But in about half an hour, Ma Yuanyi took Zhang Huang and others to the place where he arranged for them, a large mansion that was quite exquisite.

And just when Li Tong and the others thought that they could sleep comfortably in this big mansion, they were stunned to find that Ma Yuanyi led them to the wine cellar and motioned them down.

The black feather crows looked at each other, but Zhang Huang and Xu Fu seemed to have guessed something, and they didn't wonder about it, and followed Ma Yuanyi into the cellar.

The cellar was a spacious underground chamber, and when you walked through the dim, eerie and damp masonry corridor, you were greeted by a rather spacious hall in which dozens of men of different ages sat in twos and threes, some chatting with each other, others wiping their weapons.

When these people saw that Ma Yuanyi had brought outsiders in, their faces invariably showed surprise and confusion.

"Brother Yuanyi, these people are ......"

One of the young men, who was about the same age as Tai Shici and Zang Ba, stood up and asked suspiciously.

"Just a few nestlings in the forest!" Ma Yuanyi explained to those people with a smile, "Just now I was eating in a wine shop on the street, and it happened that two scholars were drunk and lost their words and were arrested and executed by Jin Wuwei. When these young chicks saw this, their faces were not angry, and they deliberately stepped forward to interfere...... I stopped him. It's said to be a fledgling, but it's also a rebel! ”

Hearing Ma Yuanyi say this, those people suddenly had a good impression of Zhang Huang and the others, and they all stood up and hugged their fists to greet Zhang Huang and the others.

"It turned out to be a righteous brother of the righteous army!"

"I don't know what the name of your army is?"

"Black Feather Raven!" Zhang Huang and the others chatted with those people. Originally, most of them were very proud when they talked about their name as a rebel, but at this moment, because they had just witnessed the 'Tiger Chang Army' whose strength was far above them, they were all killed by Jin Wuwei just because of their grievances, Zhang Huang and the others couldn't help but be a little reluctant when they talked about their name as a rebel.

"It's out of the way here, you can talk as you please." Ma Yuanyi beckoned Zhang Huang and the others to sit down at a wooden table. With a relaxed face, he smiled half-jokingly, "Even if you wait to scold the imperial court here, there will be no Jin Wuwei to arrest you." ”

"The imperial court forbids speech?" Xu Fu asked puzzled.

Ma Yuanyi sneered when he heard this, picked up the wine jug on the table and poured himself a glass, holding the wine glass and sneering, "The Han court sells official porridge, and all the big and small officials peel off the people's fat and ointment, and collect their wealth to dedicate to it, and the people are always resentful......

"Ten permanent attendants?" Zhang Huang frowned and asked. He couldn't help but think of the 'ten' character written in the obscure writing of the East City Gate when he was at the East City Gate.

"More than that!" Ma Yuanyi sighed, then drank all the wine in the cup, and said with a smile, "Most people think that the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes over the years are all because of the ten permanent servants, but they don't know that the bigger mastermind is today. ”

"How so?!" Xu Fu exclaimed in surprise when he heard this. You must know that he is a scribe from Yingchuan, and he also holds the Confucian ideology of loyalty and patriotism in his bones, and now listening to Ma Yuanyi, the biggest mastermind who caused the current embarrassing situation of the Han Dynasty is Liu Hong, the son of today. How can Xu Fu accept it.

"Boy, who do you think all that money is going to?" Ma Yuanyi didn't care about Xu Fu's exclamation, and said mockingly, "According to our investigation." Sixty percent of the 'evil wealth' was obtained as today's son and used to build a pavilion in the palace. extravagant and extravagant, the other forty percent were shared by eunuchs and relatives. ”

"Relatives...... Is it He Jin? Zhang Huang asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, Ma Yuanyi glanced at Zhang Huang in surprise when he heard this, as if he was surprised that Zhang Huang, a little ghost who had just arrived in Luoyang, also knew He Jin's reputation, but immediately, he shook his head and denied: "Although He Jin is from a butcher's background, he doesn't know the general situation, and his relatives also have many greedy people, but he himself can be regarded as clean. …… The relatives I am talking about are the Dong family! ”

[It wasn't He Jin?] ]

Zhang Huang couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked suspiciously, "Brother Yuanyi, what are you talking about the Dong family?" ”

"It is the branch of the Empress Dong of Hejian, the mother of today's son Liu Hong." Ma Yuanyi pursed his lips and scolded in a deep voice, "That woman is not a good thing!" …… In the early years, Liu Hong built a lot of wood and earth in the palace, which caused the inner treasury to be empty, and it was that woman who instigated Liu Hong to sell the official title in order to make money. ”

Xu Fu was stunned by Ma Yuanyi's undisguised abuse, but Zhang Huang was quite interested in what Ma Yuanyi said, after all, in his impression, there was nothing more about the Dong family, that is, the Dong family's mother-in-law and his daughter-in-law, that is, He Jin's sister Empress He, who fought for power, but failed, and was killed on the way back to his hometown in Hejian by He Jin, nothing more.

