Zhang Xiaobao wrote down most of the methods that he and Wang Juan knew to extort a confession. He did not write about the drugs. The medical school was studying it and would give it to Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi should need it.
Zhang Xiaobao did not expect Gao Lishi to be like a saint. He only wanted him to be as loyal as possible and protect the Tang Empire as much as possible. Behind all the sunshine was darkness. It was the first time that he and Wang Juan used such a method.
Zhang Xiaobao heard from Wang Juan that Wang Maozhong looked down on eunuchs, just like how Zhang Shuo looked down on people who worked their way up from the bottom and did not have any literary skills.
So he did not agree. What was wrong with eunuchs? At least eunuchs would not rape good women. It was said that eunuchs treated their wives better than many normal people. Because of their physical defects and psychological pressure, they understood the difficulties of a woman better.
When Wang Juan heard Zhang Xiaobao's words, she said, "In fact, it is the same as a femme fatale. Men are not willing to admit their mistakes. What can they do? They push the blame to women. I remember a woman said that it was not because of love, but because she was wronged by the previous circumstances. Flowers will fall and bloom in their own time. It is always the East Emperor's fault. If you go, you will go eventually. How can you live? If you have a head full of flowers, don't ask where you go. It should be Yan Rui who said that.
I look down on such a man. Who should bear the responsibility? If you don't even have the courage to face the responsibility, what is the point of living? Eunuchs are the same, because many eunuchs have harmed the country. Indeed, after the Tang Dynasty, your godfather set the precedent for eunuchs to have great power.
Such things happened in various dynasties in the future. But if you really ask, are eunuchs more harmful to the country or normal people more harmful to the country? In many people's view, eunuchs should have no dignity. They are the kind of people who are very bad. What about Zheng He?
Because of this, Wang Maozhong looked down on your godfather. In the end, he was dealt with by your godfather. No matter how loyal he was, as long as the things he did were easy to be suspected, then it would be difficult to explain clearly. If Gao Lishi knew what we did, he would definitely be very happy, but we must not let him come forward.
Wang Maozhong is very good at raising horses, and he also has a close relationship with the two divisions' ten thousand riders. Especially since he is a great helper for Li Longji. This time, don't even think about defeating him. It's not the right time yet, but we must fight. We must show our might and let other people know that the Zhang Family and Wang Family are not pushovers who can be crushed as and when they want to, even if they are meritorious officials. "
Indeed, Zhang Xiaobao did not know about this matter. He had never learned about it, unlike Wang Juan who was doted on since she was young. She was a genius and knew a lot about certain things. After hearing Wang Juan's words, he said, "Is it really impossible to get rid of him?"
Wang Juan knew what kind of person Li Longji was, so she suggested to Zhang Xiaobao, "You can, as long as you're willing to hand over the technology of the repeating pistol and single-shot rifle that we've just developed. Li Longji doesn't care about meritorious officials. He'll do it even if you ask him to cut Wang Maozhong into pieces. Are you going to hand it over?"
Zhang Xiaobao shook his head vigorously. "I'm not a fool. I won't hand it over. No matter what, I won't hand it over. The secret with Lu Zhou must not be leaked out now. Unless we have more advanced weapons, then we can consider giving the original to others.
Without the deterrence of force, how can we live freely in this era? I don't want to have to kneel in front of Li Longji and beg for his help one day no matter how much I've been wronged. Who does he think he is? Is my dignity something that others can control?
I'm not using force to force him now because he's not bad now. When I play with him, I'll pretend to be a child and look cute. However, we'll grow up one day, and this game can't continue. Once Li Longji stops treating us as cute children, this game will be over.
If he gives us two sniper rifles, who in this world can say that they're safe? Cuckoo, I haven't asked you yet. Are you accurate with your gun? Why don't we have a competition sometime? "
"You're a man, yet you're bullying a little girl. Moreover, you're an underage little girl. How can you be so shameless? I can't shoot accurately. I can only shoot ten times while the target is moving. My best result is 92 points.
Wang Juan rolled her eyes at Zhang Xiaobao and told him her results.
