Volume 2: Residence in the Capital Chapter 105 Not Simple
What do you mean I didn't explain it to him last night? It was all my fault?
What and what is this all about?
Chu Ying's eyes widened immediately, his face full of bewilderment. And until this time, Qi Jingshan coughed lightly and said, "Shangshu Lu, please come in. Old Chu has the temper of looking down on others. Don't bother with him."
Seeing Lu Wan hesitate for a moment, and then draw the curtain and enter the room, knowing that the people around him were all officials from various places, Qi Jingshan, a former Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and now an old idler living in the capital, said with a smile: "We met Dr. Zhang who was joining in the fun downstairs of Zhigong Building. Old Chu suddenly felt like asking people to come up and sit. They haven't even exchanged names yet."
Zhang Shou had just guessed that the short and fat old man opposite him was most likely the old Chu that Ge Yong had mentioned before, or Old Chu. At this moment, before the other party lost his temper, he immediately stood up and bowed sincerely, saying, "Mr. Chu, I am really sorry just now. I saw that Mr. Qi was unwilling to speak out, so I just went with the flow and pretended to be confused."
Chu Ying glared at his old friend angrily, and seeing Qi Jingshan was still calm, he could not help but cursed in a low voice when he thought of the times when he and Ge Yong had argued fiercely, and this guy often took advantage of him. However, the people next to him knew him, so he just stretched out his hand to Zhang Shou with a stern face, until the man handed him the note politely with both hands, and then his face looked better.
This kid is at least more knowledgeable and interesting ... Humph, he even looks like Old Man Ge when he was young, attracting a lot of attention!
However, when Chu Ying got the paper, he frowned after just one glance. He slightly bent his fingers - although mental arithmetic was much faster than this kind of small movement, his habit still overshadowed everything. After confirming that these numbers were completely unrelated, he looked at Zhang Shou with a bad face: "Why, is this the question you gave to Minister Lu?"
Zhang Shou immediately shook his head: "How dare I ask questions to test Minister Lu?"
Seeing Chu Ying looking at him thoughtfully, and then showing an understanding expression, Lu Wan hoped that Zhang Shou, the outsider, would quickly leave, but since he was sitting there calmly, he could only whisper, "Mr. Chu, I am also desperate and trying all kinds of methods..."
"Hmph," Chu Ying glanced at the Shuntian government hall where a court was being held, and suddenly said, "Xiaokang, you guys should stop being so silent. Just say what you need to say and have a good chat with the two little guys that Dr. Zhang brought here."
Zhang Shou saw Qiao Hu and Yang Hao were a little confused at first, but when they were surrounded by Chu Ying and Qi Jingshan's servants, who kept asking questions, the two teenagers who didn't understand the profound conversation immediately forgot their restraint and excitedly talked about their days in the countryside. He immediately realized that this was the best way to disrupt possible eavesdroppers.
As expected, in this chaotic atmosphere, Chu Ying looked at Lu Wan with a half-smile and whispered, "Just now, Dr. Zhang asked me why the rebels in Linhai Camp were not tried by your Ministry of War, nor by the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, the Censorate, or the Three Judicial Departments, but were thrown into the Ministry of Justice... Haha, isn't it because Shuntian Prefecture Governor Wang Datou is a rare anomaly who is proficient in mathematics?"
This was an answer that Zhang Shou had never expected, and what Chu Ying said next further revealed the mystery.
"The Linhai Camp had been planning for a long time, but the timing of the outbreak was actually wrong. The reason was that when the secret letter was delivered, the person who received it in the Linhai Camp made a mistake in calculating the time and date. Afterwards, when the traitor in the Ministry of War was caught, he cursed and then hit his head against the wall and died. The person who received the secret letter in the Linhai Camp was also said to have committed suicide out of hatred."
Even as he spoke this piece of news which should have been considered top secret, Chu Ying remained nonchalant, not even caring that there were a few little fellows chattering nearby who might have heard what he said.
"But even if there was a mistake in the secret letter, they did find out the time when Grand Secretary Kong was ordered to inspect the Linhai Camp. It's just that the time difference is a thousand miles away. Now, Shuntian Prefecture Governor Wang Datou has thirteen secret letters between a spy in the Ministry of War and someone in the Linhai Camp. Are the numbers that you have deciphered in your hand the code in one of the letters?"
