"Is the foreign relative... He Jin?" Zhang Huang asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, when Ma Yuanyi heard this, he looked at Zhang Huang in surprise, as if he was surprised that Zhang Huang, the little ghost who had just arrived in Luoyang, also knew He Jin's reputation. However, he shook his head and denied: "Although He Jin was a butcher, he did not know the general, and his relatives were also greedy for money, he himself was a self-disciplined person... The relative I mentioned was Dong!"

[It's not He Jin?]

Zhang Huang couldn't help but be surprised and asked in confusion, "Brother Yuanyi, who are you talking about Dong?"

"It's the Donghou branch of Hejian, who is the mother of Liu Hong today." Ma Yuanyi curled his lips and cursed in a deep voice, "That woman is not a good thing!... In the early years, Liu Hong promoted wood and soil in the palace, which made the inner treasury empty. It was the woman who instigated Liu Hong to sell official positions to make money."

Xu Fu was stunned by Ma Yuanyi's unconcealed insults, while Zhang Huang was quite interested in what Ma Yuanyi said. After all, in his impression, there was nothing about Dong's family, just that Dong's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, He Jin's sister, Empress He, who failed and was killed on his way back to his hometown in Hejian by He Jin. That's all.

"I have any sons when I have any. The two of them were afraid of being poor since childhood. Therefore, after Liu Hong was lucky enough to become the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he built buildings everywhere and was extravagant... I pity my country for four hundred years, and was corrupted by it!" When he said this, Ma Yuanyi slapped the table in anger.

"Is Dong's power very powerful in Luoyang?" Zhang Huang asked with a frown.

Ma Yuanyi nodded, took a deep breath, and after calming his mind, he slowly said, "In the early years, the Dong family was extremely powerful, but in recent years, He Jin's power has become increasingly powerful, and the Dong family gradually found it difficult to suppress He Jin. However, it was difficult for He Jin to eradicate the Dong family. After all, there were eunuchs who depended on the Dong family... By the way, most of the ten regular attendants you mentioned were also dependent and were better than those of the Dong family." As he said that, he briefly explained to Zhang Huang and others about the relatives.

After hearing Ma Yuanyi's explanation, Zhang Huang realized that the foreign relatives did not refer to He Jin's branch, but also the Dong clan with deeper roots. Compared with He Jin's success because his sister was favored by Liu Hong, Dong clan was the old foreign relatives in the Luoyang royal capital before He Jin's emergence. Even the arrogant and domineering Jinwu Guards that Zhang Huang and others saw today were also from the government office under the command of Dong Hou's brother Dong Chong. In addition, Dong Hou's nephew Dong Chong, who served as the General of the Cavalry in the court, was He Jin's biggest enemy at present.

"It turns out that there are also struggles among the relatives..."

Taishi Ci murmured to himself, he originally thought that the foreign relatives were referring to which one, but he didn't expect it to be two.

"Fight? How not to fight!" Ma Yuanyi sneered and mocked, "The Dong family is greedy. For example, He Jin is still clean and has never got a share of the pie in selling official porridge... But recently, He Jin has not had a good life."

The black-feathered crows couldn't help but wonder when they heard this. They thought that Ma Yuanyi had just said that the power of the Dong family was getting weaker and weaker, and the He Jin lineage, as a new relative of the foreign country, was getting stronger and stronger. Why was He Jin's life difficult?

As if seeing the doubts of everyone, Ma Yuanyi chuckled and explained, "That's right. In the early years, Liu Hong favored He Meiren, so He Jin also became a great success. He was born as a butcher. During this period, Dong made trouble for He Jin many times, and they were blocked by Liu Hong, who loved He Meiren. However, over the years, He Meiren has gradually become less dazzling and charming, so Liu Hong's love for him has become less and less... Do you hear that Liu Hong built the Wangshuhe Pavilion in the palace and played with Qianli's palace maids in the pond every day? Compared to those girls, He Meiren is now considered a selves? What's more, He Meiren killed Wang Meiren in order to compete for favor... Dong Hou, He Meiren is just a feather!"

"So that's it!" Xu Fu nodded convincingly.

At this time, Ma Yuanyi continued to say. "Liu Hong's favor for Meiren He was not as good as before. Who would have thought that Meiren He wanted his son Liu Bing to inherit the throne? But Liu Hong loved Liu Xie, who was born by Meiren Wang, even more. Do you think He Jin's life would be better?"

"Why is it hard?" Li Tong and Chen Dao couldn't understand after listening for a while.

