Chapter 29: Yaf's Death

At first, Princess Yangxin didn't understand very much, Cao Shi didn't plan to continue to investigate, this was not because he had a soft temper and was easy to be bullied, but because he knew very well that the people behind him couldn't move for the time being, and forcibly touching the other party might not suffer much loss, and he might have to knock out a few front teeth.

Princess Yangxin asked again and again, and then he said: "The person who died is the family of the Marquis of Tangyi, and it is the family official of the Marquis of Longxi who came to save the people, and the family was beaten and bruised to death a few days after he went back, and he also blamed me for the cause of death, as long as Zhao Yu's mind did not enter the water, who was behind the scenes." ”

"Hou Chen, this traitor! I have long known that he has bad intentions, it was this bastard who still wanted to marry me, fortunately the gentleman is more suitable than the traitor, but the poor third sister was unlucky to marry him. "Princess Yangxin to Chen? Deeply disgusted, the receiver did not have a good impression of her greedy and snobbish aunt.

The family style of the Tangyi Hou Mansion is not right, Princess Guantao has been raising noodles and stealing men for a long time outside, Chen Ajiao is arrogant and arrogant to the big and small in the house, Chen? Relying on the son-in-law and the youngest identity to be domineering, in the early years, when the princesses were young, they were not less Chen? Provoked crying, a few years ago, Princess Guantao relied on Chen Ajiao to give it to the crown prince Liu Che, and she always wanted to give it to Chen? Find a princess of the royal family to be your wife.

Of course, I found the eldest princess Yangxin, but at that time, Princess Yangxin had been arranged by Emperor Jing of Han to have a husband, and later Princess Nangong was allowed to give King Zhao and King Lu Yuan, father and son, and there was also a "** Queen" Zhang Yan's Zhang family's sister-in-law Nangong Hou Zhang Zai, Princess Guantao and Chen? Failed twice, so he had to choose the youngest princess to get married in a hurry.

Cao Shi stretched out his hand and gently pinched Princess Yangxin's face: "I didn't expect that Xijun also suffered when he was a child, speaking of which Chen?" It's not just because I'm narrow-minded, right? Fortunately, my husband still has some ability and was not frightened by Zhao Yu, and at this time Xijun has to go to the prison of Tingwei's Mansion to bring me food. ”

Princess Yangxin slapped his hand away: "The gentleman should not pinch the face of the concubine, and say less unlucky words, today I went to the palace and the queen mother talked with me for a while, and praised the gentleman for his intelligence and sensibility to make utensils that benefit the people, and said that it is better to wait for the government to stabilize in a few days and let the prince enter the palace to meet him." ”

"Then I'll do more and prepare a gift to the Queen Mother, the Son of Heaven, and the Queen." Cao Shi didn't study the stability of the government in detail, and after studying it carefully, it was nothing more than picking words to understand better, waiting for the Son of Heaven to take the time to kill Zhou Yafu to ease his good mood and come to see him again, simple and rude and impersonal? In fact, it was the Son of Heaven who intended to take care of his son-in-law's face, lest Cao Shi still think about a half-dead marquis in the prison when he met him, which was a bit of a shame.

The main structure of the four-wheeled carriage was completed a few days ago, but the most critical axle and shock absorption technology was difficult for the craftsman, and the spring steel made by the iron-smelting technology of the Western Han Dynasty was tantamount to a fool's dream, and the carpenter used soft and corrosion-resistant water pine as a load-bearing shock-absorbing wood to replace the rabbit, but the actual effect was unsatisfactory.

The carpenter's surname was Tian, and he said with a bitter face: "The requirements of the prince are too high, and a few of us can't come up with a better way to break our heads." ”

"You built axles so thin, didn't you ever think about the danger of them breaking? I think that the carriage and horse exercise is safe and stable, and it is very important to maintain the balance of the center of gravity of the carriage and horse, just like a fisherman standing on the river on a bamboo raft, and the center of gravity will fall into the river if the balance of the center of gravity is poor, and the carriage can be compared to the 6 places of boating, which also has a center of gravity balance. ”

Painstakingly explaining the principle, the craftsmen said in embarrassment: "Maintaining the center of gravity is the most important task, and if you can't find the center of gravity to build a bed, you can't stand it, but the hanging thing is unheard of, and you are worried that the axle is broken and the axle is not as strong as making the axle, which must be able to resist the unevenness of the center of gravity." ”

"You can't think like that, the axle is heavier, the carriage is heavier, whether it is carrying people and goods, it is bound to be twice as heavy as the two-wheeled carriage, if you can't find the center of gravity, the axle will break, and the suspension is not difficult to understand, look at me to draw a long sketch with you." Cao Shi picked up charcoal and drew several three views of the carriage on the stone slab, and the craftsmen stared at it for a while and suddenly realized.

In ancient times, the suspension was not complicated, that is, the chain belt or other load-bearing body was used as a buffer for the space between the carriage and the carriage, a bit like a cradle that was hoisted, but the hanging was changed to holding, in order to prevent the carriage from flying out in high bumps, the carriage had to add a few more safety devices.

The craftsmen gathered around the stone slab and pointed, from time to time to ask about the details of the material shape and the stress point, and ran to disassemble the real carriage with gusto, and it took half a day to determine the general structure of the car, and the next two days were to complete the axle and the supporting structure of the necklace on it.

In fact, the sketches are very sketchy, and many details rely on the craftsmen's imagination to make up for them, and they make more robust and stronger axles, and the axles are made of composite materials made of hardwood cork and animal glue, which greatly improves the toughness and load-bearing capacity.

