Gu Hengzhou's tone was cold, and it was clear that he had included Su Xiaoqiu in the scope of suspicion from the beginning.

Shen Bai choked, didn't understand why Gu Hengzhou was so hostile to Su Xiaoqiu in this life, hesitated for a while, she grabbed Gu Hengzhou's hand and wrote in his palm: Brother Gu, I believe she is not a bad person, the biggest reason is that in the dream, she is the princess you are marrying.

Originally, Shen Bai didn't want Gu Hengzhou to know about this, she was selfish, she was afraid that Gu Hengzhou would look at Su Xiaoqiu differently because of this, but instead caused the two to be together, on the other hand, she was also worried that Gu Hengzhou would have a bad impression of her because of this, and felt that she knew that Su Xiaoqiu was the future princess, but she was still ashamed to rush to be with him.

After Shen Bai finished writing, Gu Hengzhou's face suddenly became dark and incomprehensible, he clenched his fists and stared at Shen Bai for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "It was just a dream you had, not something that really happened." I won't marry her. “

Gu Hengzhou said firmly, remembering that Shen Bai had said his preference to Su Xiaoqiu before, and added: "In the future, you will less associate me with her." “

Brother Gu, since you don't want to be associated with her, of course I won't meddle anymore.

Shen Bai nodded, and wrote in Gu Hengzhou's palm: Anyway, Miss Xiaoqiu must be a good person, otherwise you wouldn't marry Brother Gu in your dream, now the situation in Beijing is unknown, but there is still Lord Guogong in charge, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Miss Xiaoqiu has any problems, she will definitely be discovered by Lord Guogong, and there will be no chaos.

Gu Hengzhou asked again: "It's okay for her to go, why do you want to add a Murong Xuan?" “

Shen Bai had already prepared for this question, and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket and unfolded it in front of Gu Hengzhou.

There are many things in Yuanfeng County and Mozhou, if Murong Xuan is really the fifth prince of Dongheng Kingdom, once he is busy, he will definitely have no time to take care of him, if something happens, I am afraid that it will hurt the harmony between Nanxiang Kingdom and Zhaoling, and at this time, Murong Xuan will be sent back to Hanjing, so that the people in Beijing can take care of him. Waiting for Nanxiang to reply to the letter, and then asking Wei Ruzhao to send Murong Xuan back to Nanxiangguo, it is just right to take this opportunity to open up business and trade exchanges with Nanxiangguo, killing two birds with one stone.

Shen Bai's consideration is also reasonable, Gu Hengzhou looked at it for a while, his eyebrows were faintly loose, Shen Bai knew that he was acquiescing, and picked up a handkerchief to help him rub his back.

Gu Hengzhou was about to refuse, but Shen Bai's soft palm was already holding a handkerchief and pressing it on his back.

It was still cold, and her fingertips were cold. The trajectory of wandering on his back was very obvious, inexplicably, Gu Hengzhou swallowed the scolding on the side of his mouth, and let Shen Bai help him rub his back, and after a while, Gu Hengzhou said in a hoarse voice: "In two days, I will take the Praetorian Guard to Yuanfeng County, is it enough to leave you twenty people?" “

Shen Bai stretched out a finger in front of Gu Hengzhou, signaling that it was enough to leave ten people for her, but Gu Hengzhou said with a stiff face: "Then add ten more people to you." “

Brother Gu, I didn't mean that.

Shen Bai grabbed Gu Hengzhou's hand and wanted to explain, but Gu Hengzhou preemptively said: "The situation in Mozhou City is not simple. I will pick thirty elites for you, you can make good use of these people, don't let me have worries. “

Gu Hengzhou's voice became a little hoarse at the end, he sat in the bathtub, his bronzed skin was a little red from the hot water, and the shiny water droplets couldn't help but slide down the firm texture, obviously it should be very abstinent, but it made people's throats dry and thirsty.

Shen Bai felt that his heart was slammed by an invisible sledgehammer, and his hair softened and swelled.

Brother Gu didn't want her to be a worry. Can this sentence be understood that he will be very worried about her and already see her as his weakness?

Shen Bai's brain replenishment ability is very strong, the corners of his lips can't stop rising, his heart is as sweet as eating honey, he nodded heavily, and happily helped Gu Hengzhou rub his back.

When he finished rubbing the back and was about to rub the front, Gu Hengzhou came back to his senses, drove Shen Bai out of the ear room, and quickly took a shower and changed his clothes.

