The second herald said: "The meaning is difficult to say, and like the password, the important thing will change from time to time to prevent the enemy from grasping it." ”

Lin Xi didn't seem to have anything to ask.

At this moment, a faint feeling came out, and Lin Xi asked: "Nine Rings, is there a change in the direction of the rocket?" ”

The second herald said, "There will be a while, you wait a minute, and I will ask another brother who comes, and his family can make fireworks, so he always looks at it, saying that he will go back and make more colors in the future, so that he can earn more money to marry his daughter-in-law." ”

Tu Xicai followed the second herald and went out.

Not long after, another sailor came in, this soldier only had three fingers on his right hand, Lin Xi noticed it, and Tu Xi asked: "Brother, why do you only have three fingers on your hand?" ”

The third sailor said: "Back to the adult's words, I made fireworks at home, when I was a child, I didn't deal with my father, but I didn't follow the rules of the family, and my hand broke, and then my mother cried to death, and the family pawned the house, and finally survived, always complained about my father, at that time, a batch of materials were blown up, and there was a famine, my father was arrested and put in prison, my mother was arrested and sold in the kiln, my brother starved to death, I hated myself for being useless, so I joined the army, thinking of earning some military merits and going back to redeem my mother." I can't do this hand, I can't do fine work, I can't pull a bow, I can't wield a knife well, I always have a bias, so I can only work as a coolie, and before I can earn the money to redeem my mother, the Yuan soldiers came, and my father and my mother were killed. I thought about it, my father and mother always wanted to pass on the family and pass on the craft, and in the army, gunpowder was available, so I paid extra attention to it. ”

Lin Xi said: "It's a bitter background, tell me what the nine rings you see are, what's so special?" ”

The sailor said, "All fireworks are different.

Put salt and there will be a yellow light;

Put lapis lazuli, and there will be a bright red light; with lime, there is a brick red.

Put in copper powder, there will be green; Grinding a little lead powder, also green,

Put in plant ash or real saltpeter, and it will give off purple

Put that kind of ghost fire powder in it, and it will emit white smoke.

Others can be combined or something.

When I saw the nine links, it was very unusual.

The first one is unusual, the first three colors of the nine rings, which is generally to remind whether it is important news, but since the nine links are in a row, it must be more important than the three branches, the three colors, and the triangle.

The tricolor is red, and in general, that's what matters, but they use a triangle, which is a triangle facing the sky, in three directions, so that it is easy to see in all directions, indicating that they don't know where the main force is.

The second three, set off in the direction of our place, but slightly southerly, when set off was white with smoke, the first one was towards the zenith, the second one was lower, in our direction, and the third one was lower.

The kind of white smoke, which is distilled in human urine or dead people's bones, is a ghost fire powder (note: white phosphorus extracted from urine or ashes), that thing is very domineering and poisonous, and it will burn people to death if you are not careful.

No matter what kind of arrangement they are, no matter how valuable the three smoke-emitting rockets are, they must indicate the direction.

The third three, with two kicks, is lifted into the air almost at the same time, which does not necessarily mean that. ”

Lin Xi didn't expect that the Song people would also use this coding method, which is really - every village has a high trick.

So he asked, "What do you mean, then, by what you see?" ”

The third sailor said:

"How can you guess for sure?

It's hard to guess just one of the nine rings, but there are also some pseudo-elements on the opposite side, so I can guess if they are connected.

The first group of nine rings, which are pseudo-element spies, are saying, pay attention, we have something important to report, in this direction, there is something important, or something important. And then three two-kicks, perhaps, need three armies to strike, a quick sortie, or something. I can't tell.

Later, the enemy army on the opposite side of the pseudo-yuan army actually put a trumpet cannon, but the strange thing is that the trumpet cannon was not placed directly opposite, it was sent from the northerly direction, and it was also put three red red first, then green upward, and then three to the ghost fire powder, which was also the same direction as the first wave of three.

This one is generally unusual, but it's not the most unusual. Because there is a nine-link in the back, this nine-link is the same color as the second wave of nine-link, but it is sent from the southerly direction.

I have the feeling that the second wave of Nine Links wants to tell their spies that we know, you retreat in the direction of green, and then, we have or are about to send troops in the direction you said.

