Chapter 29: Zeng Gongliang

It's also troublesome to eat too many peaches, at least when they are pulled home by the ox cart, few people are willing to move anymore, Yun Zheng led the cow, looked back at the people in the carriage, and only felt a burst of happiness, life should have been like this.

In the far Bianliang City of Tokyo, it was the time for the officials to go on a business trip, and Zeng Gongliang, the attendant of the Tianzhang Pavilion, still stayed in the official room, flipping through the chapters of various places, which were all expired official documents that had been prepared to be disposed of, and what he wanted to see was not those cumbersome official transactions, but some interesting things that happened in various places.

Today I heard a director talk about the punishment of heaven in Shu, so his curiosity was completely seduced, as the head of the household department, he really wanted to see what the reason for this matter was.

Finally found out from a large number of movements, for these movements, he deliberately went to the Qin Heavenly Prison, and paid a lot of money to get these things back.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the discarded pieces were to be burned and could only be seen by the heavens, so the person who handled it was Qin Tianjian, and of course, important documents would be archived and filed for retrieval. As for a Taoist temple being bombarded by thunder in the Great Song Dynasty, it is really nothing.

The twists and turns of the smoke view event are mixed with all kinds of auspicious and auspicious, as well as all kinds of bad omens, which are not inconspicuous at all. Ever since the official family knew his background, he no longer believed in any auspicious or bad signs, so Jia Changchao would not show these things to the emperor, and he had already been deposed at this level.

Zeng Gongliang opened the paperwork, only to see that there was half of the receipt on it, which read, "Got it: three words, Zeng Gongliang frowned when he saw these three words, Jia Changchao has been domineering to such a point, the reply of the chapter has its own rhythm, and the reply is so frivolous, how can a minister do it?" There is only half of this, and the other half must have replied to the officials in Shuzhong. "Taoist priests sacrifice living people in the water and land conference? Interesting! Zeng Gongliang shook his head with a smile and continued to look down, waiting for him to see the sound boom and the flames soaring into the sky. When the wall collapsed and the house collapsed, and the flying stones splashed three miles away, he couldn't laugh anymore, and the hand holding the fold trembled slightly, others might think that this was a heavenly punishment, but Zeng Gongliang, who was a master of gunpowder, didn't think so.

"The power is too great, it's too great, if the effectiveness is reduced by eighty, it should be a movement that can only be produced by a gunpowder explosion. Less smoke. The bombardment was ferocious. Suddenly! Who did it? ”

Zeng Gongliang quickly retrieved the names of the people mentioned in the compromise, and the scholar who was sacrificed by others turned out to be an official, seventeen-year-old Cheng Fenglang, if not a full-time official. Then it should be a rewarding official position.

Yun Zheng!

Zeng Gongliang had already memorized this person's name to death.

"Tomorrow, I will go to the Ministry of Officials to draw this person's experience, and you will know it at a glance."

Walking out of the gate of Qin Tianjian, it was already dusk outside, and before he arrived at Washizi, there was a unique commotion from the end of his nose on the cattle, horses, pigs and sheep, and the ground was full of bloody sewage, Zeng Gongliang frowned, and walked from there on tiptoe, there were already a hundred and ten small boats moored here on the small river next to him, and the Bianliang Water Gate would only open at this time. Let these boats with pigs and sheep come in.

"In the future, the time to switch on and off must be placed at midnight!" Zeng Gongliang muttered in a low voice, and quickly passed through the city, surrounded by traders and men carrying the dead bodies of pigs and sheep, and now these people are becoming more and more unscrupulous, how can a place like Qin Tianjian become a place where pigs and sheep are slaughtered. Aren't you afraid of attracting heavenly punishment?

When he got into his carriage, his white light silk coat was soaked with sweat, he lifted the curtain of the carriage to let in the breeze, so that he felt more comfortable.

The mansion of Ding Du, a scholar of Duanming Palace, is on the Siyan Bridge outside the West Water Gate, and Zeng Gongliang, who can't make up his mind, wants to discuss with this old friend who has written together about whether the punishment of Chengdu Mansion is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster.

After being welcomed into the door by an old friend and arriving at the study, Zeng Gongliang did not respond to the greetings with his old friend, but very skillfully took down the outline that had just been compiled from the old friend's bookshelf, pointed to the gunpowder and said to Ding Du: "Gongzhi, you said three years ago that gunpowder is like a thunderbolt, but unfortunately it is not effective enough, if there may really be a kind of gunpowder in this world, it can sound for hundreds of miles, the fire soars into the sky, the wall collapses, and the flying stones splash three miles away, what does my brother think?" ”

Ding Du laughed, pulled Zeng Gongliang back to the couch to do a good job, pushed the sour plum soup served by the maid in front of Zeng Gongliang and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, drink this bowl of sour plum soup first to cool off the heat, and then talk about gunpowder, the smell of sweat on your body makes people like the old man look sideways!" ”

Zeng Gongliang smiled dumbly, shook the sleeves of his robe, drank sour plum soup and waited for Ding Du's answer, the old friend has now entered the ministry, and there have been rumors of worshipping the prime minister, his words are conclusive, but Zeng Gongliang does not believe it, a good old man with a simple personality and does not pay attention to his appearance is not a good thing to be a governor, but a kind of torment.

