Heaven's Formula

Seeing the familiar face, Luo Weiwei was relieved a lot.

"Miss Luo, since you are an alchemist in the Privy Council, you don't need to kneel down during this interrogation. You can sit at the end." The official at the top said slowly.

This person is wearing a red and black two-color robe with five beast patterns embroidered on it, and a three-beam Jinxian crown on his head. His identity should be Qiu Guang, the minister of Dali Temple.Although I haven't seen him before, as one of the nine ministers, Luo Qingqing has already heard of his name.

"Yes."

She sat down as she said, and looked at the audience at the same time—the only person sitting on the trial seat was Dali Siqing, there was no temple minister, and no recorder, which meant that no one would record the trial process.But if you don't take it seriously, the chief official of Dali Temple is in charge, and his judgment will become the final result of the case.

On her left, there sat the empress Luo Fei with a frosty face and a father-in-law.

On the right side are the members of the Luo family, including his master, Luo Changtian and Luo Fengqing.

"Eunuch Wei, does Your Majesty have anything to say?" Qiu Guang looked at Gonggong first.

"The emperor happened to hear about this matter, and he just wanted to know the result, so he sent our family to listen in. Apart from that, he didn't have any explanation. Mr. Qiu can make a judgment based on his own experience. But..." He After a long tone, "No matter what the result is, he doesn't want this matter to spread. After all, whether it is good for the royal family or the Luo family, this matter will be embarrassing."

"Your Majesty is wise, Luo also has the same meaning." Luo Wuji nodded.

"Hmph." Luo Yufei snorted unhappily.

"Then Miss Luo, you can tell everyone what happened that day." Eunuch Wei said as he held up the teacup in front of him.

Luo stood up gently, took a deep breath and began to make a statement.

This process took almost a quarter of an hour.

Surprisingly, Luo Yufei didn't interrupt her halfway, but let her talk to the end.

After hearing this, Qiu Guang looked at Concubine Luo, "Since the Fourth Prince himself cannot be present, do you have anything you want to add?"

"As far as I know, what happened is almost the same as what she said."

As soon as Luo Yufei said these words, Luo Qingwei couldn't help being stunned.

"However, it's just a passing process, and the actual details are quite different." Luo Yufei said in a sad tone, "My child has indeed fallen in love with Luo Qingqing. Young people are always attracted by beautiful peers. It's just a common thing. But the reason is that this beautiful Luo girl has been hooked up with other men, and has been hiding it from me. She knew from the beginning that I wanted her to be the inner guard of the spell, but she didn't make it clear Let me know."

"That is to say, when you fought for this position for her, you have already expressed your idea of ​​getting married?"

"Exactly. If you don't believe me, Lord Qiu can ask her."

Luo frowned lightly, "Master Siqing, I didn't—"

"What I'm asking is, has Empress Luo Concubine expressed a similar meaning?"

She gritted her teeth, "...Yes, but I didn't agree."

"But you still accepted the position." Qiu Guang knocked on the table, "Are there any other questions?"

"Of course," Luo Yufei continued, "my son didn't know the news until later, so his mood fluctuated a lot. It wasn't until the night of the incident that he couldn't control his emotions under drinking, so he used more extreme methods to hope Miss Luo was able to change her mind. This matter is by no means just coveting the woman's body as she said, and she did not force her to do anything. This is just a sensational choice deliberately made by Miss Luo in order to downplay her personal relationship. It's just words."

"Is there any evidence?"

"This is natural." Luo Yufei clapped her hands, and someone outside the door led a woman into the room.

"This is the maid of the fourth prince, and one of the parties involved. Qingci, at that time my son didn't say that he would do anything wrong to Miss Luo, did he?"

The corner of her mouth has healed, and there is no trace of cuts. It is likely that she was cured when the Imperial Hospital treated the fourth prince.She glanced at Luo timidly, then lowered her head deeply, "Yes..."

Luo sighed softly.

