Chapter 018: Too Guarded

"Lord Su came a little late today, but it made this king wait for a while. Just as Qingchen was stunned, a rough and loud voice came into her ears, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.

Qingchen turned his head and looked at the source of the sound, but saw a man dressed in Mobei service walking out from the other end of the underground stone room, followed by two followers. All three of them had a slight anger on their faces, looking at her with displeasure in their eyebrows and eyes.

Just at a glance, Qingchen understood the identity of the person in front of him.

According to the news that Nightfall inquired before, the Mobei people he was talking about were probably the three in front of him. There was a rebellion in Mobei not long ago, the fifth prince Wan Jiyun ascended the throne and became the king of Mobei Khan.

"His Majesty has been delayed in an urgent matter temporarily, and I ask His Highness for forgiveness. Qingchen made a gesture towards Wan Qijun and bowed down to speak.

"No, this king is just a routine visit to see how the weapons are being built. In addition, there is something I want to discuss with Master Su. Wan Jijun said, and then spoke, "Master Su, please inside." ”

Qingchen nodded, followed behind Wan Jijun, and walked towards the interior of the stone room. From the outside to the inside, the scene he saw along the way shocked Qingchen.

In nine years, Su Baohua served as the Taishou of Yancheng for nine years, and he actually built such a large underground palace at the bottom of this mountain, and unknowingly transported a group of people and utensils here to build weapons. If Su Baohua's original purpose was to prepare for the rebellion of King Qi, then his purpose of contacting Mobei may not be more than that.

Fortunately, the construction of the underground palace is a huge project, and in order to hide people's eyes, Su Baohua did not dare to do it too blatantly, so to this day, although the weapons created are small in scale, they are not enough to make King Qi's army fight. It is precisely because of this that the Celestial Star Kingdom has been so calm all these years.

Qingchen remembers that when her father was alive, he once told her that sulfur was an important raw material for making gunpowder, and she had also read some basic methods of gunpowder production in books. Thinking of the bamboo cylindrical iron sheet and those unknown powders she saw when she first entered the underground palace, she dared to conclude that Su Baohua must be secretly making gunpowder.

It's just a matter of building a sword, if this batch of gunpowder is made and used in the army of King Qi, then King Qi's army will be like a bamboo, smashing the Yellow Dragon, and the change of dynasty in the Tianxing Kingdom will be as easy as a snap.

Qingchen thought so, but saw Wan Qijun stop in front of a stone door, stretched out his hand to push the heavy stone door open, and then walked in.

"Master Su, please come in. Wan Jijun made a "please" gesture, walked in first, and sat on the stone bench inside.

Qingchen followed closely, entered the stone room, looked around without a trace, and then arched his hand and said: "I don't know what His Highness commands?"

Just as Qingchen spoke, the stone door behind her slowly closed, and then there was a muffled sound, and when she turned her head again, she saw that the stone door had been closed, leaving no gap.

A strange look crossed Qingchen's heart, and before he had time to think about it, he heard Wan Qijun speak again:

"Master Su knows that there is a mysterious person in the king of Mobei, who is a military advisor invited by Brother Wang, it is said that this person is proficient in marching and arranging, with the help of this person, Brother Wang can be said to be like a tiger with wings. But I don't know if this king has this batch of weapons to rely on, how many chances do you have?"

"The mysterious military advisor that His Highness said, but Xiao Ling, the deposed emperor of the Ningyue Kingdom?" Qingchen remembered the news that Tianquan had found, and subconsciously asked.

"It seems that Your Excellency has heard of it, but you don't know what your intention is to pretend to be Master Su?" Wan Qijun said this, and as soon as the words fell, the knives of the two attendants were already on Qingchen's neck.

Qingchen lowered his eyes, glanced at the bright knife on his neck, then raised his head, looked at Wan Qijun, and said with a smile: "Where did Your Highness know that it is not Lord Su in Xia?"

When she was still Ye Chengcheng, she disguised herself as a man and walked the rivers and lakes, calling her brothers and sisters with a group of friends in the rivers and lakes, but no one ever recognized her true identity. But now, first Su Baohua saw through her daughter's body, and then Wan Qijun saw through her disguise, which made her begin to doubt herself.

"Master Su is originally from my Mobei, every time he sees this king, he bows with Mobei etiquette, but today you use the etiquette of the Central Plains. Wan Qijun said the flaw, and then spoke, "Say, who are you and what are you doing?"

"Your Highness is so confident that two broken knives can trap me?" Qingchen smiled, and suddenly made a move, and both palms were pushed out at the same time, hitting the arms of the two people behind him, and the knives in the hands of the two attendants fell to the ground with a clatter.

Then Qingchen didn't stop, got up and spun, and quickly shot out, pointing at the acupoints of the two people, so that they couldn't move anymore.

Wan Qijun looked at Qingchen, surprise flashed in his eyes, he pointed at Qingchen in shock, and said, "Who are you?"

"Your Highness doesn't need to know what I am, Your Highness only needs to know that the transaction between you and Su Baohua ends here. Qingchen stood in front of Wan Qijun and spoke.

