In addition to staying in the barracks and practicing normally, Wei Yangyang went to Yu Jingxian's house to harass him. From her mouth, Shen Minghuang knew that the sloppy old man turned out to be a firearms master in the Ministry of Industry. In the battle of Sanliying, the Wei family army used a new firearm-fire thunder to dislocate the soul of the Water Demon Army, which was a good thing he made, and the middle finger of his right hand was also developed when the fire thunder suddenly exploded and was blown up. And Jiaolong's practice was also taught to Wei Yangyang when he was serving in Haixi Mansion. So even though he retired and no longer made firearms, the Wei brothers and sisters still respected him very much.

Why is such a powerful character that can only be a seven-grade petty official in the Ministry of Industry, and he has never heard of him? Shen Minghuang checked the records of the ministry to know the reason, that Yu Jingxian likes to tinker with all kinds of explosives the most, but he is completely unfamiliar with human feelings and sophistication, and he does not care about officialdom etiquette. Sometimes after touching the gunpowder, he went to the yamen with a black face and black hands; Sometimes when it was his turn to be on duty, he remembered a piece of artillery data, so he went home directly to ponder it, regardless of whether the affairs of the official family were handled or not. Therefore, every year in the official assessment, he is almost unqualified, and no one in the official department recommends him, and he has been mixed for a lifetime, and he only mixes to the seventh grade.

But three years before he became a servant, he was sent to Haixi Mansion, which can be regarded as finding the right place. The garrison promised that he would not have to be on duty, and that he could ponder firearms at home every day. Wei Yangyang even fell in love with him, because she was a girl, and her strength was not as good as that of a man when she fought, so she naturally suffered, but with the various small firearms developed by Yu Jingxian, she was much easier against the enemy, and sometimes when she was fighting, she suddenly took out a firearm and shot at the other party; Sometimes she buried the fire and thunder under the stones, and when it was sounded, the explosives and stones flew wildly, and the enemy was smashed and screamed.

Now in Gusu, she has a wonderful idea to see if she can develop a dragon that can explode from the water and directly blow through enemy ships. Just for this matter, she ran to Yu's house every once in a while, pulled Yu Jingxian's beard and asked him to find a way. However, Jiaolong's failure in water is a truth that everyone understands, she is about to tear off Yu Jingxian's white beard, and the two of them have not come up with a way.

* At noon that day, after the deliberations, all the officers went out to their tents to eat. Shen Minghuang stopped Wei Bingyue. After two months of contact and the records of the officials, he knew that although Wei Bingyue had a paranoid personality, he was very smart, and he often had shocking actions in war. And the Wei family's loyalty to the imperial court naturally does not need to be doubted. But is Wei Bingyue willing to support himself? He decided to talk to the other party.

Wei Bingyue stopped: "Your Highness, what else do you have to order?" Shen Minghuang said, "I want to hear what you think of the local generals." Wei Bingyue replied: "Your Highness, our Wei family army is only good at horse station and foot combat, and is not proficient in naval warfare. ”

Shen Minghuang saw him say this, which was in line with his expectations, they were all officials of the Ministry of War, and although Wei Bingyue had no one in his eyes, he obviously didn't want to offend others. It seems that he will not help himself without releasing some bait. Therefore, Shen Minghuang said: "General Wei, your Wei family army is not good at water warfare, is not familiar with the terrain, and can still effortlessly eradicate the giant crocodile gang that has been a disaster in the Yangtze River for more than ten years. And the local officials in Lingzhou have been encircling and suppressing pirates for several years, and they are actually suppressing more and more, isn't it strange? Even if it is because the Wei family army is brave and fierce, but this local general can only be promoted and transferred back to Ling and Zhejiang if he has military merits in other places, why is this command ability so bad? ”

He looked at Wei Bingyue and continued: "You can speak as freely as you want, and tell me everything you think and think." If I win this battle, I will make a meritorious service, and when I return to Huadu, I will definitely speak well for you in front of the emperor. Wei Bingyue said: "Pirates frequently harass the coastal provinces, and they rob a lot of money every time, where can they have such accurate information?" Can you find a place where there is no garrison and go ashore every time? Among the officials of Lingzhou and Zhezhou, there must be internal ghosts. ”

Shen Minghuang nodded, what he said was the same as he thought. He asked again, "Then, who do you think is the inner ghost?" Wei Bingyue shook his head and said, "There is no way to be sure for the time being, after all, this is a matter of losing your head, and you can't just wronged people." Shen Minghuang agreed: "Yes, if there is no conclusive evidence, you can't identify it casually, but this person is really hateful!" ”

