Chapter 14: The Butterfly Effect
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Zhao Liang looked at her beautiful face, and couldn't help but gasp: "Yuanqing, hurry up and catch her!" Don't let her slip away! ”
The girl in front of her is the female thief Li Yan, since they met in Tianma City, Zhao Liang's originally idle and comfortable life became worried because he was chased and killed by the Xixia people. If he hadn't been framed by her, in order to avoid the attack, he wouldn't have run to the Jixia School Palace to be punished. was quite upset, Li Yan's appearance finally allowed him to find a catharsis point.
Yuan Qing moved, and there was no half of the mud and water. Once a forbidden army, Zhao Liang's words were orders to him, and he must obey them unconditionally.
Watching Yuan Qing move forward, Li Yan panicked and hurriedly shouted: "Hypocrite, it's really right to say that you are shameless!" ”
Zhao Liang couldn't contain the anger in his heart, and said coldly with a dark face: "Who caused me to almost be killed?" I want to talk about it now! How can it be so easy in the world! ”
Li Yan had a weak heart, lowered her head and bit her pink lip and said timidly: "That day was also forced by urgency, and I didn't really want to harm you." I'm coming to you today to settle this matter, because only you can help me! ”
Feeling very sincere, Zhao Liang stared at her and didn't say anything for a long time.
I didn't have a wooden box, and I was only suspected by the Tangut people, so I was attacked fatally, and Li Yan, who was pregnant with a wooden box, was probably no better. As a female thief, the government will not believe her words. And she probably knows who I am, so she came to ask me for help.
In fact, Li Yan is indeed desperate. In the past, theft, no matter how valuable the items were, the loss of the home was at most a report to the official, and after a while, it was forgotten, but this time it was different, the owner chased after him, and every night just after sleeping, there was a killer to find the door. If it weren't for her shrewd reaction, I'm afraid there would have been no bones left.
However, this is not the final reason why she asked Zhao Liang for help.
The more the Tangut people chased after it, the more it proved that the wooden box contained a treasure of great value. At first, Li Yan was very happy, thinking that if they wanted to chase it, they would chase it, as long as they had money, it would be a big deal to run to the ends of the earth. But when she opened the wooden box and saw the contents inside, she didn't think so much, because this thing was so valuable that she could even buy the entire Great Song.
Those who fall into the water will still grasp the last straw for survival. Li Yan is a smart person, so she naturally knows how to save herself.
Thinking that when he was in the horse market, even Lord Bao treated Zhao Liang politely, so his identity must be unusual.
Afraid that the request would be rejected, Li Yan planned to secretly put the wooden box on Zhao Liang, because of his noble status, there must be a way to solve the matter. But people are not as good as heaven, but Yuanqing made a sideways move, and her plan finally fell short.
Zhao Liang felt that it was not impossible to help Li Yan if he could stop the Xixia people from being entangled, after all, he also wanted to see what was in the wooden box, and maybe he could get some benefits from it.
"It's inconvenient here, let's talk about it when you come to my house," Zhao Liang said expressionlessly.
There is no shortage of passers-by around the palace, although there are not many, but most of them are the private relatives of the court officials. Yuan Qing's action of catching Li Yan was extremely eye-catching, and Zhao Liang didn't want to be remembered by any imperial historian, saying that he instructed his subordinates to rob the people's daughters, and he was accused of going up to the early court.
"Huh? Go into the palace to talk? That's not good! Li Yan glanced at Zhao Liang secretly and said embarrassedly.
"Either go to the house or go to prison, you choose how to do it."
After Zhao Liang finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the palace.
A childish voice echoed in the air: "Give you half a cup of tea." If you don't choose when the time comes, Yuanqing, you will hand her over to the government. ”
Looking at the back in the distance, Li Yan gritted her silver teeth and said hurriedly: "You wait, declare in advance, I'm not afraid of the government, don't always scare me with the official." ”
The corners of Zhao Liang's mouth curled, he smiled knowingly, turned his head and said with a straight face: "Since you promised, let's go!" ”
Li Yan was angry, looking at that hateful face, she secretly decided that she would never stop if she didn't steal the palace and bankrupt her family later, so she had to let the person in front of her kneel on the ground and cry.
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The servants of the palace were always busy, and they relied on them to tidy up the huge mansion.
Seeing Zhao Liang walking a woman into the backyard from a distance, Zishui ignored the work in his hand, like a light breeze crossing, and ran to his wife.
In the summer heat, the sun shines on the ground through the leaves, leaving jagged silhouettes. The noise of cicadas continued to rise and fall in the sultry air. The breeze brought a little coolness to bring comfort, and Zhao Liang was like a lazy cat, lying comfortably on the chair under the tree, squinting, enjoying the long-lost tranquility.
Li Yan stood in the shade of the tree, bored and kicked the flowers and plants. She swung her jade legs vigorously, not missing any opportunity to destroy the palace.
Not far away, the maids in the courtyard hid behind the pillars, sneakily peeking.
Li Yan looked up at them whispering, and her heart was even more impatient. She kicked a small hole out of the originally flat ground, and the dirt and grass were mixed with each other, and they were scattered unevenly on the ground, which looked terrible.
"Are you going to kick a hole and bury yourself?" Zhao Liang felt a little heartache when he saw the dog-like grass.
"I only bury pigs in this pit, not people!"
Li Yan stared at the grass, still digging the pit in her own way. Looking at her appearance, there is a tendency for the revolution to never stand still before it succeeds.
An hour ago, Li Yan was about to mention the wooden box, but was interrupted by Zhao Liang under the guise of taking a nap. Anyone standing on a hot day will not be in a good mood.
"Don't be busy! What's in the wooden box? Let's take a look at it first! ”
Looking at Li Yan, who was responsible for the "work", Zhao Liang always felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart for some reason.
Li Yan gasped and raised her head, she planned to give up the action of burying Zhao Liang, because digging a pit was too physically demanding.
She took out the wooden box like a trick and threw it to Zhao Liang proudly.
deliberately didn't introduce the contents of it, because he wanted to laugh at his shocked appearance, so as to regain a long-lost face.
The wooden box is exquisite, the raw material is selected from the solid wood inside the black tree, the outside is engraved with peonies representing wealth, and the bottom is even crossed with gold and silver, making four square feet. Looking at the appearance alone, it is not so much a wooden box as it is like a tripod.
The pearl is placed in the treasure tree, and it is strange that it is not stolen.
Zhao Liang played with the wooden box and glanced at Li Yan with a smile. The latter, reading the meaning of his gaze, let out a snort in his nose, turned his head, and looked no more.
When I opened the wooden box, the smell of ink came to my nose, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be a roll of mulberry paper. It was taken out and carefully spread on the grass, and several patterns appeared in front of Zhao Liang's eyes.
Firearm?
Zhao Liang frowned, looking at one of the patterns and muttering to himself.
In the Sui and Tang dynasties, alchemists accidentally discovered gunpowder, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder was really used in warfare, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that large-scale annexation and invasion wars made firearms develop rapidly. Firearms of the Song Dynasty can be divided into two categories: fireball firearms and rocket firearms, and the most powerful assault rifles and tribulus terrestris are depicted on the picture. Not only that, Zhao Liang also found that the firearm on the painting had been modified, changing the nitrate content, reducing sulfur and impurities, and inventing the lead, making it more lethal.
Firearms that will only appear in the Southern Song Dynasty will appear in the Northern Song Dynasty! What does this mean?
Zhao Liang's scalp was numb, and he vaguely felt a little bad.
Could it be the butterfly effect of the crossing?