This traveler only wants to choose the lowest difficulty

Chapter 293
With the sound of drums coming from the end of the Chang'an market, all the officials in the Taishi Bureau who had been busy all day got up to take a breath. Walked out of his room, went out and boarded his carriage.

"Master Jiancheng, are you going home?"

"Yeah, I'm going to see a friend." Du Wang responded to those subordinates who greeted him with a smile, and put down the car curtain, but his face was a little distressed.

"Go to Li Chunfeng's house." He said to the coachman.

Under the control of the coachman, the carriage ding ding dong dong drove towards Li Chunfeng's mansion.

"This Li Chunfeng!" Du Wang couldn't help muttering.

Half a month ago, Li Chunfeng suddenly sent his servants to the Taishi Bureau to ask for leave, saying that Mr. Li was unwell and wanted to rest at home for a few days. As a well-known alchemist in Chang'an, Li Chunfeng was originally a key technical talent in the Taishi Bureau. Du Wang didn't dare to make too many demands on him, so he agreed, but he didn't expect that after half a month, Li Chunfeng had no news at all, as if he had disappeared.Absent from work to such a degree, even if he had a good reputation in Chang'an, Du Wang could not accept it.

"Today I am going to Li Chunfeng's mansion to see what this guy has been doing at home for more than half a month!"

The carriage came all the way to the house where Li Chunfeng lived, and Du Wang got out of the car and took a look at the spacious mansion, feeling a little envious in his heart.

After all, he is a well-known alchemist in Chang'an, and his income is much higher than that of his boss who can only get a salary. To be able to set up such a house in Chang'an City is something Du Wang himself cannot envy.

Du Wang followed his servant to the side door of the house with his hands behind his back. The servant hurried up and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened, and an old servant came out to look at the two of them and asked, "Who is here?"

Du Wang said directly: "Taishi Bureau, Taishi Supervisor Du Wang, is your master at home?"

The old servant heard that it was Li Chunfeng's boss who came, so he quickly put on a respectful expression, nodded and said: "The master said that if someone from the Taishi Bureau comes to him, he can go in directly." "

"What is your master doing at this time?"

"Master is busy in the courtyard at this time."

"Busy?" Du Wang couldn't help frowning, didn't he say that Li Chunfeng was ill?Why are you busy there again? It can be seen that there is no doubt that he is pretending to be sick.

"Take me in quickly to meet your master."

The servant nodded, and at the same time ordered a young man next to him to go in to inform Li Chunfeng, and at the same time politely led Du Wang into the house.

Soon Du Wang saw Li Chunfeng in the courtyard who was busy with his buttocks pouting. When he saw Li Chunfeng, he saw that Li Chunfeng was hunched over, trying to adjust something carefully in front of a barrel-shaped instrument, with one eye still fixed on it. Looking at the small disc under the instrument, Du Wang became even more angry when he saw him like this. He looked a little sick.

"How is General Shiro in recent days?"

Hearing Du Wang's question, Li Chunfeng seemed to show a pleasant smile, but he didn't have the idea of ​​raising his head from the instrument at all. coming."

Du Wang frowned: "Didn't Jiang Shilang say he was sick? Judging by your complexion, you seem to be quite healthy."

Li Chunfeng didn't answer, and Du Wang couldn't help getting angrier. He took two steps forward and looked at the instrument, only to see that the main body of the instrument was a rather large barrel, which looked like a bamboo tube, but upon closer inspection it was It was knocked out of an iron sheet, and Du Wang took a closer look and found that there was a large crystal in front of the barrel. Seeing this crystal, Du Wang couldn't help but take a deep breath. It is obvious that such a large crystal can be used. It's not cheap. Du Wang looked at the sky and the instrument, and he could probably guess that Li Chunfeng was using this instrument to observe the stars in the sky, but he didn't quite understand the principle of this thing and how effective it was. Asked Li Chunfeng: "What are you busy with at home these days, my lord? "

Li Chunfeng stared at the observation plate under the instrument with one eye, and kept turning the tube left and right with his hands, whether he was looking for the best angle. Hearing Du Wang's question, his answer this time was quite meaningful. : "I'm observing the Taibai star below."

