The old grandson remained silent, which in Cao Yong's opinion was equivalent to acquiescence.

"How dare he !! that" Cao Yong's voice rose sharply, and the four people near the rockery not far away immediately looked over when they heard the sound.

"Be quiet!" The old grandson immediately covered Cao Yong's mouth and reminded in a low voice, and then turned his head and shouted to Wang Lingji: "It's okay, you continue, you continue." He was relieved to see that the young couple really continued to quarrel.

"How are you Tanhua and Di, the former Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and now the prefect of Yizhou, when did it become so frizzy?" The old grandson said.

"Hmm......" Cao Yong nodded, indicating that he understood, and the old grandson let go.

As soon as he let go, Cao Yong immediately lowered his voice and said, "How dare King Ning be so bold? As the emperor's younger brother, he is the prince of my Jingguo, how dare he rebel against his ancestors and betray the country! Sir, I will now submit this letter to Your Majesty to expose their conspiracy! ”

Lao Sun Tou continued: "Now is not the time, the letter is just Wei Chi Yangfeng's words, just such a letter can't explain anything, and it can't bring down Liu Pingshan, we need conclusive evidence, I received the news, two months later, there will be a big military operation in the Jin Kingdom, and it has not yet been found out what they are going to do, but I guess that Liu Pingshan will definitely respond to the Jin Army, and you must firmly grasp the opportunity at that time, this is the opportunity to seize his collusion with the Jin State, only at that moment, is the time when this letter is lined up to come in handy." ”

Cao Yong nodded solemnly, carefully put away the letter in his hand, and he made up his mind that he would completely remove Liu Pingshan, a cancer, from the northwest region.

The old man suddenly changed his words and said, "There is one more thing, and now it is time to tell you. ”

"What?" Cao Yong said.

"Three years ago, General Li Chongguan, the guard of Wuyang Pass, will send a box and a letter from him to my house, the letter said that the Wuyang army fought with a Jin army team that went to our border pass to fight the grass valley, although it was victorious, but it suffered heavy casualties, and the box contained the armor of the Jin army at that time, the horse armor of the military horse, and the war knives used by the soldiers."

Cao Yong: "Three years ago? Wasn't that the year you resigned? ”

The old grandson bowed his head with a serious expression.

Cao Yong rarely saw such an expression on the old man's face, so he asked, "Is there anything wrong with the Jin army ordnance captured by General Li?" ”

"At first glance, there is no problem, but after I carefully checked, I found that the ordnance used by the Jin army is more exquisite in workmanship and tougher than in the past, and it is almost forged by the same process as our army. When the old grandson said about the firecracker, there was obviously a bit of anger in his tone.

"Firebolt?! No way! How could the Jin army have a firecracker? Cao Yong realized the seriousness of the problem, "You are suspicious ......"

"I suspect that someone is smuggling ordnance and gunpowder into the Jin Kingdom." The old grandson had a serious expression, obviously not joking.

The dispute between the two countries has been a long time, the Jin State is good at riding and shooting, and the Jing State has an armament advantage, so it can resist the continuous aggression of the Jin State for a long time, but once this advantage is not there, and Jing Guo is in danger of losing the country.

Cao Yong: "There must be some kind of connection between these two things, could it be that King Ning is also making trouble?!" Yes, the secretary of the military department is also King Ning's person, and if he wants to transport the ordnance out of Jingguo quietly, only King Ning can do it, but the border between the two countries is tightly checked, how did they smuggle it over. ”

Lao Sun Tou said: "The three passes of Wuyang, Beiling, and Tianshui leading to the north are all stared at by our people, and it is impossible for them to smuggle ordnance to the north under my nose, so if I expect it to be good, these people are by sea." ”

Cao Yong said: "If it is a sea transport, it must be from the port of Linzhou or Jinzhou, only the ports of these two states are convenient for transportation to the north, and at the same time have a port for large ships to dock, if you want to transport a large number of ordnance, it must be a large cargo ship, only Linzhou Port in Linzhou and Lin'an Port in Jinzhou are eligible, check the manifests of large ships in these two terminals, there should be clues." ”

Old Sun Tou looked at Cao Yong with disdain and said, "Do you think that what you can think of, I can't think of it?" At that time, I went to the household department and checked all the ships in these two ports within five years, but found nothing suspicious. ”

"Could it be that their people are doing something on the manifest?"

