Chapter 154: Caution
85_85256 It's hard to panic in front of the most intelligent people.
Therefore, Shen Xizhen pondered all the way, but he didn't come up with a reasonable explanation, so he had to chat with Peng Fengtian all the time, in order to disrupt his thinking first.
But Peng Feng naturally wouldn't be so light, and he would be fooled by her.
Shen Xizhen was anxious like an ant on a hot nest, and on the surface he had to pretend that nothing happened, which was really like a year.
When he arrived at the edge of a single-plank bridge, Xizhen suddenly had an idea - why not do it?
So she let Peng Feng in front and she in the back.
You can't be distracted when you walk on a single-plank bridge, so Peng Feng walks very attentively.
While he was walking, Shen Xizhen immediately took out a few small notes from his duffel bag, quickly wrote a poem on each one, and then crumpled them into small paper balls and put them in his pocket.
She wrote a total of five poems, which were crumpled into five small paper balls.
Seeing that Peng Feng was about to reach the bridge, she didn't dare to write anymore, so she hurriedly followed.
When he arrived on the other side of the bridge, Shen Xizhen hurriedly said, "Master Peng, let's go and rest under the big tree, shall we?" I'm a little tired, you must be tired too, right? Shen Xizhen said while constantly wiping his sweat.
"Okay." Peng Feng responded with a light smile.
The two of them sat down under the big tree.
"This place is so cool!" Shen Xizhen said sincerely.
"They all say that it's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree." Peng Feng responded.
"Then let's rest a little longer. By the way, I don't know how many silver taels I spent on this journey, so I'll count the rest and see. Xi Zhen said as he reached into his pocket, and then deliberately took out the small paper balls together.
"Ouch, I even took out the poems I wrote in my spare time." Xi Zhen said busily.
When Peng Feng heard this, he immediately turned his head to look over and saw that the pile of silver she had put on the ground was mixed with a few small paper balls. Hurriedly grabbed two and opened them to see.
The content is really from poetry.
He grabbed the other three small paper balls, and when he opened them, he was relieved to find that they were also poemsβit seemed that things were not as bad as he had imagined, but the suspicion of her motives could not be completely ruled out.
So he asked Xizhen with a smile: "Captain, you write these poems very well, why don't you collect them well but crumple them together?" He asked as he observed Shen Xizhen's expression.
Shen Xizhen had already been prepared, and said with a smile: "It's written to play." As I didn't feel satisfied, I kneaded it. I always thought it would be good to stay and look at it occasionally, so I kept it in my pocket. Ouch, I remember I wrote six songs. Why is one song missing? β
Although Peng Feng did not believe her explanation 100%, he greatly eliminated his previous concerns, so he did not dwell on this issue anymore, but took the initiative to find a reason for her: "Maybe you accidentally handed it over with the silver taels when you bought something, right?" As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that if she had accidentally handed it over, why didn't the seller speak? That's not silver taels. Sellers don't need to be greedy? He suddenly became a little more suspicious.
Seeing that Peng Feng's expression had changed, Shen Xizhen knew that he had thought of a new suspicion. "I remember, I bought something in the minority area, and they must have seen that it was a ball of waste paper, so maybe they threw it away when we turned around." Belch. It's not polite to throw it in front of you. β
Seeing her explain to him so seriously for the sake of a small paper ball, Peng Feng felt that many things had happened recently that were not accidental, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that her explanation was not unreasonable. So he nodded at her and didn't ask any more questions.
After all. As a big man, it's really a bit unseemly to dwell on such a trivial matter, and he is not a person who makes good things happen.
"Fortunately, it's not a yellow poem written, otherwise I would be really ashamed to go home." Xi Zhen added, and his heart was suddenly relieved.
Three days later, the two returned to the capital and entered the palace to see Deng Yan as soon as possible.
When they told Deng Yan about the harvest of the two months of non-governmental investigation, Deng Yan showed a satisfied look on his face and asked them to hand in the improvement measures in these four areas tomorrow.
They said yes.
Deng Yan immediately rewarded them.
"If your book is adopted, you will not only be rewarded again, but you will also have the opportunity to be promoted." Deng Yan said with a smile.
The two smiled again and thanked each other.
It is undeniable that Deng Yan is still very generous and generous to truly talented people.
After that, Xizhen went to Liu Ming's office to meet Liu Ming on the pretext of asking Liu Ming for advice.
Liu Ming handed over a letter to her in the book on the pretext of borrowing her a book.
Back in the Rulin Garden, Xi Zhen immediately opened the letter and read it.
But seeing that Liu Ming wrote in a code that only the two of them could understand: "The eight respondents have left the country safely, and they have now rushed back to the capital with Liu Xianchen." Emperor Guangzhao allocated an additional 100,000 elite soldiers to the northern frontier of Xi Kingdom, and it is estimated that he will arrive here in less than five days. β
After reading the letter, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging by the contents of this letter, the undersea tunnel has been prepared. Then, now that Xi Guo has everything ready, just wait for the Mao State to raise troops.
Xizhen then wrote back: "Has the specific date for the war on Mao's side been set?" Please be sure to understand as much as possible so that we can be fully prepared. β
Then, she said that the letter was sandwiched into the book and handed over to Liu Ming the next day.
Even if she knew that Liu Ming was credible, she also knew that there were some things that Liu Ming could not control alone, so she decided to ask Deng Yan about it the next day when she handed in the books for the improvement and construction of various regions.
But when she woke up the next day, she felt that no matter what method she used to inquire about military affairs with Deng Yan, it was not a wise move, and maybe it would make him suspicious because of this, so she finally held back.
Anyway, she still has Liu Ming and Pepper helping to collect this information.
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In the Northern Xinjiang Protectorate, several generals were secretly discussing, including Shen Xicong.
When they learned with Guo Xizhen, Liu Ming and others that the Mao State was about to attack the northern frontier of the Xi Kingdom, they were busy, and they would meet once a day to secretly discuss the methods of warfare.
Due to the urgency of the situation, as managers, they have been sleeping for only three hours a day recently.
In the afternoon of that day, Shen Xicong received a secret letter from Xizhen from Maoguo, in which she asked them to prepare more gunpowder arrows, gunpowder packs, and bronze cannons.
"Gunpowder bags should be equipped with more in particular, there are many grasslands at the northern end of northern Xinjiang, and at this time it is when the grass is dry in autumn, it is easy to catch fire, and when these grasses are burning, they can also more or less stop their attack." (To be continued).