Gongsun Linglong arrived at the East Palace with the wooden box under his arm. The guards at the door did not stop him and immediately reported to Emperor Yuwei.
Before the guards could come out to greet him, Gongsun Linglong had already arrived at the door, and Di Yuwei had just changed clothes.
"Princess."
"Linglong? Have you finished forging it?"
Seeing the wooden box under Gongsun Linglong's arm, Di Yu asked in slight surprise.
The rebuilding of the Empress' weapons was a major event. Emperor Yuwei sent people to ask several times, but each time he said that Gongsun Linglong was rebuilding the weapons and had no time to see the envoys.
Boring and forging phoenix wings is not a simple matter, and Di Yuwei did not dare to rush it for fear of causing problems if he pushed too hard.
Unexpectedly, Gongsun Linglong was actually rebuilt.
"Okay, I sent it specially to the princess."
Gongsun Linglong strode into the room and placed the wooden box on the table. Di Yu looked at the wooden box expectantly.
"How is it? The forging was successful, right?"
What Di Yuwei wants is good news, and he must not make any mistakes.
Gongsun Linglong said proudly: "My craftsmanship is the best in the world, so of course I am very successful."
Opening the lock on the wooden box and opening the lid, there was a dark red phoenix wing boring machine lying inside, exuding a domineering feeling.
"The color has changed..."
Ever since Di Yu could remember, the phoenix wings had always been golden, but this time he saw dark red.
The Phoenix Wing Boring was severely damaged and its appearance was not good-looking. In order to make the Phoenix Wing Boring look good, later generations, after filling the gap, gilded the appearance to make it look noble.
Gongsun Linglong said: "There is no problem with the color. The Holy Emperor mentioned in the secret decree that I should remove the gilding on the outside and restore the original color."
After Di Yuwei looked at it, he asked his maid to ask Di Xingwan to come over.
Soon, Di Xingwan entered the room and saw the Phoenix Wing Boring on the case.
"Has it been recast? It feels... a lot bigger?"
Not only did the color change, Di Xingwan felt that the wings of the phoenix had grown in size.
Gongsun Linglong said: "Yes, because the black scimitar melted into the phoenix wing, it looks much bigger."
According to the original plan, Gongsun Linglong planned to control the amount and not incorporate all the black scimitars.
But he didn't control it well, so he simply integrated it all into it and forged a large phoenix wing boring machine.
"It seems to be good, but we are not good enough to test it."
Emperor Xingwan reached out to grab the Phoenix Wing Boring Machine, but found that it could not be lifted with one hand.
"It's so heavy."
Emperor Xingwan let go and put it down.
Emperor Yu said slightly: "Immediately send shadow guards to escort Feng Yi Boring to Yanmen Pass."
There may be a war in the north at any time. Once the weapons are forged, they should be delivered to the Empress as soon as possible.
Di Xingwan said: "Let me escort the car, I'm worried something will go wrong."
Phoenix Wing Boring was so important that Emperor Xingwan was worried about letting the shadow guards escort the car.
If you are robbed along the way, the consequences will be unbearable.
"You, you...can you do it?"
Di Yuwei was worried that Di Xingwan was not strong enough and would not be able to keep his things if someone hijacked his car.
"There are no high-level people in the court, so I can only escort him. Besides, the outside world doesn't know about this. If I use other excuses to go to Yanmen Pass, it shouldn't attract anyone's attention."
The matter of recasting the Empress Phoenix Wings is very secret, only a few people know about it.
Emperor Xingwan felt that this matter was done secretly, and there should be no problems in escorting the weapons.
"Well, on the pretext of sending winter clothes to the Queen Mother, several carriages set off at the same time."
Di Yuwei thought it was feasible and immediately put forward his own opinion.
Di Xingwan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave tomorrow morning."
Di Yuwei ordered his men to prepare the carriage and winter clothing. Since they have gone, they should bring some things that the empress needs.
He Ningxin immediately got busy, packing and preparing the things the empress needed.
After delivering the things, Gongsun Linglong came out of the palace and rode back to Gongsun Mansion.
When the housekeeper saw Gongsun Linglong, he smiled happily and said, "My young master is free to go home today, please come in quickly."