"Are you serious? When the target is moving in the mountains and you're moving as well, you can hit 92 points with ten shots? Is it a shotgun? A distance of five meters. "Zhang Xiaobao knew what she meant. It was a blatant provocation.
"Why would I lie to you? I've been touching guns since I was young, and I've even been to the hospital. Do you think that you're the only one with talent and that everyone else is an idiot? I've been practicing shooting since I was six, and I've always suffered some minor injuries. I started using handguns that aren't too powerful to train my strength bit by bit. In the end, I switched to a rifle. I've been shooting for 24 years, so what do you think my standard should be?
When I was in the Central Military Academy, I could even perform simple psychological calculations based on my feelings. Otherwise, why do you think the Special Investigations Department would send me out to capture you? Don't the intelligence department know about your capabilities? Give me a handgun and I'll let you do some dodging actions. Why don't you try to flip over a wall in front of me? "
Wang Juan shook her head proudly and looked at her hands out of habit. When she saw that there weren't any calluses on her hands, she finally came out of her original world.
Zhang Xiaobao was indeed not as accurate as Wang Juan. He said unconvinced, "Then let's compete in the jungle. I don't believe that I can't conquer you. You … Eh? You look like you've developed quite well. No wonder that person said that. Let me take a good look. I reckon that you'll be able to … right? "
"Xiao Bao, you're a hooligan. Now I know. What do you want to do? Don't touch me. You're a child who doesn't know anything. If you continue like this, I'll really separate from you. "
Wang Juan was hugged in Zhang Xiaobao's arms. She twisted with all her might and said angrily, "I just want to experience it.
We've always been together, so I didn't notice. This isn't our time. There's actually a crime of rape between husband and wife. Besides, I've done nothing but hug. You're always hugging me at night, so I can't hug you during the day. Tell me, when should we get married? "
Zhang Xiaobao really didn't pay attention to Wang Juan's development in the past. Today, when he took a closer look, she was indeed different. She looked like a little beauty. Hugging Wang Juan in his arms, he realized that she was growing up bit by bit. It was the same for him.
"At least 16 years old. Otherwise, it'll be too harmful to the body. We have good nutrition, and we exercise regularly. We develop early. I reckon that by 16 years old, we'll be like an ordinary person at 20 years old. Aiya, why am I telling you this? Let go and talk about serious matters. I reckon that Li Longji is biased towards us and will find things for us to do.
For example, he clearly wants to help us, but he insists that we give him some benefits. Of course, it's fine if we don't give him any benefits, but the game between us won't be fun. Think about it, what benefits should we give him? Why do I feel that he's become a child the moment he meets us? "
Wang Juan really liked Zhang Xiaobao's embrace. She knew that Zhang Xiaobao also liked to be hugged by her. It was comfortable, but she couldn't do that now. As she spoke, she pushed Zhang Xiaobao away and began to talk about this matter.
"Cuckoo, let's not talk about Li Longji first. Let's talk about why Wang Maozhong's servant came this time. Doesn't he know the power of the Zhang Family and the Wang Family? That's impossible. Nowadays, as long as it's an official with some connections, who doesn't know the power of the Zhang Family and the Wang Family? Who would be at a loss after hearing about Between the Clouds and the Water?
If he knew about it, how could his servants not know about it? But his butler's eldest son still came, and the moment he arrived, he set his eyes on Cherries. Why do you think? I feel that we have to start from Cherries's abilities. Cherries can determine the temperature with her hands, and she's very proficient in breeding. At the very least, she's much more proficient than the people of this era.
The idea of using male livestock's sperm to breed with female livestock that have taken an aphrodisiac or estrogen was proposed by Cherries. We only talked about her ovulation and fertilization, but she already thought of reproducing during the unnatural estrus period.
I reckon that Wang Maozhong must have taken a liking to Cherries's talents, so he sent someone to woo her in hopes of getting Cherries to help him rear the horses. After all, he's in charge of the Great Tang's army, and that represents the mobility of the army.
