"How much?" Rao is rich all over the world, and Li Xian was also taken aback by the White Horse Sect's generosity, and blurted out the words of confirmation

"400,000 hanging Kaiyuan Tongbao. Zen Master Hui Fan is willing to dedicate himself to the inner treasury to repay the grace of the saint for his care over the years. He had long expected Li Xian to react like this, Wei Wushuang smiled and nodded slightly, his voice full of pleasant taste.

"This monk is really rich!" Li Xian raised his hand to support his forehead and sighed loudly. Inadvertently, the armplate collided with the cuirass, and a series of pleasant sonorous sounds were released.

Just over an hour ago, he was still frustrated that he couldn't come up with 180,000 hanging money to arm the 3,000 Xuanjia army. But now, as soon as Monk Huifan raised his hand, he promised to give him 400,000 hangings. It is enough for him to build 6,000 sets of full-body iron armor, and he can be rich for another 40,000 to arm thousands of light armored cavalry!

If such an army is led by Zhang Renyuan to appear in Shuofang, Ah Shi Na Mo Si is afraid that he will only have the courage to flee from the wind, how can he have the courage to smuggle across the Yellow River again?

If the army has been in this way and handed over to Guo Yuanzhen, the head of the Jinshan Road march, the Turkish Khan Suo Ge will only lie on the ground and tremble, how can he have the courage to collude with the Turks again and spy on the four towns of Anxi? (Note: Suo Ge inherited the ruling power of the Turgish in the second year of Shenlong, and immediately began to integrate the various tribes with the support of Ashnamosi, preparing to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and "stand on its own.") ）

If......

Looking down at the sturdy dragon armor on his body, and then looking up at his smiling wife, the expression on Li Xian's face was so embarrassed.

After all, the White Horse Sect once sent charcoal in the snow when the two of them were in a desperate situation. He took advantage of the conflict between the White Horse Sect and Zhang Qian a few years ago to clean up the power of Buddhism from the court, and he already had a bit of a "favor will take revenge". And 400,000 hangs, even for the family of the Son of Heaven, the number cannot be considered small.

It's just that after taking the 400,000 yuan of the White Horse Sect and offering it, the White Horse Sect will definitely not be able to get the responsibility of bribing the bandits to intercept and kill the court officials. He had just decided to let An Le go, and then ordered to let the White Horse Sect go. After the news spread, Zhang Qian, who offered himself Panlong armor, how chilling would he be?!

"Holy Lord, it is inevitable that when a tree is big, there will be dead branches. The White Horse Sect is not Hui Fan alone, and he may not know everything about what the people below do. Wei Wushuang's voice suddenly came from behind him, gentle and charming.

"Hmm-" Li Xian continued to hold his forehead with his hand, his face cloudy.

"Saintly, as long as there is spare money in the world, there must be Buddhist temples that lend money. At that time, under the anger of the Great Sage Empress, she crushed the bones of the monk Huaiyi and scattered ashes, and killed dozens of Huaiyi's senior brothers and brothers. Gently grabbing Li Xian's shoulders with both hands, Wei Wushuang poked his head into his ear and added in a lower, gentler voice. The breath exhaled from his mouth kept wiping Li Xian's earlobe.

Li Xian grinned and let out a long sigh.

My wife's words are right, as long as there is spare money in the world, there are few people who collect this money and lend it to earn interest. Buddhism, by virtue of its influence among the people, has an unparalleled advantage in attracting rich people to give them money for lending. Therefore, with his mother, the ruthlessness of the Great Sage Empress, she couldn't uproot the Great Cloud Sect.

killed the monk Huaiyi, and soon another Fa Ming came out. Fa Ming died, and then another Hui Fan came out. The Great Cloud Sect became the White Horse Sect, and the temples were still the original ones, and most of the monks were also the original monks. And his mother, Wu Zetian, not only did not get a penny from Buddhism, but let the White Horse Sect begin to secretly support herself, the prince!

"Holy Lord, the concubine heard about it, the concubine heard that Taiping took a lot of money a while ago and lent it to the White Horse Sect to earn interest." Wei Wushuang's words continued, as low as a gnat.

Li Xian was like hearing thunder, his body stiffened, and dark clouds rolled on his face.

Even if he ordered to investigate the matter of bribing bandits to intercept and kill officials to the end, at most, he would kill more than a dozen scapegoats deliberately thrown by the White Horse Sect and seal off two or three Buddhist temples with the greatest suspicions, which would not make the White Horse Sect really break his bones, and he couldn't even let the White Horse Sect change its name like his mother did back then.

And the 400,000 hanging offerings of the White Horse Sect will definitely not be sent to the inner treasury again. From now on, the White Horse Sect will fall to his sister Li Lingyue, or his younger brother Li Dan. Just like when he was raised, secretly support a new emperor, and take advantage of his weakness one day to replace him in one fell swoop!

