Three days later, the imperial court held the Great Wu Dynasty again.

On the Golden Luang Palace.

Emperor Xiang Yanran sat on the treasure hall in a solemn manner, and hundreds of ministers and princes were under the court, standing solemnly with their hands on both sides.

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!"

Cai and the great eunuch held the dust in their hands, and their sharp voices echoed in the hall.

The courtiers looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

They all knew in their hearts that the emperor convened the Great Wu Dynasty again today to solve a major national political issue - what kind of new system to adopt to select talents for the imperial court.

This is the general trend of the Confucian faction and the gate lord noble faction, who wins, can easily get the general trend in the next few decades.

However, the lightning strike incident in the Xuanwu Temple broke out at this juncture, which fermented in the "Great Chu Di Daily" for several days, causing a stir, and has attracted the attention of the entire Great Chu Dynasty.

Xiao Duhou was scolded by the Confucian students for a bloody sprinkler, and he set up a position, he definitely wanted to take revenge and come back.

Until the matter is resolved, they are not in a hurry to jump out and fight.

The new prime minister, Kong Hanyou, has a heavy face, lowering his eyebrows, and his mind has been decided.

Today, no matter how the little dusk marquis attacks.

He had to do his best to keep Dong Xianliang, a personal disciple and the future pillar of Confucianism. ... Otherwise, the master of the hall will not be able to shelter his disciples, what will the other ministers think of him as the prime minister?

The Confucian officials were all nervous and ready to fight.

Dong Xianliang resigned himself to fate and completely gave up struggling. He didn't know how the little dusk marquis would deal with him, and naturally he didn't know how to resist.

Only, one step at a time!

In contrast, the new Imperial Historian Wang Su, with a ruddy complexion, looked extremely relaxed.

No matter how Xiao Duhou and the Confucian faction fight, who is bitten. It's a good thing for their Gate Lord Noble faction! Without spending a single soldier, he got a big bargain.

The emperor saw that all the courtiers bowed their heads, looking like they had nothing to do.

Knowing that they are all waiting for the resolution of the Xuanwu Temple incident.

Xiang Yanran could only look at Chu Tianxiu and asked, "Little Dusk Hou, should you explain to me about the lightning strike in Xuanwu Temple a few days ago?" What happened to the lightning strike? ”

Chu Tianxiu immediately stepped out of the queue and said with an innocent face:

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't know what's going on!

During this time, Old Immortal Li was alchemy alone, and the minister didn't understand anything, and he didn't interfere with anything, only Old Immortal Li knew what was going on.

If he messes up, the black cauldron of alchemy failure must be carried by him alone, this is his boasting that he can do alchemy.

If he makes meritorious contributions to alchemy, this credit will be at least half of the credit for me, and it is an opportunity for alchemy that the minister helped him win.

The minister estimated that the emperor should inquire about this matter today, so he brought Old Immortal Li into the palace. He was waiting outside the palace, waiting for the emperor to summon him. ”

When the ministers in the hall heard this, they all hid their faces and looked ashamed and together.

The guilty Li naturally carried it all.

He has half of the merit.

This... Sure enough, it is the style of a very small faint marquis, and Li Tiantian's old fairy is unlucky enough to meet a little faint marquis.

"Xuan Li naturally enters the hall!"

Xiang Yanran said.

The princes and courtiers turned their heads and looked out of the hall.

However, I saw that the old fairy Li Tianran was wearing a purple-gold robe and a fairy style, and walked into the Jinluan Palace.

As an old god who has traveled from south to north for decades, he is also a distinguished guest of the princely mansion, he has seen a lot of the world, but he is not panicked in front of the emperor and the ministers and courtiers.

What to say and what to do in this Jinluan Palace, Xiao Duhou has already made it clear to him.

"Old Immortal Li, how is the elixir of immortality refined? How can you refine a pill, but let Tianlei blow up the Xuanwu Temple? Tell me a reason. ”

Emperor Xiang Yanran asked coldly.

"Poor Dao knocks to see the saint!"

The old immortal Li naturally knelt down and bowed to the emperor, and immediately took out a wooden box from his sleeve, which contained a large black pill.

Li Nature's face was ecstatic, and he said: "Your Majesty, Poor Dao originally wanted to refine the elixir of immortality for the Queen Mother. A few days ago, it was accidentally refined into another rare treasure, 'gunpowder'.

This treasure, although it is not an elixir and is inedible, is also a rare artifact for thousands of years. Xiaodao is sincerely afraid, and dedicates this treasure to the emperor!

This treasure is a sharp weapon of the country, and I hope the emperor will give the poor a heavy reward! ”

Immediately, a eunuch took the big black pill from Li Tiantian's hand and examined it carefully.

However, no abnormalities or dangers were found, and it was presented to the emperor.

Emperor Xiang Yanran picked up this big black pill, sniffed the smell of sulfur, and his face was full of doubts, "What can this thing do?" ”

These Taoist priests always come up with something strange in their alchemy.

Xiang Anshi, the king of Huainan, summoned Taoist priests to refine the elixir of life, and accidentally refined the "milk", which made the Empress Dowager Shen like it quite much, rewarded Xiang Anshi with a lot of treasures, and even allowed him to stay in Jinling City.

This Li is naturally the same, the immortal pill can't be refined, but a strange "gunpowder" has been refined.

"Uh... It's a bit complicated to explain! ”

The old immortal Li Tiantian hurriedly said: "I implore the emperor and all the princes and princes to move outside the palace."

After a demonstration of the poor road, the emperor witnessed it with his own eyes, and naturally understood the wonderful use of this pill! If the emperor thinks it's useless, the poor Dao is willing to atone for his sins with a human head! ”

"Oh, then go outside the temple and have a look."

