Shuchun Garden, the royal garden, is less than three miles away from the imperial city.

Emperor Zhou, who had stolen half a day of leisure, was sitting with Zhao Juzheng on the pond in the garden fishing.

"Recently, there are fewer and fewer fish in this pond." Emperor Zhou complained.

It took me almost half a day to sit here and catch less than two small fish, which is really infuriating.

Zhao Juzheng also has only two fish.

At this time, the eunuch trotted over and said, "Your Majesty! The king of Han asked to see him, saying that he had made a major discovery. ”

"Biography."

Emperor Zhou replied quietly.

Under the leadership of the eunuch, Xiao Wuxin came to the back garden, but saw that Zhao Juzheng was also here, and immediately saluted and went straight to the topic.

"Your Majesty! Has the Ministry of Works been repairing the waterways recently? Xiao Wuxin asked directly.

"How do you know? The waterway built by the Ministry of Industry is a secret, you told him? Emperor Zhou asked Zhao Juzheng beside him.

Zhao Juzheng hurriedly shook his head.

"It was found by the minister himself, and I also found out that the spy planted by the King of Zhennan in Jinling this time is likely to be in the Nanyang Princess Mansion."

At this moment, the fish that was about to bite the hook ran away as Emperor Zhou's hand trembled.

Emperor Zhou threw the fishing rod aside, got up and walked to the ground of the pavilion, Zhao Juzheng followed, he asked, "Who are you talking about?" Princess Nanyang?! She's an agent, are you kidding me? ”

Princess Nanyang is eighteen years old, and a newly grown child is a secret agent? What's more, she is also the daughter of Emperor Zhou.

"Princess Nanyang may not be, but the people around her may not be impossible." Xiao Wuxin said meaningfully.

"If you have something to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush with me, I just want the result." Emperor Zhou said.

Xiao Wuxin said: "The minister can't prove it yet, but the minister needs to borrow someone from His Majesty." ”

"Who?"

"The son of the owner of the gilded wood mill, Mu Qing."

After Emperor Zhou heard this familiar name, he couldn't remember it for a while, but Zhao Juzheng reminded him from the side, and he remembered: "It turned out to be the carpenter, isn't he in the quarry?" Such a trivial matter, you go and bring him here, why do you need to ask me. ”

"He is no longer in the quarry, and His Majesty sent him to work on the construction site of the waterway being built by the Ministry of Works." Xiao Wuxin said.

Emperor Zhou thought about it for a while, but he didn't remember to give the order to let Mu Qing repair the waterway, or maybe this kind of little person was not worth his trouble.

"Li Quan! You took my edict and went to the waterway with the king of Han. Emperor Zhou ordered the eunuchs around him to come along.

After Xiao Wuxin left, Emperor Zhou turned to ask Zhao Juzheng's thoughts, and said, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

"The marriage between Gong Yi Long and Wu Guogong is strongly opposed by the ministers." Zhao Juzheng only said one sentence, and then stopped speaking.

Wu Zhaoyi has been in the palace for many years, and the main reason why she is not treated is because her mother's power is too great, and if the daughter of the prince of the country gains power in the harem, it will be okay.

Moreover, as a veteran of the two dynasties, Duke Wu Guogong has made outstanding achievements, many ministers of the court have been his protégés, and the marriage between Princess Nanyang and Gong Rongruo was also promoted by the Wu family.

Emperor Zhou was also forced to make a compromise in a helpless situation.

At this time, a carrier pigeon happened to land on Zhao Juzheng's shoulder, and Emperor Zhou knew that it was raised by the watchman to transmit information.

After Zhao Juzheng opened it, his face changed greatly, and he immediately handed it to Emperor Zhou.

After Xiao Yuanshan read it, his face also changed greatly, he tore the note to shreds, slapped it on the stone table angrily, and snorted coldly: "Go back to the palace!" ”

After Emperor Zhou returned to the imperial city, he could find Liu Qing and said, "Immediately let the two scholars of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites come to see me." ”

After Liu Qing received the order, he immediately led people to set off.

Zhao Juzheng was about to retreat, but was stopped by Emperor Zhou and said, "You stay here and take a good look at who is lying." ”

......

Waterway construction sites.

After coming to the construction site, Xiao Wuxin said that no major projects were found in the city, and it turned out that this time it was a culvert, and if you want to enter the construction site, you need to enter through the dark passage of the moat.

The construction site was pitch black, and the workers all relied on the light of the guards on both sides holding torches, working here day and night, with little money and having to endure the exploitation of cool officials.

After a while, the foreman brought Mu Qing over.

But I saw a dark-skinned, dirty, unkempt, skinny young man walking over.

After days of unrested work, he was so sleepy that he did not dare to sleep, and anyone who fell asleep would be severely beaten.

The contractor said that the construction period must be completed within ten days, otherwise, everyone would have to die, and in order to survive, they had to work desperately.

took Mu Qing back to his home, and when he learned that he had been brought back, the old father was so moved that he hurriedly kowtowed to Xiao Wuxin and thanked him.

And Xiao Wuxin didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained his intentions: "Mu Qing, I want you to draw a map of the context of the waterway." ”

At the dark underground ditch construction site, Xiao Wuxin found that there were large and small canals, which led to different directions, and the layout was very strange.

Fortunately, Xiao Wuxin kept an eye on it, and in the underground waterway, he used the compass to roughly determine the basic direction, and he was only short of the construction drawings of the waterway to be able to verify his ideas.

Favored by others, Mu Qing did not hesitate, with his carpentry years of painting skills, in less than half an hour, a clearly marked construction context map was drawn, and even all positions in it were marked.

I have to say that professionals should do professional things.

When he got the construction drawings, Xiao Wuxin took another map of Jinling, and he sneered: "Sure enough, their real purpose is ...... Imperial. ”

At this time, Wang Shicong also came with news that the criminal who smuggled gunpowder was caught.

Now, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

"Mu Qing, I'll take you to meet someone." Xiao Wuxin said.

"Who?"

"Princess Nanyang."

Hearing this, Mu Qing's family was almost frightened.