Qi Maosheng held Gu Xiyan's hand as if comforting, and said: "The people in the Shenji Camp turned out to be some orphans adopted by Li Chaoyang, although they are all good at blocking one side, but when it comes to old scheming, connections and wealth, where are the opponents of those century-old valves, plus the contradictions between several deputy commanders, they will soon be unable to grasp the situation and cannot support it, after a suicide, the survivors are forced to take refuge in different valves." ”

"Yandi is a bitter cold land, all dynasties are border stoppers, plus the ancestors were born in the cold, was despised by those scholars, although relying on cavalry successively occupied Lianyun County, Guannei County, Guandong County three counties close to Lianshan, becoming the largest warlord in the north, but because of the harsh climate of Yandi, the remote geographical location, the rise of the Qi family, for those who want to compete in the world, the great treasure, there is no threat at all, and there is no eye. On the other hand, everything that happened in Shengjing is just a legend to us. ”

"In October 1814 of the summer calendar, the Yang family in Jiangnan suddenly sent a messenger, saying that they wanted the Qi family to send troops to help them resist the yellow-haired and blue-eyed Gabanars, and asked the ancestors to hand over the army to the Yang family, and they would deploy it uniformly." Speaking of this, Qi Maosheng snorted coldly, "This is equivalent to asking us to hand over our military power, and the ancestors are naturally unwilling." But at that time, the Yang family was already strong and strong, and non-Yan land could resist. The ancestors did not dare to refuse them directly, so they warmly entertained their envoys, expressed their wishes euphemistically, and sent a large amount of gold silk to the envoys. ”

In mid-November, the Yang family sent someone to ask for a meeting and brought up the matter of sending troops again, but the ancestor still politely refused. Seeing this, the envoy was very disappointed, and the ancestors did not dare to anger the Yang family, so they personally came forward to set up a banquet to entertain them. When he had eaten to his heart's content, the envoy said that he had brought a new and most advanced weapon and wanted to take the opportunity to show it. Ancestors do not forgive many births. Several times of reluctance, but to make the attitude insist, in the end only agreed. ”

"Everyone came to the training ground together, and asked the ancestor to send a man to stand a hundred meters away, with an apple on his head, saying that this would best reflect the power of this new type of weapon. The ancestors did so. The envoy sent a man from his side out, raised an iron rod, and aimed at the apple from a distance, and after a loud bang, the apple shattered to pieces, and the iron rod smelled of gunfire... Let's take a look. were all shocked, and the Yandi people present all looked at each other, and they were all at a loss. The envoy told the ancestors that this weapon was called the fire gun, and it was the treasure of the Shenji Battalion of the original Taichu Dynasty. The ancestor knew that they were threatening Yandi to send troops, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb and slapped him with a smile and said a few words of praise. Who knows. As soon as the ancestor's words fell, the person standing behind the comer with the firearm raised the firearm in his hand and struck at the ancestor..."

"Ahh Gu Xiyan exclaimed.

Qi Maosheng glanced at Gu Xiyan with a calm gaze, and said, "April 1815 in the summer calendar. 80,000 people from Yandi went south and participated in the campaign to stop the Gabanars in Lingnan County. By the year 181 of the Xia calendar, the Gabanars were defeated and retreated, and the Yang family had increased from the original 200,000 troops to 500,000 troops. We swallow land, but 80,000 horses and horses are left with only 1,500 people... At that time, Qi Zhan, the head of the Qi family, divorced his wife and killed his son, and married the daughter of the Yang family... Since then, Xizhao has had the habit of marrying the Qi family. ”

Gu Xiyan looked at Qi Maosheng dumbfounded, and Qi Maosheng also looked at Gu Xiyan. But Gu Xiyan's eyes were full of sadness, while Qi Maosheng's eyes were full of anger, humiliation, and awe-inspiring.

Gu Xiyan's intuition told her that this incident had happened hundreds of years ago. It must have deeply pierced Qi Maosheng's heart. She couldn't help but say in a joking tone, "Hmm. Speaking of which, your family is still a relative of the emperor! ”

"It's related. But there is no blood relationship. When Qi Maosheng heard this, he showed a somewhat pale smile in Gu Xiyan's eyes, "Of the seven ladies from Xizhao, none of them have heirs who inherit the title alive!" ”

This said... It's so much fun!

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but shudder.

Qi Maosheng showed a self-deprecating smile and said softly: "It is recorded in the historical records that in the spring of 1816 in the summer calendar, the Gabanars were defeated and retreated. The Yang, Qi, Zheng, Wu, Shen, and Li clans held a six-sided meeting in Mingdao, and the Yang family recognized the jurisdiction of the other five families, and named the heads of the five families as the princes of the country, and the five families respected the Yang family as the emperor, and handed over a number of money and silk every year, and the personal guards should not exceed 3,000... However, the actual situation was that after the war, the Shen clan demanded that the people of Shu who fulfilled the promise made before the war that the people of Shu could go to Jiangnan to do business at will and get the protection of the Yang clan, but the Yang clan not only disagreed, but also demanded that Qi, Zheng, Wu, Shen, and Li hand over their military power and submit to the Yang clan. ”

Of course, everyone disagreed, so the Yang family took out the fire gun on the spot, and the Shen family took the lead in turning their faces with the Yang family, and also showed the fire gun, and the number far exceeded the Yang family's holding... The Yang family was caught off guard, and the Zheng, Wu, and Li families took the opportunity to support the Shen family with their own men and horses, killing more than 50,000 Yang guards on the spot, but the Yang family also relied on the strength of the three families to trap the three families on Ming Island. ”

