"That being said, I've always felt good about myself, and it's normal to hear someone much taller than me." Li Zhi smiled bitterly.

"I'll tell you a good news, Sister Mei'er has already said that when I get to Luoyang City, I don't have to stay in the palace often! In other words, she can already transform into my form and replace me! ”

Shangguan Wan'er gave Li Zhi another surprise.

"She's already able to condense the entity?"

"Yes, but according to her, full reality doesn't last long, three days at most!"

"The reality can be condensed, in my estimation, at least in the middle of the brief. It's best this way, at least we see hope, and when you're completely free, we can be together forever! ”

"I, can I? Will my brother's wives be emotional? ”

"It's man-made, and besides, we cultivators won't care too much about this."

Obviously, Shangguan Wan'er is not confident in this, and the promise given by Li Zhi is too sudden, she is a little confused at the moment, and she still needs to settle down for a while.

"I'm sorry for one thing, Brother Zhengwen! That's it, it's the girl's menstrual affair, I'm afraid it's ...... today."

Li Yi put his arm around her, "Wan'er, we have a long way to come, we don't necessarily have to do that kind of thing every time we meet, in my heart, you are already my wife, and respecting you comes from the heart!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er was very emotional, tears flowed down unconsciously, snuggled in Li Zhi's arms, silently moved, listening to the heartbeat of the two, which made her heart very down-to-earth.

However, she quickly forcibly let herself get rid of a moment of peace of mind: "Originally, I would notify you when I got better, but I didn't want Princess Taiping to suddenly inform me that I was going to leave for Luoyang City this afternoon, so I had to inform you immediately, so I could see you!" ”

"I know that she is in such a hurry to rush to Luoyang, and she still has a part to do with me, is it ......"

Li Zhi told the matter in general, and Shangguan Wan'er chuckled: "You can come up with such a strange idea, I think there is a great possibility of success, you can be regarded as having figured out the psychology of the Empress Wu's chanting of Buddha." Especially those three taboos, they all hit her weakness, and I think this can be done. ”

"Even if she doesn't follow our plan, I have other ways to make her sick for at least a few months!"

"This is just a strategy, the Empress Wu is a little more ambitious and ruthless, but his ability to govern is no less than that of the saint. Now the saint says that he can't come to power because he is sick, and once the martial queen can no longer sit in the palace, he has to show up, so we will ruin his plan! ”

"You think so, too?"

"The method of covering my aura that Sister Mei'er gave me is not so simple, it works wonderfully with stealth techniques, as long as I don't meet a grandmaster realm like this just now, I can enter many places in the palace. There is a secret order from the saint, and the study is the only place to take over, and Li Dan is a straw bag, just cares about having fun, and the guards there are like nothing! ”

Li Zhi knew that she was comforting herself, no matter how idle she was in the study, the guardian power would not be useless, she was just afraid that she would worry about him.

So his face turned pale: "You can't do this kind of thing in the future, even if you grow up in the palace since you were a child, the guardian power inside is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface, and there will be a grandmaster realm!" ”

"My sister knows, I only go to some places I know well, and I don't know what I know, and I won't look at it more."

can feel Li Zhi's real worry, Shangguan Wan'er's heart is still very happy.

"That's not going to work either! Wan'er, listen to my advice, and for the sake of our future, when we go to Luoyang, we can't do dangerous things again! ”

Li Zhi's expression was already very serious.

Shangguan Wan'er stuck out her tongue and nodded meekly, her heart was filled with honey, and she was full of happiness.

"What did you see in the upper study?" Li Zhi still couldn't help but ask.

"Actually, it's not too secret, but I can tell from the handwriting that the Holy One is never in a sick state of writing. And he seems to be hiding a lot of things from Li Dan, more like a real handiwork, where Li Dan is just piggybacking on his feet, or a way to divert his attention! ”

"Aren't all these secret edicts destroyed on the spot?"

"So what about our prince's straw bag, although eating, drinking and having fun is not as unscrupulous as the prince, but there are also some playthings that are discouraged, going in and out of the study, with women around him, although he can only wait in the hall!"

"Then how do you determine what the Holy One is plotting?"

"It's very simple, there are only three or five people who have temporarily suppressed his condition, and there are less than two palms including the crown prince. You and I are both insiders, if you change to yourself, you can obviously govern, and openly forcibly promote some of your own arrangements, he is excited about his extra life span of one and a half years, not for himself, but for the rise of the royal family surnamed Li in ten or twenty years. ”

"Well, he's told me about it!"

"That's right, just imagine, a person who has been tortured by illness for decades has long regarded life and death as extremely indifferent. And when his wife was alive, he blatantly revealed his ambitions, and even left him and went to Luoyang to build a new capital. Thinking of the predicament faced by the royal family today, it is because there are only two of his seven sons left, and they do not have the power of a king or the power to defend power, if he does not take advantage of his breath to overthrow the martial queen, what does it mean, it is very obvious! ”

Shangguan Wan'er's words were still very admirable to Li Zhi, she knew that the inside story was based on her foresight, and she completely relied on speculation to predict it.

Moreover, the analysis is almost perfect, and its wisdom is not ordinarily powerful.

"You mean, he is now preparing for the next generation of the crown prince and the prince to inherit the imperial power?"

