Chapter 80: Rebellion

The heavy rain that followed the invasion.
The miraculous sacrifice also spread quickly in the capital.
Almost everyone is talking about the rainstorm that comes just before you talk, and the flames that just go away.
"I heard that the flame descended around the altar like a phoenix, soaring for more than ten feet in an instant, wrapping the entire altar. The forbidden army outside was so dumbfounded, thinking that all the adults would not be spared. Who knows that everyone is intact in a blink of an eye. "
In the restaurant, a scholar in Tsing Yi talked about excitement, and spit wildly.
Another person rushed in and interrupted: "I also heard that the fire phoenix will obey the imperial concubine's orders, as long as the imperial concubine gives an order, or spread his wings, or lie down, like an arm and a finger. The most amazing thing is to treat you adults. After praying to the sky and expressing the sincere heart of sacrifice, the fire phoenix screamed, stretched its wings, and flew high in the sky. Then you look around the altar. What kind of amazing scene do you expect?"
In the lobby, everyone opened their eyes wide and asked: "What's the matter? What's the matter?"
The scholar in Tsing Yi knocked the tea bowl in his hand and said: "The most amazing thing is here! The altar looks like new after burning with such a big flame. There is no trace of being burned by the fire. What do you think this is not a miracle? ?"
The lobby was in an uproar, and everyone was amazed.
On a small table in the east, there was a pot of wine and three or five dishes. Two young men sat opposite each other. One of them slapped the table wildly and laughed: "It is really wonderful, amazing, amazing, and well laid out. ..." After speaking, he snorted disdainfully, and said in a low voice, "It's really an error. After the altar was burned by flames, the surrounding area was obviously dark. It has been repaired these two days."
It was Cai Yunheng who was talking. At the time of the incident, they were serving as soldiers of the Forbidden Army, and they watched the show.
In Cai Yunheng's view, it is indeed exciting enough and intriguing, and there are still many unsolved mysteries, so that they can explore afterwards and be puzzled. But there is no such miraculous rumors in the capital now, what kind of fire phoenix descends, so majestic, what kind of gods appear in the sky, reveal the rain, and then go on, don't the imperial concubine and the goddess go down?
Gu Yi glanced at him, and said plainly, "Speak down, everyone doesn't want to hear such unhappy words."
Cai Yunheng stopped to pat the table and said aggrieved: "Could someone come and beat me?"
Because of his extraordinary behavior, many people have cast annoying glances here.
"If you lose again, maybe it will happen." Gu Yi laughed.
From the capital to the locality, everyone cheered for the sudden heavy rain, and thanked the imperial concubine and the court. At this time, it destroyed the atmosphere and was easily targeted. This is what the people want.
"It's just that this rain did come strangely, and the fire before..." Cai Yunheng turned his chopsticks in anguish, "It would be good if Ms. Jieyu was there. She is so smart, she must know why."
There was a moment of silence between the two of them mentioning that person.
Suddenly he turned his head again and looked to one side.
A small attendant with a low eyebrow and a bowed breast appeared at the table, with his hands down and respectfully said: "Our master wants to invite the two generals to come over and talk."
His voice is clear and smooth, and Gu Yi knows it is an eunuch.
The two exchanged looks, I don't know which of the nobles in the palace came out. The two followed the little to the east for a few steps, and arrived in a box.
Pushing the door open, a bright-looking young man was sitting by the window, holding a wine glass and looking at the big raindrops outside the window in a daze.
It turned out to be Admiral Lian Yanqiu.
Seeing the two people coming in, Lian Yanqiu greeted him skillfully: "General Gu, General Cai."
Gu Yi frowned slightly. Although Jin Linsi and their Tian Wuwei were members of the Han Party, they were different inside and outside. Foreign ministers, especially military generals, are taboo to make friends with forces. Therefore, from Miao Zifang to ordinary guards, Jin Linsi has always been far away.
Lian Yanqiu heard that in the past few months, he went south to preside over disaster relief matters, mobilized local government soldiers to suppress riots and chaos, and also suppressed two small celebrities who refused to obey discipline. It looks like I just returned to the capital today, but I didn't expect to be hit by them.
The two men bowed indifferently and respectfully said: "Lian admiral." In terms of grade, Lian Yanqiu was above them both.
Lian Yanqiu opened the door and said: "I just heard two young generals talking about the altar. When I returned to Beijing today, I have heard a lot of noise. Unfortunately, I have never witnessed it with my own eyes. I wonder if the two are willing to talk in detail."
The two really couldn't refuse this question. Gu Yi sat down and spoke out what he had learned that day.
Lian Yanqiu listened very carefully and asked questions from time to time.
After Gu Yi finished speaking, he smiled and asked, "Why does General Gu think that the call to fire on this altar is coming and going?"
