The fourth day of the second month of the ninth year of the Xuanli calendar.

Tomorrow is about to leave, and the list of people who will go to the Wu Dynasty to participate in the cultural meeting has been determined.

There were eighty students in the school palace, and Fu Xiaoguan filled in one by himself: Dong Xiuhuai, the son of Dong Shulan's second uncle, and the remaining nineteen places were lost to his colleagues in Zhongshu Province.

This made Fu Xiaoguan's favorability among his colleagues rise a lot.

Yan Beixi said that he was ridiculous, Shang Yu was just a pleasure, and he also stuffed a grandson in, named Shang Liang, who was not admitted to the Jixia School Palace last year, and studied at the Jinghua Academy in Shangjing.

The Ministry of Rites has prepared all the necessary needs for the trip, and everyone will meet at the Honglu Temple and leave at the time of the morning.

Fu Xiaoguan has already listened to the instructions of His Majesty and the Monk Empress, and he does not need to go to court today, he is at home at the moment.

He was in a hurry.

A few days ago, Qin Chengye said that the trial production of the red-clothed cannon was successful, and Xishan Express transported one to Beijing, and if he didn't come today, he would not have the opportunity to bombard the Comet Prince's Mansion.

waited and waited, the red-clothed cannon didn't wait, but waited for a person that Fu Xiaoguan definitely didn't expect-

The Four Princes ask the book!

Yu Wenshu was dressed in a plain robe, followed by a woman in Tsing Yi with a knife on her back.

Under the guidance of the porter, he Shi Shiran walked in.

The two looked at each other in this backyard for a few breaths, and then Fu Xiaoguan took him to Lichenxuan.

"Originally, it was planned to be after the hunt in Nanshan on the second day of February, if you are not dead, I will see you. I didn't expect that out of the emperor's tomb, the hunting in Nanshan is gone, and you are going to leave tomorrow, so I chose such a time. ”

Fu Xiaoguan boiled tea, raised his head and smiled, "I have heard of the name of the Four Princes for a long time, and the Junior Official also wants to see the demeanor of the Four Princes." A few days ago, I only saw him in the Empress Dowager's palace, which made the petty officials unable to eat and couldn't sleep at night. I really didn't expect the Four Princes to come in person, but it was very different from what I thought of meeting. ”

The corners of Yu Wenshu's mouth curled slightly, and he asked, "So, what kind of scene do you want to meet?" ”

Fu Xiaoguan lowered his head, touched his nose, and poured a cup of tea for Yu Wenshu, "In both cases, either before and after the flower, or ...... I'm afraid it's in the bleak wind and cold rain. ”

"How can I spend the first month?"

Fu Xiaoguan poured another cup of tea for himself, this time he lowered his head and thought for a moment before he said slowly: "Speaking of which, the fourth prince, you must not believe it, I really have no great ambitions. I've told a lot of people that they don't seem to believe it, and I hope you will. I just want to be comfortable as a small landlord, talk to the peasants about farming, or take my wife and children to walk around this huge country and see, that's it. ”

The four princes' straight eyebrows frowned slightly, "But you came to Shangjing." ”

Fu Xiaoguan shook his head and sighed, "It's not my wish, the situation is compelling, too many people want me to die, and the Fu family wants to die......" He raised his head, stared at the four princes, and said: "The ants are still greedy for life, dare to ask the four princes, if someone wants you to die, do you have to struggle?" ”

He leaned back and said with a smile: "So I just want to survive, but there are always people who think that I will become a stumbling block to them, will ruin their good deeds, and always want to get rid of me, I can only struggle to resist, and it has become the situation I am in." ”

"If you go back now, I will keep you rich and prosperous for the rest of your life."

Fu Xiaoguan looked at Yu Wenshu again, the two looked at each other again, and after a long time, Fu Xiaoguan smiled, "The fourth prince, please drink tea." ”

Yu Wentian's eyes lit up, and he naturally understood the meaning of Fu Xiaoguan's smile.

"Now Yu Wentian has gone to the east, he will never return to Beijing, the fifth child has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he has no heart to fight for the throne, my father is our three sons, I don't have to do anything now, I will become the future emperor, don't you believe me?"

Fu Xiaoguan didn't answer him, but asked: "What kind of role is Master Bunian in your Yuhuatai?" ”

"Spy, she only plays the role of a transfer of intelligence, not the core."

"How did she get into Yuhuatai?"

"What's the point of asking this, you ask?"

Fu Xiaoguan lowered his eyes slowly, thinking to himself that this Yu question book could it be that he didn't know the true identity of Shi Tai?

"It's just curiosity, if the four princes don't want to say it, then it's okay not to say it."

What Yu Wenshu thought in his heart was that could it be that Fu Xiaoguan also knew the true identity of Shi Tai?

Regarding this topic, Yu Wenshu did not answer again, but said something like this: "I asked someone to do the thing that kidnapped you last year, and you can make any request for this matter, as long as I can do it, I will definitely agree to you." ”

Fu Xiaoguan looked at Yu Wenshu again, this guy is simply good.

But he smiled and said: "You are a dignified fourth prince, there is no need to carry that pot for others." That's a trifle, it's long gone, so don't mention it again. ”

Yu Wenshu's heart sank, through his understanding of Fu Xiaoguan, this kid will be repaid, what he said in his mouth is so simple, but he doesn't know how much thunder is hidden behind his back.

