Li Hao was helpless when he heard this, because he knew that he could not agree this time, but there was no way to stop Ling Buji from agreeing.
After all, Ling Buyi was too radical in his actions. Now that Huo Junhua was still alive, he still had some concerns and wanted to use normal methods to bring Ling Yi to justice.
But when the day comes when Huo Junhua is gone and Ling Buyi dares to risk everything, it will be hard to predict what he will do.
Of course, if Li Hao could get the evidence of Ling Yi's crime from Chunyu first, he might be able to control Ling Buyi.
But Chunyu's statue of Nuwa has not yet been cast, so this evidence is really hard to find. Maybe if it were Ling Buyi, it would be much easier to go to the Chengyang Marquis Mansion to find things, but Li Hao didn't want to tell him about it for the time being.
After all, now that I have said it, maybe Ling Buyi can get revenge smoothly, but it is of no benefit to Li Hao. Instead, it may cause chaos. And Li Hao can't explain why he knows about it, so he might as well hide the matter first. With it, maybe it can be used as a tool to check and balance Ling Buyi at some point.
But in this way, Li Hao was too passive when facing the prince's questions. Especially at this time, the prince was obviously more emotionally inclined towards Ling Buyi.
It seems that the recent mutual love between Li Hao and the prince is still not as good as the brotherly love between Ling Buyi and the prince for more than ten years.
So although the prince addressed the question to the two of them, the first person he asked was Ling Buyi. Fortunately, Ling Buyi refused directly.
"Your Majesty's handing over the Tiger Talisman to His Highness is the greatest trust in His Highness. This Tiger Talisman should be kept by His Highness himself and should not be handed over to anyone else. Moreover, the palace is heavily guarded. As long as Your Highness does not take the Tiger Talisman out of the East Palace, no one will dare to covet it. "But the prince was still worried after hearing this, so he looked at Li Hao again, hoping that Li Hao could help.
Li Hao also refused: "What Zicheng just said is true. As long as His Highness does not take the Tiger Talisman out of the East Palace, it will naturally be safe. Moreover, we and other foreign ministers are indeed not qualified to hold the Tiger Talisman for His Highness. If your Majesty knows about this, I'm afraid he won't be happy." But it was obvious that Ling Buyi's words were useless. Li Hao couldn't dispel the prince's concerns, so he continued: "Well, didn't His Highness say that? At night these days, there are always strange noises in the East Palace, so are you worried? Recently, Zicheng and I have taken turns to go to the East Palace to stay on duty at night to see what the problem is. How about that?" The prince heard this. Naturally, he was happy. After all, in his heart, both Li Hao and Ling Buyi were very capable people, so he believed that with these two people around, the East Palace would be an absolutely safe place.
But Ling Buyi was not very satisfied with this, because he had a lot to do, so he would not be willing to come to the East Palace to garrison.
Even though he was about to refute, Li Hao, who had been watching his reaction, noticed this and immediately said: "We can discuss the specific arrangements later. It won't waste too much time." Seeing Li Hao say this , Ling Buyi tolerated it for the time being. Anyway, if Li Hao couldn't convince him later, he could just refuse to the prince then.
After all, he didn't agree directly. It was natural for him to break this so-called acquiescence.
Although the prince was happy, he was a little embarrassed and said, "Isn't that too troublesome for you? After all, Lord Chang'an is pregnant now. Don't you need to stay with me in the house for a while?" Li Hao replied: "No, no. There are enough manpower in the mansion, and Leng Jun is still taken care of by my mother. It doesn’t matter if I go back a few times. After all, state affairs are more important.” After finishing speaking, Li Hao paid special attention to the prince’s reaction, but the prince listened. I felt really calm afterwards.
Then he said: "Thank you for your hard work. Later I will order someone to prepare some gifts and send them to you to congratulate you." Not seeing anything wrong, Li Hao naturally agreed directly. After all, he Don't accept anything you don't take if you don't accept it.
