Le Zhengying asked again carefully, and Zhong Lishuo talked about how she strayed into the unknown, how she changed her clothes, and how she met Da Siming. The matter of encountering the queen is omitted in the middle, even if the explanation is finished.
Seeing that she was all right, Le Zhengying felt relieved, and then brought people home.
After the eighth day of the first lunar month, the officials ended their rest period and took office again. Shops in the streets and alleys of Yuanzhou City opened their doors one after another and started buying and selling.
Cui Jian is the prefect of Zhongzhou, and it stands to reason that he should set off on the ninth day and return to Zhongzhou to handle official business. Only this year is his mother's 70th birthday. Your Majesty is kind enough to allow him to stay in the capital until the Lantern Festival before setting off. Therefore, when the Ministry of War allocated weapons to Zhongzhou in previous years, Cui Jian rarely had the space to come to the heavily guarded arsenal outside Yuanzhou City, and watched the officials of the Ministry of War count the equipment of the generals in Zhongzhou.
In the former state of Chu, each state had its own arsenal. After many rebellions in the previous dynasty, the present His Majesty has collected the weapons in a unified manner and distributed them in Lanzhou, Ningzhou, and Yuanzhou for safekeeping.
As a result, the Ministry of War, which is in charge of the arsenal, has become the top priority of all ministries.
This time, it happened to be Le Zhengying, the minister of military affairs, who counted the armaments in Zhongzhou. She was busy distributing the armaments. When she saw Cui Jian appearing in the dense and empty weapons warehouse, she laughed and teased: "Why is the Chief Inspector here in person? Are you afraid that my military department will deduct your armament?"
Cui Jian looked at the stacked weapon boxes with a smile, and said, "The Ministry of War will not deduct my armaments, I'm just afraid that the adults will charge them shoddy."
Le Zhengying glanced at him and said to Cui Jian: "Zhongzhou is peaceful every year, I would like to give it to the adults, but the Ministry of Household had money last year and allocated a large amount of money, and His Majesty asked the factories under the Ministry of War to build A batch of military equipment was sent to Lanzhou. You found a great deal in Zhongzhou, and you applied for it before other states, and His Majesty will give you the rest of the equipment in Lanzhou."
"Nuo, if you don't believe me, open it and take a look. It's all new, how can it be recharged?" Le Zhengying looked at the tired armament beside him with a proud look on his face.
Hearing this, Cui Jian raised his hand and opened a box of knives. The sharp white blade reflected bloodthirsty light. Cui Jian looked at the blood tank of the long knife, only to feel a chill all over his body. He couldn't help reaching out, took out a handle, tapped the sharp blade with his fingertips, and made a crisp sound of the knife.
"This is a new long knife made by Ningzhou's military industry. How about it? It's good to try it?"
"It's a good knife," Cui Jian said. He played with the long knife in his hand and asked, "A new knife is out. Are there any other new ones?"
"Of course there is." Le Zhengying nodded, pointed to the stack of boxes in the east corner, and said, "They have also developed a batch of chain mail, which are interlocked and invulnerable, you can take this long knife and try it out. a bit."
As soon as Cui Jian heard it, he was interested. The items developed by the Ningzhou military factory usually have a list when they are shipped to various places. In order to protect the military planes, even the ministers in the DPRK and China do not know what the latest weapons and equipment are. Only when used on the battlefield, those equipments have their own names.
Cui Jian carried the long knife and came to the box in the corner. After unlocking the lock, he took out a piece of armor with great interest. He was disappointed and said, "Lord Lezheng, is this the chain mail you said? Ningzhou's military system is still this kind of tiger head armor."
"Where is the difference between chain mail and tiger head armor. The chain mail is attached to the body from the head, and even the neck can be protected. This is not what tiger head armor can do." Le Zhengying shook his head and said. Take it easy.
But Cui Jian, who was carrying 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 Lezheng, I think you need to come over."
In the afternoon of that day, another layer of heavy troops was added to the already heavily guarded armament depot. When the Queen rushed from the palace to the outer suburbs, it was already sunset.
In the dim light, Xuan Jingchen looked at the bright but outdated armaments that were shining brightly in the lights, frowned, and said in a cold voice, "Check! Let the governor of Lanzhou check whether the armaments delivered to Lanzhou are not. As always. I want to know where my weapons have gone."
No one expected that such a big event would happen in the DPRK at the beginning of the new year. The next day, Le Zhengying, the minister of military affairs, stated what he had seen yesterday in the courtroom, and there was an uproar in the courtroom.
"Your Majesty, Ningzhou's newly-made weapons were put into storage at the beginning of winter. It was the time when the former Minister of War, Chang Zizai, was getting old and returning to Ning, and this was the time when the minister was taking care of the affairs of the Ministry of War. In any case, the minister would have to say no. To blame, His Majesty Wan Wang can give the minister a chance to commit his crimes and make merit, and when the minister finds out about this matter, the minister will resign and never enter the court."
Le Zhengying, who resisted the guilt first, took the step back and got the Queen's forgiveness. Xuan Jingchen, who had already prepared the countermeasures before the court, said after Le Zhengying said this: "I order the Privy Council Princess Ping An and the Minister of War Le Zhengying, the Minister of Household Xu Renqing, and the arsenal of Yuanzhou. In the case of the exchange of weapons, I hope you will not let me down."
On the weapons that were exchanged, each had the words of the states. Lanzhou, Zhongzhou, Yunzhou, but more Wanzhou. They all come from the military industry of the Chu Dynasty, and they are armaments that have been preserved since the time of Emperor Assassin.
