Hearing Zhao Xieyang's words, Lin Feng and the others quickly raised their heads and saw that Zhao Xieyang had already left the room, and behind him, they were carrying boxes in pairs, and a total of two boxes were carried out of the room.

The chest is not an ordinary black wooden chest used by caravans in the Western Regions, but a treasure chest with delicate patterns and bright patterns carved on it, which is specially used to hold valuables such as jewelry.

Seeing that the box was found, Sun Fujia and the others couldn't help but light up their eyes, and their faces could not hide their joy.

They have two goals, one is to deal with the four elephants who are chasing them, and the other is to find the disappeared goods, and now, both goals have finally been accomplished.

Soon, the treasure chest was carried in front of Lin Feng and the others.

Zhao Xieyang looked at Lin Feng and reported: "Lin Sizheng, there is really a secret room under that room, and in addition to these two boxes, there are also gold, silver, jewelry, jade jewelry and other things in the secret room, those things are piled together, they are all the same as Xiaoshan, it looks very spectacular, it is a wealth that Xia Guan has never seen in his life." ”

Lin Feng bowed slightly, and said, "It seems that Jin Fenglu has also hidden his money here, this is to prepare for even if an accident happens, there will be a chance to make a comeback." ”

Sun Fujia nodded and said, "Even if he can't make a comeback, these riches are enough for him to live happily for a few lifetimes, as long as he is not discovered, he doesn't have to worry about the future at all." ”

Lin Feng said with a smile: "That's why he dared to be so bold, and when he saw that I doubted him, he dared to kill me directly." ”

Sun Fujia agreed, and at the same time couldn't help but be a little afraid, the more thoroughly Jin Fenglu prepared for the retreat, the more unscrupulous he was, there was no bottom line, thanks to Lin Feng found out that Jin Fenglu was a murderer, and laid out in advance, otherwise let Jin Fenglu take the initiative, what the consequences would be, I really dare not imagine.

"County Lieutenant Zhao."

Lin Feng said: "You go and count how much Jin Fenglu's wealth is, and then record it, and at the same time count the people of our side who participated in the battle tonight, and count their meritorious service, everyone will be rewarded...... The official cannot ensure that all of you will be rich, but as long as you follow the official, you will never be allowed to work in vain. ”

If you want to make your subordinates loyal, it is not enough to rely on the relationship between superiors and subordinates, you must reward them when you should reward them, not to mention that when you return to Chang'an, if nothing else, you will directly participate in the competition of Shaoqing, and you will have to fight with forces such as the Sixiang Organization, the Jin Hai Inheritance Family and the merchants of the Western Regions, and you need the support of your subordinates, so why not use Jin Fenglu's money to help him buy people's hearts?

Of course, Jin Fenglu has so much money, he will definitely not be rewarded all of them, there will inevitably be more left, and this part, Lin Feng will take them to Li Shimin...... After making meritorious contributions, he can't walk at night, he has to let the big boss know what kind of meritorious service he has made, and he has found out the hidden merchant power in the Western Regions, and he has filled the treasury with so much money, he believes that Li Shimin will never treat him badly.

At the critical moment of Shaoqing's competition, Lin Feng naturally couldn't miss any opportunity to perform.

When Zhao Xieyang heard Lin Feng's words, he was directly stunned, he didn't expect that he would just follow Lin Feng around tonight, and he didn't take any danger at all, and there was a chance to be rewarded.

He looked at Lin Feng's expression even more full of fanaticism, and hurriedly said excitedly: "Xiaguan understands, Lin Sizheng can rest assured, Xiaguan will definitely complete the inventory as soon as possible." ”

With that, he quickly led the people back to the room.

