Cipher is a Chinese word, pinyin à ao, which means a secret signal agreed upon by each other (with sound, action, etc. ). From Song Yuwenbao's Four Notes on Blowing the Sword: "The examiner, also ordered by the bribery bureau, took it without looking at the words, looking for a secret code."
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Song Yuwenbao? "Four Records of Blowing Sword": "Examiners are also instructed by the Bribery Bureau to take words without reading them, just looking for the secret code."
"Water Margin" The 30th time: "? Song Wu? I saw these two people winking at the two men with ju knives and making some gestures. "
The thirteenth time in Travel Notes of Lao Can: "Didn't you see that his buddy told Cui Huan to eat vegetables?" That's a code word. "
Xu Chi? One night at the stadium: "He was in the first car and wanted to command the nine cars behind. They have a signal. "