"For the sake of caution, I will still divide this batch of craftsmen into three teams: ears and eyes, feathers and wanderers, and let them share food and accommodation without knowing each other, so as not to be caught all at once.
Moreover, during the teaching, they were asked to use bamboo slips to engrave messages in Yin script. "
"That's fine." Liu Ji nodded.
"We know nothing about the dangers of the Huns now. It is better to be cautious in the place of dragon pond and tiger den.
Ink writing is too easy to be altered, so the engraving you mentioned is indeed safer. "
Yin Fu and Yin Shu are the earliest military codes.
There is no text on the Yin Talisman, only the length and length of the bamboo slips and wooden slips are arranged to show the corresponding information;
As for the Yin Book, a complete piece of information is shuffled into three parts and sent out separately.
The Yin Talisman is used in conjunction with the Yin Book, and even if it is cracked by the enemy, it is almost impossible to decipher it.
Yin symbols, Yin books, and engravings, this is the highest level of confidentiality that Chen Ping can think of.
Both the emperor and him knew that all this was not to prevent the native Huns, but to prevent Han spies in the Huns.
Since the connections between several princes and kings in the north and the Xiongnu are inextricably linked, it is difficult to guarantee that there are no Han people familiar with the operation of spies in the royal court of the Xiongnu.
"As for the remaining materials and manpower needed, you can tell Xiao He and he will fully cooperate with you."
Liu Ji said briefly and slightly hastily in a low voice,
“I’ll give you a total of two months to select people and train them, is that enough?
When the training comes to an end, I will find an excuse to patrol around Chang'an. "
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I have many experienced people under my command. Two months is enough to train them.
I will definitely live up to my command. "
"It's just-" Chen Ping suddenly thought of something again and muttered.
"What's the matter?"
"Yin books and talismans must be based on bamboo slips, but I don't know if there is bamboo in the Xiongnu grassland that can be made into wooden slips..."
"ah?"
The monarch and his ministers looked at each other, and they were even more uncertain about the challenges they would face in the future.
***
Lu Pheasant returned to Beigong, but there was another troublesome thing lingering in his mind.
Just now in the palace, Liu Ji handed over the task of training the Huns spies to Zhao Wang Zhang Ao, and emphasized that he would be released in Zhao. This means that this matter is imminent, and Zhang Ao is about to return to Zhao as the new Zhao Wang. .
Everything was done in the early Han Dynasty. Even if Zhang Er's coffin had not yet been buried, it would not affect his son's marriage at this time.
In this way, Lu Yuan will soon go into danger alone and marry the husband who is destined to rebel.
Thinking of this, Lu Fei felt a little anxious in her stomach. She couldn't sit still and ordered the maid to invite Mrs. Bo to have a little evening meal together.
Before half a stick of incense was finished, Bo Ji came with a smile, and she coaxed the little prince Liu Heng to sleep while talking, which was a blessing.
"In the spring afternoon, I was most sleepy and bored. Fortunately, the queen called her concubine and she had rare fruits to eat."
The maid's delicate hands brought each of them a lacquer-painted rectangular four-lattice cup (léi), which contained small slices of peaches, pears and melons.
Lu Pheasant showed a rare interest and actually introduced the winemakers one by one.
"This peach is a Xiang peach, and it is the season of summer peaches, which are the most delicious.
This pear is a famous product of Changshan Zhending. It was sent by Zhang Ao.
This melon is called Zhaoping melon, also known as Dongling melon. It was grown by a Guanzhong man named Zhaoping. "
Seeing that the queen was clearly upset but still trying to keep herself up, Bo Ji couldn't dampen her interest, so she followed the conversation and asked more questions.
"Zhaopinggua? I have never heard of it. I wonder if there is any allusion to this name?"
"It is said that Guanong Zhaoping was originally the Marquis of Dongling in Qin.
You know, in the Eastern Tomb of Qin, the empress dowager Mi Bazi of Qin Xuan is buried, as well as the parents of the First Emperor, King Zhuang Xiang and Zhao Ji.
After the fall of Qin, the Zhaoping family was reduced to commoners and had no way to survive, so they planted hundreds of acres of melon fields near Xianyang.
Strange to say, there are so many people in Guanzhong growing melons, but only his melons have fewer seeds, more juice, and a rich fruity aroma, which is very pleasant. "
"How did the Queen learn about such a rare thing?"
Bo Ji couldn't help but become curious when she heard the Queen discuss the rumors in the market.
"Oh, Xiao Xiangguo has been running business for His Majesty in Guanzhong for many years, and by some random coincidence, he actually formed a sworn friendship with Zhao Ping.
