Eastward Flow

Le Zhengying asked again carefully, and Zhong Lisuo told how she got into the unknown by mistake, how she changed her clothes, and how she met Da Si Ming.Save the matter of meeting the queen in the middle, even if the explanation is over.

Seeing that she was fine, Le Zhengying felt relieved and took her home.

After the eighth day of the first lunar month, the officials have finished their rest and are about to take office again.The shops in the streets and alleys of Yuanzhou City opened their doors one after another and started business, and the taste of the New Year was also rushed with more and more complicated affairs.

Cui Jian is the governor of Zhongzhou. It stands to reason that he should set off on the ninth day of the lunar new year and return to Zhongzhou to handle official duties.But this year is his mother's [-]th birthday, His Majesty is kind enough to allow him to stay in the imperial capital until after the Lantern Festival before leaving.Because of this, when the Ministry of War allocated weapons to Zhongzhou in previous years, Cui Jian rarely had time to come to the heavily guarded arsenal outside the city of Yuanzhou and watch the officials of the Ministry of War count the equipment for the generals in Zhongzhou.

In the former state of Chu, each state had its own arsenal.After many rebellions in the previous dynasty, the current His Majesty has collected all the weapons and divided them into Lanzhou, Ningzhou, and Yuanzhou for safekeeping.

Because of this, the military department in charge of the arsenal has become the top priority of each department.

This time, it happened that Le Zhengying, the servant of the Ministry of War, was doing the inventory of Zhongzhou's armaments. She was busy distributing the armaments, and when she saw Cui Jian appearing in the fortified and empty arsenal, she laughed and joked, "Why did the Inspector come here in person? Could it be possible?" Are you still afraid that my military department will detain your military equipment?"

Cui Jian looked at the stacked weapon boxes with a smile, and said: "The Ministry of War will not detain my armaments. I'm afraid that the adults will fill them up with secondaries."

Le Zhengying glanced at him, and said to Cui Jian: "Zhongzhou is peaceful every year, I would like to give it to your lord, but the Ministry of Households was rich last year, and allocated a large amount of money. Your Majesty asked the factory under the Ministry of War to build A batch of armaments were sent to Lanzhou. You Zhongzhou picked up a big deal and applied before other states, and His Majesty will give you the remaining equipment in Lanzhou."

"No, if you don't believe me, open it and have a look. They are all new, so why pass them off?" Le Zhengying looked at the tired and tidy armament with a proud face.

Hearing this, Cui Jian raised his hand and opened a box of knives. The frosty white blades reflected bloodthirsty light.Cui Jian looked at the blood groove of the long knife and felt his whole body tremble.He couldn't help stretching out his hand, took out a handle, tapped the sharp blade lightly with his fingertips, and there was a crisp knife sound.

"This is a new long knife made by Ningzhou's military industry. How about it? Can you try it?"

"It's a good knife." Cui Jian said, playing with the long knife in his hand, and asked again, "A new knife came out, are there any other new things?"

"Of course." Le Zhengying nodded, pointed to the stack of boxes in the east corner, and said, "They also developed a batch of chain mail, which are interlocking and invulnerable. You can use this long knife to try it out." one time."

As soon as Cui Jian heard that he was interested, the things developed by the Ningzhou Military Factory usually have a list when they are shipped to various places.In order to protect the military aircraft, even the ministers of the DPRK and China do not know what the latest weapons and equipment are.Only when used on the battlefield, those equipment have their own names.

Cui Jian carried the long knife and came to the box in the corner. After unlocking it, he took out a piece of armor with great interest, and was disappointed after seeing it: "Lord Lezheng, is this the chain mail you mentioned? Ningzhou's military industry system comes and goes, and it is still this kind of tiger head armor."

"What's the difference between chain mail and tiger's head armor? The chain mail is connected to the body from the head, and can even protect the neck. This is not what the tiger's head armor can do." Le Zhengying shook his head and said. Take it easy.

