Lu Yuanzhi and Han Feilian led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, inspect the corpses of the White Lotus Sect, search the small courtyard, and interrogate the captured prisoners, while Huo Chonglou kept dragging the shotgunners to ask questions, and then picked up the shotguns to study, as if they wanted to figure out where this thing came from so powerful, and easily killed a master of Duan Haiping's level.

Everyone was busy, but Qin Lin teased the pigeons in the pigeon loft in the backyard with great interest, and fed them with fried rice and wheat with three fingers, making the pigeons coo.

"Brother Qin teases the flying pigeon, is he learning from Jiang Taigong to avoid living in Weishui for fishing, or does he want to follow Liu Xuande's example of irrigating the garden?"

Zhang Zixuan had already wiped off the turmeric water on her face, her skin was as white as jade without applying fat powder, her eyebrows were clear, her cherry lips were slightly open, and she looked at Qin Lin with a smile.

Li Qiu, Huang Gonggong, Zhang brothers and others have already arrived, and Zhang Zixuan saw Qin Lin teasing the pigeons, so he made this joke.

Qin Lin raised his eyebrows, looked at her and said with a smile: "I was about to sprinkle the golden hook to catch the fragrant turtle!" ”

The daughter of the Prime Minister was immediately embarrassed, and her face was red on both sides.

Qin Lin changed his words: "The White Lotus Sect is a human being, not a god, and they will also make mistakes, but I didn't expect that it would leave me a chance to catch them all!" ”

You mean? Zhang Zixuan blinked.

Li Qiu was very puzzled, and stepped forward and arched his hand: "General Qin won a complete victory, cracked the conspiracy of the White Lotus Sect, recovered Caoyin, destroyed an enemy's lair, beheaded one elder, three incense masters, and captured two incense masters. ”

As for cracking the higher-level White Lotus Sect Chief Sect and arresting the sect leader, Li Qiu didn't expect it at all, thinking that the Ming Dynasty had never been caught in the two hundred years since the founding of the country.

During the Yongle period, Tang Sai'er, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, advocated rebellion in Shandong and Weizhen Heshuo, defeated one marquis chief military officer, two commanders of the two ranks, and killed the commanders of the same knowledge of the following countless, although he was pacified by the imperial court, he did not catch Tang Sai'er in the end, and even ordered tens of thousands of nuns and Taoist aunts from all over the north to be arrested, which was also in vain.

Li Qiu secretly wondered, could it be that this Qin general really had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and even the unpredictable White Lotus Sect Master could be captured?

Qin Lin teased the pigeon and said unhurriedly: "If we send completely wrong information to the various people and centaurs pre-arranged by the White Lotus Sect, and induce them to fall into the net......

Zhang Zixuan smiled slightly, and when Qin Lin said that the White Lotus Sect had made a mistake, she understood what she meant.

There was a cloud of ashes in the middle of the hall, thinking that the White Lotus Sect had hastily burned the documents, but they remembered to burn the documents, why didn't they kill the pigeons?

Since you can use Master Bai's pigeons to find this headquarters, through the large number of newly discovered pigeons here, you can send wrong information to the ambush soldiers of the White Lotus Sect from all walks of life, and induce them to go to a dead end!

Zhang Zixuan felt more and more that Qin Lin was resourceful, and the two brothers of the Zhang family also glanced at each other and praised Qin Lin.

Li Qiu even shook it to the ground, and said in a continuous voice: "Brother Qin is talented, admire, admire!" ”

He is the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, and if there is a problem in Caoyun this time, he will definitely be punished by the imperial court, but the Wen Governor and Wu Governor Yun, his responsibility is much smaller than Chen Wangmo, and he is not as stupid as Chen Wangmo and used the White Lotus Sect as his master, almost causing a big disaster, so he still has a chance to keep his official position.

If you want to keep your official position, you have to dig out your heart to make meritorious contributions, obviously Qin Lin's plan is a great opportunity, if you can wipe out the large number of people mobilized by the White Lotus Sect, not only can you offset the previous sins, maybe there will be a reward!

Li Qiu's gratitude to Qin Lin is really difficult to describe, although the civil official likes to hold the shelf in front of people, it is no problem to ask him to kneel down and lick Qin Lin's boots behind his back.

When the people saw him like this, they didn't know what to say.

Chen Wangmo and Li Qiu, a Caoyun commander-in-chief Pingjiangbo, and a Caoyun governor Fengyang, were slightly teased by Qin Lin in the Caoyin case.

