My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 200 An idea similar to Dongchang’s

The matter of the assassin was originally handed over to the Department of Embroidery and Clothes, and then a royal order was issued to ask Yan Jingling to cooperate with the search.

When he thought that the emperor of the Wei State was playing chess with him, Su Chen did not dare to act as a hands-off shopkeeper and entrust everything to him, especially when Pei Min was still competing with the Qianlong Mansion of the Wei State in Fenzhou.

But Su Chen couldn't do it himself, there were still many things that needed to be dealt with by him.

After a good night's rest, Su Chen was woken up by Fang Xuejun outside, then washed up and put on royal clothes.

Looking at the women who were busy arranging his robes, Su Chen looked at Xuejian hanging on the wall in front of him, "If you don't stay well at home, follow me to Yanjing. If you get bored, I'll entrust you with something." Made for you and your senior sister."

"What's going on?" Fang Xuejun raised his pretty face from behind Su Chen with a swipe, then quickly suppressed his smile and continued to fix his shoulder collar.

"It's not a dangerous matter. You take a few people from the Embroidery Department and take my Xia Wang's Order to the Yanjing Mansion Office and ask them to cooperate with you in investigating the case and reviewing the records of entering and exiting the city gate. All the records for the past month are required. check."

"Really give it to me?"

Su Chen looked forward, pulled down his clothes, and said with a smile: "You are my unmarried wife and childhood sweetheart. You are the person I trust most."

Fang Xuejun lowered his face. Even though he had a carefree temperament in the past, when he heard such words, he felt ashamed and sweet. He could hardly hide the smile on his lips.

"However, after checking the records, you can't make any arbitrary decisions." Su Chen turned his head and saw the look on the woman's face from the bronze mirror in front of the window. He smiled and patted the back of her stretched out hand, "You can't act like that." It was like last time in Chendu County."

After saying this, Su Chen was ready to go out. He didn't have to go to court today. He had to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to meet Zhuge Liang first.Accompanied by Yang Yuhuan and Fang Xuejun, after breakfast, they took Dian Wei and Li Xuanba out of the house.

He rode into the imperial city and found the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Hundred Offices on the right side of the imperial city. Along the way, the officials and soldiers he met knelt down and saluted. When he saw Zhuge Liang, he was as leisurely as ever, holding a spray and watering several potted plants. .

"Prime Minister, I'm enjoying my leisure time."

Su Chen strode over, arching his hands as he walked.Zhuge Liang at the other end of the field of view smiled and put down the spray, and also cupped his hands, "The king has only been back for a day, why don't you rest in the palace for a few more days?"

"If you don't rest, some of you will either take Gu's life or take the lives of Gu's subordinates."

Su Chen stood beside Zhuge Liang and talked about what happened yesterday. Dian Wei turned around and took a few steps to be on guard. When he saw Li Xuanba still standing there in a daze, he immediately came back, pulled him away, and taught him some details in this regard.

"Can't you see it? It's not something shameful." Li Xuanba turned around from time to time and looked at King Xia and the man named Zhuge Liang.

"What if you want to say something shameful?" Dian Wei slapped him on the back and took him two or three feet away before stopping. He taught like a teacher and pointed to Wu Zixun beside him, "Look He is so sensible, people like this can live longer!"

Wu Zixun glanced sideways at Dian Wei: "I'm just waiting for you, so naturally I have to stand farther away."

I still remember what Dian Wei said when he yelled at him in front of the ancestral temple.

While the three of them were muttering, Su Chen over there walked side by side with Zhuge Liang on the path between the flower beds, "What happened last night is a wake-up call for everyone. The fight between countries is not necessarily about guns." There are swords coming and going, and there are various assassinations behind the scenes. The Prime Minister lives alone, so he should be careful."

"Haha, I live in seclusion. Even though I am the prime minister, few people know my whereabouts. However, Guo Fengxiao is so popular in Chendu County that the king of Wei is thinking about it." Zhuge Liang smiled warmly, took off his crane cloak, and did not take the feather fan. , but like an ordinary bachelor.

"However, after the king, you must also think about the officials of Yan State, big and small. Since the king of Wei has done it once, he will do it a second time. Such unscrupulous means to attack the enemy country, Liang feels that it is very likely that he will do the same to the officials of Yan State, big and small. Take action."

"There are so many officials in Yanjing. If he can send so many people, he might as well give up the city defense."

"Haha, the king is joking."

Zhuge Liang smiled and waved his hand, but his smile gradually faded and his tone became serious: "What if it targets individual important officials? It may not necessarily be an assassination, but it may be possible to lurk or instigate rebellion..."

Su Chen was stunned when Zhuge Liang mentioned this. He had considered this kind of thing, but not as detailed as Zhuge Liang thought.

"In addition to the Embroidery Department, do I also need to create a yamen like the Dong Jiji Factory to monitor the whereabouts of officials and their families, or enemy spies?"

After that, the two talked about people's livelihood and other things. Only then did Su Chen learn from Zhuge Liang that he had recruited someone who was good at farming. This person was an old farmer in a village in the mountains, and he had inadvertently grafted a child into his family. When the grains are grown, when mature, the grains will be fuller than the previous millet.

The other party heard from the salesman about Zhuge Liang's previous order seeking talents. At the end of February this year, he waited until the winter snow in the mountains melted before coming to Yanjing. At this time, Zhuge Liang and Dong Zhuo happened to return to Beijing.

"This man is a national treasure. He must be kept and protected. His family will also be brought to Yanjing. Give him whatever he wants. He will be given ten acres of land to cultivate in the south of Yanjing as a cultivation field. He will do it without any distractions. farm work!"