Perhaps Wang Maozhong thinks too highly of himself, thinking that our servants aren't worth anything. Out of respect for him, we'll betroth Cherries to his butler's eldest son. But he doesn't know that our thoughts are different from his. Most of the time, we care more about our dignity.
Putting aside the fact that Cherries's talents can't be taught to others, even if she can, we can't let Cherries become a concubine. Besides, that brat isn't worthy of Cherries. His family is rich, but how much money do you think they have? Cherries should have at least 30,000 strings of cash now, right? "
Seeing that Wang Juan was getting down to business, Zhang Xiaobao began to talk about this situation. He analyzed human nature for Wang Juan. He was quite an expert in psychology. Of course, at this time, there was no fixed pattern of psychological changes. Psychology was not a dogma, but a study of psychological analysis. Every era was different, but the general idea was the same.
After hearing this, Wang Juan felt a sense of crisis. "In other words, he has set his eyes on us. It's just that he made a mistake in his judgment of the situation. He doesn't understand our personalities, and he doesn't understand the butler's eldest son very well. I think he didn't expect the butler's eldest son to provoke me."
"Exactly. So this time, if we don't use extreme measures, we can't beat him. You don't want to beat him down directly."
"Of course. What's the use of beating him down? There's still the other person, the leader of the Ten Thousand Riders. If I beat him up, the other person will definitely be unhappy. He'll think of ways to make trouble for me. If I beat the other person down, how can we still play this game?
The leader of the Ten Thousand Riders is also Li Longji's close vassal. If you beat up two people in a row, then we can just show our strength and end this game. Tell Li Longji, don't think too highly of yourself. We don't want to do anything to you.
I still want to play this game for a few more years. Once the two of them get married, they'll be finished. Tell me, what results can we achieve this time? "
Wang Juan told Zhang Xiaobao what she was thinking. She didn't want to use other methods immediately and wanted to rely on her age advantage.
"You want me to say it? I'm guessing that he'll tell Li Longji about how pitiful his subordinates are instead of reporting their grievances to the royal court. If that's the case, many of the ministers will know that he's clashing with our two families, and it's the kind of conflict that doesn't involve reason.
Even if he's Li Longji's favored vassal, he won't be able to withstand the attacks of the ministers. That's because many of them aren't Li Longji's original followers. They don't want the people from that time to be so impressive.
In the end, of course, we'll learn from him and complain about how wronged we are. Isn't this the rule of the game? We don't want to immediately reveal other things to others, so let's play together. I'm prepared to give him a benefit, which is a new technology.
We'll give him the improved version of the Kongming Lantern, which is the hot air balloon. In exchange for benefits, we'll make him favor us. With the efforts of Grandpa Bi and the others, we'll definitely be able to make Wang Maozhong reluctantly give up on his butler. This won't just be a matter of one servant.
Once others know that the reason for the conflict is because we tried to protect his servant and Wang Maozhong sent him away, it'll be a huge blow to him. What do you think our servants are thinking, and what do you think his servants are thinking? "
Zhang Xiaobao decided that since it was Wang Maozhong's men who made him unhappy, he wouldn't let them off so easily. Even though he only lost a servant, what he really lost was his prestige and the trust his subordinates had in him.
And his subordinates would be even more loyal.
Wang Juan didn't know if it would work, but she still agreed with Zhang Xiaobao's suggestion. She nodded and said, "Alright, let's do that. We'll go and make the hot air balloon now. We already have the technology, and we just need to put it into practice. What do you think we should do if Li Longji gets too excited and gets into trouble?"
"He's not a fool. How can he get into trouble before the technology is ready? It's easy for accidents to happen on a plane. There are so many leaders flying around. Just tell him not to get into the hot air balloon first. If he really wants to get into the hot air balloon, we can make a big airbag below. If he feels that something is wrong, he can just jump down. I don't think he dares to do that."
Zhang Xiaobao was very clear about this problem. He hugged Wang Juan tightly and pulled her out of the room. Wang Juan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was said that no matter how powerful a man was outside, once he met the woman he loved at home, he would become very attached to her. It seemed that this saying was true.
