For Yu Moji, this news was like a bolt from the blue.

She relied on a desire to learn and a determination to break her oath, and she endured three days of hard work, and her mental strength was almost exhausted. At this moment, she had to forcibly gather her veins, maintaining a fairly calm expression, and said to Ling Jingcheng, "Dare to ask Lord Ling, has this crime been decided?" ”

Although she was already extremely anxious in her heart, she also clearly remembered that before going to the prison in the depths of the ghost path, Ling Jingcheng obviously did not have this attitude. Fu Cheng's letter came, and it was only a matter of the past three days. If what Aman committed was really as serious as Ling Jingcheng said, then there must be more complicated implications, and for a while, he might not be convicted; If it is undecided, there may be room for a turnaround.

Ling Jingcheng really hesitated for a moment before he said, "That's a matter of the Criminal Department." However, after you returned from the ghost path, a group of the captives involved were handed over. Judging from the recent importance that the DPRK and China have attached to such matters, it will probably not take long to settle down. ”

Yu Moji had probably sat in front of Aman for too long. Now she has suddenly changed drastically, but her face is just blank, and there is no panic.

In fact, her whole person has been frozen into a thick piece of ice by reality, and she can barely breathe. But she still has a lot to say and a lot to do. She knew she didn't have the energy to panic.

She has never regarded herself as a Qi person and served the Great Qi Empire, on the one hand, out of love for the study of Yanjia, and on the other hand, she is also grateful for the various opportunities provided to her by the Great Qi Empire, a large part of which is still for the cultivation grace of Yuan Pingzhi and Lu Chen and others.

For the court of the Great Qi Empire itself, Yu Moji had neither enthusiastic feelings nor naïve expectations. When she was a child, she was mourning, and she saw too many things about the bullying and unreasonable oppression of the indigenous people of Tusu; Rao is she is cautious in her words and deeds, often guarding against getting involved in the contradictions between the Qi people and the Tusu people, and trying her best not to provoke the officials of the Great Qi Mansion, but in the end she was not spared.

But she never seriously considered it, just as the study of Yanjia has long been the exclusive knowledge of the Great Qi Imperial Court, and the Cardinal Council is also a place to serve the Great Qi Imperial Court after all. He Man, like Lu Chen, is her mentor. However, He Man was already on the opposite side of the Great Qi Empire, and Yu Moji could only stand on the side of the Great Qi Empire and watch He Man die.

The ancients set the "Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher", the monarch always precedes the teacher, and the rules continue to this day and have never changed. Even though Yu Moji has no sense of belonging to the Great Qi Empire, she will become the Yanshi of the Cardinal Council in the future, and now she is already a reserve of the Great Qi Empire, which is the fate that has been written when she submits an application to the Cardinal.

Yu Mojian understands these truths. But she was not willing to submit to the fate given by the sages.

Before Yu Moji could speak, Ling Jingcheng had already waved his hand and said, "Even though that He Man has taught you, the case she committed this time is really serious, and the death penalty is inevitable." You'd better not get involved. As he spoke, he glanced at the two stacks of paper on the case of the remaining ink marks, "You have transcribed these materials here, and then handed them over to the Lantai secretary in charge of the books, and they will record them themselves." For the rest, I will naturally think about it for the cardinal. You don't have to worry about it anymore......"

"Lord Ling." Yu Moji suddenly interrupted Ling Jingcheng. She knew that her words and deeds were offensive, so she bowed her head slightly, barely apologized, raised her head again, and looked at Ling Jingcheng fixedly. In the past, she never dared to look into the eyes of others, especially in front of the people she respected, but now she categorically can't leak a little weakness, "My lord said before that to make merit for sin, you must first have merit." I just don't know, with Aman's current sins, how much merit is needed to be able to withstand it? ”

"Ink marks!" Although Ling Jingcheng treats people coldly on weekdays, he rarely calls him by his first name like this. Yu Mochen knew that it was not good when he heard it, and when he took a closer look at the focus of his gaze, he could clearly see the faint anger on Ling Jingcheng's face.

"Many of the Masters of the Cardinal have mentioned that you are usually arrogant and rude. It's just that your predecessors know that you are not a Qi person, so they don't care about you. Ling Jingcheng dug out a bunch of old accounts out of nowhere, and unceremoniously beckoned to Yu Moji, "What, now you even have to meddle in the resolution of the Criminal Department?!" ”

Yu Mojin was stunned for a moment, and said in her heart that although she was often treated coldly by the Yanshi in the past, and occasionally had some grievances in her heart, she had never acted disrespectfully, and she didn't understand when this large number of crimes grew; Could it be that she used to be shy and didn't like to talk, and she also gave people a handle?