Unless he decrees the destruction of the Buddha, otherwise, the outcome must be like this. He has experienced it himself, knows every step of it, but he can't find a way to crack it!

"Is the saint worried that Young Eunuch Zhang has a grudge in his heart?" Wei Wushuang suddenly let go of his hand and shook his head with a smile, "The concubine thinks that he should know how to take care of the overall situation." The saint is the king, he is the minister, and he does things for the king, and he doesn't need to think about the courtiers everywhere! ”

"Yes, he must know how to take care of the big picture!" Li Xian grinned and sighed faintly, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have said a word and continued to go to Yangcheng." ”

"Then why is the Holy One still hesitating?" Wei Wushuang quickly walked around to Li Xian again, grabbed her husband's wrist with both hands, and shook it gently.

The armplate collided with the cuirass, and there was another pleasant sonorous sound. Li Xian lowered his head, the melancholy on his face could not be concealed, "He should know my difficulties, and even if he doesn't know, he can compensate him after I die." But in the court, there are hundreds of civil and military officials, and I have to give everyone an explanation no matter what. ”

"Bao'er said that the White Horse Sect was not instructed by her!" With a slight force on his hands, Empress Wei's face quickly became gloomy and watery. "It's not necessarily all a lie. If the saint decides to take it lightly, but someone jumps out and tries to make a big deal out of it, the concubine suggests that the saint check out, who is behind them?! ”

"Yes, I do need to look it up!" Li Xian didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his wife's expression and tone. He sighed again and nodded vigorously.

"Holy Wisdom!" The anger on Empress Wei's face disappeared instantly, and she stood on her tiptoes approvingly, and pecked Li Xian's ear with her red lips, "Especially wearing this armor, it makes people feel like, the concubine can't tell, anyway, very, very special......"

"I also feel that I have a lot of strength all over my body!" Li Xian smiled and wrapped his arms around his wife and slowly lowered his head. He was about to take his other hand over and pick him up by the waist, when suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the study. This was followed by a few exclamations.

"Who's making a noise outside?!" Li Xian's interest was interrupted, and after putting down Wei, he turned around and asked sharply at the door.

"Holy Lord, the four towns of Anxi are urgent!" The door of the study was pushed open, and Zheng Kejun, the deputy commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division, staggered in with a flying horse covered in mud regardless of etiquette, "The Turks and the Khan Suage colluded with the Turks to attack the Broken Leaf City in the name of chasing and killing the rebel Ashi Na Zhongjie. The Broken Leaf Town Guard made Zhou Yi invincible, and retreated to the Immortal with Ashina Zhongjie! (Note: This battle took place in the second year of Jinglong, when the Turgish Khan Suage defeated the general Ashina Zhongjie, who was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and attacked Broken Leaves.) The Broken Leaf guard Zhou Yiyi defeated him, but the Turkic soldiers and horses immediately joined, which led to the defeat of Zhou Yiyi and Ashina Zhongjie and retreated to Boxian. ）

"What?" Li Xianleng froze, threw away Wei, and strode towards Zheng Kejun, "What did you say?" Lost Shattered Leaf City? The soldiers lost as ......"

Suddenly, there was a tingling pain in my heart. His head was sweating profusely, and his body fell backwards uncontrollably. Before the helmet was about to make contact with the ground, he suddenly found that the sunset outside the window tonight was extremely gorgeous.

………………

The sunset is infinitely better.

In the ancient county of Yangcheng, on the stargazing platform, the Gui needle left a long shadow on the stone surface under the illumination of the setting sun.

The water clock rotates slowly, driving the gears and cams to trigger the mechanism. The bronze hammer broke away from the armature and fell rapidly under the action of gravity, smashing against the dial, emitting a series of pleasant "jingles". (Note: Water clock, an ancient precision timekeeping instrument, was introduced to China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.) ）

"The time is full, the sunset is in the west, the table is together, and the bell is down!" Under the water clock, someone shouted with his throat open, and the excitement in his voice was difficult to hide.

The armillary sphere rotates slowly under the propulsion of human power, and the stargazing ring is aimed at the last setting position of the sun. The afterglow gradually dimmed, and a bright star appeared in the sky in an instant, shining like a jewel.

"Chang Gung Xing is here, on time!" The shouting was even more excited, and the technical officials of the Si Tianjian couldn't wait to dance.

"Woo-woo, woo-woo-woo-" The desolate trumpet sounded, startling flocks of birds. On the stargazing platform, more ancient bronze instruments, but the most sophisticated of this era, move slowly, aim at the stars that appear one after another, and measure and record their appearance and time and position one by one.

