After hearing Li Changfeng's words, Li Shou, who was covered in blood and almost paralyzed on the ground, had a look of resentment in his eyes.
Emperor Qianwu's face darkened, he stared into Li Changfeng's eyes and said coldly: "Do you really want your second emperor brother to die?"
Emperor Qianwu lamented in his heart.
Would even the ninth son whom I loved the most want to add insult to injury and do this kind of brotherly killing thing?
As if Li Changfeng didn't see Emperor Qianwu's expression, he pointed at Li Shou's nose and cursed: "It's just a brothel, he's forcing girls into prostitution! I heard that he did this kind of thing a lot, this is worse than the sixth brother Li It's even more abominable since he raped a civilian girl on the street. He deserves to be beaten to death. I feel embarrassed every time I think about being brothers with him!"
Seeing Li Changfeng's face full of anger and disgust, Emperor Qianwu couldn't help but think of what happened ten years ago when Li Changfeng almost made Li Ji inhumane. He felt that now the Nine Sons were just adding insult to injury at best, and the behavior of brothers killing each other suddenly became less frequent.
This is his ninth son, his true temperament without any pretense!
However, as an emperor, Emperor Qianwu would naturally not come to such a conclusion easily. He spoke calmly, concealing the temptation in his words: "Do you suspect that the second brother sent someone to assassinate you?"
"Second child?" Li Changfeng was stunned for a moment, pretending to be confused and said in surprise: "Isn't it the sixth child who did it?"
He expected that Li Shou was completely screwed this time. Now it made no sense to say that it was Li Shou who did it. It would be better to throw the blame to Li Ji and let him carry the blame.
A scapegoat for a while remains a scapegoat for a lifetime.
Emperor Qianwu was speechless.
Jiuzi decided that it was Li Jiqian's rhythm.
At this time, Li Changfeng suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization, stared at Emperor Qianwu and said in confusion: "Father, are you testing me?!"
At this time, Emperor Qianwu was a little panicked.
He felt the extremely rare true love between father and son in Li Changfeng, but he did not want to cause alienation and estrangement because of this incident.
However, Emperor Qianwu's palace was very deep after all, so it was easy to cover it up. He glared at Li Changfeng coldly and said, "You bastard, what are you talking nonsense about? My second son sold his property in a suspicious manner a few days ago. I'm just asking you what you think!"
Li Changfeng was startled, glared at Li Shou and yelled angrily: "Good guy, you're not the one who paid for the murder, are you? Why? Just because I stole your business?"
As he said that, he rushed forward and kicked him twice.
"You bastard, Gao Dali, pull him away from me!" Emperor Qianwu's temples bulged with anger, and he was too courageous.
Without waiting for Gao Dali to pull him, Li Changfeng stopped on his own and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, why don't you stop beating me?"
Emperor Qianwu glanced at Li Shou, who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth and looking frustrated. After all, he still felt a little distressed, and ordered: "Someone, take the second prince to the imperial hospital for treatment."
Gao Dali quickly called four young eunuchs to carry Li Shou out. Emperor Qianwu sighed secretly and issued an edict: "Let the world know that the second prince Li Shou has acted recklessly and disrespected the royal family. All his property should be confiscated and paid into the palace." Treasury, please spend a year behind closed doors, and you are not allowed to take a single step without my permission!"
Hearing Emperor Qianwu's words, Li Changfeng was secretly happy.
Not to mention that Li Shou has become a complete pauper, just the fact that he opened a brothel and forced girls into prostitution is enough to make him lose people's hearts.
After closing his eyes and thinking about it for a year, most of the courtiers who originally supported him would change their court or remain neutral.
Li Shou was completely defeated this time, and it would be almost impossible for him to stand up again in the future.
However, Li Changfeng was slightly disappointed that he was not beaten to death.
Li Shou naturally understood the truth and was very panicked. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Please forgive me, father, and don't let me spend a year in isolation!"
However, Emperor Qianwu had made up his mind and could not tolerate any objection, so he directly let the eunuch take him away.
After dealing with Li Shou, Emperor Qianwu looked into Li Changfeng's eyes and asked, "Did you set the fire last night?"
Li Changfeng directly gave Emperor Qianwu a roll of his eyes: "If I knew that he wanted to kill Er Chen, I would have burned down his mansion. How could I let him go so easily?"
Right!
This is the way Jiuzi behaves!
Emperor Qianwu's doubts about Li Changfeng were completely dispelled.
Taking a look at the thick white cloth around Li Changfeng's neck, Emperor Qianwu said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "The imperial doctor has reported it to me. It's just a scratch on the skin. As for the bandage, is it like this?"
Li Changfeng said sternly: "If you don't pack it thicker, what if Lao Liu sends someone to attack again? I can't guarantee that I will be so lucky to escape next time!"
Emperor Qianwu's face twitched and he said angrily: "Why are you so sure it was Li Ji who did it? I have been checking him for a long time and haven't found anything suspicious!"
Li Changfeng secretly laughed in his heart, it was strange that he could find something suspicious, it was not done by Li Ji at all.
What he did was just to blame Li Ji. As for how much Emperor Qianwu could believe, that was not his concern.
Li Changfeng said sternly: "Besides him, I can't think of anyone else who wants to kill my son. He must be the one who did it. Father, you must make the decision for my son!"
"Okay, okay, I know, once I find out who did it, I won't tolerate it!"
Emperor Qianwu nodded helplessly, then changed the subject and said, "How long has it been since you went to the artillery camp? This is a major military matter, why don't you care about it at all? It's simply unreasonable!"
