Chapter 44: Villa
On the outskirts of Luocheng, there is Tieniu Village at the foot of Yinmeng Mountain.
An old man wearing a green gown and a goatee was walking up the mountain in high spirits.
"gentlemen."
"Mr. Sun!"
A child was coming back from the field with cattle. When he saw the man coming, he ran after him as fast as he could.
"Sir, why are you here? Let's go to my house for dinner. I'll ask my mother to kill a chicken."
Sun Liangyuan stroked his beard and looked at him with a smile: "I came here specially to see you. Have you memorized everything I taught you a few days ago?"
"Got it! I memorized it in three days!"
"Okay, okay, this kid is teachable."
"Sir, yesterday..." The child touched his belly, then shrank his neck to look at him, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"A real man should not hesitate when speaking. If you have something to say, just speak it out loud."
"The village chief's son, Bao, laughed at me. He said that the teacher was teasing me because what I taught him was different from what I learned in the academy."
"Humph! I teach students in accordance with their aptitude!"
Sun Liangyuan raised his chin, then looked at him with a look of disappointment, "Goudan! Your talent is much higher than you realize. Don't be influenced by others and waver."
Goudan was only six or seven years old. His family had been farmers for generations and he had no knowledge. Now he met an old man on the roadside who was eager to teach him to read. Naturally, people around him found it incredible. They all said that Sun Liangyuan was a liar. He probably wanted to kidnap Goudan and sell him, or to trick him into following him around and being his lackey.
"You are simple and intelligent by nature, and you are naturally sensitive to arithmetic. This is a talent that ordinary people do not have. If you study hard and make use of it, you will definitely be able to stand out."
"Does that mean I can eat a chicken every day?"
"That's not just one chicken, that's a lot of chicken!"
"Wow, that's great." Goudan's eyes lit up and he smacked his lips. "Then what did the master teach me? Let's go home. I'll have my mother kill a chicken to thank the master."
Sun Liangyuan was dragged by his arm and continued to walk forward. The laughter of the old and the young drifted far away...
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Luocheng, inside the Fuyun Inn.
"Commander!"
"Where are the people?"
"I am incompetent and still haven't found Mr. Sun."
"What use do I have for you trash?! The Queen Mother is still waiting. If I can't find Sun Liangyuan, how will I report to you?!"
"I checked all the bars, restaurants, and homes of relatives and friends that Mr. Sun frequented, but found no trace of him! Could he be out of Los Angeles?"
Zhan Xiao took a deep breath and paced back and forth in the room.
The Queen Mother ordered him to come out and find Sun Liangyuan to enter the palace to teach the Emperor in private, and specifically instructed him to act quickly!
Otherwise, when the envoys from the Moon White Bear Kingdom come to Beijing, if the emperor knows nothing about astronomy and gunpowder, people will compare him with the late emperor and say that the son is not as good as the father.
"Just one more day to search! You must find it tomorrow!"
"yes!"
Several men in gray
Leave quickly.
After waiting for a while, Zhan Xiao still felt uneasy.
So he went to Sun Liangyuan's house in person to see if he could find any clues.
Since his wife passed away, Sun Liangyuan never remarried and never had children in his life. He spent his days alone with manuscripts and delicious food.
When asking the neighbors about his whereabouts, my subordinates learned that there was a servant and a maid taking care of his daily life. But Mr. Sun accused them of being dishonest and stealing the snacks he bought from Jixiangfang, and he chased them away a few days ago.
Haha, just a few snacks. Sun Liangyuan is really stingy. He sneered and shook his head.
Zhan Xiao knew that no one was at home, so he turned around and walked into the inner courtyard without hesitation and went straight to his study. He planned to bring back some things related to astronomical gunpowder, otherwise he was worried that the Queen Mother would be furious and he would be punished alive.
The study is a mess.
There were papers with scribbles all over the table and the floor. Zhan Xiao picked them up and took a look. He recognized the words on them, but he couldn't understand their meaning. All these circles, as well as the long and short crooked lines, all flooded into his mind like a tangled mess. He threw them on the table and quickly picked up a few books from the bookshelf and put them in his arms.
Hey! etc.
What's this?
There is a food box under the bookshelf, and there seems to be a business card under it.
Zhan Xiao bent down to pick it up, Lu Chaofeng from Ningyuan Palace? !
Did Lu Chaofeng hand over a visiting card to Sun Liangyuan? With his sickly body, he could actually walk so fast that he reached Los Angeles? !
He squeezed the visiting card hard, took out the book from his arms, stuffed it casually on the bookshelf, then strode out of the door and quickly returned to the inn to call his subordinates.
"Didn't you notice Lu Chaofeng was in Luocheng?"
"Prince Lu? No."
"Go check where he is."
"Then pass me a visiting card and I'll go see him in person."
"Yes, I'll do it right away."
Prince Ningyuan came out of the capital with a huge team, so naturally there was a lot of fanfare along the way.
However, the Lord of Luocheng was at odds with the Ningyuan Palace, and he refused to give Lu Chaofeng the face to receive him, so the team from the Ningyuan Palace did not enter the city at all, but went directly to the villa on the outskirts of Luocheng.
The villa is located in Yinmeng Mountain on the outskirts of Luocheng.
Lu Chaofeng, who had just returned to the villa, was about to lose control of the poison gas in his body. Although he was wearing a lot of clothes, he still felt like he was falling into an icy cave.
"Prince, why don't you stay in the hot spring pool for a while? It should make you feel better."
"Well, the servants are not allowed to come over."
"yes!"
This pool, which maintains a constant temperature all year round, is truly extraordinary.
After Lu Chaofeng soaked for a while, he clearly felt that the coldness in his body was suppressed a lot, and he felt much more energetic.
At this time, Wu Ming and the other man came back.
"Sir, Miss Su has returned home safely."
"Um."
"Zhan Xiao's people seem to be looking for you."
"Oh?" Lu Chaofeng opened his eyes, rising heat lingered in front of his eyes, and drops of water slid down his cheeks, across his chin and dripped into the water.
"He went to Mr. Sun's house. Maybe he saw the visiting card?"
"It doesn't matter, just let him come to me."
"But Mr. Sun..."
"Even if he destroys my villa, Sun Liangyuan is not here with me, so what can he do to me? He is the commander of the imperial guards, and he has left the capital incognito with his men. I'm afraid he won't stay for long."
Lu Chaofeng pinched his brows, tilted his neck back, leaned against the edge of the pool, and continued to close his eyes and rest, saying: "Let someone move more vigorously and force him to return to the palace."
"Yes, I understand."
Wu Ming left first, but the other person stood there without moving.
Lu Chaofeng noticed that his attendant Ah Shun had stopped, frowned and asked, "What else?"
"The prince has sent a letter."
"Oh, I won't read it. The old man will definitely scold me in the letter."
"The prince sent three letters in a row, but you didn't read any of them?"
Three? Lu Chaofeng waved his hand impatiently, "Give it to me."
"Yes." Ah Shun took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Chaofeng respectfully. But as soon as Lu Chaofeng opened it, he stood up from the water.
Something happened at the border!
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