"How many?" Even though he was rich all over the world, Li Xian was also shocked by the big moves of the White Horse Sect, and blurted out his words when he confirmed them.

"Forty-hundred thousand yuan, Zen Master Huifan is willing to offer it to the inner treasury to repay the emperor's care for many years." He had long expected Li Xian to react like this, and Wei Wushuang smiled and nodded slightly, his voice full of pleasure.

"This Hu monk is so rich!" Li Xian raised his hand and sighed loudly. Unintentionally, his arm armor and his chest armor collided, and another series of pleasant clanging sounds were released.

Just over an hour ago, he was extremely frustrated that he could not afford to spend 180,000 yuan to arm the 3,000 Xuan Armor Army. But now, Monk Huifan raised his hand and promised to give him 400,000 yuan to hang him, which was enough to make him build 6,000 sets of full-body iron armor, and he could still gain 40,000 yuan to hang him to arm thousands of light armored cavalry!

If such an army was brought to Shuofang by Zhang Renyuan, Ashi Mochuo would probably have to escape by looking at the wind, how could he have the courage to smuggle the Yellow River again?

If the army was left like this, it would be handed over to Guo Yuanzhen, the general manager of Jinshan Road, Tuqi Shi Khan Soge would only lie on the ground and tremble. How could he have the courage to collude with the Turks and spy on the four towns of Anxi? (Note: Soge inherited the rule of Tuqi Shi in the second year of Shenlong, and then began to integrate various divisions with the support of Ashina Mochuo, preparing to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and "reliance".)

if……

He looked down at the strong dragon armor on his body, and then looked up at his wife who was smiling. The expression on Li Xian's face was so embarrassing.

After all, when the couple was in desperate situation, the White Horse Sect once helped him in a timely manner. He used the conflict between the White Horse Sect and Zhang Qian to clear the power of Buddhism out of the court a few years ago, and there was already a taste of "gratitude and revenge". The 400,000 yuan hustle, even for the Emperor's House, the number cannot be considered small.

However, after taking 400,000 yuan from the White Horse Sect to offer, the White Horse Sect's crime of bribing bandits and intercepting imperial officials would definitely have to be left unresolved. He had just decided to let Anle go, and then ordered the White Horse Sect to let go. After the news spread, how disappointed would Zhang Qian, who presented the dragon armor to himself?!

"Master, the tree is full of dead branches. The White Horse Sect is not alone in Huifan. He may not know everything about the people below." Wei Wushuang's voice suddenly came from behind, gentle and charming.

"Yeah—" Li Xian continued to hold his forehead with his hands, his face gloomy and gloomy.

"Master, as long as there is spare money in the world, there will definitely be a Buddhist temple that lends money. In the rage of the Great Sage of Zetian, Empress Zetian crushed the bones and raised ashes to ashes, and killed dozens of Huaiyi's senior brothers and brothers. In the end, it was just a change of name by the Dayun Sect and reborn in the name of a white horse." He gently moved Li Xian's shoulder with his hands, and Wei Wushuang stuck his head to his ears, replenishing it with a lower and gentler voice. The gas exhaled from his mouth kept wiping Li Xian's earlobes.

Li Xian grinned and sighed.

My wife's words are right. As long as there is spare money in the world, people will collect the money and lend interest. With its influence among the people, Buddhism has an unparalleled advantage in attracting rich people to hand over money to them to lend. Therefore, with his mother, Empress Zetian's ruthlessness, could not uproot the Dayun Sect.

After killing Monk Huaiyi, another Dharma Ming came out soon after. After the death of Fa Ming, another Hui Fan came out. The Dayun Sect became the White Horse Sect, and the temple was still the original temples, and most of the monks were the original monks. His mother Wu Zetian not only did not get a penny from Buddhism, but instead asked the White Horse Sect to secretly support himself as the prince!

"Master, I heard that I heard that Taiping took a lot of money a while ago and lent it to the Baima Sect to relish it." Wei Wushuang's words continued, as low as mosquitoes and groaning.

Li Xian was as if he heard the thunder, his body stiffened and his face rolled.

Even if he issued an order to investigate the matter of bribing bandits and intercepting officials, at most he would kill more than a dozen scapegoats deliberately thrown out by the White Horse Sect and seal off two or three of the most suspected Buddhist temples. It would not be possible to really hurt the White Horse Sect, and even let the White Horse Sect change its name like his mother back then.

The 400,000 yuan of Baima Sect's offerings will definitely not be sent to the inner treasury. From then on, Baima Sect will turn to his sister Li Lingyue or younger brother Li Dan. Just like he supported him back then, he secretly supported a new emperor and replaced him when he was weak one day!

