Chapter 782: Old Things (2)
Usu Dashi actually died in Zezhou? β
Hearing Wang Jingrong, a new resident of Liuyunguan, talk about the battle of Changyuan Mountain, Yao Xishui was shocked, and couldn't believe that the 145,000 elite Mengwu were destroyed by the Liang army again like a chicken and a dog.
"What the hell are we fighting for all this year?" Zhou Yuan grinned, but there was infinite abruptness and bitterness.
Wearing a special jacket, squatting in the corner of the Taoist courtyard and basking in the sun, his unkempt beard and hair are all white, like an old farmer in the mountains, and he can't see the demeanor of the waiter of the Great Chu Ministry of Industry back then.
Lu Qingxia stood in front of the court in amazement, as if it was hard to imagine that the male lord of a generation, Wu Su Dashi, would die so quietly.
"Xiao Yiqing drank poison and died, but it was not in vain that Wusu Dashi knew him!"
Yun Puzi wrote a few big characters in the house, and when he heard Wang Jingrong talk to Zhou Hell in the courtyard, Lu Qingxia, and Yao Xishui about the final ending of Xiao Yiqing and Wu Su Dashi, he couldn't help but say a word through the window with emotion.
Yun Puzi's complexion is even better than Zhou Yuan's, his white hair is combed into a bun, and he is wearing a yellow fox fur to protect him from the cold in his Taoist robe - yesterday Wang Jingjing was sent to Liuyunguan to be imprisoned, but last night Han Wenhuan got a jar of newly brewed wine, he was pulled over to taste the wine, and he was drunk, so he rested in the Han Mansion, and woke up this morning, and was also drunk by Han Wenhuan, so he had to return to Yunguan to see Wang Jingrong.
Yun Puzi still remembers that Wang Jingrong just came to the Lu Wangfu on an errand more than 40 years ago, although Wang Jingrong was temporarily imprisoned in Liuyunguan as a war criminal at this time, but it is always a matter of celebration for the old people to meet.
He walked out of the house and beckoned a servant to prepare some good drinks for noon.
"Yun Lao Dao, have you ever seen a fire crossbow?" Zhou Yuan saw Yun Puzi coming out of the back room, moved to the side, and opened his mouth to ask, "Did you use lead pills to grind into powder and put them into an iron pipe to launch projectiles?" β
In the early years of the Longque Army and the Taowu Military Mansion, Zhou Yuan was in charge of Gongcao, and later in Yueyang, he was in charge of the Ministry of Works, as well as the official to the Ministry of Industry of Dachu.
"Fu gunpowder and Fu fire crossbow, that is the name of the foolish outsiders, in the internal secret booklet of Luoyang Academy, these two things are called gunpowder and front-loading smoothbore cannons, which are matters that Han Qian personally grasped, and they are indeed evolved from lead pills,"
Yun Puzi stood in the court with his head held high, since the smoothbore cannon was put into actual combat, some things would be gradually decrypted, and he also picked some general explanations to Zhou Yuan and others,
"When I first arrived in Luoyang from Jinling, I saw the smoothbore cannon, but at that time, the charge could only shoot five hundred steps of ten catties of heavy iron pills, and the power was slightly stronger than the spring-arm scorpion crossbow, but after all, there was no need to rush into actual combat, what I was afraid of being stolen by you and the Mughurs - the mountain behind this Taoist temple was originally a testing ground, and in order to keep it secret, this Taoist temple was taken into official possession, and the Taoist priests who were originally stationed in the temple were expelled, and in the end, but
It's cheap old way for me; Otherwise, there would be no place for you today. Later, the range of the smoothbore gun was increased and the sound was even louder, and the test site was moved to a deep valley in Songshan. I haven't paid attention to this for more than two years, and now I can shoot 3,000 paces away? β
Yun Puzi said that he didn't care about these things in the past two years, Zhou Yuan didn't suspect that he was lying, and he didn't think that he really escaped from the red dust or was not qualified to ask these secrets, maybe in Yun Puzi's eyes, he had already decided that the world would eventually complete the unification in Han Qian's hands, and it was only a matter of time.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the Taoist courtyard.
Wang Jingrong was still a frightened bird, and stood up in horror to look out, but was blocked by the tall courtyard wall; Zhou Yuan, Lu Qingxia, and Yao Xishui just glanced at the gate with suspicious faces, and they didn't know who broke into Liuyunguan at this time.
In the early days, Yun Puzi lived in Liuyunguan, and in addition to several monks and disciples, there were two guards by his side; It was not until Zhou Yuan, Lu Qingxia, Yao Xishui and others were imprisoned in Liuyunguan that the Criminal and Prison Department of the Supervision Yuan set up a sub-department here, and more than a dozen officials were stationed here.
Zhou Yuan, LΓΌ Qingxia, and Yao Xishui were allowed to meet with visitors with certain permits in the temple, but their freedom of movement was still strictly restricted and monitored, and they were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Soon, the gate of the atrium of the Taoist courtyard was opened from the outside, and a group of cavalry stopped in the front yard, surrounded by an unpretentious carriage.
Seeing Chun Thirteen Niang carrying a skirt and getting off the carriage and coming over, Yun Puzi asked curiously:
"When did you get this big ride?"
