Before the Shangyuan Festival, Zhao Yao blew up several alchemy furnaces. Fortunately, he was blessed with a great life, and in the process of blowing up the alchemy furnace, he was only slightly injured and was not killed.

Through the fried alchemy furnace, Zhao Yao had accurately mastered the recipe of the black fire. He planned to go to Beishan to make black fire weapons after the Yuan Festival.

He Lianfang thought that Zhao Yao's explosion of the alchemy furnace was a joke at first, but he didn't expect that he was doing it to make a black fire weapon. He had heard Zhao Yao talk about the fire gun before, and he had also seen the simplified version of the fire gun made by Zheng Cheng. Zhao Yao told him that a real firebolt must have black fire, and a firebolt without black fire is no different from a bow and crossbow. However, with the Black Flame Firebolt, the power effect is 10,000 times that of a bow and crossbow.

Although Zhao Yao had not yet gone to Beishan to make a black fire weapon, He Lianfang had seen Zhao Yao explode a huge alchemy furnace five or six meters high before. After the alchemy furnace exploded into pieces, it exploded everywhere, destroying a lot of things in the backyard. If nothing else, let's just say that the rockery in the backyard was broken in half by the fragments of the alchemy furnace, which shows its power.

Zhao Yao told He Lianfang that the ratio of black fire could be increased all the time, and its power effect would also increase. Black fire can easily flatten a mountain, easily blow up a city, and raze to the ground.

He Lianfang was frightened by Zhao Yao's description, but he didn't believe it, after all, he hadn't seen its power with his own eyes.

Zhao Yao saw that He Lianfang didn't believe his words, and he wasn't annoyed. After the Yuan Festival, after he made the black fire weapon, he let the second uncle see the power of the black fire with his own eyes.

On the day of Shangyuan Festival, Zhao Yao invited the ministers of his small court to dinner. Eat at a restaurant that was built not long ago.

This restaurant is located near the pier of Marsh Province and is very luxuriously built. Zhao Yao was built according to the standard of a five-star hotel in Zhao Yao's world in his dream.

The restaurant has a total of four buildings, east, west, south and north buildings. The east and west floors are located at the front and are generally used to entertain ordinary people and ordinary merchants. The north and south floors are located at the back and are generally used to entertain distinguished guests.

At present, only the East Building has been built. The west, south and north buildings have not yet been built.

The East Building is used to entertain ordinary guests, but the decoration is also very elegant.

Each building has six floors. The six floors are divided into two levels, the Sky Room and the Earth Room. The rooms are on the fifth and sixth floors. There are not many rooms on the fifth and sixth floors, and there are only ten rooms on the two floors combined. The third to fourth floors are the number rooms, and each floor has 20 rooms. The first and second floors are places to eat. There are halls and private rooms.

Members are not required for the east and west buildings, but members are required to live in the north and south buildings.

Members need to top up, but they can enjoy the supreme service.

There are many cuisines prepared in each building, and as long as the guests want to eat, there will be a chef to cook them.

This is the first time that people have been entertained since the construction of the East Building. Zhao Yao asked the cooks to cook Shu cuisine, and let his ministers taste the taste of Shu cuisine. As for whether the ministers can eat spicy food, it is not his concern.

At the lunch of the Shangyuan Festival, the ministers ate very happily, but it was also spicy. It is said that after lunch, many ministers have diarrhea when they return home.

Zhao Yao also built a stage on the square in front of the East Building, inviting people to sing, perform acrobatics, singing and dancing performances, etc., in order to make the people of Swamp Mansion happy and celebrate the Yuan Festival lively.

In addition to building the stage, Zhao Yao also planned a very lively street. Just like the previous Chinese New Year, there are many people on both sides of the street who set up stalls to sell food, play, drink, clothing, and use.

Because it is the Shangyuan Festival, Zhao Yao also specially engaged in a guessing activity, as long as you guess the lantern riddle, you can get a prize. Among these prizes are various styles of lanterns, which are very delicate and beautiful, and the people of Marsh Province have never seen them before, especially the glass lanterns. Even for the lanterns, the people are very active in guessing the lantern riddles.