"Brother Xian, tell me where your description comes from?" Ding Du always looks slow.

Zeng Gongliang took out the fold from his arms, opened it, and pointed it out in one of the places and pointed it to Ding Du.

Ding Du carefully looked at the folds and said: "During the Chunhua period of Taizong, Lu Meng was in a wide and simple position, at that time everyone thought that the government affairs were clear, who knew that there was a demon fire accompanied by lightning to Tianzhang Pavilion, for a time, the entire Tianzhang Pavilion was destroyed in the hands of Zhu Rong, fortunately, it was rebuilt later, otherwise, you Tianzhang Pavilion attendant can not be rightly named." ”

Zeng Gongliang shook his head and said: "Otherwise, Tianzhang Pavilion is a fire, and Chengyanguan is an explosion, but in this letter, it is mentioned that there is saltpeter gas in Chengyanguan after the explosion, you and I both know that saltpeter is indispensable in gunpowder."

Moreover, someone was sacrificed to the Taoist priest of Chengyanguan, I think the resentment in his chest must be not small, if he happens to have this terrifying gunpowder, I think the matter of Chengyanguan cannot be judged by heaven.

My brother is well-read and has a strong memory, since he is already in the ministry, but I don't know if he has a memory of a false position from the eighth grade? ”

Ding Du smiled and said to Zeng Gongliang: "You didn't come to ask me about things, but to take the school exam, let's listen to it, I only remember the Enmeng official in the Qingli period, far away, but I can't remember it." ”

"Yun Zheng! Yes, it is this Yun Zheng, who is only 17 years old this year, and his false position is Chengfeng Lang. Native of Shuzhong."

Ding Du's face changed a little, he looked at Zeng Gongliang and said: "I'm afraid you're right, this young man is not simple, I have the deepest impression of the fictitious officials in the Ministry of Officials, there are a total of eleven people, this Yun Zheng is ranked ninth, young hero!" ”

Zeng Gongliang laughed and said: "Only extraordinary people can make extraordinary things, Brother Gongzhi, tell me quickly, I can't wait." ”

Ding Du looked at Zeng Gongliang with a strange face and said: "The official document of the Ministry of Officials records that this son is in Dousha Pass, and Dousha County has opened up a trade road, this trade road is not simple, and it can be exchanged for Qingtang horses with iron tools from the hands of the Tubo people!" Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth flow of this trade route, the local government deliberately used heavy troops to exterminate one of the largest bandit dens entrenched near Dousha Pass, and countless bandits were all beheaded, and it is recorded in writing that none of them escaped. One of the reasons why Lu Qingyuan was able to return to Beijing was to suppress bandits! ”

After listening to Ding Du's words, Zeng Gongliang was a little disappointed, opening up a trade route and contributing horses, it is indeed worthy of the imperial court to reward him with an official status, but this kind of background is different from what he thinks, and it is not in line with the young hero that Ding Du just said, and it is not worth Ding Du to list him as the ninth in the world, so he continued to look at Ding Du and waited to listen to the following.

"You have also heard that I will enter the center, so I am fortunate to see some spy secrets, including about Yun Zheng, I can't tell you the truth, I can only tell you the truth, I can only tell you that this son has killed more than 2,000 people in Huangquan, including a big family in Tubo! The thrill of the whole process and the accurate timing are rare in the world. ”

"That's right, can you transfer this son to the capital? I really want to have a long talk with him, and ask about gunpowder, my Great Song Dynasty lacks war horses, and has been repeatedly defeated in battles on the plains, and has always been powerless in the face of the Khitans who are plundering like flying, if he masters such a sharp weapon, he will definitely be able to teach the Khitans to come and go, and it is not impossible to exterminate Li Yuanhao. ”

Ding Du smiled bitterly and said: "The old man told you some secrets, he is already violating the ban, how can he snatch this person from the hands of the secret spy again, this son has become the forbidden body of the secret spy department, and no one else is allowed to get involved." ”

"The Secret Agent?" Zeng Gongliang asked confusedly.

Ding Du laughed and said to Zeng Gongliang: "Ming Zhong, you still use less of your thoughts, think more about your official position, and say that you are only an official for money, but you are not such a person, only by standing on a high place, can you do more things for the world of the Great Song Dynasty, if you are interested, the old man will ensure that you enter the household as a waiter?" When the time comes, you will be qualified to read some top-secret documents of the imperial court, and your vision will be extended exponentially, what do you think? ”