"The final general is dull. I have never seen such a scene before. I really don't know it." Gu Yi said ashamed.
"Recently, the imperial concubine beloved the general, and I heard that she gave a famous horse, hasn't it been explained?"
Gu Yi felt very awkward. "The admiral said carefully, the imperial concubine empathizes with the soldiers, rewards merits and punishments, and acts impartially. How can you say that you will be trusted."
Lian Yanqiu smiled gently and said, "I was the one who made a mistake."
His eyes fell on Cai Yunheng again, "Does General Cai have anything to add?"
Cai Yunheng smiled jokingly: "Admiral, can you remove this little character?"
Lian Yanqiu gave a low laugh.
Cai Yunheng continued: "There is nothing to add, except that the imperial concubine empress has the destiny of the body, like a divine help, maybe it is the reincarnation of the phoenix, the dragon girl is born, cough, cough, just like what they said outside."
"The imperial concubine's intelligence is indeed like a divine help." Lian Yanqiu smiled and praised. "The harem, and even the woman in the world, I'm afraid there will never be a second person like this."
The two of them were startled, and unexpectedly thought of the figure in the memory at the same time. If it were her, she would be no less intelligent than the imperial concubine.
Lian Yanqiu's eyes fell on Cai Yunheng's chest again, "I heard that a gadget called the compass was popular among the generals of the Forbidden Army. It was spread from General Cai, but this is it?"
A thin silver chain hung around Cai Yunheng's neck, and the compass that Li Jieyu gave him was hung. It was originally hidden in his clothes, but he saw the thin summer clothes.
Sharp-eyed guy!
It stands to reason that when the superiors ask questions, how should they be shown to others, but Cai Yunheng seems to have no idea of ​​Lian Yanqiu's meaning at all, and lazily laughed, "There are a few people who came here to fake it. It is not popular. ."
The perfunctory meaning was too obvious, and the wing immediately fell silent.
Lian Yanqiu didn't think he was disgusted, and nodded, "Thank you for the advice of the two generals."
With that, he picked up the tea cup. The two immediately got up and retire.
As he left the door, Gu Yi looked up, just to meet Shang Lian Yanqiu's playful gaze.
This look gave him a sense of awkwardness, as if he was looking at something strange and habitable. But the two sides broke apart immediately, and Lian Yanqiu's eyes quickly turned to Cai Yunheng.
The door closed, finally blocking the unpredictable sight.
The two of them lost the mood to continue eating, and went downstairs to check out together.
Out of the restaurant and walking in the rain, Cai Yunheng snorted coldly: "These yin and yang dead eunuchs."
"You were also a little rude just now, just stay away." Gu Yi reminded. Although he didn't want to befriend Lian Yanqiu because of his identity, he was still very sure of his abilities.
"I just don't like him. Dignified Chief Jinlin, the sacrificial ceremony a few days ago, I must know better than us, maybe he planned it with the concubine. He even called us over to talk about it. ." Cai Yunheng shrugged nonchalantly.

Compared with the leisure of the two, Yuan Luo is very busy in the palace these days, very busy, busy with one thing. Count the money!
It turns out that counting money and cramps is a hard job!
In particular, she not only counts the money received, but also counts the money given out. With this large sum of money, Shen Dongliu didn't have to worry about the cost of treating the river, and he could also repay the money borrowed for disaster relief. In order to solve the financial crisis, Yuan Luo finally relented to borrow from a big businessman, and as a collateral, it was the process of cloisonne, the most profitable business under his name. Now that the loan is repaid, the business can be maintained.
Cheng Wei came in and replied: "Manny, the golden body money from Lu Shangshu's family has also been delivered, six thousand two hundred taels of gold. The subordinates have ordered someone to count them and return them to the warehouse."
Yuan Luo turned over the ledger and replied, "Is there anyone else who hasn't delivered it?"
"There are also Dongling Hou Li's family and Jingguo's Chen's family, but I heard that both of them are raising money, and they will be sent to the empress soon." Cheng Wei reported the details and smiled bitterly. The courtiers who were frightened this time sent money, but out of a subtle mentality, most of them quietly sent them.
Yuan Luo nodded contentedly: "Thanks for your hard work."
"It's harder than a mother." Cheng Wei said sincerely.
He was really convinced of Yuan Luobu's game and had nothing to say. Even in some places, I still don’t understand.
It's a pity that the imperial concubine's authority is increasing, and he does not take the initiative to speak. As a subordinate, he dare not presume.
But he dare not ask, someone dares to ask.
Queen Wei took the account book from Yuan Luo's hand, glanced at it, and exclaimed, she couldn't help but ask: "How on earth did you keep those flames for so long, but they never burned up."
