On the ring, the woman in red was stunned for a moment when she saw a jasper woman jumping up, and frowned: "What are you doing here?" ”

"I'm going to compete with you."

"You're competing with me?" The woman in red looked her up and down, "If you win me, do you want to be my husband?" ”

When the audience heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"That's naturally not possible," Fan Shuxiang said seriously, "I came up to compete with you, I came to cheer you on, so as not to make you cold." Since those men won't come up, let's have a try, and if you lose, just call me Master. ”

"What if you lose?"

"I'll call you Master."

The woman in red thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's done." Then, the two of them started their posture and compared martial arts. Fan Shuxiang was aggressive, attacking the opponent's vital point, and the woman in red was not ambiguous, moving and dodging, and defending as an attack. The two of them moved as fast as lightning, punching and kicking, and transforming into a virtual shadow of their debut, one like a colorful butterfly chasing a flower, and the other like a red carp playing in the water, winding and churning, dazzling the audience.

The two sides were fighting, and the woman in red suddenly jumped out of the circle and shouted to stop, Fan Shuxiang retracted her moves, and was surprised: "What's wrong?" The woman in red wiped the fine sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand, and said, "This can't be done, I fought with you, it took a lot of strength, and a man will come up later, and he can easily defeat me, then I won't find a good husband." ”

When Fan Shuxiang heard this, she raised her eyebrows: "Why do you keep thinking about finding a husband?" There was another burst of laughter from the audience. The woman in red was not shy at all, and said, "Not to find a husband, why did I come here in this ring?" Fan Shuxiang thought about it, then turned around and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I won't delay you to find a husband." After that, he jumped off the stage, walked up to Li Zhiyun, and said with a smile: "How about it, I'm amazing, right?" Li Zhiyun smiled and nodded: "It's okay." ”

After a few people left the ring, they walked around for a while. Li Zhiyun looked up at the sun, it was almost noon. There happened to be a restaurant on the side of the street, and he pointed with his hand and said to Fan Shuxiang: "Let's enter this restaurant, I'll have a treat." Fan Shuxiang glanced at him and said, "Hey, you're quite generous today." ”

"Repay you for saving your life."

Fan Shuxiang smiled: "Okay, I'll take you this favor." ”

The next day, Li Zhiyun led two followers into the city again and came to the county yamen. There were two officials in soap clothes standing at the door, and after revealing his identity, he said that he wanted to see the county order. After the official went in to report, after a while, the county commander wearing an official uniform greeted him and respectfully invited him into the lobby.

After the guests and hosts are seated, the handyman serves fragrant tea. This county commander's surname is Wu, Li Zhiyun said: "Wu county order, this king came today to ask you, is there a workshop for making fire folds in this Baibi City?" The reason why he asked this is because a large amount of white phosphorus is needed to produce fire folds, and if it can be proved that the cart of white phosphorus is used to produce fire folds, then there is nothing to worry about.

Wu County Ling looked up for a moment and said, "As far as the lower officials know, there shouldn't be." However, it is still appropriate to ask the county lieutenant Ma about this matter. He called a servant and told him to go and call the county lieutenant Ma.

The two sat and drank tea and gossiped. After a while, Lieutenant Ma walked in and sat down after giving a salute. Li Zhiyun asked what he had just said again. Lieutenant Ma shook his head and said no. Li Zhiyun looked at him and said, "Can you be sure?" ”

"Back to the King of Chu, Xia Guan has served in Baibi for many years, and he is responsible for inspection and patrolling, running through the streets and alleys every day, and he knows the workshops in the city well, so he will not be mistaken."

Li Zhiyun left the county government after his resignation. When they reached the street, he said to his two attendants, "Since there is no workshop in the city to make fire folds, you say, who brought so much white phosphorus into the city?" What did he want to do? Zhang Zhengdao: "Maybe it's just that the businessman is hoarding Juqi and plans to resell it elsewhere in the future." Cai Hu also agreed: "It's possible, businessmen, don't you resell what you make money?" Li Zhiyun listened, nodded and said, "You two have a point. Forget it, I don't want to worry about it, let's go to the granary and have a look. ”

Along the way, Li Zhiyun was reflecting, is he too sensitive? Although white phosphorus is flammable, it is also an ordinary product, and it is not necessarily related to a conspiracy. But he knew that now, the war between the Tang army and the Song Jingang army was hard to eat, and food was the top priority, and it was very important to ensure the safety of the granary. So, he had to be careful. However, since the ins and outs of the cart of white phosphorus could not be found out for a while, the matter had to be put on hold for the time being.

Baibi City was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was originally a heavy place for soldiers, and the current granary is the former barracks. They walked to the door of the granary, and Li Zhiyun asked Cai Hu to go over and tell the soldiers guarding the gate that he wanted to see their highest commander. After a soldier went in to make a report, he hurried out of the granary with two generals in armor. The two came to Li Zhiyun one after the other, and the generals in front of them hugged their fists and said, "Zhaowu Captain Zhao Biao will see the King of Chu." The generals behind him also hugged their fists and said: "Zhaowu Deputy Lieutenant Zhou Huanjing see the King of Chu." ”

Lieutenant Zhaowu and Deputy Lieutenant Zhaowu were the military attachés of Zheng Liupin and Congliupin respectively, and they were the supreme leaders of this granary. After Li Zhiyun returned the salute, he said: "Two chiefs, this king is here today to inspect the granary, and please lead the way." ”

This expedition to attack Liu Wuzhou, the second brother was the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, and Li Zhigo was the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses. Therefore, he had the right to inspect any barracks, including granaries. Captain Zhao turned around when he heard the words and made a "please" gesture. So, Li Zhiyun took his entourage and swaggered into the granary.

