sinking halberd

Chapter 27

The changes in the court are the most cruel and ruthless.However, within a few months, the busy Tianji Mansion was empty.

Even so, it is still extremely difficult to seek a meeting with the Master of Tianji Palace.

Uncle Zhongyong and Marquis Changping came to visit for seven days in a row, but they still couldn't get in.

On the eighth day, Uncle Zhongyong invited the empress's edict, and Marquis Changping brought a letter of recommendation jointly signed by several elders of Lingxiao Pavilion, and rushed directly to the mansion.

The concierge yelled a few times and ran away.

The guards in the mansion rushed out, neither obstructing them nor stopping them, they just surrounded them and retreated step by step.

Retreating to the main hall, Uncle Zhongyong shouted: "Marquis Changping and Uncle Zhongyong are here, but Fang Hengxie didn't come over to greet him!" He is a disciple of the Changshengzi, and he is considered one of the most masters in the imperial court.

After a while, a young man carried a tray through the siege of guards, and walked up to the two of them: "Master invites you to drink tea."

Uncle Zhongyong said, "What about others?"

The boy said, "Master is playing chess."

Uncle Zhongyong asked, "Who are you playing chess with?"

The boy said: "Play chess with the master."

Uncle Zhongyong said angrily: "Idiot, I just ask you who your master is playing chess with!"

The boy said softly, "I'm not called a fool, I'm called Xiao Juan. The master is playing chess with the master."

Uncle Zhongyong said, "Who is your master?"

Xiao Juan said: "My master is the master of Tianji Mansion."

Uncle Zhongyong said, "There is only one."

"only one."

Uncle Zhongyong sneered and said, "What kind of game do you call yourself! Go, show me the way for grandpa, and I will play a game with your master!"

Xiao Juan said: "Master invites you two to drink tea."

Uncle Zhongyong looked at Marquis Changping.

Marquis Changping, who had been silent all this time, said with a smile, "I'm not thirsty."

Uncle Zhongyong immediately said, "I'm not thirsty either."

Xiao Juan said: "The master said, this is tea boiled with snow water collected from plum blossom petals last year. It is very fragrant."

Uncle Zhongyong said impatiently: "Why does this little baby look like a stubborn cow? Grandpa, I am not thirsty, so why not drink if I don't want to?"

Xiao Juan said: "You really don't want to drink?"

Uncle Zhongyong overturned his tray: "I can't drink now, you lead the way."

Xiao Juan sighed, turned around and said, "Please follow me."

Seeing this, the guards gave way one after another.

Xiaojuan led them through the promenade to a pond surrounded by rockery. It was almost winter, but the pond was full of lotus flowers, which were fragrant and refreshing.What's more rare is that there is a pavilion in the middle of the pond, which is connected by a wooden bridge.Fang Hengxie was sitting in the pavilion, playing chess contentedly.

"Palace Master Fang!" Uncle Zhongyong shouted across the bridge.

Fang Hengxie raised his head, said with a slight smile, "We are far away." After talking, he had no intention of standing up at all.

Uncle Zhongyong stepped on the wooden bridge and came to the pavilion. Seeing that there was indeed a chessboard on the stone table, but there were no chess pieces on it. He laughed and said, "What kind of chess is the Palace Master playing? There are no pieces."

Fang Heng said obliquely: "Blind chess."

Uncle Zhongyong said, "Oh? How is the situation now?"

Fang Hengxie said unhurriedly: "Heizi has made a comeback, with momentum like a rainbow, while Baizi is precarious, avoid his edge."

Marquis Changping's heart moved, and he asked: "Based on Palace Master, who will lose and who will win this chess game at the end?"

Fang Heng said obliquely: "Until the end, it's hard to see the outcome."

Uncle Zhongyong said: "If you can't see the chess game, naturally the Palace Master alone has the final say!"

Fang Hengxie smiled slightly, and pointed his finger at Tianyuan: "Heizi's first piece landed here. The white piece was unmoved, and hit three-three. Heizi again..." He faced the empty chessboard and said eloquently , actually said it in a decent way, under his finger, it seemed like a game of chess was really played.

"All the white pieces here are eaten."

Fang Heng sighed obliquely, retracted his fingers and said, "When the two of you came, the chess just happened to be played here."

Marquis Changping applauded: "It's amazing! If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's really hard to imagine that there is someone in the world who can play chess like this."

Uncle Zhongyong said disapprovingly: "I think it's unnecessary! To play chess, just take two boxes of chess pieces. It's so mysterious that other people can't see it. Why bother!"

Fang Heng said obliquely: "It's just because of some chess books that people are confused."

Marquis Changping said: "It's all right in the clouds and fog, I'm afraid that the corpse will not have a good death if it is a vegetarian meal."

Fang Hengxie smiled indifferently and said, "The ones who are waiting for virtue live here!"

Uncle Zhongyong said: "We have been here several times, and we finally met you. We are not talking nonsense today! Just talk about the things that have been shelved, how do you plan to deal with them? When will you deal with them? You can make a charter, and I can go back. Explain something!"

Fang Heng asked obliquely: "I don't know who Uncle Zhongyong wants to explain to?"

Uncle Zhongyong waved his hands impatiently: "This has nothing to do with you, so leave it alone!"

Fang Heng said obliquely: "The Mansion of Heavenly Mysteries is only for the emperor, please let Zhongyong Bomo take care of it!"

"You!" Uncle Zhongyong was furious, raised his breath suddenly, wanted to smash the chessboard with his palm, and frightened him, but who knew that as soon as the true energy entered the dantian, he felt a rush of blood, and "wow" spit out a mouthful of blood.

