Da Wei Chun

Chapter 566
In July, there is fire, and in August, it is not young.

It is now the beginning of August, and the daytime is still unbearably hot.But the sky was getting late, and when dusk was approaching, it was obvious that the climate was much cooler than in midsummer.

The court ladies who still had fans were removed from the palace, and all the beauties no longer wore gauzy skirts, and most of them added palace gowns.

The cedar incense has been smoked long ago, and a little sulfur has been added, so there are no mosquitoes and flies, and the hall is very quiet.

But Gao Ying frowned tightly, her heart seemed to be quite heavy, and she was also somewhat disappointed.

She flipped through the mansion newspaper on the reverse case, and asked in a deep voice: "So, the kerosene in Xiazhou Jinming County has been exhausted by Li Chengzhi?"

"Indeed!"

Yuan Hui clasped his hands and said, "The secret guard (a secret agent of the Yuan and Wei courts, also known as the embroidered envoy, similar to the Jinyi guard of the Ming Dynasty) pretended to be a merchant passing through Beizhen, and hid by the lake for a full month. Only a few miscellaneous oils were collected. The urn. After eight hundred li was rushed back to Beijing, I immediately handed it over to His Royal Highness Ren Chengwang."

Yuan Cheng sighed, and then replied: "After Yuan led the army to the minister, the minister followed the queen mother's instructions and gradually refined it. In the end, only three liters of clear oil (ten liters and one bucket, one liter is about one catty) can be used to control sky thunder. Three!"

Yuan Jia couldn't wait to ask: "Have you tried it, how effective is it?"

"It's the same as in the audition in Hualin Garden in June. The steel balls shot out like rain. When the dust and smoke cleared, the thick iron armor was riddled with holes and shaped like a honeycomb."

Two days have passed, but Yuan Cheng shuddered when he thought of the scene where a living person was shattered into pieces in the blink of an eye, and his blood was bloody. All the guards were killed on the spot, and none of them were dead..."

"What went wrong?" Yuan Jia asked again.

Yuan Cheng shook his head: "Maybe the oil was heated too hot, maybe it was shaken too quickly, maybe I saw an open flame... When I heard the news and arrived, a good stone house had been blown to pieces, and a piece of it was blown apart." It is a mess, and there is no one alive, so it is impossible to know."

In fact, Yuan Cheng knew it well: every step was carried out meticulously according to the secret recipe given by Li Chengzhi.So this accidental bombing was not accidental, but inevitable.

What's more, Li Chengzhi has already made it clear in the secret recipe: if there is a little carelessness, there will be ten deaths and no life, and only a handful of ashes will remain.

This time it was fine, at least it didn't burn.

Yuan Jia couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief: "In this way, Li Chengzhi's secret recipe is not adulterated, nor is it concealed: this oil is hard to come by, even he only made more than two thousand mines..."

"Even if it's not adulterated, what's the use?"

Gao Ying slapped heavily on the case, his face was as cold as frost: "Only three liters of oil in one month, three mines in mines, and more than thirty in a year. And Li Chengzhi only fought against Qing'an, It took thousands of pieces.

In this way, wouldn't it be necessary to wait 30 years before using this thing in a war, and it would be exhausted only once more? "

Yuan Cheng and the others bowed their heads silently.

No wonder the Queen Mother was angry.

For this thing, Gao Ying felt as if he had cut off his own arm, and did not hesitate to create a rift with Li Chengzhi.And Yuanying exhausted the last sliver of painstaking efforts, calculated in every possible way, and tried to get rid of her name, before forcing Li Chengzhi to hand over the secret recipe.

But after getting it, I realized that it was a useless thing like a chicken rib?

It would be better if Li Chengzhi pretended to be ignorant at the time, at least he didn't have to be forced, his heart was ashamed, and he was alienated from the court, and now he stays out of it like a wild crane.

It can be seen how regretful the Queen Mother was at this time.

But the matter has come to this point, what is the use of regretting the intestines?

