Chapter 25 The Tea Room
In this way, I borrowed the auspicious words of the divine doctor. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info please go and rest first, old man. Zhao Fuan, you go and send the divine doctor. Chu Yuan nodded to Divine Doctor Chu and glanced at Zhao Fuan again.
Doctor Chu saw that the prince had something to discuss, so he got up and said goodbye, and went out with Zhao Fuan. Before Zhao Fuan left, he ordered the people who were waiting in the courtyard to go out of the courtyard, and sent people to guard them.
"Uncle Shi, you said you don't know what's going on with the poison on my arrows? I guess I was not the only one who was injured when he shot an arrow at our ship that night. ”
When Han Qing heard this, he was very taken aback, could it be that there was still an inside story in this matter.
"We really don't know that the arrow is poisonous, including the search team, which only said that the prince may have been wounded by the arrow, but did not specifically say that the arrow was poisonous." Xie Zan was also puzzled, and turned his head to look at Xie Heng.
"The pirates had only fired their arrows for a while, and they seemed to have only reached the back of the deck, and no one else was wounded." Xie Heng recalled.
Xie Yi continued, "Before our boat rowed into the river, the Japanese who fought with us jumped out of the boat one after another, almost at the same time as the Japanese archery, and there were a lot of sounds of falling into the water, so you and Ah Qing fell into the river, and we didn't find it at the first time." We always thought that those arrows were fired to cover the escape of the Japanese on the ship, so the people who didn't hit the ship didn't suspect it. ”
"Then who said I might have been wounded by an arrow?" Chu Yuan asked with a frown.
Xie Yi recalled: "As soon as our boat entered the river, we ran into the boat of Bi Huixian, the prefect of Songjiang, who led troops to suppress bandits. Qianhu of the Songjiang Guard, who came with him, went ashore with soldiers to suppress the bandits, and Bi Hui led the people on our ship first. At that time, Yang Li was protecting his grandfather and was injured by a knife wound and fainted. When we counted the number of people, we found that you and A-Qing were gone. Bi Hui first said that some crew members saw that you were wounded by an arrow. ”
"In other words, Bi Hui first said that the crew saw that I was wounded by an arrow? Where are those arrows and the crew now? Chu Yuan then asked.
"Knowing that the two of you fell into the water and disappeared, we were all so worried, the boat was cleaned by Bi Hui first, and the crew also gave money to send back to recuperate. For more than a month, Jiangnan officials have led people to search for your whereabouts, but no one has noticed this matter. Xie Yi said.
"It seems that this matter should be investigated privately, there are too many coincidences, and it is very suspicious." Xie Zan said.
"Yang Li, there is no doubt that you went to investigate Bi Hui's first suppression of the bandits, Shi Yan, you are responsible for searching for the whereabouts of those crew members." Yang Li and Shi Yan were Chu Yuan's personal guards when he went out this time, and Shi Yan was not on the ship that night because he was sent to Nanjing to deliver a letter halfway. Both of them were ordered to go down and make arrangements.
"It's late today, so let's rest. Junyue has seen these big people in Jiangnan tomorrow, and it is time to return to Beijing. Lord Su had already transported the grain back to the capital. Xie Heng touched Han Qing's hair and said.
When everyone went out, Han Qing lay on the bed but was completely sleepy, she didn't expect that Chu Yuan would have another hidden reason when he was injured and poisoned in Jiangnan. It seems that in the previous life, it was because Chu Yuan did not fall into the water, and later he was busy detoxifying, and these doubts were ignored.
The next day, after breakfast, Chu Yuan summoned the officials involved in the search and rescue in the conference hall. Headed by He Sheng, the governor of the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, Wei Zongmin, the governor of the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and Lu Rong, the commander of the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, Chen Lianzhang, the political envoy of Jiangsu, Sun Ming, the political envoy of Zhejiang, Guo Yuan, the political envoy of Jiangxi, Xie Zan of Nanjing, Shang Guozhu, the governor of Suzhou, and Bi Huixian, the prefect of Songjiang, as well as the military attachés of the guards of the Jiangnan capitals, and the officials of the Jiangnan Zhuzhi Prosecution Department.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please sit down, the disappearance of this palace depends on your all-out search and rescue, hard work."
"His Royal Highness the Prince, your disappearance in Jiangnan is a dereliction of duty by the entire Jiangnan officials, you have not condemned the ministers, and you have been very tolerant of the ministers." He Sheng first thanked Chu Yuan for his forgiveness on behalf of all Jiangnan officials.
