Da Wei Chun

Chapter 567 Everyone is drunk, I wake up alone

The sky is getting brighter, and the morning sun illuminates the earth.

A long and burly figure moved and moved in the front yard, as bold as a dragon, as powerful as a tiger, and made the sound of exhaling from time to time.

After calling several times, cooking smoke rose in the backyard, and the smell of meat porridge filled the air. Li Chengzhi suddenly felt his index finger twitch.

Seeing that he put away his posture, Li Chengxue came over: "What kind of punch did Second Brother hit?"

Military boxing.

He learned this during military training at the university. He was bored and had a whim, so he thought about taking it out for practice.

But it's useless in this era of throwing knives and guns, so Li Chengzhi didn't bother to talk about it, and even more lazy to teach.

"Will you have breakfast?"

"No, it's an urgent letter from Jingzhou, and my father ordered me to call my second brother!"

Jingzhou?

It should be Beizhen.

"it is good!"

Li Chengzhi responded and hurried to the middle court.

It was a leader of Li Feng's subordinates who came, with a stubble beard and dusty travels, which showed how anxious he was.

Seeing Li Chengzhi, he quickly handed over the leather seal.

Li Chengzhi looked at it for a while, and saw that the wax was intact and the code was correct, so he opened the envelope.

Others read it like a heavenly book, but this set of codewords was created by Li Chengzhi, so they can understand it at a glance.

The letter mainly said three things:
[-]. Not long after Gao Zhao led the army to Woye, Beizhen, which was originally turbulent and undercurrent, suddenly calmed down.

[-]. Rouran is getting weaker and weaker day by day. If there is no accident, they should retreat before the beginning of winter.

[-]. Since Li Chengzhi gave Chen Cang a big victory, he stopped collecting kerosene from Jinming County, Gao Meng secretly took over the job.

Day and night, he raced against time, afraid of missing a little bit of oily smell, and even more eager to dig through the big lakes where the oil came out, not even missing a grain of sand.

But more than a month ago, Gao Mengtu ordered people to fill up several large lakes, leaving only one of them, and then diverted river water to fill it up.

Just when Li Feng was racking his brains to find out the truth, a group of strangers with unknown origins and suspicious behavior suddenly appeared by the lake.Claiming to be a merchant, but what he got was a letter issued by the Woye Town Government.

Nothing to do all day, just go boating on the lake.If someone asks out of curiosity, it is also called fishing.

Catch a hair?
A whale would be poisoned to death in that lake, and there wasn't even a single grass.

Counting the time again, the truth is about to emerge: nine out of ten of those people are spies sent by Gao Ying to collect kerosene...

The more Li Chengzhi watched, the more relaxed he became, and before he knew it, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Sixian scratched his ears and cheeks curiously, and leaned over to take a look, but his face was bewildered.

He knew every single word, but when put together they didn't make any sense.

Fortunately, he dared to ask: "What's the matter?"

It's not a top secret, and Li Chengzhi didn't hide it, and said it eloquently.

"The current six towns have accumulated a lot, and it can't be solved overnight. It's just because of the power of the army, so no matter whether it's the generals or the local tyrants, they have to be subdued temporarily.

According to his son's expectation, Gao Zhao will definitely take this opportunity to either win over and buy, or to drive a wedge between them, which will intensify the hatred between the imperial court, the tyrants, and the townspeople.When the time comes, just a little teasing, the six towns will explode like gunpowder. "

"As for Rouran's retreat, it is inevitable. After all, the expedition is thousands of miles away, and there are two confidant enemies Gaoche and Gaochang at the back to stir up trouble, so the sweaty and ugly slaves dare not send all their troops to fight with the court. If the fish is dead and the net is broken, it can only be accepted as soon as it is good...

However, we must remind Uncle and Li Song to prepare early, so that Rouran will not bully the weak and be afraid of the strong, and attack the West Sea again on the way back to the army! "

"What about Xiazhou? Why did Gao Meng suddenly fill up the oil lake? Who was the one who went boating on the lake afterward?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Li Chengzhi wanted to laugh.

"The person who went boating should be Yuan Hui's secret guard. Nine out of ten were ordered by the Queen Mother to mine fire oil. But somehow the news leaked out, and Gao Meng learned about it one step ahead, and came to throw a brick Tibetan jade!"

