Shortly after coming out of the palace, Blackstar noticed a 'tail' behind him. He quietly made a gesture to Xia Qingyun, Xia Qingyun shook his head gently, those who dare to follow Zhenguo Gong must be a dead man loyal to his master, even if he catches him, he must not be able to ask anything.

Walking to the official city, the 'Hidden Divine Doctor' and Si Hongrui said goodbye, went straight to Beifang City, turned a street corner, and the 'Hidden Divine Doctor' turned into an elegant young scholar, taking square steps, swaggering and 'tail' passing by.

Zhenguo Prince's Mansion, Xia Jianping and his wife accompanied the two Duchess to drink tea in the side hall, Heixing and Xue'er were suffocating enough in the palace these days, and as soon as they came back, they hid in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion, the human world is too complicated, and the two of them feel that it is more comfortable to stay in the Treasure Pavilion.

After Si Hongrui had lunch, he called Si Hongjin and Xia Qingyun to the study and discussed behind closed doors.

"I also received an urgent report from the northwest border gate yesterday." Si Hongjin said very worriedly: "The emperor has just recovered, the court is not stable, you and I will never leave the capital." The Northwest Army is mostly my old department, and Pai Bowen used to be the best candidate. But where do we start to track down the one who has fallen into the trick? ”

"The bell must be tied to the bell." Si Hongrui sighed, "I can only wait for the emperor to recover his spirit, and then ask on the side." ”

"Dad, uncle, I have one thing in mind." Xia Qingyun took out a piece of parchment, "On the way to the river, I accidentally shot down a harrier eagle and found this secret letter. ”

"Keel diagram?" Si Hongrui took the parchment and gave a very strange look. "Impossible, the dragon bone diagram was already dead more than ten years ago! And I saw him die with my own eyes. ”

Seeing that Xia Qingyun and Si Hongjin were both looking at him suspiciously, he shook the parchment in his hand and said, "More than ten years ago, I led my troops to suppress bandits in Hengduan Mountain and captured a small group of barbarians, among whom there was a wizard named Dragon Bone Diagram. The man had a lot of backbone, and he would rather die than be a prisoner, and committed suicide with a dagger. I also let people bury him alive, and there is no reason to live again! ”

"Could it be that there is a mistake in the translation?" Xia Qingyun listened to what Si Hongrui said. There are also some doubts.

Si Hongrui held the parchment and looked at it for a long time. His expression was cloudy, and he spoke in a half-loud voice: "I am rough and barbarian writing, and what is written on it is true. That's weird! ”

"It doesn't matter if he's dead or alive. Someone colluded with the Gentiles for sure! Si Hongjin reached out and poked at the parchment. He said loudly: "This kind of paper is only qualified to be used by the nobles of the grassland, and it is speculated that the traitors of the Qi State." It must also be in a high position! ”

"Qingyun, who else knows about this matter except you?" Si Hongjin asked a little nervously, sometimes the less you know about things in the world, the better. His daughter had just returned to him, and he didn't want her to be drawn into the whirlpool of imperial power disputes.

"Zhiqiu also knows, I also asked her to tell Bowen, she has been away from Hejian for more than a month, and it is estimated that Bowen should know by now!"

Xia Qingyun said as he drummed in his heart. With the speed of the shadow gate's communication, Si Hong Bowen should have had news over a long time ago. When Zhiqiu was leaving, she also instructed her to reply as soon as she arrived in the southwest, why has there been no news until now?

Si Hongrui's next words made her heart sink again, and a very bad premonition rose.

"Bowen also knows? Why wasn't it mentioned in the last secret report? ”

He paced a few steps in the study with his hands behind his back, stopped, shook his head again, and paced again. Finally, he waved his hand, "Ignore this secret letter for now." We will send more people to protect the emperor, and there will always be a time when things will come to light! ”

Xia Qingyun couldn't help but ask, "Dad, which prince do you think is most likely to rebel?" Who do you support? ”

Si Hongrui and Si Hongjin glanced at each other and said with a wry smile: "Since ancient times, the prince and the loser have been Kou." I only hope that the tragedy of brothers killing each other and father and son killing each other more than 20 years ago will not be repeated! ”

"Big brother is right!" Si Hongjin also said: "Zhenguo protects the country, we are protecting the Great Qi Kingdom, no matter which prince is on the throne, as long as it is the emperor of Great Qi, it is the person we should support!" ”

At first glance, his words may sound unprincipled, but when you think about it, this is not the truth. As a courtier, he should serve the country, as for who is the emperor, it is an internal problem of the royal family, and it is not their turn to be around. Otherwise, you will really be accused of rebellion.

"Qingyun," Si Hongrui instructed again: "You must not sue anyone about the emperor's medical treatment!" This time the matter is urgent, and I hope that you will not be involved again in the future. With me and your uncle, and a blog post, it's enough! ”

"But big brother, I still want to ask Qingyun girl for one more thing." Si Hongjin looked at him hesitantly, he wanted to speak and stopped, after thinking about it, he still spoke: "I want Qingyun to make some muskets, with them, no matter if he is a barbarian or a grassland iron horse, kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

"Let me think about it." Si Hongrui didn't agree immediately, he didn't want to give the army of Qi a well-equipped musket, but if the matter got bigger, he would inevitably be asked about the origin of the musket, and it might even bring disaster to Xia Qingyun, so he had to think twice.

It wasn't until the night was dark that the husband and wife went home. Everyone went back to the room to rest, Xia Qingyun lay on the bed, tossing and turning for a long time, until the sky was light, she fell asleep deeply, but she had a bunch of messy dreams, and slept until ten o'clock at noon before getting up and freshening up.

As soon as she cleaned up, Si Hongjin sent someone to invite her to the study.

As soon as they met, Si Hongjin cut straight to the point and said, "Qingyun, can you carve out a place in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion and find a blacksmith to make muskets there?" ”

He knew that the secret of the Treasure Pavilion could not be revealed, and said: "I think the place inside is very large, you can build a fort in the mountains in the distance, and send the king's personal soldiers to guard it, and you will never let people wander around." As for the way to get in, I also thought about taking people to a strange deep mountain, and you took them in the dark night, and I didn't think anyone would find out. ”

"Dad, are you going to prepare for war?" Xia Qingyun blinked and replied half-jokingly.

This method is also feasible, anyway, the treasure pavilion is its own territory, do whatever you want, it is not difficult to get the same terrain as outside.

Si Hongrui nodded and said: "Take precautions, make some preparations first, in case things change, you won't be caught off guard." ”

He thought about it for a night last night, if there was another turmoil like the previous dynasty in the Qi country, it was necessary to have a strong army, at least to ensure that it would not be invaded by foreign enemies.

"The blacksmith who helped me make the musket is now in Beixi Tunbao, and my father can send someone to bring him to the capital, and in addition, I need to prepare a large amount of pig iron, charcoal, oil and sulfur saltpeter to make gunpowder."

Xia Qingyun said, sitting at his desk and making a list, with the power of Zhenguo Gong, it should not be difficult to collect these resources.

Things went more smoothly than she expected, and in half a month, a large amount of materials were secretly transported to a mountain in the north of the capital, and Xia Qingyun secretly transferred these materials to the treasure pavilion, and created exactly the same mountain in the treasure pavilion to build a tunbao. (To be continued......)