Li Changfeng said helplessly: "Father, the artillery battalion is being trained by people from Baishi City headed by Zhang Haihui, and Li Jianye, the deputy battalion commander, is watching. What do you have to worry about?...Don't look at me with that look. I have to keep an eye on the business in the capital every day, so you didn’t show any mercy when collecting money!"
Emperor Qianwu was speechless immediately.
The two chatted for a while, and then Li Changfeng returned home happily.
The decree to deal with the second prince Li Shou was also spread in the capital, and the people all applauded when they heard about it.
At the same time, Dali Temple, Zongren Mansion, Dongchang, and almost all relevant yamen in the capital were in action.
A large number of officials, both covert and covert, began a sweeping search and investigation, determined not to stop until they uncovered the mastermind behind Li Changfeng's assassination.
The sixth prince, Li Ji, unsurprisingly became the biggest target of the investigation. The people in Dongchang took Emperor Qianwu's order and directly took control of Li Ji's mansion.
For a time, the entire capital became turbulent.
Li Changfeng was assassinated one after another, which made Emperor Qianwu very worried about his safety. While capturing the mastermind behind the scenes, he sent many powerful officials to secretly protect him.
Li Changfeng was also happy and lived his own small life as usual, eating, drinking and having fun every day.
On this day, Li Changfeng came to Diandude as usual. After seeing the food, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
“You’ve been eating these delicacies from the mountains, seas, birds, and animals all day long. Why don’t you come up with something new and eat more green vegetables?”
Shopkeeper Diandude who was waiting on the side was also an old man who had been with Li Changfeng for a long time. He smiled helplessly: "Your Highness, there are only a few seasonal vegetables, and there is nothing the kitchen can do! Seeing that summer is almost over, when autumn and winter come, Only Chinese cabbage can be eaten."
Hearing this, Li Changfeng couldn't help but slap his thigh hard.
"Why did this prince forget such an important matter?"
There are too few types of vegetables in Daqian Dynasty, and there are basically no vegetables to eat in autumn.
In winter, it is even more miserable. Even the richest people, even Emperor Qianwu, can only eat some dried vegetables and pickled vegetables.
Li Changfeng didn't want to go without vegetables for more than half a year, so soon after arriving in the capital, he bought a large piece of land in the suburbs to build a vegetable greenhouse.
But later, because I encountered a series of things and was very busy, I forgot about it.
Now that summer is halfway through, and autumn is coming, it’s time to put this matter on the agenda.
After a quick meal in Diandude, Li Changfeng went to the scientific research institute, which was still under construction in full swing, and found Liang Dafu.
With current technology, it is obviously unrealistic to manufacture plastic greenhouse films. Li Changfeng could only settle for the next best thing and build a vegetable greenhouse with the idea of building a sunroom.
In this way, whether it is a wooden frame or a metal frame, the most important thing is glass.
Fortunately, Li Changfeng taught Liang Dafu how to make glass as early as when he was in Baishi City, and even made a crude telescope.
However, if you want to build a vegetable greenhouse, the amount of glass required will be extremely staggering, and you must explain it to Liang Dafu.
At first, Liang Dafu was a little unhappy when he heard that Li Changfeng asked him to make large quantities of glass, because in his opinion, this thing was of little use and he might as well focus on muskets, artillery and other projects.
But after hearing Li Changfeng's description of the wonderful money scene in vegetable greenhouses and saying that most of the money earned could be invested in scientific research, Liang Dafu, a scientific research madman, immediately agreed happily.
After arranging these, Li Changfeng went to the artillery camp to check the training results during this period. Overall, he was satisfied.
Under the training of Zhang Haihui and others, although he still couldn't hit where to hit, he had the basic accuracy and had formed preliminary combat effectiveness.
After a round of inspection, Li Changfeng returned home to rest.
At this moment, an urgent report from southern Xinjiang was delivered to Emperor Qianwu.
Early the next morning.
Li Changfeng was still sleeping, and the morning court session at the Xuanzheng Palace had already begun. Emperor Qianwu's usually calm expression looked a little solemn today.
After the ministers paid their respects, Emperor Qianwu asked Gao Dali to read the urgent report from southern Xinjiang in public.
"In the eighteenth year of Emperor Wu's reign in the Daqian Dynasty, on the twenty-third day of the eighth lunar month, a hundred thousand barbarian cavalry troops marched across the Weihe River in the delta. The last general, Nangong Changming, led the Southern Xinjiang Army to confront them."
"On the night of August 25th, barbarian spies sneaked into our delta area to spy on the military situation. There were warships gathering along the coast. Their intention to invade was obvious!"
"Now the barbarians are still gathering troops one after another, and the situation is becoming more critical. The last general, Nangong Changming, bows his head to report, hoping that the imperial court will send reinforcements early to prepare food and grass to prevent the barbarians from invading!"
After Gao Dali finished reading, the entire court fell into silence, and everyone's expressions became extremely solemn.
The Daqian Dynasty was founded not long ago and is still recuperating. Although the national treasury has been filled a lot due to the lottery conducted by Li Changfeng during this period, it cannot withstand the consumption of a war.
Coupled with the impact of floods in Shangzhou, the land of plenty, this year's harvest will inevitably be greatly reduced, making Daqian even worse.
Under such circumstances, once a war starts, it will definitely waste people and money. If the war continues for a long time, it will definitely shake the country's foundation.
The location where the barbarian armies were assembled fully demonstrated that they were heading towards the delta area, the most fertile and grain-producing area in southern Xinjiang.
If this fertile land is lost, it will be a serious blow to Daqian and will also shake the country's foundation.
And the geographical location of the delta is extremely important.
Therefore, the delta zone must not be lost!
But the barbarian army was on the other side, so how to deal with it became a big problem.