Ning Chen Ling Xiao

Chu Yifeng almost thought he heard it wrong, and said dumbly: "How much, how much? Say it again!"

"My lord." The soldiers pronounced the words clearly, "The shooting range is 450 feet!"

Chu Yifeng didn't know how to express his excitement, so he turned to Ling Xiao and said, "There are four... more than 400..."

"Well, more than 400 feet, this can greatly increase the distance of the battle." Ling Xiao caressed the crossbow machine and said with a smile, "But the loser is not very flexible and light. This crossbow machine is too heavy, and it is inconvenient to move around during battle. It’s not bad to come to defend the city.”

"That's not bad." Chu Yifeng couldn't stop rubbing the crossbow, as if looking at his most precious treasure, "It's even more powerful than the big wooden crossbow... What is this crossbow called?"

Ling Xiao paused, and said casually: "I forgot, let's call it the bed crossbow." Then he turned his head and smiled at Wuji Lu Weishan and said, "Please keep the matter of the bed crossbow secret."

When Chu Yifeng heard it, he turned around and asked in puzzlement, "Why keep it secret?" Ling Xiao glanced at him with a smile, and continued: "One is that there are still many details of this bed crossbow that need to be repaired, so we can't carry a semi-finished product to the imperial city. The second is...the two generals also know that the Holy Majesty does not like military generals. Everyone understands the reason why the prince is now subjugated to the Northland. Now that he is presenting this powerful weapon, he understands that we have learned good martial arts and the emperor's family. I don't understand. I'm afraid I'm going to join us in deliberately rebelling..."

Chu Yifeng's eyes dimmed, and he turned around to discuss the secrets of launching the crossbow with his own soldiers. Ling Xiao looked at Wuji's expression, but he actually said this to Wuji. Lu Weishan is Chu Yifeng's military minister. Naturally, everything is up to Chu Yifeng, but Wuji's identity is a bit subtle. He has shown favor to him before, but he didn't really stand on a boat after all, so Ling Xiao would be somewhat jealous.

"What Ling Xiang said is true." Wu Ji sighed, "General Lu probably doesn't know about the changes in the imperial city. Fu Jieqin is now in prison, and General Fu is also a meritorious service for generations, and he is also the one who killed the old department of the previous dynasty. Minister, how are you doing now? Let the tea cool down..."

Lu Weishan had no news in the army, and when he heard about Fu Jieqin, he was so angry that his blood burned all over his body, and he said angrily: "Fu Jieqin was once a soldier under the late emperor's command! How dare he..." The following words are not good Besides, Lu Weishan took a few breaths, sighed heavily, and stopped talking.

Wu Ji said coldly: "Now General Fu's old troops are all assigned to Cao Rongxuan's subordinates, hehe..."

Lu Weishan couldn't react when he heard Cao Rongxuan, and asked suspiciously: "Who is this? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"General Lu has never heard of Cao Rongxuan. He should have heard of Cao's formation theory, right? This Cao Rongxuan is the descendant of Cao Gong, and he has a set of formations." Wu Ji sneered, "It's a pity that he never A scholar who has been on the battlefield, has never touched a knife, never seen blood, never killed a person, it is hard for the Holy One to promote him, hehe..."

Ling Xiao smiled and said nothing. Of course the emperor is not stupid. If he wanted to clean up the people who held great power when the late emperor was in power, of course he had to replace them with his own people. Naturally, he would not easily use the veteran family in the imperial city. Now it is Cao Rongxuan. There will definitely be many new faces coming out later.

Several of them were military generals who were not liked by the emperor, so they naturally felt sympathetic, and immediately reached an agreement, the reason was high-sounding: the craftsmanship of the bed crossbow had not been completed, and it would be reported to the court after everything was perfected.

As for when it will be perfected, Ling Xiao chuckled, probably not within a few years.

At this time, the court's management of heavy ballistas was very strict. The soldiers of the feudal king like Chu Yifeng could not be equipped with heavy ballistas at all, but it was very convenient to have the help of the black halberd. The soldiers have never made a clear distinction, so naturally they still do it now, under the banner of the northern barracks to improve the equipment of Chu Yifeng's personal barracks.