He thought about it, and felt that the inner ghost had no clues for the time being, and asked, "Then, do you have any good plan to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Wei Bingyue said: "The last general has thought of several countermeasures, but naval warfare is completely different from infantry warfare, and I don't know if it is feasible. ”

Shen Minghuang raised his head and looked at him: "You talk about it first." ”

Wei Bingyue said: "The pirates are a rabble, just a small fight, not to be afraid. The cheeks of the Hays Snow Butterfly, although treacherous, but the Hays country is small, and he has no weight when he speaks. The one who really speaks with weight and strength in pirates is the left general of the Water Demon Country. We have to find a way to eliminate the main force of the Water Demon Army, and the others are naturally lost dogs. But ......"

Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "The Water Demon Army has twenty or thirty thousand people, and they carry artillery, and our Weijia Army only has three thousand. The local soldiers are not as strong as the water demons, and if they are one-on-one, they really suffer. Moreover, it has not yet occurred to me how I can lead Dun to the shore without getting rid of it. ”

Shen Minghuang asked, "If you hand over the local soldiers to you for training, how long will it take to train them to be like the Wei Family Army?" Wei Bingyue replied: "We Haixi people have been on the battlefield since childhood, no matter how fierce the enemy is, we are not afraid, even women dare to kill the enemy." However, Ling and Zhejiang are different, this is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and all the provinces are used to living a peaceful life, and the soldiers are not fierce enough, and they are not familiar with each other enough. But in our Wei family formation, we have to cooperate with several people who trust each other and have almost the same combat effectiveness in order to give full play to our greatest advantages. It takes at least two years to train local soldiers to such a level of tacit understanding, and they must have fought four or five battles and trained in actual combat. ”

Two years, that's too long. Shen Minghuang said: "General Wei, although I have never fought a war, I have learned the art of war. And I am in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and I often have to have diplomatic relations with foreign countries. I also understand the principles of maintaining balance between countries. I do have an idea, since the pirates are familiar with the terrain, then we will be the opposite, as long as we eliminate the pirate leader Xiao Diao'er, then Tu Bujing and the cheek wave snow butterfly are from the north, just like you, who are not familiar with naval warfare, and it will be easy to destroy them at that time. ”

Wei Bingyue agreed: "Your Highness is right, the strong dragon can't suppress the local snake, and the local Xiao Diao'er will be destroyed, and the foreign one will naturally have no direction." Moreover, they only came from the north last year, and they don't know the local officials, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for the inner ghosts to exchange news with them. However, if Tuo Bujing and the cheek wave snow butterfly run back to the north or elsewhere because of this, it will be a scourge, and when the time comes, what if the emperor blames him? ”

Shen Minghuang thought for a while and asked, "According to your understanding, what is the relationship between that Tuo Bujing and the cheek wave snow butterfly?" Wei Bingyue shook his head: "Hayes Elementary School, has always been pressed by the water devil, and the eldest son of the cheek wave snow butterfly was sent to the water demon military camp as a proton since he was a child, and later, when we attacked the water devil, his son was still dead." For this reason, the cheek wave snow butterfly hated our Wei family so much, so he dared to cooperate with the Water Demon Army the year before last and offend my Haiximo Battalion. He has been suppressed for so many years, he must have hatred for the water demon in his heart, but it was only because of the situation that he was mixed up with Tuo. ”

He suddenly thought of something, and said, "But I have a way to find out if there are any ghosts." ”

Shen Minghuang looked at him. He continued: "Last night, my sister received a letter. It was sent to her by a friend of hers. ”

* In the afternoon, Wei Yangyang was called into Shen Minghuang's big tent, and there were only two people in the tent, Shen Minghuang and Wei Bingyue. After she asked for peace, Shen Minghuang said: "Wei Yangyang, you grew up in the army since you were a child, do you know the rules of secrecy?" Wei Yangyang nodded: "Yes, the correspondence documents in the barracks, you can't read what you shouldn't see, and you can't ask what you shouldn't ask." Shen Minghuang smiled: "Okay, then please take out the letter you received last night." ”