But Cui Jian, who was holding a long knife, frowned. He looked at the box full of tiger head armor, turned his head to Le Zhengying and said in a deep voice, "Lord Le Zheng, I think you need to come over."

In the afternoon of the same day, another layer of heavy troops was added to the already heavily guarded arsenal.It was already sunset when the queen rushed from the palace to the outer suburbs.

In the dim light, Xuan Jingchen looked at the very bright but outdated armaments shining brightly in the lights, frowned, and said in a cold voice: "Check! Order the governor of Lanzhou to check the armaments delivered to Lanzhou. As before. I want to know where my weapon went."

No one expected that such a major event would happen at the beginning of the new year.The next day, Le Zhengying, the servant of the Ministry of War, stated what he had seen and heard yesterday in the court hall, causing an uproar in the court.

"Your Majesty, the newly-made weapons in Ningzhou were put into the warehouse when winter came into the warehouse. It was the time when the former minister of the Ministry of War, Chang Zizai, returned to Ning for his old age, and it was the time for me to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of War. No matter what, I couldn't quit. The fault is that His Majesty Wanwang can give the minister a chance to take the blame and make meritorious service, and when the matter is found out, the minister will resign and never enter the court."

Le Zhengying, who first resisted the guilt, retreated and gained the empress' forgiveness.Xuan Jingchen, who had already prepared countermeasures early in the court, said after Le Zhengying said this: "Order Princess Ping'an of the Privy Council and Le Zhengying, the minister of the Ministry of War, Xu Renqing, the minister of the household department, and the arsenal of Chayuan Prefecture Regarding the case of weapon exchange, I hope that you will not disappoint me."

Each of the exchanged weapons had the words of each state on it.Lanzhou, Zhongzhou, Yunzhou, but more of them are Wanzhou.They all come from the military industry of the Chu Dynasty, and they are the military equipment that has been preserved since the time of Emperor Assassin.

But even the good armaments of the Emperor Assassin's period, over the years, most of them are not as good as the new equipment made in Ningzhou today.

Where did the new batch of armaments go?

Where did this batch of armaments from the Emperor Assassin period come from?

It is clear that not long after the founding of the Qing Kingdom, the Empress put away a large amount of idle military equipment. Could it be that there is something missing?

But what more people think in their hearts is, if the people who own this batch of equipment have a heart of disobedience, will the world start to suffer again?

People in the court were panicked, but the empress sitting in the high position remained motionless.She took care of the government affairs calmly, and when the governor of Lanzhou reported that one-third of Lanzhou's military equipment had been replaced, the queen issued a secret order to transfer the remaining military equipment to Lanzhou secretly.However, Mingli ordered that the replaced weapons be used as usual, and ordered the Ministry of Households to allocate funds to Ningzhou to continue building new armaments.

She secretly ordered the governor of Zhongzhou to strengthen the patrol of the two rivers, and ordered Lanzhou to monitor the movements of the barbarians in the north to prevent chaos in the north.But when it comes to armaments, there is bound to be chaos.But no matter what the chaos is, the queen hopes to stop at the border of Lanzhou.

She hopes that the country will live in peace and the people will be safe and sound.

As for the others, they are all behind.

Compared with the empress' indifference, the overall situation is under control, and the courtiers are a little anxious, so the situation in the court has been very tense recently.It is clear that it is approaching the day when Lantern Festival can rest and bathe, but not many people can feel happy.

The only thing that can be happy is that Wang Zhong in the cloud who has finally waited for someone to leave the curtain.

From the day he knew that his elder sister was murdered, he had been looking forward to having evidence to uphold justice for his elder sister.Therefore, the moment the little medical worker and the little guard came to Yuanzhou City, he couldn't wait to lead them to Xuan Jingchen, so that Xuan Jingchen could find out the truth as soon as possible.

Sitting upright in the Zhaohui Hall, Xuan Jingchen carefully looked at the secret decree of Emperor Zhao in her palm. She looked at the familiar Zhongzheng and lower script, and rolled her throat a few times before she turned her eyes on the little medical officer standing in front of the desk with her head bowed. And the little guard.

