Liu Che glanced at Liu Ju lightly: "What's the matter?"
Liu Ju lowered his head helplessly: "Yes."
The Eastern Tour was basically a fixed item for Liu Che every year. However, other emperors went on tour to inspect the beautiful rivers and mountains, but Liu Che... he went to seek immortality.
Liu Ju thought about his brother. Until now, no one knew how the coal mine was blown up. Isn't coal something that can be burned?
After learning about this, Liu Ju even got a lot of honeycomb coal in his Bowang Garden to test it out. The result was that the fire was indeed very strong, but it didn't explode.
So everyone basically conceded that Liu Tan had tampered with this matter, and perhaps it had nothing to do with the coal mine at all, and he was just using the coal mine as a pretext to cover up the truth.
If you think about it this way, his father's decision to add Shuofang to the route of his eastern tour to seek immortality seems... not to be wrong?
His brother is indeed quite weird.
Liu Tan, who was considered to be supernatural by Liu Ju, was also facing this problem at this time.
Although everyone was very curious, Lu Xuan and Huo Guang were both very sensible. Even though one of them was very close to Liu Tan and the other was deeply trusted by Liu Tan, neither of them asked.
Of course, it is also possible that they had already expected Li Buyan to ask, so they just had to wait for the answer.
Li Buyan asked about this at the court meeting. The court meeting of the Northern Kingdom... was so shabby in scale that it was heartbreaking. There were only a few people who could attend. The officials had not been replenished yet, and the summer exam was about to be postponed. It was really difficult.
But precisely because of this, their court meetings were very casual.
Li Buyan asked directly: "Your Highness, did you use magic that day?"
Liu Tan was currently playing with Lu Xuan's fingers under the cover of the desk. Ever since he knew that Lu Xuan was basically outside the cabinet, he became very unscrupulous. During the court meeting, he not only sat side by side with Lu Xuan, but also sat very close to him.
When sitting down, the sleeves of both people will overlap.
At this moment, after hearing Li Buyan's question, he was stunned for a moment, and then he was puzzled: "What kind of magic? It's just a coal mine explosion."
Li Buyan was puzzled: "But how did they explode? Isn't honeycomb coal just burnable?"
Liu Tan explained, "There's not only coal inside the coal mine, but also a poisonous gas. Didn't I emphasize the importance of ventilation again and again? It's because that gas is poisonous and explosive. Torches are used for lighting underground now, and if ventilation is poor, it can easily cause an explosion. So, we have to be extremely careful when we go back and drill a new well!"
"Can gas explode?" Li Buyan said with a look of disbelief.
Not to mention him, even Wei Buzhi had the same expression, and even Huo Guang didn't seem to care that much.
Liu Tan: I’m so tired, just do whatever you want.
He couldn't explain what gas was to these people, so he just said in a simple and rude manner with an unfathomable look on his face: "Just do what I say, no more nonsense."
Li Buyan suddenly stopped talking, well, this is still easier.
Huo Guang looked up at Lu Xuan, then back at him. Lu Xuan realized that he might have something important to say to Liu Tan, so he stood up and said, "I heard this morning that Gun Gun wasn't feeling well. I'll go check on him."
Liu Tan frowned slightly and was about to say something when Lu Xuan pressed the back of his hand, signaling him not to stop him. He had no choice but to say, "Then you go first. I'll come find you later."
Lu Xuan stood up and walked away calmly. Everyone watched their prince stare at the little Kunmi's back until he could no longer see him. Suddenly, they all felt a little tired.
After Lu Xuan left, Huo Guang asked, "Your Highness, who will be stationed at Shoujiang City?"
When he mentioned this matter, a smile appeared on everyone's face. The fact that Shuofang City was almost destroyed because of Gongsun Ao had always been on everyone's mind.
Now that he has finally left, and His Majesty is going to hand over the Surrender City to the Northern Border Kingdom for management, this time everyone no longer has to worry about being raided by the Huns.
However, who to send to the Surrender City is indeed a problem. It was not obvious in the past, but now everyone has realized that the Northern Border Kingdom is really short of people. Even if someone is sent, they can only choose one from among them.