After confirming the situation a little more, Li Hao and Ling Buyi stood up to say goodbye. After not walking far after coming out, Ling Buyi stopped and asked: "You proposed to take turns guarding the East Palace. What are the specific regulations? If it really only takes a few days, it's okay, but if it takes a long time, I won't be so Have more free time." Li Hao heard this and explained: "Actually, you are more familiar with the defense in the palace than I am, and there will definitely be no problem with safety. The prince's worry now is just a simple lack of security. We are in the palace these days. I will help the prince to make up for his sense of security. In addition, when I prepare something to bring into the palace, I believe I can put the prince at ease." Ling Buyi was not very curious about what Li Hao said, but emphasized: "Really, as long as How many days?" Li Hao said firmly: "Don't worry, I don't want to be on duty in the East Palace now more than you do, and I won't come to trick you. But today I have to go out and order people to prepare in advance, so I have to trouble you first tonight Yes." Ling Buyi had no objection. After all, it would be good for him to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
After leaving the East Palace, Li Hao immediately left the capital, because in order to prepare this thing, Li Hao needed to arrange it to be made on the spot, and most of the craftsmen of the Yuan family were in the village outside the city.
After carefully describing the requirements to the craftsmen and confirming that they understood them, Li Hao returned to Yuan Mansion.
When Li Hao arrived, the gifts from the East Palace had been delivered and placed in the courtyard.
Seeing this scene, Li Hao couldn't help but ask: "Why are the things placed here and not put into the warehouse?" The maid replied: "My wife asked me to put them here, saying that they were gifts from the nobles of the East Palace. , please make an inventory first, and then send it to the warehouse. In case there is any damage or omission, it will be bad if you miss your kindness." Li Hao smiled slightly when he heard this, knowing that Qu Lengjun was still taking the initiative to avoid suspicion. , and maybe part of it was because of the deliberate frame-up by the previous Crown Princess, so she decided to be careful.
So he simply didn't touch anything and let Li Hao see it in person. This way, he would be straightforward and avoid any hidden evil intentions, which would make him feel resentful.
However, Li Hao was indeed curious about whether there might be something problematic in it. Of course, Li Hao was not doubting that the prince would do this, but that he was doubting the princess who was not easy to worry about.
Just considering Qu Lengjun's feelings, Li Hao did not check immediately, but went to explain the reason to her first.
Because what bothers Li Hao the most is that misunderstandings that can be solved in two sentences are dragged out for twenty or thirty episodes because of lack of communication.
After talking about it, the two of them opened the box and checked it together. This time the princess was quite honest and didn't mix anything that shouldn't be in it.
After confirming that there was no problem, Li Hao ordered people to count the things and put them into storage, and he accompanied Qu Lengjun back to rest.
When the two of them were alone, Qu Lengjun thought for a long time before taking the initiative to ask: "Just now when the servant of the East Palace delivered something, he said that you would be on duty in the East Palace. What exactly happened."
"I thought you wouldn't ask, but it seems you couldn't help it anymore." Li Hao smiled at this time, and then began to explain: "Didn't His Majesty give the Tiger Talisman to His Highness the Crown Prince, and now the Crown Prince holds it in his hand?" Wearing the tiger talisman, I felt uneasy and always worried that I would lose it. So Ling Buyi and I discussed taking turns to be on duty in the East Palace so that the prince could rest assured. However, this is a temporary solution. I am already preparing other methods. It will be ready in a few days. Come back to accompany you." Seeing how relaxed Li Hao said it, Qu Lengjun didn't ask any more questions, because she still had absolute confidence in Li Hao.
After resting in the mansion for a night, Li Hao went into the palace again and replaced Ling Buyi, and he was on duty for the next day.
Not to mention, although this duty was troublesome for Li Hao and Ling Buyi, it had a remarkable effect on the prince, so that he never had the nightmare of the tiger charm being stolen again.
For this reason, the prince deliberately stayed with Li Hao and Ling Buyi one day and expressed his gratitude: "Thanks to you two. With you in charge of the East Palace, I can finally sleep well." But then he added: "It's just that this is not a long-term solution after all. Now because Zicheng is on duty at night, he is always a little unenergetic during the day. For this reason, my father even made a special trip to me to ask questions. Zi Yang, you were earlier There are other ways, but we are ready now." After hearing this, Li Hao couldn't help but said, these days, whose children are really loved by others, Emperor Wen's partiality only saw Ling Buyi, and put himself It is just like air.
But he still had to answer: "It will be ready in two or three days, but I'm afraid that thing is a bit heavy. Maybe when the time comes to enter the palace, His Highness will need help." After confirming this time limit, Li Hao felt that Ling Busu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he really didn't want to do this meaningless night watch anymore.
