Hearing Chang Sheng's words, everyone looked at each other and frowned in silence. Everyone knew that the Japanese pirates' large-scale infiltration was aimed at the Chinese Dragon Vein, and the Dragon Vein continuation map had been stolen by Chang Sheng before. The map in the Japanese pirate's hands at this time was Fake, if the Japanese pirates realize that there is something wrong with the dragon vein continuation map in their hands, it may cause a series of variables.
Changsheng knew what everyone was thinking, so he spoke in a low voice. While sorting out his own thoughts, he also helped Datou and others sort out their thoughts. "Once they suspect that the map is fake, they will try their best to confirm the authenticity of the map. Although the fake map is enough to confuse the fake map with the real one." , but they always have a way to determine its authenticity, so as long as they are suspicious, they will definitely be able to confirm that the map is fake."
Changsheng paused for a moment before continuing, "As long as they are sure that the map is fake, they will be able to guess that my senior sister and I teamed up to switch the map, so my senior sister will definitely be in danger. If I guessed If it’s true, she has probably been captured by the Japanese pirates now.”
Everyone knew that Chang Sheng had not finished speaking, so they naturally did not interrupt him midway. Chang Sheng continued, "As far as I know, the Japanese country is not big. For them, thousands of warriors are almost in full force, so they will never be captured because of the map. After dropping the bag and giving up halfway, they will definitely try to find the real map next, and the real map is in my hand now, so they will probably attack me."
Everyone nodded after hearing Chang Sheng's words.
Changsheng continued, "Don't nod your head in a hurry. I only said that they might attack me, but I didn't say that they would definitely attack me, because the map was originally placed in a hairpin, and that hairpin did not belong to Qin Shi. The object was made by the Iga family of the Japanese country. This means that the map was put into the hairpin by the Japanese pirates. Before putting the map into the hairpin, the Japanese pirates probably left a copy, because this map is extremely important to them, and they do not want to Allow surprises on the map.”
"It makes sense." "What you say makes sense."
Changsheng said again, "So once they find out that there is something wrong with the map, they will not only attack me, but also send people back to Japan to get the spare copy. Their real purpose of attacking me is not to force me to hand over the map, but to paralyze me. I, let me think that as long as I don't hand over the map, they will have no way to find the twelve earthly branches. Once I have this idea, I will not rush to do it, and they can calmly find the twelve earthly branches without our obstruction. Earthly Branches and the Legendary Golden Dragon.”
After Chang Sheng said this, everyone nodded again.
Changsheng gathered his thoughts and continued, "I originally thought we could hold on from Chang'an until the end of the year, but now it seems we may have to leave early."
The big head nodded and said, "Sir, they are obviously here for our mount tonight. I feel that their blaming Qian Zhonglin is only secondary. The main thing is to destroy our mount. They just lit it on their bodies." The gunpowder then went directly towards the horse. I didn’t want to blow up anyone, I just wanted to blow up the horse.”
"Yes," Changsheng nodded, "and they were determined to win. If I hadn't returned suddenly and bumped into them by chance, Mr. Hei and the three sweaty horses would have been killed by them."
"Alas," Shi Xuanming sighed and shook his head, "Although the BMW is good, it is a drag. As long as they are concerned about it, you will have to be on guard at all times in the future. It is very tiring."
"You really got a bargain and behaved well," Datou curled his lips and said, "One day of running with a sweaty horse is equivalent to three days of running with an ordinary horse. The places we will go to in the future will be far away, and bumping and dilly-dallying on the road will be even more tiring."
"With its advantages, there must be disadvantages," Changsheng said, "These horses are extremely important to us. With these horses, we can not only save some time on the road, but also be one step ahead of the enemy in critical moments, and we can run wildly in critical moments. Breakthrough, so the benefits these horses bring to us far outweigh the burden they bring to us."
With the support of Changsheng, Datou continued to tease Shi Xuanming, "That's right, five hundred thousand taels is under your ass. You really don't know how lucky you are in the midst of blessings."
"I've finally convinced you," Shi Xuanming shook his head helplessly, "Open your mouth for five hundred thousand taels and close your mouth for five hundred thousand taels. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll trade with you."
"What's the difference? Mine is still an egg. It's not certain whether it will hatch or not, and it's not certain what it will hatch out." Big Tou said.
"Stop talking," Changsheng waved his hand to stop, "From now on, all these horses will be kept in my yard. I will be responsible for it when I am here. When I am not here, you will take turns watching over it to make sure nothing goes wrong." Changsheng said this and turned to look at Datou. , "My east wing is still empty. You can also move the eagle egg here to hatch it, so that we can take care of each other."
Datou nodded, "Okay, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves missing you. We must keep our spirits up in the future."
At this time, several policemen came outside, holding brooms and other things in their hands to clean up. Changsheng waved his hands to everyone, "Okay, it's getting late, everyone go back and rest."
Everyone nodded in agreement and turned to leave.
"Datou," Changsheng called to stop Datou. When he stopped and turned around, he said, "Let's find the origin of the things we brought back from Hunan as soon as possible. That is a very important clue."
"Don't worry, sir. I have already started to investigate." Datou said. The things Changsheng said he brought back from Hunan were some miscellaneous items including rouge, gouache, needles, and thread. On that day, the two of them met several Japanese pirates disguised as salesmen from the wild shop. , after killing a few people, Changsheng kept a portion of the sundries they sold. As long as the origin of these sundries is determined, you can know where these Japanese pirates came from, and the place where they set out is probably The base camp of Japanese pirates in China.
