As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Xu Dacheng gestured for a long while but couldn't figure it out, and then said: "Return to Your Majesty, this servant didn't seem to have any malicious intentions looking at that thing, so I ordered that no arrows should be shot to hurt it, and now it is floating towards the palace, or... Do you dare to ask your Majesty to go and have a look?"

If it was other things, Xu Dacheng would not dare to risk his life to let the emperor get in touch with something of unknown origin.But the identification of the word Guangxing on the hot air balloon is too high, so let alone the Wucheng Bingmasi or the Forbidden Army, even he himself dare not order this thing to be shot down, after all...

What is your intention to let a flying object named Guangxing crash?

These days, certain things are very particular. For example, if a candidate drops anything, he must say that it hits the ground instead of landing. For example, if the portrait of a certain emperor is hung on the top of the city, his son will never dare to attack the city, so who do you say? Dare to be rough on something with the word Guangxing written on it?This thing has to be decided by the emperor himself, right?

What's more, this thing flies leisurely, and it doesn't seem to have any offensive power, and many people in the capital have seen this thing, most of them think it is auspicious, maybe it is a gift from heaven to Emperor Guangxing before the new year , or the gods passing by gave the blessings to Emperor Guangxing, so at once the might of Emperor Guangxing was pushed above the Holy King, and he was forced to catch up with the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, so...

This must be auspicious, or it must be.

Emperor Guangxing immediately stood up and said, "Go, go and have a look!"

164. Is it a little too careless?

Huamanlou has now verified a theorem, perhaps this theorem was called Murphy's law in his previous life, but in this world it will generally be called Huamanlou's law: If you are worried about something happening, then it is more likely to happen.

Seeing that the hot air balloon flew impartially over the capital and then began to land slowly, and when it turned around and circled over the palace, Huamanlou's heart was cold - even though he heard the compliments from the people along the way, and even more Someone bowed down.

Because the common people are ignorant, but the emperor is not stupid. Of course he doesn't think it's a gift from heaven, so...

What is the crime of driving in surprise?

Generally speaking, there is not much difference between 'intentional startled driving' and 'premeditated assassination', they are both punished according to the punishment of great rebellion, at least they will be sentenced to death-so you said that the two criminals who tried to assassinate should be executed Sheep, or Huamanlou, who is determined to let go of a balloon?

Of course, generally speaking, it seems that there are not many people who disturbed the holy driver directly. This refers to confirming that the person who disturbed did not intend to assassinate. Therefore, Huamanlou can only hope that he will be killed by the big boss. The impression is relatively good, and the two big characters written by Zhao Ren are indeed considered to please the emperor.

Apart from these, the biggest problem is that hot air balloons rely on thermal energy, that is, those two stoves, so...

It would be better if the balloon landed in a place like the Hall of Supreme Harmony, at least it would not cause any major problems.However, most parts of the Forbidden City are made of wood. If the furnace is knocked over by the wind when the hanging basket lands, it will be a big deal, and it will become arson in the Forbidden City in an instant. This...

Hua Manlou felt that his dog's head was going to be chopped off.

You asked him why he didn't run away or refused to admit that it was the work of Xishan?

This is mainly because blacksmiths will habitually leave a name on their works-this is generally regarded as an occupational disease, after all, when the Ministry of Industry makes firecrackers, they are required to engrave the name of the producer on each firecracker No, on the one hand, this is to prevent the firearms from being lost to other places, such as the hands of the vassal princes who are idle, and on the other hand, it also involves the issue of accountability after an accident, so...

Leaving aside the balloon, there is a Nishiyama logo on the stove alone. Do you think Huamanlou can run?

What's more, when chasing along the way, you will more or less meet some common people, so it's not too convenient to track down...

In short, Hua Manlou's heart is heavy now, as if he wants to attend his own funeral.

On the contrary, Zhao Ren was very happy, because the hot air balloon was basically made by him, and most of what Huamanlou provided was theoretical support and creativity. Therefore, the success of the hot air balloon represented that he himself had learned the principles of gewu , so he felt that Emperor Guangxing would not stop him from going to Xishan in the future.

You know, Zhao Ren not only learned and researched in Xishan, but also had a group of friends. How could he give up his free life in Xishan?

In addition, such a sensational event was done by the prince who is usually inconspicuous. How could Zhao Ren be unhappy about such a show?

So he urged Hua Manlou while running: "Hurry up, hurry up, if you run too slowly, you won't be able to see the landing in time, and don't let those ignorant idiots touch my baby!"

Hua ManLou was filled with melancholy: "Then it's the imperial palace. If it really falls into the palace, it will be too late to apologize. You still want to go in and have a look?"

But Zhao Ren's research attitude is commendable, and Hua Manlou didn't want to involve him in this matter, so he said, "You don't want to go there, I will go."