In terms of flattery and cunning, Yuan Hui is naturally a good player, but in terms of scheming and strategizing, Gao Zhao can be his patriarch.

Probably because Gao Ying had just made a decision here, even before Yuan Hui received the secret edict, the people who informed Gao Zhao and Gao Meng had already set out on their way.

Gao Zhao is also bold, why can he be sure that even if he sees through, he will never tell the truth?

Or, even if you inform yourself, it's useless?
Although Gao Zhao's intentions couldn't be guessed at the moment, Li Chengzhi at least knew that Gao Ying and Yuan Ying's noses might be crooked.

After all the hard work and calculations, in the end it was all for nothing?

No, it should be shooting yourself in the foot, the gain outweighs the gain.

Seeing his faint complacency, Li Shixian secretly slandered: In terms of insidiousness and cunning, compared to Gao Zhao, you are not too shy.Fishing in troubled waters, creating something out of nothing, and using a knife to kill people with perfect proficiency.

It's just a fake secret recipe, making Gao Ying, Yuan Ying and the court think that you have lost its claws like a tiger, and a fly has broken its wings, and there is no threat anymore.

Just a few oil lakes, so Gao Zhao took the risk, willing to open the way for you?
Admired in his heart, Li Shixian asked suspiciously: "When you were in Yuqizhou, you said that Xiazhou's fire oil was exhausted by you, and it would take at least six or seven years to return to its former glory. After that, Gao Meng dug What is it?"

Li Chengzhi sighed sadly: "What my son said at the beginning was based on ordinary methods. How could Gao Meng be so ruthless that he would take human life as a misdemeanor, wishing to dig through the ground?"

Don't care about the rest: oil is a volatile thing, and no matter what kind of gas it volatilizes, none of them is non-toxic.

The deeper the digging, the lower the distance from the surface, the higher the density of the poisonous gas. With the means of this era, it is impossible to effectively protect it, and only human life is left to fill it.

Li Shixian was shocked: "Doesn't it mean that whenever Gao Zhao learns of the secret recipe you handed over to the imperial court, he can make lightning weapons?"

How can it be that simple?
Li Chengzhi shook his head resolutely: "If you want to make a lightning weapon, you need to store it in the ground and deposit it for many years, wait for the lightest oil to float on the water surface, and then collect it for many times to refine the clear oil.

But Gao Meng rushed to attack and benefited quickly, and couldn't bear to wait for a long time, and all he dug out was mud and sand.Let him refine it in various ways, and what he refines is heavy oil, which is mostly used for setting fire or making some rockets. "

That's great too.

Li Shixian shuddered when he thought of the scene where the rocket was like a maggot attached to the bone and could ignite even the iron armor.

"Father, don't worry, every foot of the oil lake is dug deeper, thousands of lives will be lost in vain every day. Gao Zhao and Gao Meng can't afford it, so they can't harvest much!"

Every day... How many thousand?
Ren Li Shixian asked himself that his heart was as firm as iron, and his forehead was still sweating from being horrified.

"So disregarding human life, Gao Zhao is not afraid of retribution?"

But anyone who has some knowledge, who would believe this?

Including my father, it was just a feeling.

Feeling emotional in his heart, and seeing Li Shixian trembling his lips, he seemed to hesitate to speak, but dared not say it, Li Chengzhi was a little suspicious, and suddenly understood.

"It's not that my son regards human life as worthless, and it's not that he is arrogant and arrogant, and he looks down on Gao Zhao. It's just that even if I swear and swear, no one will believe me!"

Li Chengzhi sneered, with an indescribable sarcasm on his face, "Now, both the queen mother and the assistants all believe that I hold a grudge, but if I say something that will lead to rebellion, it will be taken as my words of revenge...

If in the past, I was alone, I would have no scruples, and I would definitely write straight.Even if the Empress Dowager and the court don't believe it, at least Gao Meng can restrain himself and save some lives.

But now my parents and brothers are all in the capital, but my son is weak, if Gao Zhao secretly shoots cold arrows, how can I be prepared?So I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb..."

At first glance, it makes sense.It seems that Li Chengzhi is dragged down by his family.But if you know your son don't talk about your father, how can Li Shixian not know what Li Chengzhi is up to?

