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Chapter 891: Chapter 33: Black Fire Weapons
During this period, Zhao Yao was not at the Han Prince Mansion, but stayed in the North Mountain of the Swamp Prefecture.
The geographical location of the North Mountain is special, with a natural barrier, making it the most suitable place for "unseeable" experiments. Before the Lantern Festival, Zhao Yao continuously blasted the Alchemy Furnace and finally succeeded in concocting the Black Fire. Now, he is working on the Black Fire in the laboratory inside the North Mountain Cave.
A few days ago, due to the death of the deposed Crown Prince’s family, Zhao Yao did not come to the North Mountain to conduct Black Fire experiments. These days, Zhao Yao completely forgot about the tragic death of the deposed Crown Prince’s family and focused entirely on creating Black Fire Weapons.
Zheng Cheng followed Zhao Yao to the North Mountain Cave, while the matter of building the Water Wheel was left to the people below.
He Lianfang originally planned to go to the North Mountain with Zhao Yao, but Zhao Yao said there might be dangers during the process of making Black Fire Weapons, so he did not allow him to follow. Moreover, someone needed to stay in the Han Prince Mansion; if Wen Daoji and Zheng Qian or any officials had matters to discuss, they could consult with He Lianfang.
In the study, He Lianfang was reading the messages sent from the capital. After reading them, he burned the letter in his hand over the candle flame.
At this time, a figure emerged from the darkness. He bent over, and in a respectful tone reported to He Lianfang, "There are no anomalies with Prince Han."
"No anomalies?" He Lianfang slightly raised his eyebrows, looking somewhat incredulous, "He hasn’t secretly contacted Prince Chu or Prince Wei?"
The figure replied, "No, Prince Han has not contacted anyone."
He Lianfang narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression indistinct: "This boy hasn’t contacted anyone in the capital?"
"I am certain that not only has Prince Han not contacted anyone in the capital, but he also hasn’t contacted those in Yangzhou."
"That doesn’t make sense. With his temperament, he would definitely try to secretly find out the truth about the deposed Crown Prince’s family’s death behind my back, it’s impossible for him to remain indifferent." He Lianfang thought perhaps what he said that day scared the boy, so much that he didn’t dare do anything? That’s impossible; the boy isn’t that cowardly.
"Prince Han and Mr. Zheng have been working day and night on the Black Fire Weapons." The figure did not tell He Lianfang that Zhao Yao had covered himself in soot from the constant experiments with Black Fire Weapons these past two days.
"Did I really scare him?" Actually, the things He Lianfang said that day were not meant to scare Zhao Yao, but to provoke him; he didn’t expect it to backfire.
The figure knew what surprised He Lianfang, and after thinking, said, "Master, Prince Han detests the fight for the throne."
"Of course I know he dislikes it, but I thought he would care about the deposed Crown Prince’s family being harmed and would certainly investigate it secretly with Prince Chu and the others." Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, the boy really doesn’t care about the matter of the deposed Crown Prince’s family. This doesn’t align with the boy’s usual behavior.
It seems, in the boy’s mind, the death of the deposed Crown Prince’s family is far less important than not getting involved in the fight for the throne. He miscalculated.
The figure asked, "Master, should we still keep an eye on Prince Han?"
He Lianfang waved his hand and said, "No need."
The figure continued to ask, "Master, should we continue to watch Prince Chu and Prince Wei?"
"Keep watching them."
The figure was about to say more when another figure appeared; it was one of the Hidden Guards beside Zhao Yao.
Seeing the Dragon Guards appear so arrogantly before him, a trace of coldness flashed in He Lianfang’s eyes.
The Dragon Guard took out a letter from his chest and handed it to He Lianfang, saying, "General He, this is a letter from the emperor for you."
When He Lianfang heard it was a letter from the emperor, he was not surprised at all. He expressionlessly took the letter, lowered his head and opened it to take a look. After reading it, his face immediately turned gloomy, exuding an intimidating aura.
The Dragon Guard was not afraid of the cold and intimidating aura emitted by He Lianfang at all. Seeing He Lianfang had finished reading the letter, he relayed the emperor’s messages to He Lianfang.
"General He, the emperor said this must not happen again. If you commit another act to harm the prince, don’t blame the emperor for being unkind." The Dragon Guard continued, "The emperor also said, you should be aware of his temper and methods. The emperor also warns you not to forget your duty is to support Prince Han. If you forget your duty, the emperor doesn’t mind replacing you to help Prince Han. The emperor also said, weigh your worth, you are not irreplaceable."
After hearing the Dragon Guard’s words, He Lianfang’s face turned terrifyingly dark.
"General He, the emperor advises you to act properly." The Dragon Guard further said, "The emperor instructed me to remind you, Prince Han is not a fool, and don’t assume that the things you do are invisible to him. If Prince Han finds out about your plans with the emperor, then you should know what consequences to expect."