When she was about to speak, Luo Yufei sneered and interrupted her speech, "I know what you want to say. People's will can be distorted, and testimony can naturally be changed at will. But my evidence is not only one Mr. Qiu, Uncle Luo, please read this."

I saw her spread out a roll of thin paper in her hand.

"This is... a letter?" Qiu Guang raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes, the person who wrote this letter...is none other than Xia Fan."

Luo Weiwei's heart skipped a beat.

She looked at Luo Yufei suddenly, and the latter responded with nothing but hatred in his eyes. "Everyone may not know, but there were two trust letters from Jinxia City that were transferred from the Luo family to Shangyuan City and handed over to Luo Qingqing. I checked it out, one was written by Luo You'er, and the other was written by Xia Fan wrote. And she—”

Luo Yufei paused, then pointed at Luo Qingqing, "But she collected the latter's letter and put it in her pocket! Not only that, but Luo You'er's letter was never found in her residence, which means It means that she has already destroyed or abandoned another letter. May I ask, if it is not for personal reasons, would an unmarried woman keep a man's letter alone?"

"If this evidence hadn't been discovered during the search, I really can't believe that she would be so shameless! Everyone, read the content of the letter, a remote place with nothing but salt, the privy of this place Mansion alchemist, actually have the nerve to invite someone to the Privy Council of Gyeonggi? Ordinary people would never do such a thing, but Xia Fan did. If it wasn’t for the close relationship between the two, why would he write such an absurd letter?”

"..." Luo slightly opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Why did she put that letter in her pocket?

If there is a reason, it is not without.Whenever she saw the crooked handwriting on that letter, she couldn't help laughing out loud, and said that the writing was like a person, but Xia Fan seemed to be an exception.Especially when it's boring, this letter reminds her of the night she spent together in the wild night, fighting against the evil demon together.

She also wanted to reply to the letter several times, and even wanted to ask the other party whether the Privy Council has recruited people, how far is it from closing the door, and whether it is really in urgent need of help from wise men and experts, but such half-joking words have never been able to reach her. Hands become ink blots.Just because she couldn't reply to the letter, she didn't take out the letter either.

In fact, she also really wanted to keep Luo Youer's letter, but unfortunately, some of the younger sister's words were really "taboo". In order to avoid the words becoming a prophecy, she burned them after completing the reply.

Unexpectedly, this unintentional move became an argument for Luo Yufei's attack.

But even if there is no such coincidence, is it impossible to frame the convenience?Luo Weiqing doesn't think so.

So she just puffed up her chest and stated simply, "These are all fictitious guesses, and I have no personal relationship with Xia Fan."

But this time, little attention was paid to what she was saying.

"Okay, put these things aside for now, I want to ask her another question." Luo Wuji finally said, "Luo Qingqing, I heard from your elder brother that you once chose Xia Fan's plan in the examination. The reason is that you will choose a better one than the order you set, is that right?"

Chapter 176 Judgment

Luo slightly tilted his head to look to the right, Luo Fengqing was expressionless, and Luo Changtian was blinking at her desperately, as if hinting that she should not answer the conversation.

But she took a deep breath and nodded calmly, "Yes, I said so."

Luo Wuji paused, "Even if it goes against the order of the Luo family?"

Luo Changtian's eyes blinked even more urgently.

"Yes. But why can't the Luo family make the order better?" Luo asked softly.

"Because the Luo family has never been a single entity." Luo Wuji closed his eyes slightly, "I already know what you mean. From today onwards, you are no longer my disciple."

"Master!" Luo Changtian said in surprise.

Luo Fengqing couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth.

"However, private affairs are only a hindrance to moral conduct. Considering that she has paid a lot for the Luo family, and has almost no actual harm to the fourth prince, I don't think it is necessary to punish him too severely. Yu Fei, what do you think?"

"Uncle Master!"

"This is also the conclusion discussed by the Luo family." Luo Wuji said unhurriedly.

"..." Luo Yufei clenched her fists secretly, "Since this is the case, there is no reason for Yufei to follow suit. It's just that I don't want to see this person again, no matter if it's Youzhou or Shangyuan, she must not take another step."