But even the good armament of the emperor's period, after years of development, most of them are not as good as the new equipment made in Ningzhou today.
Where did that new batch of armament go
Where did this batch of armaments from the Emperor's period come from
It is clear that not long after the founding of the Qing Kingdom, the Queen collected a large number of idle armaments. Is it possible that there are still omissions
But what more people think in their hearts is, if the people who own this batch of equipment are not willing to serve as ministers, will the world start to be ruined again
The people of the court were panicking, and the queen sitting in the high position remained motionless as a mountain. She dealt with government affairs calmly. After the governor of Lanzhou reported that one-third of Lanzhou's armaments had been replaced, the queen issued a secret order to secretly transfer the remaining armaments to Zhongzhou. However, Mingli decreed that the replaced weapons could be used as usual, and he also ordered the Ministry of Household to allocate funds to Ningzhou to continue building new armaments.
She secretly ordered the governor of Zhongzhou to strengthen the patrols of the two rivers, and ordered Lanzhou to monitor the movements of the northern barbarians to prevent chaos in the north. Whenever armaments are involved, there will be chaos. But no matter what the chaos, the queen hopes to stop at the border of Lanzhou.
She hoped that the country would be safe and the weather would be good.
As for the others, they are all in the back.
Compared with the indifference of the Queen, the overall situation is under control, and the courtiers are a little anxious, so the situation in the courtroom has been very tense recently. It is clear and fast approaching the day when the Lantern Festival can take a rest, but not many people can feel happy.
The only one who can be happy is that Wang Zhong in the cloud who finally waited for someone to leave the curtain.
From the day he learned that his eldest sister was murdered, he hoped that there would be evidence to uphold justice for the eldest sister. Therefore, the moment the little medical worker and the little guard came to Yuanzhou City, he couldn't wait to lead people to Xuan Jingchen, so that Xuan Jingchen could help him to find out the truth as soon as possible.
Sitting upright on the Chaohui Hall, Xuan Jingchen carefully examined the secret decree of Emperor Zhao in the palm of her hand. She looked at the familiar Zhongzheng Xiaojie, and rolled her throat several times, and then her eyes fell on the little medical officer standing in front of the case with her head bowed. and the little guard.
The little doctor'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 errands in the palace, and they are all irrelevant positions.
Xuan Jingchen looked at the two ordinary and handsome young men in front of him, and asked, "Is it Du Zhong? How did you know that His Majesty... His Majesty was bewitched?"
A tall and strong medical worker named Du Zhong, now looking at the Empress, explained that he had only met with Emperor Zhao a few times: "In the summer of the third year of Yuanhe, His Majesty frequently vomited blood, so he only summoned the elders of the Imperial Hospital of Caomin at that time. Mr. Zhuang Zili visited the doctor in secret, and Cao Min was Mr. Zhuang’s doctor boy at the time, so he was fortunate to follow. During one 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. Having seen the Southern Border Gu Poison, I know that many Gu Poison will have similar symptoms."
"After a few times, Caomin suspects that His Majesty has already been intoxicated. Caomin and Lord Zhuang Zili raised this matter several times, but Lord Zhuang vetoed it, saying that His Majesty was only vomiting blood due to stomach discomfort. Don't use Lord Zhuang's medicine. And the grass people are afraid, maybe they are too worried, and one day they were summoned by His Majesty alone."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... When I asked the Caomin why he was so worried, the Caomin would say his suspicions one by one. Who would have thought that Your Majesty believed the minister, told himself about his condition, and even allowed the Caomin to use the vomited blood for cultivation. Gu was raised three days later."
"I just don't know what type of Gu it is, so the grass people had to secretly dispense most of the medicines for His Majesty that can target the poison, and if you want the specific poison, you have to go to the southern border."
"The Caomin asked His Majesty for a secret order and went to the southern border."
Du Zhong thought for a while, and then said: "At that time, His Majesty asked me if there were still people close to my family, so I mentioned Ling Xiao. His Majesty thought about it, and then issued a secret order to let Ling Xiao go with me to the southern border. At the end, he also said that when you arrive in the southern border, you can get some medicine and come back."
"I told Your Majesty that I would return before January, and I gave Your Majesty a full month's worth of medicine. Your Majesty also instructed me that if the medicine cannot be dispensed within a month, let us stay in the Southern Border. Your Majesty said that if we do not have enough medicine for a month, then let us stay in the Southern Border. When you come back, you will be killed."
"Ling Xiao and Caomin said that this was a terrible matter, and we should have respected His Majesty's wishes to protect ourselves. But His Majesty is a good person. As her wife, you asked about this matter. I think I will tell you even if it is fatal. of."
"His Majesty is a good person, if only I could get the antidote sooner." The tall and handsome young man has a childlike temperament.
From the other party's few words, Xuan Jingchen knew what kind of person this young man was in Emperor Zhao's eyes. Probably a kind and lovely child, or maybe a medical idiot.
For this reason, the equally kind Emperor Zhao wanted them to stay in the southern border safely.
If she dies, the secret will be a secret forever, and no one will ever be hurt again. If I just want her to die, if she gets her wish, will she stop it
Xuan Jingchen knew that kind and open-hearted person too well, just like Zhong Lishuo believed that she could take back the world safely.
But how could this fool think that his own death should be an insignificant matter
He was clearly the ruler of the world, and he was as innocent as a child when he was dying. What's even more hateful is that he clearly agreed to trust each other and treat each other frankly, why he didn't even want to tell her if he couldn't live.
Xuan Jingchen looked at His Highness's innocent young medical worker, thinking about that pale face, his heart clenched tightly, and he was almost out of breath.