Li Shimin didn't sleep a wink all night and tossed and turned. The scene he saw at Chengtianmen really shocked his soul and refreshed his outlook on life.
Can people really fly?
People who can fly are immortals, right?
While shocked, it also frightened him. He was an outstanding general, and his perspective on things was different from ordinary people. When Li Shimin saw the carriage flying in the sky, a picture emerged in his mind almost at the same time.
If there are archers in that carriage and shoot arrows at the ground, how can the people on the ground resist?
If there is such a thing in the air in front of the two armies' formations, wouldn't it mean that the troops' formations are all observed by the local authorities? If they bring a little kerosene and throw it directly on the enemy's food and grass...
This thing is so scary! If the enemy had it, it would be a nightmare for Datang!
How could Li Mu invent this thing, and what was his original intention for inventing this thing? All kinds of doubts filled Li Shimin's heart, making it impossible for him to sleep.
Time passed by in a moment, and the sky turned white. Li Shimin stood up and called Eunuch Gao. Eunuch Gao responded and appeared in front of Li Shimin's bed like a ghost.
Li Shimin rubbed the bridge of his swollen nose and asked, "Is there no news yet?"
Eunuch Gao obviously knew who Li Shimin was asking, so he replied softly: "I haven't answered yet."
Li Shimin was a little impatient and was about to speak when Eunuch Gao suddenly saw a figure flashing outside the palace door. He hurriedly apologized and came to the door.
A young eunuch whispered something into Eunuch Gao's ear. Eunuch Gao waved his hand, closed the palace door, returned to Li Shimin's bed, and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Zhulu has arrived at the palace gate."
"Quick announcement!"
"Your Majesty, it's not yet time for the palace gate to open."
Li Shimin said angrily: "I'm telling you, hurry up! Can't you understand the words? It's already dawn, is there still an hour and a half to go? What's the purpose of having a head, don't you know how to adapt at all?!"
"promise."
Eunuch Gao responded, turned around and went out. When he reached the door, Li Shimin stopped him and said, "Bring the carriage he rode in too. I want to see it."
Eunuch Gao came down and asked the palace servants to help Li Shimin dress while he went to the palace gate. The rules cannot be changed. The palace door cannot be opened before the hour. But Li Shimin was anxious and had to think of a workaround.
Hanging basket, just lift Li Mu in.
Eunuch Gao moved very quickly. Li Shimin had finished getting dressed and had not even eaten two bites of breakfast when he was served. Eunuch Gao came over with Li Mu.
Li Shimin was drinking porridge when he saw Eunuch Gao bringing Li Mu in. He spat out a mouthful of porridge. He saw that Li Mu was gray-headed and disgraced, and his clothes were burned with holes everywhere. If Eunuch Gao hadn't brought him here, Li Shimin would have been dead.
He should be regarded as a Kunlun slave doing hard work in the West Market.
"Li Mu, what did you do? Did you get struck by lightning?"
Li Mu rolled his eyes and said nothing. He wiped his face until the dust fell off.
Li Shimin stood up and came to Li Mu, raised his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, saying: "You were struck dumb by thunder? Tell me what happened!"
Li Mu still refused to say anything, so Li Shimin had no choice but to look at Eunuch Gao and asked: "What's going on!"
Eunuch Gao suppressed his laughter and said: "Reporting to your Majesty, I just met with General Chang He. That's what General Chang He said. They followed the carriage all the way east to Longshouyuan. Suddenly, the carriage stopped moving and a fire broke out.
, they hurried over and saw the carriage hanging on the tree, so they tried their best to save it. Zhuluhou braided a rope and put his wife down first. Then the carriage suddenly caught fire, and Zhuluhou was burned like this.
."
Li Mu glanced at Eunuch Gao and finally said, "Eunuch Gao, if you laugh out loud, we will end our friendship."
Eunuch Gao quickly shut his mouth, but Li Shimin didn't care about it and burst into laughter. He asked Eunuch Gao to prepare bath water for Li Mu, and then asked someone to move a chair to the table and serve him a bowl of porridge. He guessed
Li Mu entered the palace directly, so he definitely didn't have time to have breakfast, so he prepared one for one more person when the meal was passed around.
Li Mu lifted up his sleeves, opened the lining, picked up a clean area and wiped his mouth. He had a dark face and only wiped out a patch near his mouth. He looked as funny as possible. He ate the bowl of porridge in one bite. Li Mu looked at it.
He glanced at the things on the table, licked his lips, and said: "Your Majesty, you are too frugal. Forget it if you don't have meat, you don't even have eggs!"
Li Shimin raised his hand, called a young eunuch, and ordered: "Go to the imperial dining room to see if there are any meat and eggs, and bring them to Zhuluhou."
The young eunuch took the order and left, but Li Mu frowned. He glanced at Li Shimin and said warily: "Your Majesty, why are you suddenly so nice to me? It's okay if I don't eat."
"Why don't you tell me if you don't want to eat?"
"I just complained out of habit. I eat every meal at home."
Li Shimin snorted and said, "Are you showing off your wealth to me?"
"I'm just telling the truth. I can't help it. This is the condition at home." Li Mu sighed leisurely and said, "I also thought before that I had to save money. But then I thought about it, what's the use of saving money? It might be gone one day.
It’s better to eat the flowers that should be spent and the harm that should be caused, and use them a little..."