Wei Yangyang raised his head: "It was written to me by my friend, I just said something about the recent situation, and it has nothing to do with the military camp." Shen Minghuang asked, "Who is that friend of yours?" Wei Yangyang hesitated: "He is just a scholar, he has no kung fu, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs." Shen Minghuang put away his smile and stared at her: "He's from Hais, isn't he?" Wei Yangyang nodded: "Yes, but he did not participate in the incident of my Haijiang this time." Shen Minghuang said: "Okay, in order to clear your suspicion, you take out the letter and read it." Wei Yangyang hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this friend of mine is really just a scholar, and I guarantee that he has nothing to do with Hayes Bing." ”

Wei Bingyue couldn't help it at the moment, took the case, and scolded: "Wei Yangyang, do you dare to say that he has nothing to do with Hayes Bing?" He's the son of Cheek Butterflies, isn't he? Wei Yangyang was so frightened that he didn't dare to look at her brother, he just knelt on the ground and lowered his head: "Yes, but he has no power to restrain the chicken, he hasn't killed a ......" Before she finished speaking, she slapped Wei Bingyue heavily on the left side of her face, and her face immediately swollen.

Wei Bingyue looked at her little face, and regretted it a little in her heart, at home, no matter how naughty she was and made a big mistake, her family was reluctant to beat her, at most she was punished for taking a horse step or copying books. But when the arrow was about to be fired, he scolded again: "If you take it and take it out, why do you want to engage in military law?" Wei Yangyang raised her head and looked at her brother stubbornly: "When I was fighting, I said that I was a girl, and I was not qualified to be an official if I had military merits, why did you want to use military law to treat me at this time?" ”

Wei Bingyue said: "Okay, Wei Yangyang, you have a good ability, I'll ask someone to beat you with twenty military sticks first, and see if you are still hard-mouthed?" ”

Shen Minghuang persuaded: "General Wei, don't worry about it first. He looked at Wei Yangyang: "Don't be angry with your brother, I know about this matter, don't worry about it, if it spreads, the Wei family and daughter should be thieves, do you know, how big a deal it is?" ”

Seeing that Wei Yangyang was silent, he continued to scare her: "This is the same big crime as rebellion!" You always know about rebellion, right? Zhu Jiu Clan! Your Wei family, even your grandmother, mother, sister-in-law, and niece's mother's family, will all be killed! Have you figured this out, do you want to take out the letter? ”

Wei Yangyang lowered his head and bit his lower lip, thought about it, was obviously frightened by him, and said, "I'll take it out, but if it's okay, you have to give it back to me." Shen Minghuang nodded: "Okay, I promise you." Wei took out a small bamboo tube from his sleeve and took out a rolled-up letter from it. Unconvinced, he said, "Your Highness can understand the Hays script?" Do you want me to translate it to Your Highness?"

Shen Minghuang looked at the letter and asked, "When did he come to this letter, and asked if you were okay, right?" Wei Yangyang didn't expect Shen Minghuang to even know Hai Siwen, and he was stunned for a while. Shen Minghuang continued to read the letter: "There is no problem, you write a reply letter again, and ask him to come here in ten days." As he spoke, he pointed to a place on the map called Matsuura Pier.

Wei Yangyang raised his head: "His Highness wants to kill him?" Shen Minghuang said, "No, he is your friend, and I promise you that I will spare his life." Seeing that Wei Yangyang was silent, he said: "I only need you to invite him here, you have also seen this place, by the sea, there are sandy beaches everywhere, and there is no place to ambush." When you meet him, I will send him away. ”

Hearing him say this, Wei Yangyang finally nodded, sat next to Wei Bingyue, and prepared to write a reply. Wei Bingyue suddenly thought of something and asked, "Little Pomegranate, I remember that the eldest son of the snow butterfly is your friend, so do you still remember, how did he die?" ”

When Wei Yangyang heard him ask, her face turned red instantly, obviously in a very angry mood, she said: "Naturally, I know that he was killed by Dun Butuo!" As soon as she said this, Wei Bingyue was shocked: "You mean Dun Bu killed him?" ”

Wei Yangyang nodded vigorously: "Yes!" I see it clearly, I can't be mistaken! Then, with hatred, he told the cause of his death.

