On the way to Chang'an, everyone's interest was not high, and they still lost in the matter of arresting Wang Hu, after all, Wang Hu committed suicide and took away a lot of their manpower, no matter how you look at it, it is their failure.

Su Bai's carriage was lifted open by a giant arrow, and the sunlight shone into the carriage along the gap, Su Bai closed his eyes to recuperate, his current strength is still too poor, just such a small assassin has already made Su Bai go into battle shirtless, what if ten assassins come in the future? What about a hundred?

It still takes time! Even if Su Bai has a system, it still takes time to precipitate.

Zhao Yue'er gently rubbed Su Bai's head, wanting to share some of the burden for her husband, Su Bai grabbed her hand, let her press it on her forehead, and said softly, "I'll sleep for a while, and call me when I get to Chang'an."

"Hmm"

Zhao Yue'er agreed softly, becoming more and more like a good wife and mother, and she couldn't see the pungent appearance back then.

Su Bai's honor guard for this trip is relatively low-key, no, he didn't come to Chang'an with the honor guard in full swing at all, otherwise the speed would definitely be much slower. The travel of a marquis of the Tang Dynasty is not such a simple matter. Not to mention the flowers paving the road, the clear water and clean streets, there is not much difference.

When I arrived in Chang'an, I went straight to "Mingde Academy", and the eyes of the people on the road were staring at Su Bai's carriage, not that the carriage was luxurious, but it was too uncommon for carriages without a roof!

After arriving at "Mingde Academy", the old porter Liu greeted him with a smile, and Su Bai was also very happy to see him, and laughed softly, "Uncle Liu, how is your health lately?" Lao Liu smiled and patted his chest and said, "It's strong, you can eat two big steamed buns for every meal!" ”

After hearing this, Su Bai laughed twice and said, "It's a blessing to be able to eat, it's a blessing to be able to eat", Zhao Yue'er took the two little girls and went to the backyard like the wind, she hasn't returned to Chang'an for so long, and the little girl is also homesick.

The sound of reading on both sides was loud, Su Bai chatted with Lao Liu at the door for a while, and then walked into the courtyard, Zhao Ming is an elder, naturally it is impossible to greet him, Zhao Yue'er ran out in a hurry, took Su Bai's hand and walked to the courtyard, and said dissatisfiedly, "The husband is really, I let my mother scold me"

Su Bai was puzzled: "Madame, why did you say this?" Zhao Yue'er pouted and said, "I'm not a husband yet, I won't enter the door after I go home, and I will talk at the door endlessly!" Su Bai smiled after hearing this, he and Uncle Liu hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they had just met, so naturally they left immediately.

After Zhao Yue'er pulled Su Bai back to the inner courtyard room, she saw Zhao Mingzheng and Mrs. Zhao sitting in the upper hand position. ”

Zhao Ming agreed, reached out and picked up the teacup and wanted to take a sip, the one on the shelf was full of screams! Mrs. Zhao's hand fell on Zhao Ming's waist without a trace, and after a slight rotation, she saw that Zhao Ming's hand trembled suddenly, and she almost couldn't even hold the tea.

Mrs. Zhao chuckled and said, "Get up, get up, don't kneel on the ground, it's all a family, what are you doing outside like this", after Su Bai stood up, he smiled and said, "Etiquette can't be abolished, I still remember the first time my father-in-law taught me to read, and what I read was "Li""

After hearing this, Zhao Ming nodded lightly and said, "If people don't learn etiquette, how is it different from beasts?" Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao glanced at Zhao Ming lightly, but she didn't say anything.

Mrs. Zhao looked at Su Bai, then at Zhao Yue'er, and finally her eyes fell on Zhao Yue'er's stomach, and after looking back and forth twice, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little awkward. In this room, there is not a single stupid person, who does not know what she means?

But these things are always difficult to say in person, Su Bai is also a little embarrassed, is it difficult to tell her that early marriage and early childbearing are not good? I'm afraid they won't believe it! In the end, Zhao Yue'er took the initiative to solve the siege and said, "Mother, it's noon, don't eat yet, my daughter's stomach will be hungry if I don't eat."

Mrs. Zhao glanced at her angrily and said, "Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat all day long, and sooner or later your family will be poor!" After hearing this, Zhao Yue'er smiled and said, "My husband's ability to make money is amazing, and he can't spend it in ten lifetimes!" ”

After speaking, he still straightened up his small chest, which is called pride! Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but glance at Zhao Ming when she heard this, and after Zhao Ming coughed embarrassedly, she quickly changed the topic and said, "Your mother has already ordered the kitchen to prepare meals, there are seasonal vegetables that you like to eat, and there are roast chickens that your husband likes."