Fang Heng asked obliquely, "Did you two drink lotus seed tea?"

Uncle Zhongyong leaned on the table and glared at him: "You, you actually poisoned?"

Fang Heng pointed at the lotus in the pond and said, "Don't you two think this flower is abnormal?"

Uncle Zhongyong said: "What are you talking about, hand over the antidote!"

Marquis Changping didn't know martial arts, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his body. He still replied in a good voice: "Chunlan Xiahe Qiuju Dongmei. It is indeed abnormal that lotus blooms in autumn and winter."

Fang Heng said obliquely: "This lotus is called Hanhe. Feed it with poison and irrigate it with medicine so that it can grow against the season. In order to prevent the two of you from being poisoned by it, I ordered Xiao Juan to give you two lotus seed tea, so that it can be relieved." Its poison, could it be that this tea is ineffective?"

Uncle Zhongyong remembered the tray he had overturned, his face flushed, and he said: "That brat, he can't speak clearly, who knows that this tea is so important!"

Fang Heng looked sideways at Xiao Juan.

Xiao Juan pouted aggrievedly: "I bought them a drink."

Fang Heng said obliquely: "Why don't you invite the two of you to drink a bowl?"

Xiao Juan murmured: "Really, tea is offered instead of fine tea! Both of you, please follow me."

Uncle Zhongyong was trembling with anger, and was afraid of offending him, so he had no antidote to take, so he had to follow behind aggrieved.

Before leaving, Marquis Changping said with deep meaning: "Not every game of chess has to be fought to the death and who wins. Go is not chess. There is no border between Chu River and Han Dynasty, so there is no need to make a clear distinction."

Fang Heng smiled obliquely and said, "However, black and white are distinct."

Changping Hou opened his mouth, sighed and left.

Not long after they left, a gentle scholar walked across the wooden bridge slowly, waving a fan, and came to the pavilion.

Fang Heng said obliquely: "Thanks to Master Wen's tampering with the chessboard, the sticky white pieces and the slippery black pieces, otherwise, I would never be able to recite such a complicated chess game."

Wen Sisi smiled and said: "Opportunism is not worth mentioning. Speaking of it, I would like to thank the princess for her help. If not, Changping Hou and Zhongyong Bo, Wen and Wu, would never have been sent away so easily."

Fang Heng said obliquely: "In case they come again next time..."

Wen Sisi said: "Don't worry. Your attitude was so tough just now, but it made them suspicious and cautious. They dare not take any action in the near future."

Fang Heng said obliquely: "I don't know where the Palace Master is now?"

Wen Sisi smiled slightly and said, "The place where I return to my heart."

After checking the account books of the Military Weapons Bureau, it didn't help Mu Zhenliu to break the puzzle, and he fell into a predicament.At this moment, Yu Donghai visited again.

Su Sha had been missing for several days without any news, so he didn't even have anyone to discuss with. At this time, Mu Zhenliu looked forward to Yu Donghai's arrival.

"Brother Mu!" Yu Donghai exchanged a few words, then subconsciously looked in the direction of the door, "Is Mr. Susha not there?"

Mu Zhenliu laughed and said, "He's bored in the mansion, so go out for a walk."

Yu Donghai lowered his voice and said, "I wonder if Brother Mu wants to go for a walk?"

Mu Zhenliu said, "Where are you going?"

"Gutang Town."

Mu Zhenliu's heart skipped a beat.Gutang Town, the place where the old Zhangju went every two months.Naturally, he never forgot this clue, and secretly guessed the reason why the old boss went to Gutang Town, but, firstly, the clues were limited and it was difficult to further deduce it, and secondly, Gutang Town was too big, aimless, and hard to find.I had never planned to go there, and now that Yu Donghai brought it up, I couldn't help but feel a little moved.

"Does your lord have a plan?" Mu Zhenliu looked at him expectantly.

Yu Donghai smiled awkwardly and said, "I was just about to ask Brother Mu, when he read the notes of the old boss that day, did he see anything related to Gutang Town?"

Mu Zhenliu shook his head and said, "No. I searched for it on purpose, but unfortunately I found nothing."

Yu Donghai was disappointed.

Mu Zhenliu said: "Since the old boss goes to Gutang Town every two months, there must be a fixed place to stay. Since he is a frequent visitor, the other party must have an impression of him. Maybe we can start from here."

Yu Donghai clapped his hands and said, "Brother Mu is really Zhang Liang alive! I'm going to prepare the carriage right now."

The two discussed for a while and then split up to prepare.

Mu Zhenliu's light car Jian Cong went to the post, so he had nothing to prepare for, the only thing he was worried about was that Su Sha was good.However, since Su Sha was pretty good, he didn't deal with Yu Donghai and Princess Qingheng, and if he didn't go there would be benefits, so he no longer regretted it, and only left a letter explaining his whereabouts.

In addition, the thing to prepare is the entrustment of the Ordnance Bureau.

Jucheng and Wushiling were sentenced to exile. These six vacancies should have been filled by the official department for instructions.During this period, the prefect can temporarily fill in personnel to prevent the Armament Bureau from being short-handed and difficult to operate.

Yu Donghai mentioned it once before, but Mu Zhenliu didn't pick it up, so he didn't mention it again.As a result, today's Arms Bureau has become an embarrassing situation where there is a bureau at the top, a group of officers at the bottom, and no one in the middle.

Although Mu Zhenliu wanted to leave, he didn't know who to entrust the General Arms Bureau to.