Unless he issued an order to destroy the Buddha, the ending must be like this. He has experienced it personally and knew every step of it, but he could not find a way to solve it!

"Are the Master worried that Zhang Shaojian would be resentful?" Wei Wushuang suddenly let go of his hand and shook his head with a smile. "I think he should know how to take into account the overall situation. The Master is the king, he is the minister. If you do things for the king, you don't need to consider the ministers everywhere!"

"Yes, he must know how to take into account the overall situation!" Li Xian grinned and sighed quietly, "Otherwise, he would not have continued to go to Yangcheng without saying a word."

"Why is the emperor still hesitant?" Wei Wushuang quickly walked around to Li Xian, grabbed her husband's wrist with both hands, and shook it gently.

The arm armor and breast armor collided with another pleasant sound. Li Xian lowered his head, and the melancholy on his face was hard to hide. "He should know my difficulties. Even if he didn't know, I could compensate him later. But there are civil and military officials in the court. No matter what, I have to give everyone an explanation."

"Guo'er said that Baima Sect was not her instructed!" With a little force on his hands, Empress Wei's face quickly became gloomy. "Guo'er's words may not be all lying. If the emperor decides to take it lightly, someone jumps out to try to make things worse, I suggest that the emperor check it out, who is behind them?!"

"Yes, I really need to check it!" Li Xian didn't feel anything wrong with his wife's expression or tone. He sighed again and nodded vigorously.

"The Lord is wise!" The anger on Queen Wei's face disappeared instantly, she stood on tiptoe with praise, pecked Li Xian's ear with her red lips, "Especially wearing this armor makes people feel like, I can't explain it clearly, anyway, very, very special..."

"I also feel that I have great strength all over my body!" Li Xian smiled and hugged his wife with his arm, slowly lowered his head. He was about to hold his other hand over and picked up the other party in the waist. Suddenly, another sound of footsteps that were terrifying from outside the study room came. Then, there were a few exclamations.

"Who is making noise outside?" Li Xian's interest was interrupted. After putting down Wei, he turned around and questioned sternly at the door.

"Sage, the four towns of Anxi are urgently reported!" The door of the study was pushed open with force. Zheng Kejun, deputy commander of the Hundred Cavalry, staggered in with a flying cavalry covered in mud. "Tuqi Shi Khan Soge colluded with the Turks and captured Shaye City in the name of chasing the rebel general Ashina Zhongjie. Shaye guard Zhou Yiti was unable to defeat him, and retreated to Boxian with Ashina Zhongjie!" (Note: This battle occurred in the second year of Jinglong. Shi Khan Soge defeated Ashina Zhongjie, a general loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and attacked Shaye. Shaye guard general Zhou Yiti defeated him, but the Turkic troops immediately joined, which led to Zhou Yiti and Ashina Zhongjie defeating him and retreating to Boxian.)

"What?" Li Xian was stunned, threw away Wei, and strode towards Zheng Kejun, "What did you say? The lost Ye City in Suoye City? The soldiers lost, …"

Suddenly, a stinging pain surged in his heart. His head was sweating like slurry, and his body fell back uncontrollably. Before his helmet was about to come into contact with the ground, he suddenly realized that the sunset outside the window tonight was extremely gorgeous.

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The sunset is infinitely beautiful.

On the star-watching platform in Yangcheng, ancient county, Gui Needle leaves a long shadow on the stone surface under the sunset.

The water clock rotates slowly, driving the gears and cams, triggering the mechanism. The bronze bell hammer breaks away from the armature and falls rapidly under the action of gravity, hitting the clock disk, and sending out a series of pleasant "ding bells". (Note: The water clock, an ancient precision timing instrument, was introduced to China during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.)

"The hour of Xu is full, the sun sets, the sky is west, the Gui is in harmony, the clock falls!" Under the water bell, someone shouted loudly, and the excitement in the voice could not be concealed.

The armillary sphere slowly rotated under human push, and the star-gazing ring aimed at the last position of the sun's landing. The afterglow gradually dimmed, and a bright star instantly appeared in the air, shining like a jewel.

"Chang Geng Star appears, you are on time and in line!" The shouting was even more excited, and the technical officials of the Sitianjian were eager to dance.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo--" The desolate horn sounded, frightening flocks of birds. On the observatory, more ancient shapes are the most sophisticated bronze instruments of this era. They move slowly, aim at the stars that appear one after another, measure and record their appearance, time and location one by one.

