Two months later, Redsleeves became pregnant.

After Tang Bohu found out, he gave a thumbs up: "You kid is really a sharpshooter, you have a hundred shots, I have served you." ”

Wen Zhengming said with a smile: "It's still Old Master Chen, it's really right to choose him as a stallion." ”

This is a family feast, and it was initiated by Pomegranate, mainly to celebrate the pregnancy of the red sleeves.

Pomegranate is so happy, if it's a boy, her responsibility can be exempted, it doesn't matter if it's not a boy, there will always be a boy if you have a few more, don't worry about this. If she wasn't afraid of turning her face with her, she would have liked to stuff a few more rings.

Chen Musa held a family banquet at home to congratulate, because he told him that although it was not yet possible to diagnose a man or a woman, he felt that it should be a boy.

This kind of unreliable prediction will never be told to others, but it is not okay to say it to Chen Musa, it must be said that although the two have become Weng sons-in-law, they are still like teachers and students before, and they have not even changed their titles.

Besides, for Wen Zhengming's words, he just stared at him hatefully, and had nothing to refute, he really became a stallion this time, and gave birth to a boy specifically for the teacher.

Tang Bohu and the three of them still gave it back to the creation, and they all their works were auctioned off one after another for more than a year, but it was only one-third of the amount, and they also successfully auctioned off two century-old medicines, these are his own things, many people saw the business opportunities, and took some calligraphy and painting antique medicinal materials to him for auction, after he carefully screened, all the really good goods were put on the shelves for auction one by one.

The identification of calligraphy and painting is done by Zhou Dingcheng, he is an expert among the experts, the original royal calligraphy and painting antique identification master, Chinese medicine will be identified by him, there will be no misjudgment.

He is now ready to continue to expand the variety of goods auctioned, but he can't find particularly good goods for a while, so he can only walk slowly step by step.

Weng Yanling and Sun Guangshao had a lot of headaches about opening an auction house, and the most important thing was that they could no longer get the works of Tang Bohu and the others, and their financial resources were seriously discounted. The problem is, besides, it has become a climate, these two people can't afford to provoke them at all, so they have to swallow this bad breath, they understand, and it is deliberate, this is to retaliate against the unfair judgment of the two of them when they were judges.

Moreover, if you hide the best works of Tang Bohu and don't put them up for auction at all, this can ensure that the prices of the three people's works are high, and occasionally release one or two works, which will naturally become a hot item.

The red sleeves' pregnancy made him breathe a sigh of relief, if the sky follows people's wishes, it can be regarded as repaying Chen Musa's kindness. It's just that Red Sleeves is a little pitiful and made a fertility tool.

After the banquet, Zhou Dingcheng pulled him to the study of the outer mansion and said to him with a serious face: "Those bastards from the Ancestor Protector Sect and the Empty Dao Gate are back. ”

"Oh, is there such a thing?" besides, he was also surprised, he thought that if he deceived those people into the stormy sea, even if he buried them, he didn't expect these people to have such a great ability to reduce disasters.

"Don't worry, none of the people who know your details have run away, and they have basically stayed in Fengyang. The people of the Ancestor Protector Sect and the Empty Dao Sect may not know about your existence. Zhou Dingcheng analyzed.

"But Brother Jun, those people won't let him go. "Besides, I'm not worried about my situation, but I'm worried about Xiaojun. The people who were deceived overseas by Xiaojun at the beginning, now that they are back, of course they will go to Xiaojun to vent their anger.

"Well, Xiaojun has already hidden, you don't have to worry about him, last time he was careless, and he was discovered by the people of the empty door, as long as he hides carefully, others will definitely not find him. Recently, he may have to go to Beijing with the British Duchess, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, those bastards still have scruples and will never dare to mess around. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.

"Oh, that's fine. Besides, listening to him say this, I felt a little more relieved.

"Isn't Zhang Juzheng going to recruit you into his shogunate, I think you should go to Beijing, if you hide in the prince's mansion, no one will dare to touch you. ”

Besides, it's not appropriate to think about it, now that he is under the dual surveillance of the emperor and the prince, if he chooses a side and votes in the prince's court, it is tantamount to openly betraying the emperor, and he will be worried about his life at any time. It is safest not to be sandwiched between left and right.

"No, I still have to stay in Nanjing, wait for the development of the situation, and now I can't move a single step. He shook his head.

"The Overseas King's Organization has sent people again, and they are anxious to transfer you overseas, and the people above want to ask you about your plans. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.

"Transfer? No. And he immediately refused.

If he were alone, he might not object to the transfer, but now he is a big family, and the child is still in infancy, how can he withstand the bumps on the road?

After having a child, his mind changed completely.

Dongpo said: "No official is light, and everything is enough if you have a son." ”

He now realizes this, now that he has a son, he is not afraid of anything, that is, he will have three longs and two shorts in the future, and there will be descendants.