The streets are already very lively during the day, and at night, all the lights on the streets are lit up, which is very beautiful.

Zhao Yao pushed He Lianfang to go shopping slowly, feeling the excitement and festivity of the Shangyuan Festival.

Seeing the smiles on the faces of the people, Zhao Yao was very happy in his heart, and at the same time he had a great sense of accomplishment. When he first came to the Swamp House, there was no smile on the faces of the common people, only despair or pain. It had only been a few months, and the numbness on the faces of the people had disappeared, their brows were filled with happiness, and their empty eyes were lit with hope.

After shopping for a while, Zhao Yao and He Lianfang returned to the Han Palace.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he saw the secret guard waiting for him. Zhao Yao suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, thinking that if it was a big holiday, there would be another accident in the capital, right?

The secret guard first saluted Zhao Yao, and then took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Yao.

As soon as Zhao Yao saw that the envelope was red, he knew that it was an urgent letter for eight hundred miles, and his heart sank suddenly. As he reached out to receive the letter, he frowned and asked, "Why is it an urgent letter again, and what happened in the capital?" ”

The dark guard replied respectfully, "I don't know. ”

Zhao Yao waved his hand and motioned for the dark guard to retreat. Then he pushed He Lianfang to his study.

Back in the study, He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao had not opened the eight-hundred-mile urgent letter sent from the capital, and raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Don't read the letter?" ”

Zhao Yao raised the red letter in his hand and said with a solemn face: "It's not a good letter, I don't dare to open it." He was afraid that what was written in the letter was something he could not accept.

He Lianfang asked, "What are you afraid of?" ”

"I'm afraid that what is written in this letter is related to the people I care about." Zhao Yao prayed silently in his heart, hoping that the mother, second uncle and fourth brother would not have an accident.

He Lianfang snatched the red letter directly from Zhao Yao's hand, and then opened it and looked at it.

Zhao Yao saw that He Lianfang had finished reading it, and asked nervously, "What was written?" ”

He Lianfang said expressionlessly: "The waste prince is dead. ”

"What?" Zhao Yao exclaimed, and then hurriedly snatched the letter from He Lianfang's hand, and couldn't wait to read it. After reading the letter, his face was as gloomy as water, and his whole person exuded a cold and compelling atmosphere.

He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao was angry, so she didn't speak to disturb him.

Zhao Yao clutched the letter in his hand tightly, his expression was very angry, and he said in a cold tone: "Is it the acting king or the king of Jing?" ”

He Lianfang didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "Who do you think is more likely?" ”

Zhao Yao gritted his teeth and said, "Acting King! "Compared with King Jing, it is more likely that the acting king will kill the crown prince. First, because the acting king had a grudge against the abolished prince, before the abolished prince was deposed, he wanted to kill the abolished prince. The second is because of the message that Concubine Rong killed the first queen, if she kills the abolished prince, she can frame it for the queen and King Jing.

He Lianfang said: "I expected it. ”

"The fourth brother and the starling brother obviously sent people to secretly protect the eldest brother's family, how did the acting king kill their family?" Although Zhao Yao's face was still ugly, he did not lose his mind because of this.

"Then you have to ask the King of Chu and the King of Wei."

"I'm going to write to the fourth brother and the starling brother right now to ask them how the eldest brother was killed."

He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao was already sitting at the table and began to write a letter, and asked, "If it was really killed by the acting king, what are you going to do to help avenge the abolished prince?" ”

Zhao Yao didn't raise his head, and continued to write, "I will avenge the eldest brother with the fourth brother and them, and I will never let go of the acting king." ”

"Zhao Yao."

Hearing He Lianfang call him by name, Zhao Yao was so shocked that he suddenly raised his head and looked at He Lianfang. He asked with a look of surprise on his face, "Second uncle, what's wrong?" ”

"If the abolished prince was really killed by the acting king, do you really want to avenge the abolished prince with the king of Chu and them?"

Zhao Yao saw He Lianfang asking him sternly, he was stunned at first, and then asked puzzledly: "Can't I avenge my eldest brother?" ”

"You should know in your heart that if you avenge the abolished prince with the King of Chu and them, it means that you will participate in the seizure of the heir." He Lianfang's eyes stared at Zhao Yao sharply, "Are you sure you want to be involved in the whirlpool of seizing the heir?" ”

Zhao Yao, who asked He Lianfang's sharp question, was stunned. The pen in his hand stopped unconsciously, and the ink on the tip of the pen dripped onto the letterhead.