The prince was relieved when he heard this. After all, he was worried that if he really exploited Ling Buyi again, Emperor Wen would have to punish him.
Later, the craftsmen of the Yuan family did not disappoint Li Hao and completed what Li Hao requested as scheduled.
After Li Hao's acceptance, it was loaded into a truck and escorted by Li Hao to the East Palace, but this thing was indeed a bit heavy.
There were thick ruts along the way. Fortunately, the weather has been good recently. Otherwise, if there were muddy places, it would be difficult to get through.
When they arrived at the palace gate, the servants of the Yuan family were naturally not allowed to enter the palace, so the carriage had to be replaced by someone from the East Palace to drive it.
However, Li Hao had greeted the prince earlier and was waiting at the palace gate early. After being inspected by the palace gate guards, the group arrived at the East Palace.
Just seeing the things brought in, the prince and Ling Buyi looked at each other, and then couldn't help but ask: "You said that the thing you wanted to prepare was this big iron block?" Li Hao replied: "It's this thing, this thing Similar to the Mengcang, I call it the Luban Cabinet. It is made entirely of iron and weighs four hundred kilograms. I specially ordered people to make it for storage. As long as the tiger talisman is placed in this Luban Cabinet Then lock it and keep it so that no one can take it away except His Highness." The prince stared at it for a long time, with a bit of disbelief in his eyes, while Ling Buyi was more direct and asked around. After looking around, he said: "With the weight of this thing, it is indeed unlucky to rely on human power alone. If carriages and horses are used, it will be impossible to be silent in this palace. This is a way . Just want to get the things in here, there is no need to take away the entire cabinet, and I don’t see any place for you to install the lock." Li Hao replied: "You are on to the point. If you really just want to make an iron cabinet, why does it take so long? The ingenuity of this thing is that the lock is built into the cabinet, so once the Luban cabinet is closed, there is no corresponding key, and you want to use violence Come and open it, then the noise will be huge. Moreover, this lock has been specially designed with dual settings. Just having a key is not enough. You must also know the corresponding mechanism to open it." After saying that, he stepped forward and pointed to the location of the keyhole, carefully Let's introduce it. First of all, there are three keys to unlock the lock. They can only be inserted at the same time.
And this is only the first step. There is a combination lock below. You must turn the turntable to the corresponding position, and the two must cooperate to truly open the cabinet.
In fact, this thing was made by Li Hao based on the principles of modern safes, except that it used a simplified version of a mechanical lock instead of an electronic combination lock.
After all, the material gap is indeed slightly larger, and it can only be used after simplification. Even the method of embedding the lock was a trick that Li Hao made.
And this is all based on Li Hao's previous accumulation of technology, and only after a few of them were scrapped did such a good one come out.
In addition, there is no corresponding self-destruction mechanism, which makes Li Hao not satisfied. After all, this gives others the opportunity to continue trial and error. Although the probability is relatively low, it is still possible.
However, after listening to Li Hao's introduction, the prince tried it himself and was quite satisfied with it.
Of course, the inspection will not be so simple. After all, if this thing is really as useful as Li Hao said, then a lot of important things must be put in it later, and safety is particularly important.
Therefore, the prince asked the craftsmen of the Shaofu to try and see if they could open it without the key and the mechanism code, and offered a high reward to stimulate their enthusiasm.
But the results proved that the quality of what Li Hao could produce was guaranteed. After the Shaofu craftsmen reluctantly expressed their inability to open it, the prince also gave some small rewards.
Then the prince arranged for someone to transport the Luban cabinet and put it away. Under Li Hao's advice, he asked the Shaofu craftsmen to embed the cabinet directly in the ground and increase the weight again.
At this point, it can be guaranteed that even if a carriage is used, it is impossible to move this thing out of the East Palace.
After delivering this thing, Li Hao and Ling Buyi did not go to the East Palace to watch again that night, but the next day the prince said they heard strange noises.
Li Hao was really speechless at this time. With such an iron knot, the prince's sense of security was not fully restored.
At this point, Li Hao was sure that the prince's psychological problem was quite serious, so after the safe, the door god was also used by Li Hao.
Anyway, it is for psychological comfort, and a dead horse should be used as a living horse doctor. After all, Li Hao is not a psychology major, so there is nothing he can do about this thing.