A few days later, when Shi Pei's secret letter came from the imperial city, Ling Xiao read it quickly and closed his eyes, for he was dead after all.

Qin Long looked at Ling Xiao's face, took Shi Pei's letter and read it again. The Xuandemen case is still unsolved, and now there are four civilian officials above the third rank and six generals in custody. Among the six generals Take Fu Jieqin as his respect, and a few days ago Fu Jieqin committed suicide in fear of crime.

Shi Pei hasn't found out the exact details yet, so he doesn't dare to speculate, but now he has heard from the jailer who bribed him that Fu Jieqin had been severely tortured before his death, and more than once.

Ling Xiao slowly clenched his fists, the emperor actually tortured Fu Jieqin, he is not afraid of being known...

"Master, do you want to take this opportunity to let Shi Pei spread more rumors in the imperial city?" Qin Long couldn't help feeling angry, "Although we have no evidence for this matter, we have not wronged him..."

"No." Ling Xiao interrupted Qin Long, "General Fu is dead, so don't add more ground for him...Let General Fu go away with dignity."

Ling Xiao sneered in his heart, he wouldn't just let it go.

"What are you doing?" Chu Yifeng couldn't find Ling Xiao in the mansion, so he came to the study, Qin Long quickly kept silent, Ling Xiao gave Qin Long a wink, and Qin Long quietly backed away.

"Where did this come from?" Ling Xiao approached and took a handkerchief to wipe Chu Yifeng's face, and said with a smile, "What is this rubbing on the face?"

Chu Yifeng smiled: "It got dirty when I was playing with the rabbit just now, those little guys eat well and have grown up a lot, they ran to my feet when they saw me... What did Qin Long come to see you for?" ?”

Ling Xiao smiled: "Oh... I have to discuss this with you." Ling Xiao said and pulled Chu Yifeng to sit down, and Chu Yifeng pulled the dried fruit box over to peel pine nuts for Ling Xiao, and said with a smile: "You say. "

"The weather is pretty good now, and we should buy some goldfish in the pond in our yard. I just told Qin Long to get this." Ling Xiao laughed, "I also want to buy some more birds, so I can scatter them in the garden. Some angry."

Chu Yifeng was stunned: "Scatter the bird and raise it, will it stop flying?"

"Of course some will fly away, but we put food boxes in the garden and let people fill them with food and grain every day, so it will naturally come back to eat." Ling Xiao smiled, "Maybe it will attract others Birds come."

Chu Yifeng has never had any opinion on these things: "It's all up to you."

The next day Ling Xiao took Chu Yifeng to see the goldfish he bought together. The experienced master first took the water from the pond in the garden to raise the goldfish in a large tank, and put all the goldfish into the pond after a few days. Xinting took fish food and sprinkled it into the lake to attract the goldfish to chatter. Seeing Chu Yifeng throwing fish food into the lake, Ling Xiao seemed to be in a daze. Ling Xiao rubbed his forehead: "What's the matter, what are you thinking?" Woolen cloth?"

"No..." Chu Yifeng thought for a while, "I was wondering if I could raise some crabs. I won't be in such a hurry after autumn. I can just eat what I have at home."

Ling Xiao laughed: "What are you thinking, the crabs are not raised in the lake, don't worry, you will have something to eat after autumn anyway, it's a long-term idea."

"Hey..." Chu Yifeng was a little embarrassed, thought for a while and said, "By the way, Mr. Pei and Mr. Feng sent me some things a few days ago. They said they were for the people in my room. I took a look. Some fabrics are not bad, I think we don’t need them in our house, so you can send some to your cousin.”

"I'm enlightened this time, don't you want to go back?" Ling Xiao teased, "It's finally the Gu family."

When Chu Yifeng was first crowned king, there were always people who would give filial gifts from time to time, but Chu Yifeng returned all of them at first, which made the gift-giving officials panicked, thinking that he had offended the prince or something, but fortunately Ling Xiao found a way to make up for it. Since then, Chu Yifeng has been taught not to return the filial piety of officials, and Ling Xiao said in a high-sounding way: He finally saved something, and gave you filial piety with fear, but you returned it without knowing the good intentions, how pitiful he is!

