Chapter 117: The Imperial History of the Han Dynasty
Although Zong Xing and Zhuo Wenjun left Linqiong on the same day, the two did not travel side by side.
Zhuo Wenjun didn't tell Zong Xing that she chose to go back to Chang'an, and said that Zong Xing would definitely go on the road with Zhuo Wenjun.
However, that would attract the attention of others, Zhuo Wenjun thought that what Zongxing should do on this trip was a confidential matter, and if he could not reveal his whereabouts, there would be no need to take risks.
Therefore, Zongxing's speed alone was much faster than Zhuo Wenjun's, and he hurried almost day and night, and it took seven days from Linqiong to rush back to Du County.
When Zhang Yuan saw Zong Xing come back, the joy on his face couldn't be hidden at all.
Because the time was delayed for too long, Zhang Yuan had not taken the task of making Tian Wei disappear to heart for a long time, he only thought that Zongxing could be safe.
"You kid has been on this trip for so long, what happened on the way?"
Although Zong Xing was physically and mentally exhausted, he still gave Zhang Yuan a smile.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that Sima Xiangru and Tang Meng attacked Yan County.
At that time, the wind was tight, and the villain stayed in the county town for ten more days, but the things you explained to the villain, the villain has already completed. ”
After speaking, Zong Xing took off the package behind him, and then opened it in front of Zhang Yuan.
There were about thirty or forty mad fruit in it.
Zong Xing only knew the effect of this fruit, but he didn't know what Zhang Yuan was going to do with him.
"Okay, put the things here with me first, you have been on the road for such a long time, go home and see your father and mother directly."
Stay in Lam Tin Mountain for ten days and come back to see me. ”
"Hehe, thank you, master."
The matter of the madman fruit is a big deal, although Zhang Yuan doesn't know whether the effect is true or not, but he doesn't plan to find someone to experiment.
If it can really be useful, it will be useful, if it is useless, Zhang Yuan can only think of other ideas, and in the end there is really no way, this is not to say what the punishment for failure of the mission is, resist it and see if there are any consequences.
Poisoning is a technical job, especially the madman fruit, Zhang Yuan can't just take the fruit and throw it into the field according to the rumors in the southwest.
You can only grind it into the dust, and finally squeeze the juice out to see if it can be mixed into the wine, or find other ways to send it to Tian Wei's stomach.
This mad fruit is yellow on the surface and has spikes, which is actually similar to a lychee.
Zhang Yuan made a stone bowl, then found a fist-sized log, locked himself in the room all afternoon, and kept doing thrashing movements.
In the end, the juice harvested was not very much, and after finding a bronze wine bottle to store, Zhang Yuan collected all the remaining kernels.
The reason why Zhang Yuan made this poison was entirely because it was recorded in the history books that Tian Wei had hysteria in the last few months of his life, so he thought that this hallucinogenic drug was likely to aggravate this condition.
If you have poison, you just won't know how to poison it.
Now Zhang Yuan is not the same as before, he can go to the Prime Minister's Mansion casually in the past, and since he switched to Princess Pingyang, Tian Wei has killed himself more than once, if Zhang Yuan goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion for no reason, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of others.
After thinking for a while, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.
"Tai Xueling, are you in the room?"
It was King Wuqiu Shou, Zhang Yuan quickly cleaned up the traces left behind, and then got up and opened the door.
"You were just resting, is there something wrong with you?"
Zhang Yuan welcomed King Wuqiu Shou into the room.
"Taixue Ling, Xia Guan just thought that you said before that the prime minister might block it, and Xia Guan had also heard that Tai Xue Ling and the prime minister had a gap, so he thought about going to Chang'an City with Tai Xue Ling tomorrow.
After seeing the Imperial Doctor, I will accompany you to the Prime Minister's Mansion again, you and I will lower our posture, the Prime Minister has a large number, and the Prime Minister will not give Taixue a burden in this matter. ”
King Wuqiu Shou was obviously worried for a long time, and finally made this decision.
As for whether there are a large number of adults, there is no need to explain anything about things that everyone knows.
"Okay, tomorrow morning, you prepare your horse and I'll take you with you."
"Okay, thank you for the order."
King Wuqiu Shou is worried that his career will be ruined by the grievances between Zhang Yuan and Tian Wei, otherwise he would not have reluctantly waded through this troubled water.
Zhang Yuan didn't care much about it, he knew Tian Wei far more than Wuqiu Shouwang, and he was going to really have a trouble with Tian Wei tomorrow, and a Wuqiu Shouwang was a fart.
Tian Wei didn't regard people like Wuqiu Shouwang as people in his own world at all, if he was persuaded by someone of the same level or who spoke with weight, Tian Wei might be able to calm his anger.
If it is persuaded by a person whose status is much worse than his own, I am afraid that Tian Wei's anger will be even greater.
However, King Wuqiu Shou reminded Zhang Yuan that tomorrow is an opportunity to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in a bright and bright manner, and who else will suspect anything if he has official business?