"The Shen family lives in Jiannan, where the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the number of people is scarce, the military strength is insufficient, although there are firearms, they are unable to compete with the Yang clan alone; The Qi family has been subordinated to the Yang family, the Li family has always been respected by the Yang family, and the Zheng and Wu families have been fighting for water for a hundred years, and the knot is difficult to remove, and it is impossible for the four families to twist into a rope. Later, the ancestors came forward to deal with the Yang family, and the Yang family was forced to sign the Ming Island Agreement. ”

"After so many years, the Qi family has not forgotten the humiliation they suffered back then, and the successive heads of the family will tell their successors before they die, they must pay attention to the news of the fire gun, and find a way to get the manufacturing map of the fire gun..."

Gu Xiyan had already vaguely guessed something: "So someone asked you to meet in Shengjing in the name of holding the fire gun manufacturing map..."

Qi Maosheng's face flashed with embarrassment, and said, "At that time, Gaochang had just been captured, and the soldiers were tired... I know the danger, but I still want to take the fire and try my luck..."

"Have you been discovered, or have you fallen into a trap?" Gu Xiyan asked.

Qi Maosheng was stunned, he didn't expect Gu Xiyan to get to the point.

To be found is to be exposed to this thing; Falling into a trap means that there is no such thing as wanting to get rid of him quickly.

Qi Maosheng's face was straight, and he said with a serious expression: "At that time, Yan Di's spy report in Xizhao said that there was a person who claimed to have a blueprint for making a firearm in his hand and wanted to sell it at a high price. And according to my request, I sent a third of the drawings as evidence. When I arrived at the rendezvous place, I found a room full of dead people, and before I could come to my senses, I went on a siege. Although those people were covered faces, their command was agile and their actions were clean. With tacit understanding, at first glance, it is from the army, and there are also a few peerless masters who are not good-looking, I was injured by negligence for a while... By the time I broke out of the siege, martial law had begun on the streets. Qi Maosheng's face became grim, "I arrived with me at that time." There is another one who was invited to go like me, although everyone has made some disguises in appearance, but he has an extraordinary bearing, and the servants around him are extremely skilled, and he should not be an ordinary person. Because I disappeared at the time, Yandi's spy report in Shengjing shifted the focus of the matter, and I will check it again when I go back. I can't find anything useful. ”

He smiled bitterly: "Actually, you don't need to check, no one dares to make such a gesture except for the court." No one can do it. I don't die, and I guess they won't be willing. ”

Looking at his somewhat lost expression, Gu Xiyan intuitively wanted to comfort him.

I've never eaten pork, and I've seen pigs run away. It's not often in those TV and movies that there are such plots.

She muttered, "Maosheng. You don't have to be so frustrated. Or maybe it's not about you at all, it's about everyone who knows that there is such a thing, or anyone who dares to come forward and buy it! ”

Qi Maosheng nodded: "Yes." I thought so at the time. After so many years, there is no large-scale fire gun on the market, and ordinary people don't know its value at all, even if someone does. There is no strength. I don't dare to take it for myself. And that person bid extremely high, not an ordinary person can win the land. If there is no support from forces like the Guogong Mansion behind it, it will simply come up with so much money. ”

Speaking of this, he said to Xiyan as if he had suddenly thought of something: "Well, Xiyan, why didn't I think of it... In that case, the man is not dead, but will be like me... If it's really as I suspect, maybe, this fire... And this assassination was not entirely caused by my private dispatch of troops to Gaochang..."

Qi Maosheng sat up abruptly and shouted, "Siping, you come in for me!" ”

When Gu Xiyan heard this, he hurriedly took a piece of clothing from the side and draped it on Qi Maosheng's shoulders.

Siping didn't come in, but whispered through the curtain of the floor cover: "Master, the slave is here!" ”

Qi Maosheng said: "You go and find Mr. Ding, I have something to negotiate." ”

Siping left in response.

Qi Maosheng got up and dressed.

Gu Xiyan thought that she was now Maosheng's wife, of course, she had to be more virtuous, but as soon as she got up, she was stuffed into the quilt by Qi Maosheng: "It's cold, stay for me." I will say a few words to Mr. Ding, and let people pass the meal... Even if you are not hungry, you can't stop eating..."

As he spoke, a middle-aged man's voice came from outside: "Grandpa Guo, you call me!" ”

Qi Maosheng had already dressed neatly and walked out, Gu Xiyan had to lie down again and listen to the two of them talking.

Qi Maosheng said: "We may have deviated from the direction and kept thinking about the fire gun too mysterious. More than 400 years have passed, and who knows what has happened in between. Perhaps, like the sword, this firearm also has a time or age of use... You go check and see what is going on in the Duke of Shu and Fengtai, I have always suspected that the person who was besieged with me was a person from the Duke of Shu! ”

Dingzhihan was taken aback, and then he showed a clear look again.

If Qi Mao's suspicions are correct, then that is to say, the Shu land that used to hold the fire gun has undergone a great change, which can explain why Shu has been doing nothing in Jiannan for so many years, since Shu has lost control of the fire gun, then the same thing can happen to Xizhao... Can we think that the sword that has always kept all political forces submissive and inactive in moving forward has long since ceased to exist?