Coming out of Chao Mansion, Song An led Zhao Xingde to Hanlin Courtyard by himself.

"This is Xiaguan's fellow disciple, Zhao Yuanzhi." entered the various bureaus of the Hanlin Academy in the palace, as long as Song An played the relationship of Chao Buzhi, he would pass all the way unimpeded. Zhao Xingde couldn't help but be secretly surprised by the breadth of Chao Buzhi's connections in the Hanlin Academy. Song An seemed to see the doubts in his heart, and said with a smile: "In the imperial court system, civil officials are moved every three years, and military attaches are transferred every five years, but it takes ten years for the trick officers of the Hanlin Academy to be promoted to the first rank, so although the master is only from the seventh-grade Taishi Bureau, he is also one of the highest-ranking officials in the Taishi Bureau." What's more, with the status of the respected teacher in the Confucian and literary circles, even if he was framed and served as the commander of the Taishi Bureau, how could he be treated the same as these Hanlin Academy officials. ”

Zhao Xingde nodded, Chao Buzhi's writing is famous all over the world, and among the scholars, there are also quite friends. Although people are officials in the Hanlin Academy, they are not miscellaneous currents that can be suppressed at will. He couldn't help but imagine that if the respected Confucian master Yang Shi was sent to the Hanlin Academy to be an official, along with his disciples and grandchildren, would the status of the Hanlin Academy be greatly enhanced, so that it could compete with the Hanlin Academy. Some people are restricted by official positions, while others are not restricted by official positions.

In the Taishi Bureau, there are not only crystal-polished magnifying glasses, telescopes, sky-viewing mirrors and other things, but also a rather large water transport instrument platform, which can not only observe the celestial phenomena and demonstrate the celestial phenomena, but also time and tell the time. Just when he was surprised by this behemoth, he suddenly heard a bronze figure drill out of the lotus copper kettle placed next to the elephant platform.

Seeing this, Song An smiled and said: "This is a cymbal made by the officials of the Taishi Bureau in order to save trouble, and the craftsmen of Dongbazuo work together, and they have to be beaten eight times every time." Almost at the same time as the cymbals rang, the bell tower of the Daqing Hall not far away rang the bell. Zhou Zhichang, who accompanied the Taishi Bureau, subconsciously looked relieved, this time in Tokyo is subject to the bell of the Daqing Palace, and the correction of the bell of the Daqing Hall is counting on the copper carving leakage next to the water transport instrument platform, if there is a difference between the time of the cymbal god and the bell of the Daqing Palace, he will immediately hold the tooth card to play and correct the lotus leakage on the side of the Daqing Palace.

He came from later generations, in this ancient Hanlin Academy, but it looked more like a Grandma Liu, Zhao Xingde looked up at the roof quite embarrassed, but his gaze froze again, and a very magnificent stellar map was drawn on the dome without roof beams, thousands of stars were connected into hundreds of groups with dotted lines, and three or four hundred star groups such as twenty-eight constellations were identified in regular script next to them, which were called star officials at this time. Underneath the stars, there are dense charts and annotations, indicating the names of the stars contained in each group of stars, the occupancy and de-polarization of the stars, and so on.

Song An smiled and looked at his junior brother stunned, when he first came to the Taishi Bureau to see, it was also the case, the Great Song Dynasty forbade the folk to study astronomy privately, whether it was a scholar or a common man, he always had an inexplicable sense of awe for the mysterious starry sky, and when he suddenly placed himself under the magnificent star map of the Taishi Bureau, no matter who it was, he would always be attracted in an instant.

"It's really ......" Zhao Xingde finally retracted his gaze, he wanted to find a word to describe his shock, but he couldn't say it, he only looked at Song An and Zhou Jin, who accompanied him, in a daze.

"Alright, let's go to Shang Pharmacy." Song An smiled, and was about to leave with Zhao Xingde, but the straight Zhou Jin hesitated for a moment, took two steps, and said to Song An: "Song Duguan's life-saving grace, the lower official is unforgettable." In the future, if you are sent, you will be at your disposal. ”

"What are you?" Song An was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembered, waved his hand and smiled: "It's hard to raise your hands, why worry about it." ”

After the two of them tacitly said goodbye, Zhao Xingde couldn't touch it, and Song An said in a low voice: "A few days ago, the people of Bianliang sent Mr. Huang Zhoushan out of Beijing, and this Zhou Zhichang and a few colleagues from the Hanlin Academy also went, but they were locked by Kaifeng Mansion, and the officials of Kaifeng Mansion scared them and said that they wanted to ask about the crime of rebellion, and their families found Shizun, and I was familiar with Cao Senjun of Kaifeng Mansion, so I handed over the message and released it. ”

He said it lightly, as if rescuing a few tricksters from the prison of Kaifeng Mansion was really as light as a feather. Song An, the criminal department, is in charge of the increase and abolition of the officials of the criminal department, and the family is connected with the crime of treason, although it is not noble enough, and it is difficult to be promoted, but it is a job that turns over and asks for people's lives, and he has to deal with countless relationships every month, and it is indeed not worth mentioning to solve Zhou Jin's case of being obviously defrauded by the officials of Kaifeng Mansion.