Xiang Yanran got up indifferently.

He wanted to see what treasures made Li naturally so confident, and he was not afraid of being condemned.

Hum!

If he dares to deceive him, this Li will naturally die today.

Hundreds of princes and courtiers were also surprised, whispered a lot of discussions, followed the emperor, and came to the outside of the Jinluan Palace, near a huge square, to watch Li Tiantian's demonstration.

On the square outside the temple.

Li naturally came to the square alone and took out a bottle the thickness of his arm. The bottle was also filled with black powder.

He personally put the big black pill into the bottle, sealed it, and left a fuse on the outside.

Around the bottle, there are more than a dozen tall wooden figures and wooden horses.

Li naturally lit it with a fuse, and ran dozens of feet away, lying on the ground and not daring to move.

"Boom~——!"

But it was a loud bang out of thin air.

The ceramic bottle exploded in an instant, flames rose into the sky, and a strong impact wave of air and fragments smashed more than a dozen wooden people and wooden horses around them.

These wooden men and Trojan horses are all stumps and legs.

Even the leather armor on their bodies has been pierced by ceramic shards.

If these are real people, real horses, and they are defenseless, I am afraid that they will all be killed or injured.

“...”

"It's... What kind of spell is this? ”

"This... It's a thunderstorm on dry land! ”

Hundreds of zhang away, Emperor Xiang Yanran and all the princes and courtiers were shocked by this huge rumbling sound, their faces turned pale and stunned.

Xiang Yanran has been the emperor for so many years, and he has never seen such a terrifying thing.

In the palace, the eunuchs and the Praetorian Guards were all frightened.

If just now, when Li naturally offered the pill, he ignited and detonated this thing, and the guards were completely defenseless, and the emperor would have been blown up a long time ago.

There were even ministers, looking up at the sky sluggishly.

I suspect that a thunder fell from the sky.

However, the sky was clear and cloudless, and there was no thunder.

In the square of the Jinluan Palace, even the ground has been blown out of a shallow pit, and there are still flames burning.

This, this is too similar to the thunder bombardment.

"Your Majesty, this is 'gunpowder', which was accidentally discovered when Poor Dao was refining the elixir a few days ago.

It was the explosion of gunpowder that blew up a small part of the Xuanwu Temple.

It's just that outsiders don't know, and deliberately spread some gossips to confuse the public, propagating the "Yin and Yang Calamity", saying that this is 'natural disasters indicate man-made disasters, and God is punishing the poor Dao refining elixir'.

Bah~!

This is completely non-existent.

Where there is any natural thunder, where is there any natural disaster, this is not a Taoist demon method. It's just gunpowder made by the poor road, and it just explodes.

If anyone doesn't believe it, there is still some gunpowder refined here. Let him light the gunpowder with his own hands and test the power. ”

Li naturally hurriedly ran to the emperor and shouted excitedly.

Emperor Xiang Yanran was still in shock, but his heart was irrepressibly ecstatic.

This gunpowder is so powerful.

One piece of gunpowder can injure more than a dozen soldiers and horses. If you get more gunpowder, you can even blast the city gates open... Wouldn't this be used on the battlefield?!

Whether it is to cut off the princes or to conquer the Xiongnu in the north, this thing is very useful.

He spent countless days and nights dreaming of going out of the fortress for 3,000 miles, stepping on the court of the Huns, and carving stones on the top of Yanran Mountain, maybe there is really hope.

"Your Majesty. Let the minister try it himself! ”

Taiwei Li Rong's eyes lit up, and Huo Ran stood up.

As the Great Chu God of War, Li Rong certainly saw the horror of this "gunpowder" at a glance.

An ordinary person with bare hands, armed with gunpowder, can blow up more than a dozen armored soldiers and horses. What a magic weapon this is!

But he was worried that Li naturally did something, and even used unknown "witchcraft" to cause the explosion.

Try it yourself to verify the authenticity.

"Well, King Ping, you go and try it."

Xiang Yanran couldn't hide her excitement and nodded.

Li naturally taught Li Rong, the king of Ping, how to fill the large porcelain bottle with gunpowder and how to light the fuse. The porcelain vase also had some fragments added to it.

After Li Rong lit the fuse with his own hands, the two hurriedly ran away.

"Boom~——!"

There was another flat thunderclap.

Li Rong looked back.

Behind him, a huge roar and flames rose into the air in the square. Those wooden horses with broken arms and legs were blown to pieces.

This time, even the suspicious minister was sure of it when he saw this scene.

This is definitely the "gunpowder" concocted by the old fairy Li Tiantian, which triggered this explosion with a power comparable to "heavenly thunder".

Where there is any thunder, it is just a complete imagination.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Rong walked quickly to Emperor Xiang Yanran, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the gunpowder refined by Li Natural Daoist is indeed a world-shattering weapon.

Please allow the Taiwei Mansion to study the magic weapons and new tactics for the future conquest of the Huns! ”

"Exactly! The silver taels needed to develop the magic weapon were allocated by Dasi Nong. ”

Xiang Yanran laughed happily.

Surprise!

What an unexpected surprise.

He also thought that under the guise of refining the elixir of immortality for Empress Dowager Shen, he forced the prince and grandson of the Xiang family to spend the 100,000 taels of silver to refine the pill.

spent a sum of money, and most of this silver was to be corrupted by Xiao Duhou.

Xiang Yanran was also ready to find an opportunity to force Xiao Duhou to spit out the silver.

Unexpectedly, this alchemy elixir actually had an incredible effect.

Although the elixir of immortality has not come out, a great killing weapon that can be used on the battlefield has been refined!

This is a miracle!

Since this is the case, he, the emperor, is also more generous, and does not care so much about the abduction and refining of the elixir with the little faint marquis.