"Don't you understand?" Xu Fu sneered at the helplessness of the two brothers, "The emperor no longer favors the He family. Once the emperor dies one day, He Jin, who is a general, holds tens of thousands of military power, will inevitably be killed. In addition, if the emperor does not kill He Jin before his death, He Jin will destroy the Dong family. This is just a power dispute between the palaces."

"Not bad!" Ma Yuanyi looked at Xu Fu with praise and nodded, "It was General Dong Chong, who was trying to kill He Jin again and again. Now, He Jin, who has been in full swing for thirty years, has been in Hexi for thirty years, and has a strong wings. But he dare not move lightly at the moment... If he killed Dong Chong at this time, he would give the Dong clan and Liu Hong a legitimate reason to eradicate him."

"Who is more powerful in He Jin or the Dong clan?" Zang Ba asked in a deep voice.

Ma Yuanyi touched his chin and thought, "It's hard to say. Although General He Jin is in charge of tens of thousands of Northern Army in the suburbs of Beijing, the power of the Dong family should not be underestimated. The Weiwei, Lieutenant, and Tingwei are all from the Dong family. Even eunuchs like Zhang Rang were born with the Dong family... It's a 55-5-year-old." After a pause, Ma Yuanyi added, "It's rumored that Liu Hong's physical condition has been getting worse in recent years, and I'm afraid it won't last long... It depends on whether Qi Bintian can kill He Jin's lineage at this time."

Zhang Huang lowered his head and thought for a moment. He still vaguely remembered that before Liu Hong died, he had indeed entrusted his loyal confidant official Jian Shuo to find a way to get rid of He Jin. At that time, Jian Shuo was the leader of the Xiyuan Guard. Even Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, the future overlords, were also one of the eight Xiyuan Captains under this man. Unfortunately, Jian Shuo was not secretly planning, and there was also a Sima and He Jin under him named Pan Yin and had old friends, so he asked He Jin to leave quickly. Otherwise, He Jin would be killed by the knife handed over by Jian Shuo before his death.

Because history is used as proof, Zhang Huang also thinks that Ma Yuanyi's speculation is very accurate, and General He Jin's situation in recent years is probably not too optimistic.

However, it is probably too early to discuss these days. After all, everything happened after the Taipingdao rebellion. Only then will the momentum of General He Jin reach its peak, which will arouse suspicion and uneasiness of Emperor Liu Hong.

Compared with these, Zhang Huang was even more curious about the strange balls floating above the Luoyang King Capital that he had seen today. God knew when the Han Dynasty had this kind of cross-age technology.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huang asked Ma Yuanyi, "What exactly are those balls?"

After hesitating for a while, Ma Yuanyi spit out a noun that surprised Zhang Huang.

"armillary sphere!"

"Armilled celestial sphere?" Sure enough, Zhang Huang was stunned and asked in surprise, "Isn't that what is used to measure celestial phenomena?"

Ma Yuanyi looked at Zhang Huang and asked in surprise, "Have you heard of it?"

Zhang Huang nodded.

Fortunately, Ma Yuanyi did not ask Zhang Huang how to learn about the amillary sphere. He let out a sigh and nodded, "At first, the 'Mu Sheng' Zhang Heng and Zhang Pingzi, a native of Nanyang, did create the armillary sphere as you said, used to survey the celestial phenomena. But then, the Mos and Confucians improved it. While using it to survey the celestial phenomena, they also surveyed every move in Luoyang City. The royal family, gentry, gentry, and people were all within their survey."

[Another Mohist Confucianism?]

Zhang Huang didn't feel frowned. You know, he had heard about Mo and Confucianism countless times.

"Can you tell me in detail?" Zhang Huang asked curiously. He was very interested in an armillary sphere, a product that obviously surpassed the Han Dynasty's technology.

Ma Yuanyi shook his head and said with a wry smile. "I can't tell the specific reason, I only know that it was made by Mos and Confucians... I can't figure out how those iron and wood lumps can float in the air like birds?"

[It should be anti-gravity…]

Recalling the amphibious sphere landing in front of them today and then floating in the sky, Zhang Huang secretly guessed. However, the result obtained from the guess made him a little unbelievable. After all, anti-gravity is a top technology technology even in later generations, and it cannot be applied to reality, at least it cannot rise and fall freely like the armpitious sphere he saw.

[Is the technology of this era even more outstanding than that of later generations?]

Zhang Huang couldn't believe his conclusion and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

"Little brother is interested in this?" Ma Yuanyi looked at Zhang Huang with a meaningful look.

Zhang Huang didn't pay attention and shrugged and said, "That novelty is naturally something I want to look at."