Gao Ying gritted her teeth, and made up her mind: "Since this thing has been around for nearly a thousand years, do you believe that the world is so big that only Jinming County has it? So I should send an envoy to look for it as soon as possible...

Such a sharp weapon of the country is related to the honor and disgrace of our dynasty for a hundred years, and even the great cause of the future, so I hope that the Duke of Hejian will not slack off..."

Yuan Hui bowed deeply: "I obey the order!"

Gao Ying pondered for a while, then looked at Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia again: "There are many scholars in the imperial court who are well-read and well-read, and there are countless people who have read poetry and books. Therefore, all divisions should issue edicts and focus on inquiries..."

Li Chengzhi said he read it from the book, do you really think he read it from the book?

Otherwise, he can make ice, smelt iron, forge armor, and make mines, but why can't others?
With a slander in his heart, Yuan Cheng still responded respectfully and respectfully: "If you talk about mountains, rivers, material records, and geography, there is no one on the right side of Li Daoyuan. Now that he is serving as Yushi Zhongcheng, he is in Beijing. Why don't you send him away tomorrow?" Summoned, ask in detail?"

"Can!"

Gao Ying nodded, still staring at Yuan Cheng.

This old fox is about to become a master, so how can he not know what the Queen Mother means?

This is clearly to let her find a way, and then get the routine out of Li Chengzhi's mouth.

But the problem is, that is also a little fox, and its head is not so hard.Now he is full of resentment towards the imperial court, even if he puts a knife on his neck, he probably won't be able to tell the truth.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Cheng sighed again: "The person who tied the bell is needed to untie the bell, so I should ask Lord Li Guogong to ask. But now, whether it is the minister or the king of Guangyang, they are all close to him. , if you ask rashly, it will be superfluous. Therefore, I ask the Queen Mother, can I choose a friend or relative to visit?"

There are only two branches of the Li family in Jingzhou. How can there be any old relatives in Beijing?
But now Li Chengzhi has not yet married, so the so-called in-laws are countless.Therefore, we can only choose a generation who has a deep acquaintance.

And it doesn't matter if the portion is too low, it has to be the kind that whenever Li Chengzhi comes to the door, Li Chengzhi has to walk backwards, and he can't turn him away, let alone fool him with a few words.

After thinking for a while, Gao Ying thought of Cui Guang.

"Don't wait for tomorrow, I will give Cui Shangshu a decree later, and he doesn't need to attend the court tomorrow, just go straight to Li's residence!"

"The Empress Dowager Shengming!"

When Li Chengzhi was mentioned, Gao Ying became a little annoyed, and changed from his usual calmness and introversion: "On the day he returned to Beijing, he said that he was ill and needed to rest for a while. It has been two months now, and he must have recovered, but why did he not come?" Debriefing?"

Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

This is not at all a question of whether Li Chengzhi is sick or not, but whether his uncle is dead, and he needs to submit to the funeral of Qi Ai, and it will take Ding You a year.

Jurisprudence is nothing more than human feelings, not to mention that the current Yuan and Wei Dynasties are no different from the Han dynasty.

Since it is said to govern the country with filial piety, it is natural to be reasonable.Li Chengzhi doesn't want to get back in love, so you can still send him to serve?

And the queen mother deliberately skipped this episode, as if she had lost her memory, and she clearly didn't want to reason with Li Chengzhi.

Yuan Cheng pondered for a moment, then persuaded in a warm voice: "I think that there are only ten months left, so instead of making him more resentful, it is better to let him go. When Ding You's term expires, it will not be too late to call him again." .”

It means that you have summoned him here by force, if he refuses to serve and spends the whole day eating and waiting to die, what can you do to him?

This is a donkey, you have to follow it...

Gao Ying gritted her teeth in hatred.

Then Li Shiliang won't die sooner or later, why is he dying at this time?

Nothing more...

She let out a breath of sullen air slowly, and pinched the center of her brows: "Yuan Situ, I haven't asked you for a few days, so I don't know how the battle in Beizhen is going?"