"Do you think you can bluff this king? You are underestimating this king. Hearing this, Wan Qijun sneered, and suddenly slapped his palm on the stone table, turned over, and attacked Qingchen.

Wan Qijun deserves the title of the first warrior in Mobei, in the small stone room, he constantly launched an offensive against Qingchen, one punch and one palm, all with the power of a thousand jun, everywhere he went, all the stone tables and stone benches were shattered.

Qingchen walked through the stone chamber with her dexterous figure, one moment, she appeared in front of Wan Qianjun's left, and the next moment, she had already reached Wan Qianjun's right rear.

Such an unsettling routine made the seemingly fierce Wan Qijun overwhelmed, and several punches were flashed by Qingchen and turned into empty punches, while he himself was slapped by Qingchen several times.

Qingchen performed light skills, jumped up gently, dodged Wan Qianjun's attack, turned over from the top of Wan Qianjun's head, and the silver needle in his hand swayed out, and the flowers fell, and the needle rain surrounded Wan Qianjun. Wan Jijun couldn't dodge, so he could only avoid the vital point, but he was hit by a silver needle on the acupuncture point on his leg, and he was paralyzed to the ground for a while.

"Why should Your Highness struggle? What Su Baohua can give you, I can also give it to you, Your Highness might as well consider it and cooperate with me?" Qingchen lifted his robe, sat on the stone bench that was the only one intact, looked at Wan Qijun on the ground condescendingly, and asked.

"This king doesn't even know what your surname is, so why should he cooperate with you?" Wan Qijun is a man from Mobei in the end, even if he falls into Qingchen's hands, he is still tough and unmoved.

"You are now in my hands. The cold light in Qingchen's eyes flashed, and then he spoke, "If you don't want to, then you can refuse, I won't want your life, I will only send someone to send you to the Mobei royal capital, to Wan Qianyun, as for what he wants to do with you, it has nothing to do with me." ”

"What good is it for this king to cooperate with you?" Wan Qijun asked.

"Is the throne of King Mobei Khan considered a benefit?" Qingchen smiled and said, "You and Wan Qianyun have always been inseparable, your martial arts don't have to be worse than him, the old Khan King originally wanted you to succeed to the throne, but Wan Qianyun used unpopular means to obtain Xiao Ling's support and ascended to the throne of King Khan." Now Xiao Ling is the abolished emperor of Ningyue, fled from Ningyue and defected to Wan Qianyun, Wan Qianyun has no backing from the entire Ningyue Kingdom, and it is far from enough for Xiao Ling to give advice alone. ”

"What do you mean?" Wan Qijun heard this, and began to vaguely understand the meaning of Qingchen.

"The world is in chaos, the war is imminent, Mobei will be involved sooner or later, once Wan Qiyun and Xiao Ling make a move, it is the best time for you to make a move. Qingchen said, "I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, Su Baohua has been killed by me, and everything here is now mine." If you promise to cooperate with me, I will give you 30% of the weapons here. ”

"Is that true?" Wan asked Junjun.

"You have no choice but to believe, don't you?" Qingchen said, "Now that I take the initiative and you take the passive, you are not qualified to negotiate terms with me, you can only choose to believe, if you ...... You don't want to fall into Wan Jiyun's hands. ”

"Okay, I promise you. Wan Qijun's face showed a touch of deep thought, and then he seemed to have made up his mind and spoke firmly, "Those who achieve great things are not informal, and the throne of Mobei originally belonged to this king." ”

"That's very good. Qingchen said, "I also believe that Your Highness will not lie to me, but just in case, I also ask Your Highness to leave a token for future contact." ”

While speaking, Qingchen walked in front of Wan Qijun, took off the silver needle on his body, asked Wan Qijun to lift the shackles and restore his freedom, and even helped Wan Qijun up with his own hands, without worrying that Wan Qijun would suddenly make a move.

"This is the dagger given to the king by the father Khan, and it is also a symbol of the identity of the king. However, there is a saying in the Central Plains, which is called the exchange of courtesies, should Your Excellency also leave a token to this king?" Wan Qijun asked.

"It's nature. Qingchen said, took out a Xuantie token from his sleeve, with the words "Star Picking Tower" written on it, handed it to Wan Qianjun, and spoke again, "This token, please put it away from Your Highness, and when the time is ripe, I will send someone to find Your Highness, go to Your Highness's people, and hold the dagger that Your Highness gave me, as well as a token of the same kind." ”

"It's a deal. Wan Qijun looked at Qingchen standing in front of him, although he knew that the person in front of him was not Su Baohua, but when he saw the light in Qingchen's eyes, he couldn't help but choose to believe.

The deal with Wan Qijun was reached, and Qingchen's heart was relieved. Before coming to Yancheng, she just wanted to use Su Baohua's head to ask Mu Qingjue for conditions, but she didn't expect that this trip to Yancheng would make her gain a lot.

"Since we are allies, then I will take these two subordinates of Your Highness. Qingchen opened his mouth and said, "Someone must take responsibility for Su Baohua's death, isn't it?"

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(Tianjin)