He threw out so many olive branches, but he didn't take any of them, so it seems that this trip is a failure.

He took a sip of his tea, sighed, and stood up.

"This trip to the Wu Dynasty is far away, and there are many mountain bandits in the Qishan area, you have to take care."

Fu Xiaoguan also got up and said with a smile: "Thank you for the concern of the four princes, Your Majesty sent the Xuanjia Knight to accompany you, and I want to be fine." ”

"That's good!"

He walked out the door, his face cold as frost.

The woman in green clothes behind him glanced at Fu Xiaoguan, and the knife on her back was about to move.

But he didn't move.

Because the three disciples of the Taoist Academy are in this mansion at the moment.

Fu Xiaoguan smiled and sent the four princes to the front hall, but he didn't expect the people from Xishan Express to come.

A swarthy cannon sits in the antechamber, next to a box of ammunition.

Fu Xiaoguan was overjoyed, walked over and touched the cold cannon, and suddenly said to the fourth prince: "Your Highness, if you have time, do you want to go to watch a play with me?" ”

Yu Wenshu stopped, turned around, looked at the thing, and then looked at Fu Xiaoguan, "What play?" ”

"Bombardment of the Prince's Mansion!"

Yu Wenshu frowned, smiled again, and pointed at the thing: "This is a cannon?" ”

"Yes, this is the cannon!"

There are cannons in this world, but also because of the constraints of fire and medicine, cannons have not been developed, and they are still in the most initial state - no accuracy, poor range, difficult to move, and it depends on the weather.

Therefore, this thing is also not applicable on the battlefield, at present, only a few doors are installed on some city walls, and they have to be maintained every day, which is not liked by the officers and men in the army, which leads to the fact that the Firearms Bureau of the Ministry of Industry has no motivation to improve this thing.

But Fu Xiaoguan very cautiously told Qin Chengye about the importance of this thing, and also proposed the direction of improvement.

If this cannon can meet the original design standards, then it will be of epoch-making significance.

Fu Xiaoguan covered the cannon with a red cloth, pulled it with a horse, and led the group towards March Alley.

Yu Wenshu invited Fu Xiaoguan to ride in the same carriage with him, and in the carriage, he looked at Fu Xiaoguan for a long time and smiled: "You are really bold." ”

"So I can only ask Your Highness to go with me."

"Since you're leaving tomorrow, when you come back, Prince Comet has already arrived in Lingnan, and they won't have a chance to see each other again in their lives, so do you have to do this?"

Fu Xiaoguan lifted the curtain and looked outside.

"It's the long street, and the sun wasn't as warm that day as it is today. I'm glad I was still able to bask in the sun today, otherwise I would have been lying in the cold ground that day. ”

He lowered the curtain, looked at Yu Wenshu, and said very seriously: "If you do something wrong, you must pay the price." I have always pursued a purpose, and no one will offend me...... I don't offend! ”

Yu Wenshu was silent for a long time, and smiled, "So I still think it's better to spend the moon before the flower." ”

"I also want to, I would have set my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. Your Highness, can you tell me what kind of secrets are hidden under the ruined temple of the Confucius Temple? ”

The smile on Yu Wenshu's face gradually dissipated, and the killing intent on the woman in green clothes beside him suddenly drummed.

Fu Xiaoguan looked at the woman in green clothes, and didn't care about her murderous eyes, "Nan Batian, who is the young man you sent away when you came out of the Comet's Mansion that day?" ”

"Qiang ......"

Nan Batian's long knife came out of the sheath, but Yu Wenshu slapped it lightly, and slapped the knife into the scabbard, which also scattered Nan Batian's killing intent.

"You think you know a lot of things, but what you know is just the tip of the iceberg. You and I don't seem to be able to spend the ...... before the moon," Yu Wenshu took a deep breath and let out a long sigh, "Then there will only be bleak wind and cold rain!" ”

Fu Xiaoguan laughed and patted his knee, "Your Highness, it's interesting." ”

Nan Batian's beautiful eyebrows frowned, thinking about this guy...... Boring!

The carriage came to the door of the Comet Prince's Mansion, and Fu Xiaoguan ordered someone to place the cannon on the street, and the muzzle of the cannon was aimed at the Comet Prince's Mansion.

He excitedly took a look at it himself, and then asked people to load the cannonballs.

"Your Highness, do you know why I bombarded his prince's mansion?"

Yu Wenshu just glanced at him, thinking that this is not nonsense?

"Revenge for the long street is actually secondary. After all, I won the battle, and I also drove the comet prince out of Shangjing......" He carefully aimed at the crosshair, adjusted the height of the muzzle, and stretched out a hand to give a thumbs up, and said: "I'm afraid you don't know, I said a word to one of his subordinates that day......"

He took the fire fold, lit the fuse of the cannon, and finished the last sentence: "I said, Lao Tzu must bomb his prince's mansion to slag!" ”

Then he covered his ears, and before the fourth prince knew why, he saw the fuse flickering and sparks quickly burned out.

This was followed by an earth-shattering "Boom......! There was a loud bang.

A puff of black smoke came out of the muzzle, and a cannonball flew out.

For a moment,

I heard "Boom......! There was a loud bang, and the prince's palace suddenly burst into flames, and then there were exclamations, cries, and wails.

Fu Xiaoguan didn't care about him, he asked someone to load another cannonball, refill it with fire and medicine, and ignite it again.

"I said that Lao Tzu is going to smash his prince's mansion into slag!"