This is clearly for the court to see: Now that my parents, brothers, sister-in-law, niece, and all relatives are in the capital, what reason can I use to say that I have bad intentions or disobedience?

But it couldn't be pointed out, Li Shixian just cursed Nizi bitterly.

"In your opinion, when will Gao Zhao cause trouble?"

Li Chengzhi shook his head: "The world is impermanent and ever-changing, so it's hard for my son to say. But if there is no accident, it will be in winter, or in the next spring, or in the northern states, or in the six towns. ..."

That's right, if Gao Zhao really wanted to be rebellious, he definitely didn't want the court to rest and recuperate, but the more chaos the better.

Just as he was secretly guessing, he heard Li Rui say outside the door: "Patriarch, Sir, Cui Shangshu is here to visit!"

Cui Guang?

What is this old man doing here?
There must be no good things if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

Li Shixian also thought in the same way, and said in a deep voice: "It's just for my father to meet him, just say that you have been ill for a long time, and you can't see strangers!"

"Today, on the sixth day of the lunar month, it should be the time when the court meeting is in full swing. As a minister, how can he abandon his participation in the court and run out of the city? Therefore, he must have come here by order. If he doesn't see his son, he will not give up. !"

Li Chengzhi let out a sigh of relief, "If you really let him return without success, the next time he comes, I'm afraid he won't be Shangshu!"

Li Shixian couldn't help sneering: Could it be possible that he can still be the Queen Mother?
"Then you go, it's called father's disease!"

"Alright!"

……

Cui Guang wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, full of anger.

Li Chengzhi is simply insane, leaving the Duke's Mansion in the inner city well, so he must come to this mass grave?

Fearing that if he came later, Li Chengzhi might run into Mang Mountain to find monks and ask questions, to find a way to explore the seclusion, so Cui Guang got up before the fifth watch.

After bumping for more than ten miles, the bones and frames were about to fall apart.

So when he saw Li Chengzhi, he first complained:
"It's just a funeral, why do you need to move outside the city? If you are really filial, why didn't you end up with Li Shiliang's grave?
Don't give me the excuse that you are disheartened, and you don't want to be an official anymore in this life, so you asked for three resignations. Not only did you move out of the Duke's mansion, but you even resigned from the Lord Ying.You are obviously pretending to be wronged, I am afraid that the Queen Mother and the court are not shameful enough?Hypocritical, pretentious, really not a son of man..."

It was like Li Chengzhi, who was bleeding and scolding, was speechless and stunned.

Has this old man taken gunpowder?
You think I'm putting on airs, but I'm just afraid that there will be chaos in Beijing, and I live in the inner city and it's too late to escape...

Li Chengzhi secretly slandered, still smiling, and invited Cui Guang to sit down.

Ok?
Cui Guang found something wrong again.

There was a pair of words pasted on the middle hall, and he could recognize Li Chengzhi's handwriting at a glance.But compared with the past, it is much less sharp and more moist.

Cui Guangben is a master of this way. He firmly believes in viewing people with words and cultivating character with words. When he read the content, he frowned even more:

A deity makes a mountain, not its altitude.

Water does not have to be deep.

Si is a shabby room, but Wu Dexin.

The moss marks are green up and the grass is green.

Talk and laugh with ru, no contacts STOMATOLOGY.

You can tune the piano and read the golden scriptures.

Without the messy ears of silk and bamboo, the labor of no case.

Nanyang Zhuge Lu, West Shuzi Yunting.

Confucius: What kind of shame is there?

Words are good words, and poetry is even better, which can be called a masterpiece.But why did grandpa get more and more depressed the more he looked at it?

The whole article reveals the meaning of "everyone is drunk and I am alone, and everyone is dirty and I am alone".

That's all, vaguely, it seems that there are still a few traces of indifference and ambition, tranquility and long-term meaning.

To put it bluntly, it is to accept fate...

Thinking about what happened to Li Chengzhi in the past few months, and his posture after returning to Beijing, Cui Guang's brows could not stop beating: Is this little thief really cold-hearted?

After holding back and holding back, Cui Guang opened his mouth and scolded: "Vertical, back and forth, what a shameless child?"

