Liu Changfeng investigated quickly, and only asked out a day later, and sneaked into Qin Luo's camp again that night to inform him of the results. Sure enough, as Qin Luo expected, many craftsmen were missing.

"Sure enough." Qin Luo's face suddenly turned pale.

Liu Changfeng asked, "What happened, Uncle Sun and the other craftsmen, where did they go?" ”

Qin Luo was extremely remorseful, he shook his head and said, "It's me who underestimated Tuobayan's ambitions, and it's me who misjudged them. Human nature is greedy, they see the firearms of the Chu State and want to make them themselves. ”

"What!" Liu Changfeng was also anxious all of a sudden, "It's really a lack of people's hearts and swallowing elephants, Qingyun is in danger, and the herdsmen are still worried about what to eat for the next meal, do they want to develop firearms and attack Chu State?" ”

"Plunder and encroachment are infiltrated into the bones of the Tuoba family." Qin Luo sighed, "My fault, I wanted to support Qingyun, I wanted to let the cranes and mussels continue to fight on the grassland, but I didn't expect to support a wolf." ”

"I don't blame you." Liu Changfeng said, "At that time, Uncle Sun and General Feng both supported you, do you see that even Old Lady Xu agreed to the alliance with Qingyun?" Now the main question is whether they can make firearms, and whether the craftsmen in the original knew the principle of firearms. ”

"I'll have to ask, I hope they don't know anything." Qin Luo thought that with Xiang Qiang's methods, it was very likely that he would be tortured to extract a confession.

The next day, Qin Luo went to the firearms camp in Alem and continued to translate for both sides. On the way to rest, Qin Luo asked tentatively, "Craftsman Zou, how are firearms made?" ”

"Where do I understand this, I will only do what I am told to do." Craftsman Zou said, "By the way, why are you all asking a question?" ”

"Who else asked?" Qin Luo suddenly became vigilant.

"An adult of Xiang Qiang, Chu Yu is also very good. But I don't know what his name is. Craftsman Zou said.

"Chu speaks very well." Qin Luo already knew who it was in his heart. Lovers of Chu culture, great teachers, Tuoba Ling!

Qin Luo continued to ask, "Then how did you answer?" ”

"I don't know anything, I'll just tell you the truth." Craftsman Zou said.

"Craftsman Zou, I advise you, go back to Chu as soon as possible." Qin Luo kindly reminded.

"But...... I haven't taught them yet. Craftsman Zou looked honest, patronizing the knowledge he knew to the Xiang Qiang people, not knowing that danger was approaching.

"No need to teach." Qin Luo suddenly said, "Let's go, leave secretly, don't alarm anyone." ”

"Ah, for...... Why? The more Craftsman Zou listened, the more confused he became.

Qin Luo said in a low voice: "Don't ask too much, just pack your luggage tonight, take advantage of the darkness at night, and leave quickly." ”

The difficulty of the craftsmanship of firearms is by no means something that can be cracked and manufactured in a few days and nights. It took countless manpower and material resources and several years of research to get to where it is today.

Tuoba Ling was anxious to eat hot tofu, so he came over every day to ask about the progress, and the answer he got was naturally no progress. Tuoba Ling looked at the craftsmen working with a heavy face, he thought to himself that it would be too much trouble for the craftsmen to study slowly, and Qingyun didn't have so much time anymore.

Just when the great master was melancholy, the people who were watching the craftsmen of the Central Plains came out with bad news again, and those craftsmen didn't know what they heard, and they suddenly wanted to run away last night. Fortunately, he took precautions in advance and arrested the person back.

The Great Master walked into the place where they were being held angrily, and asked with red eyes, "You are leaving, why don't you say hello?" ”

As soon as Craftsman Zou saw Tuoba Ling's appearance as if he was going to eat people, he knew that what Qin Luo said was true, and the Xiang Qiang people did have bad intentions towards them.

Seeing that Craftsman Zou didn't say a word, the great master said angrily: "Say, who leaked the secret to you?" ”

"Leak, leak what?" Craftsman Zou pretended not to understand, "This lord, we have already taught you, and it is time to meet the Chu State." ”

"If you want to go back to Nanchu, it's not that easy." The great master no longer played sloppy with them, but said, "Tell us the method of *, and I will let you go." ”

"You really want to steal the teacher." Blacksmith Zou scolded, "Dream! Even if I did, I wouldn't have told you. ”

"Yes, I will never say it, and I won't say it if I am killed." The rest of the artisans responded.

"Huh." Tuoba Ling was not surprised by the attitude of the craftsmen, "I would like to see if it is your hard mouth, or our sticks." ”

"You want to torture?" One of the craftsmen looked at the Great Master in shock, "We are honored guests invited by Qingyun, and the Khan will not agree." ”

"Hahahaha, Khan is my younger brother, do you think, will he agree." Tuoba Ling smiled contemptuously and waved his hand, "Come on, torture them strictly, I don't believe they don't say it." ”

As soon as Craftsman Zou and the others were arrested, Qin Luo knew about it. Liu Changfeng came over in a hurry to report, "It's not good, it's not good." The craftsmen you asked me to protect in secret were captured by the soldiers. ”

Qin Luo's heart was not good, he pulled Liu Changfeng to sit down, and asked anxiously, "What's going on?" ”

Liu Changfeng sat down and gasped, and said to Qin Luo: "I was staring at the craftsmen's tent, but as soon as they came out, they were discovered by a few stalkers. Not long after, a group of soldiers came and stopped them, and I couldn't beat them alone, so I had to come back and report the news. ”

Qin Luo did not blame Liu Changfeng for not saving people, but praised: "You did a good job." ”

The most important consciousness of being an intermediary is that you must not be tough until you have to, especially not expose yourself.

Liu Changfeng guessed: "It seems that someone has been spying on the craftsmen for a long time, and as soon as they escaped, someone went to ventilate and report the news." ”

"Do you see who those soldiers are?" Qin Luo asked.

Liu Changfeng shook his head, "It's too dark to see your face clearly." Who do you think instigated? ”

"The great master Tuoba Ling." Qin Luo said firmly, "It must be him, he once talked to Craftsman Zou and wanted to know about the manufacture of firearms." ”

"It's actually a great teacher, how can this be good." When Liu Changfeng heard that it was Tuoba Ling, he suddenly looked melancholy.

Everyone knows that the current Qingyun Ministry, the great teacher Tuoba Ling is under one person and above ten thousand, and he is the most powerful minister in Qingyun. The herdsmen all privately spread that the Khan was a great ruler and obeyed the opinions of the great masters and responded to their needs.

Of course, there are also Tuoba Yan who deliberately acted outside in order to establish prestige for the second brother, and was polite to the second brother, making people think that the great master had won the trust and favor of the Khan.

Actually, Tuoba Yan now trusts Qin Luo a little more.

Going against the great masters of the country, ordinary people would not dare to think of it, but Qin Luo is sure. He comforted Liu Changfeng and said: "Don't worry, I will tell the Khan about this, and now I need you to help me find out where those craftsmen are imprisoned." ”

"I saw them go northwest. If it was someone taken away by the great power division, it was estimated that he was in his tent. Liu Changfeng said.

"I want to be specific, if I confront the Great Master in the future, and he won't admit it, I must immediately find the location of Craftsman Zou and powder the lies of the Great Master." Qin Luo didn't dare to hold on to it this time, and he had to be more cautious in order to rescue the craftsmen of the Chu State and completely attack the great masters.