"No, all the types of items reported by the ships at the port and wharf are all personally inspected by the household department, and most of the household department from top to bottom is personally appointed by His Majesty, and it is almost impossible for King Ning to put his hand into the household department."

"If you don't go by land or sea, won't those ordnance be able to fly?" Cao Yong said with some frustration.

Old Sun Tou said: "Immediately, I realized that the other party may know that I was investigating this matter, so he destroyed all traces and chose to lie dormant temporarily." So, in order to let those people relax their vigilance, I played a drama of discord with His Majesty that year, resigned from the government, traveled far from the court, and disappeared from their field of vision. ”

"Wait a minute! What did you mean just now that the whole story of your resignation three years ago was a play with Your Majesty? Cao Yong interrupted the old man's words, and he asked with a stunned expression.

"That's right." The old man nodded.

Cao Yong smiled bitterly: "So the emperor knew three years ago that someone was smuggling ordnance to the enemy, and even this person was likely to be his brother, but in the past three years, he has not shown it, you have hidden me so hard", Cao Yong felt for the first time that these two people were really a natural pair to a certain extent, and he even felt ridiculous for the behavior of this pair of monarchs and ministers.

"After all, to make a play is to make a full set, so that people can be convinced, if you want to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your own people." Lao Sun Tou not only felt guilty, but even a little proud, I didn't expect his acting skills to be so realistic, when Cao Yong resigned after knowing that he had turned his face with His Majesty in Qingzhou, he wrote a tearful letter of retention, the letter was earnest, almost pleading, and there were even a few handwriting stained with tears on the letterhead.

Of course, Cao Yong didn't know that this old bastard was laughing at himself in his heart, he took out the letter written by Wei Chi Yangfeng to Liu Pingshan and asked, "This letter can't reach Liu Pingshan's hands, won't they be suspicious?" ”

Old Sun Tou smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, I have already dealt with the person in charge of delivering this letter, and they will only think that it was done by the bandits in that area, and they will not suspect you and me." ”

"Then I will rest assured, sir, this letter is more than my Cao Yong's life, I will take care of it." Cao Yong said solemnly.

Lao Sun bowed his head, and then said: "You and I meet today, maybe it won't be long before it reaches the ears of those people, but they shouldn't be able to guess what I plan to do when I come to Qingzhou, you can just do the rest, and I will leave Qingzhou tomorrow." ”

"What?! You want to leave the ......", Cao Yong exclaimed, his voice rose a lot again, attracting the attention of the four juniors again, but before he finished speaking, he was jumped up by the old grandson and pressed him down.

The old man said angrily: "What are you shouting?!" Cao Yong, Cao Yong, you old boy, when did Qi Cultivation Kung Fu regress so much? It's really a dog's stomach that can't hide two taels of sesame oil! ”

Cao Yong said embarrassedly: "Am I not worried about your safety? If it is as you said, it will not be long before they know that you are in Qingzhou and will find you soon, if you leave Qingzhou, who will guarantee your safety? ”

"Have you forgotten? I'm the chief of the guilty song, so why do I need you to protect me? The old grandson said disdainfully.

Cao Yong was stunned, wasn't the guilty Changge disbanded three years ago? Immediately, since it was fake that Mr. and His Majesty had turned their faces, then the dissolution of this world's No. 1 special intelligence agency was also fake, no wonder Mr. could see all the things in the world even if he was far away from the court, I thought that it was just a few lurking Changge secret agents who were still operating, and only after knowing the truth did I understand that the entire organization was still there.

In that case, I'm relieved······ Cao Yong knew that the guilty Changge was still there, and he suddenly felt a lot more relieved.

