"Back to Your Majesty, this is the arrow that the Praetorian Guards picked up when they cleaned up the scene after the Queen Mother returned to ......the palace yesterday," Sima Cheng said with his hand to Xue.

When Sima Lie heard this, his brows frowned, that day Fang Xu had obviously said that he would immediately go to recover this arrow after the convoy entered the city but failed, his movements must be faster than the Praetorian Guards, Sima Lie couldn't help but raise his fists.

"The minister saw that this arrow was exquisitely made, so he deliberately went to consult the scroll, scraped the lacquer color on the straight wood, only to find that the arrow of this arrow used black sandalwood as a straight wood, and black sandalwood, only in the south of Dayu is produced in a few places, very precious, and this wood because of the scarcity of brown eyes, tight texture, heavy oil, is also one of the best hard materials, so the strength is extremely strong, and it is not easy to break during use."

Zu Di on the side nodded in agreement while listening, and he continued Sima Cheng's words and said:

"Moreover, the arrow of this arrow is a three-winged arrowhead, the length, arc, angle, and weight of the arrow head are almost exactly the same, which shows the fineness of the process, from the point of view of the texture on the arrowhead, this piece of steel has been quenched at least ten times or more repeatedly to form this texture and luster, which is considered to be tempered in the arrowhead."

The Wenchen, who didn't know how to make weapons, looked at each other, and the generals who knew it well all sank.

Not to mention that the wood is not easy to obtain, and after seven years of war, the treasury has long since exhausted the money, and it is impossible to summon skilled craftsmen to come and make arrows.

Therefore, even if it is the arrow used by the royal army, it will not cost such precious materials and gather the strength of thousands of people.

"When the minister heard about the attack on His Majesty's convoy returning to the palace, he thought it might be related to this arrow, so he submitted it." Sima Cheng spoke eloquently.

In the early years of Dayu, the first emperor in order to appease the clan wantonly crowned the king, Sima Lie was the king of Pingzhou, and Sima was the king of Yizhou, there were a certain number of kings everywhere, and the army at their disposal was free, and later Jia Hou took power, in order to obtain the support of the kings, he directly delegated the power to make weapons to the king, and the result was out of control.

The ministers were silent, but Xue pretended to be relaxed and said:

"That's a good arrow......

Zu Di frowned, this matter is a matter of life, could it be that the little emperor will only sigh that this arrow is well done?! He was very dissatisfied, glanced at the two princes in front of the palace, "snorted", and said:

"Your Majesty, in the entire Dayu, only the court and the palace have the right to make weapons, and the arrows shot at Your Majesty naturally cannot come from the palace, so only the palace can come from!"

Zu Di's voice shocked the entire court, and he spoke bluntly, directly pointing the finger at Sima Lie, Sima He, and Sima He.

Although Sima He is the prince, he doesn't care about politics and military, and he doesn't even have his own army, which is known to all the ministers, so it can be regarded as having a clear relationship with this matter, so since then, only Sima Lie and Sima are left.

"Back to Your Highness, this arrow did not come from the palace." Sima leaned down and defended himself. Seeing this, although Sima Lie was a little reluctant, he finally had to kneel down and said coldly:

"This matter has nothing to do with the Liewang Mansion."

Seeing this, Xue seemed to be thinking about something, and then looked at Sima Cheng and asked:

"Cheng Shizi, what do you think?"

"Back to Your Majesty, in fact, in addition to the straight wood and arrowhead of this arrow, the minister also found that this arrow has a very rare place." Sima Cheng arched his hand, Xue heard this, showed a curious look, and urged:

"What is it? You elaborate. ”

"It's the arrow feather behind the straight tree."

Sima Lie's face flashed a trace of embarrassment, in order to train Fang Xu to become the first archer in Dayu, he deliberately used the hardest wood, the best craftsmanship to make his own bow and arrow, the arrow feathers on the arrow naturally took a lot of thought, using the wing feathers of the water birds that inhabit the Pingzhou fiefdom as arrow feathers, the feathers of this bird are not only resistant to water flooding, but also lightweight, and the shape is regular, Sima Lie was proud of this.