"It's not like that, and it's not that simple, the plan it specifies is likely to be one ring after another, and you, Brother Zhengwen, are a very important part of it. Because he knew that if he used strong means to hurriedly hand over the throne to Li Xian or Li Dan, he was afraid that the country would be unstable from now on. Even if it can last for decades, the foundation of Datang's strength will collapse early, and it will be a matter of time before it perishes. Moreover, with the means of the military queen, he has been in power for many years, and it is impossible without a backhand, which is the most direct reason why he is willing to hide behind the scenes! ”

"I have to say, I am impressed with Wan'er again, you guess in your heart, it is my brother that I have been preparing for!"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled, "I already knew that my brother had seen through everything, and even made arrangements that were more clever than those of the saint!" ”

"Oh? Why do you think so? ”

"I can't think of the specific inside story, but the saint used a secret hand, but my brother made a clear move, and everything was laid out on the bright side, but without more than ten years, or even longer-term vision, I can't find out the details. In fact, I also paid attention to these under the inspiration of Sister Mei'er, when she asked me to tell me about your actions, and then Sister Mei'er said: Mr. Li is amazing! ”

"I'm not as exaggerated as she said, and being able to be seen by others at least shows that my Taoism is still too shallow, and I dare not call it amazing!"

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about future plans."

"I made an appointment with Taiping to meet in Shangyang Palace on the fifteenth day, and the branch of Zhengqing Wenqitang will be opened in Luoyang, and my family will be there at that time, but it will be a day or two later than me."

Shangguan Wan'er's expression was very excited, "That sister, I will secretly buy a residence as soon as I arrive, and I will go to Shangyang Palace to inform my brother when the time comes." ”

"I also have a reason to go there often, but first of all, I need to smooth the shipping channel between Guangzhou Port and other ports."

Li Zhi knows very well that he is too busy, and he is afraid that there will not be many opportunities to go to Luoyang in the near future.

"It's okay!" Shangguan Wan'er stared at Li Zhi's eyes, "Brother just said, we will come to Japan for a long time, and we will have the opportunity to be together in the future." ”

"In the future, don't hang your Qiankun bag on your waist, more and more people will know about this thing in the future, you are a person in the court, and you cover up your cultivation, and it will be dangerous for others to find out."

"My sister knows, I only wore it outside when I came to see you."

"When I go to Luoyang, I will refine a female accessory style for you, and Princess Taiping will also create one, her request is a sachet, you have to be extra careful in front of her, don't be negligent and be seen by her!"

"It's okay, this one will be used temporarily, I don't dare to wear it outside if I change the style, I'm waiting for my brother to refine the storage ring for me!"

Li Zhi nodded and took out a large pile of spirit stones, "This is what I obtained when I traveled south, you and Mei'er used it together, and the stone yuan liquid can only be used when you are promoted!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er needed to rush back in time, and the two of them kept warm for a while, and Shangguan Wan'er left first.

Li Zhi left Wei Lingbiao in the courtyard and went straight to the cliff mountain, and did not meet everyone, but stole some jade.

In fact, he will get it if he asks for it directly, the key is that Zhengqing Wenqitang already has a snuff box made of similar things, and it is even more difficult to explain it if it is recognized.

Then he came back and rode his horse and entered the cliff mountain again.

Burigud was very surprised to see him: "Didn't you say that it would arrive tomorrow?" ”

Li Zhi found an excuse to go over and went to the steelmaking room.

Guo Yan was also there, and saw him shouting: "Text, you came just right, come and see what's going on?" ”

At his finger was a horse lance under development, which was another weapon forging after the new Tang knife.

This is the first time that new products have been developed without the guidance of Li Zhi, and Narisong is temporarily absent, these craftsmen are trying to build their own, and sure enough, there are no more professional guidance, and there are repeated problems.

The advanced forging process taught by Li Zhi to Narisong is actually an ancient method, and modern forging requires relevant equipment and power supply, so it can only follow the ancient method of earthen making that is much more advanced than that of the Tang Dynasty.

took the horse lance into his hand, and after a little look, Li Zhi saw the flaws.

The carbon content of this lance is very uneven compared to those made for it, and it is common sense that the blade is quenched and contains impurities similar to those of modern wrought iron, which are half-cooked.

In addition to carbon, pig iron also contains silicon, manganese and a small amount of sulfur, phosphorus, etc., it can be cast but not malleable, so forcibly forged, naturally hard and brittle, almost no plasticity.

Li Zhi explained the reason and smiled: "It is also easy to solve, and by adding these to steelmaking, the properties of steel can be improved." In addition, the process of casting wrought iron and steelmaking is to continuously burn and forge more than 100 times, until the catty is not reduced, which is very important. ”

He handed over the names of several materials written in his hand, and instructed: "This is the top secret of the process formula, since my uncle asked me to testify in public, it means that you can be trusted, but if there is a leak, it will be traced back to you, so you must keep it!" ”

Several craftsmen hurriedly patted their chests to express their attitude, and seeing the situation, Yan smiled and did not stop it, and Li Zhi knew that his guess was accurate.

In the gap between the craftsmen reopening the furnace, Guo Yan called him outside: "That day Song went to Tonglin County and had another mission, which was to bring back the size of the crossbow you built. In the next step, when the new material horse lance is successfully developed, we will immediately start the development of the crossbow. ”

Li Zhi said with a smile, "Not only the size of a double-shot crossbow, but also all categories of single and multi-shots." ”