Qiu Guang straightened his sleeves, "Since everyone has come to a conclusion, I will pronounce the sentence. Luo Qingqing, you have committed disobedience, and should have been severely punished. But because you restrained yourself and did not cause serious harm, you can reduce it according to the circumstances. .I sentenced you to fifty stick spines, and sent you to Lingzhou, and you are not allowed to leave this place for life, do you have any objection?"

Is this... the conclusion of Dali Temple?

She didn't check and identify the whole story, and didn't verify the testimonies of both parties. Right or wrong doesn't lie in what the two parties have done, but in her private matter—not to mention that this private matter was fabricated by Concubine Luo.

Even Dali Siqing himself was not involved in the case.

In fact, what decided the outcome was the internal discussion between Luo Yufei and the Luo family.

Luo Weiwei suddenly felt an unprecedented exhaustion.

So be it.

"I... have no objection."

Saying this sentence means that she will no longer be able to enter the Gyeonggi Privy Council to realize her original vision.

Whether it's killing monsters and eliminating evil spirits, or maintaining the stability of the order, it has nothing to do with her.

Surprisingly, after being exhausted, there was not much loss in my heart.

Instead, she felt a sense of relief.

……

"Mom, is this the end result?"

In the palace, Ning Chunan said in disbelief, "She broke my elbow and stabbed my palm with a knife! How could you let her go?"

"Otherwise? Do you still want to execute her? Your Majesty has decided that this matter should not be made public. Obviously, it is attributed to the Luo family's affairs." Luo Yufei's face was as watery, "The Luo family deliberately let it go... When it comes to your matter, they care more about Luo Qingqing herself."

"She... herself? I am the Fourth Prince!"

"Yeah, they underestimated you." She hugged her child tightly, "If Luo Qingqing didn't answer like that, believe it or not, she wouldn't even be exiled. This is the treatment of a genius alchemist..." Thinking of her contribution to the Luo family, what a joke, did I never help the Luo family? Trust me, mother wants her to pay the price more than anyone else. "

"Mother...I don't want her to die," Ning Chunan hesitated, "I just want, I want...to keep her by my side."

"If you want to stay by your side, then don't use such clumsy methods, at least don't let her have a chance to choose!" Luo Yufei glared at him bitterly, "Before you make such an idea next time, you'd better Ask for my opinion first. She is not the stuff you used to play with!"

"Then...do I have no chance?"

Luo Yufei was silent for a while, "That's not necessarily the case. It's just that it can't be done now - at least we have to wait until she gets out of everyone's sight and the matter is settled."

"Mother, can she come back?" Ning Chunan's eyes lit up.

"If this girl is a little bit softer, it won't be easy to deal with this matter, but she has to be tough to the end." Luo Yufei smiled contemptuously, "Without the status of Luo family disciple, the title of eighth-rank alchemist alone can't keep her .Lingzhou...it's a long journey, bandits and thieves appear one after another, who knows what accidents will happen."

"I see, Mother really cares about me!"

"When she returns to Gyeonggi again, you should know what to do, right?"

"Yes," Ning Chunan said enthusiastically, "I will prepare a house well so that she will never want to leave again."

……

Daqi border, Leizhou.

Under the guidance of the local guide, Ba Xingtian led two thousand elites across Pozigou.

This place is very close to Gao Guo's territory, and thirty miles to the west is Futian Fort, which is also a fortress where Gao Guo restrained Da Qi from driving straight into it.

"Hold on to the rope, pass two by two, don't look down, stare at the place in front of you to grab!" Ba Xingtian yelled while commanding the troops to cross the moat.Although this place is called a ditch, it is actually a steep mountain composed of criss-crossing cracks in the ground.

These fissures stretch for tens of miles, with a width of three to ten feet, and the depth of the bottom of the slope is often more than twenty feet. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are cliffs.If you look down, you can see the sharp rock pillars densely covered with stalagmites at the bottom, and there will be white smoke in some places, like clouds.It's just that the smoke is miasma and extremely poisonous. Even local herb collectors and hunters will not easily set foot in the depths of Pozigou.