Yuan Jia bowed and said, "Empress Dowager Bing, as always: Although I dare not say that Gao Sikong has been victorious in a hundred battles, but he won seven out of ten battles. According to the urgent horse sent by Gao Sikong the day before yesterday According to the newspaper, the creeping situation is getting weaker day by day, and seems to have the intention of retreating."

Yuan Hui hastily added: "I have received secret reports from various parties, and I also said the same... It all depends on Gao Sikong's strategizing, it is really the Queen Mother's luck..."

I thought that the queen mother must have a happy face, but I didn't want her expression to be more cold and solemn.Yuan Hui's heart twitched slightly.

I'm afraid it's not like Li Chengzhi often jokes: flattering hits the horse's hoof?
"How is the situation in Zhuzhen?"

Yuan Hui hurriedly suppressed distracting thoughts, and replied respectfully: "The Empress Dowager Bing, it can be said that all people are united, and all people are united."

"What about the northern counties?"

"The river is clear and the sea is calm, the sea is calm!"

Gao Ying flipped through the residence report and the secret performance, whether it was Cui Yanbo, the deputy commander of Beizheng, or Yuan Yuan, the leader of Gao Zhao's command, the report was similar to Yuan Hui's.

Even Yuan Yi, who has always been incompatible with Gao Zhao, praised Gao Zhao a few words this time.

It is said that as soon as Gaozhao arrived in Beizhen, it was like a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests. In Beizhen, the little people and those with floating thoughts all disappeared and disappeared.

Gao Meng didn't see any abnormal movement, as Yuan Hui said, Xia Zhou remained the same, with calm and calm.

In this way, wouldn't it run counter to Li Chengzhi's expectations?

But it is exactly what Yuanying said: Gao Zhao is like a duckweed without roots. He has neither reason nor ability to rebel.Therefore, nine out of ten are Li Chengzhi's framing words!
At this moment, it seemed that Yuan Ying's guess was further confirmed.

For a while, Gao Ying's state of mind changed again, and her desire to force Li Chengzhi to regain his love faded a lot.My heart is also much lighter.

I'm sure I'll be able to sleep well tonight.

Subconsciously looking at the clock beside the case, it was already four quarters of the day (ten o'clock in the evening), Gao Ying's face suddenly showed a hint of guilt: "I didn't notice it for a while, and it was so late? Thank you, gentlemen!"

"The empress dowager speaks seriously!"

Gao Ying smiled and nodded, then waved his wide sleeves again: "Qin Song!"

"Chen is here!"

"Prepare three copies of Sushan, send someone to accompany you, and send it to the mansion...well, I will also send one to Zhongshan King..."

"The minister obeys the order!"

"It's late at night, Zhu Qing should go back to the mansion earlier and rest earlier!"

"promise!"

Watching Gao Ying leave, the three of them had the same thought in their minds: Now that the queen mother is more sophisticated, how could she be as arrogant and frivolous as the first emperor?
The three of them left the hall one after another and left the Shigan Palace. Seeing that there was no one around, Yuan Hui hurriedly took two steps, cupping his hands again and again, with a very humble gesture: "I would like to ask your highnesses, when the next official Bingzuo fought in Beizhen, see The Empress Dowager seems to be showing displeasure, what is wrong?"

Yuan Cheng sneered faintly in his heart.

Not only this time is wrong, it should be wrong everywhere.

Yuan Hui is an embroidered censor on the outside, and the commander of the secret guards on the inside. Not to mention fulfilling his duties, he can prevent disasters before they happen, and eliminate disasters before the wall is erected.
Therefore, even if he is full of immortals, the grass on Yuanhui's grave should be three feet high.

Coincidentally, Li Chengzhi refused to take his feelings back, and he did not want to move to the post of the leading general (commander of the imperial guards, formerly Yu Zhong's post), and he did not want to secretly visit the states and counties, secretly spying on the embroidered censors of all the officials in the world post.

