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Chapter 8 The Qianlong rises from the abyss

An Zidao is critically ill?

Xu You felt that his chest was so stuffy that he couldn't breathe. Since he knew the truth about the Yixing Incident, An Zidao had already been on the top of his list of killings. Although the master of Chu was high and the distance from Qiantang to Jinling seemed out of reach, it was a powerful driving force that prompted him to do everything and work hard.

But now, An Zidao is going to die?

“Is the news reliable?”

"Absolutely reliable!" Yuan Qingqi whispered: "There are no more than five people who know about this matter at present, and even the prime ministers in the capital may not know the details. The master strictly blocked the news because he was afraid of causing internal and external uneasiness..."

Not only is it uneasy? The prince is unethical and difficult to convince the public. The kings are holding their own troops and respecting themselves. No matter how they look at it, they are all in a situation where the master is weak and the ministers are strong. If An Zidao really dies, the State of Chu will soon be in chaos!

An Zidao was wise for a lifetime, and had three distinct powers and power, but he did not handle the matter of the crown prince well. He always wanted to depose the crown prince, but he was worried. After every suppression, he had to promote it again due to the situation, which led to the prince's ups and downs, and his prestige was ruined, which also gave others the ambition to covet the upper hand, so that the government and the country were undercurrents, and the country was not in a state.

The towering emperor, as tall as a mountain, cannot withstand the torture of time and disease, and will eventually turn into insignificant dust with the long river of history.

An Zidao is not to be cherished if you die!

A light that was not easy to detect was flashing deep in Xu You's eyes: But we can't let his soul return to Taixu so easily. We should pay back the debts we should pay off before we die!

"Weizhi, if the lord collapses and the prince succeeds to the throne, you can use Xuanji Academy to integrate the power of the Confucian school, which will attract people's jealousy. Just a few words of slander, plus the hatred between the prince and you before, you will surely die." Yuan Qingqi had deep worries in his eyes, and even a little pleading tone, saying, "Would you like to listen to me this time? Let's take a look at the situation first, don't worry, Xuanji Academy is really not impossible. Wait a minute, there may be a turning point..."

If An Zidao is alive, in order to balance the prince and his reputation of false benevolence and righteousness, Xu You can still live leisurely in Qiantang. If An Zidao dies, the prince may have forgotten Xu You long ago and will not regard him as a threat. But if Xu You takes the initiative to jump out to attract attention, and someone fans the flames in front of the palace, it is not difficult to imagine what the outcome will be!

It was precisely because Yuan Qingqi saw through this that he took off the mask that no one could see through and advised Xu You with great sincerity that he would take a gamble and become the first small piece to be crushed in this shocking change.

For this reason, she even revealed that she had an unusual channel of contact with the inner palace. Although she did not say it clearly, Xu You was like a person. There were only a few people in the world who knew the secret. Yuan Qingqi actually heard it thousands of miles away, and thought about it carefully, and she was creepy!

But no matter what, for Xu You, this is a great favor and a great trust. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a life-saving grace. With Yuan Qingqi's status and talent, he is willing to care about a man so much. If someone else is replaced, he will be grateful and inexplicably grateful, and he wishes to sacrifice his life to repay him.

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless? Xu You can bend and stretch, not be stubborn, nor is he an idiot who is trying to jump into the sea of ​​fire when he sees the fire burning, bows and says, "Sanniang, I know all my heart! Let's give up the matter of Xuanji Academy. Let's observe the current situation first and then discuss it later!"

Yuan Qingqi finally breathed a sigh of relief, his eyebrows were crescent-shaped, and he whispered: "It turns out that I am troublesome. Xuanji Academy is so important to you. I don't know how much effort it took to push this point, but you can still hear it. I... I am actually very happy..."

Just now, Yuan Qingqi snuggled on Xu You's shoulder. It was her most vulnerable and her most helpless moment. Xu You didn't understand at the time, but now he knew the reason: An Zidao was actually Yuan Qingqi's biggest backer. With An Zidao's support, she could pretend to die and escape, control Yangzhou as the Hemingshan Grand Priest, and then walked a tightrope between An Zidao and Sun Guan, secretly cultivated talents, actively developed their strength, and consolidated the territory at all costs. With these, her ambitions and plans could be realized slowly.

But now, An Zidao is in danger, and she has lost the power that the court can rely on. If one day he will show up with Sun Guan, the pressure she has to face will be borne by her alone.

If not, Xu You would have to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month to see her weak daughter's family.

When saying goodbye, Xu You suddenly asked, "Who is the most familiar with the Book of Documents in Jinling City?"

"If you talk about the Book of Documents, you will naturally be Cui Yuanxiu, who lives in Nitang!"

That night, Xu You did not stop in Wu County. His itinerary was to visit Yuan Qingqi and then go to see Gu Yun. With Gu Yun's recommendation, Zhu Daoan, the first director of Mingfa Temple, was invited to attend the opening ceremony of Xuanji Academy. Now he suddenly received news that An Zidao was critically ill, and all itineraries must change accordingly.

