Yongli Ming Dynasty

Chapter 75 Copy
In the study, Liu Heng stood at the bottom of the hall with a pale face.

Li Chengzhi glanced at the man below and spoke softly

"Why, do you think I will kill you after I'm done with this?"

"If I really wanted to kill you, why would I go to so much trouble?"

Li Chengzhi snorted coldly. Liu Heng below heard this and suddenly felt something in his heart.

At this time, two days had passed since he was found by the Jinyiwei. During these two days, he was arranged by the Jinyiwei to send letters to various places in the city to say goodbye to the people he knew in the city.

To the friends with whom he normally interacted in the city, he naturally said as he would to the neighbors in the alley, saying that he was going to Guangzhou to visit his relatives.

As for the buyers and sellers he met in the counterfeiting gang, he used the excuse that the city was in turmoil and planned to go to the countryside to avoid the limelight.

Although Liu Heng sent many letters, he did not dare to do anything in the letters to ask people to come to his rescue.
This group of people are engaged in high-end counterfeiting. They have no shortage of money and naturally have some thugs under their command. They even have connections with many gangs in the city.
But the people who came to his door this time were so terrifying that he didn't dare to have any small thoughts. They were the Jinyiwei. Not to mention the gangs they knew, even if all the underground gangs in the city were gathered together, they might not be enough for the Jinyiwei to suppress.

After Liu Heng sent letters to various places in the city, everyone in Zhaoqing City, whether they knew Liu Heng openly or secretly, knew that Liu Heng was about to leave.

It was only then that the Jinyiwei took him away from home openly and brought him to the Jinyi Mansion.
Originally, he thought that he had been cleaned up so thoroughly that he might have no chance of survival. But after hearing what Li Chengzhi said, a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

If the Jinyifu people really planned to use him and then discard him, why would they go to so much trouble?

Wouldn't it be simpler and more direct to just kidnap him, let him do his job, and then kill him with a knife? Why bother to go to so much trouble and let him disappear in the city so normally?
Liu Heng was already disheartened, but now he felt that there was still a way out, and his face became more and more uneasy.
Li Chengzhi looked at Liu Heng, whose expression changed several times, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Think it through"

"In that case, let's test our skills."

"Remember, you only have this one chance."

After Li Chengzhi finished speaking, he took out a piece of letter paper from behind the table and put it on the table without waiting for Liu Heng to reply.

"Small understand"

Liu Heng did not dare to neglect it. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately stepped forward to take the letter on the table. The handwriting on the letter also appeared.
"Gather at Duanmen at noon today, don't miss the time..."

There were fifty or sixty words written on the paper, and it looked like a transfer order.

But Liu Heng didn't care about the content at this time. He took the letter and read it carefully.

"There is writing brush and ink on the table over there, go and copy it."

Li Chengzhi gave an order, but this voice woke up Liu Heng who was concentrating on checking.

Liu Heng bowed and responded, then sat down at a table in the hall below.

The table below was already filled with brushes of various shapes, papers and ink blocks.
Liu Heng sat down at the table, stroked the paper with his hand, and quickly picked out a piece of letter paper from a dozen sheets of paper.

Then he put the letter paper given by Li Chengzhi to his nose and sniffed it gently. Then he took the ink blocks on the table and sniffed them one by one. He soon determined the paper and ink he needed.

Liu Heng put the selected paper and ink aside, took a quick look at the handwriting on the table, glanced at the dozen or so brushes of different sizes on the table, picked out the three in the middle, and then drew a little on the paper, and then decided on the one on the far left.

At this time, Liu Heng had all the ink, brush, and paper ready. He bent over the table and began to copy and write.

When Li Chengzhi saw the brush Liu Heng had chosen, a strange look flashed across his face, but he did not say anything. He just continued to sit behind the table and read the documents, occasionally looking up at Liu Heng who was working at his desk.
The room was silent. After about a quarter of an hour, Liu Heng finally put down his brush. There were only fifty or sixty words on the paper, but he had spent a full fifteen minutes writing.
Liu Heng wiped the sweat from his forehead, blew the ink on the paper dry, and walked to Li Chengzhi's desk with the letter in his hand. He spoke respectfully.

"Sir, I have finished copying, please check it."

Li Chengzhi took the two pieces of paper from Liu Heng's hand and looked at them. After reading them, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

If the two letters were not written on different paper, even he himself would hardly be able to tell which one was written by himself.

Li Chengzhi was amazed in his heart, but his face remained noncommittal. He stood up and walked to the table below, pointed to the brush on the pen holder that was still dripping with ink, and said
“Why did you choose this pen?”

"The handwriting you gave me is thin and dry, and it should be written with a small wolf-hair brush. Only the three pens in the middle on this table are suitable in shape and most suitable for copying," Liu Heng said respectfully with his head lowered. "Then why did you choose this one among these three pens?" Li Chengzhi said again

"Well, these three pens can actually all be used for copying. I just tried them out and found this pen to be the most convenient to use. That's why I use this one. There's no special reason for that."