"You don't need to criticize Huai, I know what you mean." Li Shimin interrupted Li Mu and said angrily: "I have already said that I will change it, but you are not finished yet? Do you need me to apologize to you to be satisfied?
?”
"I don't dare." Li Mu quickly stopped. He still understood the principle of accompanying a king like a tiger. It was almost enough. He really made Li Shimin anxious, and he was the one who suffered the loss.
"Tell me what's going on."
"well!"
Li Mu sighed heavily. Thinking of this incident, he became upset. Speaking of which, he was extremely unlucky. Last night, Li Zhien changed his wedding clothes. The two of them bowed to each other and finished the ceremony, and were about to enter the topic.
At that moment, there was a sudden bang and the carriage hit a tree!
Li Mu quickly poked his head out to take a look, and then discovered that while the two were worshiping heaven and earth, the hot air balloon had already flown out of Chang'an City and arrived at the boundary of Longshouyuan.
Longshou Plain is also called Longshou Mountain. Legend has it that in ancient times, a black dragon meandered northward from Fanchuan River to drink water from the Wei River, and its path became Longshou Plain. It was named because the western end rises abruptly from the Wei River and looks like a dragon's head.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, this place has been selected as the base site for palaces many times. Qin Xingle Palace and Han Weiyang Palace were built on the northern slope of Longshouyuan. During the Sui Dynasty, Chang'an City was built south of Longshouyuan. Longshouyuan became the capital of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The boundaries between the capitals of Qin and Han.
The terrain here is much higher than that of Chang'an City. It is for this reason that the hot air balloon, which was more than thirty meters above the ground, hit a tree when it flew to Longshou Mountain.
The branches were torn through the leather, and the hot air balloon was deflated and hung on the branches of the trees.
In this case, no matter how generous Li Mu was, he couldn't do it. Fortunately, the tree was very strong, and the rope hanging from the hot air balloon was also strong, so there was no need to worry about falling down. When the guards arrived, they withdrew.
The rope braided by the quilt came into play. Li Mu tied the rope around Li Zhien's waist and slid her down first. But when it was his turn to go down, Li Mu's heart moved.
Last night, he stole Li Shimin's limelight. And when he saw the hot air balloon, it was bound to create a lot of associations.
Li Mu is not afraid of Li Shimin's association, because he created this thing just for use. Sooner or later, he will not be able to hide it, and he has no intention of hiding it. His only worry is that Li Shimin will doubt his loyalty. In today's era,
, the power from the air is absolutely overwhelming. Not only Li Shimin, but also any emperor would not be able to help but worry.
Therefore, he wanted to make this matter funny and absurd. In order to dilute Li Shimin's concerns about him, he wanted to make Li Shimin think that the birth of the hot air balloon was an accidental willow rather than a deliberate act.
So, he knocked over the big iron basin filled with charcoal.
There was still fire inside. If it fell into the wooden carriage, the consequences could be imagined. The flames soared into the sky and hit the ground with a bang.
Li Mu originally thought that he would have gone down long ago when the flames started. He didn't expect that the flames would explode so quickly, and he was caught off guard and turned into a disgrace.
If he hadn't consciously covered his handsome face, he would have been disfigured by now.
Poor tiger fur, all the fur was burned away. The fire spread to the tree and burned the tree. When it was put out, only the big iron basin containing charcoal was left. The rest,
All that was left was a piece of scorched earth.
After Li Mu told Li Shimin the half-true and half-false story, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing again. He didn't have any doubts, because the story Li Mu told was completely tailored according to his personality. In order to please
Woman, he can indeed do things like build a hot air balloon.
After laughing, Li Shimin calmed down his expression and said seriously: "Li Mu, did you build this 'hot air balloon' just for the purpose of getting married?"
Li Mu blinked his eyes, used the innocent technique that he had already practiced to perfection, and said in confusion: "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean."
Li Shimin followed suit: "Think about it, what if the two armies were in front of the formation?"
Li Mu still looked confused, and Li Shimin said anxiously: "Why don't you understand? If we are in front of the two armies and our archers are in the sky, wouldn't we be in an invincible position?"
Li Mu laughed out loud and said: "Your Majesty, are you confused or am I confused? How can we remain invincible? This thing can fly thirty to forty meters. Our arrows can hit the enemy. The enemy's
The arrows can’t hit us? Besides, we can’t hide even in the sky. The enemy can still hide while riding a horse. If we fight like this, it seems that the enemy is invincible, right?"
"Well……"
Li Shimin was choked up. He thought about it carefully, and it seemed that what Li Mu said made sense. However, out of a general's intuition, he still thought that the hot air balloon would not be so useless.
After frowning and thinking for a while, Li Shimin said again: "Can't you fly higher? The range of a crossbow is only a hundred meters. If it exceeds a hundred meters, its lethality drops sharply. If you shoot into the sky, it can only fly up to sixty or seventy meters. As long as it can fly
At sixty or seventy meters, we will definitely win."
Li Mu frowned in deep thought and murmured: "Your Majesty, I haven't tried it before, so I don't know if it can fly that high. If Your Majesty is interested, I can make another hot air balloon. Let's try it and see if it works.
"
"Do!"
Li Shimin's eyes were shining: "I also want to try what it feels like to fly into the sky!"