Looking at Zhao Xieyang and the guards' more neat hands and feet, Sun Fujia couldn't help but smile and said, "Zide, now, they must be more loyal to you." ”

Lin Feng smiled and didn't continue the topic, he came to the treasure chest, looked at the locked box, and said, "Sun Langzhong, what do you think this box will contain?" ”

When Sun Fujia heard this, his attention also returned to the chest, looking at the treasure chest with exquisite patterns, he thought for a while and said, "It's hard to guess...... But judging from the fact that they did not have so much effort to carry the box, it should not be a heavy object, it may be something like silk or ceramics. ”

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and said, "They did not hesitate to design and calculate Brido, to use Brido to transport it to Chang'an thousands of miles away, and also arranged for so many people to be mixed into the caravan to protect, it must be something that can decide or affect the overall situation, silk and pottery...... Can it be so powerful? ”

"This ......" Sun Fujia also hesitated.

Lin Feng smiled: "Don't guess, what exactly are they going to bring from the distant Western Regions to Chang'an, just open it." ”

As he spoke, Lin Feng looked at the bearded man's room, and without him opening his mouth, a guard came to inquire with great discernment.

Soon, the guard returned, shook his head and said, "He said that the key is on Jin Fenglu, and he is only responsible for transferring the box, not the key to open the box." ”

"Then it can't be helped."

Lin Feng looked at the lock on the box and said, "Break the violence." ”

When the guards heard this, they immediately found a crowbar, inserted the crowbar into the lock, and with a force, the lock was directly deformed by others, and then with a click, the deadbolt was directly broken.

They quickly removed the broken lock, then grabbed the lid of the box and flipped it over......

The beautifully patterned lid of the treasure chest was immediately opened.

The picture in the box also instantly came into the sight of Lin Feng and the others.

Sun Fujia hurriedly stepped forward and looked into the treasure chest, but when he saw the contents of the treasure chest, the whole person was directly stunned: "This ......"

Lin Feng stood beside Sun Fujia, and also saw everything in the treasure chest clearly, looking at the things inside, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a deep light: "Interesting, is this preparing to be angry and strong, relying on books to change your fate?" ”

I saw that the box contained not gold, silver, jewelry, let alone silk pottery.

It's a book!

A box of books!

Be full to the brim!

The top book, Sun Fujia is simply too familiar, just seeing the cover, Sun Fujia can directly recite what is on which page, which line, and which word.

The Analects!

The book at the top is the Analects, a must-read book for readers.

"Zide, how can it be a book?"

Sun Fujia couldn't believe his eyes, and couldn't help but guess to Lin Feng: "Could it be that Jin Fenglu secretly replaced the things inside?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head: "He hid all his important family property here, which proves that this is the safest and most important place for him, if the things in the box have been replaced, useless things, there is no need for him to hide here." ”

"And that bearded guy is Jin Fenglu's henchman, he has been completely subdued by me, in order to survive, he has told Jin Fenglu's most important secret, there is no need to hide the box, he didn't say it, it proves that there is no problem with the box."

Sun Fujia naturally understood Lin Feng's words, but he couldn't accept that the things that the merchant forces of the Western Regions had worked so hard to send would be such a bunch of books that could be bought everywhere in the Tang Dynasty.

"Could it be that there's something in this book?"

Sun Fujia immediately took out the top "Analects".

Then quickly flip it over.

But he turned from the first page to the last, and found nothing wrong with the Analects, which was completely new, with no handwriting on it, not even any traces of turning it.

It is the most ordinary and orthodox "Analects".

"No problem...... How can it be okay? ”

Sun Fujia's brows furrowed, he put down the "Analects", looked at the "Tao Te Ching" under the "Analects", and quickly picked it up without any hesitation.

After reading it again, Sun Fujia's brows furrowed even deeper.

He looked at Lin Feng and shook his head: "There is no problem." ”

Lin Feng listened to Sun Fujia's words, and his heart was also full of doubts.

It shouldn't be without a problem...... The things that the merchant forces of the Western Regions had painstakingly transported to Chang'an could never be these books that could be bought everywhere.

At this point in time, what they want to send should definitely be something that can affect or determine the overall situation, as they expected.

But why these books?

Sun Fujia is the champion Lang, he must know these books very well, he turned it over and said that there is no problem, it means that the content is the content of normal books.

So...... Where is the problem?