Then the third wave is to tell the spies, we know that you can also retreat in the direction of green, and then, we can also go in that direction. ”

Although the third sailor was babbling, Lin Xi still understood it in general, and then asked: "According to you, if it is the direction indicated by white, is it the direction of the Chinese army?" ”

The third sailor said, "No, how many miles south is the Chinese army?" It's like we take a boat, maybe we have to go a little north, depending on the distance, maybe one mile, maybe two miles. ”

Tu Xicai said: "We just drove from a position two miles to the north. ”

The third sailor said, "Ha, that's a lot like that." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the third sailor's face changed: "Lord Hui, I am unintentional, no, no, I am just guessing, guessing, and not counting." ”

Lin Xi said: "Xicai, you send them out and stay on the boat first." Wait a minute."

Lin Xi asked the third sailor, "What's your name?" ”

The third sailor trembled and said, "Sir, sir, I don't talk nonsense, I don't talk nonsense, please, don't kill me." ”

Lin Xi said: "Don't be afraid, don't kill you, I see that you have a good craft, let you show me their signal rockets, you have seen their rockets, can you do the same or almost the same to release?" ”

Only then did the third sailor settle down: "If you go back to your lordship, as long as there are materials, I can make it, that ghost fire powder, it's not easy to get for a while, human urine is slow to cook, and it takes fire, and it will be faster to use livestock bones." ”

Lin Xi said: "That's it, you guys will discuss it outside for a while, and settle down first." Don't run around, the war will start in a moment. ”

Seeing off the herald, Lin Xi thought for a moment and said, "When the shadow loach boat passed through the gap in the water village, it sent three people to the deck, probably to organize the herald in the Chinese army, and then they continued to chase out almost without stopping the boat."

However, they did not intend to send us orders in the Chinese army, but they still sent two sets of messages, explaining that they either did not pay attention to it, or did not want us to worry, or ......

The collision between the shadow loach boat and the supply boat can only show that they are in a hurry, and this is a small accident.

And then those nine rings are important, because the plan is not noticed by anyone, because they are often used, harassed, or instructed, but if these instructions do not come in, they only indicate the direction of the meaning.

But today is different, because the spies of the pseudo-yuan have to run back, and they have to wear the important news back.

If they really caught the Emperor and the Queen Mother, they just needed to run away as fast as they could.

But they actually didn't catch the real emperor and the queen mother, only their clothes, so they can use this clothes to create chaos, so as to break the will of our soldiers, if the time is fast enough, they can break through locally, and then blossom inside, because we lack the ability to maneuver inside the water village, as long as the other party once killed, it will be a melee.

Taifu, Prime Minister and Commander of Soldiers and Horses, they don't know that we have temporarily dropped our bags.

Therefore, if they didn't find out about this, and the spies of the pseudo-yuan didn't spread this, Taifu and they should now chase and encircle the pseudo-Yuan's spies with all their might, and they followed out, without mobile power.

The three men disembarked in order to organize the sortie.

Queen Mother, do you know if we have any reserves, especially those with high mobility? ”

The Queen Mother thought for a moment: "These are usually discussed by the Taifu, and I don't understand them." ”

Tu Xicai said: "There are some in the forbidden army, but it is not called a reserve, it is called the Flying Tiger Guard, and this Flying Tiger Guard is either a separate establishment or a temporary transfer on duty." It is generally rotated every ten years. The drill is mainly about quick strikes. I've been there once, and there are extra meals. ”

Lin Xi thought for a while and said, "The Chinese army is responsible for passing orders, do they know?" ”

Tu Xicai said, I went to ask, and after a while, I called the first herald back, and the herald introduced: "Back to the Venerable, it is a top secret, we usually don't let you know, but I know a little, because once again my lower bunk temporarily had diarrhea, so I had to go, that is also called the Flying Tiger Guard, but it is a fleet, using a flying tiger wing boat, which wears fast waves, but that kind of ship does not last." ”

Lin Xi asked: "What if it's a life-giving mission?" ”

The first herald thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "Then it's only about combat effectiveness." ”

Lin Xi asked again: "As far as you know, how many ships are there?" ”

The first herald said, "I don't know, it's top secret." ”

Lin Xi asked, "What do you guess?" ”