Walking into the Shang Pharmacy, a fragrance mixed with the smell of medicine came to the face, the palace maids came back and forth, some helped to dispense the medicine, and some waited to send the configured pills to the palaces, Zhao Xingde was rough in medical skills, and carefully looked at the neatly stacked medicinal materials, most of them were prescriptions for nourishing the body and regulating qi, it seems that the people in the royal family pay a lot of attention to maintaining the body. In this Shang Pharmacy, Zhao Xingde looked at the beauties with great interest more than when he looked at acupuncture and moxibustion medicinal materials, and thought to himself, that Shang Shi, Shang Yi, and Shang She are probably the same as such a beautiful scene, but it is a pity that only this Shang Pharmacy is under the jurisdiction of the Hanlin Academy because of the relationship of medicine, and he can still come here to travel, but several other internal bureaus have no chance to see. He suddenly thought that as an emperor, he used the wealth of the world's children to worship one person's desires, but the three palaces and six courts were taken for granted, no wonder everyone wanted to compete for this position. While looking around, Zhao Xingde suddenly saw that after shooting willows during the Qingming Festival last time, the palace maid who gave him a sweat towel on behalf of the master was also waiting to get the pill, and the palace maid also happened to see him, her beautiful eyes flickered, and then she lowered her eyelashes, pretending not to know.

Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, and did not step forward to say hello. At this time, Song An also met an acquaintance, and said to a middle-aged man in a crimson official robe who came to get medicine: "Lord Shen." The middle-aged man had a Chinese face, no beard under his chin, and his face was calm, he raised his eyes and glanced at Song An, only smiled slightly, arched his hand to him, and turned his face to the people from Shang Pharmacy who were accompanying him.

Deng Zhichang of the Shang Pharmacy opposite Lord Shen saw him turn his face, and the smiling face that had just been relaxed immediately bloomed again, he glanced at Song An and the two, and said in a low voice: "What the adults want, the lower officials have already prepared." As he spoke, he sent a small white porcelain medicine bottle to Shen Yun's hand.

Shen Yun borrowed the medicine bottle, and snorted slightly in his nose, "It's just that the Shang Pharmacy used the wrong amount of medicine before, and the loss of Jinwei Mansion is not small." This time, I think you should have a long memory, too. Hearing it in Deng Zhichang's ears, it was like thunder, and his body trembled slightly. This is a poison that is extremely difficult to configure, and after taking it, a person will die as if he had a heartache and a bad disease. It's just that if you want to reach the point where people don't know, the amount of medicine is to be extremely particular, the previous Imperial City Division asked to be distracted and used, it is said that the medicine is too strong, and the dead man's face turned blue, exposing a dark line hidden in the Liao State in Shangjing. This Shen Gonggong was furious and implicated more than a dozen people, including Feng Yu of Shang Pharmacy, and disappeared from then on.

"Lord Shen, rest assured, this medicine powder was personally supervised and adjusted by the lower officials, and it will never delay the big event." Deng Zhichang only felt that the soybean sweat on his back had come out. This time, he was afraid that the medicine would be too strong, so he lightened a few flavors of tiger and wolf medicine, and after being drugged, it was as if he had a heartache attack and died, even if the imperial doctor came to test it, he couldn't see the slightest trace of poisoning.

After Shen Yun left, Song An breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhao Xingde: "Just now this is Gonggong Shen, the official of the Imperial City. "Eunuch?" Zhao Xingde subconsciously whispered, he saw that Shen Yun was burly, with a sword hanging from his waist, and thought that he was the military attache of the Praetorian Guard. "This Shen Gonggong is in charge of investigating the crime of rebellion and colluding with the enemy, although the grade is not high, but many princes and princes have to avoid him. I've dealt with me a few times, and although I'm a father-in-law, I'm also diligent in royal affairs. Song An explained in a low voice.

