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In the night of Kyoto, with the breeze blowing, the smell of blood that has been permeating has been reduced a lot. Thousands of soldiers have washed the battlefield several times, washing away the blood, but not the souls of the dead.

Exhausted, Xue Poye returned to his own Xue Garden in the capital, and the monk Mingxu who had been living in the capital immediately followed behind Xue Poye, hurriedly returned to the house, closed the doors and windows, and asked in a low voice: "The rudder Lord, is it true that the emperor Lao Tzu is not dead?"

Xue Poye glanced at him, and said indifferently: "No, I'm living well."

Emperor Deqing is not dead, and he has been promoted to the No. [-] figure of Habayashi Wei. In any case, his political future can continue, and it is going on smoothly. From the bottom of his heart, Xue Poye is still very happy of.

"So that's how it is." Ming Xu nodded, frowned and said, "That matter is a bit difficult to handle."

Xue Poye frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Mingxu approached and asked in a low voice: "Master, do you know that the elder brother of the master of the capital sub-helm has recently disregarded the dissuasion of the Hua military division, and now he is planning to sneak into the palace and assassinate the nobles in the palace. Amitabha, goodness is goodness!"

As soon as Xue Poye heard "elder brother", he immediately thought of what happened on that snowy night in the bank. He personally killed a brother of Qinglianzhao.

"Even the royal family's tens of thousands of troops can't enter the palace, so just rely on the capital to divide the helm, do you have the ability?" Xue Poye said indifferently, but he was reminded of himself. Now that he is the chief guard of Habayashi, he is fully responsible for the safety of the palace. If the master's plan really succeeds, I don't know whether to cry or laugh.

It's just that in the past six months, I have experienced too many things, and I have seen Qinglianzhao's internal strife constantly. The struggle for power and profit is by no means smaller than the power struggle of the court. This is an almost shameless method to control himself, so Xue Poye's impression of Qinglianzhao is extremely bad.

On the contrary, for the imperial court, because of Emperor Deqing's respect, and because he lived in harmony with the guards of Habayashi, Xue Poye was closer to the imperial court than Qing Lianzhao.

Ming Xu said softly: "I heard that Eldest Brother wanted to take advantage of the chaos and silence in the capital when the emperor died... but I just heard that the emperor died and came back to life, I'm afraid this plan can't be done again. "

Xue Poye rubbed his nose, poured a cup of hot tea, took a sip, the scalding hot tea flowed into his mouth, it was indescribably comfortable.

"Whether the emperor is dead or alive, entering the palace to assassinate is a stupid choice. Since ancient times, it is very rare to be able to enter the palace and then assassinate a large number of nobles, at least I have never heard of it." Xue Po Ye Dan said lightly, took a look at Mingxu, and asked: "Yes, why did senior brother suddenly become interested in this? We Qinglianzhao, don't we always act very low-key?"

Ming Xu folded his palms together and said, "Amitabha, Master Rudder, Eldest Brother... Well, it seems that many subordinates have been hurt by the court, so they became angry from embarrassment... It is said that the dead are not ordinary congregants, but several people who have followed him for many years Brother Life and Death, although he has a low-key and calm personality, he couldn't bear it this time."

Xue Poye let out an "oh", knowing that it must be that several brothers who lived and died died in the bank of the household department that night, and the elder brother decided to take revenge.

"Mingxu." Xue Poye hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "How much do you know about military divisions?"

Mingxu thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Master, the military division has always been the most mysterious person in Qinglianzhao, I really don't know much about it. Well, I heard that the military division once saved the life of the chief steering officer, that is... ...It seems to be six years ago. At that time, the military adviser joined our Qinglianzhao. After two years, he became our military advisor for Qinglianzhao. The chief rudder trusts him... All I know is So many."

Xue Poye pondered for a moment, then said: "Then have you heard of the poison Biyoujing?"

Ming Xu's eyes lit up, he laughed and said: "Master Rudder, could it be that the military division also gave you a green scare?"

Xue Poye wondered, "How do you know?"