Zhao Ren asked in surprise, "Why?"

Hua Manlou wryly smiled and said: "This matter is getting bigger, do you think you can carry it? Miyagi is so big, maybe the hot air balloon will hang on it and overturn the basket and catch fire... In short, hurry up while you are now. Go home and find your father, explain the matter clearly and see what he thinks, maybe you can save my life in time... Okay, go! It’s too late! And you two, go to Qi Shibo and explain For this matter, the three of you will return to Xishan immediately, what happened today has nothing to do with you, remember: you have been in Xishan and have never come out!"

Zhao Ren's gaze was as dull as a dead fish, and the Qi brothers who followed halfway couldn't help but look at each other: They knew the inside story, and they also knew that Emperor Guangxing didn't allow others to tell Huamanlou his identity, and they knew what happened today. It can even be regarded as a great achievement—not to mention the military use of hot air balloons, the fact that the people along the way kowtowed and praised the emperor's benevolence and auspiciousness was a meritorious service to win the hearts of the people.

But seeing that Huamanlou was going to drive everyone home and take the blame himself, this matter looked so weird, as if he was going to take credit for it...

However, although Huamanlou's performance seemed funny, neither Zhao Ren nor the Qi family brothers could laugh - how many people desperately wanted to throw the blame on others after encountering a problem, but it was like Huamanlou who ran away by himself Carry bags?The so-called adversity sees the truth, how many people in the world would do this?

Hua Manlou's righteousness made the Qi family brothers feel guilty: what a brother, marrying a girl to such a person...isn't it a little unreasonable?

But before the three of them could come up with a countermeasure, Hua Manlou had already rushed to Miyagi.

Seeing him run away, Qi Pengwu asked Zhao Ren bitterly, "Your Highness, what should we do?"

Only now did Zhao Ren turn the corner: "Father will definitely not see him, and he will not blame him. This is no problem, but... I can't go through this way, and there is no one in the palace." Don't know me, but what about my balloon?"

Qi Pengfei said frantically, "No, Your Highness, it would be fine if we really burned some firewood houses, but what if we burnt the Meridian Gate or the Hall of Supreme Harmony?"

Without waiting for Zhao Ren to say anything, Qi Pengwu pointed to the balloon in the distance and said, "Crow's mouth! That thing really flew towards the Meridian Gate!"

Zhao Ren couldn't help but get mad and said: "What should I do? Anyway, go and see first, I'll take the blame if something goes wrong, can't you really let him take the blame?"

……

Meanwhile, in the palace.

The palace is now in chaos, and a group of imperial guards are chasing and running around under the balloon—although they dare not really do anything to the balloon, they can't leave it alone, can they?

It's just that the scene is a little funny, a large number of forbidden soldiers are running around the palace without any logic, and they have to stare at the balloons above their heads. the embarrassment.

Most of the eunuchs and maids don't know what happened. Some people are trembling with fright, some are kneeling on the ground and just kowtow--this is the case in the palace, but if there is any messy movement, especially when the imperial guards are in a panic, it may be a group of people. People's heads fall to the ground, can they not be afraid?

The concubines in the harem were also panicked. They kept sending people to Emperor Guangxing to ask about the situation, or they hid in the house and dared not come out, and some people went to the queen to ask for comfort...

In short, each has its own chaos.

At this time, Emperor Guangxing was standing at the gate of Baohe Hall, looking at the hot air balloon above his head without any expression on his face, but he felt very shocked in his heart: This...is it done?And look like this is flying from the side of Xishan?More than forty miles, just flew over like this?

Emperor Guangxing heard Zhao Ren say that the earth has magnetism, and he also heard that he wanted to make a large Kongming lantern that could be ridden on, but even so, Emperor Guangxing didn't have any hope. It sounds too ridiculous, doesn't it?

But it's only been a few days since Zhao Ren mentioned this, and suddenly there is such a huge thing hovering above his head. Isn't this shocking?

Soon after the shock, Emperor Guangxing came back to his senses, and immediately ordered: "Dacheng, tell the imperial guards not to touch this thing, and to appease the palace people, don't scare them!"

Xu Dacheng hurriedly sent someone to deliver the order, but Emperor Guangxing couldn't help but feel worried: he was really afraid that after the thing fell suddenly, he would find a brat named Zhao Ren sitting in it—even if he could hear the sound coming from the hanging basket. There is the cry of sheep, but what if?

As if there was something attracting in the palace, the hot air balloon hovered nearby, its altitude gradually decreased, and finally it floated over the Palace of Preserving Harmony and headed straight for the Meridian Gate.

"Your Majesty, looks like that thing is about to fall?" Xu Dacheng reminded.

