Lu Qingli said: "My sister doesn't know, the arsenal has been developing a thing called an iron chariot since last summer. At the beginning, the husband's idea was to build a kind of chariot covered in iron armor and equipped with large-caliber artillery, and the battlefield would become a mobile battery, not afraid of enemy artillery fire and bow and arrow bombardment, especially suitable for siege operations. It was only later that the husband found that this iron chariot was too cumbersome, and it took more than a dozen horses to pull it after being equipped with iron plate armor, and its movement was too slow. Moreover, the large-caliber cannon equipped with it could not achieve the effect, the barrel was too large and too long, and it could not withstand the force of the firing at all, and a dozen guns were deformed and invalidated, and the amount of silver consumed was also extremely large, so the plan was ordered to be invalidated. ”

Everyone didn't understand what she was talking about at all, Yang Kouer and Lu Qingli were tinkering in the arsenal all day long, and the two of them had studied the research and development of firearms, but words such as what armor caliber were terms that others didn't understand at all.

"Qingli, what are you going to say? Is it this kind of chariot artillery that can break through the city wall of Zhengyangmen? Ye Fanggu frowned.

Lu Qingli said: "I can't guarantee it, but in the current situation, I have to try everything." ”

Dai Su'er said: "But didn't you say that the plan was invalidated? ”

Lu Qingli said: "Although the husband gave up this plan, but Kou Er and I saw that the husband looked very regretful, so the two of us discussed secretly continuing to develop the iron chariot, although the problem of bulky and slow can not be solved, but together with the iron smelting master invited by Jiangxi, we found a special clay to add to the molten iron, so that the smelted molten iron can cast a barrel with suitable strength and length caliber, and greatly extend the number of fires." ”

Ye Fanggu said: "You guys did it secretly? This account must not have been reported in the expenditure account of the arsenal, and it must have cost a lot of money. ”

Zhu Fengtong said: "When the accounts of the arsenal were checked last year, there were 150,000 taels of silver at the end of the year, did you use it for this?" ”

Lu Qingli and Yang Kou'er lowered their heads, they thought that no one knew, but in fact, Zhu Fengtong had already checked the accounts of the arsenal and also found the disappeared silver.

"One hundred and fifty thousand taels? You guys are so generous. Ye Fanggu exclaimed.

"Actually...... And that's not all. Lu Qingli snorted: "After the year, I spent another 30,000 taels, and a total of 180,000 taels were gone." ”

Ye Fanggu didn't know what to say, Zhu Fengtong said: "If this thing you said can be useful, what if it is 1.8 million taels?" You mean, does this thing work now? ”

Lu Qingli shouted: "Of course it can be used, but it is still in the cave of the arsenal, and it has to be brought back to the city." It takes twenty healthy horses to pull it. ”

Everyone looked at the little county lord, and it was up to her to decide, the little county lord rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let's go, let's go and pull this thing to take a look, let Uncle Zhong prepare twenty healthy horses, and they must be pulled to the city before dark; Qingli girl, it's best that this thing is useful, if it's useless, the husband can't save it. ”

Lu Qingli said in a low voice: "If the iron chariot can't break through the Zhengyang Gate, I will ...... I'm ......"

Zhu Fengtong got up and interrupted her and said, "Since it's decided, without further ado, let's go out of the city immediately and pull that thing back." ”

At the moment, he told Uncle Zhong to prepare the horses, and told the family to close the door of the house to guard the Song Mansion, and if there were people who tried to enter, they must stick to resist the enemy. After the tea, the women were already escorted by dozens of firearms guards, and dozens of healthy horses appeared on the street of Yongdingmen and went straight to the city gate.

There were few guards at the gate of Yongding Gate, and a large number of foreign soldiers and horses guarding here completed their mission after Song Nan broke into the capital, and failed to prevent Song Nan from entering the city, and when the troops were not abundant, most of them were immediately drawn and assembled.

After the battle of Zhengyangmen began, more than 6,000 soldiers and horses defending the outer city were transferred away, and more than 4,000 were taken away, Yongding Gate, You'an Gate, Zuo'an Gate, Guangqu Gate, Guang'an Gate, and Guang'an Gate, and there were only more than 2,000 defenders left in the five outer city gates, and on average, there were only 400 foreign troops on duty at each city gate.

