The three girls were sitting cross-legged on the bed sulking, and they lost their temper several times today, almost smashing the bean-colored flower pattern pot on the table, Aunt Jiang sat on the edge of the bed and comforted her well, "...... These four girls are really cunning, the news is tightly hidden, I don't even know that she also went, next time if my wife leaves you again and takes the fourth girl and the fifth girl out as guests, I will definitely go to the eldest master to seek justice for you. ”

Zhuo Ruoling said angrily: "Next time, next time, next time, how can I have the opportunity to go to someone like Zheng Guogong's Mansion next time?" ”

Aunt Jiang: "Mrs. is a little eccentric, but the reason is not unreasonable, there are four girls in the family, only the four girls have not yet settled their relatives, and it is reasonable to take her out to meet people." ”

"What about the fifth sister, she is also engaged, how can she go?"

"Alas, it's all your grandfather's fault for squandering the family business, and I can only be a concubine for others, if you were born in your wife's belly, how good it would be."

Zhuo Ruoling threw herself on the bed and covered her ears tightly with a pillow: "It's these words again, how many times have I said them over and over again, you're not tired, I'm still tired." ”

Aunt Jiang hurriedly pulled her pillow: "Don't say it, don't say it, don't get bored, take the pillow away......"

In the western room, Zhuo Ruozhen sat in front of the window reading a book, but Nu'er went in and out and found that she hadn't turned a page for half a day.

"Fourth girl, but what's on your mind?"

Zhuo Ruozhen came back to his senses and continued to read: "It's nothing, I'm thinking about things." ”

"Did you see General Xiao Geng today?"

Zhuo Ruozhen glanced up at her and nodded.

"The fourth girl didn't deliberately make things difficult for you, did she?"

Zhuo Ruozhen put down the book, thought for a while, and said, "Do you feel that Nian Nian has changed a lot from the last time I saw him?" ”

He'er nodded vigorously: "The fifth girl is much kinder than before, she smiles when she sees people, she speaks coquettishly, and she doesn't deliberately embarrass us." ”

"I feel strange, after a person has amnesia, his temperament and preferences can change, how can he completely change his painting style and handwriting? And she didn't learn arithmetic before. ”

"You don't care how she changes, as long as you don't be suspicious like before, just target us, you and the big girl are hard enough."

Zhuo Ruozhen thought of the scene he saw today, and muttered, "Maybe it won't really target us in the future." ”

"What do you mean?"

Zhuo Ruozhen suddenly got up and said, "Is the second brother back?" You go to him and borrow a copy of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"...... Forget it, I'll go myself. ”

Zhuo Ruozhen came to the small cross courtyard of the west wing of the main courtyard, and happened to meet Zhuo Xiao coming back.

"Fourth sister, is there anything wrong with me so late?" Zhuo Xiao asked.

Zhuo Ruozhen suddenly felt a little weak, today Zhuo Ruoning made a big show in front of everyone with her arithmetic, she immediately came to borrow "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", which will inevitably make people think that she wants to compete with her sister.

She smiled: "I just asked the second brother if he had bought a new one recently. Books, not in a hurry. ”

Zhuo Xiao: "It just so happens that Shidetang has published a set of "The Song of the Two Phoenixes", and I will show it to you. ”

Zhuo Ruolin followed him to the study, but saw the light leaking from the window of the study, Zhuo Xiao said "Huh", pushed the door into the room, and saw Zhuo Ruoning sitting in front of his desk, biting the tip of the pen with a hideous face.

"Niannian, why are you here?" Zhuo Xiao said strangely.

Zhuo Ruoning hurriedly stood up: "Second brother, borrow your study for use, I told the second aunt, I didn't touch your things." Second brother, do you have any books here about the preparation of gunpowder? ”

"Gunpowder?" Zhuo Xiao was puzzled: "The recipe for the preparation of gunpowder is a secret of the imperial court, how can there be such a book on the market?" ”

It's a secret!

Zhuo Ruoning pouted in disappointment, "I wanted to write a book to fool him, but there is no reference material, and this project is too big." ”

Zhuo Xiao walked over and saw a stack of papers spread out on the desk, which read:

Research on the Invention and Application of Gunpowder

Chapter 1: The Invention and Early Application of Gunpowder

Section 1: The invention of gunpowder

1. Understanding and utilization of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal

2. The development of the practice of Dan and the practice of Dan arts

3. The relationship between Lian Dan and gunpowder

Section II: Early Applications of Gunpowder

1. Gunpowder and medicine

2. Gunpowder and the military

……

Chapter 10 The Widespread Use of Gunpowder in Life

……

The outline alone is deleted, deleted, and densely written on a piece of paper.

Zhuo Xiao was no longer surprised by this sister's brain hole, and held his forehead: "What are you doing with this?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning told him about Xu Jinchen coming to her, and said angrily: "I kindly reminded him, who knows that he is not reasonable at all." ”

Zhuo Xiao's face became solemn, and he said solemnly: "Jinyiwei is the emperor's pro-army, responsible for investigating major cases, arresting criminals, and interrogating criminals, and is only loyal to the emperor. The leakage of the secret recipe for gunpowder is not a trivial matter, and you are so familiar with gunpowder that he naturally wants to investigate. According to Xu Jinchen's iron-faced and selfless style, agreeing to tolerate for a few days is already unprecedented. ”

"So I had to make up a book myself."

Zhuo Ruozhen knew the seriousness of this matter, and asked nervously: "How can you make it up yourself?" Even if it is made up, if Jinyiwei sues the emperor and says that the Zhuo family's private possession is prohibited. Books, this book is ironclad evidence, and our family will suffer when the time comes. ”

This Zhuo Ruoning didn't expect it, so she had to ask Zhuo Xiao for help: "Second brother, what should I do?" If I hadn't handed over the book, he wouldn't have let me go. ”

Zhuo Xiao looked at the paper on the table and pondered, got inspiration from the outline, took the pen in her hand and said: "It's not a bad idea to make up a book, but you can't write it like this." ”

He circled the words "alchemy and gunpowder" with a pen, "Since gunpowder was invented by accident during alchemy, let's compile a booklet of alchemy, without too many words, and the information is easy to find." ”

It would be easier to have the second brother to help with this, he thought about it more thoroughly, and said that he would go to the bookstore another day to find a few alchemy books and come back, and the paper would have to use old paper.

Out of the study, the two sisters returned to Moon Shadow Xuan together, and Zhuo Ruozhen asked with a heavy heart: "Nian Nian, are you familiar with Xu Jinchen?" ”

"Of course I'm familiar, he's saved me several times, but he's not very enthusiastic."

Zhuo Ruozhen wanted to speak several times, and when she walked to the front porch of Moon Shadow Xuan to separate, she finally couldn't help but say: "Xu Jinchen is a Jinyi guard, the person around the emperor, if you accidentally say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing in front of him, it will inevitably reach the emperor's ears, so it's better to stay away from him." ”

Zhuo Ruoning nodded again and again: "I remember, I will definitely be careful." ”

She turned around to leave, but Zhuo Ruozhen stopped her, and said, "I heard that the emperor seems to want him to be the lord of Shangjiang County." ”

"Who?" Zhuo Ruoning was struck by lightning, and the whole person was stunned, "Is Xu Jinchen the fiancé of the county lord of Jiangdu?" ”

"I don't know what's going on, I'm all listening to others. The emperor originally wanted Geng Kan to be the county lord of Shangjiang, but after knowing that he had a marriage contract, he dispelled this idea and turned to reuse Xu Jinchen, who was once rumored in the capital to want the county lord of Shangjiang. ”