"It's not impossible to see the previous view..."

"Eh?" Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi in surprise and asked in surprise, "Can you be brother Yuanyi, you..."

Ma Yuanyi took all the shocked eyes of the Black Feather Crows, smiled and said, "Follow me!"

As he said that, he led Zhang Huang and others through the hall and to the innermost secret room. He pushed open the secret room and saw a huge ball in the secret room for a moment, exactly the same as what Zhang Huang and others saw today.

"This..." Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi in shock, secretly surprised that Ma Yuanyi had a way to get an armillary sphere.

Ma Yuanyi, who was holding the oil lamp, seemed to see the shock in Zhang Huang and others. He placed the oil lamp in his hand on the table beside him, then stroked the surface of the amillary sphere, and sighed, "For such a big bump that I don't know whether it is iron, stone or wood, I sacrificed many of my brothers..."

[…]

Xu Fu looked at Ma Yuanyi in surprise. You should know that Ma Yuanyi used to claim to be a businessman who came to Luoyang to do business, but now, Xu Fu is increasingly suspicious of his statement. After all, why do serious businessmen build secret rooms in their mansions? Why should they sacrifice themselves to seize an armillary sphere of the imperial court in order to survey the entire city?

When Xu Fu secretly guessed Ma Yuanyi's true identity, Zhang Huang could no longer help but be curious and looked up the armillary sphere. Unlike the large spheres that he had just seen that could float and rotate, the armillary sphere in front of him was obviously malfunctioning, and it was still motionless and was placed there like a dead object. If Zhang Huang had not witnessed the intact armillary sphere with his own eyes, otherwise it would be hard for him to imagine that this large sphere actually contained technology far beyond contemporary times.

"You guys killed it?" Zhang Huang asked, stroking the knife marks on the big round ball.

Ma Yuanyi nodded and said a little embarrassedly, "I wanted to knock down one and take a look, but I didn't want to know where it broke, so I won't move."

"Let's take a look." Zhang Huang looked up and down the damaged armillary sphere and found Mo Ru's notes from the surface without surprise.

Luoyang Confucian Academy, made by one branch of Mo and Confucianism, Jiujiu.

[Jiujiu? And the number?]

Zhang Huang shook his head with a chuckle, and then he paid more attention to observing.

It is somewhat similar to the armillary sphere he remembers, but it is different. The surface layer of this large sphere is composed of countless iron rings of different sizes. According to Zhang Huang's vision, the iron ring on the outermost layer is about one inch wide and has a diameter of about three feet. The iron ring on the inner layer is smaller by the outer layer, whether in width or diameter. Zhang Huang checked for a while and found that he could not even dismantle the large sphere. To be more precise, there are no screws or other things on it, as if the whole sphere was made of measuring body, and was wrapped in iron rings layer by layer after the manufacturing process and welded directly, without the possibility of dismantling.

"Will it be forcibly demolished with iron cutting?" Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi.

A few embarrassing expressions appeared in Ma Yuanyi's eyes, and he frowned and said, "I'm afraid I'll hurt the inside, so I dare not try it."

Zhang Huang nodded. He knew Ma Yuanyi's identity, so he was not surprised why Ma Yuanyi wanted to find a way to dismantle it. He just wanted to steal Moru's technology. Unfortunately, the product of this Moru was beyond his imagination, but even Zhang Huang felt that he had no idea how to start.

Suddenly, Zhang Huang's expression changed slightly, and he looked at the strange symbols carved on the iron rings.

"These symbols are..." Zhang Huang was shocked in his heart as he stroked the strange symbols.

[Why do Mos and Confucian things have Taoist symbols engraved on them?]

Zhang Huang suddenly remembered that the dark blue strange symbols on the intact armillary spheres he had seen today seemed to be these.

Although he could not crack what the strange symbols on the ring meant, he was sure that they were the symbols of the Taoist dynasty of Xuanmen.

"Secrets of Taoist patterns!"

Ma Yuanyi's words affirmed Zhang Huang's guess.

[Mo and Confucianism...have any magic from Xuanmen Taoism?]

Zhang Huang stood up and tapped the surface of the large ball with his hands. He was now sure that Mohism and Confucianism, which transcend the times, were most likely involved in some secret techniques that were secretly passed down by the Taoist sect.

If Ma Yuanyi hadn't cared about this big ball very much, Zhang Huang really wanted to force it to disassemble it and see what was inside it so that it could be called a pile of iron weighing hundreds of pounds, and it would be suspended easily and freely. (To be continued...)
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