While the two were talking, Deng Zhichang had already walked over, and Song An introduced him: "Brother Deng, this is the same junior brother of Xiaguan, Zhao Xingde, and now he is Taixue Xuanru. ”

Deng Weiwei arched his hand with a smile on his face and said, "It turned out to be Chao Taishi's tall feet, a young talent." ”

Although Deng Weiwei is a seventh-rank official, his official rank is one level higher than that of the Taishi Bureau Order from the seventh-rank, and it is also higher than Song An's official position. But this Song An is a lawsuit in the criminal department with real power, and Chao Buzhi is a few people in the literary world at that time, although he was assigned to a place like the Taishi Bureau, but if he can't guarantee that one day the official family will change his mind, he will be on the rise. Even if Chao Taishi's official position has not been promoted, he still has many powerful civil official friends to help. A few random bullets and a few stumbling blocks are not something that the head of the Pharmacy Bureau can withstand. Deng Wei carefully talked to the two for a while, and then turned to leave.

After Zhao Xingde left completely, the palace maid who knew Zhao Xingde walked lightly to the side of Deng Wei, the head of the Shang Pharmacy Bureau, and pretended to talk unintentionally, she was the most useful person in front of the most favored princess of the official family, and she was the most clever and sharp-tongued, and between three words, she asked Zhao Xingde and the others about the situation clearly, and then took the special incense pill made by the Shang Pharmacy and returned to the White Jade Palace with joy on her face.

The Rouyi Hall of the White Jade Palace is the sleeping palace of Queen Zhang, and the third prince of Queen Zhang, King Jing, has been ordered to live in the mansion after he became an adult, and the sixteenth princess Zhao Huan, who was born to Zhao Qi's mother, is still living in this White Jade Palace because she is still young and the most favored.

Zhao Huan lives in a room in the east of the Rouyi Palace, the four corners are carved with exquisite patterns of white marble columns, between the columns is the Cizhou official kiln carefully fired hollow white tile wall, the wall is carved and painted wooden windows, the window is filled with translucent crystal pieces of various colors, in the middle is a sandalwood roof without a beam, the roof is covered with gold powder glazed tiles. Sunlight filters through crystals, warm and soft, and the ceramic, jade, and damask curtains reflect the delicate hues of the room.

On the carved dresser on one side of the room, Zhao Huan was facing the dressing mirror, frowning slightly, one eye open and the other closed, carefully applying a blue-black smoky ink to the side of his eye. She is about fourteen or fifteen years old, with shaved shoulders and a thin waist, picturesque eyebrows, like a beauty, but her body is not yet plump. Her skin is as delicate as ivory, Shi Zhu is too red, and Shi Zhu is too white, but this is also the trouble of this little princess.

"Why is it that others are so good-looking when they paint this tearful makeup, but I am so ugly?" Zhao Huan sighed sadly and earnestly, and prepared to wash off the pink delicacy on the side of his eyes with morning dew as if he was resigned. At this time, he heard the voice of the young man behind him sneered and laughed: "The sixteenth sister is naturally beautiful, but she is disgusted with the color of pink and delicacy, so she should only lightly sweep the moth eyebrows towards the supreme." ”

"Third brother?" Zhao Huan's face showed a hint of surprise, among the many princes and princesses, only Zhao Qi was born to her mother, the two grew up together in Zhang Guifei's bedroom, they were the most favored by their father, and they were also very close to each other. However, when Zhao Huan turned around and saw Zhao Qi's expression with a smile on his face, his eyes were wide open, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Third brother death, you actually make fun of me with a bad woman like Mrs. Qiuguo, see that I don't report to my father!" ”

Seeing this light and angry appearance, Zhao Qi's heart fluttered, and he secretly scolded himself, but he was busy begging for mercy: "Good sixteenth sister, it's all my brother's fault, you have to look at the face of the queen mother, don't embarrass me." ”

Zhao Huan snorted lightly and said, "The queen mother wants to know that you are laughing at me, and I will definitely teach you a hard lesson, how can you say that it depends on the face of the queen mother?" ”

When Zhao Qi heard the word "ridicule", he was really frightened. Although the father is suave and suave, and he also likes that the three princes have his demeanor, he has always taken the words and deeds of the princes very seriously, and the crime of ridiculing his sister can be big or small, and he is also the princess Huan, who is the most favored by his father, I am afraid that the prince and brother who are hiding in the East Palace and pretend to be a sage will laugh off their big teeth.

