Chapter 8 The Hidden Dragon Begins in the Abyss

An Zidao is critically ill?

Xu You only felt that his chest was suddenly stuffy, since he knew the truth about the Yixing Change, An Zidao had been at the top of his must-kill list. Although the master of the Chu State was high above him, and the distance from Qiantang to Jinling seemed unreachable, it was a powerful driving force for him to do everything and work hard.

But now, An Zidao is actually going to die?

"Is the information reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable!" Yuan Qingqi said in a low voice: "There will be no more than five people who know about this matter at present, and even the Zaifu in the capital may not know the details. The Lord kept the news tightly sealed, for fear of causing internal and external unrest......"

Why not be uneasy? The prince is immoral, it is difficult to convince the public, the kings are vassals, and the troops are self-respecting, no matter how you look at it, it is a situation where the lord is weak and the minister is strong. If An Zidao really dies, the Chu State will be in chaos immediately!

An Zidao was wise and wise, and he was the only one who did not deal with the prince, which was a major matter related to the country. He has always wanted to depose the crown prince, but he has many worries, and every time he suppresses it, he has to be promoted again due to the situation, which leads to the ups and downs of the prince, his prestige is discredited, and it also gives others the ambition to covet the throne, so that the undercurrent of the government and the opposition is surging, and the country will not be a country.

The emperor, who is as majestic as a mountain and towers into the clouds, cannot withstand the torture of time and disease, and will eventually turn into insignificant dust with the long river of history.

It's not a pity for An Zidao to die!

An imperceptible light flashed in the depths of Xu You's eyes: But he can't let his soul return to the void so easily, the debts that should be repaid, pay off and then die!

"Weizhi, if the lord collapses, the prince succeeds to the throne, and you use the Xuanji Academy to unify the power of Confucianism, it will inevitably attract a lot of wind and jealousy, just a few words of slander, plus the previous grudge between the prince and you, you will definitely die." Yuan Qingqi's eyes were hidden with deep worry, and even with a pleading tone, he said, "Is it good to listen to me this time?" Let's take a look at the situation first, don't worry, Xuanji Academy is not really impossible, wait a minute, maybe there is a turnaround......"

If An Zidao is alive, in order to balance the crown prince, and for his reputation for hypocrisy, Xu You can still live leisurely in Qiantang. If An Zidao died, the prince might have forgotten about Xu You and didn't regard him as a threat, but if Xu You took the initiative to jump out and attract attention, and someone fanned the flames in front of the palace, it was not difficult to imagine what would happen!

Yuan Qingqi saw through this point, so he took off the mask that no one could see, and bitterly admonished Xu You, lest he make a desperate gamble and become the first small chess piece to be crushed in this earth-shattering change.

For this reason, she even did not hesitate to reveal that she had an unusual contact channel with the inner government, although she did not say it explicitly in her words, but what kind of person Xu You is, a secret that only a few people in the world know, Yuan Qingqi is thousands of miles away as if she heard it herself, and when she thinks about it, she is terrified!

But no matter what, for Xu You, this is a great favor, but also a great trust, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a life-saving grace, with Yuan Qingqi's status and talent appearance, he is willing to be so attentive to a man, and if he changes to others, even if he does not die from now on, he must be grateful inexplicably, and he can't wait to repay him with his life.

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless, Xu You can bend and stretch, he is not stubborn, let alone an idiot who sees the fire burning, and wants to jump into the sea of fire, bowed down, and said: "Sanniang's good intentions, I know everything!" The matter of Xuanji Academy is over, let's look at the current situation first, and then discuss it later! ”

Yuan Qingqi finally breathed a sigh of relief, his eyebrows and eyes were curved like crescent moons, and he said softly: "It's me who has a lot of things, Xuanji Academy is so important to you, I don't know how much effort it took to push to this point, but you can still hear it, I ...... Actually, I was very happy ......"

Yuan Qingqi snuggled on Xu You's shoulder, which was her most vulnerable and her most helpless moment. Xu You didn't understand at the time, but now he knows the reason: An Zidao is actually Yuan Qingqi's biggest backer, with An Zidao's support, she can fake her death and get out, control Yangzhou as the Great Sacrifice Wine of Heming Mountain, and then walk a tightrope between An Zidao and Sun Guan, secretly cultivate talents, actively develop strength, and consolidate the territory at all costs, with these, her ambitions and plans can be slowly realized.

But now, An Zidao is in danger, she has lost the strength that the court can rely on, and if she has a showdown with Sun Guan one day in the future, the pressure she will have to face will be borne by her alone.

If it weren't for that, Xu You would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey if he wanted to see the side of her weak daughter's family.

When saying goodbye, Xu You suddenly asked: "In Jinling City, who is the most proficient in the Book of Shang?" ”

"If you talk about "Shangshu", it is naturally Cui Yuanxiu who lives in Nitang!"

Leaving Linwu Mountain that night, Xu You did not stay in Wu County, originally his itinerary was to visit Yuan Qingqi to see Gu Yun, and under Gu Yun's recommendation, he invited Zhu Dao'an, the first seat of Mingfa Temple, to attend the opening ceremony of Xuanji Academy, and now he suddenly got the news that An Zidao was critically ill, and all the itinerary must be changed accordingly.