When I rode the boat downstream, I was still experiencing business and traveling, and my prosperity remained unchanged. Xu You stood at the head of the boat, and the beautiful rivers and mountains in front of me were actually at a storm without realizing it. This time, it was no longer a small fight like a white thief, or a trapped in a corner like a drought. Once it broke out, it was likely to sweep the twenty-two states in Jiangdong, from the ministers and the people, no one was spared.

For two days and nights, Xu You didn't say a word. When he arrived in Qiantang, he immediately summoned He Ru, Zuo Qi, and the Winter Solstice. He looked calm. After careful consideration, he said, "I'm going to Jinling!"

Zuo Qi and the Winter Solstice have been dissatisfied with each other. Over the years, they have been dedicated to Yangzhou, from common people to geniuses, from prison to rank and guest, from a loser to a dog, from a world-renowned dog, from a martial arts genius to a night of light, and from a very difficult time to leave, but they have also reached the current height step by step, which is amazing.

But Jinling is not Yangzhou. At the foot of the emperor, the capital of the imperial capital, and all forces are intertwined and entangled, and they can be called the dragon pond and tiger den. The prince, Shen, Tianshidao and even the master, either side is a huge monster to Xu You. They may not care about the fly and insects far away in the sky, but if this fly and insect run in front of them, it is difficult to protect the consequences.

The two looked at He Ru at the same time. At this time, only He Ru could advise Xu You. Who knew that He Ru did not object, but raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "If Qilang goes to Jinling, what about Xuanji Academy?"

"Stop everything about the academy for now!" Xu You said: "Tonight, Qingming takes action, ignite a wildfire in an unimportant place, and burn the yard on the flanks of the academy. The weather is dry and the wildfires are raging everywhere. It is normal to burn several times into the yard. The academy is burned and needs to be rebuilt. It is not a good sign to be delayed until the time for choosing a good person next year, so it will not cause too much suspicion!"

"The academy affairs are easy to handle!" He Ru asked again: "In what name does Ke Qilang enter Beijing?"

"The "Spring and Autumn Justice" has been published all over the world, and the "Zhouyi Justice" will be promulgated all over the world. I have suffered from the fact that there are still many obscure places in the Shangshu Zhengyi, so I went to Jinling to study with the great scholar Cui Yuanxiu..."

He Ru's eyes circulated, and he broke three beards one after another, laughed loudly, saying, "Okay! If you break, you will break. Qilang's move will eventually have a bit of a heroic demeanor!"

The fire in Lingxiu Mountain burned in the middle of the night. After receiving the news, Lu Ding'an almost vomited blood at his home in Wu County. The Gu family and other friends all sent people to express their kindness to donate money and aid. Xu You thanked him one by one, allocated funds from the government and arranged for people to rebuild the damaged part of the academy. This time he strictly enforced the rules and regulations in order to resolutely prevent similar things from happening again.

At the same time, "Zhou Yi Zhengyi" started day and night in Tianqingfang, and entered the desks of many people with booksellers and boats. This book "Zhou Yi Zhengyi" jointly written by Qingming and He Ru combines the characteristics of the four schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and mysteries, prophecies, divination, and elephants. However, it has many novel insights that take a different approach, which is refreshing. It is known as Xu You's other classical work that is well-known since "Spring and Autumn Justice".

Then again, good news came. After nearly a year of crazy experiments, Zu Yan, with the help of Xu You's knowledge reserves of more than a thousand years, first replaced charcoal and coal as fuel with coke, and then changed the irrigation method to crucible method, graphite, clay and high silicon as refractory materials, and added air preheating technology and improved blowing power, finally raised the furnace temperature to more than 1,600 degrees to create the coil spring that Xu You dreamed of. With spring steel, the manufacturing of four-wheeled carriages is easy. Within ten months, the world's first four-wheel steering carriage with spring shock absorption was launched in Tiangongfang in a low-key manner.

Apply lacquer, decorate silver thread, and lay the brocade mat. Anyway, no matter how luxurious it is, according to Xu You, seven words are extremely prominent: rich, powerful and have status! As long as you sit on it, not only will your body feel absolutely comfortable, but your spirit also needs to be extremely satisfied.

This is not a carriage, it is his money tree!

Everything was arranged. It was already late June. Xu You brought the 500-brick Qingque Tongue, wrapped the four-wheeled carriage tightly in a curtain tent, put it on his own boat, and left Qiantang with Fang Sinian Cangchu and others in the winter solstice in Qingming Festival.

Looking at the big breeze with the banner of Xu, Zuo Qi couldn't help but say, "Your husband is really a bit risky to go to Jinling. We don't know what it means, but why don't you persuade me?"

"Five years!" He Ru's eyes shone with a strange light in the dark night, and said, "Feng Hu, you have to know that Qilang has left the center of the empire for too long. After a long time, he forgot what else he could do. Only by going to Jinling and looking at the ugliness and cruelty of the imperial court can he understand that in this life-and-death world, if you don't kill anyone, everyone wants your life!"

"Jinling is an iron smelting furnace, a whetstone, an underworld, and a pass that must be overcome!"

"After walking, you will either die there or you will fly to Jiutian!"

He Ru turned his head. He was a weak scholar and did not know martial arts. But at this moment, his sharp eyes made Zuo Qi dare not look directly, and said, "Qilang cannot die. Damn it, it is the An clan dynasty!"
Chapter completed!
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