"Taibaixing..." Hearing this word, Du Wang's original sneering expression subsided.

If it wasn't for the people in the Taishi Bureau, they might not have responded to this word, but as the chief officer of the Taishi Bureau, Du Wang knew that one of the major emergencies that the Taishi Bureau had to deal with in the first half of this year was to explain Taibai Xing's strange activities.

At the beginning of the year, the Taibai star appeared in the sky many times during the day, and the light was still clearly visible even under the sunlight.The strange scene of the Taibai star shining on the sun naturally aroused the shock of the people in Chang'an, and the Taishi Bureau also received an order to explain this phenomenon accordingly.

Taibai star is whitish in color among the five planets, and the five planets belong to the five elements, so stargazers believe that the white Taibai star should be the main gold, so Taibai star is also called Venus.

Venus often appears and disappears around the sun, and the distance from the sun seems to be far closer than other planets. The best time to observe is also at dawn, and it is also the brightest star visible to the naked eye in the sky except the moon, the sun The yang dominates men, so astrologers at this time often think that Venus, which accompanies the golden sun and glows white, is the guardian star of women.And the explanation given by the Taishi Bureau for this strange phenomenon of Venus appearing in the daytime in the early years of Zhenguan is the three characters "female Sanchang" from divination.

A while ago, Du Wang just submitted the results of the Taishi Bureau. According to the results, this is a sign of the rise of one or a group of women in the Tang Dynasty.

The explanation submitted now has not received any response, but this makes Du Wang a little nervous, because Du Wang really can't think of what event he can respond to the fact that women can rise in the Tang Dynasty, and the result of this divination has not yet been known to the world. It is well known that divination has been one of the causes of folk rumors and turmoil in the world since ancient times, and divination with such weird conclusions is obviously easier to be spread and attached to by the people of the world. Now Du Wang only hopes for this matter It can just end silently like this. After all, there are so many supplements made by the Taishi Bureau every year. As long as they are not used as articles, or because of some strange things that are widely circulated, they may not be recognized by the public in the end. Knowing and avoiding bad influence, Du Wang couldn't imagine how many rumors would be caused in the market if the result spread in a few days.

What Li Chunfeng was observing was actually Venus, and Du Wang couldn't help but look serious. Could it be that Li Chunfeng stayed at home for half a month not because he was passive and sabotage, but because he discovered the specific reason for this strange activity of Venus?Thinking of Li Chunfeng's great reputation, Du Wang couldn't help but look forward to it. If Li Chunfeng can fully explain the event that Venus appeared during the day, such as the rise of Yin Qi in the past few days or the corresponding earthquake somewhere in the world, etc., Then report this conclusion, then Taishi Bureau, this time the risk of spreading rumors can be completely eliminated.

He hurriedly asked Li Chunfeng with a straight face: "Master Li, have you observed anything from Venus in the past few days?"

Li Chunfeng nodded when he heard the words, and then said: "Now I have finally figured out the reason why Venus appears in the daytime."

Du Wang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and pointed at the strange instrument in front of Li Chunfeng and asked, "Is it using this kind of tube to see it?"

Li Chunfeng nodded with a smile. At this moment, he seemed to have finally found the position of Venus, clapped his palms, stood up and cupped his hands to Du Wang.

"Venus was found using this instrument."

Du Wang looked at the simple astronomical telescope in surprise, "Then, can Master Li talk about the reason why Venus appears in the daytime these days?"

"Ah, because Venus is at perihelion these days, and the orbital angle between it and the earth happens to be relatively small, so it will be particularly bright when observed from the earth."

Du Wang nodded and thought about it for a long time.

"and then?"

"And then there's no more..."

Du Wang looked at Li Chunfeng, blinked, and then his smile froze.

(End of this chapter)