The courtiers who had just left not long ago hurried into the palace one after another. On both sides of the palace stood the chamberlain Ban Zhi who couldn't help but whisper to each other.
"Why was Gongnuyuan destroyed?"
The emperor's angry voice came from the palace.
"Are the spies of the Western Thieves of Dongliao able to walk freely in Gongnuyuan? Then will they be able to come and go freely in my palace in the next moment?"
Several more court officials came hurriedly, and when they saw the chamberlain whispering to each other and peering into the palace, one of them snorted heavily, rolled up his sleeves and stamped his feet.
The servants hurriedly stood up, lowered their heads and lowered their hands, and saw the boots and robes in front of them being stepped on.
"Your Majesty, Inspector Fan is here."
Upon hearing the reply, the emperor immediately stopped walking back and forth and looked over, his face still full of shock and anger.
What happened today?
First, he went to court early in the morning and forced the censor Zhongcheng to investigate the lady Cheng, and then forced Chen Shao to resign. This made him confused. It took him a while to recover after going to court. After lunch, he wanted to take a nap. As soon as he lay down, he was startled.
Gotta get up.
The ground is shaking!
The earthquakes in this winter are terrible, and there will definitely be more casualties.
The emperor could not sit still in Qinzheng Hall until the news soon came.
It's not an earthquake.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, it was great, he could finally live a good year without having to be buzzed in his ears by ministers accusing him of not practicing good governance.
But the next moment he became angry again.
Something happened at Gongnuyuan.
Gongnuyuan! Where can a powerful weapon related to a strong country and strong army be involved?
"Supervisor Fan!"
The emperor was startled when his eyes fell on the officials below him.
This man comes from a rural background and is not good-looking, but he is still very scary as he looks like he crawled out of a charcoal kiln.
"What happened?"
Fan Jianglin knelt down and kowtowed.
"I came in a hurry and didn't change my clothes or wash my face. Your Majesty, please forgive me," he said.
The emperor waved his hands angrily.
He is not a delicate little girl.
"What happened?" he asked, "How could the materials shop in Gongnuyuan be damaged?"
The destruction of two houses is a trivial matter, but the damage to the God's Arm Bow was well-protected, as well as the materials used for the God's Arm Bow. The person just now has reported that it is roughly estimated that three hundred God's Arm Bow were damaged.
The emperor was twitching with pain.
Three hundred!
"Fan Junjian!" he said, "How can we let spies sneak into the important place of Gongnuyuan!"
"Your Majesty, it was not the spies who infiltrated, but the Gongnuyuan who caught the spies." Fan Jianglin said hurriedly, "Our driver lost two artillery trucks. Yesterday we found out that the suspect was caught this morning and he is currently interrogating."
There is also a gun carriage!
The emperor's brows twitched again.
"Quick check!" he shouted.
Gongnuyuan was now surrounded by soldiers in strict armor.
Fan Jianglin and other officials went to give the emperor a reply, while the remaining officials gathered around and tortured Li Mao, who had caused the trouble, and the craftsman who had stolen the artillery cart.
"We are really not spies." Li Mao and the craftsman still said.
"Then what agency do you think this is?" an official asked.
"This is not an agency." Li Mao raised his head and said.
"Then what is this?" the official shouted.
Li Mao's lips moved, seeming hesitant.
This hesitation fell into the eyes of the soldier next to him, and he immediately raised his hand and slapped Li Mao's face hard with the back of his knife, knocking him to the ground. Another blood mark suddenly appeared on his already bruised face.
Li Mao coughed and spit out a mouthful of blood on the ground.
"explain!"
the official shouted.
"You can't even pretend to be dead after destroying our hundreds of arm bows!"
I don't know whether he was fainted from pain or something else, but Li Mao fell to the ground without saying a word.
There was a loud sound of footsteps outside the official hall, and a group of people walked in.
Everyone present looked at each other.
People from the Imperial City Division.
"Have you asked yet?" the leader of the visitors asked calmly.
The officials of Gongnuyuan were somewhat reluctant.
"Under interrogation," one replied.
"Master Jiji said that if you can't find it out, let's leave it to our Imperial City Department." The visitor said with a smile, "so as not to delay the state affairs."
"This is the matter of our Gongnu Academy," the official of Gongnu Academy said with some dissatisfaction.
There are other soldiers standing low in front of Li Mao.
"Li Mao, you were once in the army, so you naturally know where this Imperial City Division is. If you fall into their hands, you will be worse than dead." He whispered, "What do you have to say?
It’s better to tell him earlier, sooner or later he will die, and it’s best to die happily.”
Before Li Mao could speak, the craftsman kneeling over there kowtowed repeatedly.
"My lord, your lord, don't care about my business, don't care about my business, I took his money, I took his money, he only said to use two catapults, I am obsessed, I deserve death,
I'm really not a spy, and I don't know he is a spy. I don't know anything. Please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me."