Liu Heng was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Chengzhi's words, but he quickly reacted and answered directly.
Li Chengzhi's eyes flashed with admiration. He had specially placed the dozen pens on the table, and the one Liu Heng picked was the one he used when writing.
Liu Heng was the third person he had tried. The first two people's imitations were also very similar, but only Liu Heng could directly use the pen he had used, and the handwriting he copied was really indistinguishable from the real thing, much better than the first two.

I can only say that everyone has his own specialties. Liu Heng dared to do this job and made it so successful. He deceived countless officials and scholars in the court. His subordinates must have some skills.

"What a great scholar! His reputation is well-deserved," Li Chengzhi sighed softly.

"Don't dare, don't dare"

Liu Heng heard Li Chengzhi's words, cold sweat broke out on his face again, and he waved his hand

This holy scholar is his nickname in the gang. I didn't expect that the gentleman in front of me even knew this.
Li Chengzhi ignored Liu Heng who was getting nervous again. He walked back to the table, thought for a moment, and then called the guard at the door in.

As soon as the guard at the door entered the room, Li Chengzhi gestured to him.
The guard then retreated again. Not long after he retreated, he walked into the room again, but this time he had a tray in his hand. On the tray was a scarlet military uniform and a black token.
The guard placed the tray on the table and left the room again, leaving only Li Chengzhi and Liu Heng in the room.

"From today on, you will enter my Jinyifu and be temporarily assigned to the Experience Department. You are a smart person, and I will ask you to do something later. If you do well, you may be able to become a centurion or a thousand-householder."

Li Chengzhi pointed to the robe on the table and said directly
Liu Heng was also stunned when he saw the scarlet robe and brocade token on the tray. He didn't understand how a thief from a counterfeiting gang could suddenly become an official of the Jinyiwei.
But Liu Heng reacted quickly, knelt down on the ground, and spoke loudly

"Thank you for your appreciation, Governor. I will die to repay your kindness."

"Put on your robes and go see your family later. If the governor wants to use you for work, I'm afraid you won't be able to see your family for the next few months. Your family will be taken care of by the Jinyi Mansion, so you don't have to worry."

"Yes, I will do my best to fulfill my duty as the governor."

Liu Heng heard that he could see his family again, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. He kowtowed to Li Chengzhi above him.

"Just remember, once you wear this brocade robe, you are a member of the Brocade Household in life and a ghost of the Brocade Household in death."

"Although I asked you to come home to visit, you have to think clearly about what to say and what not to say," Li Chengzhi said coldly.

"I understand. Please arrange for someone from the palace to accompany you. After I meet the family, I will come back immediately to do my job," Liu Heng said respectfully.
"go"

Li Chengzhi waved his hand, and Liu Heng below kowtowed again, then he took the robe token on the table and left the room.

Outside the door, Liu Heng looked at the scarlet brocade uniform in his hand, and then he let out a long breath, with a hint of relief in his eyes.
He originally thought that he would be caught by the Jinyifu this time and there would be no way to survive after the incident.

But he didn't expect that he would not only survive, but also become a Jinyi Tiqi.

"The governor has put so much thought into this. As long as I work hard, everything will be fine."

Liu Heng seemed to be trying to convince himself, and he kept muttering to himself:
Although Jinyifu spent so much effort to erase his whereabouts and seemed to be really prepared to spare his life, this was still just Li Chengzhi's one-sided statement.

Jinyifu wiped out his traces and made him disappear normally. It could be to save his life, or it could be because the matter was extremely secret. In order to prevent the whereabouts from being leaked, Jinyifu didn't want even the smallest part of him to go wrong.

Li Chengzhi gave him the title of Jinyiwei, perhaps to win people's hearts, but also to temporarily calm him down and let him do what he was supposed to do.

And after he has done his job, he may still be silenced.
Liu Heng was able to thrive in the counterfeiting gang, so he must be a smart person. He was aware of this possibility, but he didn't want to think about it at all. He could only hypnotize himself with various reasons over and over again.
Once he entered the Jinyi Mansion, his life and death were in the hands of others. Apart from constantly hypnotizing himself, what else could he do?

As for secretly leaking the matter to his family, he would never do it without Li Chengzhi's reminder.

If he dared to do anything, not only would he die, but his wife and children would also die.

After I finish my work according to the wishes of that adult, I may be secretly punished, but now I have this official position, even if I am killed, at least I will be considered to have died in the Jinyifu.

At least his wife and children will have a way out in the future. Maybe Bian'er can get a job in Jinyi Mansion because of his achievements. If so, even if he dies, he will be worthy of his wife and children.

Liu Heng looked anxious, with all kinds of thoughts in his mind. He was led by the Jinyifu to meet his family.
Let's not talk about the joy and sorrow of Liu Heng's family reunion. Li Chengzhi was already holding two pieces of paper and heading towards the governor's office.
(End of this chapter)