"This arrow feather is very special, it is a kind of water bird from Pingzhou."

A hint of surprise flashed across the ministers' faces, but it didn't lose its color. However, Sima He saw that the ministers were silent, for fear that the little emperor would be unfavorable to Sima Lie, so he immediately scolded loudly:

"What are you ministers thinking! Just by virtue of the words of the prince of the palace, you doubt Lord Situ, is there any rule in this Dayu?! ”

The ministers were silent, especially those who had received Sima Lie's favor, and they all bowed their heads in mockery.

Clear-eyed people know that since Sima Guanju Taiwei, he has always been honest and honest, and he is as clear as water, and he has also criticized the comparison between the families in the court, which has attracted the dissatisfaction of the gate valve. And Sima Lie, the mansion is resplendent and magnificent, and it is no different from the imperial palace. Sima Lie has just been in Luojing for two years, and he has renovated and expanded the Liewang Mansion four times in a row, but over the years, the palace has only been once.

Xue was not angry, but thought for a while, and then said to Sima Lie:

"I remember that Situ is the king of Pingzhou, Situ is going to take a look, that arrow feather is your Pingzhou waterfowl?"

Xue didn't assert it immediately, but asked Sima Lie to confirm it himself, and the others seemed to have some meaning of maintenance.

Xue politely asked Sima Lie to confirm, just to give him a chance to quibble, Sima Lie had no reason not to obey, he walked towards the arrow, Sima Cheng respectfully handed the arrow to him, but his eyes were as cold as ice, and Zu Di on the side was angry in his eyes, and he didn't give him a good look.

Sima Lie couldn't be familiar with this arrow, he pretended to look at it carefully, but he was thinking in his heart: if he insisted that it was not at this moment, there were officials from Pingzhou above the court who could be identified, and if the little emperor had to investigate, if he wanted to punish him, he would definitely be able to find out what evidence he would find, but at this moment, if he admitted it, a few feathers would be able to help him.

A slight mocking smile appeared on the corner of Sima Lie's mouth, thinking to himself if this was the means used to deal with him? It's so naïve.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is the Pingzhou waterfowl." Sima Lie gestured respectfully and replied.

When Sima He heard this, he was so surprised that his eyes were about to fall out, and he was about to step forward to defend him, but Sima Lie glanced at him angrily, and forced Sima He back.

"Then Situ Ke still has something to say?" Xue asked, Sima Lie quickly knelt down and said:

"This bird is indeed from Pingzhou, but it cannot be assumed that this arrow is from the Liewang Mansion, please Your Majesty to check it."

Shen Xing once said to Xue that Sima Lie was as his name suggested, with a fiery and vicious temperament, but Xue saw that Sima Lie at this time could make such a humble appearance in order to protect himself, and he was also a person who could bend and stretch, and she could be regarded as having seen it.

Xue sighed secretly in her heart, because the evidence found by Sima Cheng ended here!

As Sima Lie said, she really couldn't conclude that the matter had something to do with him just by a few feathers, and thus cut off his title.

"There are such good birds in Situ's fiefdom, presumably Emperor Tai never knew about it." Xue said deliberately jokingly, then got up, slowly walked down the high hall, personally helped Sima Lie up, and said:

"Uncle Liehuang, get up, I think Sikong is reasonable, just a few feathers, how can you say that this arrow is from Situ Mansion."

Sima Lie was startled, but quickly covered it up.

originally thought that the little emperor would take advantage of this to suppress him, but the result was beyond his expectations. At this time, although Sima Lie got up, he still bowed over in a respectful posture.

Xue then also helped Sima on the other side, and said with a smile:

"It's not the Lie Prince, so naturally it can't be abruptly counted on the head of the prince."