However, at the moment, she did not have time to dwell on these things, and only forced a few "undoubted" meanings into her eyes, and continued, "I am asking for advice on behalf of the Cardinal. The conditions for exchanging these studies have been mentioned, and Aman has also told all the knowledge on the ship. If it is not realized, will it not be detrimental to the reputation of the Cardinal? ”

Ling Jingcheng said, "In order to encircle and suppress the southern mountain bandits, the imperial court successively mobilized the Zhennan Army and the Jiangbei Army, spending a lot of financial and material resources, losing dozens of heavy armor, more than 100 armor soldiers, and nearly 10,000 ordinary sergeants were killed and wounded. Do you think that the authenticity of the techniques dictated in three days alone can offset the guilt of Jiang Shanchuan's previous conspiracy with mountain bandits in an attempt to steal the thousand-year-old gold? ”

Yu Moji was silent. Regardless of the Jiangbei Army for the time being, she has personally experienced the casualties of the Zhennan Army. This time the Jiangbei Army's meticulous work colluded with the Jiangshan ships and the remnants of the mountain bandits, although it was only the last variable when the many storms in Juping Mountain were about to subside, but it did attack the Great Qi Empire head-on. What's more, what Aman is plotting is the thousand-year-old gold that the empire values the most, which is touching the backlash of the imperial court.

The knowledge that Yu Moji asked for from Aman was Aman's lifelong achievement, but the value of those studies was really abstract. Perhaps the fresh blood brought by these technologies can greatly promote the development of the science of Yanjia, but that will be for the future. In the face of Aman's sins, all the knowledge she had given to the Cardinal Council through the ink marks could not be exchanged for her life.

Yu Moji still refused to give up. She glanced at the two stacks of paper on the shore, gritted her teeth, and suddenly said, "Well, if it's brand new...... What about the new Heavy Armor? She originally wanted to talk about the Xuantian Blazing Sun, but before she could say anything, she thought that the design of this kind of armor was also a secret in the Cardinal's house, and it was impossible to explain how it could flow into the hands of the captives. She temporarily changed her words, only saying that it was a heavy armor, "Borrowing the technology of the Jiangshan ship, the efficiency has tripled, and the weight has been reduced by two percent." If it had been placed on the battlefield of the Zhennan Army's suppression of bandits, the time required to advance the line might have been reduced by half. Can this kind of heavy armor design replace Aman's life? ”

Ling Jingcheng's expression became extremely complicated, "The little bit of thousand-year-old gold on the Jiangshan boat was just stolen from under the nose of the Jiangbei Army. If they can come up with a little technology to use these millennia, can they still design a heavy armor that is beyond the strength of the Cardinal? Are you really planning to rebel? ”

Yu Moji's heart is not good. Although it is a great crime to secretly possess Chitose gold, among the group of captives, except for Aman, who is guilty of capital crimes, the rest may be saved; If the matter of improving the Xuantian Blazing Sun is insisted on on the captives, these people will surely die. She had no choice but to force her words back, "I designed the heavy armor. It's just that there are some techniques in it, and if it weren't for Aman's guidance, I wouldn't have been able to think of it. ”

Ling Jingcheng's expression still didn't mean to ease, he just said, "What about the picture?" ”

Yu Moji had just drawn the new Xuantian Blazing Sun in her heart before, not only with a structural drawing, but also with various improvements written down in detail on the paper. These things are in her hand at the moment.

But if she handed it out directly at this time, Ling Jingcheng would definitely be able to see that the prototype of that Yan Armor was the Xuantian Blazing Sun. Yu Moji has not yet been promoted to an official Yanshi, and does not have access to the Xuantian Blazing Sun drawings; Although she relied entirely on her own ability to restore the structure of the Xuantian Blazing Sun, she also knew that she herself had already aroused a lot of suspicion again at this moment, and she must not take risks again.

So she had no choice but to say, "Lord Ling also knows that when I went to ask Aman for advice before, I didn't bring any pen and paper. I only had time to draw a draft of this design. If Lord Ling thinks that this bit of technology on the Jiangshan boat can really be used, I will draw it seriously and give it to you when I turn around. She said sincerely, but in her heart she couldn't help complaining - to make Xuantian Blazing Sun more simple and efficient, she did it; However, what did she have to do to draw the Xuantian Blazing Sun in such a way that Ling Jingcheng couldn't recognize it?

"Huh." Ling Jingcheng's eyes when he looked at Yu Moji, there was already a slight hint of sarcasm. He sneered, "You actually want to take a non-existent blueprint in exchange for He Man's life?" He said and glanced at what Yu Moji had painstakingly transcribed, and said, "Or is what you wrote today just a feat that you forced on the heads of those captives in order to save them?" ”

Ling Jingcheng's suspicions were already obvious. Yu Moji said without changing his face, "I'm just a reserve, everything I learned in the past came from the Cardinal, and I don't have the ability to invent a set of techniques with completely different logics. As she spoke, she bowed down as a thank you to the Counsellors of the Cardinal's teaching, "When I hand in the drawings along with what I have learned in the last few days, my lord will be judged." ”

"Good. You weren't in the Cardinal Council a few days ago, and Lu Chen and Yuan Zhizhi still praised you all day long. That 'beacon smoke' is indeed good, but Lu Chen said that you will definitely be able to design a better armor. I really want to see how good you are. Ling Jingcheng said, suddenly removing the slight look of approval that flashed on his face, and his expression was solemn again, "However, those who are harmful to the country cannot be redeemed." He Man's matter is a foregone conclusion, and no matter what, there is no possibility of turning around. You don't have to fight anymore. ”