Incomparably smooth bronze mirrors were erected near the armillary sphere, aiming at the direction of the sun's setting from different angles. On the wooden poles erected high, several glass mirrors with an astonishing cost were also hung up, reflecting the last afterglow of the sky to the quaint armillary sphere.

The armillary sphere continued to turn, the sky grew darker and darker, and the shadow disappeared completely. On the stargazing platform, the mountain wind is cold, blowing people's clothes fluttering.

No one offered to light the lights, nor did they complain about the cold mountain wind. The technical officials of Si Tianjian were either staring at the black bronze mirror with their eyes, or staring at the sunset position with their eyes, and their faces were extremely nervous.

According to the Lin De calendar, today is the second day of the fifth month. According to the nine calendars handed down from Tianzhu, today is April 29. According to the set of "Purple Gold Calendar" of unknown origin that was suddenly sent to everyone on the way to Yangcheng, today is the first day of the fifth month.

All the observations and calculations show that the Purple Gold Calendar, of unknown origin, may be the most accurate. But it needs to be verified at the last minute. The most critical part of the verification scheme falls in the hour after sunset. The way is, can you see the new moon through various ways! (Note: On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Moon is in a straight line between the Sun and the Earth.) So it is completely invisible, for the black moon. ）

If not, the calibration is accurate, and the revision of the Lin De calendar has ushered in a good start.

If there is, even if you see a glimmer of moonlight from any angle, everyone's previous efforts will be in vain. We can only wait until two days later, and then use the same method to verify the Nine Ruling Calendar!

On the entire stargazing platform, the only person who was not nervous was Zhang Qian. At this moment, he was wearing a silk robe, half-lying on a bench made of bamboo, and was gracefully searching for the stars with a king-size primitive telescope.

The set of "Zijin Calendar" of unknown origin in the eyes of others is the lunar part of the perpetual calendar that he found from the memory of his mobile phone. The Purple Mountain Observatory, established in 1929, has more than 1,200 years of technical accumulation than the Lin De calendar and the Nine Zhi calendar. Therefore, in terms of accuracy, it has the advantage of crushing, and there is no need to worry about comparison and verification.

The reason why he had to take half of the technical officials of Si Tianjian to Yangcheng was purely to increase the persuasiveness of this new calendar. After all, ancient and modern technicians all recognize the "dead reason", and through their own observation and comparison, they have erected the authority of the Zijin calendar, which is a hundred times better than the effect of forcibly promoting the new calendar.

Because there is no industrial pollution, the total population of the country is only 50 or 60 million, and the stars of the eighth century are far brighter than another time and space. Even if the quality of the telescope was poor, Zhang Qian easily found the Twenty-Eight Nights. And the seventy-six officials of Sanheng were also in the state of an astral group, and they were quickly captured by him with a telescope.

Just as he was looking at it happily, under the hillside, there were suddenly a few faint sounds of gold and iron. Immediately, he heard someone shouting loudly, "Stop, command, otherwise, it will be dealt with as trespassing in the barracks!" ”

"Is there really someone who wants to die, storming the stargazing platform?" Zhang Qian stood up with a frown, turned the telescope to the shouting place, but he couldn't see any figure at all. Only the branches of the trees swayed in the mountain wind, like the devil dancing wildly.

"Report, young eunuch, someone forcibly broke into the stargazing platform and was stopped by the brothers. He claims to be the second account of your house! After a few breaths, Shuo Fang's army led Zhou Qujian to rush up the steps quickly and reported in a low voice.

"My second account room?" Zhang Qianleng was stunned, and it took a little effort to figure out when there would be an extra second account room in his house, "Ask him what his surname is?" If the surname is Luo, bring him up! ”

"Yes!" Zhou Qu rushed down, and after a while, together with four good soldiers in the army, he brought a dusty middle-aged man to the stargazing platform.

Zhang Qian took a closer look, it was not Luo Huaizu, the head of Qi Mo, which one was it? In an instant, my heart involuntarily swelled with a little emotion. hurriedly stepped forward and whispered condolences: "Why did you come here?" Blind in the dark, beware of wild beasts! ”

"The beast, the beast sees the old man, and when he sees it, he will only hide and go!" Luo Huaizu glanced at his mouth, disdainful of Zhang Qian's concern. However, he suddenly realized that he was surrounded by five border soldiers at this moment, and his arrogance suddenly became half a cut shorter, "It was Ren Zhicheng who asked me to rush over, and he suddenly hurried to the school to find me the day before yesterday, saying that you may encounter risks in this trip, owner." Then he forced me to ride three by myself, and the starry night chased me here. As a result, you didn't encounter any danger, and I myself was almost shot into a sieve with a strong bow and a crossbow just now! ”

"Who told you to refuse to stop and be questioned!" found out that the other party really knew Zhang Qian, Zhou Quji's face turned red, and he counted it angrily. "If it weren't for the brothers who warned you before releasing the arrows just now, you would have been lying down a long time ago, how could you have a chance to see the young eunuch?!"

