"Is this your book?" Lu Qiang, who had a thin face, lifted the heavy soap sac on his hand, unable to hide the doubt in his eyes.

"Exactly." Liu Xiu bowed and said very respectfully: "Please be right, my lord." ”

Lu Qiang hesitated, he really didn't dare to be careless, Liu Xiu waited outside the Jinshang Gate for a long time, and he had to hand over the book to him by hand, he didn't expect it to be such a thick book, for fear that something would be wrong, he really wanted to read it, but he was worried that Liu Xiu would not agree, so he asked.

"The Son of Heaven is busy, you should be concise and to the point......" Lu Qiang said halfway, looking at the things in his hand and stunned. This is a book about two inches thick folded up, completely different from the usual songs, dark cyan cover, on which there is a rectangular white cotton paper, with the words "Ningcheng War" written in upright script. He flipped through it casually, and the content was very rich, with pictures and words, and it was estimated that there were at least 5,000 words. He smacked his lips and smiled bitterly before continuing: "Young man, I'm afraid the Son of Heaven doesn't have time to read so much content. ”

Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "My lord, if the Son of Heaven is very busy, then he can read one page, if the Son of Heaven is free, he may finish reading the whole content." ”

Lu Qiang wanted to speak and stopped, since Liu Xiu was so sure, he was not easy to force. He thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "According to the convention, in addition to sealing the book, we have to pass the purpose. ”

"Please correct me." Liu Xiu hurriedly said: "Xiu has only one request, and he must let this piece reach the hands of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Don't worry, I'll do it." Lu Qiang nodded, didn't say anything, let Liu Xiu go out of the door, picked up the pen himself, and was about to deal with other official documents, but when he thought of the soap sac on the case, he was a little curious. How sure is this young man that the Son of Heaven will watch so much content? Didn't he know that the Son of Heaven had no patience to read a few hundred words of music, and most of the pieces were relayed to him by the attendants after reading them?

Maybe that's why he sent it to me specifically?

The more Lu Qiang thought about it, the more curious he became, put down what he was doing, opened the soap sac again, took out the strangely shaped book, admired the calligraphy on the cover for a moment, and turned the first page, and a few words were written on the pale yellow paper: "I would like to give this document to the people of the Han Dynasty who died in the Battle of Ningcheng." ”

Lu Qiang shook his head and dismissed, the people of the big man? Who would take them seriously. He then turned to the next page, which was a brief entry listing the contents of the book, with the contents written on it, a series of dots below, and numbers below. Lu Qiang thought about it, and estimated that this number might refer to the page number, so he chose the column with "Origin" written on it, turned the page, and sure enough, he saw the content on the page marked "five".

Lu Qiang read a few lines of words at random, and was attracted at first glance. This article is to introduce the cause of the battle of Ningcheng, the text is elegant, the words are simple, and the narrative is tortuous and moving, and there are two paintings in the middle, one is a beautiful appearance, a bearded girl with a different face from the Han people, holding a long sword, heroic posture, next to the four words "Hu Nu Fengxue", and the other is a young man of the Hu people with a heroic appearance, writing "Xianbei Prince Huai Zong" six words.

The more curious Lu Qiang really looked, he unconsciously finished reading the whole book, and it wasn't until a small yellow door came to call that he came back to his senses.

"Master Lu, what are you looking at so fascinating?" Xiao Huangmen asked with a smile.

Lu Qiang smiled embarrassedly, and asked Zhengse, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty announced your audience and asked if there was any major event in the past two days."

"Oh, I'll come." Lu Qiang hurriedly got up and packed up the soap sac, took several other official documents with him, and hurriedly walked towards the North Palace, looking at the soap sac in his hand, he smiled slightly, and said in his heart This may be the most interesting piece of music since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and it will definitely make the Son of Heaven smile.

Liu Xiu went out of the palace, did not go out of the city immediately, it was not easy to enter Luoyang City, every time he had to do something, it was even more troublesome to enter the palace, since the matter had been done, if he didn't take the opportunity to take a good look at Luoyang City, he was really sorry for himself. As for the matter of Song Shu, he was not worried at all, as long as Lu Qiang could send this "Ningcheng War" to the Son of Heaven, he was confident that the matter would be half done.

The reason is very simple, his book was written specifically for the Son of Heaven. Although he is not familiar with the history of the Han Dynasty, he is not ignorant of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, because although Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has a bad reputation in history, he is very famous in the history of art.

