The sky is getting brighter and the morning light illuminates the earth.

A long figure moves in the front yard, as powerful as a frightening dragon, as powerful as a tiger, and it makes the sound of exhaling from time to time.

After calling a few times, smoke rose from the backyard, and the aroma of meat porridge filled the air. Li Chengzhi felt his index finger swell.

Seeing him put down his posture, Li Chengxue came over and asked, "What kind of punch did the second brother hit?"

Military boxing.

He learned this during military training in college. He was bored and decided to practice it on a whim.

It's useless in this era of throwing knives and guns, so Li Chengzhi didn't bother to say it.

"Want to have breakfast?"

"No, it's an urgent message from Jingzhou. My father ordered me to call my second brother!"

Jingzhou?

It should be Beizhen.

"Okay!"

Li Chengzhi responded and hurried to the middle courtyard.

It was a leader of Li Feng's men who came. He was unshaven and dusty, showing how anxious he was.

When he saw Li Chengzhi, he quickly handed over the leather envelope.

Li Chengzhi looked at it for a while and saw that the paint was intact and the code was correct, so he opened the envelope.

To others, it is undoubtedly a book from heaven, but this set of code words was created by Li Chengzhi, so it is natural to understand it at a glance.

The letter mainly said three things:

1. Not long after Gao Zhao led his army to Fertile Field, Beizhen, which was originally turbulent and undercurrent, suddenly became calm.

Second, Rouran is getting weaker day by day. If nothing unexpected happens, they should withdraw their troops before the beginning of winter.

Third, since Li Chengzhi defeated Chencang and stopped collecting and transporting kerosene from Jinming County, Gao Meng secretly took over this task.

Day and night, we race against time, fearing that a little bit of the oil will be missed, and we even want to dig through those large oil-producing lakes, not wanting to miss even a grain of sand.

But more than a month ago, Gaomengtu had people fill in several large lakes, leaving only one of them, and then diverted river water to fill it up.

Just when Li Feng was racking his brains to find out the truth, a group of strangers with unknown origins and suspicious behavior suddenly appeared by the lake. They claimed to be merchants, but what they received was a letter issued by Woye Town Government.<

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I have nothing to do all day long, just boating on the lake. If someone asks out of curiosity, it is also said to be fishing.

Catching a hair?

If you put a whale in that lake, you'd be poisoned to death, and there won't even be a single piece of grass.

After counting the time, the truth is about to come out: that group of people are most likely spies sent by Gao Ying to collect kerosene...

The more Li Chengzhi watched, the more relaxed he became. Unknowingly, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Li Shixian scratched his head and ears curiously, and took a look, but he looked confused.

He knew every word, but when put together, it made no sense.

Fortunately, he dared to ask: "What's the matter?"

It's not a top secret, and Li Chengzhi didn't hide it, he just told it.

"Nowadays, the six towns are deeply entrenched and cannot be solved overnight. It is just because they are frightened by the power of the army, whether they are military leaders such as town generals or local powerful people, they have to temporarily hide them.

According to his son's prediction, Gao Zhao would definitely use this opportunity to either win over or sow discord, intensifying the hatred between the court, the powerful, and the townspeople. When the time comes, with just a fire, the six towns will be destroyed.

It will explode like gunpowder."

"As for Rouran's retreat, it is inevitable. After all, the expedition is thousands of miles away, and there are two close enemies, Gaoche and Gaochang, behind it. Therefore, the ugly slaves do not dare to send all the troops to fight the imperial court to the death.

I can only accept it when it’s good..."

"But I have to remind my uncle and Li Song to prepare early, lest Rouran bullies the weak and fears the strong and attacks Xihai again on the way back to the army!"

"What about Xiazhou? Why did Gao Meng suddenly fill up the oil lake? Who was rafting on the lake after that?"

Li Chengzhi wants to laugh when he mentions this.

"The man who went boating must be Yuan Hui's secret guard. In all likelihood, he was ordered by the Queen Mother to collect kerosene. But somehow the news leaked out, and Gao Meng learned about it in advance, and he came to throw a brick.

Hidden jade!"

When it comes to flattery and cleverness, Yuan Hui is naturally a good player, but when it comes to conspiracy and planning, Gao Zhao can be regarded as his ancestor.

I'm afraid that as soon as Gao Ying made a decision and Yuan Hui didn't receive the secret edict, the person who informed Gao Zhao and Gao Meng was already on his way.

Gao Zhao is also brave, so why can he be sure that even if he finds out, he will never tell the truth?

Although he couldn't guess Gao Zhao's intention at the moment, Li Chengzhi at least knew that Gao Ying and Yuan Ying might have their noses twisted with anger.

After all the hard work and planning, in the end it was all in vain?

