After Song Yao woke up, Li Yu took her out of Ping'an Lane for easy care.
Unexpectedly, she named her to move into Ji Ran's house, so Li Yu had no choice but to follow. Sun Yufu, who always liked to live alone, also moved in temporarily because he couldn't stand the temptation of Tang Ji's delicious food and wine. Fortunately, Ji Ran
The house is big enough to accommodate them.
Halfway through the morning, Li Yu, Zeng Jin, Yan Jiong and other Huaizhou officials returned to Jiranju after discussing the restoration of order in Yunhuai City. As soon as they entered the main courtyard, they found Tang Ji sitting at the stone table tinkering with something.
When he took a closer look, he discovered that they were four clay pots dug out from outside Beicheng a few days ago. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Tang Ji, what on earth are these? I heard Cheng Tie said that as long as you light the thread above, it will be fine."
Even if you are a top-notch person, you have to die? Is it true?"
Hearing this, Tang Ji turned his head and looked at Cheng Tie, who was about to run away not far away, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Old Cheng, please give me an explanation!"
Seeing that there was no hope of escape, Cheng Tie walked over with a naive smile: "Brother Tang, the prince is not one of our own, so there should be no problem in telling him."
Tang Ji sighed and explained: "The secret of gunpowder must not be leaked, otherwise it will only bring endless trouble to us. Let's forget it this time. If we do it again, we will not be lenient!"
Sensing that his tone was a bit serious, Cheng Tie also put away his smile, clasped his fists and said, "I understand."
Tang Ji was about to turn around and tell Li Yu not to ask any more questions, but found that he was holding a fire seal in his hand, which was very close to the lead on the pot. His eyes widened immediately, he grabbed the fire seal and threw it on the ground, shouting
Said: "If this thing catches fire, all three of us will be dead!"
no!
It still has to be dismantled!
Thinking of this, he carried the clay pot and walked towards the side room.
Li Yu was really itching and couldn't bear it, so he quickly followed him: "Let me try it. How powerful is this thing?"
In the end, Tang Ji had to agree to make a mini version later to give him insights.
At the same time, in the imperial city of Kyoto, a man wearing a golden dragon robe was sitting in the imperial study room reviewing memorials.
The imperial study is spacious and luxurious. The interior color scheme is mainly yellow. The lighting in the room is very good, but candlesticks are placed everywhere. Opposite the door is the dragon table where Emperor Ning is, and there are several red sandalwood bookcases on the left.
, it is filled with books, and the other side leads to the inner room, which is blocked by a warm jade-colored screen.
Emperor Ning pinched his brows tiredly, took a short rest and planned to continue browsing the memorial, but was interrupted by the captain of the Yunxiao Guard who broke in from outside.
"Report, Your Majesty, a secret letter from Commander Su."
Anyone who enters the imperial study must report to the eunuch outside and obtain permission before entering. However, the Yunxiao Guards people barged in directly, indicating that the matter was very urgent. Emperor Ning raised his hand and asked, "Speak."
"Your Majesty, seven days ago, a bandit force in Huaizhou gathered more than 10,000 troops and attacked Yunhuai City. Fortunately, the surrounding counties and the Linzhou army provided timely support and did not cause a catastrophe. Now the mountain
The thieves have been wiped out, but all the two thousand soldiers of Yunhuai City were sacrificed, and Song Yao, the chief defender of the city, was seriously injured. His Highness Prince You has now returned to Huaizhou to take charge of the overall situation." The captain told the news he had just received.
Emperor Ning narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect that so many things had happened in just a few days. After thinking for a while, he nodded and replied: "I understand, you can go down first."
"I take my leave." The captain bowed and then left the hall.
Emperor Ning turned to look at Bai Chang and asked, "What do you think about this matter?"
The old eunuch wearing red-brown official uniform smiled and said sharply: "Your Majesty, slave..."
But as soon as he opened his mouth, the little eunuch's announcement came from outside the door: "King Xun, His Highness the King of Jin has an audience."
Emperor Ning looked outside the palace. These two people came to him together. It was definitely not good. He gasped lightly and continued: "Xuan!"
Soon, King Xun Li Qin and King Jin Li He walked in together, knelt down and saluted: "My son, I am here to see my father!"
"Get up." Ning Huang replied in a deep voice. He continued to flip the memorial in his hand and asked casually: "What's going on with you two?"
Li Qin and Li He looked at each other. The latter raised his lips slightly, sneered, took the first step, and said: "To inform my father, I want to impeach my fourth brother. Yunhuai City was attacked by bandits a few days ago. He
As the crown prince of Huaizhou, I should bear the responsibility for its loss, and I hope my father will be aware of it!"
As expected, they came here just because of Li Yu's affairs.
Emperor Ning's face showed a slight displeasure. Even he had just received the news, but they had already entered the palace to impeach him. His eyes turned to Li Qin: "Qin'er, you want to impeach your fourth brother too?"
"Reporting to the emperor, I just feel that the garrison force in Yunhuai City is insufficient, and the fourth brother cannot be entirely blamed for the fall. However, as the king, he has to give an explanation to the people of Huaizhou, so I suggest that the fourth brother should appease the people.
It's not too late to return to Kyoto, I'd like to ask my father to make a decision." Li Qin cupped his hands with a smile on his face.
Emperor Ning nodded slightly, looked at Li He again, and said angrily: "When the bandits broke out in Yunhuai City, your fourth brother had already left. You can't blame him for this!"
"Yes!" Li He quickly replied with his hands over his hands, but his eyes were fixed on Li Qin, his silver teeth clenched.
Damn it, I was tricked!
Emperor Ning glanced at the two of them somewhat irritably, waved his hand and said, "I already know about this matter. If you have nothing else to do, please leave first."
Seeing this, the two of them didn't know what to say and bowed one after another: "My son, please retire."
After a while, Emperor Ning sighed again, shook his head and stopped thinking about the matter: "Let's wait for Yu'er's battle report."
Outside the royal study, Li He clenched his hands into fists, looked at Li Qin and said in a deep voice: "Brother Huang is really good at calculating!"
"I am just telling the truth." Li Qin said calmly.
"Humph!" Li He shook his sleeves dissatisfied, turned and left.
Looking at his back, Li Qin shook his head and murmured to himself: "It seems that my father has just received the news, and this time he was a little too eager. Fortunately, my third brother helped me."
...
"Battle report?" Li Yu was sitting in the pavilion in the front yard of Ji Ranju, eating hot pot. When he heard Zeng Jin's words, he suddenly remembered that he had not sent a message to Kyoto explaining the turmoil.
Zeng Jin looked at the bubbling hot pot and couldn't help but swallowed. But he quickly adjusted his expression and said with a smile: "If the prince doesn't have time, I can also write for you."
"Okay, then you write..." Li Yu was naturally very happy to see someone willing to take on this job, but mid-sentence, his eyes couldn't help but drift to Tang Ji.
"What do you think I'm doing? I don't know how to write a battle report." Tang Ji took a mouthful of duck blood and gave Jiang Ran a piece of mutton.
Li Yu blinked his eyes, his brain was running rapidly, and he suddenly grinned, threw the chopsticks on the table, and pulled Zeng Jin towards the main courtyard at the back: "Don't worry about me, you can eat first!"
Looking at his back, Tang Ji murmured: "Why do I have a bad premonition?"