It is precisely because of this that they can operate under the noses of the Gao Guo army.

"My lord," Ba Xingtian's adjutant Yin Guerzilla stood on tiptoe and looked westward, "The general has been thinking, if we leave most of General Zuo's troops and go straight to Futian Fort, what are our chances of winning?"

Ba Xingtian stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty percent?"

He put his fingers together, "Seventy percent. Now that Gao Guo's frontier army is not in the city, no matter how strong the fortress is, it must be defended by people. If I clear the way and make a surprise attack at night, there is a high probability that this city will fall into our army's hands. "

"Really..." He sighed, "That's really a pity."

Ba Xingtian naturally knew what the adjutant was regretting—this was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Gao Guo is planning a new operation, which is different from the small-scale conflicts in the past. According to spies' reports, there are as many as [-] frontier troops dispatched this time.This meant that their rear was basically empty. If they could take down this nail between the two countries in one fell swoop, Gao Guo's defense line might have to retreat at least three hundred miles.

It's a pity that the army can't act without authorization-the border between the two countries has not been considered stable in the past ten years, but the real situation of seizing cities and land has not happened yet.If they break this bottom line first, and the court is unwilling to go to war, this kind of behavior is no different from arbitrarily provoking a frontier.

"It's fortunate that those civil servants can hold back." Yin Guerzilla stomped his feet and said, "This war is a matter of time."

That's right, Ba Xingtian thought to himself, I don't know how the court negotiated with Gao Guo, and he was always unwilling to start a war first, but they, the frontline soldiers, felt it very clearly - Gao Guo was moving food and drawing maps every day , The sentinels released even sneaked into the hinterland of Leizhou.

This posture is like wrapping oil and putting it on the fire rack.

It's just a matter of time before it burns out completely.

Chapter 177 Encirclement

"Okay, you and I have nothing to complain about." Ba Xingtian patted the adjutant on the shoulder, "The higher authorities may have their own considerations, we just need to ensure that we can win at any time. If we can defeat the Licheng border army in one fell swoop , at least to keep the border safe for a year.”

"But the people of Gao Guo will also know that we have a way to cross Pozigou." Yin Guerzilla sighed.

The so-called strange tricks are nothing more than tricks and tricks.The two armies have been back and forth in this place for several years, and have used all kinds of strategies, and it is difficult to use tricks to win.Therefore, what can help the army to take the lead is more magical equipment, such as the "hanging rope" they are using at the moment.

This kind of rope is an ordnance newly developed by the Ministry of Industry. The main material is no longer hemp rope, but thin copper wires.God knows how those people refined the red copper into spider silk.These silk threads are intertwined with each other, making it not only soft as hemp rope, but also tough as gold and iron. It can build a bridge hanging from the sky on both sides of the rock wall, and with a special hook, it can not only let the heavily armed Soldiers quickly crossed the moat.

And their battle plan for this trip was also based on this strange weapon.

In front, General Zuo led a large army of 9000 people to contain the main force of the enemy. Ba Xingtian's elite bypassed Pozigou, launched a pincer attack from the side and rear, and pierced the ribs of Gao Guo's army like sharp knives.In any case, the opponent would never have expected why there would be a surprise soldier behind him, and if he thought about whether Futian Fort was lost, he would definitely be in a mess.

However, as the adjutant said, after the enemy has suffered this loss, he will naturally learn a lesson, so the strange weapon should be used in the most profitable action.

"It's not bad to be able to keep peace for a year," Ba Xingtian said with a nonchalant smile, "Who knows what will happen in a year, maybe the Ministry of Industry will come up with something new at that time."

"Do you know the inside information?" Yin Guerzilla showed curiosity.

"Almost, I heard that it is a kind of mechanism beast, which is suitable for this rugged mountain valley road." When he said this, he unconsciously looked to the east.

"My lord, Gyeonggi is to the north."

Ba Xingtian slapped him on the back of the head, "Who told you that I was visiting the Ministry of Industry?"