"What kind of old lady has what kind of son, the couple was poor and afraid when they were young, so after Liu Hong was fortunate enough to become the son of the Han Dynasty, they built pavilions everywhere and extravagant...... Pity my 400-year-old society, which has been corrupted like this! When he said this, Ma Yuanyi slapped the table angrily.

"Is the Dong family very powerful in Luoyang?" Zhang Huang frowned and asked.

Ma Yuanyi nodded, took a deep breath, and after calming down a bit, he said slowly, "In the early years, the Dong clan was powerful, but in recent years, He Jin's power has become more and more huge, and the Dong family has gradually become difficult to suppress He Jin. However, it was also a little difficult for He Jin to eradicate the Dong family, after all, there were eunuchs attached to the Dong family...... By the way, most of the ten permanent servants you just mentioned are also attached to and befriended by the Dong family. As he spoke, he briefly explained his relatives to Zhang Huang and the others.

Hearing Ma Yuanyi's explanation, Zhang Huang knew that the original relatives did not refer to He Jin's family, and the Dong family with deeper roots, compared to He Jin's soaring because his sister was favored by Liu Hong, the Dong family was He Jin's old relatives in the royal capital of Luoyang before he came to prominence, and even the arrogant and domineering Jin Wuwei that Zhang Huang and others saw today also came from the jurisdiction of Dong Chong, the elder brother who was in charge of Jin Wu. Moreover, among the Dong clan, there is also Dong Chong, the nephew of Empress Dong, who serves as a hussar general in the court, and is He Jin's biggest rival at present.

"It turns out that there is also a fight among relatives......

Tai Shi Ci muttered to himself, he originally thought that his relatives were referring to which one, but he didn't want to be two.

"Bucket? How not to fight! Ma Yuanyi laughed and sneered, "The Dong family is greedy, and I think that for the sake of it, He Jin is still clean and self-conscious, and he has never taken a piece of the pie that sells official porridge." …… Recently, though. He Jin's life was not easy either. ”

The black feather crows couldn't help but wonder when they heard this, and said that just now Ma Yuanyi also said that the Dong family's power is weakening day by day, and He Jin, as a new relative, is getting stronger and stronger, why is He Jin's life not good?

As if seeing everyone's doubts, Ma Yuanyi explained with a chuckle, "That's the case, in the early years, Liu Hong doted on He Meiren, so He Jin was also a soaring man, with a butcher's background. actually became the throne of a great general. During this period, the Dong family embarrassed He Jin many times, but Liu Hong, who favored He Mei, blocked He Jin for He Jin. However, over the years, He Meiren has gradually become less glamorous than the original, so Liu Hong's love for her has also diminished...... Have you heard that Liu Hong built the Wangshuhe Pavilion in the palace, and played in the pool with the beautiful palace maids every day? Compared with those girls, He Meiren is now considered an old pearl, right? What's more, He Meiren killed Wang Meiren in order to compete for favor...... Empress Dong, He Meiren, just a raccoon dog! ”

"I see!" Xu Fu nodded convincingly.

At this time, I listened to Ma Yuanyi continue. "Originally, Liu Hong's favor for He Meiren was not as good as before, who thought that He Meiren wanted his son Liu Bian to inherit the throne, but Liu Hong loved Liu Xie born to Wang Meiren even more, do you think He Jin's life will be better?"

"Why is it sad?" Li Tong and Chen Zhi listened to it for a while and didn't understand.