Gongsun Yun heard that Gongsun Linglong was back and came out very happy.
"I've been to Linglong Pavilion several times and they all said you were busy."
Gongsun Yun complained a little. Gongsun Linglong smiled and held Gongsun Yun's hand and said with a smile: "I'm really busy. Grandpa is in good health."
The grandfather and grandson went into the room and sat down, while the butler served tea and snacks.
"Old housekeeper, go down and do your work."
Gongsun Linglong smiled and dismissed the housekeeper, closed the door, sat down and said, "The Holy Father asked me to do some top-secret things, so I didn't have time to meet with my grandfather at that time."
"I finally finished it today, so I have time to go home and see my grandfather."
Hearing that the empress had something top-secret to explain, Gongsun Yun immediately said seriously: "Since it is a top-secret matter, you shouldn't mention it to me, so don't say it."
Although the two are close relatives, they pay great attention to keeping things confidential.
Gongsun Yun would never pry or ask any questions about the top-secret matters told by the empress.
"Okay, I see you are tired too. Go back and rest. You have to go back to Linglong Pavilion tomorrow, right?"
Gongsun Yun felt sorry for his granddaughter. Gongsun Linglong said: "If you want, the weapons on the front line must be made by Linglong Pavilion. Today is considered lazy."
The gunpowder and firearms used on the front line all come from Linglong Pavilion. These weapons are very crucial.
If Linglong Pavilion forges more firearms, there will be fewer casualties on the front line.
"Eat a full meal first, and then have a good rest."
Gongsun Yun picked up the snacks, and Gongsun Linglong ate them all in one go.
Then he asked the old housekeeper to prepare the meal. After Gongsun Linglong finished eating, he went back to his room and fell asleep.
On the second day.
Emperor Xing led a dozen carriages from the palace in the evening, walked through the bustling streets, went out of the north gate, and marched all the way to Yanmen Pass.
Seeing the convoy, the businessmen on the road began to discuss the war at Yanmen Pass.
Long Chen blocked the invasion of the ghost clan at Yanmen Pass. The capital was deep in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the war was far away from them. The people had no feeling for the horror of the war.
"I heard that the ghost clan is very powerful, and it was very difficult for King Wu and the Holy Lord to fight."
"The Long family army and the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty are all at Yanmen Pass, and they will definitely be killed fiercely."
"No, I've been to Yanmen Pass. It's very lively there. It doesn't matter if there's a war."
"I also heard that the fighting at Yanmen Pass was average. After the fighting last winter, there was no fighting anymore."
"We fight once a year, why are there so many people? All the grain and rice in the world go to Yanmen Pass."
"Yes, rice and noodles in the capital are getting more and more expensive. It's best not to fight this war."
The people were talking a lot, and most of them didn't understand the war at Yanmen Pass.
The carriage slowly headed north, Di Xingwan didn't hear the people's comments, her mind was on Phoenix Wing Boring.
The Phoenix Wing Boring was placed in a very ordinary wooden box, piled with other goods, making it very inconspicuous.
Guarded by more than a hundred shadow guards and soldiers, the carriage slowly headed north.
...
North of the grassland.
Long Chen and Cheng Jin trudged hard in the snow.
Leaving Bingyu Mountain, the two stepped on thick snow and headed towards the Hera Pass.
Along the way, there was only thick snow and occasionally undulating snow-capped mountains.
"Sir, further ahead is the Hera Pass. Do you want to hide your whereabouts?"
Cheng Jin has been to the ice field and knows the distance to the Hera Pass.
I heard that the area around the Hera Pass was occupied by ghosts and had established a stronghold. If the two of them went there recklessly, they would probably be discovered.
"It doesn't matter. If you encounter a ghost tribe, just kill him."
Long Chen didn't care much, because Wu Sheng was seriously injured, the ghost girl was not a problem, and Li Chengdao was defeated.
Even if Long Chen is discovered, no one from the ghost clan can be his opponent.
Cheng Jin smiled and said nothing more.
Long Chen really didn't have to worry about being discovered, Cheng Jin was afraid that he wouldn't be able to escape.