"The black light is blind, how does the old man know if you are friend or foe?!" Luo Huaizu was not convinced, and returned the mouth angrily. "The old man still thinks that there are only family members around the owner of my family."

With that, he suddenly realized that something seemed to be wrong, hesitated for a moment, and glanced around the hillside. It's as if you have a pair of glow-in-the-dark eyes and can see all the arrangements around the observatory.

"Brothers have worked hard, he is indeed the second account room in my house!" Zhang Qian didn't explain, and smiled and gave his hand to Zhou Quji and other Shuo Fangjun brothers.

Zhou Qujian was Zhou Jianliang's henchman who was specially left to protect Zhang Qian, and now that he was sure that Luo Huaizu was not an assassin, he didn't bother to entangle with this person anymore. He bowed his hand to Zhang Qian, turned around, and hurried away.

"Frontier Army? Ever on the battlefield? Luo Huaizu was itchy to see, ignoring the tiredness on his body, he gently pulled Zhang Qian's arm, "Where did you borrow the border army?" Or are they all elites who have been on the battlefield?! If it hadn't been for the old man who had revealed his identity in time just now, he would have almost died at the hands of these bastards! ”

"The stakes are high, and I just encountered bandits on the road. It is always the right thing to borrow some brothers from acquaintances to protect the observatory. Zhang Qian smiled and responded in a low voice. You're really okay, aren't you? Don't hold on. Except for me and Guo Nu, there is no third person here who knows you! ”

"It's okay, it's okay, a group of ordinary soldiers, how can they get an old man?" Luo Huaizu's mouth pursed slightly, and he waved his hand with disdain, "The old man just found out that they might be his own people, so he took the initiative to stop." Otherwise, it can be killed directly in front of you! ”

Although the words were said loudly, unexpectedly, the movement of waving his hand was slightly larger, and suddenly, his brows were furrowed in pain, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching up and down.

Zhang Qian was amused and moved. Hurriedly turned around and picked up a wine gourd from under the recliner and handed it to the other party with his own hands, "Let's drink some rice wine to refresh the blood first, you may have to wait for an hour or two for supper." Everyone needs to make sure if they can see the crescent moon tonight! ”

"Hmm-" Luo Huaizu grinned in pain, but he refused to shout. After struggling for a long time, he had the strength to take the wine gourd, and while pouring it into his mouth, he complained in a low voice: "These bastards, they don't have a serious start." I said that it was the second account room in your house, and they still rushed to greet me with their scabbards. Oops, hiss-"

"I didn't see blood, where is the injury, I have alcohol and bandages on my carriage!" Seeing this, Zhang Qian couldn't laugh anymore, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to support this person, and asked in a low voice again.

"No, it's okay! I was about to break through the barrier, but I accidentally stepped on the rope sleeve they arranged, hiss, hiss-" Luo Huaizu blushed and waved his hand gently, "I knew that the soldiers around you were strong and strong, so I wouldn't come." At that time, Ren Cong's kid didn't know where to get the news, not that you might be in danger, but there was only a family member by your side......"

Halfway through his words, he suddenly vaguely felt that something was wrong. He looked Zhang Qian up and down a few times, and asked in a very small voice, "How can these border soldiers be with you, but your junior brother Ren Cong doesn't know about it?" ”

"I happened to meet it halfway!" Zhang Qian didn't want the other party to know too much, so he smiled and responded vaguely.

"Happened to come across it?" Luo Huaizu was cautious by nature and refused to believe Zhang Qian's words at all. Frowning, pondering. After just three or five breaths, there was an expression of sudden realization on his face.

"You kid, you're ruthless!" Gritting his teeth and leaning forward, his voice suddenly became low and urgent, "You, you deliberately left Chang'an, deceived others to kill you, and then killed him with your backhand?" You, you're not here for stargazing at all, you're using your body as bait......"

"Oh, oh, oh, it's done, it's right, today is the first day of the new year!" The deafening cheers suddenly sounded on the stargazing platform, completely drowning out his whispers.

"The sun and the moon are conjunct the ecliptic, and the sunset has no moon...... All the stars are in the right position, and they can be fixed correctly! ”

"Sure enough, the big and small months are separated, and it is only right that there is a leap every four years."

"This purple gold calendar is really exquisite, what nine calendars are the most refined in the world, Tianzhu people love to brag about ......"

……

"Master Luo, if you don't say it, it's smart!" Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to his side, Zhang Qian smiled and pushed Luo Huaizu, turned around and walked towards everyone.

The water clock is struck, the armillary sphere rotates slowly, and the starlight is exceptionally brilliant tonight!