"Three hundred people? What does this little guy want to do? I thought "Mythology" would be a secret force. The number is too small and not impressive enough." Li Zhi shook his head and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you should know that these three hundred people were carefully selected by the prince, and they are all top-notch experts. Three hundred people is already a terrifying thing." Bai Chun raised his eyes and looked at Li Zhi said.
"As a prince for many years, it is understandable to cultivate some of his own power, but if there are only these three hundred people, don't you think Li Hong is very disappointing? As the prince, he will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future. If there are only these three hundred people, I'm afraid it's not worthy of his ambition." Li Zhi shook his head in regret, wondering if he had made it difficult for the little guy to give him the questions.
Bai Chun's face was expressionless, his eyes lowered again, and he looked at the carpet under his feet without speaking.
"How many people are there in the Prince's Sixth Command now? Based on his recruitment system, how much does it cost per year?" Li Zhi asked playfully.
"The six rates add up to a total of 14,000 people. Each rate has 2,000 people, and there are another 2,000 people... The command power is in the hands of the slaves. The average cost per person is about 300 guan." Bai Chun answered truthfully.
"How come there are so few people? According to the Sixth System, the number of people should be around 30,000. Why is it less than half? By the way, didn't he add more later?"
Li Zhi remembered that at the beginning of the year, Qianniuwei and the Crown Prince Youwei had a training session. The final result turned out to be that the Crown Prince Youwei defeated Qianniuwei, and he paid Li Hong a thousand taels of silver in gambling, and also paid Li Hong a thousand taels of silver in gambling. Li Hong's fifteen thousand people were bought with one hundred taels of silver each.
"Have I been fooled by that little thing again?" Li Zhi murmured as he recalled how Li Hong laughed and bargained with him after the martial arts competition to buy and sell fifteen thousand people.
"Your Majesty, yes. The prince himself cannot afford the salary of 30,000 people, so he..."
"Okay, you can do it, little one. You are not polite to me. You little bastard cheated your father a lot of money! No wonder he smiled so happily at that time! Then I feel a lot more balanced. , at least the things he stole are worth this money, right?"
Bai Chun still looked at his feet and said calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, as far as I know, the things lost in the medicinal kitchen cannot be measured in gold and silver."
"Bah." The ink pen in Li Zhi's hand was pinched into two pieces: "How can you see it?"
Li Zhi's voice became a little cold, and the domineering aura of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty spread out from his body. The emperor's majesty was clearly visible at this moment.
"Although my servant doesn't know what the prince is doing, I can feel from the craftsmen coming in and out that this object is probably much more valuable and important than the crystal, glass, mercury and other items made by the prince in the past. The guards of the restricted area A have never been Strictly, the most important task of the prince's left guard has always been in the medicinal kitchen. Moreover, this month the prince has relaxed the restrictions on crystal and glass in various countries. It can be seen that in the prince's mind, everything in the medicinal kitchen is. I’m afraid there’s much more important than that.”
"Who are the people coming in and out?"
"Most of the people he poached from various medicine shops, including blacksmiths, carpenters, and various craftsmen such as warlocks, were all gathered inside by him. Moreover, the slave knew that in the first period of time, when these people went home and who they came into contact with, they all There are "mythical" people secretly protecting, or spying on."
Li Zhi leaned back in his chair weakly. Although he gave Li Hong a question to test him, if the stolen things were too relevant, he would lose more than he gained.
"Where are those things now?" Li Zhi asked in a deep voice.
"With my slave's order, I'm afraid I can leave the Guanzhong area early tomorrow morning, and I'm afraid I can reach Yumen Pass in eight or nine days." Bai Chun's tone did not waver at all.
"Is there any way to recover it?"
"I don't know, but if the prince can find Liang Jianfang's body earlier, it may be possible to recover it. Another possibility is that the prince informs the prince..."
"No!" Li Zhi interrupted Bai Chun's proposal. If Bai Chun reminded Hong'er, it would be like letting the prince know accurately that he was behind all this, which was against the royal rules.
Li Zhi stood up and looked out the window at the night through the glass. The bright reflective glass made his figure dim and even weird.
"Yangwu, notify the Ministry of War, eight hundred miles to rush, strictly inspect all carriages on the road leading to Yumenguan, including all pedestrians. Remember, this also includes carriages with orders from the Prince's Palace in the East Palace. Yes, including royal carriages, We must try our best to slow down He Lanmin's journey to Yumen Pass." Li Zhi finally gave an order decisively for the first time.
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Bai Chun breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, but on the surface he remained calm and showed no emotion at all.
Liang Jianfang ordered people to kill him, and he ordered Bai Chun to mobilize the Zuowei guards and instructed He Lan Minzhi to smuggle the things to the Western Regions.
Just when Li Zhi was having a headache because of Li Hong's trivial matters, Wu Mei was also holding her forehead in her palace and lamenting. Did she push the little thing too hard in all this
I have never called myself my palace in front of Li Hong, but when I handed over to Li Yi's house that night, I used the title of my palace to Li Hong.
As for Li Yifu's problem, before he and Li Hong could resolve it, he gave him another problem. His crown prince Zhan Shixu Yu was imprisoned for not avenging the murder.
In addition, he had instructed Lan Ling to tell Li Hong about the smuggling of his two uncles. Can the little guy cope with it all at once
Moreover, if Li Hong wants to investigate the matter thoroughly, his aunt and Helan Minyue will also be involved. Is this too harsh for Li Hong, who is just ten years old
Mang Zhong stood in front of Wu Mei, just like Bai Chun stood in front of Li Zhi, looking down at his feet without saying a word.