In addition, although the Queen Mother has trustworthy people, none of them are worthy of this task, so he temporarily spared his life.Still let him serve as the imperial envoy in embroidered clothes, and also as the leader of the middle (the deputy of the leading general).

Although it was used, it was really helpless, so the queen mother always found Yuan Hui not pleasing to the eye.

It's just that Yuan Hui's eyes are high-sighted but his hands are low-handed, and he doesn't know how to adapt to changing times. He intends to flatter the Empress Dowager the same way he used to flatter the late emperor. Isn't it self-defeating?

Both Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia knew it well, but how could they talk too much?

Yuan Cheng chuckled: "If it's about military affairs or political affairs, I am very familiar with King Guangyang, and we know everything about it. But when it comes to directly driving guards, private investigations and unannounced visits, we know nothing, so there is nothing to teach! "

Is this what I'm asking? What I'm asking is how to please the Queen Mother.

No matter how stupid Yuan Hui is, he also knows that Yuan Cheng is perfunctory to him.Looking at Yuan Jia again, he was already out of his mind, staring at Duan Dian in a daze.

At a glance, it seems that Qin Song is about to leave the palace.

Yuan Hui immediately made up his mind, and bowed hastily: "Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness, there are still old affairs in the Yamen, sorry for your impoliteness, let's take a step first."

"Just go!"

Seeing him hurriedly chasing Qin Song, Yuan Cheng revealed a hint of sarcasm.

Having learned a lot from a ditch, and having received such a big lesson, the Empress Dowager An Neng doesn't know the truth of being a teacher who never forgets what happened in the future?

Compared with cleverness and resourcefulness, Qin Song is not worthy of lifting Liu Teng's shoes, but there is one advantage: he is tight-lipped and loyal.

So don't talk clichés, Yuan Hui may not even see a good face.

Smiling in his heart, Yuan Cheng turned his head and looked at Yuan Jia who was frowning beside him: "What is Mr. Situ worried about?"

"It's already late at night, Qin Song's departure from the palace should be to deliver an order to Cui Guang. But in someone's opinion, the Empress Dowager may not be able to fulfill her wish this time!"

Hearing the xiange, Yuan Cheng knew what Yuan Jia was referring to.

With Li Chengzhi's treacherous, cunning and slippery nature, there are nine out of ten that he hasn't realized the truth, and he must have left behind.

But he dared to repeatedly deceive the emperor who was as wise and powerful as the late emperor. The queen mother is a woman who has lived in the deep palace for a long time.
As far as Li Chengzhi is concerned, it is naturally a matter of course.

But as things go on like this, the rift between the two has become more and more serious, which is really not Li Chengzhi's blessing.Maybe it will implicate his uncle.

"The world is impermanent, there is no definite number, why should Mr. Situ worry about it? Besides, it's not completely unsolvable..."

Ok?
Yuan Jia's eyes lit up: "Also please ask Ren Chengwang for advice!"

Yuan Cheng smiled lightly, and replied in a low voice: "Just let Princess Nanyang return to the Gao family!"

Can it be like this?

At first glance, it seems ridiculous.But the more Yuan Jia thought about it, the more he felt it made sense.

Even the last decree of the first emperor is nothing more than a sentence of the empress dowager.

If it weren't for the remaining friendship with Li Chengzhi, she wouldn't want to be criticized by the government and the public, saying that Gao Ying has a cold heart, and that she can't do the thing of retiring the engagement as a queen mother?
It is true that Li Chengzhi is rebellious and unruly, too arrogant, and now he is hated by people.

Although she had a thousand wishes in her heart, Yuan Jia naturally couldn't admit it too early, lest she be scolded as a wicked person.

"It is indeed as King Ren Cheng said, it is too early now, and it is not too late to make a decision when the situation comes to an end."

Yuan Cheng chuckled: "That's right!"

There are more than tens of millions of talents in the world, since Li Chengzhi is unwilling to bow his head, then there is no need...

(End of this chapter)