrong?" Zhang Yang's heart moved.
"That's the case, I'll take the time to help you think about what martial arts you are suitable for learning, and if you have anything you want to learn, you can put it forward for reference."
Zhang Yang was overjoyed in his heart, the thing he was waiting for finally came, and he said at the moment: "Actually, I don't know what martial arts I want to learn, so I still have to ask Mr. in this regard." ”
Zhang Yang is telling the truth, although he has the opportunity to learn martial arts, but in the vast river of Chinese civilization, countless kinds of martial arts directly dazzled Zhang Yang, and many martial arts may not be able to be learned due to the limitations of time and other conditions. Even Zhang Yang didn't know what martial arts he could learn in this world.
With Zhuge Zhengme on the side, it would be a waste not to use it, so Zhang Yang directly threw this task to Zhuge Zhengme.
"......" Zhuge Zheng I didn't expect it to be such an answer, I originally planned to let Zhang Yang put forward some conditions, such as fist and foot kung fu, or swordsmanship, knives and guns, etc., or light skills, hidden weapons, etc., but Zhang Yang pushed back so originally, he was also a little dazzled.
"In this way, you tell me your details first, and I will listen to it first and then help you choose." Zhuge Zheng thought of an idea.
"Well, my abilities are like this......."
In addition to the spiritual power barrier, Zhang Yang also used his ability to control the flames, Zhuge Zheng and I were taken aback again, but then calmed down, and many kung fu that was not suitable for Zhang Yang was directly excluded by him.
For example, some children's skills need to be practiced from a young age, and they can't break the vows before the age of twenty, which is unlikely, if Zhang Yang waits for another twenty years, the cucumber dishes will be cold. And the rest, such as the Fire Cloud Palm, the Flame Leg Method, etc., were also excluded by Zhuge Zheng and me one by one.
He knows the advantages and disadvantages of these exercises, and once he has practiced to the fullest, every palm and every kick can be surging with fire, as if there is really a flame burning. But Zhang Yang himself can generate and control the flames at this moment, and it is a bit wasteful to practice these again.
And the delicate kung fu of the five elements of water, which is not suitable for publicity, is also not suitable for publicity, and it is excluded again.
After thinking for a while, Zhuge Zheng noticed the hilt of the sword on Zhang Yang's back out of the corner of his eye, and his eyes lit up and said, "Can you let me take a look at this sword?" ”
"Please."
Zhang Yang took down the Qingyun Sword and handed it to Zhuge Zheng.
After unwrapping the strips of cloth layer by layer, when I saw the sword itself, Zhuge Zheng and I immediately realized that this was a good sword.
Looking at the quality of a sword, it is not just an intuitive understanding of quality, the sword is divided into materials, copper swords, iron swords, steel swords, and even wooden swords, software, etc., each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, the use of big swords, long swords, and thin swords is also different, so the quality of a sword is comprehensive. And the Qingyun Sword, although it was a little rusty, still couldn't hide the faint chill on the sword.
"This sword has definitely seen blood, and it belongs to more than one person." Zhuge Zheng I came to my own inference.
According to the setting of the system, this sword is the portable sword of a Han Dynasty general, who has been on the battlefield, and naturally has seen blood. And there are many people on the battlefield, and this sword doesn't know how many good heads of enemies have been cut off, and Zhuge Zheng's inference is completely in line with this situation. (To be continued......)