According to the plan of the craftsmen, a sturdy support frame was added to the frame to tie the upper carriage with multiple layers of tough leather cables, and the four walls of the carriage were supported by cork on the edge of the carriage as an auxiliary support to prevent the carriage from tilting excessively in the shaking to overturn the carriage, and the carriage could carry four or five adults or goods of equal weight.

The four-wheeled carriage made looks simple and generous, the craftsmen are worried that it is not firm and has made many layers of leather rope chains, the main structure of the car body is replaced by the white steel bracket provided by Lu Buxian, since the advent of the soft and hard iron stacked exclusively by Houfu, the craftsmen led by Lu Buxi have advanced by leaps and bounds in steelmaking technology, and the steel through the steel through the sky has been hammered and refined and then sealed with boiling molten iron, and finally coated with zinc water to form white steel.

The axle has been changed several times, and the hardwood is wrapped in bronze and then wrapped in cork to fill the dry roll with glue, the wheel hub and spokes are also a three-layer structure of soft and hard wood, and the hardwood supports the cork shock absorption preparation is very meticulous, and the wear-resistant bronze is used as a combination between the wheel and the axle, in order to drive steadily, a single load-bearing wheel has a width of half a foot.

This luxury carriage was built, after measuring its own weight of more than 1,200 catties, such a heavy carriage can only be compared with the bronze carriage used by the Son of Heaven to sacrifice, when the results were taken, not only the officials in the Hou Mansion were stunned, but Cao Shi was also taken aback, such an atmospheric and luxurious four-wheeled carriage was originally imagined, this is not a simple means of transportation and rose to the point of art or even rare treasures,

Wei Junru rubbed his eyes for fear that he would miss the beautiful scenery in front of him, and suddenly woke up to the imperial maid must not lose his manners, and hurriedly looked around at the maid beside him, and felt that the maid beside him had opened her mouth into a "oh" shape, and even the writer and the door doctor were dumbfounded, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, after all, she was not like a country girl who had never seen the world.

"Is this the carriage that the prince gave me? It's really beautiful. Princess Yangxin lifted her skirt and walked to the tall carriage to look up, the huge wheels more than four feet high (about one meter) were painted with vermilion paint, the main body of the carriage was the most popular black and red in the Han Empire, and the white swaying white steel was also coated with thick vermilion paint, even so the reflection of the metal could still see the figure.

Princess Yangxin circled around the carriage and closed her mouth excitedly: "The things made by the prince are very beautiful, I have never seen such a beautiful carriage, only the legendary saint monarch has such a beautiful frame when he ascended to heaven, right?" If the Son of Heaven were to ride such a beautiful carriage to worship, it would be extremely glorious. ”

"No problem, I agree with the princess's idea." Cao Shi agreed without blinking, his wife's hint was so obvious, it would be hopeless if he didn't go to the road again.

Just as the young couple in the Hou Mansion were walking around the carriage, a long sigh came from the Tingwei Mansion of the Jingshi.

Zhou Yafu died.

Zhao Fangkun sat in the lobby and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I regret that I shouldn't be carried away by quick success, Zhou Yafu finally died, and he vomited blood and died after five days of hunger strike, why do you say I am so unlucky?" ”

The subordinate officials of the Tingwei Mansion looked at each other one by one, Zhou Yafu was present before he died, Tingwei Zhao Fang just routinely insulted a few words, but he didn't expect this old man to suddenly turn red and blood sprayed, and several subordinate officials who were frightened almost fainted, Zhou Yafu stretched out his hand to come to the bamboo slip to make his last words, and wrote a suicide note with blood as ink and died.

"What about the last words of the Marquis?"

"What to do? The princes happened to come to the Tingwei Mansion to ask to see the marquis, and this last word had already been passed out by the princes,"

Zhao Fang caught a glimpse of the subordinate officials of the Tingwei Mansion began to waver, and sighed knowing that the general trend had gone, and destroying the suicide note at this time would only splash dirty water on his head, and he didn't have to think about it to know how many people in the court wanted to eat him alive, and the Son of Heaven would definitely abandon himself in exchange for the compromise of the princes, and he couldn't dare or should not destroy the suicide note.

"This suicide note is not scolding me, why put yourself in it for this." Zhao Fang made up his mind to take the subordinate officials of the Tingwei Mansion into the palace to report to the Son of Heaven.

As soon as he walked out of the gate and met his younger brother Zhao Yu, Tingwei Zhao Fang was slightly stunned: "What are you doing in Tingwei's Mansion?" Now that the city is full of wind and rain, you shouldn't come to the troubled waters, return to the palace to do your duty, don't trap yourself in it and ruin your good future. ”

Zhao Yu bowed deeply and said solemnly: "Tingwei is wrong!" In the next place to seek help for the Pingyang Hou was framed in the suspected case, the Tangyi Marquis Mansion pointed out that the Pingyang Marquis instructed the family officials to beat the Tangyi Marquis Mansion to death in the East City, and after my investigation of this matter is a frame-up, so I would like to ask Tingwei to send ten officials to assist me in investigating this case. ”

Tingwei Zhao beat his chest angrily: "Tangyi Marquis!" Are you crazy or stupid? Don't you know who the Tangyi Marquis Mansion is? Go back and don't talk here, just postpone this in advance, I have something important to go to the palace to report to the Son of Heaven. ”

"For the imperial historian, when the Son of Heaven speaks out, if I choose to retreat today, then what is the difference between me, the imperial historian, and the eunuch of the fortunate Yuyu? Lord Tingwei can just send someone to me, and other things have nothing to do with Tingwei's Mansion. Zhao Yu put down his cruel words with a straight face, and none of the old officials present dared to compete with him.

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