Qiu Yizhi led Yelu out of the main gate of the courtyard, bought two pancakes from a random stall on the street, stuffed them into his stomach indiscriminately, and went around in a big circle before walking to the warm fragrance pavilion.

But from a distance, he saw Shi Dajian squatting stupidly in the corner of the street, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master Shi, why are you still here?" ”

Shi Dajian saw that Qiu Yizhi was coming, so he hurriedly got up, patted the ash on his buttocks, and said with a red face: "The people in this building said that they would not accept guests during the national funeral. There's no way, I'm afraid that I will disobey the arrangement of the son and the saint, so I can only squat here. After that, he sighed, and returned the few ingots of gold that he had been rewarded to Qiu Yizhi in the morning, and said, "Childe, this small money is useless, so return it to Childe!" ”

Qiu Yizhi shook his head, pushed Shi Dajian's hand holding the gold, and said, "Master Shi, you can take this money." Help me do this big thing first, and I'll give you ten times the money, and how you spend it will depend on your heart. ”

Shi Dajian listened, then nodded reluctantly, and said, "Childe has nothing to say to me." The little one has not done anything yet, and he has been rewarded with so much money. If there is anything that can help the childe, the child will speak! ”

Qiu Yizhi saw that he was also sincere, and he was very satisfied, so he said: "Then you're welcome, without further ado, please ask Master Shi to go with me!" With that, he took Yelu and Shi Dajian and walked to the northwest.

After walking a few steps, Qiu Yizhi felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he turned around the Huixiang Pavilion again, stretched out his hand and patted the door. It was the turtle boy who came out to answer the door yesterday, and when he saw that Qiu Yizhi was an acquaintance, he said with a smile on his face: "Yo, the son came very early today, do you still want to come to find Gu Mother......

Qiu Yizhi looked at his face, and remembered that Wen Lingjiao had instructed Gu Erniang to find an opportunity to get rid of him yesterday, so he didn't want to entangle more with the person who was about to die, so he said: "Are the more than 20 friends brought by me still here?" ”

"In, in." The turtle is fair, "These people are all veterans at first glance......"

Qiu Yizhi knew that this turtle was going to say some foul language, so he hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Then how much do they drink?" ”

The turtle man was stunned for a moment and said: "As soon as these people enter the door, they want to order girls, and the little ones haven't seen them drink, and I don't know how much they drink." ”

After these few words, Qiu Yizhi was a little relieved, and asked the turtle to say a few words of good hospitality, and then led Yelu and Shi Dajian to the direction of the prison of the Criminal Department.

After walking for about half an hour, Qiu Yizhi stopped at the mouth of an alley, called Shi Dajian, pointed to the building in front and said, "Master Shi, if you dig a tunnel from here to the courtyard in front, how many days will it take?" ”

Shi Dajian scratched his ears and thought for a while and said, "Well, I think it will take five days." ”

"There are more than twenty brothers below, all of whom are mighty men. Although these people have no experience, they are all dispatched by Master Shi, and they dig day and night, which takes several days? Qiu Yizhi asked.

Shi Dajian thought about it again and said, "Of course, none of the sons are bad seeds. If you can add two dozen helpers...... Three days, it only takes three days to do it. ”

"Good!" Qiu Yizhi sighed softly, then turned to Yelu and said, "Brother Yelu, you just find a yard near here, just say that you are from Bohai to do business, and you want to borrow or buy a yard here, no matter how much it costs, at the latest tomorrow, preferably today, this matter will be completed, okay?" So saying, he took out a large handful of gold from the package he was carrying, stuffed it into the placket of his clothes, and handed the whole package to Yelu.

Yelu agreed, closed his eyes and considered the words of response when buying a house, then turned around and called the door.

Qiu Yizhi knew that this was also a prudent and reliable way to do things, so he didn't give much advice, and said to Shi Dajian: "As far as I know, your sect has its own set of special tools for digging tunnels, I don't know if Master Shi has ever placed it in the city?" ”

Shi Dajian replied: "Childe is an expert! There are really a few guys who dig and carry soil in the Western Regions. However, I don't think some of them are very easy to use, and some of them are not suitable for the soil of the Central Plains, so I have transformed a few things indiscriminately. This is a small eater, always with him, and now he is in the shed. ”

"Good!" Qiu Yizhi praised again and said, "Master Shi is worthy of being a trusted person of the Holy Maiden, and he really has the ability to take care of the house. Then ask Master Shi to take out the tools and go back to the courtyard to make peace with me, okay? ”

Shi Dajian is an honest man, listening to Qiuyi's repeated praises before and after, his heart has already blossomed, and he walked away quickly after agreeing.

Qiu Yizhi saw that everyone was following his orders one by one, and only he, the mastermind, was standing idly in place, and couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly, so he buried his head and walked back. Along the way, Qiu Yizhi secretly calculated his plan over and over again, lest there be any loopholes in it, resulting in a wrong move and losing the whole game.

Qiu Yi walked back to the house planted with a big locust tree, pushed the door in, but saw Wen Lingjiao sitting alone on the edge of the well and bowed her head and didn't know what to ponder, and it seemed that she didn't even notice that she had entered the door.

