Chapter 36 Inquiry

The Accumulation Party can be killed in the afternoon

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The emperor's car on the royal street drove slowly, and the emperor sitting in it did not have the slightest intention to look at the scenery outside the car, although he only left the palace two or three times a year.

There seems to be a rumbling explosion in his ears, just in time, in order to verify the power of this new stone bullet, Li Mao threw the remaining two stone bombs, oh, no, Li Mao said that it is not called casting, in short, no matter what it is called, in the end, the stone bomb is thrown, the catapult is also damaged and cannot be used, and there are dead and bloody cattle and sheep.

Presumably the scene was disgusting, although the emperor did not look closely, but many ministers went to see it, and several of them turned their heads and vomited.

As the car swayed gently, a smile appeared on the emperor's face.

But it's a good thing, a great thing.

As the New Year approaches, there is no better New Year's gift than this.

This Li Mao is really unexpected.

Li Mao, the concubine of Li Xin, the heir of the Li family's fireworks, is still a martial artist who was personally given by himself, and was originally a prison officer, but he was questioned for his crime and took away his official body because he caused the fire in the previous paragraph

That time the fire was caused because of the change in the recipe of the fireworks at home, in order to make this stone bomb.

The Emperor nodded, it turned out that it was not a stubborn nonsense.

However, what about getting Cheng's guidance?

Did you take him as an apprentice?

"Back to Your Majesty."

In the Qinzheng Palace, Li Mao kowtowed and said.

"Li Mao didn't dare to call himself an apprentice."

Feng Lin, who was standing on the side, raised his eyes to look at him.

"Did Fan Jianglin and Fan Junjian catch you?" He asked suddenly.

Li Mao responded yes.

"That's a coincidence." Feng Lin said.

This sound was really a coincidence, which made the officials present all bow their heads and smile.

The Emperor's eyes flickered slightly.

"Do you know Cheng?" He asked.

"It's a long story at this point." Li Mao said, "I know Mrs. Cheng." Mrs. Cheng didn't recognize me. ”

The Emperor frowned.

At the beginning, Mrs. Cheng welcomed her deceased brother into the city. Wine sprinkled on the street. Fireworks send souls. Li Mao continued, talking about current events, raised his head and his eyes were shining, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to gesture, "Do you remember the fireworks that day?" The fireworks of the day. ”

The fireworks of that day?

Naturally, the emperor didn't see it in the palace, and many of the ministers present didn't go to see what kind of excitement it was, they all listened to their families, but they just talked about it.

"What happened to the fireworks that day?" A courtier couldn't help but ask.

"The fireworks are as tall as the tower." Li Mao said. looked excited, "My family, my family's fireworks can be said to be the best, but they can only fly as high as a three-story iron tower, and Cheng Niangzi's fireworks are nine stories high, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, nine stories high!" ”

What happened to Nine Stories High?

Nice?

The emperor was puzzled.

"Your Highness, fireworks are not as high as you want to fly, our Li family continues to develop. But it can only be achieved three stories high. Li Mao said, "The little one also thinks that gunpowder can only do this." I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that there was really gunpowder that could make fireworks fly higher, and this kind of gunpowder could be prepared. ”

"What does that have to do with your stone bullets?" Some ministers couldn't help but ask again.

"The small thing is to see this firework, so I thought of mixing gunpowder to make a kind of fireworks that can be used on the battlefield." Li Mao said.

"That's it? This is the Cheng lady who pointed you out? The Emperor asked in surprise.

Are you kidding! What kind of pointer is this?

Li Mao shook his head.

"Of course not." He said.

The Emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Later, the small one couldn't be done, and the house was burned." Li Mao continued, "I really had no choice, so I had the courage to ask to see Mrs. Cheng." ”

And then she told you how to do it?

The Emperor asked in his heart, but this time he didn't ask.

"Mrs. Cheng didn't tell the little one how to do it."

Sure enough, Li Mao said.

"But she asked the little one what he was going to do and how he planned to use this gunpowder, and the little Daigo was initiated, and then he thought of using stone bullets to fill gunpowder."

Speaking of this, prostrate.

"So the small ones can make stone bullets, and finally make them, all under the guidance of Cheng Niangzi."

This, this is also a pointer?

Is it just because of that?

The Emperor was silent for a moment.

Or is it a coincidence?

"Chuan Cheng's entry into the hall." The Emperor looked up and said.

The waiter ran out in response, and was stunned inside and outside the hall.

"Where's Cheng?" He asked the person next to him.

Yesterday, because of the ground movement, Dali Temple did not retry Cheng Jianniang's case, and later learned that it was not the ground movement, but it was an accident in the bow and crossbow courtyard, which will inevitably involve a lot of officials and punishment issues, everyone ran to see the excitement, including the imperial history who came to urge the case to be decided immediately left, and Cheng Jianniang was thrown down.

Of course, it is impossible to go home, after all, it is the emperor himself who approves the person to be examined.

"There's hot water."

In the cell, Banqin brought a basin of water over and looked at Cheng Jianniang who was sitting on the ground.

"Lady wash your hands."

Cheng Jianniang rolled up her sleeves, put her hands in the basin and washed them.

"Dinner will be delivered in a moment." Banqin cleaned up and said, kneeling down next to Cheng Jianniang and looking around the cell.

Although it was a night stay, it was still very unfamiliar.

Actually, this is not a prison cell, this is supposed to be a resting place for cell bosses.