Everyone's ears were buzzing as the craftsman cried out.
The officer from the Imperial City Division approached Li Mao with a smile.
"Li Mao, what do you have to say?" he asked.
Li Mao finally raised his head from the ground and looked at the high-ranking police officer.
"What I want to say is," he gasped, "I am not a spy. I want to see His Majesty."
The officer from the Imperial City Department frowned.
"You still want to see His Majesty?" He laughed and said, "Who do you think you are?"
"Young people must offer treasures to Your Majesty." Li Mao raised his head and said.
"A treasure offering?" he asked, "What do you want to offer? It's best to come up with some fresh lists instead of using the ones we have."
Li Mao smiled and tried hard to sit up, but to no avail.
"Excuse me, please inform your majesty, what Li Mao wants to present is a weapon that is a hundred times stronger than the god's arm bow." He said.
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"What nonsense!"
Feng Lin's voice sounded in the palace, and he turned to look at the emperor.
"This is the legacy of the Cheng family. Nowadays, everyone has learned to use clever tricks to blackmail Your Majesty. What is good for the superiors will be worse for the inferiors."
Because Chen Shao avoided his seat at home, Feng Lin was the only voice in the palace for a while.
Yes, not everyone in the world can be Mrs. Cheng.
The emperor's face looked a little embarrassed. He put aside the surprise he had just heard about a weapon that was a hundred times more powerful than the God's Arm Bow and sat upright.
"Let the Imperial City Secretary inquire." He said with certainty after thinking for a moment.
"Your Majesty, Li Mao said that this thing is very important, so I can only give it to Your Majesty in person first, and I don't dare to let it go through other people's hands." The Imperial City Secretary Ji Ji lowered his head and said.
"absurd!"
Before the emperor could speak, Feng Lin shouted sharply.
"What kind of ingenuity does he have? He has the Imperial City Division of Dali Temple in the Court of Justice to interrogate him. If he is found guilty, he will be punished. If he has meritorious services, he will be rewarded according to the law. Why would he want to see His Majesty every now and then?"
"Before verifying whether there is a magic trick, you brazenly offered a treasure. Your Majesty was actually tempted and lost your sense. It can be seen that the previous incident of the Cheng family has messed up your mind!"
That's true.
The Cheng family presented a magical weapon that was claimed to be a hundred times more powerful than a heavy crossbow, and it certainly lived up to expectations.
As soon as he heard the words "better than so-and-so a hundred times," he couldn't help but get excited.
But thinking about it, it was also because Cheng's Divine Arm Bow was rewarded that everyone in the world was moved.
He couldn't summon him in person just because he heard someone. In the end, the court became as noisy as a market, which really made him lose his status as an emperor.
This is really the legacy of the Cheng family.
The emperor opened his mouth to speak, but someone spoke first.
"Hasn't it been verified?"
This sudden voice made everyone look over and saw that it was Zhang Chun who rarely went to court and seldom spoke.
Seeing Zhang Chun, Gao Lingbo, who had always been careless, couldn't help but stand up straight, and his heart skipped an inexplicable jump.
Although he didn't like Zhang Chun very much, compared to Chen Shao who always opposed him on political affairs, Zhang Chun was always on the same page with him. Zhang Chun always paid more attention to learning and talked about everything.
By the time he reached Gao Lingbo, there were only a handful of them.
But it was this one of the few times that made him unforgettable.
What is he going to do?
Gao Lingbo put away his distraction and narrowed his eyes to look over.
"What to verify?" Feng Lin had already asked.
"The efficacy of the sharp weapon he wants to present." Zhang Chun said lightly, "Hasn't it been verified?"
"Where's the verification?" Feng Lin frowned.
Zhang Chun took out his hand from his sleeve and pointed to one side.
"He." He said.
Everyone followed his hand and saw Fan Jianglin standing at the end of the corner.
Fan Jianglin was startled when he was suddenly pointed at.
"Me?" he couldn't help but say.
"Yes, you, didn't you see it with your own eyes?" Zhang Chun said.
Fan Jianglin came to his senses.
"Yes, yes, yes, the official saw it!" he shouted suddenly, with an excited expression, "there was a loud noise, two houses were destroyed, and hundreds of divine arms and bows were lost!"
Saying this, he kneeled forward and stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, this is really a sharp weapon!"
Yes, it can actually damage two rooms and destroy so many divine arm bows in the blink of an eye. From this point of view, it is really a hundred times more powerful than the divine arm bow.
The emperor couldn't stand hearing this anymore. Fan Jianglin's words had once again aroused his excitement.
"Pass it to Li Mao," he said.
The chamberlain responded loudly, turned around and walked away quickly, without giving Feng Lin a chance to speak again.
Zhang Jiangzhou!
Feng Lin turned to look at Zhang Chun.
But Zhang Chun didn't look at him, he held the wat board in both hands and stopped talking, as if he had never spoken before and stood silently behind the crowd.