The first herald pondered for a while: "I remember, I was a military order about training materials, because it was not particularly important, so I sent it, otherwise it was not enough qualifications, it was fifteen supply ships, and according to common sense, it can supply more than seventy-five ships." However, their ships and sergeants are also more expensive than others? ”

Lin Xi said: "We tentatively have forty to seventy-five boats. ”

Lin Xi stood up and walked a few steps, and asked Tu Xicai: "Xicai, if you were Taifu, what would you do?" ”

Tu Xicai also stood up, Lin Xi suddenly seemed to feel that Tu Xicai's voice was getting farther and farther away, but the warning in his heart popped up, Lin Xi grabbed it in the air with both hands, and shouted an order, but it was really soft, and then he didn't know anything.

Tu Xi just stood up and said, "Back to the Venerable, I will definitely go out." ”

At this time, I saw that Lin Xi's face turned pale and quickly turned gray, and then his eyes were gone, his body softened, Tu Xi was at a loss, and waited until he saw Hui Niang and Zhen Niang supporting Lin Xi, and then went up to hold it, at this time, although the order issued by Lin Xi's mouth was very light, but it was very resolute: "Immediately clear the water ghosts, attack the signal of the southwest nine chains, and call the Su medical officer...... Let Hui Niang ......"

Seeing that Lin Xi had fallen into a coma, Empress Dowager Yang was still able to issue an order so clearly, and then looked at the chaotic crowd, and immediately said, "Don't move, Tu Xicai, clear the water ghosts and destroy the pseudo-yuan, you go and arrange it." ”

Tu Xicai immediately clenched his fists and promised, and then walked out of the hatch with the herald.

Then Empress Dowager Yang said to Hui Niang and Liu Liu: "Hui Niang, you will help the Venerable Master into the inner cabin first, and serve the Venerable Master in the same way as before, Sister Liuliu, you go and ask Doctor Su." ”

Hui Niang and Zhen Niang helped Lin Xi into the inner cabin, Lin Xi's ship used a large boiler, and the cabin had been heated inside, so it was very warm.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Yang was anxious, and the sweat on her forehead came out, and the little emperor Zhao Yu looked at all this, far exceeding his perception and thinking ability, seeing the sweat of the Empress Dowager, he said to the Empress Dowager in a small voice: "Mother, what's wrong with the people in the forest?" Will he die? ”

Empress Dowager Yang looked at the little emperor and said gently: "Yu'er, my mother doesn't know, but since he is so powerful and has promised you, I think he will not die." ”

Zhao Yu said: "Mother, am I obedient? ”

Empress Dowager Yang said: "Yu'er is very obedient. ”

Zhao Yu said again: "But, mother, I haven't done anything." ”

Empress Dowager Yang looked at the seat and table, remembering the gentleness and strength of Lin Xi when she did "Sharp Tooth Cao" (note: eye movement decompression exercise, a situation hypnotic technique, Empress Dowager Yang did not have this concept, so she remembered the pronunciation), and smiled lovingly at the little emperor: "This master is different, so he can see what you are doing in your heart." ”

Zhao Yu asked: "Mother, then, can I ask him to be a master?" ”

Empress Dowager Yang thought about it, and suddenly thought of a good saying, so she grabbed Zhao Yu's hand and said, "Yu'er, what about this matter, you are busy with this paragraph, you can ask if it is okay yourself." ”

Zhao Yu nodded.

The ship suddenly moved suddenly, and then, the sound of ping-pong came, the hatch was pushed open, Tu Xicai carried a bloody knife, broke in, and then, turned around, put the knife outside the cabin, and then hugged his fist at the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, sure enough, we found water ghosts, a large number of water ghosts, we will continue to drive the boat now, directly to the southwest of the Nine Links." We folded a dozen brothers, just interrogated, there are at least three batches of water ghosts, one group should be a pseudo-Yuan traitor, buried nails, and another batch, sent by the Chinese army, Feihuwei. ”

When the little emperor heard this, he slapped the table angrily: "Bold, do they dare to assassinate the king?" ”

Empress Dowager Yang was told by the little emperor to understand something in her heart: "Yu'er, they may really dare to do this, they don't know that we are on the boat." ”

Tu Xicai also smiled bitterly and said:

"Your Majesty, if Taifu and they don't know that we dropped the bag and killed the people in the forest, it would be a way to blame or spread rumors, they are really smart and react so quickly.

