Gui Yuan

Five days ago, Beidi.

Today Buna recruited Tao Ji and Ba Qi to drink tea in the pavilion in the garden. They said so, but before they finished drinking a cup of tea, some palace servants led a dozen or so beautiful young women to come. There were two rows standing in front of the gazebo, and the girls didn't mind the sun, all of them were full of smiles, and they were more beautiful than flowers.Because of seeing Tao Ji, Butch felt bored in the hot weather. When he saw these girls, it was like rain after a long drought, and people came alive.Tao Ji lowered his eyes, the meaning of Buna's move was very obvious, he had never mentioned this matter before, never thought he was waiting for this time.

Bu Na smiled and said: "These girls are all young ladies from various noble families. They are of the right age, and you are not too young. It's time to marry a wife and establish a family for future generations. Don't be cautious. If you like it, just say it. I alone make decisions for you.”

The people in the lower palace introduced each girl one by one. Buna sized up Tao Ji and Bach. Bach was obviously in a good mood. On the contrary, Tao Ji's complexion could be used from the beginning to the end. To describe it lightly, there is no change at all, as if he is just a pure onlooker, even if there are so few bold people staring at him, he will turn a blind eye and be completely ungrateful.

After the introduction, Butch seized the opportunity to express his intention to Buna. Buna nodded in response, looked at Tao Ji, and asked, "Why, you didn't pay attention?"

Tao Ji nodded slowly, Bach felt bad, and said with a sneer, "The third prince's vision is really high, even the ladies of powerful and noble families look down on him, what kind of person do you plan to marry?"

Tao Ji ignored his words and continued to keep silent. Bu Na was not annoyed, he just said: "Although Bach has no wife, he still has a few concubines. At your age, the house is still empty, which is a bit inappropriate."

Hearing this, Tao Ji got up and saluted and said: "It's hard for the father to plan for the son, but the matter of marriage cannot be forced. The son doesn't want to get married now, and I hope the father will make it happen."

"What you said seems to force you to get married. You are right. If you don't like it, you will not live in peace if you welcome it into the palace. If you become a resentful couple, you will blame me as a father. Let me do it." Bu That remembered something, and said with a smile, "But if you have a girl you like, feel free to speak up, even if the status is different, it doesn't matter. Our Beidi is no better than Da Wei, we have those prejudices of being a good family, as long as the girl is good, Gu can answer you. "

Startled, Tao Ji raised his eyes to look at him, then bent down and said, "Thank you, father."

After dinner, Bu Na took them to the firearms store. The artillery that was defeated in the battle of Jiazhou earlier came into view again. Butch looked around carefully, but did not find any improvement. , puzzled: "Father, my son has poor eyesight, I don't know where this cannon has been improved?"

Bu Na patted the cannon with his right hand, which caused quite a commotion. He said, "It's not that your eyesight is stupid, it's that I didn't let them change it."

"Why?" Bach was puzzled, such powerful firearms would be useless in the hands of the Nanmans, because they were incompetent, as long as they were improved, they would be of great use, but he couldn't figure out what his father meant now.

"In war, what is emphasized is that the winner is king and the loser is bandit. The same is true for weapons. The original comparison between good and better has become inferior."

Butch was pleasantly surprised: "Father, you mean there are better ones?"

Bu Na waved his hand with a smile, and the palace attendant next to him brought a box and walked up to Butch.Tao Ji felt deja vu at the first sight. When Butch opened the box and took out the contents, his ominous premonition burst.

It was a wooden kite.

Butch was holding a wooden pigeon in his hands. He had heard of this thing before, but he had no way to find a pair. He didn't know when his father had this treasure.

After the excitement, he remembered what Buna said just now, and asked: "Father, it's rare for my son to know about this thing, but how can you compare it with artillery?"

"There is a magnet in the wooden kite, which can recognize the direction and distance. There are also some cannons hidden in the belly. Once the message is robbed, it will be automatically destroyed without leaving a word. Just like this, it has become the best tool for sending messages. The ability of the person who created such a delicate thing is obviously not limited to this, so what if he uses it for his own use?"

After a little dialing from the scriptures, Bach said clearly: "Could it be possible to make even more powerful firearms? Sure enough, the father and king have far-sightedness, and my son admires it."

Bu Na nodded, looked at Tao Ji and said, "Let's leave this matter to you two. Bring 'Mr. Bei' here, and you will be rewarded alone."

A look of surprise flashed in Bach's eyes. Buna's confrontation with the prince has always been evasive, but recently there have been rumors. Although Buna didn't directly pierce the window paper, he has a hunch that as long as he does this In this matter, if several ministers continue to blow the wind, the position of the son of the world will definitely be secure.Bach suppressed the excitement in his heart, and replied, "I will do my best to accomplish this for my father."

Bu Na casually glanced at Tao Ji, Tao Ji saluted and said, "I understand."