"Zhao Yao, don't think that you are just helping the King of Chu to avenge the abolished prince, not to take the heir." He Lianfang asked coldly, "Will the ministers believe it, will the acting king believe it?" You are now far away in Lingnan and have not participated in the affairs of the imperial court, so the acting king and the king of Jing are defenseless against you. Once you avenge the deposed crown prince with the king of Chu, they will think that you are the helper of the king of Chu or the king of Wei, and they will not let you go again. ”

After Zhao Yao listened to He Lianfang's analysis, his eyebrows twisted, and his expression became obscure. The letter paper before he met was ruined by ink, and he quickly put down the pen in his hand.

"You should understand in your heart that there is no difference between taking the initiative to win the heir and passively getting involved in the succession." He Lianfang's tone was a little aggressive, "Do you really want to get involved?" ”

"I ...... I certainly don't want to get involved in the snatching. He was afraid that he would be involved in the seizure of the heir, so he ran to Lingnan, which is thousands of miles away.

"Since you don't want to get involved, it's best not to interfere in the killing of the abolished prince's family." As soon as He Lianfang finished speaking, he saw that Zhao Yao looked like he wanted to say something, and immediately interrupted him, "Don't think that you are secretly avenging the abolished prince with the King of Chu and them, and they don't know about the acting king and the king of Jing." ”

When Zhao Yao heard this, he had no choice but to swallow back the words that came to his mouth.

"You don't think that everything you're doing is perfect and won't be noticed by anyone." He Lianfang said in a deep voice, "Don't think too stupidly about the acting king and the king of Jing, and don't think that you are smarter than them, so you think that you are better at doing things than them." ”

Zhao Yao didn't speak, because he did have this thought.

To tell the truth, he never looked at the acting king in his eyes. In his heart, the acting king is a brave and unscrupulous straw bag. And although King Jing is smart and has some means, he is still a little worse than him, so he didn't take King Jing to heart.

"I advise you not to despise King Dai and King Jing." He Lianfang saw what Zhao Yao was thinking, and said in a cold tone: "Even if they are not as good as you, there are no bad people around them who have the city government and the means." ”

"Second uncle, do you mean that I don't want to meddle in the affairs of the eldest brother, let alone avenge the eldest brother?"

"If you want to take revenge, you can, then be prepared to be involved in the seizure." He Lianfang sneered, "How come I didn't know that you were so close to the Waste Prince, so close that you wanted to avenge him?!" If I'm not mistaken, when you went to Jinling, you were almost killed by Li Dao, and the abolished prince knew at that time but didn't care about your life or death, Zhao Yao, when did you become so noble and benevolent? ”

"I ......" Zhao Yao wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say.

"It is also said that under the guise of avenging the abolished prince, your real purpose is to participate in the seizure of the heir." Speaking of this, He Lianfang's expression became playful, "Zhao Yao, if you want to participate in the succession, I don't object, on the contrary, I will help you." ”

"Nope." Zhao Yao was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand, "I don't plan to take the heir, really!" ”

"Since you don't want to take the heir, do you still want to avenge the abolished prince?"

Zhao Yao was so frightened that he shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, no, it's enough to have the fourth brother and the starling brother to avenge the eldest brother, and I don't need to interfere." He just said that he wanted to avenge the eldest brother with the fourth brother, and he was in a brotherly relationship, and he didn't think too much about it. Now that he heard the second uncle say this, how dare he intervene in the matter of avenging his eldest brother.

"I hope you take revenge, so that you can participate in the succession, maybe I will have the merit of being a dragon in the future." He Lianfang's tone sounded full of yin and yang, but he was actually telling the truth.

Zhao Yao's face changed greatly because of He Lianfang's joke, and he hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Second uncle, I was wrong, you can spare me."

Just now, a thought flashed through his mind, he felt that the killing of the eldest brother's family might not be as simple as it seemed. (End of chapter)