Some emperors in Chinese history are very strange, the business is very bad, either the country is bad, or the country is down, but the side business is very high-level, such as Song Huizong Zhao Ji, a thin gold body to start a sect, many people want to learn can not learn, such as the Southern Tang Dynasty master Li Yu, the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, but his words are eternal, a sentence "ask the king can have a few sorrows, just like a river spring water flowing eastward" is well known, such as the Zhu Youxiao who likes to be a carpenter, some people say that if he is a professional carpenter, he may be as famous as Lu Ban.

And Liu Hong, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, can leave a name in the history of art, because he once founded China's first art university: Hongdu Menxue, he himself is also a versatile emperor, just because his reputation is too stinky, so in addition to art history, other histories mention him There is nothing good to say, and the most used adjective is the barren silver and no way, which is simply as famous as the king of Xu.

Liu Xiu is qualified to believe that an emperor with artistic accomplishment can at least read this book, not to mention anything else, Lu Min's articles, his calligraphy and paintings, the comprehensive level is among the best in the world, and this binding format is unheard of by Liu Hong, and he has no reason to be indifferent.

So when Lu Qiang promised to deliver the book to the Son of Heaven with his own hands, he was relieved, as for whether the thing could be done, he didn't dare to pack the ticket, after all, the heart of heaven is unpredictable, Liu Hong is a famous faint king, he doesn't play cards according to common sense, whether he will take this war to heart, Liu Xiu can't guess.

did what he had to do and did his best, and for Liu Xiu, the task had been completed.

He met Zhang Fei and Liu Bei outside the palace and walked forward along the wide street. There are twenty-four main streets in Luoyang, large and small, are very wide, there are about twenty or thirty steps, divided into three parts, the middle is the emperor's special royal road, the two sides are the people walk, the two sides of the royal road are planted with poplars, pine trees and other trees, when it is the spring season, the leaves have been drawn green, look at it from a distance, like a faint green smoke shrouded in the treetops, has been stretched to the city gate in the distance.

"Sir, when the matter is done, let's take a good tour of Luoyang City." Zhang Fei said with some excitement: "I don't know if there will be a chance to come to Luoyang again in the future." ”

"There's going to be a chance." Liu Xiu said: "If I stay in the capital as an official, maybe I don't have to leave." By the way, after the business is done, let's go find Zhang Chao and the two people from the Zhao family, what are they called? ”

As they spoke, they walked forward, turned an intersection, and walked onto Tongluo Street. Copper Camel Street is named after the copper camels on both sides of the street, when Liu Xiu saw those copper camels for the first time, he was very worried that someone would steal them, after all, copper is money these days, such a big copper camel, that is a lot of money, this is just like an unguarded ATM.

"Big brother, there's a bustle ahead." Liu Bei suddenly shouted excitedly, pointed to the group of people in front of him and shouted, and ran forward as he spoke. Liu Xiu and Zhang Fei were also very happy when they saw it, and rushed over at a trot.

A group of people are installing a machine on the side of the road, sucking up the water from a river on the side of the road, spraying it on the trees on the side of the royal road, judging from their clothes, it should be the craftsmen of the palace, and there are a few small eunuchs wearing small yellow door costumes in the middle, who are shouting with their fingers and feet, and the sharp voice is particularly harsh.

"Hurry up, hurry up ......"

"Oh, hey, why are you so stupid, you can't do this bit of a thing, if you let Master Bi see it, you will die." A little eunuch who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old stretched out his orchid finger, poked it the head of a gray-haired craftsman, and screamed: "Do you know how much effort this thirsty black has taken on Master Bi, pick up the hammer and smash it, if it is broken, you can't afford to kill your whole family." ”

The craftsman didn't dare to say anything, buried his head in his work, and when the little yellow door turned around, he scolded silently.

"It's really his grandmother's bad luck, I said why no one is watching, it turns out that these eunuchs are doing things." Liu Bei muttered disdainfully, turned his head and left, Zhang Fei also followed, walked a few steps, but found that Liu Xiu did not follow, and when he looked back, Liu Xiu was looking there with interest.

