Hearing the words, everyone looked at each other and frowned in silence. Everyone knew that the Japanese pirates' large-scale infiltration was aimed at the Chinese Dragon Vein. The map of the Dragon Vein continuation had been lost before, and the map in the hands of the Japanese pirates at this time was fake.

, if the Japanese pirates realize that there is something wrong with the dragon vein continuation map in their hands, it may cause a series of variables.

Knowing what everyone was thinking, he spoke in a low voice. While sorting out his own thoughts, he also helped Datou and others sort out their thoughts. "Once they suspect that the map is fake, they will try their best to confirm the authenticity of the map. Although the fake map is enough to confuse the fake map with the real one,

But they always have a way to determine its authenticity, so as long as they are suspicious, they will definitely be able to confirm that the map is fake."

There was a slight pause at this point, and then he continued, "As long as they are sure that the map is fake, they will definitely guess that my senior sister and I teamed up to switch the map, so my senior sister will definitely be in danger. If I hadn't guessed correctly,

If she is wrong, she may have been captured by the Japanese pirates by now."

Everyone knew that they had not finished speaking, so they naturally did not interrupt in the middle, and continued, "As far as I know, the Japanese country is not big. For them, thousands of warriors are almost in full force, so they will never be lost because of the map.

If I give up halfway, they will definitely try to find the real map next, and the real map is in my hand now, so they will probably attack me."

Hearing the words, everyone nodded.

He continued, "Don't nod your head in a hurry. I only said that they might attack me, but I didn't say that they would definitely attack me, because the map was originally placed in a hairpin, and the hairpin was not Qin Shi's belongings.

, but was made by the Iga family of the Japanese country. This means that the map was put into the hairpin by the Japanese pirates. Before putting the map into the hairpin, the Japanese pirates would probably leave a copy, because this map is extremely important to them and they are not allowed to do so.

There was an accident on the map."

"It makes sense." "What you say makes sense."

He said again, "So once they find out that there is something wrong with the map, they will not only attack me, but also send people back to Japan to get a spare copy. Their real purpose of attacking me is not to force me to hand over the map, but to paralyze me."

, makes me think that as long as I don’t hand over the map, they will have no way to find the twelve earthly branches. Once I have this idea, I will not be in a hurry to do it, and they can calmly find the twelve earthly branches without our obstruction.

and the legendary golden dragon.” ??

After saying this, everyone nodded again.

After sorting out his thoughts, he continued, "I originally thought we could hold on from Chang'an until the end of the year, but now it seems we may have to leave early."

The big head nodded and said, "Sir, they are obviously coming for our mounts tonight.

, I feel that their blaming Qian Zhonglin is only secondary. The main thing is to destroy our mounts. They just lit the gunpowder on their bodies and went straight to the horses. They didn't want to blow up the people, they just wanted to blow up the horses."

"Yes," nodded, "and they were determined to win. If I hadn't returned suddenly and bumped into him by chance, Mr. Hei and the three bloody horses would have been killed by them."

"Alas," Shi Xuanming sighed and shook his head, "Although the BMW is good, it is a drag. As long as they are concerned about it, you will have to be on guard at all times in the future. It is very tiring."

"You really got a bargain and behaved well," Datou curled his lips and said, "One day of running with a sweaty horse is equivalent to three days of running with an ordinary horse. The places we will go to in the future will be far away, and bumping and grinding on the road will be even more tiring."

“With its advantages comes its disadvantages,” he said. “These horses are extremely important to us. With these horses, we can not only save some time on the road, but also be one step ahead of the enemy in critical moments. We can also rush to break through in critical moments.

, so the benefits these horses bring to us far outweigh the burden they bring to us."

After receiving the support, Datou continued to tease Shi Xuanming, "That's right, five hundred thousand taels is under your ass. You are so blessed that you don't know how lucky you are."

"I've finally convinced you," Shi Xuanming shook his head helplessly, "open your mouth for five hundred thousand taels and close your mouth for five hundred thousand taels. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll switch with you."

"What's the difference? Mine is still an egg. It's not certain whether it will hatch or not, and it's not certain what it will hatch." Big Tou said.

"Stop talking," waved his hand to stop, "From now on, all these horses will be kept in my yard. I will be responsible for it when I am here. When I am not here, you will take turns watching over it to make sure nothing goes wrong." After saying this, he turned to look at Datou, "

My east chamber is still empty, so you can move the eagle egg over and hatch it so that we can take care of each other."

Datou nodded, "Okay, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves missing you. We must keep our spirits up in the future."

At this time, a few policemen came outside, holding brooms and other things in their hands to clean up. They waved to everyone, "Okay, it's getting late. Let's go back and rest."

Everyone nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

"Da Tou," he called Da Tou, waited for him to stop and turned around, and said, "Let's find the origin of the things we brought back from Hunan as soon as possible. That is a very important clue."

"Don't worry, sir, I've already started investigating." Datou said, saying that the things he brought back from Hunan were some miscellaneous items including rouge, gouache, needles and thread. On that day, the two of them met several Japanese pirates disguised as salesmen from the wild shop.

