Xiao Yuwan said nothing more, stood up and said goodbye, left Wanghu Pavilion, and disappeared into the night in the backyard of the palace accompanied by a group of maids.
Looking at the thin and tired back, Xiao Yu felt an indescribable feeling of loss in his heart.
He had always wanted to see his father, especially during this period, when he was unable to cope with all kinds of disturbing and complicated events, which made this idea become more and more intense in his mind.
But what he couldn't imagine or understand was why his father didn't want to see him, and there was no obvious obstruction from the palace or the emperor.
He couldn't help but sigh, feeling the night breeze blowing over his body.
At this time, there were faint bursts of thunder in the distance. The sky faded in and out, and it seemed like heavy rain was coming.
At this moment, Xiao Yu woke up from his thoughts.
He suddenly remembered that there were wine and food in Yangming Residence, and he was about to rush over to invite the eldest princess to a banquet, and maybe stay here for the night.
But Liu Boxuan's sigh came from beside him.
"I really don't know whether it is the country's misfortune or the country's great fortune. There is such a woman who has supported half of our Daqi sky. She played a few games of chess with me here and went back to Taicheng to join the military plane in the evening..."
Xiao Yu turned around: "Uncle Liu Shi doesn't hate her anymore?"
Liu Boxuan smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's really better to be famous than to meet. It's really embarrassing to think about those crazy remarks in the past."
Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "She is a very nice person. Liu Shishu's ability to put aside his prejudice shows that Shishu is open-minded."
Liu Boxuan did not smile anymore, but his brows were a little stern: "Whether her character is good or not has nothing to do with her political views. Today I drank tea and played chess with her, talking about the philosophy of life, but it does not prevent her from wanting to kill her because of different political views. Me, or I’m going to kill him.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yu felt a little disappointed: "I thought the harmonious atmosphere just now was because you and her had abandoned their past feud?"
"I have no enmity with her at all, so how could we have any previous grudges..." Liu Boxuan paused at this point, "What I am fighting with her is the entire world and thousands of people. The current emperor is cruel and cruel, and the sky is angry and people are resentful. There is a need for a saint king." The king coming to the world can save all the people from fire and water, and Liu will definitely follow the wise king to defeat the unjust and save the common people... But although the eldest princess is virtuous, she can only follow the tyrant and destroy the country. "
"You Dao Mingjun? Who will Uncle Liu Shi follow to defeat Wudao?"
Liu Boxuan looked at Xiao Yu's face changing and hesitated to speak.
"Uncle Liu Shi, I know that you want to overthrow Xiao Yuheng's rule. If you are really overthrown, will it really be a peaceful and prosperous era for the people of Li? Or will it be a more chaotic era of trouble?"
"My young prince, there are certainly people among the descendants of the surname Xiao who have world-shattering strategies and can turn the tide."
"Who is that?"
"The person that Bo Xuan has been following diligently."
Xiao Yu frowned: "Then they must be Xiao Yan and Xiao Tong and his son! They are also from the Lanling Xiao family and are relatives of my royal family. Well... Xiao Yan, Xiao Tong and his son are indeed the best candidates for the emperor. Xiao Yan was a man of great talent and forge ahead, while Xiao Tong was generous and benevolent and appointed people on their merits. If Xiao Yan lived twenty years shorter and Xiao Tong lived twenty more years, the country they built would surely be a prosperous country with a prosperous country and strong people."
Liu Boxuan trembled: "Why did the young prince say this? Boxuan's commitment to the Jingxiang shogunate was actually a temporary measure. The real master in Boxuan's heart was the prince of Jiangxia. The young prince was still young, but his courage and courage were already there. Above Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong is golden and jade, but actually weak, how can he be compared with the young prince?"
"How does Xiao Yan compare with my father?"
"Xiao Yan is ambitious, but he is very tolerant. If he is not completely sure, he will not dare to act arbitrarily... The prince cares about the imperial court and the common people. He does not care about his own gains and losses. He has a high prestige both inside and outside the court. No matter how ambitious the governor is, Xiao Yan will not dare to act arbitrarily. You have to be afraid of the prince."
Xiao Yu smiled faintly: "I don't know what will happen if my father becomes the emperor, but I know about Governor Xiao. He has the ability to build a powerful empire, but he also pushed an empire to destruction because of his own stupidity..."
"Little prince...what do you mean, little prince..."
Liu Boxuan stared at Xiao Yu closely. At this time, the young prince was standing by the lake with his hands behind his hands. His figure seemed much older than his age.
But the young prince made it very clear. He didn't understand that this young man clearly lived in the capital, but he seemed to have such an accurate view of the scheming frontier official.
When Liu Boxuan joined Xiao Yan's staff, he did have some selfish motives. In his opinion, Prince Jiangxia would be in danger of his life at any time if he was trapped in the deep palace. The young prince was an out-and-out idiot, and he already felt that Frustrated, he decided to serve as governor Xiao.