"What are you seeing, what are you watching, don't you see that the palace is doing things?" The little eunuch crossed his waist and strode over, raising his eyebrows and glaring at Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu smiled and pointed to the waterwheel that the craftsmen were busy with: "This is a sprinkler truck, right?" ”

"What a sprinkler truck, as soon as you hear it, you know it's a countryman." The little eunuch pursed his lips and said with a disdainful expression: "This is called thirsty Wu, do you know?" Thirsty Wu, will drink water by themselves, and then spray on the road, with this thirsty Wu, there will be no need for people to sprinkle water in the future. ”

Well, it's still a sprinkler. Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing and nodded again and again, but he didn't mean to walk away. He didn't expect to see this sprinkler truck here, if it weren't for the fact that this thing wasn't complicated in the first place, he would almost think that the great god with the plug-in was by his side.

The little eunuch couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that Liu Xiu was not afraid of him, he rolled his eyes and looked Liu Xiu up and down, and saw that Liu Xiu was wearing a Confucian shirt, and he seemed to be relatively sturdy, and his expression was calm, and he lost his confidence for a while.

"This sprinkler truck...... No, you made the thirsty crow? Liu Xiu didn't have time to pay attention to the little eunuch, and he didn't care about his gaze, and after carefully observing the sprinkler for a while, he said to the little eunuch with great interest. The little eunuch hesitated for a moment, and subconsciously shook his head: "I can't do it, it's the masterpiece of Lord Bi of the Imperial Court." Why, you know? ”

"I don't understand." Liu Xiu said with a smile: "I just think this thirsty wu is really good, I want to draw it down, and I will make one when I go home in the future." ”

"And-" The little eunuch stretched out his voice, and his hand holding the orchid finger danced in the air: "Look at you, you will do it, who do you think you are?" ”

"Don't say that, I've made a catapult." Liu Xiu didn't think it was wrong, he thought that this pretentious little eunuch was quite interesting, and he especially wanted to tease him. "Of course, I didn't do it alone, I did it with a lot of craftsmen like this uncle, and the stone thrower we made was amazing, killing a lot of Xianbei people and Huns."

"You've been in a war?" The little eunuch looked at Liu Xiu with a little more timidity in his eyes.

"I've beaten a lot of people."

The little eunuch subconsciously took two steps back.

"Oh, don't worry, don't worry, I'll only kill Xianbei people." Liu Xiuqiang couldn't help but smile and explained. The little eunuch stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, looked at Liu Xiu twice, and saw that his smile was not fierce at all, so he breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile: "It turns out that he is still a strong man who has made military exploits, but he is disrespectful." ”

"Haha, it's easy to say." Liu Xiu smiled heartily, politely asked the little eunuch about the structure of this thirsty black, the little eunuch obviously didn't know very well, and was hesitating, a lean middle-aged eunuch walked over with his hands behind his back, his cold eyes swept on Liu Xiu's face, and asked the little eunuch in a deep voice: "What are you doing?" ”

The little eunuch was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward, whispered a few words in the ear of the middle-aged eunuch, and then turned to Liu Xiu and shouted, "You still don't salute when you see Lord Bi Lanbi?" ”

Liu Xiu bowed and bowed, Bi Lan glanced at him, his eyes softened, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Have you ever made a stone thrower?" ”

"Yes." Liu Xiu briefly introduced the situation at that time. Bi Lan listened silently, muttered softly, "It turns out that the people of the Dou family fled to Xianbei", and there was no more sound. After Liu Xiu finished speaking, Bi Lan pointed to the thirsty wu that was about to be installed: "What do you think of this thirsty wu?" ”

Liu Xiu looked at it carefully and nodded: "It's a good thing, although the structure is simple, the idea is ingenious." It's a pity ......"

Bi Lan just showed a smile on his face, and was interrupted by Liu Xiu's words: "What is a pity? ”

"It's a pity that this thirsty crow will probably be smashed by someone, and even if it is not smashed, few people in the future will know its subtlety." After speaking, he arched his hand, neither humble nor arrogant, and walked away.

Bi Lan was stunned for a moment, a little annoyed: "Nonsense, who dares to smash my thirst." As for the heirlooms...... Alas, that's a good point, who would write such an unelegant thing into an article, it's good to be able to leave a name. In the end, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely, tilted his head and thought about it, beckoned to the little eunuch and said, "Go, find a few scholars who can write articles, and see if anyone is willing to write an article for me." ”

The little eunuch hesitated for a moment, and was about to speak, when he was glared at by Bi Lan's cold eyes, he couldn't help but shudder, and he answered, turned around and left, muttering to himself as he walked, isn't this embarrassing.

