Da Wei Chun

Chapter 565 True Thunder
Li Chengzhi was going to laugh wildly in the hall, and then shouted: I quit.

In order to show how firm his determination is, he even went to the imperial mausoleum before entering the city. In front of all his retainers, he pointed at Yuan Ke's tablet and swore: I, Li Chengzhi, will never receive a memorial tablet for the imperial court again as long as I live. Soldiers and half soldiers...

But now, it is no longer necessary.

Even if he really wanted to do his best for the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, the imperial court would not dare to use him.

Don't even think about it, at least for a short time.So why bother?
Li Chengzhi felt extremely relieved when he thought of Gao Ying's worry about gains and losses when he resigned.

No wonder this woman didn't warn him in advance when Yuan Ying, Gao Zhao and others conspired to seize his military power?
Sure enough, power makes people intoxicated, but it also makes people rational and calm, knowing which is more important.

Just like Gao Ying, in the face of family, country and power, feelings are ultimately weaker.

Like Yuan Jia and Gao Zhao, the so-called kinship is just a stepping stone for the struggle for power and profit.

Is this right? It will also save you the day when you turn against each other, and feel as if you are sorry for someone...

He couldn't help laughing, but it made all the retainers confused.

"The family must have been waiting for a long time, right?"

"When the servant went to report the letter, the head of the family, his wife, and all the young wives, Xiao Lang, etc. were waiting outside the mansion."

"Father must be full of resentment, but he can't speak, haha..."

I can think of what Li Sixian looks like now with my toes, Li Chengzhi is a little gloating, but also feels warm.

"You can't let father and mother wait until sunset, right? I won't enter the palace anymore. Li Rui!"

"The servant is here!"

"Send Tian Lei to the palace."

"what?"

Li Rui's scalp went numb.

Those few thunders were made by Lang Jun who taught him how to make them. How can he not know whether they are true or not? What if they are found out?
He asked cautiously: "If someone probes deeply, how should the servant answer?"

"If you don't know anything, what's there to be afraid of?"

Li Chengzhi couldn't be more relaxed, "Don't worry, all the courtiers know that I regard this thing as a treasure, and I will never let it out to others, so you can just say that you don't know it, and there will be no doubts.

Furthermore, I have handed over the secret recipe to Qin Song, and he presented it to the Empress Dowager on his behalf. The recipe has been painstakingly detailed, and one can easily understand it at a glance.Presumably no one will ask you any more, just go..."

Li Rui felt a little relieved, and drove a carriage to the palace gate alone.Before Li Chengzhi left the palace, Gao Ying had confessed to Qin Song, so the guards only did a little inspection before letting him go.

Seeing Li Rui swaggering into the palace gate in his car, Li Chengzhi had a strange thought: If he sent Li Rui to be a dead soldier, he might be able to kill Gao Ying and Yuan Ying today.

But what's the use?

He shook as if laughing, boarded the chariot and walked towards Yannian...

……

The hall returned to silence, Gao Ying's face was gloomy, and he was worried about gains and losses.

Today, I'm afraid I fell into Yuan Ying's trick again?

At the beginning of the war, she was so ambitious and high-spirited, thinking that she could show her ambition and show her talents.

I thought to myself how powerful and powerful the first emperor is, why don't you still obey her?All the assistants and all the courtiers are naturally at hand, and it is as easy as turning the palm of your hand.

At the beginning, it seemed that she had exactly what she wished, no matter whether Yuan's surname Sanfu or the three Hanfus, most of them respected her and seldom refuted her face, Gao Zhao was even obedient to her.

But as time passed, she slowly realized how naive such thoughts were.

She is just a woman who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, so how can she be the opponent of these old foxes who have gone through many ups and downs in the officialdom?

The reason why Yuan Ke is like that is just to pamper her and let her go.

But Zhu Fu and a group of courtiers coaxed her like a fool, including Gao Zhao.

Regardless of whether it is a big court or a small court, as long as it is decided by her, all the ministers will say that they will obey.But after that, he acted in a way that was obedient and contradictory, running counter to her.

If it wasn't for Li Chengzhi's painful questioning, and then Yuanying's suggestion, she still thought she was in control.

It turned out that he was fooling her for a fool?
Now, she sees no one as a good person, and feels that everyone is plotting against her, including Li Chengzhi.

As Yuanying said, if Li Chengzhi is really innocent and loyal to her, why would he lie to her about the thunder weapon?

Relatively speaking, Yuan Ying, who has not had a good life for a few days, seems to be more credible.

But Gao Ying felt that it was hard to guarantee that Yuanying had ulterior motives, fearing that she would threaten the young emperor, so she alienated her, and took the opportunity to eliminate people who were relatively close to her, such as Gao Zhao and Li Chengzhi, and then weakened her authority as the queen mother ?
And like Gao Zhao, who was supposed to be the person she trusted the most, but also lied to her in every possible way, and now he is even more revealing of his disobedience?
But Yuanying said that Gao Zhao would not rebel against anyone, at most he would just exercise power, because he couldn't rebel.On the contrary, Li Chengzhi, who insisted that Gao Zhao must rebel, has more reasons and ability to rebel...