No, it’s time to shoot yourself in the foot and lose more than you gain.

Seeing that he was vaguely proud, Li Shixian secretly cursed: In terms of insidiousness and cunning, compared to Gao Zhao, you are not willing to give in much. You fish in troubled waters, make something out of nothing, and you are very skilled in the trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife.

Just a piece of fake secret recipe made Gao Ying, Yuan Ying and the court think that you were like a tiger that had lost its claws, a fly that had broken its wings and no longer a threat.

It's just a few oil lakes, but Gao Zhao is so excited that he takes risks and is willing to open the way for you?

Full of admiration in his heart, Li Shixian asked suspiciously: "When I came to Qizhou, you said that all the kerosene in Xiazhou was mined by you. It would take at least six or seven years before we could return to our former glory. After that, we dug ferociously.

What is it?"

Li Chengzhi sighed with regret: "What my son said at first was to rely on ordinary methods. How could he know that Gao Meng was so cruel that he would take human life as a human life and wish he could dig through the ground?"

Regardless of the rest: petroleum is volatile, and no matter what kind of gas is emitted, none of it is non-toxic.

The deeper you dig and the lower you are from the surface, the higher the density of toxic gases. With the methods of this era, it is impossible to effectively protect it, and the only thing left is to take human lives.

Li Shixian was horrified: "Doesn't it mean that as long as the secret recipe you handed over to the court is known to Gao Zhao, he can make a thunder weapon?"

How can it be that simple?

Li Chengzhi shook his head decisively: "In order to make lightning weapons, this material needs to be hidden underground and accumulated for many years. Only when the lightest oil floats on the water surface can it be refined many times to refine the clear oil.

But Gao Meng is eager to attack and gain immediate benefits, and he cannot wait long, so all he digs out is sand. Let him refine it in various ways, and what he produces is also heavy oil, which is mostly used to set fires or make rockets."

That’s pretty awesome too.

Li Chengshixian shuddered when he thought of the rockets that were like maggots attached to bones and could ignite even armor.

"Father, don't worry. Every time the oil lake is dug a foot deeper, thousands more lives will be wasted every day. Gao Zhao and Gao Meng can't afford it, so they can't extract much!"

How many thousand per day?

Li Shixian asked himself that his heart was as strong as iron, and his forehead was still sweating from shock.

"With such disregard for human life, Gao Zhao is not afraid of retribution?"

Who among the knowledgeable people would believe this?

Even my father was just expressing his feelings.

With emotion in his heart, he saw Li Shixian's trembling lips again, as if he was about to speak but didn't dare to speak. Li Chengzhi was suspicious for a moment and suddenly understood.

"It's not that my son regards human life as nothing, nor is he arrogant and scornful of Gao Zhao's power. It's that even if I swear and swear, no one will believe my words!"

Li Chengzhi sneered, with an expression of unspeakable sarcasm, "Now, both the Queen Mother and the ministers believe that I hold a grudge. Whenever I say that Gao Zhao will rebel, they will be regarded as my words of revenge...

If in the past, I was alone, I would have no scruples and would definitely write straightly. Even if the Queen Mother and the court did not believe me, Gao Meng could at least be restrained and less lives would be lost.

But now my parents and brothers are in Beijing, but my son is alone and weak. If Gao Zhao secretly attacks me, how can I defend myself? So I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb..."

At first glance, it sounds reasonable. It seems that Li Chengzhi is being dragged down by his family. But if you know your son more than your father, how can Li Shixian not know what Li Chengzhi’s intentions are?

This was clearly put on display for the court to see: Now that my parents, brothers, aunts, nieces and all other relatives are in the capital, what reason can be given to say that I have bad intentions or disobedient intentions?

But he couldn't point it out, so Li Shixian just cursed him bitterly.

"In your opinion, when will Gao Zhao start an uprising?"

Li Chengzhi shook his head: "The world is unpredictable and ever-changing, so it's hard to say for a son. But if nothing happens, there will be chaos either at the beginning of winter, or at the beginning of spring next year, or in the northern states, or in the six towns.

..."

Therefore, if Gao Zhao really wanted to be rebellious, he would not want the court to rest and recuperate, but the more chaos the better.

Just as he was secretly guessing, he heard Li Rui say outside the door: "The master of the house, Mr. Lang, Cui Shangshu is here to visit!"

Cui Guang?

What is this old man doing here?

If you don’t go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, you definitely have nothing good to do.

Li Shixian also had the same idea, and mused: "As a father, I just go to see him, and I will say that you have been ill for a long time and cannot see anyone else!"

"Today is the sixth day of the lunar month, when the court meeting is in full swing. As a minister, how can he abandon attending the court and run out of the city? Therefore, he must have come with an imperial edict. If he can't see his son, he will not give up.
To be continued...