Before the sacrifice to heaven, Yuan Luo asked her if she wanted to go. Empress Wei didn't want to steal Yuan Luo's limelight first, and secondly, she didn't want to go to the altar in the sun to suffer all day long. Refused.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Luo would do such a big thing on the altar. After listening to several versions of the description, she scratched her heart, and only hated how she didn't agree to see it with her own eyes.
Yuan Luo didn't even think about hiding her, and calmly explained: "Because the altar is covered with a blanket made of asbestos, although it looks like a fabric, it is actually quite fireproof."
"What is asbestos, is it a cotton cloth woven with stones?" Queen Wei was curious.
Yuan Luo didn't know what to say, and Cheng Wei said in popular science next to him: "It's the fire cloth in the ancient book."
Empress Wei nodded as if understanding, and then asked anxiously, "Then why can't the flame rain be extinguished?"
"Because the altar was built high, the rain on the side against the wind could not be watered at all. As for the other side. High silver sacrificial sails were erected around the altar, which blocked most of the rain. And the rain was just beginning. It will go out so quickly." Yuan Luo explained one by one.
auzw.com "How did the flame burn? No one is said to have seen anyone lighting it up."
"Of course the sky thunder hit." Yuan Luo said with a smile.
Cheng Wei, who was listening together, couldn't help but, "Manny..."
That time, it was obviously the King of the East China Sea who made a mess, and he personally changed the direction of applying the sky thunder powder.
Queen Wei also said angrily: "Nonsense, you told me last time that it was the king of East China Sea who bought the ceremonial officer on the altar."
"Ahem, did I say it?" Yuan Luo touched her nose.
"Well, in fact, with the help of the surrounding silver sails, as long as you adjust the angle and concentrate the reflected sunlight, you can quickly ignite the fire. The hapless person who suddenly fell into the fire is the same thing. Focus the sunlight. On his body, a fire broke out in a short while." For this layout, she spent a lot of effort in the early stage to rebuild the altar.
"Why is this?" Such a simple answer obviously cannot satisfy the curiosity of the curious baby.
Yuan Luo couldn't bear her groaning dryness, raised her hands and surrendered: "You can go to the altar to have a look when you have time, or I will ask you to do some experiments someday."
Queen Wei just let go of this problem. Move to the next one immediately.
"Then tell me one thing. Why is there heavy rain."
This question hit Yuan Luo's key point, she could explain everything, but she really couldn't do anything about it.
Turning his head to look at Cheng Wei with a complicated face.
This guy seems to be quite knowledgeable, and he seems to have the same doubts.
Alas, fortunately, even Yanqiu is not there, otherwise I really don’t know how to answer.
Yuan Luo laughed, "Well, Shanren has a clever plan. I told you all the cards, how I will bluff people in the future, this is my housekeeper's skill."
Empress Wei was obviously dissatisfied with this answer, and found that Yuan Luo refused to explain it honestly, and even rushed over to tear her. Yuan Luo hurriedly pressed her back.
When Wei Xi came over, he saw the two rolling on the spacious benches in the main hall. It seems that two cats are fighting.
He coughed through the hall door hidden by the light gauze, and Queen Wei quickly got up and tidyed up his clothes.
Only then did Wei Xi slowly walk into the hall.
Yuan Luo laughed dryly: "Why Commander Wei came here?"
"Come here to give his ministers a share of money." Wei Xi smiled bitterly. In just a few months, it seemed that this was the second time he came here to send money. He doubted that this would continue. The legendary Wechsler, who is rich in the enemy's country, soon Will go bankrupt...
"Thanks to the general." Yuan Luo has always been kind to the bullies who came to give money.
Cheng Wei stepped forward to take the brocade box that Wei Xi handed over.
After opening it, his face showed a different color, and he was presented in front of Yuan Luo.
Seeing the thick stack of gold tickets in the box, Yuan Luo was also very surprised.
"General, is this?"
"Three thousand liang is the worth of a minister," Wei Xi's brows twitched when she said this, and she always felt very awkward. "The other ten thousand liang is an answer to wanting to buy a mother. This is also his father's order."
"what is the answer?"
"It's the question raised by the empress empress before." Wei Xi said sincerely.
Two days ago, Prime Minister Wei went to the altar in person, checked the re-arrangement, and took some things outside the altar back for observation. He was also a great scholar of the world who learned to be rich in five cars. Although he didn't understand some places, he could find a little after thinking about it. It was only when it rained, he always wondered why Yuan Luo could accurately predict it. Unexpectedly, he was even willing to give out thousands of dollars in exchange for this answer.
Yuan Luo regretfully closed the lid of the brocade box, "You'd better take the ten thousand taels back." The silver is very good, but the concubine can't do it!
Wei Xi sighed disappointedly.
"Na Chen can only understand it according to what is said in the market outside."