"Of course I know." Mingxu said proudly, "This green oil fright is an extremely rare poison in the world. To prepare this kind of poison, not everyone can do it. I heard that military divisions are good at preparing this kind of poison. , and...hehe, I also know that there are very few people in this world who know about this kind of poison."

"Don't play tricks on me." Xue Poye said coldly: "I was shocked by Hua Xian's green oil, do you have any idea?"

Mingxu felt wronged for a while, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, rudder master, actually... In fact, the military master used this kind of poison to control many rebellious characters. If the military master gave you this poison, it means... it means the rudder The Lord is a powerful figure in the hearts of military advisers."

"It's amazing you monk head." Xue Poye said angrily, and he was also a little anxious. The detoxification of the Bi Youjing was placed on Mingxu, and he didn't know if this dishonest monk had the ability, so he said coldly: "Tell me, is there a way?"

Mingxu murmured: "I haven't seen people who ask for help being so arrogant, Amitabha, I'm guilty of sin." Coughing twice, he said softly: "Master, to be honest, this green scarlet is the most difficult poison in the world. , but Mingxu already knew the method of detoxification three years ago!"

"Ah!" Xue Poye was overwhelmed with surprise, stood up, grabbed Mingxu's hand, and said excitedly: "Mingxu...!"

"The rudder...!" Ming Xu responded affectionately.

Xue Poye was stunned for a moment, and quickly glanced at Mingxu's forehead, but he still happily pulled Mingxu to sit down, and said: "It's very good, it's very good, my poison has been cured."

"But...!" Mingxu suddenly became embarrassed.

Xue Poye frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Mingxu sighed, and said: "Master Rudder, you are so scared, it was the military division's poison, Mingxu dare not detoxify, otherwise... otherwise, the rules will be broken. Who dares to detox the military division's poison?"

"choke!"

Xue Poye drew out the knife, stuck it on Mingxu's neck, and said with a sneer, "Do you understand?"

Mingxu folded his palms together and closed his eyes, and actually chanted the "Sutra of Rebirth" very calmly, without any look of fear.

Xue Poye gritted his teeth, wanting to knock his monk's head off, but at this moment, Mingxu was the only one who could cure the poison, so he had no choice but to withdraw the knife and sighed: "Mingxu, don't you just have the heart to look at you?" His helmsman was poisoned to death?"

Ming Xu continued to chant sutras and dared not answer.

"Forget it, since that's the case, the friendship between you and me will end today." Xue Poye sighed: "I am blind, knowing you, a monk who wants to die."

Mingxu opened his eyes, and looked at Xue Poye with some trepidation.

I saw Xue Poye sitting on a chair, and said solemnly: "Go, leave my Xue Garden, go wherever you want... I want to rest."

There was a really tired look on his face.

"Master...!" Ming Xu looked at the sky outside, and said, "It's so late, you... where do you want me to go?"

"You can go wherever you like, it's none of my business." Xue Poye said calmly.

Mingxu hesitated, and muttered: "Master...how can you blame me...this is the poison given by the military master...the military master...if I detoxify...broke the rules, Amitabha!"

"Ah, you, mother, entrust your father's Buddha!" ​​Xue Poye scolded: "When you recite scriptures on your mouth, your stomach will be full of bad water. If you don't save yourself from death, this will not break the rules of your Buddhism? Go, I don't want to see you."

Ever since Mingxu followed Xue Poye, no matter whether he was in Hangzhou, Suzhou or Kyoto, he lived a leisurely life, lived comfortably, and ate more comfortably. How could there be such a happy time in his life, and he was kicked out at this time , It means that these beautiful lives say goodbye to themselves.

He was silent, hesitating, thinking.

"Master Rudder, I thought about it... Actually, you are right." Ming Xu looked at Xue Poye with a loving gaze: "The Buddha said that if the Master Rudder is poisoned, if I see death and don't save him, how can I do that?" It does not violate the teachings of Buddhism. What's more, I am a subordinate of the rudder master, and the rudder master takes good care of Mingxu. I'm too far away, I still listen to the helmsman and help you detoxify."

Xue Poye said "Oh" and said with a smile, "Have you figured it out?"

"I figured it out!" Ming Xu nodded fiercely.

