"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is really tormenting the old man, I am just an old man who has half a foot to enter the coffin, no talent and no virtue, I am really ashamed to call the old friend. If Your Highness wishes, you can call me by my name: Chen Daosheng. ”

Chen Daosheng looked ashamed, he didn't wear the same shabby official clothes as last time, he was wearing a gray long robe, the clothes were shabby, stained with dust, and he was also disgraced.

Carrying a basket on his back, I don't know what it was made of, it doesn't look like Tengzhi, it's a bit like the old roots of a tree, but I've never seen any kind of tree whose old roots are so elastic and tough, and can be used as a frame.

Tongmu has not changed, maybe it is the trauma brought by his childhood, people are very afraid of life, at this time his eyes are dull, hiding behind Chen Daosheng, dumb and speechless, so he can only look at the people around him vigilantly.

"Today is the Shangsi Festival, and you are also out to play?"

Hu Xiu asked with a smile.

"Your Highness laughed at how we have time to play, but in order to find suitable materials, I went to the mountains a few days ago, and I was scheduled to come back on this day, and I happened to be met by His Highness." Chen Daosheng stroked his short beard and replied.

This side is chatting, and the exception is embarrassed by the people who are surrounded on the other side, and the two sides are not, the young man at the head has a sad face, Hu Xiu he knows.

I saw him grit his teeth fiercely, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is so majestic, the two sides were surrounded together, asked one side of the person, and talked to him, but the exception was cold, not asking a word, but contempt?

"Your Royal Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?"

"Have we met?" Hu Xiu turned his head and looked at the skinny skinny man in front of him suspiciously, his face was too pale, but he was an overindulgent young man in terms of physiognomy.

Some of them are familiar, but I don't know where I've seen them.

"You ......" The indulgent young man raised his hand and pointed his index finger at Hu Xiu's forehead. Hu Xiu frowned, he didn't like people who knew how to refer to other people's heads, he didn't have any quality at all, and he really didn't remember the person in front of him.

Perhaps seeing that the young man's movements had gone too far, a companion behind him secretly pulled the clothes behind him.

The indulgent young man's face tightened, he put his hand down, his expression was unwilling, and he bowed vaguely, and said:

"Your Highness may have forgotten, I am Yanwen, and when the Prime Minister of the Left Dynasty says and does one is my father."

"Oh~ it's you!" Hu Xiu's expression was cold, and he remembered it now, as if he was celebrating the New Year, and he scolded Ying Jiu for being a prostitute during the banquet.

No wonder Hu Xiu didn't remember it, but he was an enemy who had met once and was restrained by his backhand, and he pressed people to the ground. Oh, but it's not right, a weak, indulgent man is not his enemy, he is not worthy.

"What are you looking for from me?" Hu Xiu continued, this guy really has a face, and he doesn't know what to think when he reports his name.

"Nothing."

"Then what are you calling Lao Tzu, grass!"

The scene cooled down a little, and the crowd around them was silent, just watching.

Words and words are his father, words and deeds are the left prime minister of Hu Guozuo, it can be said that in terms of administration, the entire Hu country, he is the third person who can speak. As for why we only talk about administration, after all, this world is still the supremacy of force, and this is a fact that cannot be changed.

Words and deeds are the prime ministers of the two dynasties, loyal to Dahu, and have some ability themselves, and the king of Han has more respect for him.

When he was young, he was busy with government affairs, and when he was over half a hundred years old, he finally got a son. is extremely fond of him, which also develops the youngest son's pampered and luxurious temperament, and has become a famous gentleman in Ping'an City.

These two sides are not too easy to offend, so the onlookers will watch first, as for who will suffer, they all think it will only be words.

One is that everyone shouts and scolds some forces in the family, and the other is the son of the world who has both reputation and force, and he stands tall and low, which is not at the same level at all.

"His Royal Highness, such rude words, I'm afraid that I have lost my dignity as a prince."

From childhood to adulthood, Yan Wen only lost face in front of everyone twice, and it was because of Hu Xiu, he didn't dare to hate King Han, so he only dared to hate Hu Xiu.

dared to scold him, but he was stopped again, and he saw who pulled him, so he had to give up.

"Hmph, physique, why have I lost physique? It was me who took his finger, and I didn't know him, and he behad like this, because he had lost his dignity. And it's me and him, who are you? Hu Xiu replied to the man.

"Under Liu Xianyi, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." The man bowed in a proper manner, and his attitude was much better than that of the words.

"But do you want to show this kid?" Hu Xiu stared at him closely, his attitude was good, but it was difficult to say whether he was friend or foe.

But Hu Xiu's words, the kid in front of him was frightened, and he didn't dare to come out, and he secretly said in his heart that it was broken!

It caused a commotion, who is Liu Xianyi, the son of Liu Qingzhi, the household servant, Liu Qingzhi has five sons, he is the third in line, and he is also a concubine.

Speaking of which, I haven't gotten to the point yet, it's just a concubine, what do they have to make a fuss about. The current head of the household department is already old, and he has calculated several confused accounts in recent years, and it is estimated that it will be only one or two years before he gets off the job.

Dahu implements the policy of three provinces and six ministries, and the three provinces are divided into: Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province, and Menxia Province. The book is in charge of decision-making, the book is executed, and the subordinates are in charge of deliberation.

However, in the past 100 years, the Zhongshu Province and the Menxia Province have been virtually nonexistent, and all the ruling rights have been taken away by the emperor and the left and right prime ministers, and have become useless positions, but they have not been abolished until now, and I don't know why.

