You rascal, stop right there!

Chapter 245: They are all men, it is really ridiculous

Chen Xingyi carved a clear Chinese character "田" on the ground with rough strokes. His brushstrokes were crooked but full of determination, and he carved with great force.

However, this statement is not clear either, and it looks more like a picture of fields, as if hinting at something.

"Tian?" Bai Wan was slightly stunned when he saw this word, "What does this mean?"

Ling Shumo walked around, closed his eyes slightly, and didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he spoke silently.

"There is not a single official in Dingzhou named Tian, and there is not a single official in Daying named Tian either."

"Ah? You remember the names of all the officials?" Bai Wan was shocked again and again.

Han Miaoran has the ability to remember landscape paintings at a glance, while Ling Shumo can read ten lines of text at a glance and know them clearly.

It will only get worse as time goes by.

Ling Shumo looked at him helplessly: "Chen Xingyi and his companions only robbed officials' residences, which means that there must be officials in Dingzhou who are in contact with each other. They can also steal things."

As they were talking, the jailer had already brought the doctor into the prison. Even though he was old with a white beard, he arrived wet in the middle of the night holding an umbrella.

He put down the medicine box and started taking the pulse.

The doctor carefully examined the man's eyes, ears, mouth and nose several times, twisting his beard.

"This man's face is red, he has abdominal pain due to blood stasis, and symptoms of qi stagnation and coldness. He was poisoned by the Jade Powder, and he was just experiencing the effects of the poison!"

"Jade Powder?" Bai Wan was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes and picked up the man's face.

The old doctor staggered in a half-squat, and Ling Shumo quickly helped him up.

"What is Jade Powder?"

He looked at the men carefully, shook his head and said, "This is a chronic poison that requires antidotes to be used all year round to control the onset of the poison. From the looks of his body, I can tell that he has been poisoned for at least ten years."

Bai Wan's eyebrows were wrinkled like pimples.

He could roughly guess why this man could do so many things for the organization. It was obvious that he was controlled and instructed by others and had no control over his actions.

"Can you solve it?"

When the old doctor heard this, he felt his breathing become heavy, and it took him a long time to utter a few words: "I am not very knowledgeable."

The white pea's face turned pale and he could only watch the man leave leisurely.

Ling Shumo tugged at his hand and ordered the jailer to place Chen Xingyi on the stone bed and cover him with a quilt.

"He knew he had no choice, so he left this word for us."

"This brat!" Bai Wan was angry and annoyed. "If he is a good man, he should have said everything to his face. When he wakes up, I will kick him hundreds of times!"

Ling Shumo felt that this person was speaking with a double-minded attitude, so he just focused on holding the other person's shoulder and said, "That's a later story. Now let's figure out his handwriting first."

"it is good!"

Bai Wan suddenly nodded, rolled up his sleeves, took out his portable sketchbook, wrote a "田" character on it, and then spread out his paintings downwards.

"This... Tian may not be his last name. Based on my understanding of Chen Er, he probably wouldn't write it directly."

He drew and wrote at the same time, concentrating and holding his breath.

"Back then, I was illiterate, and Chen Er and I worked together to write deceptive documents, and we often used pictures as aliases. For example, when we stole dog meat, we had to draw "dog bones" as a code, and when we sold ourselves to bury our father, we had to draw "beard" to represent our father..."

This person was just writing and drawing silently, but he didn't notice that the face of the person next to him was getting darker and darker.

Ling Shumo also picked up the pen and watched carefully from the side, saying in a soft voice: "The field here refers to farmland, but also to households. The details of the farmland and the offensive of Dingzhou's defense are referring to the household registration."

Chen Xingyi certainly could not write about people directly, so he used a roundabout way to let people know that the mastermind behind this matter was related to land and household registration.

"The person in charge of household registration in Dingzhou now is Jin Zhuo, the assistant military officer of the Ministry of Household Affairs." Bai Wan hit the nail on the head and wrote down the name swiftly.

"Is it the guy with the mole on the corner of his eye?!"

"We need to go to the military immediately!"

The two of them looked at each other almost in unison.

They walked all the way from the government office holding oil-paper umbrellas in the rain, and countless soldiers in the army were ordered to retreat in all directions.

Bai Wan's steps were not as fast as Ling Shumo's, he just dragged himself forward. This was the first time in these days that he walked so fast. He always felt that if he didn't hurry up, he would be too late.

To the camp.

Ling Shumo secretly called a few familiar guards and went to the military officer's residence to search and monitor him overnight.

Engineer Bai Wan picked up his pen and worked with Ling Shumo overnight to copy and perfect the city defense map and the new document.

After receiving the military affairs, Ling Shumo rearranged and renovated the city defense map overnight.

The two of them worked all night long, trying their best to re-deploy the city defense fortresses and restore order to the embankments and rivers in order to prevent a water attack by Xuanli's army.

In the darkness of the night, the guards could not help but wonder: "Master Ling, Master Bai, don't we need to report this to the military officers?"

"Oh, if we notify them, all our work will be in vain!" Bai Wan looked at him sarcastically.

The guard was still hesitant: "Such a large transfer is really..."

Ling Shumo spoke each word with a loud voice: "Just obey orders, don't ask the reasons! And don't tell anyone else about this."

He rarely had a stern expression on his face, and there was a hint of intimidation in his expression.

Although he had a gentle face and a soft voice, he was able to shock the guard so much that he nodded repeatedly, agreed, and then hurried away.

Bai Wan stared in amazement in the rain. She felt that it was rare to see this side of Zichen. People who didn't even have a temper probably had a different aura.

After several rounds of personal inquiries and mobilizations, all the people and responsible officials in front of him handled everything as required.

Then, Ling Shumo walked down the stairs and gave a secret order to replace some of the staff.

Jin Zhuo, the military officer of Dingzhou, was in charge of household registration, taxes, and money management for all people. He held a pivotal position that was directly related to the survival of Dingzhou in this battle.

At the moment, they could not care about many things and could only try their best to turn the situation around.

Until finally, they were so exhausted that they both leaned against the wall.

Bai Wan had experienced many setbacks in life, and her health was not as good as before. Now she felt dizzy and light-headed due to the cold and fatigue.

"Abai?" Ling Shumo called out in a low voice.

The man opposite still had his brows tightly closed, obviously looking tired and sleepy.

After thinking for a while, Ling Shumo had no choice but to pick it up gently and place it on the carriage. The usual scent of ink lingered on its body, making its body stiff.

I couldn't help but kiss her, as if I was treating something precious...

When the officials had dealt with all the matters, Deputy General Wang Kai dragged his tired body back to the government office, but happened to see Ling Shumo kissing Bai Wan lightly.

Although it was raining heavily and the night was dark, it was an intimate moment in the corner.

But he always had excellent eyesight, and he hid in the dark and witnessed the incestuous behavior between the two men with his own eyes.

He saw Ling Shumo hugging Master Bai and kissing him tenderly...

A world-famous painter and a well-known military and state affairs leader.

They are all men!

It's absolutely ridiculous!