After killing a few people, he kept a portion of the sundries they sold. As long as he determined the origin of these sundries, he could know where these Japanese pirates came from, and the place where they set out was probably where the Japanese pirates were.

The base camp of Middle-earth.

Returning to the room, he changed out of his dirty official uniform, washed his head and face and rested in bed.

Although he was lying in bed, he was not sleepy at all. He was worried about Mayumi Takeda. Although he was surrounded by Datou and others, his senior brothers and sisters, including Mayumi Takeda, had always been his concern. They were the most precious things in life.

They are relatives and friends. Datou, Yang Kai and others who are currently advancing and retreating with him are his friends, while Batulu and others who rescued him and Lao Huang from the villagers and brought him out of Wangjiakuang are his relatives.

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Although he was worried, he knew that he could do nothing at the moment, because although he suspected that Mayumi Takeda had been captured by the Japanese pirates, he did not know where the Japanese pirates were hiding.

Although he didn't go out the next day, he knew that the city must be full of storm outside, because all civil and military officials knew that Qian Zhonglin had previously tried to use gunpowder from the Ministry of War to plot against him and Datou and others. There was lightning and thunder in the censor's station last night, so everyone naturally suspected Qian Zhonglin.

It was done by Zhong Lin and his party.

The most fearful ones are the officials of the Ministry of War, because the gunpowder Qian Zhonglin gave to the Jianghu bandits came from the manufacturing office of the Ministry of War. Not long ago, the gunpowder in the manufacturing office was stolen again. The officials of the Ministry of War couldn't clean it up even if they jumped into the Yellow River.

Already.

Worried about retaliation, the Minister of the Ministry of War and his left and right ministers came to the door to apologize in person, but he did not make it difficult for them. The reason why he did not make it difficult for the officials of the Ministry of War was because they came to apologize. As for whether what they said was true or false is not important, what is important is that they

Here, for outsiders, there is no need to require them to be absolutely sincere, just pretend to be sincere.

Seeing the magnanimity and tolerance, the Ministry of War and others felt like they had received an amnesty and expressed their gratitude profusely. Before leaving, they did not forget to report the results of the handling of the manufacturing office. The workshop for preparing gunpowder in the manufacturing office had stopped working, the craftsmen were secretly dismissed, and the inventory

All the gunpowder was allocated to Zhang Shan who was attacking Hanzhong.

After the officials from the Ministry of War left, they went to the Taiping Inn and summoned the Song brothers to a face-to-face meeting. Song Cai and others were not surprised by what they said, because they also understood the principle that things must turn against each other. Although the power is overwhelming at the moment, if they don't know

After advancing and retreating, rectifying the administration of officials, and replenishing the national treasury, we still do not rush forward with courage.

If you take the initiative to leave, you will inevitably be jealous of the emperor and ostracized by the officials.

The Taiping Inn is the property of the Ni family. If they leave, they will lose their backing and protection. They also understand that no eggs are left intact even if the nest is overturned, so they have already taken precautions and made secret preparations.

After soliciting the opinions of everyone in the Song family, they learned that they wanted to send someone to send the things left by the Ni family in the mansion and the proceeds from the sale of the Chang'an property to Ni Zuo who was far away in the Western Regions. Song Cai and others offered to escort the car there and stay in the Western Regions to accompany their old master.

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The ideas and suggestions of Song Cai and others were not only recognized but also respected by him. At the same time, they also admired Ni Ni who almost became his father-in-law. As the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, Ni Zuo knew people well and was good at handling them, including everyone in the Song family.

His old subordinates including him are very loyal to him.

Previously, Datou had entrusted these matters to Datou, but Datou was responsible for too many things and was worried that he would be too busy. He entrusted the Song family with trivial matters such as selling off property and collecting money, including packing and packing things that Ni Zhuo had not taken away.

Ni Mansion Objects.

The last task assigned to Song Cai and others is to spend all their money to find rare spiritual objects that can accelerate the improvement of spiritual energy. He practices the Hunyuan Divine Art, so there is no need to worry about improving spiritual energy. These things are prepared for Datou and others.

of.

The Ni family has properties all over the country, but the properties in other places have not been touched because they are far away from Chang'an and are relatively safe. The most important thing is that those properties can provide Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo with military supplies at critical moments.

After making a detailed explanation, he stood up and left. Before leaving, Song Cai accompanied him and took the opportunity to ask in a low voice about the deadline. After thinking deeply, he held out three fingers. The latter understood and nodded slightly.

Back at Yushitai, Datou came to report that he had made an impromptu decision on his way south and decided to give 200,000 taels of silver to Longhushan to subsidize the Taoist's food and clothing, and 50,000 taels each to Gezaoshan and Maoshan. Datou today

Arrangements have been made and the silver coins have been shipped.

Tangled up in trivial matters, Da Tou almost forgot to mention this. What he was most concerned about at the moment was where the goods carried by the Japanese pirates disguised as traders came from. Da Tou looked solemn and probably already had a clue.

"Have you found it?" he asked.

Datou knew what he was asking and nodded seriously, "I found out, whether it's rouge, gouache or those messy gadgets, they all come from the same area. Some are specialties there, and some are exclusively for there."

Hearing Da Tou's words, he suddenly became excited and said, "Where?"
Chapter completed!