Returning to the room, Changsheng changed out of his dirty official uniform, washed his head and face and rested in bed.
Although he was lying in bed, he was not sleepy at all. He was worried about Takeda Mayumi. Although he was surrounded by Datou and others, his senior brothers and sisters, including Takeda Mayumi, had always been his concern. They were the most precious things in life. They are relatives and friends. Datou, Yang Kai and others who are currently advancing and retreating with him are his friends, while Batulu and others who rescued him and Lao Huang from the villagers and brought him out of Wangjiakuang are his relatives. .
Although he was worried, Chang Sheng knew that he could do nothing at the moment, because although he suspected that Takeda Mayumi had been captured by the Japanese pirates, he did not know where the Japanese pirates were hiding.
Although Changsheng did not go out the next day, he knew that the city must have been full of storm outside, because all civil and military officials knew that Qian Zhonglin had previously tried to use gunpowder from the Ministry of War to plot against him and Datou and others. There was lightning and thunder in the Yushitai last night, and everyone naturally suspected that it was It was done by Qian Zhonglin and his party.
The most fearful ones are the officials of the Ministry of War, because the gunpowder provided by Qian Zhonglin to the Jianghu bandits came from the manufacturing office of the Ministry of War. Not long ago, the gunpowder in the manufacturing office was stolen again. Officials of the Ministry of War can't wash it away even if they jump into the Yellow River. Cleared.
Worried about retaliation from Chang Sheng, the Minister of the Ministry of War and his left and right ministers went to the door to apologize in person. Chang Sheng did not make it difficult for them. The reason why he did not make it difficult for them was because they came to apologize. As for whether what they said was true or false was not important, what was important was They are here. For outsiders, there is no need to require them to be absolutely sincere, as long as they can pretend to be sincere.
Seeing Changsheng's magnanimity and tolerance, the Ministry of War and others expressed their gratitude as if they had been granted an amnesty. Before leaving, they did not forget to report to Changsheng the results of the disposal of the manufacturing office. The workshop where the gunpowder was prepared in the manufacturing office had been suspended, and the craftsmen were secretly dismissed. All the gunpowder in stock was allocated to Zhang Shan who was crusading against Hanzhong.
After the Ministry of War officials left, Changsheng went to the Taiping Inn and summoned the Song brothers to a face-to-face meeting. Song Cai and others were not surprised by what Changsheng said, because they also understood the principle that things must turn against each other. Although Changsheng was currently extremely powerful, But if Changsheng does not know how to advance or retreat, rectifies the officialdom, and fills the treasury without retreating and leaving voluntarily, he will inevitably be jealous of the emperor and ostracized by the officials.
The Taiping Inn was originally the property of the Ni family. If Changsheng left, they would lose their backing and protection. They also understood that no eggs would be left intact even if the nest was overturned, so they had already taken precautions and made secret preparations.
Changsheng sought the opinions of everyone in the Song family and learned that Changsheng wanted to send someone to send the things left by the Ni family in the mansion and the proceeds from the sale of the Chang'an property to Ni Ni who was far away in the Western Regions. Song Cai and others offered to escort the car there and stay with them in the Western Regions. Old owner.
The ideas and suggestions of Song Cai and others were not only recognized by Chang Sheng, but also gained his respect. At the same time, they also had more admiration for Ni Ni, who almost became his father-in-law. As the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, Ni Ni knew people well, including the Song family. All his old subordinates, including everyone, were loyal to him.
Changsheng had previously entrusted these matters to Datou, but Datou was responsible for too many things. Changsheng was worried that he would be too busy, so he entrusted the Song family with trivial matters such as selling off properties and collecting money, including packing and packing boxes that Ni Zhuo had not brought with him. Ni's house belongings left.
The last task Chang Sheng gave to Song Cai and others was to spend all their money to find rare spiritual objects that could accelerate the improvement of spiritual energy. He practiced the Hunyuan Divine Art, so he did not need to worry about improving spiritual energy. These things were given to Datou and others. prepare.
The Ni family has industries all over the country. The industries in other places have never been touched because they are far away from Chang'an and are relatively safe. The most important thing is that those industries can provide military supplies for Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo at critical moments.
After making a detailed explanation, Changsheng stood up and left. Before leaving, Song Cai accompanied him and took the opportunity to ask in a low voice about the deadline. After Changsheng pondered, he held out three fingers. The latter understood and nodded slightly.
Back at Yushitai, Datou came to report that Changsheng had made an impromptu decision on his way south and decided to give 200,000 taels of silver to Longhushan to subsidize the Taoist's food and clothing, and 50,000 taels each to Gezaoshan and Maoshan. Datou The arrangements have been made today and the silver coins have been shipped.
Changsheng was so entangled in trivial matters that Da Tou almost forgot about it. At the moment, what he was most concerned about was where the goods carried by the Japanese pirates disguised as traders came from. Da Tou looked solemn and probably already had clues.
"Have you found it?" Changsheng asked.
Da Tou knew what Chang Sheng was asking and nodded sternly, "I found it out. Whether it's rouge, gouache or those messy gadgets, they all come from the same area. Some are specialties there, and some are exclusively for there."
Hearing Da Tou's words, Chang Sheng suddenly became excited, "Where?"
"JAC..."
