Chapter Seventy-Six: The Door God and the Safe
Li Hao, who heard this, was also extremely helpless, because he knew that he couldn't agree this time, but there was no way to stop Ling Budo from agreeing.
After all, Ling Budo was too radical in his actions, and now that Huo Junhua was still alive, he still had some concerns in his heart, and he also wanted to let Ling Yi subdue the law in a normal way.
But when Huo Junhua is gone, Ling Budo will dare to completely let it go, and it will be difficult to predict what he will do then.
Of course, if Li Hao could get Ling Yi's incriminating evidence from Chun Yu's clan first, he might be able to use this to restrain Ling Budo.
But now that the statue of Chun Yu's Nuwa has not been cast, this evidence is really not easy to find. Maybe if Ling Budo was replaced, it would be much easier to go into the Chengyang Marquis Mansion to find something, but Li Hao didn't want to tell him about it for the time being.
After all, now that I have said it, it may be that Ling Budo can successfully take revenge, but for Li Hao, it is really no good, but it may be disrupted, and Li Hao can't tell why he knows about it, so it is better to hide the matter first, maybe when it can be used as a tool to balance Ling Budo.
It's just that in this way, in the face of the prince's questioning now, Li Haoke is too passive, especially at this time, the prince is obviously more emotionally inclined to Ling Budo's side.
It seems that Li Hao and the prince's recent mutual help still can't catch up with Ling Budo's brotherhood with the prince for more than ten years.
So although the prince said it to the two of them, the first thing he asked was Ling Budo, but fortunately, Ling Budo directly refused.
"Your Majesty's handing over the Tiger Talisman to His Highness is the greatest trust in His Highness, and this Tiger Talisman should be kept by His Highness himself, and should not be handed over to anyone. Moreover, the palace is heavily guarded, as long as His Royal Highness does not take the tiger talisman out of the East Palace, no one will dare to covet it. But the prince was still worried after hearing this, so he looked at Li Hao again, hoping that Li Hao could help.
Li Hao also refused: "What Zicheng just said is the truth, as long as His Royal Highness does not take the tiger talisman out of the East Palace, it will naturally be safe." Moreover, our foreign ministers are indeed not qualified to hold the tiger talisman on behalf of His Royal Highness, and if His Majesty knows about this matter, I am afraid that he will not be happy. But obviously, Ling Budo said useless words, and Li Hao couldn't dispel the prince's worries when he said it, so he continued: "In this way, didn't Your Highness say that there is always an abnormal noise in the East Palace at night these days, so you are worried?" Recently, Zicheng and I took turns to stay in the East Palace to watch the night and see what the problem was, how about it? The crown prince was naturally happy to hear this, after all, in his heart, whether it was Li Hao or Ling Budo, they were both extremely capable people, so he believed that with these two people, the East Palace would be an absolutely safe place.
But Ling Budo was not very satisfied with this, because he had a lot of things to do, so how could he be willing to come to the East Palace to garrison him.
When he wanted to refute out loud, and this was noticed by Li Hao, who had been staring at his reaction, he immediately said: "Let's discuss the specific arrangements later, it won't delay too much time." Seeing that Li Hao said this, Ling Budo endured it for the time being, anyway, if Li Hao couldn't convince him later, it would be good to refuse to the prince then.
After all, he didn't directly agree, this so-called acquiescence thing, it was logical for him to break it.
However, the prince was a little embarrassed while being happy, and said: "Isn't that too troublesome for you, after all, Chang Anjun is just pregnant now, don't you have to accompany him in the mansion more?" Li Hao replied: "No need, there are enough people in the house, and Leng Jun still has my grandmother to take care of him, it is nothing if I go back a few times, after all, it is more important for state affairs." After finishing speaking, Li Hao also deliberately paid attention to the prince's reaction, but the prince was indeed quite calm after hearing it.
Then he answered: "Then I will work hard, and I will order someone to prepare some gifts and send someone to send them to you, which can be regarded as congratulatory to you." "I didn't see anything wrong, Li Hao naturally accepted it directly, after all, the things that people took the initiative to send to the door did not accept in vain.