"Good sister, although you live in this Rouyi Palace, you should also know something about the things between me and my eldest brother, my father intends to let me participate in next year's imperial examination," Zhao Qi knew that this sister also knew a lot of things in the palace, and if she helped in the battle of the East Palace, she would be a little more sure, "If my brother wins the top prize, my father is happy, it is a great thing." ”

Zhao Huan had already been advised by her mother, Empress Zhang, to let her not involve her brothers in the competition for the throne, and when she heard Zhao Qi mention this matter, she had to pretend to be deaf and dumb, staring at the half-washed tear makeup in the mirror with a loss, and let Zhao Qi beg for a while, only promising not to say bad things about him in front of his father.

After Zhao Qi left with a thousand thanks, Zhao Huan sighed lowly, and his mood was inexplicably low, but at this time, the confidant palace maid Qingnu tiptoed forward, blessed a blessing, and said with a happy face: "Princess, the son who shot the willow on the Qingming Festival is a disciple of Chao Taishi, and the slave maid bumped into him in the Shang Pharmacy today, but he didn't dare to come forward to speak." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Huan said, "What's his name, but is he really a student of Taixue," she paused, and then said in a low voice, "What is his family background?" ”

Qingnu had already prepared, a pair of eyes were full of pride, skillful mouth up and down, and after a while, the princess learned that this son's surname was Zhao Mingxingde, the word Yuan was straight, and he was the son of the late Longtu Pavilion servant Zhao Tixin, who had not yet been married.

"It turned out to be the son of Zhao Shizhi," Zhao Huan's heart was cold, according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, the same surname is not allowed to intermarry, and the violator will have his fame abolished, and he will be convicted of four years of hard labor, she feels empty in her heart, and she almost can't help but shed tears, and she reluctantly comforted herself, "According to the rules of this dynasty, the horse is not allowed to hold important positions, this Zhao Gongzi is both civil and military, and must have the talent to help the world in Kuang Shi, and the heart of assisting the country and saving the people. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel sad and whispered, "That's it, it's okay." ”

Although Qingnu was coarse in writing, he didn't know about this kind of regulation in the Great Song Dynasty, so he said with joy on his face: "Princess, can you ask the slave to inquire about Zhao Gongzi's situation again, such as whether the family is married?" ”

Zhao Huan shook his head lightly and sighed: "Forget it." Qing Nu saw that her expression turned from joy to sorrow, and for some reason, he only learned that he didn't mention it, and changed his words to praise the tall and big white coral that His Royal Highness King Jing had just sent, which matched the decoration of the Rouyi Palace.

On the east side of Miyagi, Song An took Zhao Xingde from Shang Pharmacy to Dongbazuo, and Zhao Xingde's eyes were immediately attracted by a fire gun placed on the workbench.

"I heard that Yuan Zhi has a three-stone bow and is good at archery, why are you still interested in fire?" Song An looked at Zhao Xingde with interest.

"After all, it's something that is hard to see outside, so you have to look twice." Zhao Xingde said with a smile, this firebolt is the same as a crossbow arrow, which can make the old and weak who have no power to kill the prime-aged people, so it is listed as a forbidden thing by the people by the imperial court. He looked back at the accompanying firearm official She Lu, who rubbed his hands and smiled: "Although Zhao Zhenru is ready, you Chao Taishi's high feet, what are the taboos." ”

Zhao Xingde stretched out his hand and took the firearm with the wooden handle in his hand, and checked it, feeling a little heavy. Because the strength of the cast iron is not enough, the wall of the gun tube is very thick, and the hole is a little small. The two bifurcated wooden brackets under the pedestal at the rear end of the cast barrel are attached to the back, and a wooden stick is completely straight, and the back is a curved shoulder rest, but it does not have a curved butt shape like later firearms.

Zhao Xingde glanced at the flickering black iron projectile placed next to him and asked, "How far can this gun shoot, and how powerful is it?" ”

She Lu glanced at the gun and said, "This one is a heavy bomb, with a double medicine, it can shoot to a distance of about forty paces, and if it is a light bullet, it can be shot sixty steps away with a single pill." ”

"So close?"

Seeing the disappointed look on Zhao Xingde's face, She Lu knew that there were many people among the civil officials who opposed the change to firearms, so he immediately explained: "Although the range of this firearm is shorter than that of a bow and arrow, it is powerful and can penetrate heavy armor, as long as those who are shot in the chest and abdomen will definitely die." Zhao Xingde looked at the round iron gun, there seemed to be some burr stakes on it that had not been completely smoothed, such a projectile really wanted to penetrate the flesh and blood, it must be a very terrifying hole, not to mention people, but I was afraid that the horse would also die.

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