Family Has a Concubine

Cai Jie winked at the little eunuch at the side, and the little eunuch moved a short and long snail-embedded table and put it in the center of the hall.

Cai Jie spread the three things neatly on the low table.

Emperor Zhengxuan said weakly: "Take a look...see if there is any way."

Lu Zhi, Fan Zhiming and the others looked at each other, and stepped forward one after another to study the differences between the three letters. After reading them for a long time, everyone shook their heads, but they couldn't see any difference.

Qian Zhixin snorted coldly: "No matter how you look at it, I feel that this is something forged by Zhenxihou. The paper used in the first letter and the defense map in the hands of Lao Zhuang is the same, and it is Luodu rice paper commonly used by nobles. And The defense map found on He Dong's body is inferior straw paper, which was drawn by Shi Xiaoquan from memory with his own paper in a hurry."

Although Qian Zhixin wanted to curry favor with Chu Yunpan some time ago, he regretted it after Chu Yunpan's accident, and he also helped to bury Chu Yunpan just now.

Now that Chu Yunpan is about to overturn the case, Qian Zhixin is afraid that Chu Yunpan will retaliate against him, and he only wishes that Chu Yunpan is really with these bandits, so that Chu Yunpan can be punished.

Lu Zhi rubbed his chin: "Looking at the handwriting, I can't tell the truth. Could it be Shi Xiaoquan's handwriting? Or someone else's handwriting?"

Fan Zhiming said: "Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that the defense map found on He Dong's body, the handwriting identification is indeed like Shi Xiaoquan's. Shi Xiaoquan can read, but he doesn't often write, so there are very few documents left. "

"Marquis Zhenxi said that Yao Shangshu ordered it. Could it be that the remaining two letters were written by Yao Shang? It doesn't look like Yao Shangshu's handwriting now." Zhang Zan said.

Yao Yangcheng snorted coldly: "My handwriting is not so ugly."

The characters on the letter and the defense map are not ugly, but they are very common. Yao Yangcheng has good calligraphy, so he ridiculed that the characters are ugly, not his own.

"But you can deliberately write ugly." Chen Miao said, "Why don't you let someone check your handwriting."

Lu Zhi shook his head and said in a low voice, "Who would write this kind of thing by himself?"

Everyone nodded.

"Ahem... Can't you see it?" Emperor Zhengxuan coughed continuously.

Yao Yangcheng heaved a sigh of relief and raised his lips. The gangsters kneeling behind were all tense, and Lao Shitou and the others were also sweating coldly in anxiety.

"It's Ningyan Songmo." Suddenly a voice sounded. When everyone turned around, it was Liao Shoufu who spoke.

The courtiers were stunned, unable to react for a moment what it was, Yao Yangcheng stared wide-eyed, looking at the few letters on the low table, his face changed drastically.

"Shoufu is right, it is condensing smoke and pine ink." Chu Yunpan said.

Emperor Zhengxuan also reacted instantly, "Bring it...cough cough...show me."

Cai Jie hurried down, brought up the three letters, and Emperor Zhengxuan flipped through them.

In fact, he doesn't pay much attention to these brushes and inks, and looking at them now, he can't see any condensed ink.

But seeing what Chu Yunpan said so affirmatively, and Liao Shoufu's approval, I couldn't help but feel terrified, what kind of smoke and ink is it? Could it be that Chu Yunpan was really wronged?

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but look at Chu Yunpan.

I saw Chu Yunpan still kneeling on the ground, with a black and red gorgeous shop gown spread out on the ground, like ink clouds, with a gorgeous and handsome appearance, full of dignity. Such a demeanor is really impressive.

Looking at it now, it looks more like Yunxia, ​​and Hong Guangshou, the leader of the gangster, is obscene and arrogant, how can he look like Chu Yunpan at all?

Moreover, what is the grandson of a bandit... What arrests and saves people... It was a bit far-fetched at first, but now it seems...

Thinking about it, Emperor Zhengxuan seemed to feel guilty for a while, did he wrong him?

"What condenses smoke and pine ink?" the prince said.

Chu Yunpan said: "Ningyansong ink is a kind of ink tributed by Northern Chu. It usually looks not very gorgeous, but no matter how bad the paper quality is, it can condense and not disperse. The ink is smooth and has a very light rosin. Smelling it carefully, I really can't smell it. It was made by Master Ni of Northern Chu."

"That's right." Liao Shoufu nodded, "Six years ago, Northern Chu paid a tribute of a hundred catties of Ningyan Songmo. At that time, the emperor distributed it, and the humble minister got a catty. But the biggest advantage of Ningyan Songmo is that no matter what The quality of paper is condensed but not scattered. But the paper we usually use is good paper, no matter what kind of ink can achieve that effect. Therefore, the advantages of condensed smoke and pine ink are not obvious to us. In our opinion, it is not as good as treasure ink. Fang Mo and Shan Lai Mo."

"The minister got this secret letter from his wife, studied it carefully, and finally found out that it was Ningyan Songmo, so he sent people to the House of Internal Affairs to inquire. Knowing that the emperor gave Liao Shoufu a catty at that time, His Royal Highness , Liang Wang, Lu Wang, Rong Wang and Zheng Guogong each gave a catty. The emperor kept the rest for his own use." Chu Yunpan said.

"Hey... this..." Cai Jie was stunned, and suddenly his eyes widened: "I think I remembered it. At that time, I first got Ningyan Songmo, the emperor liked it, so I kept a lot of it. But later Shazhou Shanggong Baofang ink Compared with it, the emperor found that Daqi's Baofang ink was used more smoothly. So there was a total of 80 catties of Ningyan Songmo left. Once Yao Shangshu came to the imperial study and saw the slaves tidying up Ningyan Songmo, so he said I used it very well last time. The emperor gave Yao Shangshu the remaining Ningyan Songmo."

Said, Cai Jie glanced at Yao Yangcheng.

Yao Yangcheng's face turned pale, and his voice trembled: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged. Although I took a lot of this pine smoke ink later, Liao Shoufu, Zheng Guogong, the Crown Prince and King Liang also have some of them!"

Chu Yunpan said: "The ink was given six years ago, and Liao Shoufu and others only got a catty of ink. When the ink was given, the emperor also said that the paper and ink are used for writing, so that everyone can use it. Don't give it up and get moldy. So, Liao Shoufu, Zheng Guogong and others have already run out of ink. Now that they have to write a secret letter, there is no way there is any leftover."

"Yes." Chen Miao quickly said, "It is obvious that since the emperor gave ink, Yao Shangshu has been using condensed smoke and pine ink for several years. It has become a matter of course to use it. I don't know that it is special! Yao Shangshu thinks it is special when he uses it. Ordinary calligraphy is just as good. Therefore, whether writing secret letters or blueprints, Yao Shangshu only remembers to change the paper, but forgets that it has long been a habit and a matter of course. "

Yao Yangcheng trembled, took a step back suddenly, his face was pale, but with a plop, he knelt down: "Your Majesty, I... I am wronged... I want to know, how did Zhen Xihou know about Ningyan Songmo? It must be Zhenxihou who knew that the minister used this ink, so he used this ink to write the so-called 'secret letter', drew the blueprint and handed it to Shi Zhuang."

Chu Yunpan's eyebrows turned cold, and he smiled: "Yao Shangshu is really amazing, why can you explain why the blueprints won from the bandits are still condensed?"