Qin Niang put down the teacup and looked at him suspiciously.

Gu Chen took out the private seal from his arms and said: "Yesterday I couldn't find it for a long time, and today I suddenly found it in a drawer in the yamen. ”

Gu Chen has never been a person who likes to lose everything, so this Fang Xiaoyin will not run to another place for no reason, and he will not put things casually, especially such private things.

"Isn't it possible that someone approached you, stole your seal, and gave it back to you?" The corners of Qin Niang's mouth twitched, what a strange thing.

It can only be said that someone is doing a demon.

However, with Gu Chen's skills, ordinary people can't get close at all, let alone steal things from him, that person must have found a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get his hands on it, but he couldn't find a way to get close when he came back, so he had to put the private seal in his drawer.

If this is a careless person, it is considered that he has a bad memory and misplaced it.

Who is this man in front of you? He doesn't need to use an abacus to calculate such a large account, so he will misremember where to put his things?

So, things are clear at a glance.

"I'm just thinking about this question, this private seal is rarely used on weekdays, so when was it stolen?" Gu Chen sat opposite Qin Niang and looked at her fixedly, "Madam, if you steal my seal, what do you want to do most?" ”

Qin Niang looked at him and pulled the corners of her lips: "This is your Gu Commander's private seal, it can be of great use to steal it, just go to each department to stamp a few seals, ask for money, there are people, and it will be of great use." ”

If Gu Chen's seal has really been fraudulently used, then I am afraid that there will be abnormal movements in the near future, so we must be more careful to keep an eye on it.

Gu Chen knew this better than anyone else, so he had been paying attention to the movements around him for the past two days.

"I heard that the iron shop has improved the new style of firearms, and I have taken leave from Your Majesty tomorrow, do you want to go with me to have a look?" Gu Chen asked.

When Qin Niang heard this, she nodded almost without thinking.

She also wanted to see how the things she had improved were working now.

Early the next morning, the husband and wife got into a carriage and drove out of the city.

As for the capital, leave it alone.

The emperor also knew that Gu Chen was out of the city to do business, so this leave was granted for three days, and during these three days, he handed over the defense of the capital to the deputy commander.

It's just that as soon as they left the city, someone secretly followed them, and Gu Chen instructed the coachman to drive the carriage around the city three times, and finally entered the grove and got on a horse that had been prepared for a long time, which threw the people off.

"Someone stalking us?" Qin Niang rode on a horse, was hugged by Gu Chen from behind, and drove forward on the horse.

"Madame is smart." Gu Chen said, "He has been following us since the city, and obviously the other party knows my whereabouts very well, and has guessed where I am going, so he sent people to follow us all the way, wanting to find out where our iron shop is, and perhaps, he also wants to steal one or two firearms to go back to study." ”

Last time, in the Chenjiaban firearm injury incident, they only found a semi-improved version of the firearm, and those people couldn't change the firearm to their level at all, so they sent people to follow them in every possible way, and they wanted to know some exact news.

"It seems that they tried one or two points that they were exposed to last time, and the effect is not ideal." Qin Niang thought that she didn't say the most critical point last time she was in Jingzhao Yin Mansion, so even if those people hid in the dark and eavesdropped, and went back to change what she said, they wouldn't be able to change it for the best effect.

"Our firearms have been made, as long as we try them today, the results are good, we can pull the first batch of firearms to the front line, I believe it is not a problem to take Miaojiang." As soon as he talked about the prospects, Gu Chen's whole person became high-spirited, "When these ambitious people in Beijing are swept away, the overall situation can basically be decided, and when the time comes, I will lead you to escape to the rivers and lakes and come back occasionally to have a look." ”

Qin Niang has begun to yearn for the kind of life he said, away from these court disputes, to travel around, and earn some silver by the way, it is very pleasant to think about.

Soon they arrived at a small mountain village twenty miles outside the city, which was relatively remote, surrounded by plains, and although the place was wide, it was not very populated, and they could see from a distance that the houses were only sparse in the east and west, and they were far away from each other.

Qin Niang almost couldn't believe that there was such a powerful iron shop hidden in such a place, and that it could produce such a large number of firearms in batches.

"The land here is not suitable for growing food, most of the young people have gone to the city to work, and the rest of these old people, most of whom are craftsmen, they will take the things they make to the city to exchange for money, and life is very difficult, but if the iron shop needs to manufacture a large number of firearms and weapons, it can drive the labor force in these villages, so they work very hard and are efficient."

Gu Chen slowed down the speed of the horse, and told Qin Niang about the situation in the village at the end of the road as he walked, and soon, the two of them came to an old-looking private house, and the gate beam was written in rough mine font: Iron Paving.