Among them, Huo Guang is the prime minister, so he definitely can't go. Jiang Chong is the chief justice, so he can't go either. Wei Buyi has just been promoted to captain, so he can go, but someone must guard Shuofang City.
Li Buyan looked at Liu Tan expectantly. He was indeed the most suitable person here, except for his lack of qualifications.
But Liu Tan was reluctant to speak and seemed to be hesitant, which made Li Buyan a little worried. Could it be... that the court would send someone else?
Just when Li Buyan looked anxious, Liu Tan said, "Let Captain Li go."
Otherwise, Wei Buyi would have been the commander of the Wei army, and it would be inappropriate for Li Buyan to still hold the title of a lieutenant.
After hearing this, Li Buyan immediately said, "I will definitely live up to your highness's trust!"
After he finished speaking, he added happily, "Father is right. Following His Highness, I will definitely be able to make a name for myself."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh, but they had to admit that Li Xi did have a unique vision.
Isn't it easy to stand out by following Liu Tan? Not to mention Wei Buyi and Li Buyan, look at Wei Deng, he is now a military marquis after all.
Thinking of Wei Deng, Li Buyan said with some worry: "But if I leave, what will happen to His Highness's thousand elite troops?"
He had always been the one leading these people before, but now that he was leaving, these people definitely couldn't go with him, which was very troublesome.
Liu Tan said, "Let Wei Deng take charge temporarily."
Wei Buyi said excitedly, "On behalf of Wei Deng, I would like to thank Your Highness for your cultivation!"
Wei Deng was only a military marquis and had no qualifications to go to the palace to hold court meetings. Even though there were only a few people in the northern border, some rules could not be broken.
Liu Tan looked at Wei Buyi and said, "Go and tell him that his current rank is not high enough to lead a thousand men, so those men might not obey him. This is a test I'm giving him. If he can do it, I'll reward him."
Wei Buyi's eyes lit up, knowing that Liu Tan meant that if Wei Deng could win over those people, he might be able to move from being a temporary leader to a real leader.
Liu Tan turned to look at Li Buyan and said, "The same applies to you. Your rank is not low, but you still lack the experience to manage a city. No matter how incompetent Gongsun Ao is, he has followed the army to war. Moreover, he was suddenly transferred back to Chang'an. He might be resentful. It may not be easy for you to go there. It all depends on you. But if they are too unreasonable, don't bear it alone. Just write to them and tell them what you have."
Li Buyan nodded vigorously, patted his chest and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely make them convinced."
Liu Tan was not worried, because Li Buyan came from a military family after all.
After he had discussed the matter for a while, he dismissed the court meeting and turned around to look for Lu Xuan.
I have to say, it really makes a difference whether that layer of paper is broken or not.
In the past, he also liked Lu Xuan, and he felt sad when they separated but didn't think it was a big deal. But now, when he thought that Lu Xuan would be leaving soon, he wanted to stick with Lu Xuan all the time.
If he didn't have a sense of responsibility, I'm afraid he wouldn't want to handle state affairs and would just want to leave them all to Huo Guang.
Lu Xuan was currently holding Gungun on his wooden horse, feeding him fruit. He looked up and saw Liu Tan approaching, and couldn't help but smile, "Is it over?"
Liu Tan nodded and was about to say something when Lu Xuan, as if knowing his thoughts, said, "If I have nothing to do with Wusun in the future, I will not attend the court meetings. It's not appropriate."
After all, it is the internal affairs of the Northern Border Country. His identity is awkward now. He is not one of them. If he is not one of them, he and Liu Tan... In short, it is better to avoid him.
Liu Tan walked over and hugged him and Gungun together, saying, "It's not like there's a court meeting every day."
After all, he is not a tyrant who loves beauty more than the country. Lu Xuan has a clear mind, so it is even less likely that he will be blinded by love.
Just as Lu Xuan was about to say something, Miao Rui came running over and said, "Your Highness, there's a letter from the Crown Prince."
After saying that, he handed over a letter. Liu Tan took it, opened it, and took a look. He couldn't help but shudder: "How did they know?"
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