But after getting along for a long time, he gradually discovered that Xiao Yan's advantages were as obvious as his disadvantages. The advantages were enough for him to dominate, but the shortcomings also made him doomed and alienated. What Xiao Yu just said was exactly the conclusion he had reached in his heart over the years.
Xiao Yu noticed what Liu Boxuan seemed to be thinking, and gave him some time to digest. After a while, he mentioned what happened last night, and recounted everything that happened from yesterday to the day before returning home today.
Liu Boxuan was shocked when he heard this!
He had always lived in the backyard of Fengming Pavilion and never took a step out. Xiao Yu did not come to visit every day. He only thought that Xiao Yu had something to do that day and did not agree to Qingxue who delivered the meals on time.
Dendrobium didn't return all night, and a trace of worry flashed through his mind, but then he thought about it, and the two young men might have gone to another place to practice martial arts.
But he didn't expect that Xiao Yu would dig such a big hole for his entrustment by a strange enemy.
Liu Boxuan's back was dripping with cold sweat. What he was most worried about actually happened, which made him regret it endlessly.
Why was he in such a hurry last night? If he had left a few days later, it would not have allowed Xiao Yu to intervene in the matter so urgently, but it would have caused him huge trouble.
"Young prince, please don't leave the house during these days!"
Xiao Yu didn't agree, so he asked: "Then Uncle Liu Shi won't leave?"
Liu Boxuan nodded: "I won't leave for the time being."
Xiao Yu was about to be happy when he heard Liu Boxuan continue: "From tomorrow on, you will come to my room every morning."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'll teach you."
"Uncle Liu Shi wants to teach me martial arts?"
"Teach you how to read, starting with the Book of Songs tomorrow."
Xiao Yu was speechless: "Shi...Uncle Shi, you said...what did you say?"
"I will start teaching the young prince the Book of Songs tomorrow."
Xiao Yu was somewhat disapproving: "What is there to learn from the Book of Songs? Guan Guan Jiujiu, in the River Continent, a graceful lady, a gentleman likes to fight..."
Liu Boxuan shook his head. At this time, he really looked like a stern teacher.
"My dear prince, the Book of Songs is not that simple. Poems can express ambitions, move emotions, praise virtues, and stop evil. Poems have their own great meanings, encompass all phenomena in the world, touch heaven and earth, move ghosts and gods, go up to the emperor, and go down to the bottom. Every citizen should learn poetry..."
"Then you can teach me other things, "The Art of War" and "The Art of Sima". There are some doubtful points that I still can't understand."
Liu Boxuan still shook his head: "The young prince has at least eight years of blank period, and also missed the best opportunity to study. The young prince is smart and astute, and he will definitely be able to catch up, but he must not think about high-altitude castles without a foundation. He does not stand on the sky and the earth. What's the use of having a martial arts strategy? You must study wisely, not only studying, a gentleman must know all the six arts and be proficient in them all. If the prince is not here, naturally I, the uncle, will teach and supervise you!"
"this……"
Xiao Yu rolled his eyes. It was not that he hated studying, but that he knew Liu Boxuan's other purpose for doing this. He wanted to watch himself. He knew that he would never be a peaceful person.
"Uncle Shi, I have actually read a lot of books. Can I teach you again in a while?"
"Then starting from midnight tomorrow, I will be waiting in the young prince's study. If the young prince does not come that day, I will go on a hunger strike for the whole day."
The young prince was a little embarrassed, he was still thinking about that house.
"There are many other things in my house waiting for me to deal with?"
"The stewards can handle it themselves. They can report the affairs in the house to the young prince twice in the morning and evening. The young prince does not need to do everything himself."
This time, Xiao Yu looked like an eggplant beaten by frost, and became listless.
"I know..." Xiao Yu raised his eyes and looked at Liu Boxuan, "Then when will Uncle Liu Shi return to Jingxiang!"
Liu Boxuan felt a little funny and angry. He even felt that the young prince's mind was like that of a child.
"After handling the matters in Beijing, I will definitely leave when the time is right."
Xiao Yu made a sound and said politely like a student: "Uncle Shi, Yangming has prepared the wine and food. Please move forward, master."
Liu Boxuan nodded and walked in front with his head held high, Xiao Yu followed behind.
This mysterious figure who has been dormant in Fengming Pavilion seems to be able to move around freely in Jiangxia Palace after playing a few games of chess with Princess Yongning.
In Xiao Yu's memory, Xiao Yuwan seemed to have warned Xiao Yu that Liu Boxuan would leave Jiankang within ten days at the latest.
But looking at his attitude, he really wasn't ready to leave.
The two of them took their seats in Fengming Pavilion, and the servants in the mansion looked at this distinguished guest who came out of nowhere with curiosity.
But Liu Boxuan didn't seem to care. After sitting down, he talked with Xiao Yu while eating. It was obvious that his body had recovered more than half, his face was full of color, and his appetite was surprisingly good.
Xiao Yu remembered the "grenade" he got from Zhu Yi's courtyard, asked someone to call Shi Hu, and screened away the other servants present.
