Xie Wenzai sighed and sat down on the side of the kang.

He took out the gold ingot, showed the inscription at the bottom, and told the two children what it meant.

Haijiao took the gold ingot and looked at it again and again in surprise, and exchanged a look with his sister Begonia.

In his previous life, he had never even seen a gold ingot cast in the inner house, and he really didn't know that the gold ingots produced in the inner house meant different uses. And the box of gold ingots owned by the Jin family would actually be rewarded by the emperor.

He hurriedly asked Xie Wenzai: "What is the origin of Jin Juren?" Is this gold his? Can you see the light? ”

Xie Wenzai said: "Jin Jiashu's child should know everything about the family. He didn't care that the box of gold would fall into the hands of others, he must have known that the origin of the box of gold was fine, and he could use it openly. ”

Haitang quietly and carefully observed the engraving on the bottom of the gold ingot, and returned it to Xie Wenzai. Since she died in her last life, there has been an interval of more than fifty years, and the emperor has changed two or three times, and the engraving of the inner palace has already changed several rounds, and it is normal for her to not recognize it. Besides, she only knew that there was a lot of gold scattered at the scene of Jin Juren's murder, but she had never seen this gold, so how could she know what secrets it hid?

She just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to exchange information and give Xie Wenzai a hint: "Jin Jiashu doesn't seem to want people to know his identity, but he doesn't care about letting people know what Jin Juren's identity is, what is the reason?" The thing he was worried about was that the dead don't care, but the living can't? ”

Xie Wenzai said lightly: "Although there are many doubts about him, I believe that he will soon think it through and take the initiative to tell us the secret." ”

Reef pouted, "If he really wants to say it, it would be better, or I'll have to find a way to get the letter from him again." ”

"What kind of letter is that?" Xie Wenzai asked, "How did you know that he had a letter hidden in his robe?" ”

Haijiao looked at Haitang, Haitang only hesitated for a second, and then told Xie Wenzai frankly: "When I went to see him in the morning, I accidentally found that his bloodstained robe had a mezzanine. Hidden in the cuff was a letter with a wax seal and a seal with the word 'Zhou'. In addition, there is something hidden under the left armpit, which is sewn up with thread, and I can't figure out what it is. ”

"Zhouzi seal?" Xie Wenzai thought for a while, "This is a letter written by the Zhou family?" Jin Juren will come to Chang'an, do you plan to send the letter to Zhou's house? He looked up and asked Begonia, "Who is the recipient of the letter written on the envelope?" ”

"There is no name of the recipient." Haitang replied, "There is a small rectangular seal in the lower right corner, and there are four small seal characters written on it: 'Changle worry-free'. A very special ink is also used on the wax seal, which exudes a strong aroma and feels ...... It's a bit like the smell of Grandpa Cao's half-finger-sized piece of ancient ink. ”

Cao Gengyun has a treasured piece of ancient ink, which was a birthday gift given to him by Xie Wenzai four years ago. In fact, more than ten years ago, when the Hai family was still in Chang'an, Haixi Cliff accidentally collected it and gave it to his cousin, and when he got it, it was a piece of used old ink, because of the high level of ink making, it also exuded a strong aroma, which was obviously a masterpiece of a famous artist, so it was precious and rare. Xie Wenzai used it very sparingly for more than ten years, and only the length of his index finger remained. That year, the emperor issued an order to rehabilitate them, and all the old friends regained their freedom and identity, and they were in a good mood. He saw that Cao Gengyun had always admired his ancient ink, so he simply gave the remaining bit of residual ink to the other party as a birthday gift.

Xie Wenzai has been the owner of this piece of ancient ink for more than ten years, so he naturally knows its taste. The spices represented by that fragrance came from the Southern Sea and were rare on the trade routes of the Western Regions. Begonia was born and grew up in the northwest, and has never seen this spice in his life, so he can only use the smell of that piece of fragrant ink to describe the smell he smells. If the ink used on the letter hidden by Jin Jiashu is really similar to the ancient ink, it must be mixed with very valuable spices from the South China Sea, which is by no means usable to ordinary people.

It just so happened that Xie Wenzai also knew that the Thursday master of the Chengenhou Mansion in Beijing loved to use the fragrance of bamboo leaves, and he had not changed it for thirty years. This letter is probably not written by Lord Thursday, so who else could it be? In the Zhili area, which Zhou family member has a noble status, a wealthy family, extraordinary taste, and can afford to use this kind of ink?

Xie Wenzai already had a guess in his heart, but he didn't mention it in front of the two children. He just took out a pen and paper from the study box on the reef and motioned to Begonia: "Trace the two seal patterns you saw." I'll ask somebody. ”

As long as you find out the identity of the recipient of this letter in advance, and then bring the person to Jin Jiashu, it is estimated that this child will have no reason to continue to hide it, right? Maybe the recipient already knew about Jin Juren's family, even if Jin Jiashu didn't speak, Xie Wenzai could find out the inside story.

Without saying a word, Haitang took the pen and paper and quickly traced the two seal patterns he had seen. Except that the ordinary ink used by my brother instead of cinnabar, which made the color difference between the "long happiness and worry-free" pattern and the seal on the envelope, the two were basically identical.

Xie Wenzai saw it, and had a clearer understanding of Begonia's painting ability, and secretly said that Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian always praised Begonia's talent in calligraphy and painting in front of him, this talent is indeed extraordinary.

Thinking so, Xie Wenzai praised Haitang twice, and then put the paper with the seal pattern into his sleeve.

He said to the reef and begonia: "Jin Jiashu, you don't have to go again." Although you have good intentions, the boy is reluctant, and you push him hard, as if you are bullying him, which will only make him disgusted. Leave this to me, and I'll get him to speak up of his own accord. ”

The reef hesitated. He knew that his cousin was very smart and reliable, but he ...... Uncle Cousin is not like him, he knows so much information about nobles in Beijing, what if he is accidentally fooled by Jin Jiashu?

Haitang secretly poked his brother in the back of the reef, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Uncle Cousin, you have ordered, my brother and I will definitely not scare Jin Jiashu again." We really didn't mean to bully him, we were afraid that he wouldn't know that there was something hidden in the robe. He himself said that it was before the gangsters blocked the road, and Jin Jucai replaced him, maybe he didn't know anything? But now that my brother and I are sure that he knows what secrets are hidden in that robe, we don't have to worry about it. If Uncle Cousin wants to be useful to us, just ask. ”

Xie Wenzai nodded with a smile, then stood up, raised his hand and slapped Haijiao's head: "Stinky boy, don't you trust your cousin?" With that, he walked out unhurriedly.

Haijiao walked to the door and confirmed that Xie Wenzai had left the yard before closing the door and turning around to complain about Haitang: "Little sister! How can you promise your cousin? He doesn't know anything, even the secret letters, and he only knows them when he hears us. What if Jin Jiashu cries too pitifully, and his cousin relents and doesn't ask any more? ”

Haitang snorted: "We just promised not to scare Jin Jiashu again, and we didn't say that we wouldn't go to see him." My cousin has a lot of things to investigate, and it is impossible to stay by Jin Jiashu's side all the time, what opportunities we have, why is my brother in a hurry? ”

Hai Jiao smiled and said, "It's me who is confused." Who said that if we promised our cousin, we must be obedient? Just fool his old man over. ”

Speaking of which, there is one more thing he doesn't understand: "It's clear that you eavesdropped on the courtyard next door with me, and my cousin can hear the movement, why does he only talk about me, but not you?" ”

Haitang coughed, turned around and went out: "It's not early, I'll pack my luggage and go to ......"

(End of chapter)