It's just that Mang Zhong's face is much paler. This is also because of the Queen's instruction to deliberately talk too much in front of Li Hong, and he himself was slapped a hundred times by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Does he have a clear plan?" Wu Mei looked out the window and asked.
"Back to the Queen, Your Highness the Crown Prince has dispatched the "Myth", but I don't know exactly what to do."
"Is "myth" his last resort? What is he going to do with "myth"? It is no longer easy for Li Yifu and Xu Yushi to get out of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment unharmed. "Isn't it possible that he wants to escape from prison?" Wu Mei murmured, thinking about Li Hong's unreasonable behavior. When I was younger, I was afraid of the world being in chaos. Facing such a test, would I find any big troubles
After thinking for a long time, she could not imagine how Li Hong would rescue Li Yifu and Master Xu Yu who were imprisoned in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. She shook her head and asked thoughtfully: "You haven't tried to contact that lawless one?"
"Back to the Queen, the slaves are incompetent. Neither the slaves nor Xia Zhi have any chance to interact with Lawless, and... and Lawless is just like their names, they should only have eyes for His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Step back. Take good care of the prince these days." Wu Mei waved her hand and meditated alone in the study. Was she too anxious? Did she force him to retreat
This little guy is just ten years old, but he never behaves like a teenager, more like an adult. This also makes me often miss his age when making predictions.
But when Li Zhi and Wu Mei learned at the same time that they were testing Li Hong the next day, their minds went blank! One was sitting in the Manna Hall, looking a little stupid, and the other was sitting in the Queen's Palace, looking dull!
The couple never thought that both of them would pose problems for Li Hong at the same time. After the two fell silent, their first reaction was to stop the test, but how could the undercurrent that had already begun to turn stop just by saying stop
Just as the two of them spent the morning restlessly, they received the news at the same time: Li Yifu's daughter and son-in-law died because of buying and selling officials. However, various signs showed that the matter of buying and selling officials had nothing to do with Li Yifu, and the case was more like She was the daughter of Li Yifu. She and her son-in-law secretly committed fraud by buying and selling officials in the name of Li Yifu. They were discovered and killed.
Xu Yushi's son, Xu Ziran, was also killed. After an immediate investigation, the Criminal Department determined that it was revenge. However, Xu Yushi did not know that Xu Ziran had shot others.
A part of the mercury was recovered, but it was found from the residence of the Korean lady Wu Shun. Prince Li Hong did not immediately go to his aunt's house to hold accountable, nor did he summon the Korean lady to the East Palace.
After Li Zhi and Wu Mei heard the news, they all thought in their minds: Is this little guy starting to break the situation and fight back? The methods are really ruthless!
But in the afternoon, there was no movement in the East Palace. In the next few days, Prince Li Hong's skateboard never appeared anywhere in the East Palace, nor did it appear in the palace.
The prince seemed to be a different person. Apart from going to Chongwen Hall every day, he would practice calligraphy in the study, as if the things that bothered him had nothing to do with him.
The court felt very sorry for the murder of Master Li Yifu and Master Xu Yu's children, and the trend suddenly changed. The censor repeatedly impeached the Ministry of Justice for inaction, and was helpless to solve the murder case in Chang'an City, unable to find any clues.
Such an abnormal court phenomenon, as well as the plot twist regarding the impeachment of Li Yifu and Xu Yushi, made Li Zhi and Wu Mei full of curiosity about Li Hong's "myth". They seemed to have seen something coming out of the East Palace. The smell of killing and the strong smell of conspiracy.
This was something they had never thought of. They never thought that Li Hong would use this method to protect Li Yifu and Xu Yushi. This was the only way to save the two of them, and it was also the only way that the court could impeach Xu Yushi and Li Yifu. Wind direction method.
"Myth" is like a shadow that comes and goes without a trace. Li Zhi tried to force the Ministry of Justice to investigate the murder case in the court, but the Ministry of Justice shook his head like a rattle, thinking that this case was the scene of the crime. Generally, there is no need to investigate further.
Li Zhi began to feel a little worried. Since the mercury was recovered, Li Hong had become extremely quiet. This kind of silence made him worried, because the mercury was recovered from Wu Shun. With Li Hong's vengeful character, would he let his aunt go so easily
So now he must find ways to protect Wu Shun's mother and daughter before Li Hong takes action. They must not fall into the hands of the little bastard, otherwise they will have to shed their skin even if they don't die.
What's more, he still had concerns from the harem. Was the mercury found in Wushun's mansion secretly instigated by the queen? Did the queen want to use Li Hong's help to separate the ambiguity between herself and Wu Shun's mother and daughter
Wu Mei, who was in the harem, was not having a good time now. She said she didn't care about Wu Shun's adultery with Li Zhi, which was a lie. What's more, her niece was also involved, which made her feel like a stone was blocking her heart. I felt so uncomfortable in my chest that when I thought of this, I wanted to execute Helan Minyue immediately!
Moreover, Wu Mei also knew that He Lan Minzhi's involvement must be an expression of Li Zhi's dissatisfaction with him, because he doted on He Lan Minzhi even more than he cared for other princes, which made Li Zhi feel uncomfortable.
Li Hong is waiting at the moment. He is waiting to see if the things stolen from the medicinal kitchen can be recovered, so that he can decide what to do next!
But he also knew that no matter whether the things stolen from the medicinal kitchen could be recovered, the undercurrent between him, his father, and his mother had slowly begun to develop into a situation that none of the three of them could control.
(End of chapter)