Take a boat down the river, and when you pass through Jinkou, you still have business travel, and your prosperity is not reduced in the past. Xu You stood at the head of the boat, the great rivers and mountains in front of him, in fact, he was unconsciously in a stormy juncture, this time it is no longer a small fight like a white thief, no longer a corner like a drought, once it breaks out, it is likely to sweep the 22 states in Jiangdong, from the ministers to the people, no one is spared.

For two days and nights, Xu You didn't say a word, and when he arrived in Qiantang, he immediately summoned He Wei, Zuo Yan, and Dong Solstice, his expression was calm, obviously after careful consideration, and said: "I'm going to Jinling!" ”

Zuo Yan and the winter solstice are disgraced by each other, these years in Yangzhou dedicated to business, from the common people to the scholars, from the prisoner to the guest at the bottom of the stairs, from the lost dog and famous all over the world, from the martial arts genius and the night light, Xu You walked extremely difficult, but also step by step to the current height, which is breathtaking.

But Jinling is not Yangzhou, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the famous capital of the emperor, the forces of all parties are mixed and entangled, and it is really worthy of being called the tiger's den in Longtan. The crown prince, the Shen clan, the Heavenly Master Dao, and even the Lord, any one of them is a behemoth to Xu You, they may not care about the flies and insects far away in the sky, but if this fly and insect run in front of them to get in the way, it is difficult to guarantee what will happen.

The two looked at He Wei at the same time, at this time, only He Wei could admonish Xu You. Who knew that He Wei did not say anything against it, but raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked: "If Qilang goes to Jinling, what about Xuanji Academy?" ”

"All matters in the academy will be stopped for the time being!" Xu You said: "Tonight, it's up to Qingming to start a mountain fire in an incritical place, and burn down the courtyards on the side of the academy." The weather is dry and dry, and mountain fires are raging all over the place, and it is common to burn a few yards. The academy was burned down and needed to be rebuilt, and it was not a good omen for a sudden fire, and it would not arouse too much suspicion if it was postponed until next year! ”

"The affairs of the academy are easy to do!" He Wei asked again: "In what name did Keshiro enter Beijing?" ”

"Spring and Autumn Justice" has been in the four seas, and soon "Zhou Yi Justice" will be promulgated in the world, I am suffering from the "Shangshu Justice" There are still many obscure places, so I went to Jinling to study in the great Confucian Cui Yuanxiu ......"

He Wei's eyes wandered, and he twisted off three beards one after another, laughed loudly, and said, "Okay! When it is broken, it is broken, Shichiro's move finally has a bit of the bearing of a hero! ”

The fire in Lingxiu Mountain burned in the middle of the night, and after getting the news, Lu Dingan almost vomited blood at home in Wu County, and the Gu family, the Zhu family, and other good friends of the scholar family sent people to condole, and also expressed their willingness to donate money and help. Xu You thanked them one by one, allocated funds from the government, and arranged for people to rebuild the damaged part of the academy, and this time the rules and regulations were strict, in order to resolutely prevent similar things from happening again.

At the same time, "Zhou Yi Justice" started working day and night through Tianqingfang, and entered many people's desks with booksellers and boats. This "Zhou Yi Justice", which was jointly written by Qingming and He Wei, integrates the characteristics of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Xuan, as well as many schools of thought such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Xuan, but also has a lot of novel insights that are refreshing, and is known as Xu You's scripture work that is enough to be famous for future generations since "Spring and Autumn Justice".

Immediately after that, there was good news, after nearly a year of crazy experiments, with the help of Xu You's knowledge reserve of more than 1,000 years ahead, he first used coke instead of charcoal and coal as fuel, and then changed the irrigation method to the crucible method, using graphite, clay and high silicon as refractory materials, and after adding air preheating technology and improving the blast power, the furnace temperature was finally raised to more than 1600 degrees, creating the coil spring that Xu You dreamed of. With spring steel, the manufacture of four-wheeled carriages was a breeze, and within a few months, the world's first four-wheel-steering carriage equipped with spring shock absorption was unveiled in Tiangongfang.

Painted with lacquer, decorated with silver threads, paved with brocade seats, anyway, how to come to luxury, according to Xu You's words, it is extremely prominent in seven words: rich, powerful and status! As long as you sit on it, not only should you feel absolutely comfortable physically, but you will also be extremely satisfied mentally.

It's not a carriage, it's his cash cow!

Everything was arranged, and it was already late June, Xu You brought 500 bricks of the latest season of Qingqueyu, wrapped the four-wheeled carriage tightly in a tent, loaded it onto his own boat, and left Qiantang with Fang Si Niancang and others on the Qingming Winter Solstice at night.

Looking at the big bream with the banner of Xu Zi going away, Zuo Yan couldn't help but say: "Lang Jun is going to Jinling, it's a bit risky. It doesn't work for us to talk, but why don't you persuade us? ”

"It's been five years!" He Wei's eyes shone with a strange light in the dark night, and said, "Fenghu, you must know that Qilang has been away from the center of the empire for too long, and he has forgotten what he can do for a long time. Only when he went to Jinling and saw the ugliness and cruelty of those ministers in the imperial capital, could he understand that in this life-and-death world, if you don't kill people, everyone wants your life! ”

"Jinling is an iron-making furnace, a whetstone, an underworld, and a pass that must be crossed!"

"If you go, you will either die there, or you will fly for nine days!"

He Wei turned his head, he was a weak scholar and didn't know martial arts, but at this moment, his eyes were so sharp that Zuo Yan didn't dare to look at him directly, and said: "Qilang can't die, damn it, it's this An dynasty!" ”