"Lord He is in charge of all affairs in Jiangnan, and he is a minister of the imperial court, and my father and I have always been very important to you. You don't have to blame yourself so much, this time I fell into the water by accident, and it has nothing to do with the officials. Chu Yuan set the tone, exchanged a few words with the Jiangnan officials, and asked them all to go back to perform their duties, and announced that he would also return to Beijing immediately.
The civil and military attachés present were all greatly relieved, don't look at them as the big men in charge of one side, and the emperor of Tiangao is far away from anyone on weekdays. If a single seedling of the royal family is really folded in Jiangnan, one of the officials in the entire Jiangnan will be counted as one, and no one will be able to escape. The Son of Heaven was angry, the corpses were floating for thousands of miles, the roots of the old Chu family were broken, who cared about the lives of several officials.
Han Qing got up in the morning and finished breakfast slowly, so he went to the tea room behind the council hall to wait, and a small servant came in to put the tea cooking utensils on the table, and was sent away by Han Qing. Approaching the wax moon, there are few earth dragons in the houses in the south of the Yangtze River, and only a warm stove is placed, but it is not cold.
I don't know how long it took, but Han Qing heard a voice gradually sounding in the front hall, presumably the adults had already come out of it. Han Qing listened carefully, and an adult was saying, "The prince left Lord He and others again, and I don't know what the matter is." The other hurriedly said, "How can you and I speculate on this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has his own reasons, and I still hope that this lord will return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”
Han Qing pursed her lips and smiled, now these adults are really like frightened birds. After a while, I heard someone on the back wall of the tearoom say in a voice, "Lord Sun, now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't mention the injury and poisoning, I'm afraid things have changed." ”
Han Qing was shocked, and immediately put down the teacup in his hand. Listening with bated breath, the other person immediately interrupted the previous person's words, "Shen Yan, this matter is over, just deal with the one who can talk a lot." ”
"Xia Guan understands that those people have long been thrown into the river to feed the fish."
"Then Hugh has to mention it again, and I have to put away my tail for a while, and don't do anything."
"Yes."
Han Qing heard the footsteps of the two of them drifting away before she withdrew her divine sense, although she had only cultivated for a few months, I don't know if it was because of the relationship between crossing and rebirth, her divine sense was much stronger.
Han Qing knew that this involved the cause of Chu Yuan's poisoning, and one of them said that the surname Sun was revealed, and he must be able to find out something by looking for this clue. So he sat quietly for a while, and when the footsteps sounded in the front hall again, a little servant came over to invite Han Qing over.
Han Qing instructed the servant to bring the boiled hot water and tea set, and then Shi Shiran went to the front hall.
"Is Aqing impatient?" Xie Zan asked with a smile.
"I'm not impatient, my grandfather taught me that I can meditate and realize the Tao when I cook tea, although Ah Qing can't understand any truth, but I don't feel bored cooking tea." Han Qing said as she served tea cups to everyone sitting at the round table in the side hall.
"Oh? Aqing has already started dabbling in the tea ceremony at such a young age? Xie Zan was very surprised.
"My father didn't know that the third sister was extremely talented, and she could learn everything at all. This time, my grandfather went out to survey water conservancy, and Aqing also helped with arithmetic. There is also the cement recipe, which Ah Qing said was written in a book. Xie Yi explained to his father with a smile.
Xie Zan saw that his father also nodded in agreement, thinking that Aqing must be very intelligent.
"Hey, our A-Qing is smart enough to follow her uncle, and she will definitely be a talented girl in the future." Xie Zan praised with a smile, and said to Chu Yuan, "Speaking of cement, I haven't reported to the prince yet." I sent some skilled craftsmen to test it several times according to the recipe, and sure enough, the soil mixed with cement quickly formed a solid lump, and the more it was placed in water, the stronger it was and the more impact-resistant. If it is used to build a dam, I don't know how many times stronger it is than an earthwork. ”
"That's really good, my father is very worried about the flood season next year, so please ask my uncle to let the craftsmen quickly develop the best plan, I will go back to Beijing to show my father, and then I will promote this matter to the southern provinces and counties." Chu Yuan said happily.
After hearing this, Han Qing hurriedly asked, "Did your uncle's craftsmen find that the concrete is prone to brittleness when the temperature is low?" ”
"But it didn't, and the officials who reported it said that the soil was extremely hard." Xie Zan frowned and said, "If this is the case, one may be that the people below have concealed this matter in order to flatter me, and the other may be that they have not had time to report it in order to search for and rescue the prince and Ah Qing this month." ”
"Anyway, Uncle Shi will go back and investigate carefully, if it is really like what A-Qing said, then make as many raw materials as possible first, and build the embankment immediately after the beginning of spring." Chu Yuan said.
"Yes." Xie Zan commanded.