Anyway, the emperor can still find an heir to continue to promote. ”

The little emperor said, "Don't they know the miracles of the people in the forest? ”

Tu Xicai said:

"Zi is silent, strange and confused, how can the true immortals meddle in their affairs, they are afraid of cause and effect.

Fake immortals are not terrible, they are easy to kill, and they can also clear the atmosphere of the universe, which is to accumulate merit.

Lin Shangren may have a cause and effect, then the cause and effect are locked.

Besides, when it comes to life and death, stretching out the head is also a knife and shrinking the head is also a knife, and if you do it, you will do it. ”

Empress Dowager Yang said: "From this point of view, the three orders issued by Lin Shangren just before fainting are all correct. ”

Tu Xicai said: "Well, by the way, there is a third wave, you can't even think of it"

Empress Dowager Yang asked, "Where is it?" ”

Tu Xicai said: "It's the Taiyi Bureau." ”

The little emperor said in surprise: "Taiyi Bureau? There are also water ghosts in the Taiyi Bureau? ”

Tu Xicai said: "Medical Officer Su has used the technique of prolonging life, and it is known to others, this kind of person, with the technique of seizing heaven and creating transformation, no one can keep it, how can he live happily." ”

The little emperor lost his voice and said: "Then what should I do, protect him, you let him into the cabin." ”

Tu Xicai said: "It's late, Medical Officer Su and Sister Liuliu are all dead." ”

Saying that, Tu Xicai sat on the stool, lifted the clothes on his left arm, and saw that on the iron armguard, there was a bump, and there were a few holes, stained with blood, Tu Xicai took off the armguard, only to see that there were two or three places on the arm guard that were bleeding, Zhen Niang saw it, took a medical kit, sprinkled some black powder on Tu Xicai, and then bandaged it with a strip of cloth.

Tu Xi saw that the treatment was finished, shook his hand, and asked Zhen Niang to put the arm guard back on.

Tu Xicai said to Empress Dowager Yang: "Empress Dowager, my left hand is injured, and my combat strength may be affected in a while, and we have about three more people in the team......"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then someone whispered: "Commander Tu, Xiao Si has an emergency military situation." ”

Tu Xicai said: "Come in"

A lean man opened the door and came in, hugged his fists and said: "Commander Tu, in front of us and in the rear, there are shadowless boats appearing, there is no flag, and the clothes are not like soldiers, but Kong Wu is powerful, and I am afraid that the last general will not be good." ”

Tu Xicai asked, "How many are there?" ”

Xiao Si said: "There are no less than thirty things that can be seen in front of you. ”

The little emperor Zhao Yu asked, "What is visible in front of you?" ”

Xiao Si said: "Back to the adult, those shadowless boats did not appear all at once, so there may still be." ”

Tu Xicai took a sip: "Damn, thirty shadowless boats, that's three hundred and thirty people, it's about to catch up with our number."

Xiao Si said: "Commander Tu, it's not three hundred and thirty people. ”

Tu Xicai was a little happier at this time: "Hmph, it's not easy to make up so many oarsmen at once, so I finally save some snacks." ”

Xiao Si said: "Well, that, that, hey, not three hundred and thirty people, but three hundred and sixty people!" ”

Tu Xicai said: "Didn't you mean...... You mean, there are people sitting in front of the Shadowless Boat? ”

Xiao Si nodded with difficulty: "It's either a crossbowman or an archer, and I also saw a bed crossbow at the tip."

Tu Xicai sat down weakly in vain.

After a short silence, Tu Xi struggled for a moment: "Let the brothers speed up, we have no sails, we can only paddle, rush over, rush between the two armies, they will throw rat traps, let's go down the coast, save our lives first." ”

Xiao Si said: "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”

Tu Xicai grabbed Xiao Si's hand: "Xiao Si, how are those water ghosts?" ”

Xiao Si said: "Our boat is moving, and the water ghosts can't catch up." After we ran away, I saw that some of them were fighting with each other, and those who could survive were probably not much, since they were looking for the art of sustaining life, this news, how many good hands in the rivers and lakes could be attracted, and they didn't need to give a single child, and they could also earn money from selling news, just to make money and spend their lives, now it's okay, Doctor Su is dead, but who can believe the people who haven't seen it? Now it's mainly about how to deal with which shadowless boats. I'll go down and arrange it first. ”

Tu Xicai grabbed Xiao Si's hand again: "Wait a minute, you inform the chef by the way, make some good meals." ”

Xiao Si smiled rarely: "What, what about eating a broken head meal?" Okay, Xicai is benevolent! ”

After saying that, he turned around and went out.