Yuan Luo laughed awkwardly. She had known the discussion in the market before.
Said that the imperial concubine was determined to move the world, in order to pray for rain, she even set fire to herself with the Manchu civil and military. As a result, the sky was really moved, and this heavy rain fell. What's more, it is said that the imperial concubine is actually the dragon girl who descended under the seat of the Buddha to fill the dragon aura of the Sagong clan and protect the world of the Sagong clan.
They are all good things, but they sound too thunderous.
It was a bit ashamed to be mentioned by Wei Xi in person at this time.
Cheng Wei returned the brocade box to Wei Xi.
Seeing Yuan Luo staring at the brocade box reluctantly, Wei Xi did not pick up the brocade box, and suddenly smiled, "Can the minister change a question for the ten thousand taels of gold?"
Yuan Luo's spirit came instantly: "What's the problem?"
"When will this rain stop?"
Yuan Luo was startled, but Prime Minister Wei's gaze was so long-term. After thinking for a while, he finally said, "It will probably last for a long time, until...it becomes the existence that makes the court a headache like the previous drought."
Queen Wei covered her mouth and said in shock: "Will it last for several months?"
"That's not enough, there will be sunny days in the middle, but after all, there are more rainy days."
"How could this be?"
"Maybe the sincerity of the people who sacrificed to the sky this time is too sufficient." Yuan Luo smiled bitterly. Fortunately, enough money was collected this time, and she already had a plan for the next flood.
Wei Xi lowered his gaze, "The minister understands. These golden ladies can take it with ease."
This news is indeed worth ten thousand gold.
For Yuan Luo, she also hoped that Webster would know about this in advance. These family members all occupy vast land. She still needs the support of some courtiers to arrange drainage in advance, widen river channels, and prevent floods.
It is urgent to clear the river. Shen Dongliu went well there. Because of the previous drought and locusts, the people did not harvest many grains. Anyway, there is no work in the field, and they can make some money on the construction site. The planning of the entire project is generally completed.
As long as we can survive this catastrophe, the task of saving the world will be more than half completed.
This noble concubine is really exhausting!
Fortunately, the right-hand man who could help her returned soon.
Yuan Luo closed the memorial in front of him and looked at Lian Yanqiu, who had been standing in front of him for a long time, and said sincerely: "The admiral's shot is really extraordinary." When it came to the state and county where the incident occurred, the violence and chaos were suppressed, the people's support, and the corrupt officials were cleaned up. Officials, by the way, suppress the local celebrities. That is, Lian Yanqiu can accomplish all this in just a few months.
Lian Yanqiu sternly said: "Not as good as the merits of the empress. These means of relief and comfort are only a temporary cure. It is the heavy rain that the empress has asked to relieve the drought and really cure the root cause."
Yuan Luo coughed: "The admiral is polite. It's just a little trick that is not on the stage."
"Haha, trapping a country's noble ministers on a high platform, and compelling life and death, this is also called a small method, I am afraid that when the empress uses big methods, the world will tremble in fear."
Cough cough, let alone this palace is like a big devil...
"In the extraordinary period, I used extraordinary means, and after thinking about it, I felt dangerous."
"At least Niangniang won," Lian Yanqiu smiled and continued to ridicule. "If Niangniang really becomes a demon king, she can burn the princes of Manchuria in the name of Skyfire. This will save trouble from now on."
Stop making such a joke!
Yuan Luo glared at him, "Even if the dozens of adults are burned, the power of the clan will be passed on from generation to generation, and a successor will be selected immediately. What's the use?"
"This is also true, just killing the head, can't solve the problem." Even Yanqiu shook his head.
Yuan Luo sighed, "So you have to take your steps slowly." In ancient history, suppressing the old forces of Xungui was also a tortuous and time-consuming project.
Lian Yanqiu reported some internal affairs and resigned soon.
Yuan Luo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Lian Yanqiu is more winking, and will not follow her to ask how she predicts the rain time. Otherwise she really can't resist it.

Soon, Yuan Luo discovered that she might really be destined to work!
Every time a trouble sees the dawn of resolution, it will immediately send you new trouble.
That night, when the rain gradually eased, Yuan Luo went to accompany Si Konglin to finish telling the story, and rested in the back hall of Qianqing Palace.
I was sleeping soundly and felt a low whisper in my ear.
She woke up sleepily and saw Cheng Wei standing by the bed with an anxious look. "Niang, it's no good, something big happened!"
Yuan Luo awakened in a spirited spirit, and there had been civil unrest in several prefectures and counties that had been affected by the disaster. When Cheng Wei told her the news of East China Sea King Sikongyan's rebellion, she was stunned.
East China Sea King Sikongyan, rebelled!
Isn't Sikoyan dead already?
Can the dead rebel? !