The middle-aged Taoist priest hummed, took the large piece of paper presented by Old Wu with both hands, frowned and looked at it from top to bottom very carefully, then squinted his eyes and said nothing, with a thoughtful look.
After waiting for a while, the young man couldn't bear his temper and asked carefully: "Uncle, it's just a government arrest warrant. Isn't this a very common thing? In Qi State, we often have arrest warrants issued by various levels of government." All kinds of criminals who are on the run!"
The middle-aged Taoist priest glanced at him, waved the arrest warrant in his hand and said: "I have been in Zheng for so many years, and I have never seen the government go around posting arrest warrants with great fanfare because of a missing woman. The arrest warrant issued this time Ling is really weird!"
"Really? Uncle Emperor, can you let me see this arrest warrant?" The young man stretched out his hand to the middle-aged Taoist priest.
The middle-aged Taoist priest glanced at him and handed him the arrest warrant in his hand.
The young man looked at it carefully and found that it was very similar to the arrest warrants issued by the government. They were all official articles. The general meaning at the beginning was that a group of robbers had appeared near Xinjing City recently. The main target of the robbery was a beautiful woman. Please remind me. The woman tried not to go out alone. She then wrote in a threatening tone that she would not be allowed to help them if they found robbers or suspicious persons, and they had to report it to the government immediately. The government would certainly give them a certain reward. If they concealed it, they would not report it. , or providing help to the robbers, they will be guilty of the same crime as the robbers, etc. The bottom is the signature of the official who approved the issuance of this arrest warrant, the prefect Bai Huanzhi and the general judge Jia Gui.
The young man pointed to the two names on the paper and asked the middle-aged Taoist priest, "Uncle Emperor, do Bai Zhifu and Jia Tongshang of the new capital have any contact with you?"
The middle-aged Taoist priest shook his head, "These two people were transferred from other places after Su Chengxuan returned to Xinjing after returning to the country. Because the time was short, I didn't have time to develop a relationship with them."
"Oh, so that's it!" The young man nodded thoughtfully, and after being silent for a moment, he suddenly said: "Uncle Emperor, could this be Su Chengxuan's plan to attack Sanqing Temple? This picture he released The arrest warrant may be a reason for him to take action. Does it imply that the missing woman is related to Sanqing Temple? Even if the father reacts, he can use this reason to defend himself. "
The middle-aged Taoist priest walked slowly and said with deep thoughts: "I don't think so. Nowadays, Zheng's army, including Su Chengxuan's Yulin Army, all have my insiders in the former department. Even if Su Chengxuan makes a move, Whenever a soldier is killed, I will receive a report sent via flying pigeon in a very short period of time."
"Then there should be a lot of police officers in Xinjing Mansion, right?" the young man asked worriedly.
The middle-aged Taoist priest said contemptuously: "The current Xinjing government office is no longer the pre-war Xinjing government office. In the past, when the prefect was there, the Xinjing government office, including the three county governments under its jurisdiction, could at least make up for it. There are less than 1,500 yamen and police officers. As far as I know, these prefecture and county yamen together can make up 500 people, which is good, and they are all the old, weak, sick and disabled. "Senior, those young and strong people who were originally strong have already fled to death! If we expect the remaining old and weak soldiers to take down our Sanqing Temple, haha, they are really not enough for me to fill my teeth!"
The young man heard this and was eager to try: "Uncle Emperor, what should we do now?"
The middle-aged Taoist priest walked around the room twice more with his hands behind his back before replying: "After much thought, I still feel uneasy. I feel that this arrest warrant was issued to my Sanqing Guan, thus saving me a long night and many dreams." , I plan to ask General Zheng Jun who has surrendered to me to lead the Imperial Army stationed in the Imperial Army camp outside the city within three days, in the name of asking for military pay, to forcefully enter the city, surround the palace, and force Su Chengxuan to abdicate. !”
"Uncle Emperor, what about the Imperial Guards who guard the palace? I remember last time Su Chengxuan was surrounded by the Chu army in Xinjing. It seems that it was the Imperial Guards who fought to the death to break out of the Chu army's encirclement!"
The middle-aged Taoist priest waved his hand and sneered: "It's different this time. The deputy commander of the Palace Front Division who is responsible for commanding the imperial guard army has now taken refuge with me. In addition, I also have the wife and daughter of Lu Jun, the commander of the imperial guard army. When the time comes to bring them to the front of the battle, I don’t believe that Lu Jun can do it! Haha.”