Of course, it is enough for four hundred foreign troops to guard the city gate, the city gate is closed and the suspension bridge is hung high, and the abnormal atmosphere that has permeated the city gate for several days has made the city gate a forbidden place, and the people outside the city know that they cannot be martial law in the capital and do not plan to run to the city, and the people in the city do not plan to go out of the city at all.

In this quiet afternoon, the sound of horses' hooves came from Yongdingmen Street, which seemed to be quite loud, and the guards at the city gate were immediately alert, and the soldiers above and below the city were also waiting for the battle.

When it became clear that the people who came were seven or eight women wearing hoods and cloaks, the thousands of households guarding the city breathed a sigh of relief, and took dozens of soldiers down to the city to meet them, raising their hands and shouting: "The city gate is heavy, and no one can stay here without waiting, retreat quickly." ”

While speaking, he stared at a pair of thin eyes on the horse, and secretly smacked his tongue in his heart, these women are all stunning, their bodies and faces are all unique, and they don't know which family they are.

A tall woman stepped forward and said on the horse: "Master Jun, the slave sisters want to go out of the city, I don't know if they can be accommodating." ”

Hearing the woman's crisp voice, seeing her handsome figure, Qianhu couldn't help licking his lips, and the soldiers around him also stared at the woman rudely, the woman frowned and asked again, Qianhu came back to his senses, coughed twice and said: "A few days ago, it was sent to the public. Don't you know that the city gates forbade the people to enter or leave? ”

The woman said: "The slave family knows, but a few sisters of the slave family came to the capital to play together, but they didn't expect to encounter martial law in the city, and the return date was close to being in a hurry to go out of the city and return home, so they had to come to ask Ken Junye for accommodation." ”

The thousand households were overjoyed in their hearts, and said secretly: "It turned out to be a foreigner, not a person from Beijing." ”

"If it doesn't work, how can the order from above be accommodating casually, who are you women, how can you come to the capital to play at this time, and are you accompanied by a male dependent?"

The woman shook her head and said, "My sister has long admired the prosperity of Jingshi, so I took advantage of the spring time to take a look, the men in the family are busy with things, how can I have any time to accompany my sister." Master Jun, how about you be accommodating once? There are some silver taels here, the military master took the big brothers to buy wine and drink, this matter is not difficult to do, you say a word, the city gate is opened, and our sisters will get it when they go out of the city. ”

The woman took out a stack of silver tickets from her sleeve, one hundred and two, a total of more than a dozen, that was more than a thousand taels of white flowers and silver, Qianhu's eyes lit up, but she didn't take the silver tickets, shook her head and looked at several women, and said: "You little lady said lightly, such a simple thing as opening a seam?" ”

A woman in the back had apricot eyes wide and scolded: "You don't want to toast, don't eat, eat and drink." ”

The thousand households were stunned for a moment, squinted at the beautiful woman, and sneered: "Yohe, the little lady's temper is not small, you women are in a hurry to get out of the city at this hour, is there something urgent?" It's getting late, and there is a market thirty miles out of the city, so why choose this time to go out of the city? ”

Another woman with a round face and big eyes said, "What's the matter with you?" If you think you have little money, you will give you more money. ”

"Huh? This is to use money to smash Lao Tzu, a few people who are so big, are they making silver at home? Qianhu smiled at the corners of his mouth, and the thief's eyes kept looking at the breasts and long legs of several women.

"Here are five thousand taels of silver tickets, if the military master is accommodating, the five thousand taels of silver is yours, if you don't want to, we can stay in the capital for a few days." The woman holding the silver ticket took out another stack of silver tickets from her sleeve and held it in the air and shook it gently, and the silver tickets made a rattling sound, like singing a beautiful little song.

The thousand households squinted and said: "You take the master too lightly, I could have been accommodating, but you little ladies annoyed Lao Tzu with a domineering appearance, you know, this Yongding Gate is up and down, but I have the final say, five thousand taels of silver is indeed a lot, but Lao Tzu is unhappy, just don't let you out of the city, what?" ”

The soldiers behind him sighed, and their stomachs turned over, Qianhu loves money like life on weekdays, why don't you eat the fat in your mouth today? That's five thousand taels of silver, tired and tired for a year, the salary is only twenty taels, these five thousand taels of silver are divided into one cent, and one person has more than a dozen taels of silver, what the hell is crazy? Don't you want to be a hero in front of these beautiful women? This idiot raised it.

