Shu Jiuchai waited in the Echo Valley before dawn, and after the news came from the people below, he hurried out of the valley and saw that at the end of the horizon, the black pressure was pressed against a Sui Yang army wearing red armor.

The leader who rode the big black horse was Wang Xiaolai.

After trotting a few steps forward, Shu Jiuchai raised his hand and shouted.

also saw Shu Jiuchai, Wang Xiaolai waved his hand to stop the large army, turned over and dismounted, went straight to Shu Jiuchai, and said with a smile; "How about Jiuchai, are you ready?"

Shu Jiuchai snorted: "Master, don't worry, according to your orders, the three thousand hot air balloons have been fully prepared, and on each hot air balloon, I have prepared two stand-up personnel, and the fuel is completely enough for your consumption in the western realm." ”

Wang Xiaolai laughed.

Shu Jiuchai waved his hand, and behind him, the hammer came up.

"Take them all to the back mountain."

Iron Hammer agreed, and went forward to lead the 30,000 soldiers to the back mountain.

Wang Xiaolai was about to say a few words to Shu Jiuchai, and then Yu Zhitian behind him muttered a lot, and his face was in a hurry.

Wang Xiaolai turned around curiously, looked him up and down, and asked Xun Rang, "What did he say?" ”

Xun Rang's face was a little unsightly, and he was anxious to be asked by Wang Xiaolai, so he said: "That general, why didn't we set off yet, his father had already agreed to our conditions, and said that we didn't want to regret it." ”

Wang Xiaolai laughed when he heard this, pointed at Xun Rang with his chin, and said, "Ask him, whether he is dizzy or not." ”

Xun Rang didn't understand, but Wang Xiaolai asked him to ask like this, and Xun Rang didn't dare not listen, so he asked in a low voice.

Yu Yu's face was obviously a little unsightly, and he snorted: "When is it, your general still asks me if I am dizzy or not, what do I do, does this have anything to do with going to the West?" (Qiang)"

Xun Rang translated the words to Wang Xiaolai.

Wang Xiaolai smiled: "Of course there is, because next, we have to fly over from the sky." ”

When the words fell, Xun Rang looked at Wang Xiaolai in surprise.

Wang Xiaolai pursed his lips: "Translate all my words to him." ”

Xun Rang sighed, so he had to say it honestly, took it, and after listening to it, he was stunned and said Sui Yang's words: "Fly, fly over!! ”

Wang Xiaolai snapped his fingers: "Follow me." ”

After finishing speaking, he went straight to the back mountain.

A team of people arrived, and Wang Xiaolai pointed to the soldiers who were constantly drilling into the hot air balloon in the back mountain and said, "This is our tool." ”

Seeing that Yu tilted his face and showed disbelief, Wang Xiaolai snapped his fingers.

First, nearly 500 hot air balloons slowly rose into the air under the leadership of Shen Xiping, and then, Liu Mianyi's 500 also rose.

At this moment, he can almost race down an apple with his mouth open.

He stammered and asked Xun Rang: "This, what kind of bird is this?" How can you fly without wings? ”

He asked Xun Rang, Xun Rang didn't know, at that time, he was about to translate, Wang Xiaolai directly stopped Xun Rang, and said with a smile: "This, called a hot air balloon, is the latest technology in Sui Yang, and it was originally used to deal with the grassland weapons, but in order to save you Xiqiang, I took it out and used it first." ”

Although he didn't understand Qiang, looking at Yu Yu's expression, Wang Xiaolai also knew what was going on, and said with a smile at the moment.

As he spoke, he made a gesture: "Please, Prince Xiqiang." ”

Although he didn't understand what Wang Xiaolai said, Yu Zhitian still saw Wang Xiaolai's movements clearly, took a deep breath, and walked towards the hot air balloon tremblingly.

Like most soldiers, Xun Rang was also curious about hot air balloons, and his curious eyes couldn't help but sweep around Wang Xiaolai.

Wang Xiaolai was happy: "What's the matter, Xun Wenwen?" ”

Xun Rang swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Big, general, this..."

"Hot air balloons." Wang Xiaolai reminded.

Xun Rang nodded and said, "Why have you never heard of this hot air balloon?" ”

Wang Xiaolai sighed: "Of course you haven't heard of it, the entire Sui Yang, in addition to Your Majesty and a few henchmen under me, only Lao Xiangguo and the Eight Sages King, as well as the deceased Duke Lu, know about this thing." Before that, if the five of us don't say it, who knows? ”

Xun Rang took a deep breath, looked back at the hot air balloon that was gradually rising into the air, shook his shoulders a few times, and couldn't speak.