After Zhao Yue'er heard this, she nodded with satisfaction, and Su Bai also hurriedly diverted the topic, she was only eleven years old, where could she have a child?

The mother and daughter have not seen each other for so long, naturally there are a lot of things to say, after Su Bai asked for peace, Mrs. Zhao took Zhao Yue'er down, and only Zhao Ming and Su Bai were left in the room, after staring at each other for a long time, Su Bai gently took out a small money bag in his arms, the moment Zhao Ming saw the money bag, his face was like the melting snow of the spring sun, and he was immediately warm like spring, and laughed and said, "Virtuous son-in-law, come on, take a seat"

Su Bai was not polite, walked to Mrs. Zhao's seat before and sat down, and then handed the money bag in his hand to Zhao Mingdao, "The first two times the son-in-law came to rush, this time I specially prepared some, and asked my father-in-law to smile."

Of course, Zhao Ming smiled, took it and opened it, and saw that it was full of yellow and clear gold leaves, and weighed the weight with his hands, I was afraid that there were more than ten taels, and he couldn't even see his eyes when he was laughing.

The more he looked at Su Bai, the more pleasing it was to the eye, and after carefully hiding the money bag in a vase not far away, Zhao Ming looked at Su Bai with a smug face and said, "Drink a little with me at noon!" "This kind of small request, Su Bai naturally will not refuse.

After all the meals were ready, Mrs. Zhao Mingzhao, Su Bai and Zhao Yue'er sat around the dining table together, and there were no less than twenty dishes on the table! As soon as he took two sips of the wine glass, Lao Liu ran in with a anxious look on his face, and when he saw that everyone was there, he said anxiously, "Master, a father-in-law came outside, saying that his surname is Qiu, and he is here to find Wushuang Hou!" ”

As soon as Su Bai heard it, he understood that it was Gonggong Qiu who was coming, Zhao Ming looked at Su Bai, and asked whether he saw it or not. Su Bai nodded and said, "Let him in", Lao Liu said yes, turned around and went out to deliver the news.

It didn't take long for Gonggong Qiu to walk in, and when he saw Su Bai, he bent down and saluted, "Old slave, see Wushuang Hou!" Su Bai waved his hand and said, "My father-in-law is polite, I don't know why my father-in-law came to look for Wang?" ”

Gonggong Qiu smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard the news of the Wushuang Marquis entering Beijing, so he asked the old slave to convey the news, if the Hou Ye has nothing else to do in the afternoon, please follow the old slave into the palace, the prince has not seen the Hou Ye for a long time, and he misses it very much."

When Su Bai heard this, he nodded lightly and said, "Then, I'll go with my father-in-law", after speaking, he stood up and saluted Zhao Ming and Mrs. Zhao, "Please forgive my son-in-law for being rude, I want to leave the table halfway."

Zhao Ming waved his hand indifferently and said, "Focus on the country!" What's wrong? ”

After Su Bai saluted again, he followed Gonggong Qiu out, the carriage outside the door had been waiting for a long time, and when he got into the carriage, Gonggong Qiu said in a low voice, "Master Hou's carriage and carport have been opened, but what trouble did you encounter?" ”

Su Bai nodded and said softly, "On the way to Chang'an, I was assassinated by a little thief!" When Gonggong Qiu heard this, his face changed color at that time, and he asked a little hideously, "Does Master Hou know who it is?" ”

Su Bai shook his head and said, "I don't know", and Gonggong Qiu said fiercely, "If you let the old slave know who wants to assassinate Master Hou, you will definitely destroy him!" Hearing this, Su Bai couldn't help but look at Gonggong Qiu twice, and Gonggong Qiu also looked at it.

Su Bai chuckled and said, "Just leave these little things to Wang, or don't dirty your father-in-law's hands", when he said this, Su Bai deliberately pretended to be puzzled, as if he didn't understand how Gonggong Qiu could suddenly be so good to him.

This expression fell in the eyes of Gonggong Qiu, which made him even more reassured, he was basically sure now that Su Bai didn't know that Qiu Fu had a relationship with him, and all this was just a coincidence!

Gonggong Qiu also knew that his appearance might make him feel a little surprised, so he hurriedly made up for it, "He is also an errand for the prince, he assassinated you today, who can say that he will not assassinate me tomorrow?" After Su Bai heard this, he seemed to be relieved, nodded lightly and said, "My father-in-law is right, in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening, I will step up to find out who did this!" ”

Gonggong Qiu nodded lightly, and then said, "Don't worry, Master Hou, the old slave will also help investigate", the two looked at each other after speaking, tacitly, the two are now an excellent alliance! How long this relationship can last depends on how long the crown prince can ascend the throne.