He didn't want to go, and he also had the idea that he didn't want to be someone else's hand. He has a feeling that whether it is the crown prince or overseas forces, he has become a card in someone else's hand. He hates being controlled by others the most, and he must break free and truly control his own destiny.

"The above meaning is also that I don't want you to transfer, but there is a hidden danger worth considering, that is, when you transfer in the future, will you face the interception and blockade of the Ancestor Protector Sect and the Empty Dao Gate?" Zhou Dingcheng's face was difficult.

"Then what do you think I will transfer overseas?" asked Zhou Dingcheng with a smile.

"This ...... I can't say it, I always think that if you really leave like this, you may be held in the hands of those people overseas. We think it's better for you to stay inland, and although it's safe to go overseas, you may not be free. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.

Besides, he nodded, and smiled secretly in his heart, both inland and overseas parties are actually the same, they both want to hold him in their hands, but no one thinks about him for him, which shows that he does not have enough strength to control his own destiny.

"No need to transfer! Even if something unexpected happens, I can handle it myself, don't worry about them, you can explain what I mean to the people above." Besides, he said lightly.

It's not a frustration or an impulse, because he now has a lot of cards to play.

When he was in Fengyang, he was indeed helpless, and he didn't have any strength to protect himself. Now it's different, the Duke of Wei was ordered to protect him, it's not a joke, if the Ancestor Protector Sect or the Empty Dao Sect wants to deal with him, let's pass the Zhongshan Wangfu first.

He also has an invincible, powerful, and unmatched trump card - the old man of a thousand machines.

Although the old immortal is not very unreliable, he often disappears, and he can't see a shadow in ordinary times, but he believes that since the old man of Qianji wants to steal the way of heaven through him, he will not die when he is in danger, and Fengyang's incident is the best proof.

No matter how domineering the Ancestor Protector faction is, they still don't dare to openly resist the imperial court, if that is the case, it will be a rebellion, which is diametrically opposed to them acting under the banner of Chengzu, he is not very afraid of the people of the Empty Dao Gate, and the mysterious energy in his body is the biggest nemesis of the Empty Dao Gate.

He thought carefully about the situation he was facing, the emperor and the crown prince were fighting for him, the Qinwang faction and the overseas royal organizations were fighting for him, and the people of the Kongkong Dao Sect and the Ancestor Protector Sect would inevitably find him, it was a matter of time. He must swim among these people, take advantage of the contradictions and gaps between them, and protect himself. It's a bit like walking a tightrope, it's like dancing on a knife edge, and it's fun to see whose strategy is better.

In any case, he will never fall into the hands of others as a puppet, or become a card in someone else's hand.

Though he thought so, he knew that the storm was coming, and that his days of freedom and ease were probably coming to an end.

Can you get some firearms, form your own musket team or something?

He thought so, but quickly vetoed it, firearms, a weapon of mass killing, were strictly controlled by the imperial court, and only Liangjing had musket battalions, not even border troops, let alone local troops, even if he had money, there was no place to buy them.

How about developing your own * and making some simple and crude rifles?

How* he really didn't know, let alone * and bullets, even if he had these drawings and recipes, without these processes and machines.

Zhou Dingcheng saw his contemplative appearance, thinking that he was weighing the pros and cons, so he said: "You think about this matter, don't rush to reply to the people above, anyway, the people from the Ancestor Protector Sect and the Empty Dao Sect have just come back, and they have to recuperate for a while, it is impossible to find the door so quickly, or they can't find you at all." ”

Besides, he nodded. The situation is clear, wishful thinking that those people can't find him, that's an ostrich policy, there are many people who know that he is in Fengyang, I'm afraid he can't hide, and it's a matter of time before he stands up.

You have to have the ability to be independent, and if you want to get rid of the control of the two gangs of people in the inland and overseas, this is the only way.

In the middle of the night, he began to meditate, visualizing the image of the old man of Qianji, this is the only way to summon the old man, he wants to confirm with the old man of Qianji, whether he can protect him again like in Fengyang.

However, as he expected, the old immortal was as unreliable as ever, and he didn't listen to his call at all, and after an hour, he gave up and entered the real meditation cultivation instead.

After this meditation, he felt the golden dragon in his body frantically absorbing the spilled starlight like a water pump, and it lasted for two hours before stopping.

Besides, after finishing the work, I wondered in my heart: Could it be that this golden dragon also has a sense of crisis, otherwise why is it so active and even almost crazy?

In the next few months, in addition to attending classes and lectures as usual, he was practicing behind closed doors at home, he felt that the golden dragon that the old man Qianji drew for him was not simple, but now there was a sudden change, and he wanted to see what would happen.

In addition to cultivation, he began to try to draw talismans again, and that successful experience was too exciting.

Since you can't buy a musket and can't make it yourself, it's better to understand the principle of making a talisman, if you can find the trick and make a talisman, all problems will be solved.