klisemfg Chapter 36 Are you two playing charades?
Chapter 36 Are you two playing charades?
The empress said slowly,
"We can just replace them with our own people. I have a group of people who are loyal to me. The manufacturing method of such weapons must not be revealed to the public. We must control it in the hands of our own people."
"That's fine. I'll leave this to you. After these crossbows are made, they must first be supplied to the security forces. We'll need to raid homes and arrest people later, which will inevitably require more effort from the security forces."
"Leave this to me?"
The empress looked at Shen Changgong with a strange expression.
"Are you assigning me tasks?"
"Isn't that possible? Everything I do is for your world. If you don't contribute, who will?
I'm tired, I'm going to go back and rest first, you can talk to me privately now."
Shen Changgong stood up, smiled brightly, turned and left.
Boys who love to laugh will not have too bad luck.
Gongsun Wan'er muttered,
"Tsk, he was so cold and ruthless just now, and in the blink of an eye he's smiling so happily. He's such a moody person."
"He's saying yin and yang to me, meaning I don't trust him and am plotting against him behind your back."
The empress curled her lips slightly. This little man has a lot on his mind.
She looked at the drawings on the table, asked Gongsun Wan'er to sit down, and said,
"Wan'er, tell me everything that happened today, starting from the beginning."
"From the beginning? It was basically like this: I went to find him, and he had just woken up and asked me what I was doing there. I told him I was sent by you to assist him.
Then he squinted his eyes and looked at me for a while, without saying a word, and went to wash his face.
The Empress sneered,
"Oh, he saw that I sent you to supervise him, so he was a little unhappy.
Go on. "
"Then he started drawing blueprints. I asked him what they were, but he wouldn't tell me. He just told me to find him a group of craftsmen who could forge weapons, as he wanted to expand the workshop of the Security Force.
After I asked him repeatedly, he told me that this is called a crossbow.
But... but after he finished drawing, he locked the drawings in the cabinet, then went to bed, and teased me a few words.
It was then that he suddenly changed his mind, took out the blueprints again, wrapped them in oilcloth, and wanted to give them to you."
The Empress thought about the whole process of this incident. After a moment, she put on an unfathomable smile and said,
"That's interesting. He's showing his loyalty to me. When I sent you over, he immediately understood my intention and designed this weapon. He originally planned to keep it for his own use to enhance the combat effectiveness of the security forces.
But afterwards he thought it over and felt that doing so would arouse my suspicion, so he temporarily changed his mind and handed this powerful weapon to me.
His meaning was very clear. He wanted to express that he and I stood firmly together.
He just mentioned his wife, meaning that he and I are husband and wife, and there is no need to be wary of or distrust each other. It will be beneficial for both of us if we work together.
He told me his thoughts through his actions."
Gongsun Wan'er was extremely shocked and said in amazement,
"No, Your Majesty, are you two playing a game of charades? You don't tell each other what's going on, but instead make the other person guess.
It was the same last time when you gave him the dragon robe. He didn't say anything, but you knew what to give him. You didn't say anything, but he knew how to use it.
It's the same this time. You two understand each other, but I'm stuck in the middle and know nothing.
Is there something you can't just say directly? Why do you have to keep testing and trying to confuse people like this?
"Haha, what's the point of saying it out loud? Besides, the last thing a person can trust is their mouth.
Wan'er, if you want to know what a person is thinking, you can't look at what he says, but look at what he does. Do you understand?"
"not understand."
Gongsun Wan'er is very honest.
The empress sighed,
"To be honest, it was indeed my fault. Originally, this world's affairs had nothing to do with him, but you dragged him into it. In order to protect himself and prove his usefulness to me, he proposed a series of plans.
Then he became the executor of the plan, helping me kill people and offending the powerful.
He has always been doing his best to help me, and even faced the danger of being assassinated.
I have done nothing for him, and I am wary of him and don't trust him, so it's no wonder he's unhappy."
Gongsun Wan'er was confused, but tactfully didn't say much.
She felt that the more she spoke, the stupider she looked.
This couple is more terrifying than the other.
"Wan'er, take him to the Shadow Guard tomorrow and let him take over. From now on, this department will obey his orders."
Gongsun Wan'er widened her eyes and said in surprise,
"Your Majesty, the Shadow Guards are the strongest assassination team given to you by the late emperor. They are also responsible for closely protecting your personal safety. If they were handed over to Shen Changgong..."
"Wan'er, he has no way out and no one to rely on. I am his only way out and support, but he doesn't trust me. If I don't trust him anymore, he will really become alienated from me and drift further and further away.
I cannot let such an important person not trust me.
Now, it is time for me to show my loyalty to him."
"You're expressing your loyalty to him? Isn't that betraying Tian Gang?"
In Gongsun Wan'er's understanding, only ministers should be loyal to their king, but there is no such thing as a king being loyal to his ministers.
"You don't need to ask too much. Isn't he good at assassination? He's the most suitable person to be the shadow guard.
Just take him there. He'll understand what I mean. He's very smart, much smarter than I thought."
"Oh."
Gongsun Wan'er nodded obediently.
This couple has been playing charades more than once or twice. I am the person who has the most contact with them, but I am the one who knows the least.
Then, Gongsun Wan'er began to tell the empress the details of Shen Changgong's battle with the assassin.
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Prince Rong's Mansion.
The obese Prince Rong was very sleepy and was snoring loudly, disturbing the sleep of the charming and enchanting concubine beside him.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. The concubine put on her clothes and went to check the door.
The man in black outside the door asked,
"Is the prince asleep?"
"Can't you hear the snoring when it's such a big deal?"
The concubine rolled her eyes at him in dissatisfaction, then tightened her clothes to cover her enchanting figure.
"Chief, our mission has failed."
The man in black said.
"Failed? More than 30 people went to assassinate Shen Changgong, and you all failed?"
The woman frowned and looked at the other person.
"We can't do anything about it. Shen Changgong is too good a fighter. He's more like an assassin than us, and he's more professional and ruthless.
Furthermore, after alerting the enemy this time, he will definitely attract attention, and it will be difficult to assassinate him in the future."
After thinking for a moment, the woman sneered and said,
"If force doesn't work, then let's try civil service. Doesn't Shen Changgong hate evil and like to arrest and judge people?
Then let's give him a case and see how he tries it!"