The man in front of him was clearly an old man who had long since retired from officialdom and was living a carefree life. However, after hearing these words, the Minister of War, who had always remained calm in the face of adversity, finally found it difficult to maintain a flat and rigid expression on his face. He was silent for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice: "Please enlighten me, Mr. Chu and Mr. Qi."
"Do you think I haven't solved it before?" Chu Ying slammed the table in annoyance. "I saw the copies of these secret letters when they were delivered to my house yesterday. I haven't even calculated these numbers. I was dizzy just staring at the words one by one. You don't ask the original owner for help, but ask me? Humph, old man Ge is lucky. He actually picked up a very talented student."
Zhang Shou saw Lu Wan looking at him in disbelief, and finally turned to Qi Jingshan. However, the usually calm old man just smiled and shook his head as an answer. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He was not really superior to these elders; the only difference was that he had a few hundred more years of experience, and that was all.
Therefore, Zhang Shou did not hesitate much and repeated what he said to Lu Wan last night. Seeing Chu Ying and Qi Jingshan looking at each other, one of them tapped the table lightly, as if checking something, and the other rubbed his left upper arm with his right hand, obviously also calculating, he knew that the two of them might have seen some secret letters a long time ago. And besides them, Ge Yong might have done the same.
As for why he hadn't heard anything beforehand... Because before that, he had only shown some talent, and perhaps people didn't trust him. If it weren't for Lu Sanlang's accidental discovery, perhaps the case before him would have had nothing to do with him until it was settled.
Soon, Chu Ying and Qi Jingshan exchanged glances, and then the latter said gently: "I remember you once talked about secret codes and passwords at the Ge family. Then these numbers..."
"I just thought about it casually. Maybe it really corresponds to the Thousand Character Classic?" Zhang Shou smiled and said casually, "Because the Thousand Character Classic has a thousand characters without any repetition, it is simpler and more suitable to be used as a code book than the Four Books and Five Classics, Tang poetry and Song lyrics. So, the four words "Mr. Kong" that I told Minister Lu last night also came from it."
Seeing that Lu Wan was fidgeting, and clearly planning to go back to check the book immediately, he said with a smile: "Since Minister Lu is so eager to go home, how about I give you a ride?"
Seeing that Chu Ying and Qi Jingshan were also frowning in thought, Lu Wan hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
However, when Zhang Shou escorted him out of the private room and even all the way to the stairs, he, who was always sensitive, asked softly, "Does Dr. Zhang have anything else to say to me?"
"Actually, it's not me, it's Yingying." Zhang Shou paused, looking straight into Lu Wan's eyes, "Yingying wants to ask Minister Lu something. Her father and brother failed in the war before, but apart from those who were really worried about the war situation and sad about the failure, who else was behind the scenes instigating people to attack them?"
Faced with such a straightforward question, even though Lu Wan was mentally prepared when asking the question, he was still caught off guard.
You have to know that this was in public, with people coming and going, and Zhang Shou's voice was not quiet. As long as a few people heard it, the news that the future son-in-law of Duke Zhao's Mansion asked him this question would spread throughout the capital!
If it was Zhu Ying who asked the same question, it wouldn't be surprising, but Zhang Shou was obviously well versed in mathematics and was extremely meticulous, so how could he be so reckless?
He just thought this country boy was no ordinary person!
Minister Lu only felt that the private rooms near the staircase were casting countless eyes of concern at him. The teahouse waiters passing by also secretly peeked at him. Under this unspeakable pressure, he forced a smile and said with a laugh: "The innocent will be innocent. Dr. Zhang does not need to worry about the father and son of Duke Zhao. The emperor and the officials in the court will give justice to the soldiers on the battlefield!"
After saying this, he immediately ran down the stairs as if fleeing, until he reached the first floor in one breath and walked quickly out the door.
Seeing Lu Wan walking away quickly, Zhang Shou stood at the stairs but did not go back immediately.
If the Thousand Characters Classic is just a coincidence, then the use of binary as a password mechanism is a bit far-fetched to say that others understood . After all, there is no mention of binary in all the ancient mathematical classics and related books. This can be seen from the fact that the two mathematical masters, such as Ge Yonghe, did not think of it immediately.
Also, who was the mastermind of the rebellion? He even plotted against a cabinet minister and had a secret line in the Ministry of War?
Tsk tsk, this peaceful and prosperous era is not simple!
It's not easy and it's none of his business. He just wants this classic history to occupy the right path in the world again, exclude other times from being so rigid, and follow the footsteps of his predecessors. As a science student who is not very good at invention, the only way to change the world is through education !