Am I buying your house, or digging into your ancestral grave, so early in the morning you won’t be there?

Li Chengzhi squinted his eyes: "It's just asking the crime and beheading, but also the punishment. Ping Enhou yelled like this when he entered the door, so it makes no sense?"

"Reason? Well, the old man will explain the reason to you..."

Cui Guang shook his beard, scratched his sleeves, his tongue seemed to have a spring on it,

"Where did 'Tian Xing Kui, the gentleman strives for self-improvement' go?
"You can't be discouraged if your luck is shallow, and you can't rely on current events." Where did you go?
Where did "the will to persevere" go, where did "a jade that cannot be cut into a tool" go, where did "the rich and the noble cannot be promiscuous, the poor and the humble cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be subdued"?You set up a feathered ambition..."

After a spit of saliva, he was about to poke Li Chengzhi's nose with his fingers.

He couldn't laugh or cry: Just because this "Humble Room Inscription" runs counter to the "Li Zhi Fu" written by Yu Shiqian in the Qixi Festival last year, you are going to call me capricious?

What was the situation then, and what is the situation now?
This is what he wrote out of his own feelings.But no matter his parents or brothers, they all said that the writing was good, and all the aunts and sisters-in-law were full of praise. When he was happy, he simply hung up in the middle hall.

Who would have thought that they could call for a spray?

Knowing that Cui Guang had good intentions, Li Chengzhi was not annoyed, but let him scold him with a smile.

The calmer he was, the more annoyed Cui Guang would be. If he didn't have a sliver of reason, knowing that even Li Chengzhi's hand was no match for him, he would have done it long ago.

The more he scolded, the more angry he became, but Li Chengzhi's cheeky Saichengqiang was completely indifferent.

On the contrary, Cui Guang was so angry that he scolded Cui Guang to the end. He simply waved his sleeves, turned around and left: "Shuzi is not enough to plan, and the old man is too angry..."

Hey, why did you leave?
"Shang Shu stay!"

Li Chengzhi stopped in a hurry, and asked with a smile: "Is it possible that the empress dowager sent the minister away to scold Li Mou?"

How could this little thief guess so accurately?
Cui Guang stopped, and squinted his eyes angrily: "If I ask, will you tell me the truth?"

"If you don't ask, how do you know I can't tell the truth?"

Li Chengzhi tugged at his sleeve, and pressed him against the chair: "Shangshu and I haven't seen each other for a while, so it's good to have a glass of wine and catch up on the old days!"

Cui Guang's anger remained undiminished, and he reluctantly sat down.

"The queen mother asked me to ask you where fire oil is produced besides Jinming County in Xiazhou. If you say yes, I will listen attentively. If you say no, I will not go into it. Now go back to the palace and tell the queen mother the truth." Bright……"

That's why they came here?

Li Chengzhi was a little annoyed when he thought of what Li Feng said in the urgent report.

Even if everything is done, Gao Zhao and Gao Meng are too unscrupulous.

He pondered for a while: "To tell you the truth, I searched through ancient books and only mentioned two places. One is "Yi": Xiang said, there is fire in the marsh, and the fire goes down. The second is "Han Shu" ": Gaonu (belonging to Jinming County, Xiazhou), has Weishui, which is flammable!
The former is untestable, but the latter refers directly to Gaonu County, and there is no other trace to follow. "

Cui Guang stared: "So, isn't it that there is no such thing elsewhere?"

"Shang Shu, don't worry!"

Li Chengzhi looked around, saw the pen and ink on the case, took it over, and showed it to Cui Guang.

"Shangshu, please see, although the Weishui is hidden underground, it is like an underground river, diverting to four places. Therefore, Gaonu is only one of them. Quanming County has a branch. But according to my estimation, most of them are buried under a thousand feet. , so it is not humanly available.”

"From what you say, even in Jinming County, the kerosene is not limited to this lake?"

"A lake?"

Li Chengzhi frowned pretendingly, "It's just that there should be seven or eight lakes in Gaonu County, and they are scattered across three or four townships. How can there be a limit to one lake?"

"Then why did Yuan Hui send people to search and only found this place?"

"I do not know then!"

Don't you know a bird feather?
Seeing Li Chengzhi smiling like a fox, Cui Guang knew that he was not telling the truth.

