"What's more, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has been no precedent for such a quick promotion?"

These were originally the words used by the ministers to refute the empress and ask her not to give Lin Zifan a promotion too quickly, but they were used by the empress to fight back, and everyone was a little embarrassed at the moment.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat. ”

The empress's beautiful eyes swept over everyone, revealing a rather mysterious smile, and then, no one jumped out, so she retreated......

Empress Shi Shiran left, but none of the ministers left, but stood aside in twos and threes, talking in a whisper.

In fact, there is nothing big about going to court today, and if it weren't for Lin Zifan's gambling contract, he wouldn't have gone to court today......

Therefore, the ministers don't have anything important to say, they can handle the small things themselves, but the big things are not, and after watching the excitement, they should naturally retire from the court.

What's more, there's even more excitement to see now?

Lin Zifan's bet with the big deacon seems very unfair, because if Lin Zifan loses, he will have to be beheaded, on the contrary, if the big deacon loses, he doesn't need to pay anything......

Therefore, at this moment, everyone is looking like they are watching a good show, watching from afar, and the big deacon watched Lin Zifan walk towards him step by step, his face was blue and white......

"Just because a woman can't do something doesn't mean a man can't do it either. Lin Zifan chuckled, his voice was flat, and when he heard it to the old deacon, Shi Fang, it seemed that the words were like knives, piercing his heart.

"There are still some things that the strong people can't do, but it doesn't mean that the weak people can't do it. ”

"Elder Deacon, this time, I won. ”

"Men, women?"

"Hehe......"

didn't appear in the ridicule, didn't have any requirements, and didn't even mention the gambling contract, Lin Zifan just left lightly. Leaving the old deacon's face as black as carbon, the whole person was in a trance, and it was not until all the ministers had left that he left like a depressed soul.

Indeed, this bet is not equal, even if the elder loses, she doesn't need to take any risks, but does she really need to pay nothing?

struggled all his life in the court, thinking that men can only cook at home and take care of the baby, and can only be the great deacon of a woman's vassal, and his mood at this moment is mixed...... It was as if the whole outlook on life had collapsed. It's like a faithful believer who suddenly loses Xinyang......

Even if neither Lin Zifan, the empress, nor the civil and military officials laughed at her, this made her even more difficult to accept......

On the second day, Lin Zifan got the news that the big boss was sick and even began to talk nonsense.

You must know that in Datang, the strength of any official is extremely strong, even if it is an old deacon, he is also a proper master.

With such strength, it's hard to get sick, let alone talk nonsense, unless, her heart is upset......

However, how the elder deacon is no longer in Lin Zifan's consideration.

At the beginning, it was the old man who jumped out to find trouble first, not only ridiculed himself, but also made it clear that he looked down on men. As a man, how could Lin Zifan not fight back?

What's more, the matter of ice making is an inevitable result. Whether the elder will jump out to find trouble, Lin Zifan will eventually make ice. So, she can only blame herself!

Within a few days, news came that after the old man was cured, he personally went to Qifeng Pavilion to resign and return to the field. It is said that he was disheartened and did not want to be an official again. And the position of the chief deacon is held by the original young deacon.

In this regard, Lin Zifan did not make any comments, but quietly listened to the news and began to make bras.

But after the civil and military officials got the news, they were embarrassed.

But no one can find fault with this matter. If the elder deacon doesn't find trouble by himself and looks down on Lin Zifan, how can he be hit hard or even collapsed?

No matter from which point of view, Lin Zifan is not at fault, but has made great contributions. Therefore, I am afraid that the official who is good friends with the chief deacon can only feel sorry for the chief deacon.

A few days later, news came that General Huo Da had successfully found a saltpeter vein in the 100,000 mountains in the south, and was currently stepping up mining, and even the original Second Army of the Zhenbei Army was pulled over to mine.

Of course, Lin Zifan has already entered the court as an official, and he has exposed his male body, which is no longer among them.

Time passed, the weather became hotter and hotter, only about half a month, Datang entered the midsummer season, every day at noon, according to Lin Zifan's estimate, the temperature is estimated to exceed 40 degrees!

This kind of high temperature, even if it is naked, is useless, unless soaked in cold water, it will be cooler.

But even if you are a master of the high martial arts world, it is impossible to soak in water all the time. So in the past, at this time of year, there was hardly anyone to see in Chang'an City during the day, everyone hid at home, unwilling to go out, unless there was something that had to be done, they would choose to go out.

But this year, things have changed.

Inside the palace, although the weather is still hot, it is much cooler than outside, and the average temperature does not even exceed 30 degrees......

At this temperature, if you don't wear too thick or do strenuous exercise, you won't get much heat.

And the 'promoter' of all this is naturally Lin Zifan.

If you find a saltpeter mine, you naturally don't have to worry about the shortage of saltpeter.

Nowadays, ice cubes are placed in every building of the palace, and once the ice melts, a court maid will add saltpeter to make the water freeze again.

When a large amount of ice melts, it absorbs a lot of heat, and the temperature naturally drops.

Even the empress was 'mad' and asked Ziyi to ask Lin Zifan for some saltpeter, turning the pond in Qifeng Pavilion into an ice pond, and the fish in it were extremely sad and turned into ice sculptures......

It's just that these fish all have some 'demon beast' attributes, and they can't die even if they are frozen into ice. Lin Zifan once saw it once when he came to deliver shaved ice in person, those beautiful fish were clearly frozen in the ice, but they were all still alive, and they kept blinking and staring at people with 'dead fish eyes', which made his scalp tingle for a while......

In addition to the palace, the temperature in the palaces of the ministers is also quite cool, and with their status and connections, it is not difficult to get some saltpeter.

What's more, even if the saltpeter mine is now prioritized in the army, they can send people to collect scattered saltpeter everywhere in the city, anyway, Li Shangshu has already told them the method of saltpeter collection, and it is not difficult.

Even if it weren't for the fact that there were many people from other countries in Chang'an, and there might be spies, these ministers, including the empress, wanted to lower the temperature of the entire Chang'an City......

After all, watching the people 'suffer' in the 40-degree heat, while they were cool, made them a little unbearable.

But now, I can only hold back!