Qianhu didn't know the dissatisfaction of his soldiers, turned his head and shouted: "What's the noise? Do you want money or die? Marquis Zhang gave a strict order. ”

The round-faced woman said: "Sister Ye, if the military master refuses, let's turn back, it's a big deal to stay in the city for a few days, it's not a big deal." ”

The woman holding the silver nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go." ”

All the women turned their horses' heads and prepared to leave, when they heard the thousand households shouting, "Stop." ”

The women looked back in surprise, and the woman surnamed Ye frowned and asked, "What else is the matter with the military master?" ”

The thousand households shook their heads and said, "Just left?" ”

The woman surnamed Ye sneered: "Then what else? The military master is not accommodating, so why don't you want me and my sisters to stand here as stakes? ”

The thousand households said coldly: "A few of you are acting suspiciously, how can a woman ride a horse and show her head outside?" Where does all this money come from? Little Sanzi! Little third son. ”

A soldier hurriedly stepped forward and agreed: "The villain is here, what is the matter with the Lord of the Thousand Households?" ”

"Didn't you say today that there was a thief in Zhengnanfang? In the past few days, there have been several big families, stolen a lot of money, and made people panic, isn't it? ”

The soldier Xiao Sanzi was stunned and said, "No...... Nope. ”

Qianhu raised his hand to pop a chestnut, his eyes were so crowded that he almost flew out, and said with a smile: "I obviously listened to what you said in person, think about it." ”

The third son suddenly said, oh said: "Oh, it's true, these days Zhengnanfang is making snitches, some people say that they see the thief's slender body, as if he is a woman......"

"Tsk, that's it." Qianhu nodded with satisfaction, turned back to the women on horseback and said, "Did you all hear that?" A few of you are acting suspiciously, I suspect that you have something to do with the snitch in Zhengnanfang, you can't leave. ”

Several women shouted in unison, and the apricot-eyed woman scolded angrily: "You bad thing, are you going to die?" ”

"Yo he, you still say it's not a female snitch? Even I dared to threaten. ”

The woman surnamed Ye waved her hand and said, "It seems that this military master is going to take us down as female snitches, right?" Do you think a few of us look like snitches? ”

Qianhu said with a smile: "Look at you all like flowers and jade, but it's not like it, but you don't know your face but don't know your heart, how do you know that you are not carrying a murder weapon?" I don't wronged good people, a few people got off the horse, let Lao Tzu search carefully, as long as there is no evidence of guilt, I will let you go back. ”

Immediately, several women finally understood the intention of this guy, not only scolded angrily, this guy was too shameless, it turned out that he wanted to take advantage of the trouble for a long time, if he let his dirty hands touch his body, it would be better to die.

The soldiers of the foreign army clamored one after another: "What Lord Qianhu said is that come down and let us search, but there is nothing forbidden, maybe our Lord Qianhu will be happy, and you will really be accommodated to go out of the city." ”

The woman surnamed Ye who came forward to negotiate before was Ye Fanggu, at this moment she was covered with frost, and her heart was murderous, and when she met the ugliness of the officers and soldiers in front of her, she said quietly: "Does the military master really want to search?" ”

The thousand households smiled and said, "Then there is still a fake?" ”

Ye Fanggu said softly: "Then let you search, search the slave family first, who will search?" ”

The little county lord and the others behind him exclaimed, "Sister Ye, how can you agree." ”

Ye Fanggu waved her hand and said, "Don't be impatient." ”

Qianhu smiled and said: "I was looking for a mother-in-law, but I can't leave here, and there is no house near the left, so I had to search it myself, although it offended you a little bit, but this is official business, so I don't need to think about these." ”

Ye Fanggu smiled and said, "That's right." As he spoke, he jumped off the horse, slowly approached the Qianhu, puffed up his strong chest and said, "Come on, search it." ”

The thousand households didn't expect Ye Fanggu to be so refreshing, but they were taken aback, but in the face of a charming beauty sent up to take advantage of themselves, how could they not take advantage of it? At that moment, he rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his two big furry hands towards Ye Fanggu. The eyes of the soldiers were round, and their throats were full of grunting and foaming sounds, secretly envious of the thousand households, this woman was beautiful and gorgeous, and her body was strong.