In the end, it was a taboo for Cheng Niangzi's fame, and the people in the cell were also treated kindly, and the others in Dali Temple also turned a blind eye.

However, naturally it can't be compared with home.

"This damn Feng Lin." Banqin lowered her head and scolded again in a low voice.

As he was cursing, he heard footsteps outside, the door was opened, and there stood a man wrapped in a cloak and a hood, carrying a food box in his hand.

It was a food delivery, Banqin hurriedly got up, and the man had already stepped in.

"It's time to eat." He said.

This voice made Banqin stunned, and she was even more startled when she looked at it.

"Your Highness." She shouted, "Why are you here?" ”

The king of Jin'an reached out and lifted his hood. Smile widely.

"Deliver food." He said. He held up the food box in his hand.

Banqin took the food box. Busy looking for a foreshadowing, the king of Jin'an was already sitting on the ground wrapped in a cloak.

"It's okay, it's not too cold." He said, looking around, "This is my first time in the cell." ”

"You're welcome." Cheng Jianniang said with a slight smile.

King Jin'an laughed.

"Thanks to you." He said.

Banqin simply stopped talking, knelt down, opened the food box, and placed them on the mat one by one.

"Has Your Highness eaten?" Cheng Jianniang asked.

"Not yet. I had breakfast early. King Jin'an said.

Hearing this, Banqin held a pair of chopsticks in both hands, and the king of Jin'an reached out to take them.

"The Queen Mother treated me kindly and gave me the best cook in the palace." He said, "You try this." ”

Cheng Jianniang nodded and tasted as she said.

β€œβ€¦ And this. The King of Jin'an said, frowning again, "... Is it cold? ”

"Nope." Cheng Jianniang said, "I don't pay attention to eating and drinking. ”

King Jin'an smiled.

"Yes, you can eat sweet, and you can eat bitter. If you are sleepy, you can eat, and you can eat it. He laughs.

"Go with the flow." Cheng Jianniang said.

The two stopped talking. They were eating separately, and they were eating outside the door.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Majesty has passed on the lady to enter the palace." A small chamberlain came and whispered.

The king of Jin'an County hurriedly got up, put on his hood, and turned around and went out with a wave of his hand.

Banqin hurriedly moved to sit on the side of the king of Jin'an, and the palace attendants were already standing in front of the door.

"Mrs. Cheng." He said with a smile, his gaze swept over the room, falling on the two people sitting opposite each other and the food, and swept over, "Your Majesty summons." ”

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Taking advantage of the summons of Cheng Jianniang, the emperor also gave a luncheon to the courtiers, sitting in the side hall, eating a simple imperial meal, and the courtiers couldn't help but talk in a low voice.

"How true is what Li Mao said?"

"Did you really see the fireworks and make them after listening to a word?"

"How is it possible, there are more people who see fireworks, why don't others make them?"

"Let's just say that this Cheng lady is extraordinary, and let's turn another one."

Someone next to him coughed lightly, and the few people who spoke looked over and saw that it was Feng Lin with a straight face, so everyone took the conversation and sat upright.

"Still, this stone bullet is really powerful." Someone else hurriedly changed the subject.

"Yes, it was a shield that was put later, and the sheep was also wrapped in armor, but it was still injured." The other nodded busily.

"Yes, how thick the cowhide is, think about it, if it's a group of peopleβ€”" Someone chimed in.

If it's a human ....

Several courtiers subconsciously thought about it, thinking of the scene of the blurred blood and internal organs flowing out of the Shicai spot, they suddenly felt sick to their stomachs, reached out to cover their mouths, and turned their heads to vomit at the spittoon.

This gaffe made everyone else present unable to eat, and while they were laughing, the waiter came in.

"Mrs. Cheng is here."

Because she is a woman and a commoner, she naturally has no qualifications to deal with the court, as she was questioned by the emperor alone in the hall as before, and the courtiers stood outside the door and could hear the sound of the woman kowtowing.

"Cheng, do you recognize Li Mao?" The Emperor asked.

"Yes." Cheng Jianniang said.

I didn't say that I didn't recognize it, and the courtiers here looked at each other with a little smile and continued to listen.

"It's your credit that he made the stone bullet." The Emperor said with a smile.

"How did he make the stone bullet?" Cheng Jianniang said, "Isn't it already there? ”

"Cheng Niangzi, the stone bullet he made is different from the past, do you know the ground movement yesterday?" The Emperor asked.

Cheng Jianniang responded.

"That's why Li Mao's stone bomb exploded." The emperor said, "He said it, it was made by your guidance, Cheng Niangzi, you have a great merit." ”

Cheng Jianniang shook her head.

"The people didn't dare to take credit, and the people didn't point him out." She said.

Here Feng Lin snorted coldly.

Again! Cast a mist before somebody's eyes!

The Emperor smiled slightly.

"Then Li Mao said that he first watched your fireworks and listened to your inquiries, so that he was enlightened." He said.

Cheng Jianniang bowed her head and saluted.

"Your Majesty, so where does the people's daughter get the credit? It's just that the speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, the doer has no intention, and the viewer has an intention. She looked up and said.

The Emperor was stunned.

Feng Lin couldn't listen to it anymore.

"Your Majesty." He held up the wat board and shouted, "Hugh wants to listen to this Cheng nonsense again!" ”

He walked in through the door, and Cheng Jianniang on the side turned her head to look at him.

The two faced each other, and then they turned their eyes away.

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Two shifts today. (To be continued......)