The extremely smooth bronze mirrors with seven or eight sides were erected near the armillary sphere, aiming at the direction where the sun sets from different angles. On the high-mounted wooden poles, several amazingly expensive glass mirrors were also hung up, reflecting the last afterglow of the sky towards the ancient armillary sphere.

The armillary sphere continued to rotate, the sky became darker and darker, and the shadow of Gui disappeared completely. On the observatory, the mountain wind was blowing, making people's clothes flutter.

No one suggested lighting the lights, nor did he complain about the cold mountain wind. The technical officials of Sitianjian either stared at the dark bronze mirror with their eyes, or stared at the sunset position with their eyes, all of whom were extremely nervous.

According to the Linde Calendar, today is the second day of the fifth lunar month. According to the nine-day calendar, today is the twenty-ninth lunar month. According to the Linde Calendar, today is the twenty-ninth lunar month. According to the set of "Purple Gold Calendar" which was suddenly posted to everyone on the way to Yangcheng, today is the first day of the fifth lunar month.

All observations and calculation results show more and more clearly that the set of "Purple Gold Calendar" with unknown origin may be the most accurate, but it requires the final verification. The most critical link in the verification plan is to be in the more than one hour after sunset. The method is whether you can see the new moon through various channels! (Note: On the first day of the lunar calendar, the moon is in a straight line between the sun and the earth. Therefore, it is completely invisible and is a black moon.)

If not, the calibration is accurate, the revision of Lindeli has ushered in a good start.

If so, even if you see a trace of moonlight at any angle, all your previous efforts will be in vain. You can only wait two days later and use the same method to verify the Nine Sessions!

The only person who was not nervous on the entire observatory was Zhang Qian. At this moment, he was wearing a silk cotton robe and half lying on a bamboo bench, leisurely looking for stars with an extra-large primitive telescope.

The "Purple Golden Calendar" that is unknown to others is the lunar part of the perpetual calendar he found from his mobile phone memory. The Purple Golden Mountain Observatory, which was formulated in 1929, has more than 1,200 years of technical accumulation than the Linde Calendar and the Jiuzhi Calendar. Therefore, it has a crushing advantage in accuracy, and there is no need to worry about comparison and verification at all.

The reason why he insisted on taking half of the technical officials of the Sitianjian to Yangcheng was entirely to increase the persuasion of this new calendar. After all, technicians in ancient and modern times all believed in "dead truth". Through their own observations and comparisons, they established the authority of the purple gold calendar, which was hundreds of times better than forcibly promoting the new calendar himself.

Because there is no industrial pollution, the total population of the country is only 50 to 60 million. The stars in the eighth century are much brighter than another time and space. Even if the quality of the telescope is poor, Zhang Qian easily found the twenty-eight constellations. The three constellations and the seventy-six officials were also quickly captured by him with a telescope in the state of a star cluster.

Just as he was happy to see, a few sounds of gold and iron clashes suddenly came from the hillside. Then, he heard someone shouting loudly, "Stop, command, otherwise, you can trespass the military camp to deal with it!"

"Is there really someone who wants to be dead? I'm going to attack the observatory?" Zhang Qian frowned and stood up, turning his telescope to the shouting place, but he couldn't see any figure. Only the branches swaying in the mountain breeze, like a devil dancing wildly.

"Report, the young prison, someone forced himself to break into the star-watching platform and was stopped by his brothers. He claimed to be the second account in your mansion!" After a few breaths, the Shuofang army led Zhou Quji to rush up along the steps and reported in a low voice.

"My mansion has a second account?" Zhang Qian was stunned and took some effort to figure out when his family would have an extra second account. "What is his surname? If his surname is Luo, bring him up!"

"Yes!" Zhou Qu ran down crazily. After a while, he and four good soldiers in the army brought a middle-aged man covered in dust to the observatory.

Zhang Qian looked carefully. It was not Luo Huaizu, the leader of Qi Mo, who was it? In an instant, a little touched in his heart. He hurriedly came forward and whispered to comfort him: "Why are you here? It's dark and lit, be careful to encounter wild beasts!"

"Beast, when the beast sees me, I will only hide!" Luo Huaizu glanced lightly and looked at Zhang Qian's concern. However, he suddenly realized that he was surrounded by five border troops and his arrogance was half short. "It was Ren Shucheng who asked me to come here. He suddenly hurried to the school the day before yesterday to find me, saying that you may encounter risks during this trip. Then he forced me to ride three horses and chased me here at Xingye. As a result, you have not encountered any danger. I was almost shot into a sieve with a strong bow and crossbow just now!"