After confirming the situation and determining the situation a little, Li Hao and Ling Budo got up together to say goodbye. After coming out, he didn't go far, Ling Budo stopped and asked, "You propose to take turns guarding the East Palace, what are the specific regulations, if it really only has a few days, it doesn't matter, but if it's a long time, I don't have that much free time." Li Hao explained: "Actually, you are more familiar with the defense of the palace than me, and there will definitely be no problem with security, but now the prince's worries are just a simple lack of security." Let's help the prince make up for his sense of security in the palace these days, and when I prepare something to enter the palace, I believe that the prince can rest assured. Ling Budo was not very curious about what Li Hao said, but emphasized: "Is it really only a few days?" Li Hao said affirmatively: "You can rest assured, I don't want to be on duty in the East Palace now than you, and I won't come to you." It's just that I have to go out today and order someone to prepare in advance, so I'll have to bother you tonight. Ling Budo did not object, after all, it would be beneficial for him to settle this matter as soon as possible.
After leaving the East Palace, Li Hao immediately left the capital, because Li Hao wanted to prepare this thing, and he needed to arrange to make it, and most of the craftsmen of the Yuan family were in the village outside the city.
After carefully describing the requirements to the craftsmen and confirming that they had understood, Li Hao returned to the Yuan Mansion.
And when Li Hao arrived, the things from the East Palace had already been delivered and placed in the courtyard.
Seeing this scene, Li Hao couldn't help asking: "Why are the things placed here, and they are not collected in the warehouse." The maidservant replied: "It was the lady who asked me to put it here, saying that it was a gift from the nobles of the East Palace, please count it first, and then send it to the warehouse." Lest there be any damage or omission, and then the good intentions of the nobles will be missed, and it will not be good. Li Hao smiled slightly when he heard this, knowing that Qu Lengjun was still taking the initiative to avoid suspicion, and it may be partly because of the deliberate framing of the previous princess, so he decided to be careful.
So he simply didn't touch anything, and let Li Hao see it himself, so straightforward, so as not to hide any evil intentions in it, and feel disgusted.
However, Li Hao is indeed curious if there will be something problematic in this, of course, Li Hao is not doubting that the prince will do this, but doubting the princess who is not worrying.
It's just that considering Qu Lengjun's feelings, Li Hao didn't check it for the first time, but went to explain the reason to her first.
Because Li Hao has always been the most annoying thing is that he can talk about a misunderstanding that can be said in two sentences, but because of non-communication, he dragged him out for twenty or thirty episodes.
After saying that, the two opened the box together and checked, this time the princess was quite honest and did not mix anything that should not be put in it.
After confirming that there was no problem, Li Hao ordered someone to count the things into the warehouse, and he accompanied Qu Lengjun back to rest.
When the two of them were alone, Qu Lengjun thought for a while, and then took the initiative to ask: "When the waiter in the East Palace brought something just now, he said that you would be on duty in the East Palace in the future, what is going on?" ”
"I thought you wouldn't ask, but it looks like you can't help it." Li Hao smiled at this time, and then began to explain: "Your Majesty didn't give the Tiger Talisman to His Royal Highness the Prince, now that the Crown Prince is holding the Tiger Talisman in his hand, he is always worried that it will be lost. So Ling Budo and I discussed taking turns guarding the East Palace, so that the prince could rest assured, but this is a temporary method, I am already preparing other means, and I will be able to come back to accompany you in a few days. Seeing that Li Hao said so easily, Qu Lengjun didn't ask again, because she still had absolute confidence in Li Hao.
After resting in the mansion for one night, Li Hao went into the palace again to replace Ling Budo and came to guard the next day.
Not to mention, although this duty tossed Li Hao and Ling Budo, it had a remarkable effect on the prince, so that he never had the nightmare of the theft of the tiger talisman again.
For this reason, the prince deliberately left Li Hao and Ling Budo together one day, and expressed his gratitude: "It's really thanks to the two of you, with you sitting in the East Palace, I can finally sleep well." But then he said: "It's just that this is not a long-term solution after all, and now because Zicheng is on duty at night, he is always a little unenergetic during the day, so my father also made a special trip to me to ask." Ziyang, didn't you say there were other ways before, but now you are ready. After hearing this, Li Hao couldn't help but say, this year is really someone's child who hurts, Emperor Wen is eccentric and only sees Ling Budo, and he treats himself as pure air.
But the words still have to be replied: "It would be good to have another two or three days, but that thing is only afraid that it is a little heavy, and it may be transported into the palace when the time comes, and it will have to be helped by His Royal Highness." After confirming this time limit, Li Haozhi felt that Ling Budo breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he really didn't want to do this kind of meaningless night duty.