While thinking about it, Lin Feng picked up the "Analects" that Sun Fujia had put down.

He opened the Analects, looked at the contents, touched the pages with his fingertips, and swept the paper little by little with his eyes in great detail.

He purposefully checked the words on it, the thickness of the pages, whether there were special markings, or the omissions in the printing, but as a result, there were no problems.

"Is it really okay?"

Lin Feng's brows were also tightened, logical reasoning told him that there must be something wrong with the book, but the reality after checking it told him that there was no problem.

So, did you guess wrong, or was there some secret you didn't discover?

Lin Feng's brain turned wildly while closing the Analects, he looked at the book with a simple cover and nothing special, and subconsciously put it back in the box, and then picked up other books and checked again.

"Huh......"

But at this moment, when Lin Feng was just about to put the Analects back in the box, the movement of his hand suddenly paused, and at the same time let out a soft sigh.

Sun Fujia had been paying attention to Lin Feng, and when he saw Lin Feng's abnormal behavior, he hurriedly said, "Zide, what's wrong?" Did you find anything? ”

I saw Lin Feng directly withdraw his outstretched hand, and at the same time turn the book, so that the spine of the book was facing him.

He looked at the spine with both eyes, and his fingertips gently pressed on the spine, and said, "Sun Langzhong, don't you think this spine is a little strange." ”

"Spine?"

Hearing this, Sun Fujia hurriedly looked at the spine of the book connected by the front and back cover.

Sun Fujia is a rich learner and knows all parts of a book very well.

At this moment, when he heard Lin Feng's prompt, he went to observe the spine of the Analects with a faulty gaze, and suddenly, Sun Fujia raised his head violently and said, "It's thick!" The spine of the book seems to be a little thicker than a normal book. ”

Lin Feng's fingertips rubbed on the spine of the book, and said with a smile: "It's not just thicker, it's also softer." ”

"Softer?"

Sun Fujia was stunned for a moment, but he was quick-witted, and almost instantly, he understood what Lin Feng meant.

He hurriedly picked up the Tao Te Ching that he had put down again, and then turned it so that the spine of the Tao Te Ching was facing him.

He carefully observed the spine of the book, and at the same time pressed it with his fingers, and his face could not hide the surprise: "The spine of this book is also thicker, and it is also softer...... Normally, the spine is just the paper that connects the front and back covers, and the thickness should be the same as the cover, so how can it be thicker? And it's glued straight on, with no gaps in between, and it shouldn't be soft. ”

"Unless ......"

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng and said his inference: "This book spine is not a thin layer, it also has a mezzanine!" ”

Sure enough, when it comes to things related to learning, Sun Fujia's thinking is the fastest...... Lin Feng said with a smile: "I think so too, but how to be specific, whether we think too much or not, we need to verify." ”

As he spoke, Lin Feng asked for a dagger from the guard's hand, and he used the dagger to slowly cut it along the edge of the spine.

And with the opening of a cut, the two completely separate papers inside and outside came into view.

Sun Fujia's eyes widened slightly, and the expression on his face instantly became surprised and excited: "There is really a problem with the spine, there is really a mezzanine!" ”

Lin Feng listened to Sun Fujia's words, looked at the separated papers, and let out a long breath of turbidity, and he also smiled: "Finally cracked their technique...... If I can't find it again, I really have to wonder if there's something wrong with my reasoning. ”

Sun Fujia nodded in agreement: "These guys are really too cautious and cunning, originally asked Brido to help transport these books, it was already hidden enough, who would have thought that they would make a fuss about the books." ”

"I've read hundreds of books, and it stands to reason that I know enough about books, but I still ignore the most inconspicuous spine, who would have thought that this spine would be two layers, inside and outside?"

