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Xiong Huai summoned the important ministers of the court.

"Zhuqing, Gongyin is unfortunate, and the widow is very sad, but the position of Gongyin is very important and indispensable, I don't know who Zhuqing is for?"

As he spoke, Xiong Huai turned his gaze to Prince Heng and asked, "Prince, I don't know who you think can take over the position of Gong Yin." ”

The crown prince Heng saw that his father was indeed the first to ask him, and he was prepared, so he immediately responded: "Father, the right gong is familiar with the fortifications, and his skills are exquisite, and he can even reproduce the wooden magpie made by the gong in the past.

Erchen thought that the right worker could take over the position of Gong Yin. ”

Before the prince's voice fell, Deng Lingguang immediately spoke: "King, the minister thinks it is impossible, Mu Que has been in ancient times, although he is extremely skillful, it is breathtaking.

However, this thing is useless to the people, useless to the country, and even the male loser who made the wooden magpie in the past was destroyed by the uselessness of this thing.

If now the king uses such useless things to reward the right workman and entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

This is to tell the wise men of the world that what they do can be rewarded even if they are useless to the people and useless to the country.

If this news spreads, the ministers fear that the wise men of the kingdom will no longer put their intellect in a place where it is useful for the people and the country, but will specialize in all kinds of things that are extremely clever and useless.

If intelligence is not used properly, there is no intelligence, and without intelligence, it will lead to the weakening of the country, and if the country is weakened, the enemy country will attack, and the enemy country will come and I will not have the intelligence to deal with it, and the army will be defeated and cut down.

This is the beginning of the death of the country. ”

These words suddenly made the right Gonggong's face dark, and the prince's face was gloomy, and at the same time, Xiong Huai and the others in the hall were dumbfounded.

Especially Xiong Huai, he looked at Deng Lingguang in a daze.

Before, when Deng Lingguang was young, Xiong Huai had always used him as his personal guard, and at that time, Deng Lingguang couldn't squeeze out a word all day long.

Later, Deng Lingguang became the general of the Guards, and he was also silent.

Now, Deng Lingguang has made a stabbing order, every time he comes to see him, he comes out to report the news, and he doesn't say anything else.

Originally, Xiong Huai thought that Deng Lingguang was a stuffy gourd, a person who could hide his words and keep secrets.

But now, Xiong Huai found out that he was wrong, and it turned out that this stuffy gourd in the past could also say so.

Xiong Huai sighed silently in his heart: Sure enough, there is no one who can't say it.

Just when everyone was shocked, Deng Lingguang spoke again: "King, in the past, when Bigan saw the king of the Zhou using an elephant chopstick, he knew that the merchant who died would be the king, not that the king of the Zhou died with an elephant chopstick, but that his mind changed."

Today, the right worker sacrifices the wood magpie to the king, which is to disturb my king's heart, and it is a bad intention, intending to lead my king and even my Chu country into the evil path.

Such sinister people are invited to be deposed by the king and the heart of the people. ”

On the other side, when Gong Yi heard that Deng Lingguang had beaten him into a villain who brought disaster to the country and the people, and even wanted to expel him, he immediately walked to the middle of the hall in horror and bowed for a long time: "King, wronged, the ministers have been Chu ministers for generations, although they are not good, but they will not plot against him." The reason why the minister offered the wooden magpie was because this thing was of great use, it could attack the city, it could attack the enemy's camp, and it was a sharp weapon on the battlefield, so he dared to sacrifice it to the king. ”

At this time, the prince arched his hand horizontally and said: "Father, this wooden magpie is useless or not, and there is no basis for his words, why not let the right worker give it a try." ”

When Gong Yizheng heard this, he immediately glanced at the prince gratefully.

What he was most worried about just now was that the King of Chu favored Deng Lingguang and didn't even give him a chance to show him, and then directly expelled him.

If this is the case, then the public loser will be finished, and Chu Mo's people will definitely take the opportunity to attack the public loser in order to avenge the public loser's suppression for two hundred years.

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at Prince Heng, then at Gong Zheng, and nodded: "Yes." ”

"King Xie!" As soon as Gong Yi heard the permission of the King of Chu, his heart was relieved, and after bowing again, he got up and went outside the hall to start preparations.

After the public loser left, the ministers in the palace began to discuss, and most of the people were sighing at the strange skill of the public loser to make the wooden magpie fly, and they were full of anticipation for the next viewing.

