Chapter 99 Scribe

Author: Yao Jishan

Chapter 99 Scribe

In the small attic window, Wei Shu was hiding in the dark, her bright eyes staring at a figure walking downstairs, her brows gradually frowning.

How come there are still scribes wandering around the yard in the middle of the night?

As the figure gradually approached, Wei Shu also saw the face of the visitor clearly.

The man dressed as a clerk was about thirty years old. He had a broad forehead, raised eyebrows, and a very unkind appearance.

In one hand he was holding a lantern for the government's night watch, in the other he was holding a coarse cloth umbrella, and on his back he was carrying a government official's official robe. He was dressed in the government official's official uniform, without a turban on his head, revealing the turban tied to both sides of his head. Her hair was tied up, and one corner of her clothes was tucked into her belt. The belt was khaki and embroidered with strange patterns of vegetation.

Wei Shu stared at the belt for a few breaths, and she understood clearly.

It turns out they are from the Laigu tribe.

The strange vegetation patterns are the characteristics of the Laigu tribe. This tribe believes in the god of the earth, and trees are born in the soil, so trees are their totems.

In Aqisi's memory, the Laigu people did not shave their heads.

Compared to the red-armored Harqin tribe and the black-armored Sota tribe who are brave and good at fighting, the white-armored Laigu tribe appears to be weaker.

Among the Wujia Army, the Baijia Army belonging to the Laigu tribe has the weakest combat power. Most of its tribesmen are messengers, flag officers, camp guards or heavy laborers, etc. Many Laigu people hold civilian positions in the army. There are also many civil servants in the government offices who are from this clan.

At this time, the Na Lai ancient scribe had already walked out of Wei Shu's sight along the edge of the green brick floor, and scattered footsteps came one after another, unhurriedly, as if walking leisurely.

Wei Shu frowned and thought for a moment, put her hand on the window string, listened to the direction of the footsteps, tapped her toes towards the ground, and flew out of the window as lightly as a flying swallow, using only two After getting up and down, he came to the back wall of the first courtyard. He leaned slightly and looked at the scribe who had not yet approached.

It's not that she's suspicious, it's just that this person looks a little weird.

If we say that this clerk is concerned about official business and holds candles and documents, he is really not magnanimous in that way. He walks with a lamp to reach places that cannot be illuminated by candles. However, if we say that he is sneaky and has other agendas, he has never hidden his whereabouts. , the lantern in his hand was bright and bright.

Not long after, the scribe walked under the second entrance wall, took out the key from his waist, and opened the courtyard door.

"Hoarse", the sound of the door opening could be heard far away in the rainy night. The clerk didn't seem to care, and walked out of the courtyard in a swagger. Wei Shu almost suspected that he was deliberately recruiting people.

However, after waiting for a while, the government office was still quiet in the night, except for the drizzle that swept across the eaves, making a low sound, like the sound of the wind.

He actually taught him to walk out like this.

Wei Shu didn't know for a moment whether to praise him for his boldness or to admire his big heart. However, when the clerk entered the second courtyard, he turned around and headed to the east. Soon he came to the shelf on the south wall. Then, there was another unscrupulous sound of the door opening and closing, but the door of the treasury was also opened.

Speaking of which, the Baishuang City Government Office was originally the Yincheng County Government Office, and its building regulations were the standard Song Dynasty system. After the Jin army captured Yincheng twenty years ago, the county government office was not renovated. Therefore, the entire government office was The government office still follows the old system. There are three courtyards at the front and rear. The first two are for offices, and the last one is the residence of the government leaders and their families. The cabinet library is still in its original location, and its purpose is still to store case files and official documents. place.

Just when the scribe was opening the cabinet, Wei Shu had already slipped into the house silently. The scribe felt a cool breeze blowing beside him, but he didn't know that there was already a person lying on the beam.

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Wei Shu was really curious now.

This clerk brazenly broke into the official office at night. Why did he come? Is he really here for business?

According to the official system of Baishuang City, the scribe is responsible for documents. Therefore, this scribe was very familiar with the cabinet library. He walked around three times with a lantern and came to the official document marked "River".

In front of the shelf, he stood on tiptoe and rummaged through the upper floor for a moment, then picked out a volume of official documents placed at the very back.

Until he picked up the official document, Wei Shu still couldn't figure out his purpose, but in the next breath, she finally knew what this man was here for.

He came to tamper with official documents. Actually.

Wei Shu was extremely surprised, thinking that this person could do bad things with such brilliance, she had never seen him before.

After finding the official document, the Laigu scribe slowly took out the office supplies such as pen and ink, printing box, lacquer tube and a small dark green porcelain bottle from the official document bag, and placed them in the blank space of the shelf.

, and then put the official document sealed with fire paint on the lantern to bake.

After a while, the fire paint was slightly softened by the fire, so he picked up the small dark green porcelain bottle and dropped two drops of bright red juice onto the fire paint.

I don't know what the juice was made of, but it actually softened the paint in the blink of an eye, and also wrapped a layer of something that looked like grease around the paint, making the paint melt and not fall apart, and dripped down the official document.

dripping.

The clerk skillfully used a small water jar to catch the oily beads of paint, and then opened the official document, carefully read the document from beginning to end, and then took out the blank official document record book that had been prepared long ago.

"Gourd Painting Ladle" copied the entire article, with only slight changes in key points.

Wei Shu could see clearly on Liang that the official document recorded the entry and exit of cargo ships at the largest docks in Baishuang City, including the name and number of ships, the type and quantity of goods, the names of trading companies, the time when goods entered and left the docks, etc.

The only changes that the scribe made were the number of ships and the number of cargo. They may be added or subtracted, but there is no definite number.

What on earth does this person want to do?

Wei Shu became more and more confused, but she saw that the scribe had copied and revised it quickly. The handwriting, paper and seal of the official document were all the same as the original.

After the handwriting dried, he replaced the original document with the corrected one, re-sealed it with wax, and put it back in its original place.

Wei Shu thought that was the end of it, but unexpectedly, the clerk started rummaging through the shelves again, and soon found several other official documents from other counties, all of which were still reported to cargo ships at the wharf, etc. He still used the same method to renew

Copying and making modifications still only changes the number, nothing else.

Looking at the clerk's actions, Wei Shu couldn't help but think of the story about Baishuang City that she had read in Mangtai's study some time ago.

Baishuang City is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Canghe River, and is connected to the tributaries of the Lanjiang River. When it was originally Yincheng, it was an important water transportation center in the Northern Xinjiang of the Song Dynasty. There were official and merchant ships coming and going from time to time, and ships transporting silver ore came one after another and could reach dozens of miles.

After being captured by the Jin Kingdom, because the Jin people did not know much about water transportation, they only knew how to transport ore by land in the first ten years, so the Canghe Wharf became deserted.

Later, as the power of the Jin Dynasty grew stronger, the Jin people also discovered the beauty of water transportation. In addition, among the captured Song people, there were also some boatmen who were good at handling boats. The Jin people restarted water transportation, and Canghe Wharf became lively again.
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