"Who told you to refuse to stop and accept the question!" Zhou Quji's face turned red and he scolded him angrily. "If the brothers hadn't warned you before you shot the arrow just now, you would have lie down long ago, so how could you have the chance to see the young prison?!"

"It's dark, how can I know you are enemies or friends?" Luo Huaizu was dissatisfied and said angrily. "I thought that there were only servants around my house owner."

After saying that, he suddenly realized something was wrong, he hesitated for a moment, and his eyes scanned around the hillside. It seemed as if he had a pair of night-light eyes, which could see all the arrangements around the observatory.

"Thank you brothers, you guys, he is indeed the second account in my mansion!" Zhang Qian didn't explain, and smiled and bowed to Zhou Quji and the Shuofang Army brothers.

Zhou Quji was Zhou Jianliang's confidant who was specially left to protect Zhang Qian. Since he was sure that Luo Huaizu was not an assassin, he was too lazy to get involved with this person anymore. He bowed to Zhang Qian and gave a military tribute, turned around and left in a hurry.

"Border Army? Have you ever been on the battlefield?" Luo Huaizu felt itchy and ignorant of his fatigue, he gently pulled Zhang Qian's arm, "Where did you borrow the border army? They are all elite troops who have been on the battlefield?! If I hadn't just announced my identity in time, I would have almost died at the hands of these bastards!"

"The cultivation history is of great importance. I just encountered bandits on the road. I borrowed some brothers from my acquaintances to protect the observatory, which should always be." Zhang Qian smiled and responded in a low voice. "Are you really okay? Don't hold on. There is no third person here to know you except me and Guo Nu!"

"It's okay, it's okay, how could a group of ordinary soldiers do anything to me?" Luo Huaizu slapped his mouth slightly and waved his hand with disdain, "I just found out that they might be my own people, so I took the initiative to stop. Otherwise, I could kill directly in front of you!"

Although he spoke loudly, he unexpectedly waved his hand a little more. He immediately frowned in pain and kept twitching up and down the corners of his mouth.

Zhang Qian was both funny and moved. He quickly turned around and picked up a wine gourd from under the lounge chair and handed it to the other party, "Drink some rice wine first and liven up the blood. You may have to wait for an hour or two for lunch. Everyone needs to confirm whether you can see the crescent moon tonight!"

"Yeah——" Luo Huaizu grinned in pain, but he forced himself to shout. After struggling for a while, he had the strength to take the wine gourd, and while pouring it into his mouth with big mouthfuls, he complained in a low voice: "These bastards are not serious. I say they are the second account in your mansion, so they are still rushing to greet me with scabbards. Oh, hiss-"

"I haven't seen any blood. Where is the injury? I have alcohol and bandages in my carriage!" Seeing this, Zhang Qian couldn't laugh immediately. He quickly reached out to hold the person and asked in a low voice again.

"No, it's okay! I was almost breaking through the block, but I accidentally stepped on the rope cover they arranged, neighing, neighing-" Luo Huaizu blushed and waved his hand gently, "I wouldn't have come if I had known that you had strong soldiers and horses around you. At that time, Ren Cong didn't know where to get the news, and he insisted that you might be in danger, but there were only servants around..."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked at Zhang Qian up and down a few times, and asked in a very low voice, "How come these border troops are with you? Your junior brother Ren Cong is unaware of this?"

"I met it by chance halfway!" Zhang Qian was unwilling to let the other party know too much, and smiled and responded in ambiguously.

"I happened to meet it?" Luo Huaizu was cautious by nature and refused to believe Zhang Qian's words at all. He frowned and thought hard. After only three or five breaths, his face showed a sudden enlightenment.

"You boy, you're cruel enough!" He gritted his teeth and leaned forward. His voice suddenly became low and anxious. "You, you were deliberately leaving Chang'an, tricking others into killing you, and then killing him with your backhand? You, you're not going to visit the stars at all, but using your body as bait..."

"Oh, oh, oh, it's done, it's the first day of the New Year!" The deafening cheers suddenly rang on the observatory, completely submerging his whisper.

"The sun and the moon are in harmony, and there is no moon in the sunset... All the stars are in the right position, so the new month can be determined!"

"Sure enough, the moon is separated by a large and small moon, and it is the right thing to do every four years."

"This purple gold history is indeed exquisite. What is the most exquisite in the world in the Nine-Zhi Li? People in India love to brag..."

...

"President Luo, seeing through but not talking through is the cleverness!" While no one was paying attention to him, Zhang Qian smiled and pushed Luo Huaizu, turned around and walked towards everyone.

The water clock taps lightly, the armillary sphere rotates slowly, and the stars are particularly bright tonight!
Chapter completed!