Soon after, Gong Zheng returned to the main hall again, and then saluted the king of Chu and said, "Great king, the fire magpie is ready, please come out of the palace to have a look." ”

"Good!" Xiong Huai responded with a smile, and then walked outside the hall with the ministers in the palace.

As soon as he arrived outside the hall, Xiong Huai immediately saw that three rows and ten columns of thirty tents had been set up in the distance, and fifty paces away from the tent group, there were ten soldiers holding wooden magpies and ten soldiers holding torches.

After watching it roughly, Xiong Huai knew what Gong Yi was planning to do.

But Xiong Huai didn't say anything, but instructed the public loser who was not far from him: "Right worker, let's start, the widow can't wait to see the magic skills of the former public loser." ”

Gong Zheng immediately replied, "Yes, my lord." ”

After saying that, Gong Cheng immediately walked quickly to the side not far from the soldier and shouted: "Turn the magpie's head." ”

When the ten soldiers with the wooden magpie heard this, they immediately began to turn their heads quickly.

Then, after all the soldiers had stopped, he spoke again: "Ignition." ”

When the other ten torched soldiers heard this, they immediately lit the long magpie tail with great speed.

At this time, Gong Zheng saw that all the tails of the ten wooden magpies were ignited, and immediately shouted: "Release!" ”

When the soldier who couldn't help it heard this, he immediately let go of the wooden magpie in his hand.

Then, ten magpies flew in unison, three of them to the left, two to the right, and one behind the soldiers. The remaining four wooden magpies flew forward, three of them flew thirty or forty steps, and then fell to the ground due to the fire of the wooden magpies, and only one of them successfully flew above the tent, and then the magpie body caught fire, and then fell to a tent with a full body of flames, and successfully set the tent on fire.

Seeing this, while the ministers were amazed by the flight of the wooden magpie, they also showed disdain.

At this time, Gong Yi was running back to the side of King Chu quickly, and then bowed down in shame: "Great King, ······ minister"

On the other side, Xiong Huai saw that Mu Que set fire to ten and only became one, and which one seemed to be lucky, and now the right worker was losing and was ashamed and embarrassed.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai turned back to Ling Yin Zhaoju and asked, "Ling Yin, how's it going?" ”

Zhao Ju looked at the Gong Zheng on the ground, and then glanced at the prince Heng on the other side of the King of Chu, and responded: "King, although Mu Que can fly, it can only fly fifty steps, and it is not as good as a bow and arrow. ”

Saying that, Zhao Ju arched his hand and said: "The king, the minister thinks that the right worker flatters the king, and he should be punished heavily." ”

"Not really." When Tang Yu on Zhao Ju's side heard this, he immediately objected: "Although the wooden magpie has flaws, its flight path is tortuous, and it is not as straight as a bow and arrow.

If it can be improved to allow the magpie to fly towards a fixed area, and increase the flight speed and distance of the magpie, this will have an unexpected effect in the camp battle. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he glanced at Tang Yu thoughtfully, and then looked at Gong Yi and said: "Xianqing, you said that this wooden magpie can be used to attack the city and attack the camp, so I don't know if the wooden magpie is difficult to make?" ”

When Gong Yi heard this, he immediately responded: "King, although the wooden magpie is exquisite, the production is not complicated, a skilled craftsman can make more than ten or even dozens a day." ”

"Oh, how much does that cost?"

"Back to the king, it's not expensive, it's lower than a bow and crossbow, and it's higher than an arrow."

"The cost is so low, and it's common to think about the materials you need!"

"The king is wise, all you need to make a wooden magpie are ordinary shin horn bamboo leaves, which is very ordinary."

"Okay." Xiong Huai nodded, and then spoke: "Although the wooden magpie is slightly flawed, but it is novel, there is still room for improvement, and the widow hopes that after the right worker is promoted to Gongyin, he can continue to improve the wooden magpie, so that the wooden magpie can fly higher, faster, and farther." ”

"Gong Yin..." When Gong Yi heard this, he looked at the King of Chu in surprise and said, "The king is saying..."

Xiong Huai smiled: "Xianqing, from now on, you will be my Chu Guogong Yin." ”

When Gong Yi heard this, he thanked him with great joy: "Thank you, King!" ”

And just when the public was losing and thanking him, the prince was overjoyed, but Yin Zhaoju shook his head and sighed.

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