With Gonggong Qiu, it was naturally unimpeded all the way, and it didn't take long for him to arrive at the East Palace, and when he saw that the prince was actually outside to greet him, Su Bai was startled, and hurriedly jumped off the carriageway, "Weichen Wang Ugly Cow See Your Highness!" ”

Li Chengqian grabbed Su Bai's hand, didn't let him salute, and said softly, "Do you and I still need to see each other like this?" Su Bai smiled and said, "The ceremony cannot be abolished, if you let the imperial historian see it, you must not participate in my copy."

Li Chengqian laughed and said, "If you want to participate, you are also going to the palace!" After speaking, Su Bai was not allowed to refuse, so he picked up Su Bai and walked to the inside of the East Palace, and said excitedly as he walked, "The Prince's Mansion has almost been built, and after I finish building it, I must invite you to my mansion as a guest!" ”

Su Bai said with a smile: "When the time comes, Weichen will definitely prepare a generous gift!" Congratulations to Your Highness on your housewarming! The two laughed, Li Chengqian was very happy, in his heart, there were some friends, Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo could be regarded as his friends, but there was only one person who was intimate, Su Bai!

After entering the East Palace, Li Chengqian asked all his subordinates to go out, even the two palace maids given to him by Empress Changsun were also thrown out, and only Gonggong Qiu stayed behind to serve the two.

After Li Chengqian and Su Bai sat down, Su Bai told Li Chengqian about the assassination during the day, and Li Chengqian's reaction was similar to that of Qiu Gonggong, they were all furious, slapped the table fiercely and said, "Leave this matter to me!" ”

Su Bai smiled and shook his head and said, "Kill chickens, use a cattle slaughtering knife!" If such a trivial matter has to be done by His Royal Highness himself, what is the use of our courtiers? Seeing that Li Chengqian was still angry, Su Bai hurriedly changed the topic and said, "This assassination also made Weichen discover something!" ”

Li Chengqian was really distracted, and couldn't help asking, "What did you find?" Su Bai deliberately sold Guan Zi and said, "I have found a sharp weapon that can make Datang invincible!" ”

Li Chengqian's eyes narrowed slightly, Su Bai knew him, he also knew Su Bai, in this kind of thing, Su Bai would never joke with himself, that is to say, is there really a weapon that can make Datang invincible?

Su Bai didn't say that he needed Li Chengqian to express his position, if Li Chengqian asked, he would say it, if Li Chengqian didn't ask, he would treat it as if nothing had happened just now, and he didn't say a word.

Li Chengqian paused for a second before saying, "What is it?" Su Bai smiled and said, "Gunpowder!" After hearing this, Li Chengqian thought about it, pointed to the sky, and said, "What kind of gunpowder for fireworks?" ”

Su Bai nodded and said, "That's right!" Li Chengqian suddenly laughed out loud and said, "You don't want to use it to kill the enemy, do you!" Su Bai nodded and said, "That's right! Your Highness, remember what I told you about that assassin blowing up the concrete road? What he uses is gunpowder! ”

Now Li Chengqian stopped laughing, he knew the hardness of the cement road! Now it can be exploded with gunpowder! How could he still get a glimpse of gunpowder? Su Bai explained to him, "The gunpowder should be different from the gunpowder used in ordinary fireworks, at that time, we only heard a muffled sound, and we saw that the cement road had been blown up, as if it had been bombarded by thunder."

Su Bai thought for a moment and continued, "But I found some remnants of gunpowder around, and I can smell the sulfur even closer", Su Bai thought about it and said, "This powerful weapon can't fall into the hands of others!" ”

Li Chengqian's face also became serious, yes, he was fighting with Li Tai, but outsiders are absolutely not allowed to interfere in this kind of battle! The trick of the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches in the back, their Li family has already played it once, and they definitely don't want anyone to be out for the second time! What's more, the second time, his Li family is the poor praying mantis!

Li Chengqian turned his head to look at the first Qiu Gonggong and said, "Order, except for the manpower needed for the normal operation of Baiyulou, everyone else will go and investigate for me!" ”

"Yes!"

Gonggong Qiu agreed to roar and stood quietly beside the two.

Su Bai smiled and said, "After seeing the benefits of this gunpowder, Weichen has an immature idea to experiment, if it can really succeed, then I Datang, the unification of the world is hopeful!" ”

Li Chengqian naturally understands that the world in Su Bai's mouth is not just the current territory