Chapter 122 Hiding in the Toys
Finally, he was the only one left in the study.
Min Zhicai dug out a small box the size of a seal, sealed with oil paper and sealing wax, from a potted plant placed by the window.
Then he hurried back to his desk and began to grind ink. After thinking for a moment, he started to write.
Min Zhicai's calligraphy is very beautiful and special. It has his own personal style. If ordinary people want to imitate it, it will take a lot of time.
His mentor once said that if he did not become an official, he would become a great calligrapher.
Min Zhicai wrote from late at night until dawn, filling up several large sheets of paper.
After putting down his pen, he read over the sheets of paper again, and after finding no problems, he stamped his own seal on them.
He also put his handprint on it just in case.
After doing all this, Min Zhicai carefully blew the ink dry, then rolled up the papers and put them together with the small box he had dug out before into an iron mechanism box.
Holding this mechanical box, Min Zhicai couldn't think of where to hide it for a moment.
The study room must not be used anymore.
If someone came to his place to look for something, the study would be the first place they would look.
Suddenly, he thought of the yard where his little daughter was temporarily living.
Because the child was still young and cried easily, her current yard was the most remote in the mansion, a long way from everyone else's yard.
Moreover, there were not many ordinary things in the younger daughter's yard, but there were many toys of various kinds.
Although she was a daughter, she was his youngest child. He had no shortage of sons, so naturally he loved this little girl even more.
Although the yard is far away for the time being, it has everything it needs.
Not only is there no shortage, but there is even a wide variety of them. Especially the various toys, there is everything you can think of.
Most people would not think of a four-year-old child looking for something in the yard.
The little daughter had been taken away by the secret guards, and the servants in the yard had been driven away to other places. Now, there was no one here, which made it easier for him to act.
After looking at several places, Min Zhicai felt that they were not safe.
Finally, he set his eyes on the Luban lock that his youngest daughter had been playing with recently.
That was the birthday present he had asked a skilled craftsman to make for his daughter a few days ago.
The Luban lock is the size of an adult's palm and is spherical. You can play with it as a small ball. If you can master the method of opening it, there is a hollow space in the center of the Luban lock.
He originally put a safety lock in it.
Min Zhicai picked up the Luban lock and looked at it. There was no sign that it had been opened before.
He immediately decided to hide the things in there.
He found a place to sit down and started to take apart the Luban lock.
It took him less than half an hour to finally take apart all the Luban locks, revealing the peace lock that was originally hidden inside.
He took out the safety lock and put the iron mechanism box back in.
Perfect size.
Without further ado, he hurriedly restored the Lu Ban lock into a small ball shape.
Finally, he took the ball and threw it into the bamboo basket where his daughter kept her toys.
It was placed together with other small kites, small wooden swords and rag dolls.
After doing this, he turned and left his little daughter's yard.
He was alone the whole time, and even his personal servant was sent away to do other things.
Min Zhicai walked out of his little daughter's yard with an indescribable sense of relief on his face and body. It seemed that he had happily accepted his own ending.
Inside the government office of Jingzhao Prefecture.
This was not the first time Xiong Deyi came to Jingzhao Prefecture.
In the past, when some major cases occurred in the capital and the Jingzhao Prefecture was short-handed, the people from their patrol camp would also lend a helping hand.
After all these interactions, he and Zhang Quanhe had developed some friendship.
But never before had he been so depressed as this time. He even tasted bitterness when he drank the tea brought by the servants.
When Zhang Quanhe came in, he saw Xiong Deyi drinking tea with a look of disgust on his face. The expression on his face showed that he almost hated the tea to death.
"General Xiong, I am sorry for the inconvenience." Zhang Quanhe apologized immediately.
They are now on the same boat, so they can only cooperate with each other and absolutely cannot hold each other back.
When Xiong De heard Zhang Quanhe's voice, he quickly put down his teacup, stood up and saluted, "Master Zhang, what are you talking about? I know your difficulties in this situation. Don't say such rude words anymore. If you say it again, you will be slapping me in the face."
Xiong Deyi came this time to discuss with Zhang Quanhe how to deal with the follow-up matters.
He was born a military general, so when it comes to thinking, he cannot compare with the civil officials.
Besides, he is now a criminal. If he wants to get rid of this situation, he needs to find out the truth as soon as possible.
To be honest, he really had no idea.
If you ask him to go into battle and kill the enemy, he will do it without hesitation, but investigating cases is really not his forte.
Seeing Xiong Deyi's attitude, Zhang Quanhe stopped probing him. He went straight to the point and told him in detail what he had found out.
I also talked about some of the things that happened during the meeting with the emperor.
After saying this, Xiong Deyi's mind suddenly became clear.
Judging from the implication of his words, this incident is related to Dayan.
If this is the case, then we only need to search for the spies that Dayan buried in Dachen, and we will have evidence.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is how it should be.
Xiong Deyi's heart, which had been hanging in the air since the incident happened, finally settled down a little.
He may not be good at other things, but he is confident in investigating and making details.
The world is now divided into three parts. In addition to Dayan and Dachen, there is also Nanyue.
The three kingdoms checked and restrained each other, which provided the common people with a relatively peaceful living environment.
However, who doesn't want to dominate the world? It's just that the Three Kingdoms more or less have some practical difficulties of their own. Therefore, it is an open secret that the Three Kingdoms planted secret lines and sent spies in other countries.
As for Dachen, we still have to send new people to the other two countries every month.
However, Xiong Deyi had some understanding of the Dayan spies in the capital.
After verifying the facts, he did not act rashly, but sent people to watch over the spies who were found out.
If they really kill all these people who are already in the open, then they will have to go through a lot of trouble to find the people they send next time. It is better to do it this way as it is now.
Song Qingci never dreamed that her momentary impulse would develop in a direction she had never expected...