Emperor Guangxing walked out without thinking. He just wanted to make sure that there was Zhao Ren in the hot air balloon, and he didn't care about anything else.

And at this stall, Hua Manlou also came near the Meridian Gate.

Seeing that the hot air balloon flew out of the Meridian Gate without causing any fire, Hua Manlou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The only problem is that there are many people gathered at Wumen Gate. After all, there are many yamen nearby. The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Imperial Hospital, Honglu Temple and even the Governor's Mansion are all here, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple are not far away. So many people came here to inquire about the situation when they saw the balloon hovering over Miyagi, and then...

In full view, the hot air balloon slowly landed on the square in front of Meridian Gate.

A group of imperial guards blocked the officials from watching them, and several young eunuchs rushed out from the Meridian Gate, shouting loudly: "Your Majesty has a decree: no one can touch this thing at will, and the officials will return to the official office immediately to serve as directors. Don't slack off! Others are not allowed to stay at the Meridian Gate, and those who violate it will be killed!"

Everyone could tell that Emperor Guangxing was clearing the scene. After all, UFOs suddenly appeared above the capital, and they didn't know what was involved. Therefore, based on the principle that one more thing is worse than one less thing, most people took three steps at a time. He turned back and left, but it was at this moment that Hua Manlou arrived at the Meridian Gate.

"Sir, Your Majesty has a decree that idlers are not allowed to stay at the Meridian Gate, why don't you go back first?" Seeing that Hua Manlou was dressed in Feiyu's clothes, several imperial guards came forward to persuade Hua Manlou instead of chasing her.

Hua Manlou pointed at the hot air balloon with a wry smile and said, "I created that thing, do you think I can not be here? Please report to the palace, saying that the criminal Hua Manlou caused chaos for no reason, please punish me ...Also, hurry up and send someone to put out the fire in the hanging basket, otherwise it might catch fire..."

Several imperial guards looked at each other in blank dismay: "You are... President Hua Qian of Xishanwei, right? I have no right to touch that thing, just wait a moment, let me report to the superior..."

But before the guards finished speaking, the main entrance of Meridian Gate suddenly creaked open.

(I have to say that the friends in the group are really talented...not only raised the issue of the heat island effect, but also gave me some popular science: the north monsoon formed by the high pressure in the direction of Central Siberia enters the North China Plain from the direction of Zhangjiakou, just in time The matter of blowing the Guangxing ball over the capital, and: the airflow disorder in the near-earth environment, especially the high-rise wind formed after entering the city...

The brain hole is also very big, but I just want to say, what kind of bicycle do you want! )

165. Just go out and watch a hot air balloon...

The Meridian Gate faces the sun in the middle, and it is located at Meridian, so it is named Meridian Gate.

What does Wumen represent?

The Meridian Gate is mainly used to issue imperial edicts. On the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the next year's calendar is issued, and on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the "Suo Shuo" ceremony for issuing the next year's calendar will be held at the Meridian Gate.In the event of a major war, when the army returns victorious, a "prisoner presenting ceremony" to present prisoners of war to the emperor will be held at the Meridian Gate...

Of course, the court staff that punished the ministers was also at the Meridian Gate, but it was by no means "decapitated at the Meridian Gate". The decapitation was done at the vegetable market, so it is extremely speechless to say that TV dramas are all made up.

This place is equivalent to the gate of the emperor's house, and it represents the face of the royal family - the common people would not kill chickens at the front door, how could the emperor behead him at the door of his house?

Well, since it's all the face of the royal family, there must be a sense of proportion when going in and out, right?Therefore, the three gates on the front of the Meridian Gate, the civil and military ministers enter and exit the east gate, the clan princes enter and exit the west gate, and the empress enters once at the main gate when the emperor gets married. Walk out once—that is to say, this is the emperor's exclusive door, and only the emperor can come in and out at will.

So now comes the problem: when the bright yellow umbrella appeared at the Meridian Gate, then a person in bright yellow uniform walked out from the middle of the Meridian Gate, and then a large group of people near the Meridian Gate were like cutting straw Generally kneeling down... Who is this?

Hua Manlou imagined the first meeting with the big boss. In this idea, he must have done something to show his face, so the big boss praised and praised him in various ways, and even got promoted on the spot. Can……

But I didn't expect that I got into a disaster and met the big boss.

The Meridian Gate Square is relatively large, so Hua Manlou didn't see Emperor Guangxing's face clearly at all, and he didn't dare to look too much, so he immediately knelt on the ground after realizing it.

Again, the distance between the two is still relatively far, so Emperor Guangxing didn't care about this guy who looked a little stupid in the flying fish suit and was a little slow to bow down, so he went straight to the hot air balloon.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if this thing is dangerous. Why don't you go and have a look first?" Xu Dacheng, who followed Emperor Guangxing like a shadow, spoke.