After Chu Yifeng was brainwashed by Ling Xiao, he accepted all the orders. Ling Xiao couldn't help but feel distressed. In the past, even himself would receive some filial piety, but Chu Yifeng had never received it. It's been a year or two for a dignified prince to start. Dealing with this kind of thing is the consequence of not being liked by the emperor, and no one will take it seriously.

Ling Xiao nodded and smiled: "Okay, if there are good ones, I will pick some for my aunt."

The key to the warehouse in the mansion was in Ling Xiao's hands. The two took the key and went to the warehouse to pick things up. Ling Xiao carefully looked at the fabrics delivered: ten pieces of multicolored brocade, ten pieces of satin of heavenly fragrance and national color, and the satin material was delicate and flowery The color is not bad compared to the original one, Ling Xiao nodded: "Give the make-up to the pheasant, and Yun Jin will honor my aunt."

"Yeah." Chu Yifeng didn't have much opinion, "This brown birthday satin is also good, give it to Mrs. Shi, it's good for the old man to wear." He said and ordered some things that women like, and picked out some good ones and packed them out. Wrap it well and send it to the imperial city.

Half a month later, when the people from the imperial city came back, the Empress Shoukanghou's Mansion and the Shi family both sent back a lot of things, but this time there were also things from Antaihou's Mansion. Ling Xiao smiled and handed the gift list to Chu Yifeng: "You It was sent by the Yue family."

This Marquis Antai doesn't have any real power in the imperial city, he just bears the title of Lord Marquis for nothing, but Marquis Antai is not a fool, now that Chu Yifeng has made great military achievements, although he is not loved by the emperor, he is a fief prince anyway, Marquis Antai died His daughter has also soared all the way from the third-rank Princess Fuguohuangjun to the first-rank Princess Jianguo Zunsheng, all relying on Chu Yifeng to win.

Marquis Antai didn't ask for much power and status, he just wanted to rely on Chu Yifeng to support the Guang clan. He didn't have the extravagant hope that Chu Yifeng would be able to ascend to the throne in the future. Judging by the situation in the imperial city, the king of Hui will be the one who will be in charge in the future. Antaihou has no ambitions, if my uncle can secure the throne, he just needs to take care of Antaihou's mansion.

Chu Yifeng looked at the gift list and smiled, and said softly: "The next time you send something to the imperial city, it will be counted as a share of Antaihou Mansion, um..." Chu Yifeng looked at Ling Xiao's face, afraid that he would be unhappy, and whispered: " OK?"

"Naturally." Ling Xiao knew that Chu Yifeng had always felt ashamed of Guang Rong'er, which Ling Xiao couldn't figure out, but he naturally wouldn't go against Chu Yifeng's intentions because of such a trivial matter, and said with a smile: "It was me before. Careless, in the future, anyone who sends something to the imperial city will have a copy of Antaihou Mansion."

All the gifts under various festivals have always been arranged by Ling Xiao, and he has never neglected the Antaihou Mansion. Chu Yifeng knows this, and he is a little embarrassed: "I just thought...their family lost a daughter, um..."

"I know." Ling Xiao smiled and didn't care, and asked Bihe to call the servants of the Shoukanghou Mansion who escorted the things to ask about the affairs of the mansion. After a while, Bihe brought people up, and Ling Xiao saw that it was exactly A steward in the house came to Wang.

Laiwang came in and saluted Chu Yifeng Ling Xiao first, and said with a smile that everything in the mansion is fine now, Ling Xiao asked Shi's mansion again, and Laiwang said with a smile: "Congratulations to the second young master, our second young lady is getting heavy now, the imperial doctor I read that they are twins, and it is very likely that they are two elder brothers. Both our family and the Shi family are very happy. The empress of the palace even rewarded two nuns to take care of them. Everything goes well. "

Ling Xiao said happily after hearing this: "It's so good, it's just the first litter of the pheasant, so be careful in everything."

Laiwang smiled and agreed: "Yes, Shi's mansion is about to confess our young lady. I heard that the two nuns who came out of the palace are also very powerful. They take care of the young lady's food and rest every day. The young lady does activities regularly, at first my uncle was worried that the young lady would be tired, but later the young lady's energy became better, so it can be seen that this nanny's method is correct."