But in this way, he has a new trouble, since the guilty Changge is still there, how did King Ning transport the ordnance unknowingly?

The old grandson is an old demon, and at a glance from the change in Cao Yong's expression, he guessed what he was worried about, so he was relieved: "What you shouldn't worry about, don't bother to think about it, this time I will run in person, maybe I will know what means he used." ”

"Did you find something already?" Cao Yong asked.

Old Sun Tou's gaze looked deeply at the east and said, "It's not certain yet, but it won't be clear until we arrive in Jinzhou." ”

Cao Yong was puzzled and asked, "Why Jinzhou?" Shouldn't you go to Linzhou? After all, with Gu Xinyan there, with his help, it will be easier for you to check. ”

Gu Xinyan is the commander of the Linzhou Navy and is considered to be the protégé of Lao Sun Tou, and Feng Xiaoming, the commander of the Jinzhou Navy and the Navy, is the person of King Ning, Cao Yong doesn't understand, why let his own people not use it, and he has to go to King Ning's territory to investigate? Isn't this sending yourself into the mouth of the enemy?

The old grandson didn't speak, and Cao Yong saw that he didn't answer, so it was not good to continue to ask questions on this topic.

He suddenly thought of a puzzled point, and hurriedly asked the old grandson for advice: "Since the Jin army already had a firearm three years ago, why have you never seen the Jin army use it?" ”

"This is also what I haven't figured out, so when the war in the north started, I went to Dingzhou in person, fortunately intercepted the letter, and also learned that the enemy army may have action in two months, and there is a little gain, in order to inform you of this news, and at the same time prevent being discovered early by the other party, I pretended to be a homeless person all the way from Dingzhou to find you, that is, you want you to help me find out the location and accurate information of the enemy's movement two months later, which is also what Your Majesty meant." The old grandson instructed.

"I will live up to the trust of Your Majesty and Mr. Cao Yong replied with a firm gaze.

The old man looked straight at the cypress tree, and began to admire it to himself, and from time to time he circled it and patted it with his hand on the trunk.

Suddenly, the old man turned to Cao Yong and smiled: "Zhongzheng, such a good tree, but now only me, the old man, is the only one, it's a pity, I believe that Your Majesty also wants to see what the tree he cultivated has grown now, I hope you can transplant it to Jingshi as soon as possible, so that the world can take a look, where it should go." ”

Cao Yong bowed his hand and said, "There will be that day." ”

Wang Ling, who was on the rockery not far away, since he heard Cao Yong's two exclamations, his eyes glanced at these two sneaky old guys intentionally or unintentionally, and suddenly saw that the old and unserious thing circled around the cypress tree, did he pat it on the trunk with his hand and touch it, he was a little suspicious that the old guy was greedy for other people's trees, he must have wanted to cut down the tree and make a set of furniture for himself or something.

Cao Shuangxu was already tired of shouting, standing under the rockery and glaring at Wang Ling angrily, she still held the knife in her hand, ready to cut it at the moment when Wang Ling came down.

Tang Xiaoyu waited a little anxiously, she wanted to get the knife back for the brother who lost the saber, but Cao Shuangsu didn't give it, she and Zuo Yucheng had to wait, and they couldn't go up to grab it, in case in the process of the dispute, it would be bad if Sister Shuangxu accidentally injured her.

It seems that the two have a tacit understanding, and the old grandson also glanced at the juniors with his spare eyes, the corners of his mouth rose, stroked the beard on his chin, and said to Cao Yong: "After I leave, that kid will be handed over to you in the future, when appropriate, you can tell him some things about us, after he enters the street division, there is no need to take special care, that kid is a good seedling, excessive warming is not able to make the seedlings mature, only let it grow wild in the wind and rain, can it grow into a towering tree." ”

Cao Yong said: "Zhongzheng understands. ”

The old grandson looked at Wang Ling from afar, his eyes were complicated, there was love, reluctance, relief, and expectation.