Even though this melon is hard to find in the market, it always has the energy to be delivered to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The fact that we can eat it today is thanks to Xiao Xiangguo. "
"really interesting.
However, Xiao Xiangguo is now the prime minister, with a gold seal and purple ribbon, but his best friend is still working in the fields?
Why don't you want to find a job? "
The vassals are the subordinate officials who govern each official. They do not need to be appointed by the court. They are all selected by the chief official. Most of them are the officials' former hometown, which can be said to be nepotism.
Xiangguo's friends are farming, which is really rare in the world.
"Everyone has his or her own ambitions, so don't underestimate Zhao Ping.
He seeks peace, poverty and happiness, and is wise and wise in protecting himself. If he really enters this invisible cage, what kind of good end will he end up with? "
Lu Pheasant, who had always been as strong as iron, rarely showed some signs of fatigue.
She knew that the friendship between Zhao Ping and Xiao He, the melon farmer and the Han Xiangguo lasted a lifetime:
Facing the jealous emperor, Xiao He turned disaster into disaster several times in his later years, all thanks to the advice of Zhao Ping, who watched with cold eyes.
And she also remembered that when she was young in her previous life, her mother always asked her sisters to recite "Yong Huai" by Ruan Ji, a talented scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, every time before eating aventurine.
"In the past, I heard about Dongling melons, which were just outside Qingmen... A commoner can last a lifetime, so how can I rely on favors and salary?"
Ruan Ji was aloof and unruly by nature, and had no choice but to be trapped in the political whirlpool. He had to use every method to try to keep a distance from the ruling group.
However, a few months before his death, he was finally forced by the situation and wrote the most important document for Sima Zhao before usurping the throne - "The Persuasion to Advance".
The moment he put down his pen, he actually envied the commoner Zhao Pingba who was sweating profusely in the melon fields of Dongling outside Xianyang City.
While her mother was dividing up the money, she always told them that they must leave a way out in life and never leave their fate in the hands of others.
At the moment, Lu Pheasant hopes that he can pass on all this wisdom to Lu Yuan, as if he is trying to encourage others.
***
"Bo Ji, I feel so upset today, and I want to thank you so much for coming to accompany me."
As strong and courageous as a queen, is there any helplessness that is difficult to resolve?
Bo Ji chewed the peach carefully, thought about it secretly, and asked tentatively,
"Let me guess, the queen's troubles are related to the princess's marriage?"
Lu Pheasant was noncommittal and suddenly asked confusedly,
"Do you still remember what you looked like when you were fourteen or fifteen years old?
Will you be able to distinguish between good and bad men at that time? "
"How could I know that at that time? I was as stupid as a piece of wood."
Bo Ji pursed her lips and smiled softly,
"The queen also knows that my father has another family, and he had an affair with my mother to give birth to my brother and me.
Therefore, I have lived with my mother since I was a child.
My mother is a royal daughter of the former Wei Kingdom. Her greatest wish in this life is that I can enter the harem of a certain king and have a son and a half daughters, so that she can regain her wealth. "
Therefore, when Bo Ji was fourteen or fifteen years old, she was sent by her mother to the palace of Wei Bao, King of Wei, like a delicate object. After that, she was moved around several times, and she finally settled down with Liu Ji, the later King of Han.
"Now that I have given birth to the little prince, I am quite satisfied. Unfortunately, my mother's family died in the war and was scattered, leaving only my younger brother Bo Zhao.
There are no more family members to share the wealth with. "
Bo Ji lowered her slightly red eyes and hurriedly took a piece of aventurine and put it into her mouth to cover up her feeling of loss.
Lu Pheasant looked at her thoughtfully and said,
"A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. A person's life is very long."
What you don’t know is that more than twenty years later, after our Lu family was completely destroyed, your son Liu Heng was frightened by the old minister precisely because his mother’s family was weak and he had no relatives to worry about. They were selected as successors to the throne and became the famous Emperor Wen of Han.
And you have become the empress dowager Bo who will be famous throughout the ages.
"Yes, Queen, a person's life is very long."
The ice-snow and smart Bo Ji looked at Lu Pheasant and repeated her words,
"None of us have grown up step by step from the silly age of fifteen."
Bo Ji's words reminded Lu Fei of his previous life, when he was fourteen years old and entered the palace as the daughter of a hero who needed to be won over. He stayed with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty for twelve years and was not promoted. He was always a bitch. An inconspicuous talent.
At that time, I was ignorant, and I only had a vague direction in my heart, which was to struggle upward from the abyss of the harem where the sun never shines, until the light of day shines on me.
