Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

This is something I can control!

Zhang Yuanqing was helpless. For the sake of his life, he was forced to cover his mouth and nose with his hands, but he still couldn't help coughing. Helplessly, he could only roll up his sleeves and try to make the noise as quiet as possible.

"Just be patient."

When they reached a gate, the man put Zhang Yuanqing down. Then Zhang Yuanqing couldn't stand and fell to the ground, "cough cough cough, cough cough cough"

"Snack Buckle"

knock on the door

"Who is it?"

"From the east."

"How many people are here?"

"Three people."

Is this the ancient code?

Zhang Yuanqing found it so funny that he couldn't help coughing again.

The door opened a crack, and Zhang Yuanqing was roughly pulled up and walked in.

In the quiet night, someone heard a window being smashed, and the busy couple was frightened and separated instantly.

"Go and have a look"

The woman wrapped herself in the quilt and pushed the man to urge him on.

The man put on his clothes impatiently, kicked off his shoes and went out.

The man's house was okay, so he lit the lamp and walked to the window to look. Seeing no one was there, he was about to go back when he suddenly stepped on something and almost dropped the oil lamp in his hand.

He kicked it angrily and it rolled away.

Just as he pushed open the door and was about to go back into the house, the man suddenly stopped, walked over a few steps, and started searching on the ground.

"what is this?"

Looking at the things he picked up, the man looked at them again and again with curiosity, but couldn't figure it out. He went to look under the window again and found two more pieces. He hurried back to the house with the things.

"What's wrong? Is there a thief?"

The woman was sitting on the bed in a single layer of clothes at this time. When she saw the man come back, she opened her mouth and asked.

"No, I just found this under the window. I don't know who would come out and smash things in someone's house in the middle of the night."

As he spoke, the man placed three small cubes on the bed. The two men took them in their hands and looked at them, but neither of them recognized what they were.

"Do you think this could be related to today's search?"

The woman suddenly said this and the two of them were stunned.

The man took the thing and looked at it carefully. Although he didn't know how to read, he felt that the words engraved on it must be words.

"Don't go out at home. I'm going out for a while."

Hei Daniu rushed out and quickly woke up his father and brothers at home.

The men in the family gathered together to discuss for a while, and finally Hei Daniu and Hei Erniu handed this over to the Xianyang magistrate early the next morning.

"My lord, my lord,"

The Xianyang magistrate arrived early in the morning. Just as he sat down to drink some tea and was about to go inspect the exits of Xianyang City to see if there was any situation, his subordinates ran in hurriedly.

"What are you shouting for?"

"Sir, please look at this."

Wu Chang was panting heavily because he ran too fast.

"Sir, two people just came to the door and said that someone smashed their window with this last night. They didn't know what it was, but I took a look and it looks like a seal."

The Xianyang magistrate took it without any concern. The three small squares didn't feel very heavy in his hand. He took a casual look at them and found that there were indeed words on them.

"This is caused by the great heaven."

Although the characters were reversed, Xianyang Ling naturally recognized them. After reading them out loud, he couldn't think of anything special about these three characters.

"My lord, what does this mean?"

"You ask me, how should I know!"

"Can you please stop bothering me with this kind of thing? Do you know what's most important right now? It's about Master Zhang being kidnapped. If Master Zhang can't be found, my life will be in jeopardy."

Throwing the things on the table, Xianyang Ling prepared to get up and leave.

"Sir, that person came to report this matter because he saw the martial law in the city yesterday and many soldiers searching. If there is nothing, I will send them away immediately."

Wu Chang often saw adults angry, so he said something carefully and turned away.

"return."

"grown ups?"

"what did you just say?"

"You mean to send them away just like that?"

"Not this one, the one above"

"Hahahaha, you're not bad." Before Wu Chang could speak, Xianyang Ling laughed and patted Wu Chang on the shoulder. He turned around and picked up the things he had just dropped on the table. "Quick, leave those two here. Let's go find General Wang Ben."

"promise"

When Wang Ben saw what Xianyang Ling brought, he excitedly picked up Xianyang Ling's clothes with one hand and lifted him up.

"Where did you get this thing from?"

The Xianyang Commander, with his toes touching the ground, held Wang Ben's thugs tightly with both hands, "Let go, let go, let go!"

"Hurry up and tell me." Wang Ben quickly let go of his hand, and Xianyang Ling fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was in good health and stood up without even bothering to brush off the dust on his body. "Just now, two people handed this to Wu Chang, saying that someone used this to smash their windows last night. They think..."

"Where are they?"

Wang Ben anxiously interrupted the remaining words of the Xianyang Order, "Quick, take me to their home."

"promise."

Soon, Wang Ben brought his men to Hei Daniu's house. Hei Daniu and Hei Erniu were so scared that they couldn't speak complete sentences.

They had never spoken to such a high-ranking official in their lives.

"This is my home, where I was sleeping last night..."

Hei Daniu's family stood together, watching Wang Ben walk around the yard and look at the corner outside the wall again and again. He was almost turning over the foundation of their house, and they didn't dare to breathe.

"Did you hear anything?"

Hei Daniu and the others quickly shook their heads.

Wang Ben then asked the people nearby, but also found nothing.

"I, little, little man heard a cough."

After Wang Ben asked more than a dozen households, a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old spoke.

"explain."

"Last night, last night." Being stared at by so many eyes, An Da stuttered. "Last night, I had a stomachache and got up several times. One time, I heard a few coughs outside."

Wang Ben quickly looked at the location of the toilet. It was right in the corner, so he could definitely hear any movement outside.

"you sure?"

"I'm sure I heard it right. I was so scared that I didn't dare to say a word."

"Master, that person keeps coughing. The sound is too obvious."

Inside the Chaxiangzhai, the clerk hurried over from the backyard and whispered to the middle-aged man who was using an abacus.

The man paused when he heard this and said, "Now, go and cover his mouth. Don't let him make any sound." There is a strict inspection outside now. If they are not careful, they will all die.

"Then, if he died..."

"Give him some water first, then plug his mouth."

"promise"

The man left in a hurry, and the man continued what he was doing. Seeing that the shops outside were closing one after another today, he also prepared to close his door.

"Water cough cough cough"

Ashan poured a bowl of water, pinched Zhang Yuanqing's mouth and forced him to drink it.

"cough cough"

Then he picked up a piece of cloth and stuffed it into Zhang Yuanqing's mouth, then turned and left.

I climbed up the ladder and closed the lid, and the cellar was dark again.