When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan asked people to develop the hot air balloon, Old Man Pi and the other two sent letters to Beijing one after another.
Of course, Wang Maozhong also knew that his servant was being carried back home.
On this day, Li Longji was watching a song and dance in Xingqing Palace. Gao Lishi went out in a hurry. When he came back, he looked like he wanted to say something.
When Li Longji saw Gao Lishi's expression, he knew that something was wrong. While watching the song and dance, he asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with Gao Lishi today?"
Gao Lishi was waiting for this sentence. He showed a sad expression and said, "My adopted son Xiao Bao is in trouble."
"Is it because he didn't control the new county magistrate well? It doesn't matter. It's time to deal with him. It doesn't matter if he dies. "Li Longji thought that it was this matter, so he said casually.
"Your Majesty, it's not this. After the new county magistrate He Yiwei came to Baoxin County, he actually changed. Xiao Bao and Cuckoo worked together to let him know the mistakes he made in the past. Now, his reputation in the county is very good. Every day, he has to tell the new county's situation to the people. The people are very supportive. Yes, he changed. I don't know what kind of tricks Xiao Bao and Cuckoo used."
Gao Lishi continued to talk. This time, Li Longji was also puzzled. He Yiwei knew that ordinary people couldn't control him unless they killed him. Why did he change after coming to Baoxin County?
Gao Lishi hurriedly explained the methods that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had used. He did not mention why he had said that he did not know what methods the two of them had used. Now, he knew everything.
Li Longji didn't have the time to find fault with Gao Lishi's words. After listening to Gao Lishi's words, he suddenly laughed out loud. "Capable minister, this is my capable minister. Xiaobao and Juanjuan knew that I didn't want them to kill people, but instead gave me a good official. They are indeed capable. Lishi, this is a good thing. Why did you say it was causing trouble?"
Li Longji was overjoyed. It was easy to deal with a person, but it was difficult to make a person good. He didn't expect that Xiao Bao and Cuckoo would understand his meaning. It was rare.
"Your Majesty, it's not just this matter. This is a small matter to Xiao Bao and Cuckoo. Isn't it just making an ordinary official into a capable minister? It's too ordinary, and the two of them can do it casually. It was someone who took a fancy to Cuckoo and wanted to take her as a concubine. He even used frivolous words. That insensible adopted son of mine didn't know how to calm down and beat him up. He almost killed him. It's all because of this subject's lack of discipline."
Gao Lishi's face was full of regret as he said sadly.
"Who dares to touch Cuckoo? Isn't that Xiao Bao's man? Why didn't he just beat him to death? Xiao Bao is too soft-hearted. Cuckoo was taken advantage of by others, so how could he spare her life? This won't do, I have to reprimand him. "
Li Longji had just finished rejoicing when he heard about this matter. The first thing that came to his mind was that his concubine was taken advantage of by others. This was too much. Who didn't know that Xiao Bao and Cuckoo were together? Furthermore, Cuckoo was a famous general of her generation. She wasn't bullied in Tubo, and now that she was back in Great Tang, she was taken advantage of?
"Your Majesty, it's fine if it's an ordinary person, but this time, it's Wang Maozhong, the eldest son of Lord Wang's butler. His leg was broken by Xiao Bao in a fit of anger, and both Xiao Bao and Cuckoo are worried about him. It's all this subject's fault." Gao Lishi continued to add fuel to the fire.
As expected, when Li Longji heard that it was Wang Maozhong, he paused for a moment. But when he heard that it was the butler's son, he said angrily, "Why didn't he break his neck? What is his family doing in Baoxin County instead of staying in their own home? "
At this moment, someone came to protect them. It was Wang Maozhong.
Li Longji was still fuming over this matter, and when he heard that the culprit was here, he bellowed, "Let him in."
How would Wang Maozhong know that someone was slandering him? The moment he entered, he kneeled in front of Li Longji and cried, "Your Majesty, please uphold justice for this subject. This subject's family has been beaten up by others, and they're on the verge of death. It's all because they provoked a little girl."
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