Gu Chen got off the horse, stepped forward to buckle the door, and soon a young man with a short figure came to open the door, as soon as the young man saw Gu Chen, his eyes immediately lit up, and he said enthusiastically: "Gu Gongzi, you are here." ”

Gu Chen nodded, turned around and helped Qin Niang off the horse, and then said to the young man: "We are here to test the effect of firearms, this is my wife." ”

The young man respectfully bowed to Qinniang, and then respectfully introduced the two into the inner courtyard.

As soon as Qin Niang entered the courtyard, she felt that the layout inside was completely different from the outside, from the outside, this was an ordinary room, but when you walked in, you could intuitively feel that this was really an iron shop.

There is a thick craftsmanship everywhere inside, those pillars, walls, there are weapons hanging everywhere, all kinds of weapons, and they are all unique things, not much in the capital.

Moreover, the inside was very deep, they walked about a cup of tea before they walked to the ironware workshop, where there were already several men who looked like old craftsmen waiting there, and when they saw Gu Chen, they immediately saluted and said, "Gu Gongzi, please also check." ”

Qin Niang followed their gesture and looked to the side, only to see dozens of large wooden boxes in the workshop, all of which were filled with dense firearms, all of which were improved versions of Qin Niang, and the appearance looked light and detailed.

Qin Niang's mind moved, so she subconsciously stepped forward and picked it up and looked at it.

Unexpectedly, when one of the craftsmen saw her, he was taken aback at first, and then stepped forward and said, "This lady, these are dangerous weapons, you are a woman, it is better not to move, lest you turn around and hurt yourself." ”

Qin Niang raised her eyes and glanced at the man who jumped in front of her to stop her, only to see that this man was about forty years old, with a full beard, a thick body, and powerful arms.

The man looked at her in his eyes, revealing a touch of contempt unabashedly, although he said it politely just now, he almost pointed at Qin Niang's nose and scolded her for a woman who came here to make a mess.

"You are the owner of this iron shop?" Qin Niang asked.

The man was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Although I am not the master, this iron shop belongs to my brother-in-law, and I don't want any bloodshed here." ”

Those who open the door to do business are most afraid of seeing blood, which is unlucky.

Gu Chen stepped forward, grabbed Qin Niang's room, looked at the man and asked, "Where is Cheng Tieniu?" ”

I knew that he was coming today, but he was not in the workshop.

"He ......," the man had just said a word, when a rude voice came in.

"Gu Gongzi, I heard that you are going to bring your wife with you today?" As the voice fell, the short, thin, disheveled figure floated in.

As his words fell, the man who had just accused Qin Niang stiffened, and he couldn't help but glance at Qin Niang more.

Gu Chen came to inspect the firearms, what did he bring a woman for? Why don't you come here to show off your new skills so that you can take the opportunity to please your wife?

The man moved his gaze to Gu Chen, complicated and puzzled.

Gu Chen looked at the man who ran in like a gust of wind with an expressionless face, this man was none other than the owner of this iron shop, called Cheng Tieniu, who was a craftsman idiot.

Gu Chen said lightly: "Just now your brother-in-law said that my husband is a woman and doesn't know weapons. ”

He didn't say anything more about the rest of the words, because as long as everyone present was not stupid, they knew the unfinished meaning.

"Bastard, did you really say that?" Cheng Tieniu pulled down his face and looked at the man who accused Qin Niang just now with displeasure and asked.

Although the man didn't think there was anything wrong with him saying this, but in the face of his brother-in-law's eyes that he was about to eat people, he couldn't help but shrink in his heart, and said, "I'm just afraid that she doesn't understand a woman, what if she goes crazy?" ”

Qin Niang tugged at the corners of her lips, but ignored him, just played with the firearm in her hand, and Gu Chen just gave Cheng Tieniu a cold look.

Cheng Tieniu was frightened by his eyes, and then slapped the man on the head with his hand, and scolded: "You don't have long eyes, the improved drawings of this firearm were still drawn by Mrs. Gu Shao, you dare to say that she doesn't understand?" I don't think you understand, you said you, what else do you have besides your strength? I don't even have the strength to see it, so it's no wonder I can't marry a daughter-in-law until now......"

As he spoke, he chased after the brother-in-law who was all over the house and fought.

Qin Niang: "......"

She originally just wanted to see the firearms, but who knew it would lead to a civil war.

However, she didn't plan to participate, after Cheng Tieniu's provocation just now, the eyes of the people present looked at Qin Niang.

Who would have thought that those exquisite drawings were actually made by a woman, and the details of the various organs were drawn so clearly that ordinary men could not do it.