The little medical officer's name is Du Zhong, and the little guard's name is Ling Xiao. They are childhood sweethearts and depend on each other for life.They are all on errands in the palace, and they are all insignificant positions.

Xuan Jingchen looked at the two ordinary and handsome young men in front of him, and asked, "Is it Eucommia? How did you know that His Majesty... His Majesty was bewitched?"

The tall and strong medical worker named Du Zhong looked at the empress at the moment and explained the few meetings he had with Emperor Zhao one by one: "In the summer of the third year of Yuanhe, Your Majesty frequently vomited blood, so he only summoned Caomin, the old doctor of the imperial hospital at that time. Mr. Zhuang Zili went to see the doctor in secret, and Cao Min was Mr. Zhuang's medical boy at that time, so he was lucky enough to follow him. During a certain visit, Cao Min found that His Majesty's wrist had floating blood, which looked like a living thing. Cao Min lived in southern Xinjiang when he was young, and lived with his father I have seen the Gu poison in southern Xinjiang, and know that many Gu poison will have similar symptoms with minor differences."

"After a few times, Cao Min suspected that His Majesty had been poisoned. Cao Min had mentioned this matter to Mr. Zhuang Zili several times, but Mr. Zhuang vetoed it, saying that His Majesty was vomiting blood because of stomach discomfort. Maybe it didn't heal for a few days, but His Majesty gradually Don’t use Master Zhuang’s medicine. The grass people are terrified, maybe they are too worried, so one day they were summoned by His Majesty alone.”

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...asked Caomin why he was so sad, and Caomin expressed his suspicions one by one. Who would have thought that His Majesty would believe his minister, describe his illness, and allow Caomin to use the blood he vomited to cultivate , Sure enough, Gu came out after three days."

"I just don't know what kind of Gu poison it is. The grass people have to privately prepare most of the medicines that can target Gu poison for His Majesty, and they have to go to southern Xinjiang to find out the specific Gu poison."

"The Caomin asked His Majesty for a secret decree and went to southern Xinjiang."

Du Zhong thought for a while, and then said: "At that time, Your Majesty asked me if there was someone close to me at home, so I mentioned Ling Xiao. Your Majesty thought about it, and then issued a secret decree, asking Ling Xiao to go to southern Xinjiang with me. .At the end, he also said, come back after getting the medicine in southern Xinjiang."

"I told His Majesty that we must return before January, and I prepared a full month's worth of medicine for His Majesty. His Majesty also asked me to stay in southern Xinjiang if we could not prepare the medicine within a month. Your Majesty said that if we If you come back, you will be killed and silenced."

"Ling Xiao and Cao Min said that this is a terrible thing. We should have respected His Majesty's will to protect ourselves. But Your Majesty is a good person. As her wife, you asked about this matter. I think I will tell you even if I die. of."

"Your Majesty is a good man. I wish I could add the antidote sooner." The tall and handsome young man had the heart of a child.

From the few words the other party said, Xuan Jingchen knew what kind of person this young man was in Emperor Zhao's eyes.Probably a kind and lovely child, maybe even a medical idiot.

Because of this, Emperor Zhao, who is equally kind, hoped that they would stay in southern Xinjiang safely.

If she died, the secret would remain a secret forever, and no one would be hurt again.If you just want her to die, if you get what you want, will you stop?

Xuan Jingchen knew that kind and open person very well, just like Zhong Lisuo believed that she could take back the world safely.

But how could this fool think that his death should be an insignificant matter?

He is clearly the master of the world, and he is as innocent as a child when he is dying.What's even more hateful is why they didn't even want to tell her that they couldn't survive when they had clearly agreed to trust each other and treat each other honestly.

Xuan Jingchen looked at His Highness's innocent young medical worker, and thinking of that pale face, his heart ached so hard that he could hardly breathe.