For a moment, Gao Ying was in a state of confusion, not knowing who to trust, let alone who to turn to for advice.

Not a single good thing...

While secretly annoyed, Qin Song called out in a low voice, and Gao Ying came back to his senses.

"Empress Dowager Bing, Lieutenant Colonel (Military rank, from the ninth rank, mostly awarded to the Lord's family general) asked to see him outside the hall, saying that he had brought what he needed under the order of Duke Li."

She frowned: "Where's Li Chengzhi?"

"It is said that he suddenly felt unwell and coughed continuously. He invited the imperial doctor in the palace and returned to the mansion for diagnosis and treatment."

Gao Ying was taken aback.

Just now he resigned on the pretext of illness, and now he is refusing to go to court on the pretext of illness. In a few days, will he not even be able to enter the palace again because of his illness?

She suddenly had a sliver of understanding: Li Chengzhi is so majestic, he dared to talk about Gu and him in the palace, the purpose may not be because of this: fear of criticism from the government and the public, if Gu Ruo invites him into the palace in the future, I am afraid that he should be cautious and think twice And think twice?
Gao Ying secretly gritted her teeth, and suddenly sneered again: "It's so good, it's the king of Zhongshan's wish!"

What Gao Ying said was ambiguous, but no matter what Yuan Ying, Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia, they knew what the Empress Dowager meant by her words.

Yuan Yi knew whether Li Chengzhi was shot in the fertile field and whether he was injured, so the court also knew everything.

Including the sentence that Li Chengzhi and Yuan Yi swore face to face, Yuan Yi did not change a single word in the memorial: If Li leads another half of the soldiers in his lifetime, he will die badly for nine generations.

He was clearly extremely disappointed, and his heart was ashamed of the imperial court.

But in this way, it fell into Yuanying's arms.

It would be better not to lead the army, and it will save Li Chengzhi from hating and becoming enemies for a long time, and it is hard to guarantee that he will not rise up like Yuan Huai and Yuan Li.

As for his proficiency in combat... As long as he has the sharp weapon of heavenly thunder, even if he sends a cat or a dog, he can beat Chang Yizhi, Pei Sui, Fu Luo and the like like bereaved dogs.

The more she thought about it, the happier she became, Yuan Ying couldn't wait to laugh three times.But he pretended to be disapproving on his face:

"As the saying goes, the heart of a young man, why should the Empress Dowager be so worried about Li Jungong's outrageous words? As I expected, if he can't stand it for ten days and a half, he will be too late to regret it.

Besides, it is easy to break just after passing, if it is not tempered, can An Neng entrust it with a heavy responsibility?Just like me, which one is not ups and downs, not surprised by favor or humiliation?The so-called jade can't be made into a tool, that's it. "

After all, he also looked at Yuan Cheng intentionally.

Bewitched by Yuan Ying's few words, Gao Ying actually felt that the words were reasonable again.

Regardless of Yuanying, after Zhongli's defeat, he was almost condemned to death.Although in the end he was exempted for a while, but after a year, he was reinstated and entrusted with important tasks.

Yuan Cheng was even worse than that, Wen Zhao Wu Lue, utterly loyal, made many great contributions.Just because of Yuan Ke's suspicion, he almost ended up like Yuan Xie.

But even so, Yuan Cheng remained calm and never complained...

Thinking of this, Gao Ying suddenly became more confident: Public is public, private is private, military affairs are important, how can they be burdened by their children's private affairs?
If Li Chengzhi has the heart, he will naturally understand Gu's difficulties...

She took a deep breath and cheered herself up a bit: "That's it, let's see if that day Lei is really as magical as the rumors say!"

"According to the order!"

They agreed in unison and watched Gao Ying leave.

Later, looking at Yuan Ying who was carried out of the palace with the couch, Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia looked at each other with anger in their eyes.

The two of them are as treacherous as ghosts, but who would have thought that Yuanying would break his promise when he was about to go to the ground, and turn back and use them as swordsmen?
Counting birds with one stone separated the Empress Dowager from Gao Zhao and Li Chengzhi, prevented the Empress Dowager from sitting on the throne, and avoided many hidden dangers for the young emperor.It also made the Empress Dowager wake up suddenly, learn a lot of wisdom after eating a ditch, and pay more attention to court affairs.

However, this old thief is dedicated to serving the public, and everything he does is an act of righteousness. It can be said that he has dedicated himself to death and is his own. They can't hate him even if they want to.

Yuan Cheng sighed sadly: "Forget it, at least it will be more respectful to the Queen Mother in the future, and less selfish. As long as the secret recipe sent by Li Chengzhi is true, why not let him plan it again?"

Even though the reasoning is so, Yuan Jia always feels as if he ate a fly, disgusting and uncomfortable.

This is more than lifting a rock and hitting one's own foot, it is simply breaking one's own arm.

Even if he and Li Chengzhi will become son-in-law, they will be strangers in the future.

