Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 113: If you want to attract other people's attention, you have to put on a big show
One thousand taels.
Looking at the gold note that Xiao Muchu handed over, Li Si's body stiffened for a moment, then he took it as if he didn't care, put it in his arms without blushing or breathing heavily, and said lightly.
"If you have something to say, just speak up. Why are you being so polite?"
Seeing Li Si accepting the gold note, Xiao Muchu's smile deepened.
"Well, I knew that you, Brother Li, are not a person who would shy away from strangers."
As he said this, he put down his hand and said, " But Brother Li, I still need to take care of this matter."
"Of course." Li Si put on a look of obligation, put his arm around Xiao Muchu's shoulders, patted him solemnly and said.
"Just tell me what to do."
"Cough cough." Xiao Muchu coughed twice after being slapped, and then he gently pushed .
"The specific arrangements haven't been finalized yet. Why don't you think about it together, Brother Li?"
"Okay." Li Si could do anything as long as the money was in place. He sat down immediately, ready to come up with some ideas.
Looking at Li Si's eager look, Xiao Muchu opened the fan in his hand, smiled bitterly and shook his head. He thought that the money might be of some use to Li Si, but he didn't expect it to be so useful.
He sat back in his seat and considered the matter for a moment before continuing.
"Feng Yu Lou is only an organization after all, and is not suitable for direct conflict with the Jin Kingdom. So, openly, we will continue to prepare gunpowder, but secretly, we need you to ruin this matter, and in the end, let the Jin people know that it was you who ruined it."
"That's no problem."
Li Si waved his hand "magnanimously". Anyway, he had many grievances with the Kingdom of Jin. As the saying goes, too many debts will make you less worried, and too many lice will make you less itchy.
But soon, he thought of something else, looked at Xiao Muchu and asked, "What should we do with the gunpowder?"
Xiao Muchu's expression became more serious and he said, "This is the place that has not been decided yet."
The current plan is to destroy the gunpowder on the day Princess Chang'an sends the letter, but in this case, how to divert the attention of the Jin Kingdom to Li Si becomes another problem.
Seeing Xiao Muchu fall silent, Li Si frowned and thought for a while.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and said to Xiao Muchu with a smile.
"I do have a solution, but you have to change the way you handle gunpowder."
…
Wait until it's getting dark.
In the classroom, Li Si wrote the new way to deal with gunpowder on a piece of paper and handed it to Xiao Muchu.
Xiao Muchu took it with a frown, read it carefully several times, and then asked uncertainly.
"Are you sure that the gunpowder treated in this way won't hurt anyone?"
"As long as you don't point it at people." Li Si spread his hands casually.
What he taught Xiao Muchu was the method of making fireworks.
In his previous life, in order to occasionally be romantic, he learned some methods of making fireworks and even made a few himself, but he never thought that he would be able to use them at this time.
"Then." Li Si smiled mysteriously, approached Xiao Muchu and said.
"We just need to inform the court again and ask the emperor to cooperate with us."
…
At night, in the imperial study of the palace.
Li Shizong was still dealing with the day's official documents. He had to work on government affairs until very late almost every night. Especially in the recent period, he had to spend a lot of energy arranging matters related to correspondence in Chang'an and military marches in the north. Right now, he has been so busy that he has not slept for nearly two days.
Sometimes he really wanted to just fall asleep, but unfortunately he had to force himself to continue sitting at the table, because he was the emperor, and since he was above everyone else, he had to think about things that others could not think about.
Li Shizong raised his hand and rubbed his brow, then picked up another memorial book and prepared to open it and continue reading it, but at this moment, his hand suddenly stopped.
Then he raised his eyes and looked at the beam in the room. He was silent for a while, sighed, and spoke.
"Li Si, why are you in my study instead of enjoying yourself in the martial arts world?"
There was someone on the beam, Li Shizong could feel it, but why was it Li Si?
Because there is probably only one person in the world who could avoid the eyes of all the palace masters and come to the imperial study to find him quietly.
Even Li Shizong understood that the fact that he was able to discover him was probably intentional.
Sure enough, a moment later, a man in white fell from the beam, stood in front of Li Shizong, bowed and said.
"I, Li Si, pay my respects to His Majesty."
Looking at Li Si's respectful appearance, Li Shizong shook his head, put down the memorial in his hand and said.
"If you have something to say, just say it. I don't have much time to chat with you."
He didn't really care about the fact that Li Si could come and go freely in the palace, because Li Si didn't do anything except stealing things occasionally.
The second reason is that if Li Si really endangers the lives of the royal family, someone will naturally stop him, although that person will not appear under normal circumstances.
"Yes, Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work. I will try to be brief." Li Si smiled awkwardly, scratched his cheek, raised his head and said.
"I came here mainly to report something to you."
The candlelight flickered in the room. In the next half hour, Li Si told everyone about what happened between the Kingdom of Jin and Fengyu Tower, as well as his preparations.
There can be no concealment at this time, he knows this very well.
After he finished telling the whole story, Li Shizong had fallen into silence.
He was sitting at the desk, frowning and thinking. After a while, he slowly put his hands on the desk and said, "It seems that Jin Guo can no longer hold back."
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Si quickly bowed and flattered him.
Li Shizong rolled his eyes at his blunt flattery, then paused and spoke.
"You can go and do this, but you must let Yan Tingzhi go with you. I am worried about you going alone."
He did not hide the fact that he was indeed worried about Li Si. After all, that was enough gunpowder to blow up half of Chang'an.
Li Si curled his lips but didn't say anything, because it was understandable that others were worried about him.
Moreover, Yan Tingzhi is also his acquaintance, so he shouldn't cause any trouble.
"In addition." Li Shizong looked at Li Si and said, "When you go back, tell Xiao Muchu that Fengyu Tower should be more restrained. Sometimes, stretching one's hands too far is not a good thing."
"Yes, I understand." After hearing this, Li Si looked more serious and nodded in response.
"Okay." After saying this, Li Shizong waved his hand and said, "If there is nothing else, you can leave first. I have other things to deal with."
"Well, I'll take my leave." Li Si said, and disappeared in the room.
Watching Li Si leave, Li Shizong's eyes turned slightly cold.
"Jin Kingdom..."