The battle just now killed many White Lotus cultists, only five of them were alive, and all of them were wounded, but fortunately the person in charge of raising the pigeons was still alive.

No matter how cowardly a person is in the face of death, and with the encouragement of his peers, he often bursts out with amazing courage; But after witnessing death and finally escaping by accident, that courage will quickly and completely dissipate.

For example, this White Lotus Sect, Qin Lin only promised not to kill, he kowtowed gratefully, and told the truth desperately.

The pigeon is indeed used to communicate with the various people mobilized by the White Lotus Sect, as long as the pigeon cage is opened, they will fly to their respective targets and transmit information.

However, this information is not a simple word, but a secret language personally mastered by Elder Duan Haiping, which others do not understand at all, only the incense master who accepts the order knows what is written on it, so that if the pigeon is caught by someone along the way, the secret will not be leaked.

Qin Lin asked him why Master Bai didn't use secret words, and this person told Qin Lin that Master Bai was in one-line contact with Elder Duan, and the distance was short, and there were many pigeons in Yangzhou City, so they would not be suspected, so just use obscure words; Elder Duan dispatched people from all walks of life, which involved a large area, and the pigeons flew long distances, so they had to use secret words to prevent leakage.

What the White Lotus Sect said was not very clear, but Qin Lin had already understood, in the design of the White Lotus Sect, Master Bai was completely a highly confidential reading system, which was separated from the various grassroots rebel forces, and only intersected with Elder Duan, which belonged to a means of secrecy.

This time, Master Bai sent a signal, and thirty pigeons flew out to notify all walks of life to launch on schedule, and it would be too hasty to write the secret message after receiving the signal, so Duan Haiping wrote all the secret messages in advance, tied them to the pigeon's legs, and just waited for Master Bai's pigeon to send news, so he opened the cage and released the carrier pigeon, and notified all parts of Jiangnan and Jiangbei to take action.

Thanks to this, Qin Lin saw the secret words of the White Lotus Sect with his own eyes.

"Three-one, five, one-six", "four-two, three-five", "nineteen, one-two, eight-eighteen"...... It's an all-numeric password.

Li Qiu came up and looked at it for a while, there were thirty pieces of paper, Qin Lin simply handed him one, and the three brothers and sisters of the Zhang family, the prefect of Yangzhou, Qiu Baihu and others each took one to see.

Li Qiu looked at it for a long time and was puzzled, he probably thought that Qin Lin was a military attaché, and he wouldn't have any research on these, so he asked the Zhang family brothers: "The two brothers are rich and have five cars, do you know what this means?" ”

Zhang Jingxiu frowned: "If it is a hidden poem or quoting allusions as a hidden language, it is effortless to crack it, but this kind of secret language composed entirely of numbers is not enough, and it is like a book from heaven." ”

Zhang Mao's surname is so strong, he refuses to admit defeat, grabs his hair and thinks about it, but he can't come up with a clue in the end.

Qiu Baihu, Huo Chonglou and the others didn't know anything at all, so you had to scold the White Lotus Sect demon cubs one by one, and they would do all these sneaky things, which was too unfair.

Li Qiu was depressed, and he wanted to make meritorious contributions, but he couldn't find the key to open the door when he touched the door, do you say he is in a hurry?

Niu Dali was quite self-aware, he didn't have a basket of big characters he recognized, and he didn't even look at the paper scroll that caused everyone's headaches, and waved his hand to suggest: "Just no matter what is written, let's learn the method of Chief Qin chasing after him, release the pigeons, and chase them, and we can find the demons of the White Lotus Sect!" ”

The officials are not enough, the soldiers who participated in the battle heard that their bodies were weak, and they almost didn't flash their waists, and secretly said that you stupid big man don't know how to be tired, and the men are almost tired and lie down after chasing the pigeons for ten miles, maybe the layout of the fucking White Lotus Sect is in Zhenjiang, Changzhou, and Songjiang, the pigeons are flying in the sky, and the people and horses are chasing in the ground, and they can't run for thirty miles, and everyone is tired to death!

Li Qiu also thought of this layer, and his face became sad.

Zhang Zixuan knew that her father intended to win over this person, so she whispered to him: "Uncle Li Shi, Qin Lin didn't say a word, I'm afraid he already knew it, why don't you ask him?" ”

Li Qiu suddenly realized, and secretly said that he was stupid, how could he still look at this Qin general with the style of being a noble and a lowly martial artist, and a martial artist who was vulgar and unincomprehensible? He is brilliant and resourceful, and the whole case is almost entirely up to him!