When Su Chen heard the news, the smile never broke on his face. He thought back to a certain old man in later generations. He was a figure like a agricultural saint.

After repeated warnings, Su Chen paid his respects to Zhuge Liang and came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Along the way, except for the old farmer, Su Chen's thoughts returned to the matter of spying on the officials. After all, if any of the officials were secretly incited to rebel, or there were enemy spies lurking in the house, , you won’t appear passive.

But he didn't seem to have a usable eunuch token in his hand.

Wait...Zhu Di?
I remember that the other party said before that there was a eunuch who knew how to fight at sea... Could it be Zheng He?This is a rare eunuch with integrity. If he were to preside over a yamen like Dongchang, there would be no need to worry about unjust imprisonment.

Just like the female assassin yesterday, if she was handed over to these eunuchs for torture, the methods of interrogation would be outrageous.

Moreover, he can be in charge of future maritime wars, and he has navigation experience. In the future, he will be assigned as a general of the Soochow Navy. In addition to land warfare, he can also cut into the coasts of Wei or Wu and Yue at sea to form a roundabout in the rear. If he can still When cavalry like Lu Bu or Ma Chao are transported to the rear of the opponent's side, it is like inserting a sharp blade into the opponent's vest.

Just recruit him, spend twice as much merit to appoint Zhu Di, and get him over too!
With this Three Treasures eunuch, even if he goes overseas in the future, he doesn't have to worry about inexperienced generals getting lost.

However, Su Chen closed his eyes and recalled the merit bar in his mind. When he saw that there was only a number of [-], the enthusiasm he had just raised retreated.

After there were only 8 left, after posing with the Emperor of Wei, he took away [-] people, and got [-], plus Ma Chao slaughtered [-] from the tribe outside Yantang Pass, and in the past three months, Zhang Jiao and Zhuge Liang , Xun Yu's governance slowly accumulated.

If he wants more, in addition to waiting for the three of them to govern the place to accumulate, Su Chen needs to deal with some things by himself, as well as the follow-up to Wei Guo's assassination.

After doing all this, it is impossible to achieve a meritorious service of around [-] yuan.

"No, it's still too slow. I need to find something to do."

Su Chen reined in his horse and stopped. Under the confused gazes of Dian Wei and Li Xuanba, he turned around and returned to Prince Xia's Mansion. He went all the way to the backyard and led to the attic on the side of Manxin Lake in the back courtyard. Once inside, various weapons were placed inside.

They were all captured on the battlefield.

For example, He Jinchen's White Deer Sword, the Emperor's Sword given to Wang Chenghu by Beigong, the Emperor's Heart Sword worn by Beigong himself, and a number of weapons stolen from Yuanbai Sheng's sect of Yubaishan.

They are all forged from fine materials.

"If you build a sword for me, will it count as meritorious service?"

With the attitude of giving it a try, Dian Wei and Li Xuanba took all the swords with them one by one and rushed to the Craftsmanship Department in the west of the city.

Horses galloped along the way.

When they heard that King Xia was coming over, the busy craftsmanship department, blacksmiths, craftsmen, and apprentices of all sizes were led by the great order to kneel down on both sides of the craftsmanship official road to greet him.

Then he was scolded back by Wu Zixun who was running towards him.

"Da Zao ordered us to stay, and the rest of the craftsmen will return to their original places. They are not allowed to kneel down and salute unless summoned by the king!"

Soon, Su Chen came over on horseback with a group of soldiers, and handed these swords to the Dazao Order here to melt them and make a king sword suitable for him.

He even communicated with the craftsman personally and participated in the design. After all, he is now taller and ordinary swords are not suitable for him to wield because they are too light.

From morning to afternoon, several blacksmiths kept watch and hammered and forged with the method of hundreds of cold iron refinements. It was almost dusk when Su Chen's King of Xia Sword finally came out of the furnace. It was decorated by the Great Forging Order and covered with red silk. It was placed in a long box and brought up by two blacksmiths.

Opening the lid of the box, a snow-white cold light suddenly came into view. The sword body, which was more than five feet tall, was completely white with a long mark in the middle. If you look closely, you can see that the inside is densely packed and granular, and there are cloud patterns on the edge of the long mark. When you get closer, The three characters "Xiawang Sword" written by Su Chen in traditional Chinese are written on both sides of the sword hilt.

The hilt of the sword is also nearly a foot long and can be held with either two hands or one hand.

Su Chen raised the Xia King Sword and swung it horizontally, making a whistling sound. It was estimated that the entire sword weighed about six or seven kilograms. Without the aid of internal strength, ordinary people might not be able to hold on for half a day if they used it to fight in a battle formation.

"Make a scabbard out of ebony wood and send it to the palace tomorrow."

After saying that, Su Chen waved his hand and took the sword down. The moment he closed his eyes, the merit bar increased by two thousand points.

"Go and bring all the cold iron from the palace warehouse. Gu wants you to make a batch of weapons for Gu's generals..."

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As night fell, Su Chen returned to the palace, fetched pen and ink, and asked a clerk in the palace who was familiar with painting to come over. According to his request, he drew the weapons in the hands of Guan Yu, Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and other generals one by one, and then moved to the south courtyard of the palace. Over there, in the dungeon, there was the cracking of whips and the sound of women wailing.

Guo Jia was sipping tea and looking at books in his hands. In the torture room, a woman named Qin Zhen was nailed to the torture rack, with nails pierced through both palms and soles of her feet.

"You should be lucky that Cheng Yu didn't come."

Guo Jia spit out the tea leaves and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)