Liu Xiu walked out of Xiaoyuan Gate, returned to Buyunli, and told Lu Min about the situation. Lu Min heard that he had handed over the things to Lu Qiang by himself, and finally put his mind at ease, just like Liu Xiu thought, at this point, everything they could do had been done, and the rest depended on the will of heaven - the will of the Son of Heaven.

Just when Liu Xiu was talking to Bi Lan, the Son of Heaven was standing on the compound road that was only a hundred steps away from him, looking at the thirsty Wu being installed on Tongtuo Street through the window of the compound road, and saw Liu Xiu standing there calmly talking to Bi Lan, and pointing at the thirsty Wu from time to time, he was very curious: "Who is that?" ”

The hook shield that accompanied him made Song Dian very dazed, and he thought for a while before saying, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know. Looking at him like this, it looks like he has just come out of the palace, but he doesn't look like a person in the palace. ”

"It should be new, otherwise I wouldn't be standing there talking to Bi Lan." The Son of Heaven turned his head and glanced at him, the corners of his mouth furrowed. Song Dian blinked, speechless. At this moment, Lu Qiang came over and bowed down: "Zhongchang Servant Qiang pays a visit to Your Majesty." ”

"Gong Lu, excuse me." The Son of Heaven walked forward slowly, and Song Dian was just about to follow, he waved his hand: "Song Dian, you stay, see if this thirsty black can be used." ”

"Yui!" Song Dian didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly retreated, glaring at Lu Qiang's back with some resentment, and then looked at Bi Lan in the distance, his smooth chin kept trembling, and his eyes were vicious.

The Son of Heaven walked while talking to Lu Qiang, asking what important things had happened recently, Lu Qiang took advantage of the situation to hand over the book "Ningcheng War", the Son of Heaven took it in his hand, touched the cover first, and was very satisfied with the moderate feel, and when he saw the words on the cover, he praised it first: "Good calligraphy, such beautiful calligraphy is rare, let Shi Yiguan and Liang Hu take a look at it later, don't be self-righteous all day long." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate for them to show a few of them at this time." Lu Qiang gave a rare laugh, which caused the Son of Heaven to be a little surprised, he glanced sideways at Lu Qiang, opened the book and read two pages, and also smiled: "Yes, such a good thing really can't be shown to them, otherwise, I'm afraid that it will never return to my hands." ”

"Your Majesty."

The Son of Heaven couldn't hold back any longer, "Gong Lu, this is the first time you have said my Shengming." What's going on today, and how much money has this man given you? No, you never accept gifts, and when you get home, you close the door to thank customers, how can you be a lobbyist for people today, who is so face-saving? ”

"For Your Majesty." Lu Qiang put away his smile and bowed: "The minister wants to get a talent for His Majesty." ”

"Talent?" The Son of Heaven glanced at Lu Qiang and did not speak again. He thought about it for a while, suddenly stopped, turned to look at Lu Qiang and asked, "Was that young man the one who came to the palace just now to deliver this strange songbook?" ”

Lu Qiang nodded: "Exactly." He is a student of Lu Zigan, the Taishou of Lujiang, surnamed Liu Mingxiu, and his name is Deran. ”

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows: "Liu Xiu? Is it a clan? ”

Lu Qiang shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"Well, I'll take a look before I talk about it." The Son of Heaven slapped his palm with the book and continued to walk forward, his eyes flashing, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The Son of Heaven said a few words to Lu Qiang, asked him to step back, returned to the palace by himself, crooked on the throne, opened the book and read it, the more he looked at it, the more he felt interesting, the more he looked at it, the more he felt novel, and he saw it from the beginning to the end unconsciously, until he turned to the back cover and realized that he had finished reading, and there was still some unfinished business, he rubbed his eyes a little sore, stood up, and shouted loudly: "Someone!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is here." A middle-aged yellow door walked in.

"Go, pass on the edict, Xuan ......" The Son of Heaven glanced down at the signature on the song, "Xuan Lu Min entered the palace." ”

Huang Men was a little surprised, looked at the sky outside, and reminded: "Your Majesty, this is ...... It's already time, and the palace is about to be closed. ”

The Son of Heaven's eyes widened: "What's wrong with the closed palace door?" I am thirsty for talent, let him enter the palace overnight! ”

(To be continued)