Dressed neatly, Li Qiu respectfully saluted Qin Lin: "This secret text, dare it be that General Qin has already made a plan?" The lower officials are not talented, and they are willing to hear the details. ”

Qin Lin smiled, just now he did basically know the method of cracking the ciphertext, and the reason why he was so focused was that he was thinking about how to wipe out all the people of the White Lotus Sect, and try not to slip through the net.

Shaking the paper scroll in his hand, Qin Lin disdainfully: If it is any Enigma in the future, what computer algorithm encryption, Lao Tzu is really dumbfounded, fortunately, you are only the White Lotus Sect, not the head of the mustache!

This kind of simple ciphertext, if it can stump a criminal investigation expert, it is called a strange thing.

Everyone gathered around and listened to Qin Lin's explanation with great interest, only to see him shake the paper scroll and say loudly: "Everyone, please see, with my understanding of the number words on this, each group should correspond to a number, right?" ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, because this was the most obvious rule, and no matter how complicated it was, it would be too inconvenient for the White Lotus Sect to deal with it by itself.

Zhang Maoxiu hurriedly said: "Brother Qin, I won't tell you, I have been thinking about the number of strokes, the meaning of the glyphs and the harmony for a long time, and I have found nothing!" ”

Qin Lin explained seriously: "You look at the characteristics of these numbers, there are ten groups of numbers on the note, of which the first number in each group is from three to five seven, the second number is from two to one three, and the third number is from two to one seven, what does this mean?" Got an idea? Under what circumstances can three numbers represent a word, and this rule is followed? ”

Zhang Maoxiu was still thinking about it, and his sister had already answered.

Zhang Zixuan's deep and charming eyes flashed with wisdom, and her charming face was radiant, so Qin Lin was embarrassed to look at it directly, she said happily: "The page number is the page number, the number of columns, and the first few words of each column of the book!" ”

A book has dozens or hundreds of page numbers, so the number of pages can range from three to fifty-seven; At this time, the engraving and engraving of the book, the font is larger, the vertical typesetting, a page is often printed more than ten columns, so the number of the column is the largest to thirteen; The pages are rectangular, and the number of words in each column is slightly more than the number of columns per page, indicating that the maximum number of words in this column is seventeen.

Everyone suddenly realized that it was not a stroke, nor a homonym or an anagram, and the answer was so simple! Why didn't you think of it?

So, which book is it, exactly?

Qin Lin had already made up his mind, like this kind of relatively primitive password, it was unlikely that the White Lotus Sect would use a special code book, it was very likely that it would be a common book, and for the White Lotus Sect, of course, it was a certain scripture that was the most convenient.

Scriptures such as "Golden Lock Hongyang Great Policy", "The Book of Robbery", and "The Salvation of the Lifeless Old Mother" were moved out of the room and placed on the ground.

There was no need for Qin Lin to order, everyone held a copy and translated it very actively.

Li Qiu's hands were fast, and he preemptively recited: "The Buddha has no great things to do...... It doesn't seem to be the golden lock Hongyang strategy! ”

"And it will be destroyed...... the real thing" The fat man threw away the lifeless old mother Savior: "Grandma's, it's not it!" ”

"Yangzhou has done everything according to the plan," Zhang Zixuan had the best luck, and exclaimed in surprise: "I found it, it's "The Book of Robbery"!" ”

"Ten points for the correct answer!" Qin Lin smiled and took the Sutra of Response from Zhang Zixuan's hand.

Compared with the scripture of the robbery, Qin Lin quickly translated the instruction "The situation has changed, and everyone gathers in Taizhou" into a secret language.

It's funny that the words on the paper scroll of the White Lotus Sect are actually written in pencil - I think it is also because the pencil words are smaller than the brush, and more words can be written on a smaller paper scroll.

In order to avoid goofs, Qin Lin took matters into his own hands and imitated Duan Haiping's handwriting to write thirty volumes of secret language paper. For a criminal investigator who has studied handwriting identification, imitating handwriting is simply a necessary basic skill for altering handwriting documents and framing people for family travel and going out!

Tell Lu Fatzi and others to tie the paper roll to the pigeon's legs, and then release it.