"I asked the palace a few days ago, please get permission from the king to pick up the mother and cherish the water to live in the wine shop for two days, and at noon came to pick up the mother and cherish the water, and met Du Shen General on the road, only to know that the king and the second concubine temporarily decided to come here to serve the tour; I rushed over with General Du Shen first......" Chun Thirteen Niang said.
"She's Chun Rong'er, the daughter of you and Chunlianghui?"
Wang Jingrong saw Chun Shisanniang for the first time, but when he heard her call Lu Qingxia as his mother, he asked Lu Qingxia, and looked at Chun Shisanniang in surprise for a while, vaguely saw the appearance of some old people, and sighed,
"The Liang army ransacked the palace of King Lu, and Chunliang would scold him for being cheap, but he was ordered by Zhu Wen to be skinned and cut off for the punishment of Ling Chi, and he survived for three days before he died, which is really tragic......"
"The old things of the past are like a cloud of smoke, why do you think about this?" Yun Puzi said unhappily.
"If you weren't thinking about these old things, would you be able to bring Mrs. Lu into this view?" Wang Jingrong asked rhetorically.
"You, you, when you just arrived at King Lu's mansion as an errand boy, you were good at provoking trouble, all these years have passed, and you have become a prisoner, and you can't change this temperament - when the old Tao liked light chivalry, but the old way couldn't start a family, so he specially asked King Lu and the princess to help her form a good relationship with the Chunliang Society, who has a good character and poetry, these old things are turned over, what can you do?" Yun Puzi didn't deal with Wang Jingrong either, and directly spread out the old things by himself, to see what Wang Jingrong, a subordinate prisoner, could instigate with these old things.
Seeing that Wang Jingrong had nothing to say, Yun Puzi looked away
Du Hongyin, the commander of the guard battalion of the Imperial Front Army, who came to salute him, asked, "Why did your lord think of going to my barren mountains and mountains for an outing?" β
Hearing what Chun Thirteen Niang said, Yun Puzi knew that this cavalry was the outpost guard of Han Qian and Wang Jun on an outing in the city.
Of course, Liuyunguan can't be regarded as a barren mountain and wild ridge, just go out of Luoyang City and cross Yishui to the southeast for more than ten miles, and the back mountain is a remnant of Songshan, but Han Qian, as the lord of the country, even if he usually walks around in Shangyang Garden, he is always hugging and shouting, and he will not go out of Shangyang Garden easily, let alone go out of the city.
If there is any question about Chun Thirteen Niang, Du Hongyin can not answer, nor will he reveal the purpose of Han Qian and Wang Jun's trip at will, but in front of Yun Puzi, he replied respectfully:
"The gentleman originally wanted to summon Wang Jingrong of Guanjianglou to Shangyang Yuan for questioning, but it happened that Concubine Shu said that the weather was fine today, and it was rare to be a little warmer, so the gentleman decided to go directly to Liuyunguan to visit Yundao Chief. Li Junfu, Tian Junfu, Han Jungong and other adults accompanied ......"
Wang Jingrong heard Du Hongyin say that Han Qian made a special trip to interrogate him with such a big posture, and his cultivation and bearing over the years had been lost as early as after he was captured, and at this time he looked at Yun Puzi in a panic, forgetting that he was still thinking about stimulating Yun Puzi with the old things of the previous dynasty just now.
Yun Puzi ignored Wang Jingrong and summoned the officials in the Taoist temple, and he and Du Hongyin were in charge of the chauffeur.
Du Hongyin took over the defense of Liuyunguan, did a good job of guarding the guards, and after a stick of incense, everyone saw a large group of cavalry coming towards the Taoist temple.
Han Qian, Wang Jun and Zhao Ting'er rode side by side and stopped in front of the gate of the Taoist temple, but saw that the little county lord Han Wenyuan couldn't wait to break free from Han Qian's arms and wanted to jump off the horse and run around.
In addition to Li Zhihe, Tian Cheng, Han Daoming, Feng Yi, Qin Wen, Yin Peng, Wang Zhe, Wen Ruilin, and other ministers, Cao Zhe and Sima De, who rushed to Luoyang with Wang Jingrong's soldiers and horses yesterday, were also among the attendants.
"Yun Dao Chang is really getting younger and younger! I heard from my uncle that you were dragged into the city by your grandfather last night, and you were very drunk, and I was worried that you had a hangover and didn't wake up, and coming here so early would worry about you. Han Qian walked into the Taoist courtyard with a smile and greeted Yun Puzi.
"I don't have a chance to get drunk now, and my body is unforgiving. Besides, there are many people staring left and right, and I want to drink it recklessly, I don't know how many people come to persuade me, it's annoying! Yun Puzi said with emotion.
"Haha, I won't follow your words, so that you don't have to take my words and plug the mouths of those who discourage you from drinking," Han Qian laughed and said, "This wine should be drunk less......"
Seeing Wang Jingrong standing in the corner with Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others, Han Qian beckoned them to come and asked, "It seems that you have already talked about the old - I talked to Zhihe about Mobei today, I think you should be able to give some advice, Zhihe also said that he would give you the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so I came to see if you have any good ideas to offer ......"
Hearing Han Qian say this, Lu Qingxia knew that Wang Jingrong had just been escorted back to Luoyang and sent to Liuyun Guan with intentions, but he didn't know what Han Qian's intentions were......