Only then did Xue Poye stand up, and happily patted Mingxu on the shoulder: "The so-called being a hero who knows the times and affairs, I always think you are a hero. That's right, how long will it take to prepare the antidote?"

"Well, the helmsman will give me a month!"

"What?" Xue Poye jumped up: "No, the poison is on me, I don't feel well, I'll give you ten...eight...five days, if you don't deserve it, you leave here by yourself."

Ming Xu made a bitter face: "Subordinate, try, try...!"

Xue Poye was very happy, and said: "In order to commend your contribution, I will ask them to cook you ten or eight delicious dishes later." He thought to himself: "Hua Xian, Hua Xian, you are so surprised. , I have Monk Mingxu, you can’t control me if you drop one thing from another, and when I’m free, I’d like to have fun with you.”

This is how people are not as good as God.

The most worrying thing in his heart was settled, Xue Poye was in a happy mood, ordered his servants to prepare wine and food, enjoyed a good meal with Ming Xu, and then took a hot bath, and then went to bed to rest.

Just lying on the bed, in the middle of the night, I couldn't help thinking of Lady Lv, that enchanting beauty, where is she now?

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Although the mutiny of the royal family brought great panic to the people of Kyoto, under the iron fist of His Majesty the emperor, the mutiny ended like a play.

Only one day later, everything in Kyoto returned to normal, and the streets returned to their usual vitality.

Two days later, His Majesty the Emperor handed down a decree ordering Xue Poye to move to the General Guard's Mansion.

General Guard Mansion is the residence of General Guard Habayashi. Although the area is not comparable to that of the emperor's relatives, it is huge among the ranks of officials. It used to be the residence of General Guard Habayashi Teng Xifeng. Now Teng Xifeng retired and returned home. Afterwards, within two days, the whole family moved back to their hometown, and the mansion was vacant, so His Majesty the Emperor ordered Xue Poye to sign in as the chief guard of Yubayashi. "In addition, the gold characters of "Da Chu Viscount" were added below.

The captains of the Habayashi camp happily led a group of Habayashi guards to clean up the mansion, re-purchase things, chose an auspicious day, and moved into the general guard's mansion.

Naturally, congratulations from hundreds of officials are indispensable on this day. Xue Poye is now a popular figure in the court. During the mutiny, he guarded the palace calmly and calmly. Even the empress dowager, queen and even the eldest princess sent people to send generous gifts. .

Dozens of tables of banquets were held on this day, and the day was celebrated lively.

Inside the Zongwei Mansion, there are courtyards, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, green trees and red flowers, everything you need, there are also stables, martial arts arena, weapons storage, etc. Xue Poye is satisfied from the bottom of his heart, being able to travel through and dress like this , is also a remarkable achievement.

As for the manager of the mansion, Xue Poye still brought Director Hu from Xue Yuan. Manager Hu originally belonged to Prince Yin, but since the death of Prince Yin, he followed Xue Poye with all his heart.

Xue Poye took some time to go to Ziyanfang in the capital again. This is the huge wealth left to him by Prince Yin. The people in Ziyanfang also faintly knew that Xue Poye was their new master. Seeing that he showed Prince Yin The token left behind was confirmed, so he worshiped the new owner.

For the dozens of shops in Ziyanfang, it was a great thing for Xue Poye to take over the business. At the beginning, the whole Ziyanfang thought that the business would be confiscated, and there would be no food for thousands of people. Who knows that it was Xue Poye who took over, and everything was done according to the previous rules, only a few disadvantages were changed, but everyone's jobs were kept.

After settling the matter of Ziyanfang, Xue Poye finally found time and came to the place where the two live treasures lived.

The two live treasures, of course, refer to Xiao Su Gun and Gattuso. Since they developed the formula of gunpowder, they followed Xue Poye's instructions and instructions, and carried out another bold attempt. When they came to inspect, the research results of the two had already achieved great success. It must be said that the two were indeed very talented in this respect.

Under the leadership of the two, Xue Poye came to an open space. Xiao Su was holding a black iron ball in his hand, and there was a long thread on the iron ball.