Yuan Jia hated his teeth itching, but there was nothing he could do.

A person who is about to die, what can he do?

"Never mind!"

Yuan Jia waved his sleeves resentfully, and walked out of the main hall with Yuan Cheng, and walked towards Hualin Garden.

According to Li Rui's explanation, a group of imperial guards had already unloaded several boxes of tin cans and opened them up one by one.

Although it was the first time I saw it, it was like a thunderbolt. Yuanying was so curious that she touched an iron can and looked at it for a long time.

The whole body is round, about the size of a human head, and seems to be made of pig iron.There is a hole in the jar, and a string is inserted into it, which is several feet long.

What's even weirder is that when carrying it, it seems to hear the sound of water swaying in it?
Yuan Ying asked: "What is hidden in it?"

Li Rui lowered his head: "The lower officials really don't know!"

If even he knew it, why would Li Chengzhi treat it like a treasure?

Yuanying reacted, and asked suspiciously: "Where's the secret recipe?"

"Lang Jun said that he has been handed over to Chang Qiuqing, who will present it to the Queen Mother on his behalf!"

Confused!

What if the eunuch was out of curiosity and took a peek?
Cursing inwardly, he heard movement behind him.He turned around and saw a royal chariot slowly approaching, which seemed to be sitting on the empress dowager and the young emperor.

Seeing Qin Song waiting beside the car, Yuan Ying felt a little relieved.

It was only a moment or two before and after, and Qin Song had no chance.Furthermore, the matter is of great importance, and with this eunuch's cautious disposition, he would not have such courage.

With such a guess in her heart, Yuanying ordered the palace servants to carry him over again.

The jade chariot had already stopped, and through the gauze curtain, Gao Ying seemed to be comforting the Emperor: "Your Majesty has seen it before when we performed the wheat flour test last time. Today will definitely be much louder than last time. Are you afraid, Your Majesty?" ?”

The little emperor is only six years old, how can he not be afraid of such a fetish who is like a punishment from heaven?
But the two little hands clenched together, but there was a trace of excitement in the eyes: "Don't worry, mother, I am not afraid!"

"Just don't be afraid... Well, let's demonstrate!"

Gao Ying lifted the curtain of the car and pointed at Li Rui.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Li Rui ran two quick steps, causing the group of Yulin to step back again, and then ran down the stone wall in the distance with an iron can and a bundle of matchlocks in his arms.

It was here when Li Chengzhi demonstrated the chicken to Yuan Ke.Later, I got a secret report from Yuanzhao, and when I learned that Li Chengzhi was auditioning for the role of wheat flour in Guanzhong, Gao Ying had a whim and tried again here.

It was also at that time that whether it was Gao Ying or Zhufu and courtiers, they all wavered about whether Li Chengzhi could beat Chang Yizhi.

Because it is too simple, as long as you are a human being, you will know it at a glance.

What's more, when it works, it doesn't work. If it is raised on the top of the city, it may not be able to explode once in a hundred times.If it is put into an iron can again, it will be like waste, and it will not be exploded anyway.

However, when Li Chengzhi was demonstrating in Qianyin, he was raised in the stone house, and after firing a rocket to ignite, the noise was not small, and the power was also great...

Therefore, the garden is fully equipped, not only a section of the city wall and beacon towers were built, but also dozens of grass men and grass horses were set up in imitation of the army formation.Not only neatly dressed, but also half armor.

In order to show its power, Li Rui specially asked a group of guards to gather straw people and horses together, preparing to let the thunder explode under the feet of people and horses.

Seeing Li Rui running and lifting the iron can above his head and shaking it vigorously, just like a monk doing something, Yuan Cheng was puzzled and asked, "What's the meaning of this?"

No one else knew, but when Gao Ying and the young emperor took off his clothes, he had a quick look at the secret recipe, although he knew its meaning, he didn't know its rationale.

She waved her hand slightly: "Let's talk about it later, let's see how powerful it is!"

Several people nodded yes.Hearing Li Rui's yell for alert again, there were guards standing in front of the chariot and Yuanying and the others, forming a shield wall.

The match was five or six feet long, but it burned extremely fast.Li Rui only ran a dozen steps, and just as he fell to the ground, he saw a burst of flames in the distance.

Although it was tens of feet away, everyone could see it very clearly and felt it more deeply: Compared with wheat flour, the fireball that burst out this time was bigger, the sound was louder, and the vibration under their feet was also stronger.

When the smoke and dust cleared and they could see things in their eyes, everyone's expressions changed in horror: Not only was a gap in the top of the city blasted, but even the dummies on the city were burned wildly.

Take a closer look, dozens of dummies and fake horses, nearly half of them have fallen down?

Needless to say, the chicken is more than twice as powerful as that of the wheat flour.
Gao Ying and Yuan Ying looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes: it was the same as the scene in the secret report of Yuan Zhi and Yuan Xi?
Li Chengzhi didn't adulterate this time, but what he sent was real thunder...

(End of this chapter)