() After only ten minutes before and after the questioning, Li Gui, Chen Yong and others left to wash, eat and rest.

At present, Chen Xu has almost made the matter of Yanmen Pass very clear from the two different levels, official and non-governmental.

The seriousness of the matter has far exceeded Chen Xu's expectations, if it is not dealt with in advance and appeased, then it will cause a riot and uprising.

After Chen Xu pondered for a long time, he spread out the paper and pen and sat in the study and began to write and play.

Things got to this point, and he had to do something.

The time soon came to the end of the day, and many people in the house had already fallen asleep, and Chen Xu was still meditating under the lamp and candle to write a book, until a woman with a soft figure came in with a lantern with a glass lampshade and gently draped a snow leopard skin blanket over his body.

"Gently!" Chen Xu came back to his senses at this time, put down the brush and brought his frozen hands to his mouth to warm up.

"Husband, it's almost time, you better go and rest early, otherwise you will be tired!" It was soft and heartache that he covered Chen Xu's cold hands on his chest and said.

"This matter is urgent, the news brought back by Li Gui and Chen Yong and others today is not very good, maybe there will be a riot in the counties of Yanmen Taiyuan County, I have to write the music and submit it to Your Majesty in the court as soon as possible!" Feeling the tenderness and fullness of the two masses, Chen Xu did not have any usual thoughts, reached out and gently hugged the water in his arms, and said apologetically.

Shui gently flipped through Chen Xu's recital, his face quickly became serious, and after reading it, he said softly: "I didn't expect a small matter to evolve to such a complicated point, Wang Li is indeed not as much as Meng Tian, if this matter continues, I am afraid it will really lead to a riot, but it is better for the husband to enter the palace first to discuss with the emperor, otherwise it will be taken out in the court, I am afraid that it will cause too much trouble!" ”

Chen Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I also thought so, but the emperor didn't know about this matter, he just didn't want to, he would rather wait until the people of Zhao Di rioted, and then use the army to quell the rebellion, Wang's status in the emperor's mind is unmatched, as long as it is not a crime of treason and rebellion, the emperor will not move them at all, not to mention that Wang Jian has just died less than 100 days, if the emperor orders to punish Wang Li, it will make many people who don't know the truth think that the emperor has the intention of suppressing the Wang family, and at the same time, it will also make the army dissatisfied, If I go to the palace to negotiate, the emperor will definitely delay, but as long as I want to take it to the court for an open and honest discussion, the emperor will have to answer positively, no matter how the emperor handles this matter, what happened in Yanmen will quickly spread to the people, so that the people can understand the beginning and details of this matter......"

"Do you want to use the power of the people to force the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly?" Shui gently turned his head to look at Chen Xu.

"Yes, many officials in the court know about this matter at the moment, but the people don't know it very well, but if this matter is picked out in the court, the people will inevitably have a huge reaction, I am forcing the emperor by doing this, and at the same time I am testing the Marquis of Tongwu!"

"Are you saying that the Marquis of Tongwu may not know about this?" The water was soft and full of doubts.

"I guess it should be so, when the incident of Yanmen Pass happened, the Marquis of Tongwu was still in Lingnan to conquer Baiyue, Wang Jian in order not to let Wang Ben be affected, will inevitably suppress this matter, and then Wang Jian was seriously ill, once arranged for the servants to enter the palace to ask the emperor to transfer Wang Ben back, but the emperor refused, the inside may also mention that the emperor punished Wang Li, but it may also be rejected by the emperor, and Wang Ben's class returned to the dynasty only a few days after Wang Jian died, if he told Wang Ben about this, Wang Ben will inevitably react, According to what I know about Wang Ben, if he knew that he would definitely deal with this matter as soon as possible, he would definitely not continue to delay...... Wang Ben and Wang Jian are different, Wang Jian is good at using strategy, but Wang Ben likes to use soldiers in a dignified manner, which is much simpler and more transparent than Wang Qian's mind! ”

"Then you said that if the Marquis of Tongwu didn't know about this, how would he deal with it in the end?" The water is gentle and there are still many doubts.

"I guess he will ask the emperor to arrest Wang Li and many of the generals involved in this matter and bring them back to Beijing for questioning!" Chen Xu thought for a moment and said.

"I don't understand the things of the court, but this matter always makes me feel a little uneasy, and the master once said: Sitting and forgetting to speak, the ups and downs of the heart are all Dharma thoughts. Everything in the world is closely related to the entanglement of cause and effect, and this matter of the husband may bring disaster to himself! Shui looked at Chen Xu with a worried face and said.

"Disaster?!" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and then his face slowly became extremely serious and serious, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head slightly, "The eldest husband should do something and not do something, if I let this matter go, then the reform of Daqin will be extremely difficult, you know my thoughts, so I must do it, even if it is to offend the Wang family, to offend the emperor, Huaxia finally has a thriving momentum now, I will definitely not retreat, it is late at night, you go to sleep first, I need to finish sorting out the book!" ”

"I'm going to make a pot of hot tea for my husband!" Shui gently stood up from Chen Xu's arms, went out with a lantern to make tea, and soon came in with tea, and left after a few words of concern.

After a night of silence, Chen Xu returned from the court the next day, and found that Ma Teng had returned to the Qinghe Courtyard with a group of servants, accompanied by a young man wearing exquisite fur clothes, about 1.75 meters tall, with a straight nose and a slightly heroic mouth, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, but his expression was tired and he also had the color of servants.