This is the method Xue Poye taught them.

The initial research of Xiaosu stick was just to place gunpowder raw materials in the cauldron furnace, and then to achieve the effect of explosion by heating under the cauldron furnace, which is naturally an extremely primitive method.

The method Xue Poye came up with is naturally very advanced.

Put the gunpowder in the iron ball, seal it, then pull it out with a powder lead, ignite it from the outside, and then ignite it into the iron ball, and generate huge high temperature through the sulfur inside, resulting in an explosion effect.

In modern times, this is the simplest principle of firecrackers, but in this era, it is a huge technological discovery.

Of course, iron smelting technology in this era has been relatively advanced. Although this type of iron ball is expensive, it can still be manufactured. The only problem is the capacity and thickness of the iron ball.

Xiao Su Gun and Gattuso have almost mastered the method of capacity, thickness and proportion of gunpowder raw materials through experiments again and again, so when Xue Poye arrived, the two hurriedly pulled Xue Poye to conduct on-the-spot experiments.

When the medicine was ignited, Xue Poye was still a little nervous. He just knew some principles, and he had never tried it himself, and he didn't know if it was feasible, but when the iron ball buried in the soil burst into a roar, When the dust was blown away with astonishing power, Xue Poye finally heaved a sigh of relief and couldn't help clapping.

In any case, his own lethal weapon has won the first battle.

Of course, just this earth mine-like achievement is definitely not what Xue Poye wants in the end. What he needs is a more powerful weapon and more amazing power.

As for the further development of weapons, it is obviously not something that Xiao Su Gun and Gattuso can do. Although the "Lugong Camp" cannot do without the top technicians of the Great Chu Kingdom, Xue Poye does not want this research result to be lost at this time. After being known by the imperial court, after careful consideration, they sent people to Hangzhou to invite Zhang, who is amazingly skilled.

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The little stone that Xue Poye had been worrying about finally returned to the capital after four days of mutiny. After inquiring, he found the General Guard's Mansion. The master and apprentice couldn't help crying.

Ximen Lei Zang originally followed Xue Poye's order, and led a group of Habayashi guards to guard Xiaoshitou. They disguised themselves and temporarily lived in a village near the capital. After waiting for two days, they sent someone to the capital to investigate. The mutiny was over, and there was a lot of joy, but after the mutiny, the capital was still a little chaotic. For safety reasons, everyone did not return to the capital immediately, and sent people to investigate repeatedly until it was confirmed that everything in the capital was normal. Stone returned to Kyoto.

After finding Xue Yuan, he went to Yuankong, and after inquiring, he found out that Xue Poye was promoted to the Chief Guard of Yulin, and now he has moved to the General Guard's Mansion. After a burst of joy, he led Xiaoshitou to the General Guard's Mansion , Master and apprentice can meet each other.

Xue Poye is the general guard, but he has the right to intervene in the candidate for the deputy general guard of the third battalion.

Pan Zhenhai of the Xiulin Camp handled this mutiny properly, so he naturally still served as the deputy general guard of the Xiulin Camp. Vice President Wei Liwu, after the mutiny, was immediately executed by all the people, and his position was vacated.

Perhaps because of his trust in his subordinates, Gongyangyue and Ximen Leizang, or because of his subconscious desire to better control the Yulin camp, Xue Poye made a note and asked His Majesty the emperor to appoint Gongyangyue as the vice president of the Fenghuo camp. Wei, Ximen Leizang went to take charge of the Taiji camp, and within half a day after the paper was submitted, His Majesty the Emperor approved Zhu Zhu, agreeing to this arrangement.

Therefore, Xue Poye's power really penetrated into the entire Yulin Camp, and at this time, Xue Poye also had real control over the Yulin Camp.

Of course, he did not forget to remind himself: "The Yulin Camp is not owned by me, Xue Poye, but... His Majesty the Emperor!"

He knew that he must never forget this point, and when he forgot this fact lightly, his own tragedy would be in front of him.

His Majesty the Emperor, who can't even fight against the royal family, is a man that no one in the world can rival.

Who can be an opponent who is the Emperor of Nine Dao Warriors!