There is a book for every six departments, and then there are two squires, who are adjutants, divided into left and right. Liu Qingzhi, the household servant, is the adjutant, and if he wants to be promoted, he has to compete for an exception for the household department.

But if he wants to succeed in the competition, he has to have someone to support him, as for fair play. Hmph~ When it comes to officialdom, do you still want to compete fairly? If you really think like this, you don't know when someone bought you clothes.

The person who supported him was also surnamed Liu, called Liu Dingfang, but he was a Hou Ye, and he was named Guan Ping Hou Ye, and the person standing behind him was him, Liu Dingfang was Liu Qingzhi's cousin, and the Liu family was a new force, and it could be strong, and now they are relying on Liu Dingfa, and the foundation in Ping'an City is a little thinner.

The old Liu family is all honest people, especially loyal to the royal Hu family, Liu Dingfang is even more ruthless, directly threw all his eight sons into his black cavalry, and let them fend for themselves, in his words, it is to serve the country, whether it is life or death, he doesn't ask.

However, at this time, the old Liu family suddenly appeared that a person wanted to go against the future emperor of the Hu family, which is a bit intriguing, what is the old Liu family going to do?

Liu Xianyi was obviously a little panicked, he didn't mean to be opposite to Hu Xiu. He suddenly understood why his words with such a bad temperament were stopped by him.

It turns out that he has already thought about trapping me! Liu Xianyi looked behind faintly, and the guy was also intervening in his hand, just looking at him!

really underestimated him, even if he is stubborn, he is also a son of words and deeds, and he always has a little brain. It doesn't matter if the words scare the son, his nature is like this, no one thinks he did it on purpose, but he is different, the essence is different...

Just like no one questions how many times a mentally handicapped person writes 1 plus 1 wrong, if a normal person does something wrong, others will look at you with strange eyes, thinking: You can't do this kind of topic, are you still a normal person?

Liu Xianyi gritted his teeth angrily, and a ray of light flashed in his eyes, okay! You are a word, you cheated me so much, no wonder you came up with that kind of thing to deceive me, I'm afraid you just want to confront His Royal Highness the Prince, so as to harm our old Liu family!

In that case, if you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!

"Your Royal Highness, don't you want to know why we are looking for a nine-rank disarming trouble?"

"Why?" Hu Xiu replied casually, he can't figure it out, this group of young masters, they have nothing to do, on the day of the Shangsi Festival, find an old man with a child to do.

"Does Your Highness know about the ambush?"

Hu Xiu's pupils shrank suddenly when he heard these two words, how could he not know Fu Huo, and then subconsciously looked at Chen Daosheng.

When I first talked about the gunpowder formula, I even told the alias of Fuhuo, these two people.

"Your Highness, I'm not that stupid." Chen Daosheng's expression remained unchanged, as if he understood Hu Xiu's doubts, and responded lightly.

"Go on." Hu Xiu lowered his face, knowing that there were not many people in the fire, those people in his yard, but the news should not have been leaked by them, most of them went out to get together, and they didn't have the time to reveal the news.

These two are not very old, just like Chen Daosheng said, he is not so stupid. And his father and King Han, it will be even more impossible, then there will be a large group of generals left! The people who sent it out must be among the generals.

"Today, Yanwen secretly came to me and told me that he had found a treasure, the Earth Dragon Stone and a certain recipe, which can make an object of ambush fire, and ambush fire can create great power, and if you report it, you can get a military merit for me.

And the person who knows this secret recipe, he will appear on the official road outside the Shenwu Gate this morning, I couldn't resist the temptation at that time, so I agreed, if His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't believe it, look at this portrait! ”

Liu Xianyi took out a picture quality from the placket and spread it out, a portrait of a human head, it was on it, the ink had been dry for a long time, and the painting was painted very early.

Hu Xiu looked back at Chen Daosheng, except for the details of the support mold, the others were almost identical. Coupled with Liu Xianyi's rhetoric, this person must be coming towards this formula, which further reduces the possibility of this master leaking.

"Yanwen, can you tell me about this fire, where did you know about it? And this portrait, how do you explain it? Hu Xiu looked at Yanwen with pity in his eyes, this kid will do the whole thing.

Others don't know the particularity of gunpowder, how can he not know that relying on gunpowder to create explosives, but the opposite side does not, just this small explosive can determine the balance of victory in the war.

Ge Wu Zhidao, Hu Xiu, regardless of his previous life or this life, agrees with this point of view very much.

"Naturally, someone told me, as for the portrait, I asked the painter to paint it, His Royal Highness, what's the problem?" Yan Wen held his head high and said proudly, he did not realize the seriousness of the problem at the moment.

"Oh~ So that's the case, it seems that our Yan Gongzi has taken a trip to the Secret Prison Mansion today!" Hu Xiu dragged a long tone and said jokingly.

Yan Wen's face finally changed, how could he not know what kind of place the Secret Prison Prison is, it is a place where Hu Guo specially holds those important prisoners, and those prisoners have entered, most of them will be difficult to see the light of day again!

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ps: In ancient times, the right prime minister was the prime minister standing on the emperor's right hand, also known as the main prime minister. The left prime minister is the prime minister standing on the left hand of the emperor, also known as the vice minister. The official position of the right prime minister is greater than that of the left prime minister.

Hubu Shangshu, an ancient Chinese official name, is the highest-ranking prefect of the Household Department in the Six Ministries, equivalent to today's Minister of Finance. This position can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, when there were four Shang Shulang, one of whom was in charge of the financial and silk commission, that is, the national financial work.

The head of the household department is mainly in charge of the national economy, including household registration, taxation, and the overall planning of state funds.