Wang Xiaolai patted him and said, "Okay, it's time to go up." ”

Different from the hot air balloons that ordinary soldiers ride, Wang Xiaolai's boat, which can accommodate 20 to 30 people, is a giant hot air balloon.

Like the usual ones, that is, the number of ten to fifteen people.

Pressing the frame of the hot air balloon to the ground, Wang Xiaolai sighed: "From today onwards, Sui Yang will enter a new era." ”

With a whooshing sound in the sky, Li Baiyi stepped on a flying sword to catch up, and Wang Xiaolai's hot air balloon went hand in hand, glanced at the hot air balloon in surprise, and then asked: "Is this your secret weapon?" ”

Wang Xiaolai nodded and said with a smile: "Old Sword Immortal, how is it?" ”

Li Baiyi nodded: "There is no one before." ”

Wang Xiaolai laughed.

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As soon as the army left, the empress was a little worried that Wang Xiao was coming, and on the way back to the palace, she was somewhat unhappy.

As he was walking, he heard the sound of footsteps, looked up, and saw that it was Camellia running over, and the Camellia approached the empress and whispered: "Your Majesty, the waiter of the Criminal Department asks to see you." ”

The empress was stunned: "Wind and clouds? ”

Camellia snorted: "He also brought more than a dozen large black wooden boxes." ”

Hearing this, the empress frowned: "What tricks are you playing with this Feng Qingyun?" ”

After thinking about it again and again, the empress couldn't figure it out, so she simply sighed and said, "Forget it, take me to see him." ”

Camellia agreed, led the empress to the direction of the imperial study, and came to the front, the wind and clouds saw the empress from a distance, and immediately arched her hands, knelt on the ground, and shouted long live.

The empress passed by him, said flat, followed the big boxes on the ground, lowered her chin, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Feng Qingyun said: "The minister heard that the imperial treasury was empty, so he specially sent two or five million silver to support His Majesty. ”

"Five million?" The empress paused for a moment.

Feng Qingyun nodded, and opened the box.

The lid was lifted, and the inside was bright and bright, which was called gold and which was silver, and it was neatly arranged.

The empress is a master who doesn't love money, but likes money very much, and at the moment, her eyes are shining.

Now is the time when the court is short of silver to spend, and the empress has long been anxious about this matter, and even she has begun to plan to save her own expenses.

It was at this time that Feng Qingyun sent five million taels, how unhappy the empress was.

At that moment, the empress picked up a silver ingot in her hand, swiped it twice in her hand, and smiled: "It's rare that Feng Aiqing has a heart, it's not easy to get together these five million taels." ”

As she spoke, the empress also glanced at Feng Qingyun meaningfully.

Facing the empress's gaze, Feng Qingyun felt a chill in her heart, knowing in her heart that the empress was beginning to suspect that she was using her power to steal the silver taels, and she didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, these silver taels are all silver saved by the royalist brothers, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

The empress narrowed her eyes when she heard this, and after a long time, she smiled happily: "I didn't say anything else, okay, you get up and answer." ”

Feng Qingyun said yes respectfully.

The empress put down the silver tael, thought for a moment, and shouted, "Narcissus." ”

"Your Majesty, what do you command?"

"Send all this silver to the treasury of Shaofu to fund the expenses of Xiao Laizi's expedition to the west."

"Yes."

Clapped his hands, watching Narcissus send the silver two away, the empress came over and patted Feng Qingyun's shoulder: "You, you did a good job, and you can solve my worries." ”

After speaking, he turned around and entered the imperial study.

Feng Qingyun first froze for a moment, and then ecstasy.

After saying goodbye, Feng Qingyun turned and left.

After returning to the imperial study, Narcissus, who had sent the silver two away, stood next to the empress and hesitated for a few moments.

The empress also sensed that something was wrong with Narcissus, so she raised her head and said, "Narcissus, what's wrong with you?" If you have something to say, what are you polite to me? ”

Narcissus snorted and clenched his fists: "Your Majesty, it's not that Narcissus chews the root of people's tongues behind his back, but that the minister thinks that Feng Qingyun is not right here." ”

As he spoke, he tapped his finger on his left chest.

The empress raised her head to look at the narcissus, pursing her lips and saying nothing.

Narcissus hurriedly bowed his head: "Your Majesty forgives you." ”