If it weren't for Li Chengzhi, no one in the world would have thought of this Weishui... Oh, this kerosene can be used in warfare, and it can even be used to make sharp weapons like thunder.And at the beginning, he was the one who went to Jinming County to search and visit in person, so he made the best use of everything, so there is no one in this world who knows more than Li Chengzhi.

He said that there are seven or eight places, so there must be seven or eight places.

Now that Yuanhui is in danger of protecting himself, he dare not lie to the queen mother, saying that only one place was found, then it must be only one place.

Where is the difference?
A flash of light flashed in his mind, and Cui Guangmeng immediately thought of Gao Meng.

He suddenly realized why Li Chengzhi smiled so treacherously.

This little thief was clearly implying to himself that Gao Meng did something wrong.

But what's the use of Gao Meng wanting this thing?

rebel?

Thinking of this, Cui Guang's cultivation was about to become fine, and his face couldn't help changing: Now everyone knows that Li Chengzhi once gave the Queen Mother a secret performance, and Gao Zhao will definitely turn against...

There were seven or eight thoughts in my mind, and even Cui Guang couldn't be sure for a moment that it was Li Chengzhi who deliberately lured Gao Zhao to him in order to frame Gao Zhao.Or is it really like the hidden meaning in the Fu on the wall: Everyone is drunk and he is sober?

Meeting Cui Guang's scrutinizing and suspicious eyes, Li Chengzhi sighed secretly.

Even Cui Guang, who has the closest relationship with him and trusts him the most, is like this. It can be seen that the Queen Mother, Zhu Fu, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty?

Blame himself: it seems that the film king has possessed his body, and the acting is too realistic, and now even he himself is powerless to find the slightest flaw.

It's also Gao Zhao's fault: power is pouring over the government and the public, and the Yuan clan hates him to the bone, but he still stands tall, how can he be a generation of Yi Yu?
When it comes to cunning and scheming, he is always better than Gao Zhao.

Otherwise, why is it always one step away?
Forget it, you should accumulate some negative virtues, and there will be fewer obstacles in the future. As for whether anyone is willing to believe it, it is up to you.

Li Chengzhi sighed sadly: "That's all I have to say, I just ask Shangshu to say something to the Empress Dowager: As long as there is no chaos in Guanzhong, the sky will not fall!"

Speaking of this, Cui Guang has no intention of staying for a long time.He said goodbye and left in a hurry.

Along the way, he was suspicious: Could it be that Li Chengzhi is blaming Gao Zhao again?
Even he is like this, let alone Gao Ying, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Jia?
When he presented the whole story to Gao Ying, even Liu Fang and You Zhao were skeptical, and the rest of them didn't think so, and even sneered.

"Regardless of whether it's true or not, we should send the hidden guards again to visit Jin Ming. Well, let Yuan Hui go in person this time, be careful!"

Yuan Cheng repeatedly promised: "The Empress Dowager is a sage, and the empress will pass on the edict to Yuan Hui!"

Gao Ying nodded slightly, and then looked at Cui Guang: "How did the Shang Shu see that Li Chengzhi really has the intention to retire?"

Why look?
Cui Guang was secretly annoyed, and read the Fu in the middle hall of Li's mansion.

You Zhao blurted out praise: "Good poem!"

Liu Fang also agreed deeply, and kept nodding.

Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia looked at each other, the former only showed a slight pity on his face, while the latter was secretly worried.

Poetry is naturally good poetry, but the hidden meaning is self-evident.Anyone who has a little dabble in poetry will know it as soon as he hears it.

And this is much more useful than any three requests and three remarks.

Looking up the hall again, I saw Gao Ying let out a long sigh, as if he was deeply regretful.But he no longer seemed to be faintly annoyed like yesterday, instead, he seemed to be a bit of an agitator.

"Since he is loyal to the country and vigilant to Lingshuang, he will be the king of the city as he wishes!"

"Chen is here!"

"I will issue an edict later to take back Liu Teng's old house too often, and choose a minister to give it to me!"

Cui Guang's heart trembled: The next step, is the Queen Mother going to withdraw the marriage contract?

Li Chengzhi, Li Chengzhi, how long will you be awake alone, old man?
(End of this chapter)