The prince was also relieved when he heard this, after all, he was worried that if he really squeezed Ling Budo again, Emperor Wen would have to punish him.
Then, the craftsmen of the Yuan family did not disappoint Li Hao, and completed what Li Hao asked to make as scheduled.
After Li Hao's acceptance, even if the car was loaded and escorted to the East Palace by Li Hao, this thing was indeed a little heavy.
There are thick rut marks along the way, but fortunately, the weather has been good recently, otherwise if there is a muddy place, I am afraid that it will not be easy to pass.
When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the descendants of the Yuan family naturally could not enter the palace, so the carriage had to be replaced by someone from the East Palace to drive it.
However, Li Hao had greeted the prince earlier, and he had to wait at the palace gate early, and after the palace gate guards searched and inspected, the group came to the East Palace.
It's just that seeing the things that were brought in, the prince and Ling Budo glanced at each other, and then couldn't help asking, "You said you want to prepare something, is it this big piece of iron?" Li Hao replied: "It's this thing, this thing is similar to a stuffy warehouse, I call it Luban Cabinet, it is all cast of iron, weighing 400 catties, I specially ordered someone to make it for storage." As long as the tiger talisman is placed in this Luban cabinet, and then it is locked, no one can take it away except for His Royal Highness. The prince stared at it for a long time, his eyes revealing a little disbelief, and Ling Budo was much more direct, and after looking around, he said: "With the weight of this thing, it is indeed difficult to get away with manpower alone. If you use carriages and horses, you can't be silent in this palace, which is a solution. You don't have to take the whole cabinet to get what you have here, and I don't see you have a place to install a lock. Li Hao replied: "You are to the point, if you really just want to make an iron cabinet, where does it take so long." The ingenuity of this thing lies in the fact that the lock is embedded in the cabinet, so once the Luban cabinet is closed, there is no corresponding key, and you want to use violence to open it, then the movement will be big. And this lock is also deliberately double-set, just the key is not enough, and you have to know the corresponding mechanism to open. As he spoke, he stepped forward and pointed to the location of the keyhole, and carefully introduced, first of all, there are three keys to unlock the lock, and only insert them at the same time.
And this is only the first step, there is also a combination lock underneath, you must turn the turntable to point to the corresponding position, and the two phases can really open the cabinet.
In fact, this thing is made by Li Hao according to the principle of modern safes, but instead of an electronic password lock, a simplified version of a mechanical lock.
After all, the gap between this material is indeed a little bigger, and it can only be used after simplification, and even this method of embedded lock, Li Hao is tricky.
And this is all based on Li Hao's original technical accumulation, and it was only after a few scraps that such a good one came out.
In addition, there is no corresponding self-destruction mechanism, which also makes Li Hao not very satisfied, after all, this gives others the opportunity to keep trying and making mistakes, although the probability is relatively low, but it is always possible.
However, after listening to Li Hao's introduction, the prince was quite satisfied with this thing after trying it himself.
Of course, the inspection will not be so simple to pass, after all, if this thing is really as useful as Li Hao said, then there will definitely be a lot of important things to be put in the follow-up, and this safety is particularly important.
So the prince had the craftsmen of Shaofu invited them to try to open it without a key or a password, and offered them a high reward to stimulate their enthusiasm.
But the result proves that the quality of what Li Hao can get his hands on is guaranteed. After the Shaofu craftsman reluctantly said that he couldn't open it, the prince also gave some rewards in small amounts.
Then the prince arranged for someone to transport the Luban cabinet into it and put it away, and under Li Hao's suggestion, let the Shaofu craftsmen embed the cabinet directly into the ground, and increased the weight again.
At this point, it can be guaranteed that even if the carriage is used, it will be impossible to move this thing out of the East Palace.
After delivering this thing, Li Hao and Ling Budo did not go to the East Palace to guard that night, but the next day the prince said that he heard a strange noise.
This really made Li Hao speechless, with such an iron bump, he hadn't even filled the prince's sense of security.
At this point, Li Hao can be sure that the prince's psychological problems are quite serious, so after the safe, the door god was also used by Li Hao.
Anyway, it should be used as psychological comfort, and a dead horse should be regarded as a live horse doctor, after all, Li Hao is not studying psychology, and there is nothing he can do about this thing.