Looking at the large flock of pigeons circling in the air a few times, each flying towards the destination, the corners of Qin Lin's mouth twitched slightly, and the "insidious" evil smile ......~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ after a few days, the Xicheng Canal connecting Wuxi and Jiangyin has been restored to navigation, and the Caogong brothers do not know what happened in Yangzhou, but they all know that Caoyin has been recovered, the canal is reopened, and they can exchange hard work for a peaceful life for the family, and the haze of the sky has dissipated.

In recent years, the people on both sides of the canal were full of joy, some people wore red lanterns, some people sorted out the costumes of the Shehuo, some people smoked ham and bacon, and everywhere was filled with a tranquil and happy atmosphere.

Seeing all this, the White Lotus Sect's missionary elder brother Jing Duxing was full of hatred, standing on the bow of the boat and spitting fiercely.

He is the dark and stout fisherman on the edge of Taihu Lake, almost, no, has already incited the anger of the fishermen, as long as a spark will immediately ignite a skyrocketing fire, this group of fishermen will become loyal followers of the Divine Cult uprising, plus the help of several groups of thieves in Taihu Lake, even if the county yamen is not unusual!

But the problem is that the order received is not to act immediately, but "the situation has changed, and all directions are gathering in Taizhou"!

Grass the! Jing Duxing almost exploded his lungs, he used to watch Yue Wumu receive twelve gold medals in Zhuxian Town on the stage, and he felt that he was in the same situation as Yue Wumu today.

There is no choice, you can't apostasy, and the overall situation has not moved, Yixing will take the lead, maybe it will destroy the whole plan, so he had to take three henchmen and march to Taixing according to the instructions.

Swinging the fishing boat from the north of Taihu Lake into Liangxi, passing through Wuxi into the Xicheng Canal, to Jiangyin and crossing the Yangtze River is Taixing.

Walking to the Caijing Dam Gate, more than 20 Cao Jun who were routinely inspecting were lazily roasting the fire on the shore, and only a younger one asked weakly: "Where are you and where are you going?" What goods are loaded, and have you paid taxes? ”

There were also a few gates along the way, Jing Duxing was not surprised, and said carefully: "Taihu Lake fishing, go to Taixing, don't load any goods, military master, look?" ”

"Brothers, take a look!" The young soldier looked back and said angrily.

Three or four Cao soldiers came over as if they were dead, and two Cao soldiers were carrying their pants, looking like they were going to pee into the canal.

What the hell! Jing Duxing cursed in his stomach, still maintaining a humble smile on his face.

In the blink of an eye, the situation changed dramatically!

Those Cao soldiers suddenly waved their knives and guns, jumped into the boat unexpectedly, and almost overturned the fishing boat; The two Cao Jun who were about to pee stopped talking, and their hands holding their pants suddenly pulled out their waist knives, and rushed to the boat viciously.

Before Jing Duxing and his henchmen could react, the swords and spears of the Ming Huang drove to their necks.

"Y-Who are you?! Robbery? Jing Duxing asked knowingly.

The young man smiled brightly: "Don't pretend to be stupid, the master is from the 100 households of Changzhou Jinyi Wei!" This New Year's holiday, you don't stay at home, you go to Taixing to hurry, what is it Grandpa already knows! ”

Jing Duxing's whole body strength was drained, he didn't understand, obviously he was rushing to Taixing according to the instructions, how could there be a Jinyi guard on the middle of the road to inspect it, and it seemed that he had already prepared?

The same confusion also made Hu Xiang's heart bitter.

He instigated the small mountain village in Jintan County that was superstitious about the White Lotus Sect, plus the elite disciples transferred from other places, and was about to coerce the villagers into a big fight, but he didn't expect to receive an order that was diametrically opposite to before.

In desperation, he had no choice but to cancel the original plan and rush to Taixing with fifty elite disciples.

I didn't expect to scratch my head, and when I walked to the Dantu hired a boat to cross the river, the boat was intercepted by the warship of the Yangtze River Naval Division in the middle of the river!

It's freezing and wearing a cotton jacket, even if it's white in the waves, I don't dare to jump into the Yangtze River like this! Fifty well-trained believers, the backbone of the future rebellion, were captured together with Lord Hu Xiang himself.

Until he was chained up and escorted to Yangzhou, Lord Hu Xiang and his subordinates didn't understand what was going on, and they were confused as if they were in a dream.

Of course, there are still many passers-by in Jiangnan and Jiangbei who are braving the cold wind to march towards Taixing, but they don't know that the Jinyi Guard and the elite army are already waiting in front of them......

(To be continued)