When returning to the bedroom, the personal palace servant saw Tao Ji and saluted, and asked, "Your Highness, why is your complexion not so good, why don't I find the imperial physician for you?"

Tao Ji recovered, only to find that he was talking to himself, shook his head and said: "No need, you go down."

After the palace servants withdrew, Tao Ji was left alone in the huge bedroom. He walked into the study, sat in front of the desk, his eyes were empty, and he was so fascinated by what he was thinking about. He sat motionless until the sunset, dusk At the end, the hazy yellow light shone through the paper window on half of his face, which became the index of his recovery.He smiled, as if he was open-minded after thinking through all difficulties, and as if he was still helpless after trying to find a way to go with the situation, and finally reflected on his face, it turned into a bitter smile.

"I understand that this day will come sooner or later." He said to himself, like a whisper to coax a child.

Before dark, Tao Ji went out of the dormitory. There is no curfew in the Beidi Palace, but the young princes are not allowed to sleep out. As for the crowned ones, Buna doesn't care about them at all.

Tao Ji went to the stables to pick up the horses and went to Huaming Mountain. When he arrived at the bamboo house, the courtyard had already lit a lamp, and the lights were shining in the gaps in the bamboo forest.

Su Yunyue and Su Changyuan were having dinner in the gazebo in the courtyard when they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes and became alarmed. Seeing it, he was surprised and said, "Tao Ji, why are you still here at this time?"

The moment Tao Ji saw her, the gloom in his heart seemed to dissipate. He smiled slightly and said, "I haven't been here for a long time, I miss you a little."

He saw Su Changyuan who was looking unkind, and added: "There is also Su Bo."

Su Changyuan blew his beard and stared: "You don't need to put on a show, your thoughts are already clearly revealed."

Tao Ji smiled embarrassingly, and sat down to eat with them under Su Changyuan's resignation.

During the meal, Tao Ji didn't say a word. Both Su Yunyue and Subor noticed his abnormality. Before they could speak, Tao Ji mentioned it himself: "I have been in love with Yunyue for a long time, it's just my background. You also know, Su Bo, that if you want Yun Yue to accompany me to a place of right and wrong like the palace to live a life of walking on thin ice, I am also unwilling."

Tao Ji said again: "Today, my father sent me and Ba Qi an errand to find 'Mr. Bei'. From his appearance, he intends to develop a new type of firearm."

Su Bo glanced at Su Yunyue, was silent for a moment, sneered, and said fearlessly: "What's wrong with me as an old man, it's really not good, go to the palace, he has something to use me, I won't be in danger."

Tao Ji paused, and said, "I will try my best to block it."

Su Changyuan waved his hand and said, "Just do your job well, don't make it too obvious, and let Buna see that something is wrong."

"Compared to this, I care more about our Yun Yue. You are right, but our girl can't just keep entangled with you for no reason." Su Changyuan's original solemn expression saw the helplessness in Tao Ji's eyes. Cuoshi took it away, and said with a smile: "I don't care if your father and king agree or not, but at least you have to worship the world and serve me a cup of tea as an elder before I can justifiably recognize you as a grandson-in-law." .”

Tao Ji didn't realize it for a long while, and it was Su Yunyue who called out "Grandpa" in embarrassment, and then he woke up, got up quickly, and saluted Su Changyuan solemnly: "Thank you, Suber."

Su Changyuan stroked his long beard with a smile, and said: "Then it's settled, I'll fix a date another day, just wait."

Next, Tao Ji always felt as if he was in a dream, until when he left, Su Yunyue said with a smile: "Why don't you look very clever, are you so happy?"

Tao Ji couldn't help hugging her: "Naturally I'm happy, I'm thinking about it, but I dare not speak."

"I knew, if it wasn't for Grandpa, you would have to marry me when you are so anxious."

"You mean?" Tao Ji asked in disbelief after hearing what she said.

"I'm already in my twenties, so naturally I have to plan for myself. What can I do? Why don't you always keep your mouth shut? I'm a girl who is more anxious than you." Su Yunyue pretended to be shy.

Tao Ji had nothing to say, so he could only hug her more preciously. Before the two had time to make love, Su Bo suddenly appeared at the door of the main room leaning on crutches, hit the floor with his crutches hard, and said in a hurry: "How about you?" I didn’t salute, so let me go!”

Tao Ji reluctantly let go, and set off for the palace amidst Subo's complaints.

The melancholy he carried when he left was mostly suppressed by joy when he came back. Tao Ji returned to the dormitory with a smile in a good mood, and found something wrong in every room, someone had entered his dormitory.He went straight to the study, and sure enough, he found a letter in the secret compartment. It seemed that his secret guard had visited not long ago.

Tao Ji opened the secret letter. He looked at the contents of the letter, and his brows gradually frowned into small peaks. After a while, he took out the burning pot hidden under the desk, lit the letter paper on the candle and threw it into the burning pot. The flames of the flames died down and turned into ashes before they could turn into a raging flame for the future.