Shen Bai stayed directly in the north courtyard, and after eating, he came to the desk to lie down and sleep.

Two days later, the people sent by the Su family to pick up Su Xiaoqiu really arrived in Mozhou, they came with a secret order, as soon as they arrived at the state capital, they first visited Gu Hengzhou, and Gu Hengzhou talked for half an hour in the East Courtyard, which confirmed Shen Bai's guess, Emperor Hengde was really sick, but he was not seriously ill, but he was not in good spirits, and he couldn't even deal with the government. It has always been ruled by Zhao Che, but the courtiers have been faintly uneasy, worried that something will happen to Emperor Hengde.

The people in the Tai Hospital were helpless and couldn't find out what the real cause was, so Su Yuanhua wanted Su Xiaoqiu to return to Beijing to try.

The three-day lockdown order of Mozhou City has not yet ended, but Gu Hengzhou still let it go, let Su Xiaoqiu and the Su family return to Hanjing, and let Murong Xuan return to Beijing with the two Praetorian Guards as a guard.

The people of the Su family were very anxious, and they set off for Hanjing after lunch, and in the evening, the Mozhou lockdown order ended, the city gate was reopened, and the people returned to normal life, but the government posted notices everywhere in the city, stating that there was no strange disease for unknown reasons in Yuanfeng County, and if anyone dared to continue to spread rumors in the city, they would be severely punished, and no one in the city would dare to spread the word again.

That night, Gu Hengzhou rushed out of the city with hundreds of Praetorian Guards to Yuanfeng County, and Shen Bai rode to the gate of the city, and waited for the night to completely engulf everyone's figure before returning to the state capital slowly.

Wei Xun hadn't slept yet, waiting for Shen Bai in the front hall, and when he saw Shen Bai coming back, he asked curiously: "Lord Shen, because of the closure and search of the city by His Royal Highness the Prince in the past two days, there are very few people who have gone to the state capital to apply for volunteers, and tomorrow will we start to blow up the mountain?" “

Shen Bai nodded without hesitation.

Of course, she has to start work, she has been in Mozhou for half a month, and if she doesn't blow up the mountain, how can she catch up with the construction period?

Wei Xun kindly asked: "But the manpower is not even, but do you want to send some officials to obey Lord Shen's dispatch?" “

Shen Bai waved his hand confidently. Declined Wei Xun's proposal, Wei Xun didn't really want to help Shen Bai, but when Shen Bai refused, he immediately smiled and said: "It seems that Lord Shen has already had a clever plan, but the officials are too worried, so it will be up to Lord Shen tomorrow." “

Shen Bai smiled and accepted Wei Xun's sycophancy, and went back to the East Courtyard directly, Gu Hengzhou was not there, Shen Bai slept directly on his bed, greedily sniffing the residual breath that belonged to him on the bed.

In the end, there was no such person, Shen Bai did not sleep deeply, the second day was early in the morning, led the horse from the stable, and took ten Praetorian Guards to wait at the city gate, after a while, the master yawned and came with two messengers, and after the hour, twelve people who applied for the draft came, Shen Bai glanced at it, these twelve were born honestly, with an honest face, and they looked at themselves on weekdays, and they didn't dare to do it against the court at all.

The master checked the roster and said to Shen Bai: "Lord Shen, all the applicants have arrived, are you going to leave now?" “

Shen Bai didn't speak, he sat on horseback and looked at the empty street, as if he was waiting for someone, the master followed and took a look, and he didn't think that anyone would come at all. But he didn't dare to urge directly, and waited patiently.

However, until the end of the hour, there were more people coming and going on the street, and there was no one to see, the master's patience was exhausted, and he was about to speak again to urge, when a Praetorian Guard said in a deep voice: "It's coming!" “

The master was surprised, and turned around in surprise, and saw a group of young men wearing coarse cloth robes and carrying shovels and pickaxes approaching, and there were twenty or thirty of them. All of them are young and strong, and they are handsome, and they are very eye-catching when they walk on the street.

Master's eyes widened, didn't the master of Xindao already order that no one should be allowed to apply? How can so many people still come?

The master was confused, and when he walked in, his eyes widened, weren't the two people who walked in front of him Xuanyin and Hu Mi, who lived in the state capital some time ago?

This?? These are all dusty little guys!?