The young man couldn't help but applauded: "Uncle Emperor, your move is really high. From this point of view, seizing the palace and forcing Su Chengxuan to abdicate is a matter of hands. But Uncle Emperor, what are you going to do?" Come out and make these people support you convincingly!"
The middle-aged Taoist priest laughed and said: "My nephew, don't you understand? Today's Zheng army is like a starved child. Your father has given me one million or two cases every year for more than ten years. Silver, in fact, I have only used a very small part of it. I now have nearly seven million taels of silver in hand. Now you have sent me another three million taels of silver in banknotes. I will take out all the silver when the time comes. Doubling the military salary and giving it to the Zheng army? Isn’t it said that whoever has breasts is a mother! In addition, the ministers of the DPRK and China who were bribed by me cheered and supported me in my position. Will all this fall into place naturally? "
The young man nodded repeatedly and agreed: "When the emperor's uncle takes the throne, and then we clean up the old ministers, then the emperor's empire will be firmly established!"
The middle-aged Taoist priest looked at the young man with a smile, "My dear nephew, this is not enough. When I secure the throne of the Zheng Kingdom, I will join forces with your father. We brothers will send troops to the south together with Wu and Zhou. Then we can destroy the Chen State, and jointly carve up the territory of the Chen State, and then return together to eat the Chu State that was dragged to death by the Chu-Zheng War. In this way, the destruction of the Qin State will be just around the corner! Hahaha!"
After listening to the emperor's uncle's unification plan, the young man walked up to him excitedly, bowed his head, and said excitedly: "Uncle, when we destroy the Qin Kingdom, there is no power in this world that can stop our Xiao family. Ten countries have been unified!"
The middle-aged Taoist priest stroked his beard, nodded happily, and said with a smile: "Yes, the unified empire that your father and I have worked hard to build in this life will be ruled by you from now on!"
The young man's face lit up with excitement, and he said with a smile: "Hey, Uncle Emperor, don't worry, the empire you and your father have built will be passed down to us, the descendants of the Xiao family, for generations to come!"
The middle-aged Taoist priest patted the young man on the shoulder and said happily: "Let's go, I will take you to the Qunfang Garden of the emperor's uncle. You can choose a few that you like to serve you tonight!" "Then he sighed, turned around and looked around at the furnishings in the room, and pretended to be sad: "Tonight is my last night at Sanqing Temple, and I will go to Xinjing City tomorrow night. After living here for more than ten years, I am really reluctant to leave now! "
The young man comforted him with a smile and said: "Uncle Emperor, no matter how good this Taoist temple is, it can't compare to the imperial palace in Xinjing City. There, you can not only look down on the world as the king of a country, but you can also strategize and win the battle thousands of miles away." Besides, what kind of spirit is that?"
The middle-aged Taoist priest sighed: "My dear nephew, don't laugh at your imperial uncle in your heart. If this man gets a little older, he will inevitably be a little nostalgic!"
The young man smiled and said: "Uncle, you are not nostalgic, but you are affectionate. Whether it is for people or things, you are sincere."
The middle-aged Taoist priest nodded and boasted: "Yes, your uncle has been too emotional in his life! But God has not treated me badly. No, he has given me the title of Ninth Five-Year Master!"
It snowed heavily all day and all night. Although the sky was still overcast this morning, the snow finally stopped. After Chen Xiaomu returned to the Princess Mansion from the blacksmith shop yesterday, he planned the plans he had hatched on the road and arranged them for Wei Yushang and Wei Yu respectively. Xin and others went to implement it, and made an appointment to gather at the Princess Mansion tonight. Since talking to He Jiugu, Chen Xiaomu had a strong intuitive feeling that it was urgent to solve the problem of Sanqingguan, and he could not delay for a moment.
Last night, Chen Xiaomu asked Li Gui to rush back to his garrison camp outside the city in the snow all night to pass on his orders. He took out 500 strong Hubei soldiers and gathered them at an agreed location outside the city. Tonight at Xu's hour, we will meet up with the two hundred archers from the Princess Mansion outside the city and head to Sanqing Temple in Mangdang Mountain.
As soon as it got light in the morning, Chen Xiaomu and Su Xingran were still asleep on the couch, when they heard the female officer Furong calling the door. They opened their eyes and looked at each other in bed at the same time. , Su Xingran first covered her mouth with her hand and yawned, and then muttered: "How can this Furong be so ignorant? It's so early in the morning, before the sky is bright, that it comes to disturb people's dreams. It seems that this is my usual lesson." Got less.”
