"Huh? What does this mean?" Ximen Qing looked at Lao Zhang's pride and couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that this kind of book was printed by the Imperial City Division itself?"
Lao Zhang raised his thumb and said, "Sir Gao Ming's book is different from the popular books on the market. Instead, it scrambles some commonly used words into a thin page of no more than twenty or thirty pages. It is divided into two books, A and B, which are compared with each other.
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As he spoke, Lao Zhang took out two pamphlets, one red and one black, and showed them to Ximen Qing and Wu Song.
"The red one is book A, and the black one is book B." Lao Zhang said and spread out the two booklets respectively.
Ximen Qing and Wu Song looked at it and saw that it was indeed not an ordinary book. Whether it was Book A or Book B, the words inside were simply spliced together at random, without any actual meaning.
Another difference from ordinary books is that the blank pages of the book are marked with heavenly stems and earthly branches. Ximen Qing can tell at a glance that this is used to quickly locate a common word, and then refer to the same place in another book to find the word.
The true meaning comes.
"The person who invented this kind of cipher text can be said to be a genius." Ximen Qing couldn't help but admire him after reading it. The advanced thing about this kind of cipher text is that in order to crack the cipher text, you must put the A and B copies together and compare them.
Only then, even if one of them was accidentally lost and got into the hands of enemy spies, he would just stare blankly.
What's more, replacing this kind of ciphertext every year is a bit cumbersome and has almost no loopholes!
As he spoke, Lao Zhang picked up Ximen Qing's booklet again and said: "Although I don't know whether the cipher text in it is based on Book A or Book B, I have both of these books in hand at the same time, and I will try to decipher them.
After a paragraph, you can naturally get the answer."
"But the key issue is the time when this cipher text was written."
Lao Zhang hit the nail on the head and pointed out the key point.
Yes, if you don’t know when this secret text was written by Monk Dayuan, even if you compare it with this year’s A and B, it won’t help.
Ximen Qing was a little regretful that he didn't dig through the abbot's room of Fahua Temple. That bald donkey Da Yuan must have been afraid that he would end up in one pot, so he didn't hide the books A and B in the same place.
"Then do you have last year's A and B copies in your hand?" Ximen Qing thought for a while and asked: "Or maybe you can use the existing A and B copies to try to crack it first?"
Lao Zhang said: "Most of last year's copies A and B were destroyed, but there is still one set in the villain's room."
"Okay." Ximen Qing chuckled: "In that case, I believe that once you think about it, you will not dare to tell the contents of the cipher text."
If Wu Song hadn't put his hands on his shoulders, Lao Zhang would have almost turned over and knelt down, expressing his feelings to the new commander Ximen.
"Don't worry, adults, I'll save it for you." Lao Zhang couldn't remember how many times he wiped off his sweat today, and his mouth was dry: "Since it's written in cipher text, it's a secret that villains shouldn't know."
"Very good, go ahead." Ximen Qing motioned to Wu Song to let go of Lao Zhang: "I don't blame you if you can't crack it. If you can crack it, just send me a message."
Lao Zhang stood up tremblingly, feeling that the pamphlet in his hand was as heavy as Mount Tai. Ximen Qing and Wu Song were both commanders of the Xinjia Fifth Command. Although they had chatted with Qian Gang for a long time, they could not tell the truth from their attitudes.
Do you prefer money activities or Tan activities?
After saying goodbye to Ximen Qing and Wu Song, Lao Zhang wandered towards the door. What he was thinking in his heart was that Ximen Qing and Wu Song were probably the third force in the Imperial City Division. Due to the newly appointed Imperial City Division,
Because of the relationship between King Jia, I am afraid that he is still slightly superior to the existing two factions.
"Is it possible that my days of riding two boats are over?" Lao Zhang ignored the attentive greetings of the shopkeeper of Xixi Tower, turned his head and looked at the yard behind him, and finally made up his mind: "No matter what, this new force
If you still have to fawn over, you might end up with King Jia."
With awareness, Lao Zhang hurriedly returned to the courtyard of the Imperial City Division, leaving the uneasy shopkeeper standing messy in the wind.
"Could it be that the two Imperial City Masters were not satisfied with my stay?" The shopkeeper thought more and more that this was the case. He gritted his teeth and called the accountant and said, "All the expenses in the yard are listed on
Everyone in my account, from top to bottom of the store, please be smart!"
Naturally, the accountant of Xixi Building also knows how powerful the Imperial City Division is. Those two adults have already done a great deal of honor by being willing to live in Xixi Building. How can they have the nerve to find someone to settle the rent?
As for those wine jars in the yard, cover! Definitely cover!
In the next few days, Ximen Qing and Wu Song went to the Imperial City Sidianmao every two days and had nothing to do. They were either hanging out in various places in Bianliang, Tokyo, or they went to Lu Zhi, a vegetable garden in the Daxiangguo Temple outside the old jujube gate, to chat and show weapons and kicks.
Flower monk Lu Zhishen was too late to be happy about this kind of thing.
Nowadays, both Ximen Qing and Wu Song are wearing official uniforms. Since Wu Song has an official position, he naturally carries the two snowflake iron swords with him at all times, and has also compared them with Lu Zhishen.