The master was stunned, and couldn't help but look at Shen Bai and remind: "Lord Shen, this??" These people are doing that kind of business, wouldn't it be okay to let them do this? “

The Praetorian Guard next to Shen Bai got the order first. Hearing this, he immediately retorted: "As long as those who are willing to contribute to the court are good people, what does it matter what you do to make a living?" Master has also read a lot of sage books, don't you know this truth? “

The master was speechless with his neck stiffened, Xuanyin and Hu Mi had already led people to the front, Xuanyin took out a notice from his arms and said loudly: "Thirty people from Feng Ya Ge voluntarily enlisted, and they are willing to serve the court with their humble bodies, build canals, and benefit future generations." “

After Xuanyin finished speaking, thirty or forty ragged people ran out of the alley next to him. They held sticks in their hands and shouted noisily, "We are also willing to serve the court." “

The master's eyes widened, these people are beggars who roam the city on weekdays, and they are the most idle, but at this moment, they inexplicably burst out with enthusiasm for serving the imperial court.

The little guys, beggars, twelve honest and honest men of the Wind Pavilion, plus ten Praetorian Guards, barely managed to make up a team of 100 people, but they attracted the attention of everyone in the city.

Shen Bai ignored the curious gazes of those people, and took these hundred or so people out of the city to carry gunpowder in the City God Temple.

Shen Bai had already asked the Praetorian Guards to prepare more than a dozen carriages, and everyone worked together. In less than half an hour, the gunpowder was loaded and pulled away, and went straight to the swamp.

Wei Xun still had official business to do, so he only let the master and the two officials follow, Shen Bai didn't let the three of them help, and ordered them to watch with him, and it took another hour for the group to come to the mountain between the swamp and the Beitong River.

Shen Bai asked the Praetorian Guards to sprinkle lime on the ground in a straight line, and everyone put the gunpowder along that line, and then a special craftsman twisted the gunpowder twist together to finish all this. Shen Bai took out the fire fold from his arms and was about to light the fire, the master stood next to him and turned pale with fright, forgot his humility for a while, took Shen Bai's hand and asked, "Lord Shen, this is about to blow up the mountain?" “

Shen Bai tilted his head and raised his eyebrows at the master.

The master asked people to put the gunpowder in place, but if he didn't blow up the mountain, was he afraid that the gunpowder would become moldy and put it out to bask in the sun?

A few bright beads of sweat appeared on the master's forehead, and he smiled dryly: "Lord Shen, the opening of the mountain is a big event, so there must be a sacrificial ceremony, what if it disturbs the mountain god?" “

Shen Bai tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he felt that the master was reasonable, and called a Praetorian Guard to buy incense and candles for sacrifice, the Praetorian Guard came back soon, Shen Bai pretended to find an open space and put incense on the ground, and then prepared to light gunpowder, the master's eyelids jumped wildly, and grabbed Shen Bai again.

Shen Bai looked at the master suspiciously, the master's eyes rolled, he didn't think of a good reason, and he didn't know what to do, Shen Bai showed a suddenly realized expression, and asked the Praetorian Guards to take Xuanyin and them to dinner first.

It was already past noon, and the three meals a day promised by the imperial court could not be lost to everyone.

The others left, and soon only Shen Bai, Master, two Praetorian Guards and two officials were left on the mountain.

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, signaling the master to let go, the master swallowed his saliva, and said dryly: "Gunpowder is not a joke, Lord Shen's daughter, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to light the fire himself." “

The Praetorian Guard next to him said for Shen Bai: "Lord Shen likes to play with artillery in Beijing. I've never lit gunpowder, this time I just want to take the opportunity to have fun, and with me waiting to protect Lord Shen, Master doesn't have to worry. “

The corner of the master's eyes twitched, he never expected Shen Bai to be such a person, but he still kindly dissuaded: "Gunpowder is different from artillery, this kind of thing is too powerful, and it will hurt people if you are not careful, Lord Shen must not take risks, if something happens in Hanjing, no one can afford this responsibility." “

"Since the master knows that he can't bear the responsibility? Why do you dare to hide the truth and not report it? “

The Praetorian Guard's face changed, and he asked sharply, the master's shoulder trembled, and he looked at Shen Bai in amazement, and the Praetorian Guard directly stabbed it: "Half of these gunpowder are double leads, which means that the power is twice as great as originally expected, not to mention blowing up a canal on this mountain bag, it is enough to raze this mountain bag to the ground." “

The master and the two officials behind him were shocked, and the two officials couldn't hold their breath. Seeing that the matter was revealed, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Lord Shen spares his life, this is all the master's order, and his subordinates just obey the order, and they are forced to do it." “

The master was still thinking of denying it, and as soon as the two officials begged for mercy, everything was decided and there was no room for return.