Chen Xiaomu stretched out his hand and patted Su Xingran's butt, and gently advised: "Don't blame Furong, she must have called the door because of something important. Should I get up first and take a look?" After saying that, Chen Xiaomu stood up. Fortunately, he had adapted. He quickly put on this ancient long robe and long-sleeved clothes, then turned around to tuck in the quilt for Su Xingran, and went to open the door.
The winter morning was extremely cold. Furong stood under the corridor with her cheeks turned purple from the cold. In order to keep warm, she kept covering her mouth with her hands to breathe in the heat. Seeing Chen Xiaomu open the door and appear at the door, she hurriedly said: "Prince Prince Consort, Hu Someone came to our blacksmith shop. Originally I didn’t want to come and report because it was still early, but that stupid guy kept urging me impatiently, saying that I have something very important to see you for.”
"Oh, I know." Chen Xiaomu walked out of the door, turned back and gently closed the door, and said to Furong: "Come on, take me to see it."
It's cold before the frost and cold after the snow. Under the corridor in the front yard of the Princess Mansion, Zheng Jiang from the Hu's blacksmith shop shrank his head, put his hands in his sleeves, turned around and stamped his feet on the ground, and stretched his head to look at this person from time to time. While looking around, with an anxious expression on his face, he saw Chen Xiaomu coming from a distance, and immediately rushed out of the corridor to greet them.
''Master Zheng, is there anything urgent this early in the morning? "Chen Xiaomu asked loudly from a distance.
"Hey! Master, don't mention it!" Zheng Jiang said with a sad face.
Chen Xiaomu's heart sank when he heard this, so he quickly asked: "Is there something wrong with the objects I painted?"
Zheng Jiang nodded and said: "Exactly!"
"What happened?" Chen Xiaomu's heart was in his throat.
''Master, you will understand when you come over and take a look! "After Zheng Jiang finished speaking, he took the lead and walked back to the corridor.
Chen Xiaomu hurriedly followed. Zheng Jiang bent down and picked up the bag sewn with coarse cloth placed under the corridor. He opened the bag with both hands and brought it to Chen Xiaoben.
Chen Xiaomu looked down at the contents of the bag and found that it seemed to be some gun parts that he had painted in the blacksmith shop yesterday. He reached in and grabbed one at random. When he raised it to his eyes, he saw that it was the barrel of a pistol. , the barrel of the gun still felt warm when I held it in my hand, as if it had just been made. I held it in my hand and turned it over and over for a long time, but I couldn’t see anything wrong with it. I even blocked my eyes and looked into the barrel of the gun. Looking at it, he found that even the rifling he was most worried about didn't know what method the blacksmiths used to carve it, so he couldn't help but ask Zheng Jiang, "Master Zheng, what happened?"
Zheng Jiang scratched his head and wondered: "Master, since you left yesterday, master asked all the brothers in the blacksmith shop to put down their work and come to work on the objects you painted. Who knows that piece of magic iron But it became more and more difficult to dissolve. It took almost a day and night to cast these objects. Master sent me here this morning mainly for two things. The first thing is to give these cast objects to you first. Look. Can it be used? If it cannot be used, then we have to give up, and we can’t even rework it. The second thing is, Master, these objects you painted behind the blacksmith shop yesterday, judging from the current progress, Master The three days mentioned yesterday are definitely not possible and will have to be extended to at least ten days.”
Chen Xiaomu nodded, "Okay, you'd better pour out the contents of the bag first, and I'll see if it can be used, otherwise it will be useless for you to work hard to make it."
Hearing the sound, Zheng Jiang lifted the bottom two corners of the bag with his hands and lifted it up. He heard a crash and all the contents in the bag were poured out. There were also many shiny bullets cast from bronze mixed in. Shell, these were all explained by Chen Xiaomu in advance yesterday.
Chen Xiaomu picked through the pile of objects and quickly assembled it into a pistol according to the steps he searched in his mind. The skills of these ancient craftsmen are really one-of-a-kind. The assembled pistol is in his hand. Feeling very comfortable, Chen Xiaomu's last step was to insert the blank bullet, pull the bolt, and lightly press the trigger with his index finger. He only heard a "pop" sound, which was very crisp! "
Just hearing this sound, Chen Xiaomu knew that he had succeeded in making a gun. The next step was to fill these empty cartridge cases with primers and powder, and then he would basically be invincible in this world.