So Qiu Yizhi coughed lightly and said, "Has Miss Wen ever had lunch?" ”

Wen Lingjiao seemed to be taken aback when she heard this, and hurriedly looked up at Qiu Yizhi, and replied, "Childe is here?" Are things going well? ”

Qiu Yizhi sighed lightly and said: "Shang Ke, I'm just preparing right now, as for whether this matter can be successful, we will have to wait a few days to know." But looking at the young lady's face seems to be a little ugly, these days are busy with affairs, Miss don't burn your body! ”

Wen Lingjiao blushed at Qiu Yizhi's words, and said, "Oh, that's right. Childe wants the little girl to do things, and I have inquired clearly. The troops brought by your stepfather, the prince, from Youyan Road are all under house arrest in a barracks inside the Dongyang Gate, and they are not very strictly guarded. There is a believer in my sect in the barracks, and he is quite reliable, and if he wants to talk to them, he can go to him. ”

Qiu Yizhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Wen Lingjiao with a smile: "Miss Wen is really extraordinary, she has done such a great thing in a bent eye......" He was halfway through his words, but his face was covered with a layer of gloom, and asked, "Miss has helped me so much, I don't know if Brother Ling will be surprised?" ”

Wen Lingjiao secretly glanced at Qiu Yi and said, "He's very busy, how can he take care of us?" Just now, my brother came here, saying that the situation in the capital is turbulent right now, and he is the sect leader, so he can't take the danger lightly, and he guesses that he is out of the city now, right? ”

"Oops!" Qiu Yi slapped his thigh and said with great regret, "It's all because I walked slowly, otherwise I could have seen Brother Ling's demeanor!" ”

Wen Lingjiao sighed again: "Alas, my brother is this person! Anything is good, it's just ......"

"What's it?" Qiu Yizhi was about to ask, but he heard the sound of a large group of people moving outside the courtyard gate. With a pang in his heart, he pulled out his portable sword, slowly moved to the door, and gently pushed the door open a gap, looking out from it.

It turned out that Zhao Chengxiao, who was ordered to go to Guangyang Hall to carry saltpeter, and He'er, who purchased sulfur charcoal, arrived at the same time, and two carts loaded with things were blocked at the door at the same time, and they were in a dilemma for a while.

Qiu Yizhi looked funny inside the door, so he pushed the door out and said, "It's really clumsy in the next place, I didn't see that Miss He'er would have the ability to drive the car." Brother Zhao, you go back and back first, let Miss He'er walk in first! ”

After all, He'er was just a young woman, and when she heard Qiu Yizhi's slight praise, she was overjoyed, glanced at Zhao Chengxiao, and drove into the yard. It took a lot of effort for the two cars to stop in the courtyard.

Or Zhao Chengxiao has a lot of strength. The pile of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal added up to one or two hundred catties, but he gently and skillfully unloaded them from the cart. Qiu Yizhi knew the properties and uses of these things, and hurriedly instructed Zhao Chengxiao to send them all to the underground cell and store them separately.

Zhao Chengxiao listened to the order and got busy.

Qiu Yizhi took the opportunity to ask He'er: "Miss He'er, have you ever found someone tracking you along the way?" ”

When He'er heard this, she pursed her mouth and said, "Childe still can't trust He'er?" If He'er's work is not confidential, and her whereabouts are simply discovered by others, then my young lady will die I don't know how many times. ”

Wen Lingjiao was not happy when she heard this, and reprimanded: "He'er, I think you can't speak anymore!" Childe is asking you, and you can answer it well! ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly made a round and praised again: "It is rare for He'er to be able to buy such a large amount of sulfur in such a short time. ”

He'er was reprimanded by Wen Lingjiao, and finally didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, explaining: "Is this...... Our holy religion often preaches by seeing a doctor and administering medicine, so it is natural that there are more medicines of all kinds. Recently, I heard that there might be an epidemic of the Black Death in Shanxi, and he said that only burning sulfur could prevent the spread, so he went to various places to buy some centralized hoarding outside the city, but he didn't expect to be able to help Gongzi. ”

While listening, Qiu Yi nodded incessantly, thinking: "There are provincial, state, and county yamen in this place, and the central government has a household department and a ministry of industry, and the imperial historian has also been sent to inspect the world and observe the people's feelings. However, no one inside or outside the imperial court can discover the hidden dangers in this, and it is not as good as a mere cult that can discover and prepare in advance. It seems that inside and outside the court, the Han Dynasty and the whole Han Dynasty must go through a reborn rectification! ”

Qiu Yizhi was pondering, and the courtyard door was pushed open again, but it was the Bohai County Lord Yiran who took a few Bohai warriors and led a few horses, carrying several large packages on horseback, and broke in without calling the door.

Qiu Yizhi knew that Yiran had a straightforward and capable temper, and he didn't blame her, so he personally stepped forward to close the door for her and asked, "All the things have been brought?" ”

Yiran glanced at everyone, and then ordered the Bohai people who entered the door with her to open the package. These people agreed in Bohai dialect, then unwrapped the package and spread the dozens of Bohai treasure knives in the package on the ground.

Qiu Yizhi bent down and picked up a handful, tasted it carefully, and said: "The smelting technology of the Bohai Kingdom is really exquisite, if these treasure swords are sold in the world, there will be no bargain price to buy fifty taels of silver." After that, he gently put down the knife and asked Yiran, "Can someone follow you along the way?" ”

"Yes, of course. As soon as we got out of the Siyi Pavilion, I saw a few guys sneaking after us, what's wrong? Yiran replied casually.

Qiu Yizhi almost jumped up from the spot when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "What?" What did you say? ”