"Meet Master Hou!"

"Taiyuan Yang Zhen greets the Hou Ye!"

After Chen Xu's carriage stopped, Li Gui, Ma Teng and the young man hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, especially Yang Zhen, although his face was full of tiredness and fatigue, and there were two dark circles on his face, he could see that he was already excited and almost unstable.

If he hadn't known Ma Teng, he would never have had the opportunity to be so close to the world-famous Qinghe Marquis in his life.

"No courtesy, just come back safely, follow me to the study!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded, and took Ma Teng, Yang Chong and Li Gui straight to the backyard study, and the maid retreated and closed the door after making tea.

"Master Hou, this time fortunately, we have found several kinds of river mud for making inkstones, and we have brought back a few samples of inkstones screened by craftsmen, you can take a look!" Ma Teng didn't have time to drink tea, so he took out four or five round or square pottery inkstones from a cowhide satchel one after another, and put them on the coffee table, the colors were yellow and black.

Chen Xu picked up a few inkstones one by one and looked at them carefully, and found that they were very different from the stone inkstones, and they did not have the delicate and lubricated feeling of a good inkstone, but they were heavy and abnormal, and there was a crisp sound of gold and jade hitting them lightly, which was somewhat similar to the stone.

In later generations, there are four famous inkstones, Chengni inkstone is one of them, and Chengni inkstone is also the only inkstone fired by pottery method, and the rest of the inkstones are carved by slowly pondering and carving with stones.

Nowadays, pen, ink, paper, inkstone has begun to become popular on a large scale, and inkstone has become an indispensable object for cultural people to write, but the requirements for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are not too high, and they are not high, after all, all kinds of calligraphy art are faintly rising, far less prosperous and diverse than the development to the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, so for the inkstone Chen Xu did not plan to do how delicate and good, can be used, a good stone inkstone is now only sold for dozens of hundreds of dollars, and this time to find the production of Chengni inkstone, It's just an excuse that Chen Xu used to cover up people's ears.

"Well, these inkstones are made well, but they are not fine enough, and the heat and method of firing are not quite right, after the beginning of spring, you arrange for someone to go again, and test more, to burn this mud and sand inkstone almost the same as the stone inkstone, then it will be considered a success!" Chen Xu said after putting down the last inkstone.

"Yes, Hou Ye rest assured, after the beginning of spring, Teng will take people to Fenshui to find good sediment, and arrange good craftsmen to experiment!" Ma Teng nodded hurriedly.

"Have you ever encountered difficulties in finding mud and sand to make inkstones?" Chen Xu nodded and asked.

"Back to Hou Ye, this time it was quite smooth, especially after meeting Brother Yang, he led the way to introduce local officials and craftsmen who are familiar with geography, and soon found several delicate river mud, after washing and precipitation, the inkstone is still suitable for use, many local celebrities and celebrities are greatly appreciated after using it, some people learned that it is the inkstone made by Hou Ye, and they want to spend a lot of money to buy ......"

Ma Teng told a rough account of the search for the inkstone, and after Chen Xu listened, he turned his head to look at the excited Yang Zhen, "I heard that you and Yang Tong and Yang Gong are relatives?" ”

Yang Zhen hurriedly stood up and saluted excitedly and said, "Yes, Yang Gong and my grandfather are clan brothers, and they haven't come out of the five suits yet!" ”

"Hehe, it seems that I am really an acquaintance, I have been in the same palace with Yang Gong for two years, and I am very familiar with each other, since it is after Yang Gong, you don't need to be restrained when you see me in the future, you and Ma Teng are still a few years older than me, and you can intersect with each other on weekdays!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Don't dare, don't dare, Hou Ye and the ancestor Yang Gong are equals, how dare they be equals...... Later...... ...... later"

"Nonsense, Ben Hou is only in his twenties, Yang Gong is seventy or eighty years old, how can Ben Hou be the same generation as Yang Gong!" Chen Xu interrupted Yang Zhen's words with tears and laughter, and said while drinking tea, "I haven't seen Yang Gong for several years since he resigned, I don't know how Yang Gong is doing?" ”

"Back to Hou Ye, the ancestor of the clan is still in good health, but he can't travel far because he is old, otherwise he will come to Xianyang with Zhen to meet Hou Ye this time!"

"That's good, don't toss the long way, wait for Ben Hou to go to Taiyuan, from now on to visit Yang Gong, this time Ben Hou is looking for river mud to make inkstones, thank Brother Yang for help, this time you can temporarily live in Xianyang on Ben Hou's mansion, don't be too restrained, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking!"

"How dare you disturb Master Hou, I have already made an appointment with Brother Teng on the way here, and this time I came to Xianyang to eat, drink and play at his expense, hehe!"

"Master Hou, leave the matter of entertaining Brother Yang to me, so as not to disturb the lives of Lord Hou and the concubines!" Ma Teng smiled and arched his hand.

"That's fine, Ma Teng is familiar with Meng Yun and others, and eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are also suitable for the temperament of you people, I heard that your family has opened many coal mines......"

After a conversation, Yang Zhen, as a rich second generation and a standard gentleman, quickly let go of his nervous and restrained mood after being familiar with Chen Xu's personality and style, and talked and laughed with Chen Xu, more than ten minutes later, Chen Xu asked Ma Teng to leave in advance to arrange the accompanying craftsmen and servants, and then left Yang Zhen and Li Gui. Fupin Chinese