Ling Xiao nodded and felt relieved: "Rich people's food is better, the fetus is too large, and many of them are difficult to give birth. This is why the mother makes the pheasant more active. It's so good. Go back and give the two mothers their own Bring 100 taels of silver, and say that I appreciate their dedication to serving the pheasant."

Laiwang smiled: "After all, the young master loves the second young lady the most."

Chu Yifeng was also happy when he heard it, and said again: "When I go back, I will get some supplements from my library. I saw that ginseng and deer antler are some good ones, so let's take them together. We don't need them anyway. It's for nothing. It has lost its medicinal properties."

Ling Xiao smiled at Chu Yifeng: "Listen to you."

After talking for a long time, Ling Xiao asked again: "Is there anything else going on in the mansion?"

Laiwang was stunned when he heard the words, then hesitated and said, "Eldest... Miss, something... small."

"A little thing?" Ling Xiao chuckled, "Tell me, I'll listen too."

Laiwang bowed his head, lost the joy just now, and said slowly: "Second young master probably heard about it when he returned to the imperial city, that the young lady's dowry girl, agate, was brought to young master Yu's room, and... Having a child, the eldest lady was very angry, but Young Master Yu protects the agate, and Mrs. Yu also likes the agate, so there is nothing she can do..."

"Afterwards, for some reason, our eldest lady became nice to Agate again, sitting and lying in one place every day, and slowly coaxed the young master's heart back a little bit. ,who knows……"

"Last month, Ma Nao suddenly fell ill, but within half a day, the child was beaten down, and everyone in the house was furious, and finally found out that it was our eldest lady, and found the medicine from the eldest lady. He also said that it was just a medicine to adjust his cycle, but later he called the imperial doctor to ask, and the imperial doctor said...it was an abortion pill."

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows, Ling Zhi really thought of himself as Miss Houmen, once married as a concubine, he didn't know how to please his in-laws and husband, and dared to do such outrageous things, it was really annoying.

Ling Xiao said lightly: "And then?"

Laiwang paused for a moment: "Then... then what Young Master Yu said, he wanted to divorce the eldest lady. Even though Master Yu and Mrs. Yu were angry, they really dared to divorce our young lady. He said he dared not live in the house anymore, and said that the eldest lady wanted to give him poison, and he had been outside for more than a month, and Master Yu and Mrs. Yu couldn't help it either. Before we came, Mrs. Yu came to the house, but I don't know what happened next. "

Ling Xiao chuckled: "It's really lively, but unfortunately I never saw it with my own eyes..."

Chu Yifeng swallowed, what Laiwang just said was completely beyond his imagination, this is... what is it, thinking about it, I can't help but feel sorry for Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao ran so far away from home for himself, now at home With such a big incident, even if Ling Xiao doesn't care about Ling Yina, he must be worried about the family, but he can't go back and take care of him...

Ling Xiao was in a good mood at this time, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just a small fight in the boudoir of the young couple, you go, take a rest for a day and then go back." Saying that, let the people in the mansion treat you well, come Wang kowtowed to Ling Xiao again and left.

Looking at Chu Yifeng's small face, Ling Xiao knew what he was thinking. His heart was warm and funny, and he patted his side. Chu Yifeng knew it, came over and sat down, held Ling Xiao's hand, and whispered: No...you write a letter and go back and ask, um..."

"It's okay, there are aunts and grandmothers in the house, so many things can be sorted out." This is true, Mrs. Shi and Ling Xiao are of one mind at home, and what they do will definitely not disappoint Ling Xiao, Ling Yi, hehe ...

Seeing that Chu Yifeng still looked distressed, Ling Xiao couldn't help teasing him, his phoenix eyes slightly raised his eyes, and the maids in the room retreated, Ling Xiao smiled and said, "Do you feel sorry for me?"

"Yeah." Chu Yifeng nodded honestly, "My heart hurts."

Ling Xiao rubbed Chu Yifeng's hair: "Sounds nice to coax me, huh?" Chu Yifeng blushed when he heard the words, Ling Xiao would always say some indecent things in the room during the day, Chu Yifeng didn't have such a thick skin, Wanting to comfort Ling Xiao but couldn't cry out, blushing, Ling Xiao looked funny, lowered his head and whispered in Chu Yifeng's ear: "It's fine if you don't want to, wait until the evening..."