Zhang Yuan made an inconspicuous container out of thin bamboo overnight, and then gave the venom that was originally contained in the bronze wine bottle inside.
The mashed madman fruit kernels were also collected by Zhang Yuan and put into a thin bamboo container.
Early the next morning, King Wuqiu Shou arrived as promised.
Zhang Yuan didn't let him wait long, simply washed up, changed into an official uniform, put on a seal ribbon, and rode with him to Chang'an City.
When they arrived in Chang'an City, just in time for the end of the court meeting, the two went directly to the palace of the imperial historian in the city.
This official office in Chang'an City is second only to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Yuan is the first time to come, and the officials who come and go in the Imperial Doctor's Mansion are not less than the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The reason is also that Tian Wei regards the Prime Minister's Mansion as his private residence and does not like too many people to come and go, and although Zhang Ou is not a person who does things, he does not have much selfishness.
"This is just the next court, the imperial doctor may not have returned yet, let's go in first and wait."
"Okay."
Wearing an official uniform, he walked into the mansion of the Imperial Doctor, and this time there was no one to ask.
I went straight to the innermost main hall.
In fact, these official offices are all palace-like designs, and each palace is a different institution.
Taixue is also a palace-style design, but because it is located in Du County, only the first half is a palace, and the back is not much different from those mansions in Beique Jiadi.
However, the place where the students live is much better than ordinary houses, and the number of students in Taixue is likely to exceed 10,000 in the future, and only one Taixue can occupy a quarter of the population of Du County.
Fortunately, the students in Taixue are all men, and Zhang Yuan does not have the heart to break the rules, even if there are many people, there is no difference between men and women, and it is more than enough to squeeze 20,000 people.
When the two of them walked to the main hall, someone greeted them with a smile.
These offices are open, and there are no secrets to speak of, and those who can enter through the gate are not idle people.
The only ones that are more strict are the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Tingwei Mansion and the Lieutenant's Mansion.
In addition, half of the official offices are actually distributed in the Jianzhang Palace and the Weiyang Palace, and the idle people can't even enter the palace gate, let alone enter these official offices.
"May I ask Shangguan, but Zhang Yuan is too learned?"
The attitude of the people who came was very respectful, although Zhang Yuan did not know many people, but he had also been to the court a few times, although the number was not many this time, but many times it attracted the attention of most people.
"I am Zhang Yuan, this is the King of Taixue Chengwu Qiushou, this is the first time I have come to the Imperial Shi Doctor's Mansion, and I don't know a few people, dare to ask Your Excellency's name?"
"Xia Guan is the Imperial Historian Cheng Fan Department, he was the Taishou of Jiujiang County before, and he entered Beijing to assist the Imperial Historian Zhang Ou, and it is reasonable that Taixue Ling does not know the lower official."
Zhang Yuan didn't expect that as soon as he came, he would attract the second-in-command of the Imperial Doctor's Mansion to come out to meet.
The Prime Minister's Mansion has three long histories, and the Imperial Historian's Mansion also has two Cheng.
One of them is called the Imperial Shi Dafu, referred to as the Imperial Shi Cheng, who assists the Imperial Shi Dafu in performing the functions of the deputy prime minister, and has to stay in the Imperial Shi Dafu Mansion all the time.
The second is the famous Yushi Zhongcheng, because the Yushi Zhongcheng wants to stay in the palace Lantai to serve the emperor, so it has to be more reused, and sometimes the world only knows that there is a Yushi Zhongcheng but does not know that there is also a Yushi Dafucheng.
Zhang Yuan has a little impression of this person, mainly because this guy connects the upper and lower generations, the upper refers to Gongsun Hong, and the lower refers to Li Cai.
This guy will also be promoted to the imperial historian in the future, the person in front of him is Gongsun Hong, and he will be the prime minister after he is the imperial historian, and the next imperial historian under him is Li Cai, and Li Cai will also be the prime minister after he is the imperial historian.
During Liu Che's reign, only Gongsun Hong and Li Cai were promoted from the position of imperial historian to the post of prime minister, Gongsun Hong was the representative of the civil officials, and Li Cai was the representative of the military generals.
In this way, the fan system sandwiched between the two people is quite a bit of a feeling of not being up or down.
"It turned out to be Yu Shicheng, I have heard of your reputation a long time ago, earlier His Majesty wanted to build a canal to irrigate the farmland, I remember that it was you who suggested it."
Fan Ji touched his head embarrassedly, he really thought that Zhang Yuan had paid attention to himself before.
"Taixue Ling smiled, and it was because of this incident that I was transferred to Chang'an."
Zhang Yuan nodded, this transfer from a place to the Imperial Historian is obviously a demotion, coupled with the performance of the Fan Department, it shows that the matter of repairing the canal is not going well.
However, Zhang Yuan only knew about his suggestion to Liu Che to repair the canal, and he didn't know anything else.