However, the sudden change in front of him, the hairy claws of the thousand households have not yet reached the woman's body, and I saw the woman scream, stretched out her hand to grab the wrist of the thousand households, twisted it in reverse, only to hear a crisp kara sound, the thousand households howled like killing pigs, and the wrist bones of the wrists had been broken. The next moment, the blue light was dazzling, and a short sword was pressed against his throat.

"Shameless dog thing, as a general of the imperial court, he actually has a bad stomach and intends to molest a woman from a good family, how can my aunt and grandmother tolerate you, shut up, and call again, my aunt and grandmother will let your head fall to the ground."

The thousand households only felt a pain in their throats, the short sword had pierced the skin, and they could feel the blood flowing out of their necks, and they shouted in fright: "Spare your life, aunt and grandmother spare your life." ”

Ye Fanggu scolded angrily: "Tell your subordinates not to resist, otherwise I will cut off your dog's head." ”

The soldiers had already drawn their blades in their hands, and they came forward to make noise with their blades, and the thousand households scolded angrily: "Wang Ba calves, do you want to kill Lao Tzu? Get out of the way. ”

Ye Fanggu nodded behind her, and a woman behind her took out the bamboo flute on her chest and blew it slowly, and suddenly the horse's hooves sounded, dozens of horses galloped over, and dozens of brocade-clothed guards rushed to the front in the blink of an eye.

Ye Fanggu held the thousand households hostage and whispered in his ear: "Order your subordinates not to resist, if anyone dares to do it, I will cut off your pig's head." ”

After that, the tip of the sword was sent forward again, and the thousand households felt a sharp pain in their throats, and they were so frightened that they shouted loudly: "Don't move, no one is allowed to move, otherwise, Lao Tzu will kill his whole family." ”

The soldiers at the head of the city saw the dozens of Jinyi guards who suddenly arrived, and they were going to shoot with their bows, but they hesitated for a while, and under the city, dozens of Jinyi guards quickly seized the blades of more than 200 foreign soldiers who did not dare to resist, and more than a dozen fire guns pointed at them, and none of them dared to move.

Zhang Rui, the flag officer, rushed up to the city tower with more than a dozen personal guards, hundreds of foreign soldiers threw rat traps, and the thousands of households below were hoarse and asked them not to resist, and they didn't dare to do it lightly, and they were slashed before their eyes. Zhang Rui hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the foreign army under the city to be escorted to the city tower, and the thirty brocade guards and fire guards held the fire guns and gathered them all in the attic above the city tower to watch them firmly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Fanggu lowered the throat of the thousand households with a short sword and escorted him to the city tower, the thousand households kept begging for mercy, Ye Fanggu was cold, and when he was escorted to the place where the soldiers were detained, Ye Fanggu said: "Dog thief, do you know who you offended today?" We are the family members of the Zhenguo Mansion, you dog thief actually intended to be rude, and you are innocent of death. ”

The thousand households were so frightened that they were about to pee out, and begged repeatedly: "I don't know Mount Tai with my eyes, I'm blind, my aunt and grandmother will spare me, and I won't dare anymore." ”

Ye Fanggu sneered: "Spare you? Am I not humiliated in vain? You dog thief shouldn't live in the world and harm people, my aunt and grandmother will send you back to the West today. ”

The thousand households heard that the words were wrong, and suddenly jumped up and wanted to run away, Ye Fanggu snorted, the short sword in her hand was wiped horizontally, poof, a stream of blood spurted out far away, and the thousand households ran out a few steps and planted themselves in front of the foreign soldiers.

The foreign soldiers were frightened, and Zhang Rui shouted: "This fight is innocent, and you dare to be rude to the family members of the Zhenguo Mansion, although it is not a good thing, but as long as you are obedient and don't mess around, I will spare your dog's life." If you are impatient to live, you can try the iron egg. The power of the child. ”

Where did the soldiers dare to talk more, they were stunned one by one, for fear of attracting death.

Ye Fanggu wiped the blood stains on the short sword and said to Zhang Rui: "Order them to pull up the suspension bridge and guard the city gate; If someone comes to the city to investigate, they will be killed directly. ”

Zhang Rui arched his hand and said: "Madame, don't worry, the humble duty is here, and it is guaranteed to be foolproof." ”

Ye Fanggu quickly went down the city wall, and the guards of the Zhenguo Mansion and more than ten Jinyi guards who arrived below had already worked together to open the city gate, and the women rode their horses and whips, galloping out of the city all the way, and went straight to Shilizhuang.