Emperor Guangxing kept walking forward: "Do you really think this is auspicious? This thing must have been made by that kid Hua Manlou. What danger can there be?"

"But Your Majesty..."

"Stop talking too much, I have my own measure!"

The voices of the two were not too loud, just enough for Huamanlou to hear.

He didn't expect to hear his name from the big boss, and he didn't expect the big boss to guess the truth in a word, and what's more, he didn't expect that the voice was very familiar, so when he looked up, he happened to see the person who had just left. Ten meters in front of him, he looked at the face of the emperor who was in the hot air balloon.

This……

Isn't this Uncle Zhao!Uncle Zhao is the emperor?

Hua ManLou was dumbfounded.

What does it mean for such a big emperor to pretend to be a civil servant?Is this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality?Is it interesting to lie to honest people?Is it interesting to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger?

In an instant, Hua Manlou recounted what he had said in several meetings with Emperor Guangxing, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt a cold sweat—he suspected that he had slandered the Taizu, that he had instigated others to fool the Emperor, that he...

Wait, if Uncle Zhao is the emperor, then Zhao Ren... is the crown prince?

Hua Manlou was even more in pain. He actually rubbed the prince's dog's head, pretended to be the eldest brother for the prince, kicked him twice, and even taught him some things that should not be taught to the prince...

There are so many taboos about this crime!

Looking back now, there were indeed some unusual things in the past, such as why Uncle Zhao persuaded the emperor to trade so quickly, why he was not summoned to encourage him to show his face when he hit Wala, and why all his ideas were shared with Uncle Zhao. Make it clear, then the emperor will definitely cooperate, and even specially set up the Xishan Guard...

But if you don't think about that place, who would know that he is the emperor!

Hua Manlou quickly lowered his head and pretended that he was a military officer who happened to pass by. After all, there are quite a lot of people in the palace wearing flying fish suits, aren't they?

It's still good to pretend, those who don't know what happened in the past are not guilty. In the future, I will try to maintain the usual normality in speaking and doing things in front of this uncle, but I will never say unnecessary words, lest my head be chopped off as a reward. Own……

But when Hua Manlou was making plans for the future, there was a sound of hooves on the street——Zhao Ren had arrived.

The imperial guards knew the crown prince, so they didn't stop him. After Zhao Ren got off his horse, he looked at Huamanlou kneeling on the ground and Emperor Guangxing who was about ten meters in front of him, and couldn't help but slap his head: "It's over!"

After jumping off the horse, Zhao Ren hurriedly ran to Emperor Guangxing: "I have seen Father, that, Father...why did you run out of the Meridian Gate?"

Emperor Guangxing pointed at the hot air balloon and said, "I haven't asked you why you came back! So it's Huamanlou's tricks?"

Zhao Ren sighed and said, "So it's my son's brainstorming, Huamanlou only provided ideas... You should ask him yourself, since the balloon is going to be overwhelmed, you have to turn off the flame first...Brother Hua, Brother Hua?"

Emperor Guangxing followed Zhao Ren's gaze, and was taken aback for a moment: Why is this kid here?

It has to be said that Hua Manlou is extremely painful right now, and Emperor Guangxing is not much better, after all...

I said earlier that it was hard for him to find a guy who didn't know his identity and could chat with people everywhere. Is he talking nonsense in front of him?

Zhao Ren was still greeting Hua Manlou at this moment: "Brother Hua, come here, since you know everything, then come and see us."

With a wry smile, Hua Manlou stood up and walked slowly to Emperor Guangxing to bow down: "The guilty minister Hua Manlou has seen His Majesty..."

Emperor Guangxing also had a wry smile on his face: "Get up, you...why did you come here?"

Hua Manlou was very embarrassed: "The guilty minister... Isn't this a stab..."

Emperor Guangxing looked at the hot air balloon, then at Huamanlou, and sighed extremely depressed.

It has to be said that Emperor Guangxing also thought about the day when he revealed his identity to Huamanlou. He felt that it should be when he was dying and entrusted Huamanlou to take care of the prince as an elder or friend, or When Huamanlou made some great contributions, he was called into the palace, and he was quite looking forward to this kind of meeting in the future, but...

Who ever wanted to run out and watch a hot air balloon and ruin things?

The two looked at each other for a while, neither of them knew what to say. Finally, Emperor Guangxing saw that Zhao Ren had started to toss the hot air balloon, and sighed, "Forget it, bring this thing in, and you two tell me what it is all about." What is it?"

Hua Manlou responded, and smiled wryly again: How can I say this, saying that I have brought the prince into the pit of fundamental physics?

166. The cleverness that can't be put on the table