As a result, Xiao Si came in and said to Tu Xicai: "Commander Tu, I'm really going to die, you find me a palace maid, make a yin marriage, there is a partner underground, I don't choose, you just find a nurse, it will hurt people......"

Tu Xicai said, "Don't be so pessimistic, the Venerable Master is still on the boat." ”

Xiao Si suddenly remembered something: "Oh, yes, what about the Venerable Master?" ”

Tu Xicai said: "Just now, before the Venerable Master fainted, he gave the order to clear the water ghosts, attack at the pseudo-Yuan Jiu chain signal, and find Medical Officer Su, and also, what did Hui Niang do." ”

Xiao Si said: "How amazing? So why did he fall into a coma? ”

Empress Dowager Yang said: "Medical Officer Su said before that his soul left his position and he was hit hard, is it that his mana is too overdrawn and his soul is unstable?" ”

Xiao Si said: "Since Medical Officer Su has saved him in the past, then why don't you do it all over again." ”

Tu Xicai said: "Medical Officer Su is dead. ”

Xiao Si said: "Then there were no other people at that time?" ”

Zhen Niang said: "Hui Niang is already doing it"

Then, Zhen Niang said to the Empress Dowager Yang: "Queen Mother, in the past, the Su medical officer invited you for a holy decree, and Hui Niang and I are just weak women, I am afraid that we are not lucky enough, if you ask the Queen Mother to give a holy decree, we will do our best, and we will not hesitate." ”

Empress Dowager Yang thought for a moment and said, "Without further ado, the mourning family will take the treasure seal now, and follow you into the cabin, everything, handle it on the spot."

Empress Dowager Yang said to Tu Xicai again: "Tu Xicai"

Tu Xicai hurriedly said: "The last will be"

Empress Dowager Yang said: "Emperor, you take it to the underground cabin, where there are many soldiers, so it is good to protect." The mourning family is waiting for the Venerable Master's soul to return to its place. Since the Venerable Master said that we should go to the pseudo-element, his sense may not be wrong, but how long will it take for us to be able to get between the two armies? ”

Tu Xicai said: "If there is no interception, three or four quarters of an hour, if there is an interception......

Empress Dowager Yang said: "Then, we will limit it to three quarters of an hour, and I will summon the Venerable Master with royal luck, and outside, I will bother you Aiqing." ”

Tu Xicai said: "No" Then he bowed back and retreated, exiting the hatch.

The little emperor also said to the queen mother: "Take care of the queen mother, the emperor retires." ”

Outside the hatch, Tu Xicai said to his own soldiers: "The Queen Mother is inside, she is summoning the Venerable Master, you two troops, keep me at the hatch for three quarters of an hour, unless you die, not a single soldier is allowed to step in." ”

One of the chiefs said, "Brother Xicai, you can please." However, I just heard Xiao Si say, when we die, you also have to find us a yin marriage, we have eleven people, don't count wrong. ”

Tu Xicai said: "Okay, I can't find it, I'll go directly underground to find you to play." ”

In the cabin, Zhen Niang led the Queen Mother into the inner cabin, Lin Xi's body was glowing with a cold color, and Hui Niang had already instructed a few nurses to put hot water.

Hui Niang said: "Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother said: "Hui Niang, what do you need me to do, now just speak?" We only have three quarters of an hour to summon the Venerable Master to wake up. If we can't wake up in three quarters of an hour, we're all going to feed the fish and shrimp today. ”

Hui Niang and the palace maids and nurses rose and fell: "So there is the Empress Dowager Lao." Your servants will do everything in their power. ”

The queen mother said: "Hui Niang, the emperor is your breastfeeder, you are also the emperor's mother, for you and my son, I am also for the mother, not to mention that the emperor is still the people of the world, today, I am open, as long as I can protect my emperor, everything will not hesitate to ......"

Sister Wenjuan exclaimed: "The Queen Mother ......"