Shen Minghuang said: "Okay, you can step back first, and go back to your brother's account to write a reply." When she went out, Shen Minghuang asked: "General Wei, the son of this cheek snow butterfly is dead, so who is the person who wrote the letter to your sister?" Wei Bingyue explained: "Cheek Wave Snow Butterfly has a total of two sons, and the one who died in the water demon camp is the eldest son, Cheek Wave and a Reed; But now it is his second son who writes the letter, and his cheeks are a sail. ”

Shen Minghuang had a playful smile on his face, as if asking: There are only two sons in total, how do you know your sister? Wei Bingyue saw what he meant, and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, the people of the four countries in the north usually trade with our Dayang. That cheek snow butterfly likes our Central Plains culture, so his two sons grew up reading sage books since they were children, and they don't know martial arts, and their temperament is different from him. The second son has been living in Bibo City, so my sister knows him. ”

Shen Minghuang nodded, although there have always been wars in several countries, but those who do not participate in the war among the people of the four countries are allowed to live in Dayang, and he also knows this. He opened his mouth and said: "General Wei, now we know that the cheek wave was killed by Dun Butuo, and Dun Butuo is his own brother. Well, I had a new idea. We can take advantage of this to trigger mutual suspicion between the cheeks of Snow Butterfly and Tuo Buying. ”

Wei Bingyue asked: "Let's put this news on the cheek wave snow butterfly?" Shen Minghuang shook his head: "No, it's for Tuo Bujing, so that he thinks that Cheek Snow Butterfly knows that his son was killed by the Water Devil, but Cheek Wave Snow Butterfly actually doesn't know." In this way, he will no longer trust the cheek wave snow butterfly, after all, the two families have a feud. ”

Wei Bingyue thought for a while, and added: "Dun Butuo killed the cheek wave Yiwei, naturally he was tight-lipped, and he would not tell outsiders about the cause of his death, and now that Dun Butuo is dead, only my sister knows about it." Why don't we let go of the word to Tuo Bujing, so that he thinks that Cheek Bo Snow Butterfly already knows that his son was killed by Tuo Bujing. Anyway, he definitely didn't dare to check with Cheek Wave Snow Butterfly what the other party had received. But in fact, the other party doesn't know anything at all. ”

After listening to his method, Shen Minghuang was very surprised, if he had doubts about Wei Bingyue's ability to sit firmly as the leader of the Wei family's blue camp before, now, he didn't doubt it at all, he even believed that as long as Wei Bingyue didn't die in battle, the position of the eighth generation of Wei family's chief soldier must be his. Shen Minghuang praised: "Good idea, in this way, I will think that the cheek snow butterfly and him are mortal enemies." From then on, they will be on guard against the cheeks of Snow Butterfly, as long as the two have a disagreement, then it will be easy to say. As long as we add fuel to the fire, after eliminating Xiao Diao'er, they will definitely turn against each other! Isn't it easier for them to kill each other than for us to fight in person? ”

Now that the target to be eliminated has been determined, the next thing is naturally what Wei Bingyue is most familiar with, he said: "My sister wrote a letter to lure the cheeks to come to the place, there is no way to ambush people, there is no danger. The cheek wave snow butterfly will definitely take this opportunity to come along to explore the truth. We can plant fire and thunder there and make a surprise attack. This fire thunder is a new firearm, we used it when we only took off Dun Bu in Haixi, and the cheek wave snow butterfly had never seen a fire thunder, and if it suddenly exploded, even if it could not kill him, it would definitely scare him, so that he could not understand our forces in Gusu. After the two of them finished talking about the plan, Wei Bingyue returned to his account, and Wei Yangyang handed him the written letter.

The next day, the brother and sister still had to take a boat to the barracks, Wei Yangyang said that he forgot to bring a knife, and asked Wei Bingyue to wait for her on the boat first. When she returned to the house and went out again, Shen Minghuang was already standing at the door of the water pavilion. She saluted. Shen Minghuang looked at her right cheek was still red and swollen, and thought: This Wei Bingyue is really good.

He spoke, "You want someone to deliver the letter, don't you?" Wei Yangyang hurriedly shook his head: "No." Shen Minghuang smiled: "I know, you wrote another letter to that person." In the whole city of Gusu, only I have the means to send your letter to the pirates, and if you believe me, give it to me. Wei Yangyang looked up at him. Shen Minghuang said: "If you don't look for me, there is no other way, so you can only believe me." Don't worry, I won't watch it, I'm not interested in things that women express their longing for their lovers. ”

Wei Yang hurriedly denied: "That's not my lover." Just friends. After speaking, she bit her lower lip heavily, considering whether Shen Minghuang was trustworthy, she thought for a moment, made a decision, took out her newly written letter from her arms, and put it in Shen Minghuang's hand. Then he saluted, turned his head and left.

Shen Minghuang was a little surprised, she said, not a lover. Since he is not a lover, why would he rather take a risk and contact him privately?