The master's back was chilled, and the Imperial Forest Army said: "Master don't need to be so afraid, Lord Shen is willing to talk to you so much here today, just to show the master a clear way." Would you like to hear it? “

The master's mind was messy, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him, who was only fourteen or fifteen, had already seen through their tricks and played with them in the palm of his hand.

"Have you thought about it?"

The Praetorian Guards urged, and the master suddenly came back to his senses, and looked at Shen Bai with a smile that seemed to be not smiling, his scalp suddenly became numb, his legs were weak, and he also knelt down in front of Shen Bai, and said, "I would like to listen to Lord Shen's advice." “

The Praetorian Guard said, "Since Master wants to take the clear road, it is better to tell Master Wei about his plan first." “

The master knew that Shen Bai was prepared. wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said truthfully: "Lord Shen is the only son of Taifu, and he was ordered to go to Mozhou to deal with the flood, if Lord Shen is directly killed by explosives, the imperial court will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly, and it will inevitably show his feet, Lord Wei deliberately asked people to increase the dose of gunpowder, and wanted Lord Shen to blow up a few people when he blew up the mountain and repaired the canal, and after causing public anger, he incited the people to besiege Lord Shen, no matter whether Lord Shen was dead or injured, in order to calm the people's grievances, His Majesty will not be too entangled in this matter, besides??"

Speaking of this, the master hesitated a little, and the Praetorian Guard asked, "What's more?" “

The master didn't dare to support him, and hurriedly replied: "Besides, the people in the city know that after Lord Shen arrived in Mozhou, he has been spending time in the city with his male pet. He didn't do anything seriously about what His Majesty had explained, and many of the people who were killed were dereliction of duty by Lord Shen, even if something happened to Lord Shen, he deserved it in the eyes of others. “

Human words are the most terrible thing in the world, it can attack anyone at will, and it can also be used by anyone to incite it, and Wei Xun beat this idea.

This is similar to Shen Bai's guess, she nodded, and the Praetorian Guard said to the master: "After deliberately murdering the important minister, his crime should be punished, whether the master is involved in this matter or not, if he does not report it, he will be punished for the same crime, I believe the master also knows this." “

The master kowtowed again and again to admit his mistake: "My subordinates are guilty, and I ask Lord Shen for forgiveness!" “

The Praetorian Guard said: "It's not difficult for Master Wei to survive, Master Wei has done this kind of thing, someone must be recognized, as long as Master Wei is willing to go back to Hanjing with Lord Shen to explain the truth, Master not only doesn't have to lose his head, but also can find a good position in Hanjing, what does Master think of this deal?" “

It's a great deal, of course.

The master stayed in Mozhou, making cattle and horses for Wei Xun, and in the end he could only be a master, but it was different when he went to Hanjing, he could get to know countless powerful people, and he could also get countless opportunities for promotion, and develop infinite possibilities.

The master immediately made a choice and said firmly: "My subordinates wish only Lord Shen to be the first to look forward!" “

Shen Bai took his master and two servants to retreat to a high ground next to the swamp, and the Praetorian Guards wrapped a cloth soaked in tung oil on the arrowheads, lit them with fire, and shot them up the mountain.

The fuse was ignited, and then a loud boom exploded with a majestic flying stone. Like the roar before a storm.

The mountain that stood between the Beitong River and the marshland was blown open, and after the boulders rolled down, a gap appeared, and the river rushed in, wrapped in sand and gravel, and rushed into the swamp, infiltrating this barren land that had been hated for thousands of years.

After lunch, the Praetorian Guards came back with those conscripted volunteers, and the Praetorian Guards, who were standing beside Shen Bai, said to them in a loud voice: "This swamp will soon become a lake with clear water and green grass, and the surrounding land will also be reclaimed into fertile land. “

Ten acres of fertile land for a flat-headed common people, is tantamount to a pie in the sky, everyone was smashed by this pie can not come back to their senses, half an honest man weakly asked: "Can this adult speak and count?" What if after you leave, the court does not admit the account and wants to take back these fields? “

The Praetorian Guard said: "The distribution of these fields will be presented to the emperor, covered with jade seals, and then distributed to Mozhou on the day when the canal is completed." You don't believe your lordship, you can't even believe your majesty, do you? “

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