"Still don't understand?" Xu Fu was helpless because of the sluggishness of the two brothers. He said with a sneer, "The Son of Heaven is no longer biased towards the He family, once the Son of Heaven dies one day, then He Jin, who is a general and holds tens of thousands of troops, will inevitably be killed." Other than that. If the Son of Heaven does not kill He Jin before his death, He Jin will destroy the Dong family, which is just a struggle for power between the palace. ”

"Not bad!" Ma Yuanyi glanced at Xu Fu approvingly. nodded and said, "At the beginning, it was the hussar general Dong Chong who wanted to kill He Jin three times and twice, and now, in the thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, He Jin, who is already in his wings, is also eager to kill Dong Chong, but in the current situation, he does not dare to move lightly." …… If he kills Dong Chong at this time, he will give the Dong clan and Liu Hong a legitimate reason to eradicate him. ”

"He Jin or the Dong family, who is more powerful?" Zang Ba asked in a deep voice.

Ma Yuanyi touched his chin and thought, "It's hard to say, although the general He Jin is in charge of tens of thousands of northern troops in the suburbs of Beijing, but the power of the Dong clan cannot be underestimated...... It's a five-five number. After a pause, Ma Yuanyi added, "It is rumored that Liu Hong's physical condition has deteriorated in recent years, and I am afraid that he will not be able to support it for a long time...... It depends on whether Qi Bintian can get rid of He Jin at this time. ”

Zhang Huang lowered his head and thought for a while, he vaguely remembered that before Liu Hong died, he did entrust his loyal confidant Jian Shuo to find a way to get rid of He Jin. At that time, Jian Shuo was the head of the guards in the West Garden, even if it was Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who were the future overlords of the wind and clouds, at this time he was also one of the eight captains of the West Garden under the command of this person. It's a pity that Jian Shuo is not secretive, and there is a Sima named Pan Yin under his hand who has an old relationship with He Jin, so that his eyes tell He Jin to leave quickly, otherwise, I am afraid that He Jin will indeed be killed by Jian Shuo, the son of heaven Liu Hong, before he died.

Because of the historical proof, Zhang Huang also felt that Ma Yuanyi's speculation was very accurate, and the situation of the general He Jin in recent years may not be too optimistic.

However, I am afraid it is too early to talk about these future days, after all, that qiē happened after the Taiping Dao army, and only at that time will the momentum of the great general He Jin reach its peak, arousing the suspicion and uneasiness of Liu Hong, the son of heaven.

Compared to these, Zhang Huang was even more curious about the strange balls he had seen today, those strange balls floating above the capital of the Yang Dynasty, and God knew when the Han Dynasty had this kind of cross-era technology.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huang asked Ma Yuanyi, "What are those balls?" ”

After hesitating for a while, Ma Yuanyi spit out a term that surprised Zhang Huang.

"Armillary sphere!"

"Armillary sphere?" Sure enough, Zhang Huang was stunned and asked, "Isn't that for measuring celestial phenomena?" ”

Ma Yuanyi glanced at Zhang Huang and asked in surprise, "Have you heard of it?" ”

Zhang Huang nodded.

Fortunately, Ma Yuanyi didn't ask Zhang Huang where he learned about the armillary sphere, he exhaled slightly, nodded and said, "At first, Zhang Heng and Zhang Pingzi, the 'wood saints' of Nanyang, did create an armillary sphere as you said to survey the celestial phenomena. But then, Mo Ru improved it, and while using it to survey the celestial phenomena, he also surveyed every move in the city, including the royal family, the scholars, the gentry, and the people. ”

[Moru again?] ]

Zhang Huang frowned, you know, he has heard about Moru countless times.

"Can you elaborate on that?" Zhang Huang asked curiously, he was very interested in the armillary sphere, a product that clearly surpassed the technology of the Han Dynasty.

Ma Yuanyi shook his head when he heard this, and said with a wry smile. "Specifically, I can't say why, I only know that it is made by Mo Ru...... Speaking of which, I can't figure out how those lumps of iron can float in the air like birds? ”

[It should be anti-gravity......]

Recalling that the armillary sphere landed in front of them today, and then levitated in the sky, Zhang Huang secretly guessed. However, the results of his speculation made him a little unbelievable, after all, antigravity is even in the afterlife. It was also a top-notch technology, and it couldn't be used in practice, at least not as freely as the armillary sphere he saw.

[Could it be that the technology of this era is even more outstanding than that of later generations?] ]

Zhang Huang couldn't believe his conclusions. Shaking his head self-deprecatingly.

"Little brother interested in this?" Ma Yuanyi looked at Zhang Huang meaningfully.

Zhang Huang didn't pay attention, shrugged his shoulders and said, "That kind of novelty thing, naturally I want to take a look." ”

"Take a look...... It's not impossible. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi in surprise. Stunned and asked, "Could it be that Brother Yuanyi ...... you?"