The two of them eat separately, and each has his or her own table, making it a bit inconvenient for them to talk.
Xiao Yu looked around, left his desk and came to Liu Boxian.
Liu Boxian was a little uncomfortable. He was usually very kind and gentle to Xiao Yu, but when he saw the young prince like this, he couldn't help but frown.
"A gentleman speaks openly and candidly. If there is a private matter, he can just stay away from others. Why should he do this?"
The ancients valued courtesy, and this series of small actions by Xiao Yu were extremely inappropriate in Liu Boxuan's opinion, at least inconsistent with Xiao Yu's status as the prince of Jiangxia.
As an elder, Liu Boxuan felt that he still had the obligation to correct some of the young prince's behaviors.
Yiyi didn't seem to care about this, and still lowered his voice and said: "Does this dynasty have gunpowder for use in the army?"
"Gunpowder, what is that?" Liu Boxuan was puzzled.
"Uncle Liu Shi, have you ever heard of a formula, monosulfur, dinitrate, and charcoal?"
Liu Boxuan thought for a moment and said, "That is a recipe commonly used by Taoists. If you are familiar with it, you can ask."
Xiao Yu immediately thought of Tao Hongjing. From the day they met and was taken to Fan Yun's thatched cottage in Jilong Mountain, his extraordinary life began.
If you have time, you should really look for the "Mountain Prime Minister", maybe you can really find out something from him.
While the two were talking, Shi Hu came in from outside. When he saw the food on the table, his eyes lit up and he gestured with his hands that he was hungry and wanted to sit down to eat.
"Dendrobium, do you still have the things on you?" Xiao Yu asked.
Dendrobium nodded quickly, took out the strange "iron lump", put it on the table, and immersed himself in eating his own.
Xiao Yu handed the object to Liu Boxuan: "This is it. Has Uncle Liu Shi seen it?"
"Is this gunpowder?" Liu Boxuan looked at Xiao Yu suspiciously and then looked down at the "iron lump", "How to use this? It can only be thrown like a stone. It is not as powerful as a crossbow to kill the enemy. It looks like The production process of this thing is quite complicated... It is of little practical use in the military. If you want to throw a long bow far away, you will definitely need someone with extraordinary arm strength to be able to throw it close to a long bow."
"This thing is really not as far thrown as a crossbow, and he doesn't need to throw it that far."
Liu Boxuan shook his head: "Then this thing is really useless."
"But he can fall to the ground and blossom, and the shrapnel will fly out and kill not just one person, but maybe ten or eight."
Liu Boxuan chuckled, and Shi Hu, who was eating next to him, also started laughing.
Xiao Yu frowned and said, "You don't believe me?"
"My young prince, fighting on the battlefield requires the commander to set up the formation, and the soldiers to use their lives to catch each other and fight until the opponent is defeated. It is not the strange and ingenious things that can influence the situation of the battle."
"Do you remember the fire in Tongxiali?" Xiao Yu asked seriously.
Liu Boxuan nodded: "Remember, the young prince fell into danger that day to save the eldest princess. Boxuan and another general arrived in time to prevent the tragedy from happening."
"Exactly. Does Uncle Liu Shi know how the fire started that day?"
Liu Boxuan frowned and thought for a moment: "I tracked those assassins. I have also tracked them. Even they don't know. Could it be caused by the magic of ghosts and gods?"
Xiao Yu shook his head: "No, it's exactly this, gunpowder?"
Liu Boxuan weighed the heavy "iron lump" again: "How is it possible that it can cause a fire?"
Xiao Yu wanted to get past the "iron lump": "Let me call it a grenade. In addition to the proportional proportion of gunpowder, it also contains iron sand, rosin or other flammable items. It only needs a fuse. Let it explode and unleash your power like never before."
"As for this grenade..." Xiao Yu looked at it. There was a groove on the oval sphere. The groove could accommodate a finger. There was a hidden hook inside that seemed to be able to be pulled. "Look, the trap is here." , as long as you pull the hidden hook and throw it out, it will explode."
Xiao Yu said and handed the grenade to Liu Boxuan. After Liu Boxuan squinted at it, he nodded and said he understood.
Dendrobium was curious and came around to see the big bowl in his hand just now.
"This thing must be kept carefully. If something goes wrong..."
When Xiao Yu was talking about this, he saw smoke starting to come out from behind the grenade. It was being held by Shi Huo. Shi Huo gestured with an aggrieved face. He seemed to have pulled the hidden hook and lit the fuse as Xiao Yu just said.
"not good!"
Xiao Yu yelled, snatched the grenade from Shi Hu's hand and threw it out the door, knocking down Liu Boxuan and Shi Hu.
There was a loud "bang", the whole house suddenly shook, the roof tiles fell straight down, and the plaque fell to pieces when it hit the ground.
Thick smoke rose in the air, and screams of fear were heard from inside and outside.
Xiao Yu sat up again, looked around in the black smoke, and murmured: "You know the power of gunpowder, right?"