Lin Feng smiled: "Brido is not their own person after all, they have some precautions and normal means, not to mention the Western Regions to Datang, the road is difficult and dangerous, any accident can happen, they must also guard against books falling into the hands of others and exposing their secrets, so it is not too surprising to add another layer of insurance." ”

Sun Fujia sighed with emotion: "Our enemies really don't have any stupid and careless ...... Zide, if it weren't for your observation of the details to the point of horror, and then you discovered such an inconspicuous anomaly as the spine, we might really sit on the treasure mountain and not know how to use it, and in the end, as Ling said, we might doubt our own judgment, and thus completely miss these secrets. ”

"In this way, my habit of investigating cases is really useful to us."

Lin Feng smiled and talked to Sun Fujia as he completely cut the entire spine of the book.

As the inside and outside of the spine of the book were separated, a note hidden inside the spine finally came into view.

"Zide!" Sun Fujia's eyes lit up when he saw the note.

Lin Feng smiled and took out the note, then opened it.

Sun Fujia hurriedly leaned over and looked at the note.

And the next moment......

"This ...... What is it? ”

Sun Fujia's face turned dazed again.

I saw that this note was full of very small words, but these words were not meaningful at all, and could be read together, but a series of numbers.

"Erwulu, Wanton Three One ......"

The whole sheet of paper is full of such numbers.

Sun Fujia was a little scratchy, and he said, "It's another difficult puzzle to solve...... Are they overly cautious? ”

I finally found the note from the spine of the book, thinking that I could finally know the purpose of the merchant forces in the Western Regions, but who would have thought that the note was still a puzzle that needed to be solved.

But there is no logic in such a bunch of numbers, and the gods will not know what they represent.

Lin Feng saw that Sun Fujia was about to collapse, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that these things should involve their core secrets, otherwise they wouldn't have taken so many insurances, they are really afraid that someone will crack their secrets." ”

Sun Fujia saw that Lin Feng's tone was calm, far from being as solemn as when he saw these books, his heart moved, and he hurriedly said, "Zide, do you know the secret of these numbers?" ”

The corners of Lin Feng's mouth raised slightly: "Coincidentally...... I have had the pleasure of coming across a similar password. ”

"Password?" Sun Fujia was stunned, and his brain was thinking about the meaning of the word password.

Lin Feng said with a smile: "Sun Langzhong doesn't have to care what the password is, you just need to know that these numbers represent some words, as long as you know what words they represent, you can know what the merchant forces in the Western Regions are hiding." ”

Sun Fujia frowned and said, "But there is no pattern to these numbers, and there is no way to guess what they represent." ”

"No need to guess."

"What?"

Lin Feng smiled and raised the "Analects" in his hand and said, "The answer is here." ”

Sun Fujia listened to Lin Feng's words, his face showed a thoughtful look, he first looked at the numbers on the paper, and then looked at the book in Lin Feng's hand, suddenly, Sun Fujia seemed to think of something, he straightened his back violently: "Is it!?" ”

"It seems that Sun Langzhong understands."

Lin Feng handed the "Analects" to Sun Fujia, then looked at the numbers on the note himself, and said: "This belongs to a special kind of password, which needs to be corresponded to in the code book, and they put the note and the "Analects" together so that they correspond to each other. ”

"So, Erwulu...... It should be the words on the second page, the fifth row, the sixth column, or the sixth row of the fifth column. ”

When Sun Fujia heard this, he hurriedly opened the book in his hand, and quickly found the words Lin Feng said on this page.

He said, "The words in the sixth column of the fifth row are work, and the sixth line of the fifth column is empty and there are no words. ”

Lin Feng nodded: "It seems that the word in the middle represents the row, and the last word represents the column." ”

Sun Fujia nodded heavily: "Quick, let's find out all the words." ”

They quickly went to an empty room, and then found the four treasures of the study, Sun Fujia picked up the brush and dipped it in ink, and was responsible for writing, and Lin Feng was responsible for finding the corresponding words according to the code book.

Soon, the two of them, who cooperated tacitly, quickly found out all the words.

Sun Fujia put down the brush and looked at what he had just written, his face changed slightly.

Lin Feng looked at the words on the paper and suddenly narrowed his eyes.