Although it is a precious sword, it is not easy to confront Lu Zhishen's water-polished iron Zen staff. Lu Zhishen is also well aware of the sharpness of the sword and is much more cautious in his moves. In this way, both sides will enjoy themselves every time they compete, regardless of the outcome.
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Lu Zhishen's victory was due to his strength and the weight of his staff, but his moves were not particularly refined. No matter what routine Wu Song used, he would always use the same sword technique to defeat him. Even if Master Lu was arrogant, it would not help.
On this day, Lu Zhishen was just about to rack his brains and come up with a staff technique to defeat Wu Song. He did it on the reed mat under the tree, scratching his ears and cheeks, and making gestures with his hands, which made Ximen Qing and Wu Song laugh. They raised their necks and drank.
Er Jing suddenly felt a little unhappy in his chest: "Xiandi, where did you learn this sword technique? You can't pour water into it. No matter how the Sa family changes, they will still be defeated by Xiandi. It must be for this reason."
No doubt a famous one!"
Wu Song smiled and said: "Senior brother and Wu Song are competing, do we have to decide the winner? Wu Song swore an oath when he went out, so it is not easy to reveal his inheritance."
"Since we have sworn the oath, the Sa family will not ask any more questions." Lu Zhishen was a little helpless, but he also knew that this kind of rule was considered common among sects in the world.
When Ximen Qing saw it, he poured wine for Lu Zhishen and said: "Brother, you have the wine and food in front of you, why don't you take a swig?" Even the official family can't drink it. I'll wait for the master, and I'll have a good time!" Naturally, he took it out and faced Lu Zhishen.
drink.
Ximen Qing repeatedly urged him to drink, but Lu Zhishen drank until the wine was dry. He used a large bowl to Ximen Qing's small cup. After three or five bowls, he was naturally a little tipsy.
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After drinking another three or five bowls, Lu Zhishen rolled his eyes drunkenly. He was already five minutes drunk. The breeze blew by, and the wine went straight up. Unconsciously, Lu Zhishen had already stood up and screamed: "Where is the Sajia Zen staff?"
A rogue said: "Master is drunk!"
After hearing this, Lu Zhishen turned around and shouted: "Nonsense! You are just drunk!"
Ximen celebrated the good deed and immediately pointed his finger behind Lu Zhishen and said, "Senior brother, the Zen staff is perfectly inserted by the tree, isn't it?"
Lu Zhishen shook his fat body, and when he turned around to look, he almost fell to the ground. Wu Song hurriedly helped him up and said: "Senior brother is drunk today, you might as well rest for a while."
"My dear brother, I don't know if Sajia is drunk." Lu Zhishen whispered in Wu Song's ear, stood up straight with all his strength, and staggered towards the willow tree at the back.
When he got to the tree, the thick iron Zen staff was stuck on the ground next to him. Lu Zhishen reached out to fish it out drunkenly, only to hold the Zen staff. When he looked closely, it was the trunk of the tree. He laughed and said, "How dare you come to entertain me!"
After throwing away the tree trunk, he reached out for the second time and took out the sixty-two kilogram water-milled Zen rod in his hand. He shook it gently. The Zen rod penetrated more than two feet into the soil. How could it be shaken?
"Senior brother is drunk, let's practice martial arts on another day." Wu Song advised from behind.
Lu Zhishen rolled his drunken eyes and laughed loudly: "The Sa family told me that I'm not drunk!" He held the Zen staff tightly with his big hand, took a breath and lifted it up. He had already pulled up the Zen staff, and he didn't know how much soil he brought out.
With the Muddy Iron Zen Staff in hand, Lu Zhishen used the "Sweep Thousands of Troops" technique. He almost didn't throw the person he was holding onto his back, but managed to stand upright while holding on to the tree trunk. He laughed loudly and said, "Look at this road to Sajia."
How about the staff technique?"
One of the rogues said with a smile: "Master, this Zen staff can make people appear and disappear. It is naturally the best in the world!"
"Then Sajia will practice a few more moves to open your eyes!"
Seeing the reluctance of the flower monk Lu Zhishen, Ximen Qing had no choice but to ask the thugs to move the reed mat to the back and move out into the huge open space to see how Lu Zhishen "practiced" while getting drunk.
All I could hear was Lu Zhishen shouting loudly, slowly waving the Zen staff, and his fat and swaying body was carried away by the Zen staff. Instead, he followed the staff and fell two times in succession.
But Master Lu was Feng Sao after all. He jumped up from the ground, banged his big bald head twice, opened and closed the Zen staff in his hand, and used the staff technique that no one had ever seen before.
At first, it was a little crooked and there were no moves, but as the Zen staff started to dance, it became vigorous and various moves emerged one after another.
Lu Zhishen was drunk and took action. His moves left no room at all. He was like a madman. They were all offensive routines and there were no defensive moves!
Ximen Qing and Wu Song were so surprised to see the rogue settlers that they couldn't even close their mouths.
Lu Zhishen's fat body was hidden in the heavy shadow of the wand, and gradually it was almost invisible. Wu Song's expression became serious: "Senior brother, this wand technique seems to have entered the magic way. It can be called a crazy wand technique!"
At this moment, a cheer came from somewhere: "Great staff technique!"
Hearing the cheers, Ximen Qing thought to himself: "Could it be that person here?"