When Li Zhiyun came to deliver grain last time, he did not enter the granary, but handed the grain to the quartermaster in the open space in front of the gate of the granary. He entered the granary and took a look, hey, this is really big, and it is estimated that it covers an area of at least thirty acres. As far as the eye can see, there are neatly arranged rows of houses, which are probably the warehouses where grain and straw are stored. The granary was surrounded by a wall more than eight feet high, with barbed wire on it, and from time to time a group of brightly armoured and sharp-armed soldiers could be seen patrolling the wall.

They went to check a storehouse, Captain Zhao ordered the soldiers to open the door of the storehouse, Li Zhiyun walked in and took a look, the warehouse was tall and large, and there were round warehouses standing inside, and grain was probably stored in them. This granary not only stores grain, but also fodder for horses and mules and other livestock.

After walking out of the warehouse, Li Zhiyun said: "Two chiefs, the safety of the granary is very important, what measures have you taken?" ”

"Back to the King of Chu," Zhao Xiaowei said, "There are three entrances and exits in the granary, and each entrance and exit is equipped with two checkpoints, strictly inspecting passing personnel and vehicles, and no passage is allowed without a token. The granary wall is five zhang away, and a sentry is set up every thirty steps, and idle personnel are not allowed to approach the wall. Soldiers patrol the walls at 12 o'clock every day. ”

Li Zhiyun nodded after hearing this, such a tight defense should be able to ensure that the granary is safe. However, from the first moment he walked into the granary, he always felt that something was missing, and now he finally remembered. He pointed to the wall of the warehouse and said: "The fire prevention of the granary is also very important, you find someone to write on the wall of the warehouse with white powder, 'The granary is heavy, fireworks are strictly prohibited'." The two generals hurriedly clasped their fists and said, "Yes!" ”

At this time, an official walked over. He held a book and a clay box in his hand, and asked Captain Zhao to use the seal. The man appeared to be in his mid-twenties, with a mole growing on his cheekbone under his left eye and two fine hairs on it. Li Zhiyun felt that his appearance was a bit like the transport captain of Syngman Rhee's army in the movie "Surprise Attack".

Captain Zhao took out the seal and took the book over to seal it, and the captain of the transport stood next to him and nodded with a smile at Li Zhiyun. After using up the print, the transport captain took the book and left. Li Zhiyun looked at his back and said casually, "Who is this person?" Deputy Lieutenant Zhou hurriedly said: "He is Huaihua Si Ge Xu Youwei." ”

Li Zhiyun inspected about a cup of tea, and felt that there was no omission in the garrison of this granary, so he led Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu away.

After Li Zhiyun left, Captain Zhao and Deputy Lieutenant Zhou returned to Xiayu and happened to meet Si Ge Xu Youwei. Captain Zhao called out to him and said, "Xu Sige, send someone to buy some white powder in the market, and find a few soldiers who can write, and write on the outer wall of the warehouse." Xu Youwei agreed and turned around to make arrangements. By the time he was done, the sun had climbed overhead.

After Xu Youwei left the granary, he walked towards his home. He was an officer and was supposed to live in the barracks, but he felt that living in the barracks was too restrictive, so he rented a house for himself, so that he could be at ease. He crossed two streets and walked into an alley. This alley is wider than the average alley, about a zhang wide, barely a small street, and the alley is lined with residences.

He was walking with his head down, when he suddenly saw a taro roll from behind and stop at his feet. When he looked back, it turned out to be a woman who came back from shopping for vegetables, and the vegetables in her bamboo basket were probably too much, and a few taros fell down and rolled on the ground.

The woman squatted down to pick up the taro, Xu Youwei also bent down to pick up the taro, turned around and walked over to hand it to her. The woman had already picked up the taro and stood up, Xu Youwei took a look, this woman looked twenty-eight years old, fair-skinned, and delicate.

At that time, women's hairstyles were exquisite, and married women generally wore their hair in a bun at the back of their heads, pinned it with a hosta, or wrapped it with a gauze net. Unmarried women, on the other hand, usually wear their hair in a bun, or wear their hair loose, tie it into a ponytail with a square scarf, or weave two slender braids next to their ears. Judging from the hairstyle, this woman should be an unmarried girl from Yunying.

The girl struggled to carry the vegetable basket with one hand, and took the taro handed by Xu Youwei with the other, and said with a smile: "Official, thank you!" "Because Xu Youwei wears an official uniform, the girl calls him an official. Xu Youwei glanced at the vegetable basket and said, "Buy so many vegetables?" ”

"There were guests coming to the house in the evening, so I bought more." The girl explained. Her voice is like a clear spring hitting a stone, soft, crisp, and when she smiles gently, her eyes and teeth are like dazzling sunshine.

Xu Youwei turned around, walked forward with her, and asked casually, "You also live on this street?" The girl nodded, and pointed with her hand, "That's my house." Xu Youwei glanced at it, and it happened to be diagonally opposite his home.