I saw a sentence written on the paper-

"Zhao Xuan of the Ministry of Works, in May of the third year of Zhenguan, when building a bridge in Yangzhou, he received a bribe of 300 yuan for stealing a mansion and hiding a golden house."

Looking at this sentence, Lin Feng said slowly: "Sun Langzhong, are you familiar with this Zhao Xuan?" ”

Sun Fujia shook his head: "I know, but not too familiar." ”

"Do you think that's true?" Lin Feng asked again.

Sun Fujia frowned, pondered for a long time, and sighed: "It's hard to say...... But I remember that in May of the third year of Zhenguan, there was a flood in Yangzhou, and the Ministry of Industry did send people to support at that time. ”

It's hard to say...... It is because there is not enough evidence to easily say that the colleague has embezzled and accepted bribes.

But the specific things that followed have already proved Sun Fujia's inclination.

The use of time and place is very specific and precise, and it can be connected to the past, which is almost a certainty.

Lin Feng was smart, and naturally understood the meaning of Sun Fujia's words, he turned his eyes to the box, looked at the books in the box, and slowly shook his head: "If all the books in these two boxes have similar content in the spine, it will be terrifying." ”

"These two boxes of books are at least hundreds, right?"

"If every book is a record of an official's corruption and bribery, doesn't that mean that at least hundreds of officials have been corrupt and bribed?"

Sun Fujia's face was solemn, and he said, "Look at two more books and see." ”

As he spoke, he quickly peeled back the spine of a book, and sure enough, there was a note inside.

He and Lin Feng cooperated again and quickly found the corresponding text.

Soon, two more pieces of corruption and bribery were added to the paper.

Sun Fujia couldn't help but close his eyes, shook his head and said, "You can't live if you do your own evil." ”

Lin Feng looked at the contents on the paper and speculated: "The merchant forces of the Western Regions have described it so clearly, I'm afraid that all this money is ...... from them."

Sun Fujia was shocked in his heart, and he hurriedly said, "Could it be that these officials are all from the merchant forces of the Western Regions?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "No...... Officials are different from businessmen like Jin Fenglu, officials look down on businessmen, and they will not bow to businessmen because they give money. ”

"Therefore, in their eyes, the money provided by these merchants in the Western Regions is a gift for them to do things, and they don't think that if they accept this money, they will become the lackeys of the merchants of the Western Regions."

Sun Fujia thought for a while, and then nodded: "It's the same...... But if so, they are not the lackeys of these merchants in the Western Regions, so what are the plans of the merchants of the Western Regions to transport these things to Chang'an? Is it to use these things to threaten these officials and make them do things for them? ”

It is true that these bribes alone cannot make officials submit, but what if they are threatened?

I'm afraid these officials will have to think about it.

Lin Feng didn't answer Sun Fujia, but slowly closed his eyes, and his brain began to flash all the information about the Four Elephants Organization, the Jin Hai family, and the merchant forces of the Western Regions, and at the same time, the shocking changes that Chang'an was about to encounter, as well as what the bearded man said, in the autumn of the second year of Zhenguan, the merchants of the Western Regions had said to Jin Fenglu.

"You have to muddy the water, stir the dark tide and stir the waves, and only then will you have a chance to ......"

Suddenly, Lin Feng opened his eyes, his eyes were dark and dark, as if there was a terrifying undercurrent, and said, "Sun Langzhong, have you ever thought about such a possibility, they are not here to threaten these officials, but to ...... Exposed! ”

"What? Exposure? Sun Fujia was stunned.

Lin Feng stared at Sun Fujia tightly and nodded heavily: "Exposing the corruption and bribery deeds of as many as hundreds of officials, at this moment of shocking changes in Chang'an, when you are competing for the position of Shaoqing...... Can you imagine what Chang'an City will become? ”

It was like thunder bursting in the ears, as if thunder was thundering on the ground.

Sun Fujia, who was still thinking, was immediately stunned in place after hearing Lin Feng's words, only to feel a chill that instantly enveloped him, making him stand up with goosebumps suddenly.

(End of chapter)