Ma Yuanyi took in the shocked eyes of the black feather crows and smiled. said, "Come with me!" ”

With that, he led Zhang Huang and the others through the hall to the innermost secret room. Pushing open the secret room and taking a look, I saw a huge ball in the secret room, exactly the same as what Zhang Huang and the others saw today.

"This ......" Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi in shock, secretly surprised that Ma Yuanyi had a way to get an armillary sphere.

Ma Yuanyi, who was holding the oil lamp, seemed to see the shock in the hearts of Zhang Huang and the others, put the oil lamp in his hand on the table beside him, and then stroked the surface of the armillary sphere, sighed and said, "For such a big lump that I don't know whether it is iron or stone or wood, I have sacrificed many of my brothers......"

[……]

Xu Fu glanced at Ma Yuanyi in disbelief. You must know that Ma Yuanyi claimed to be a businessman who came to Luoyang to do business, but now, Xu Fu is more and more suspicious of his statement. After all, why would a serious businessman build a secret room in his own mansion? And why do you have to sacrifice and capture an armillary sphere of the imperial court in order to survey the whole city?

And when Xu Fu secretly guessed Ma Yuanyi's true identity, Zhang Huang couldn't bear his curiosity and stepped forward to look at the armillary sphere. Unlike the large balls that he had just seen levitating and rotating, the armillary sphere in front of him was obviously malfunctioning, motionless and sitting there like a dead thing. If it weren't for Zhang Huang's own eyes to see the intact armillary sphere, otherwise, he really couldn't imagine that this big ball actually contained far more technology than the contemporary one.

"You guys knocked it down?" Zhang Huang asked, stroking the knife marks on the big ball.

Ma Yuanyi nodded, and said with some embarrassment, "I wanted to knock down one and take it apart to take a look, but I didn't want to move if I didn't know where it was broken." ”

"I'll see." Zhang Huang looked up and down at the damaged armillary sphere, and unsurprisingly found Moru's note from the surface.

Luoyang Confucian Academy, made by a branch of Moru, Jiujiu.

[Jiujiu?] And numbered? ]

Zhang Huang shook his head with a smile, and immediately paid more attention to observation.

Somewhat similar to his impression of the armillary sphere, but somewhat different, the surface of this large ball was composed of countless iron rings of different sizes, and the outermost iron ring was about an inch wide and about three feet in diameter according to Zhang Huang's eyesight. The inner iron ring is smaller than the outer layer, both in width and diameter. Zhang Huang checked it for a while, only to find that he couldn't disassemble this big round ball, more precisely, there were no screws or anything like that could be removed on it, as if the whole ball was made of measurements, and it was wrapped layer by layer after the manufacturing process and welded directly, and there was no possibility of disassembly.

"What about forcibly demolishing it with a chopping iron?" Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi.

Ma Yuanyi's eyes showed a hint of embarrassment, and he frowned and said, "I'm afraid that it will hurt the inside, so I don't dare to try." ”

Zhang Huang nodded, he knew Ma Yuanyi's identity, so he was not surprised why Ma Yuanyi wanted to disassemble it, it was nothing more than trying to steal Moru's technology, but unfortunately, this Moru's product was not only beyond his imagination, but even Zhang Huang felt that he had no way to start.

Suddenly, Zhang Huang's complexion changed slightly, and he looked at the strange symbols engraved on the iron rings.

"These symbols are ......" stroking those strange symbols, Zhang Huang's heart was horrified.

[Why is the symbol of the Dao Gate engraved on the Moru thing?] ]

Zhang Huang suddenly remembered that the strange blue symbols on the surface of the intact armillary sphere he had seen today seemed to be these.

Although he couldn't decipher the meaning of the strange symbols on the rings, he was sure that they were the symbols of the Xuanmen Taoists.

"Traces of the Dao Pattern!"

Ma Yuanyi's words confirmed Zhang Huang's guess.

[Moru...... Did you borrow the magic of Xuanmen Taoism? ]

Zhang Huang stood up and gently tapped the surface of this big round ball with his hand, he was now sure that Moru, these technological products that transcended the times, were involved in some hidden secret techniques of Xuanmen Taoism.

If it weren't for Ma Yuanyi's great concern about this big round ball, Zhang Huang really wanted to forcibly disassemble it and see what it contained, so that the iron lump weighing hundreds of catties could be easily suspended into the air. (To be continued......)