laughing soul

Qiu Sheng has been sleepless for two days, and Chu Yu accompanied him in the small bamboo hut, reading medical books from time to time, copying notes and sending them to Cui Wei Pavilion, while watching the piles of memorials piled up on several cases slowly. Cut it down, the second night of the man's madness, the hill finally bottomed out.

He leaned against the wall and closed the ancient book, knowing that this person was about to speak.

"Ah Joo."

"Ok?"

Qiu Sheng raised her head, revealing a pair of red eyes, and casually took out two booklets and handed them to Chu He: "I made it clear in front of them that the Peace and Security Council of the World will give way to Xian, and there will be no more entanglements. The loyal ministers thought that I was not a very stable backer, and that it would be impossible to rely on it, so they did not know where to find out that I was trying to spread the news in Qiuwei, and all the memorials were praises and praises for my little emperor uncle. This Dali As soon as the temple fell down, these ball-and-ball bastards tried every means to insert their own people in it... I have never seen such methods when I stayed in the Southern Camp, so I really learned a lot."

Chu Yu looked at him with lowered eyebrows, but didn't speak.

"They all value fame and fortune so much, it's really..." Qiu Sheng frowned and smiled bitterly, and put his arms around Chu Yu's back, "It's unreasonable."

Knowing that he was only stimulated by the so-called loyal officials in the court at this time, and that he needed nothing but a pair of ears, Chu Yu just reached out and closed the several memorials that were spread out in front of him. , both sides are silent.

They stayed in the capital not only because Qiu Sheng insisted on coming back to be angry with the old man, but because they wanted to wait for the Northwest Army to send the military experts here, and by the way, they wanted to know what the situation in Weizhou was like at this time.

He Lingyu didn't make them wait too long, Deng Qi's group of ordnance ghosts couldn't think of anything new for a while, she briefly taught Wang the strategy of how to deal with the opponent's extremely lethal chariot After climbing up, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he took the wind and went down to the capital.

The letter Chu Yu sent her described in detail the appearance and various characteristics of the iron beetle. I don't know much about things like this, so I just drew the external image, but didn't say anything about the internal structure, which is like a piece of waste paper, which forced He Lingyu to come here in a hurry. The person standing beside Qiu Sheng was the first to be surprised: "It's you?"

Qiu Sheng had almost recovered her spirits these days. After hearing this, she actually had a sign of being jealous. She glanced sideways at the bewildered Chu He, with a look of "quickly and honestly" all over her face.

Chu Yu's ability to recognize ordinary faces is extremely low, and he is a typical face-blind patient. After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't realize it: "Offend, may I ask when and where Miss He met Chu? "

"Young Master Chu, I think I mended your torn clothes back then." He Lingyu said, "The aunt who lives next door to Xu Liushan is here."

Chu Yu: "..."

Qiu Sheng half covered her mouth and coughed lightly: "Sew clothes?"

No matter how strange the atmosphere around these two people is, even single people all over the world will feel a strong sense of discomfort in such an atmosphere, then He Lingyu must be a strange flower that stands safely outside it, she is not in the slightest I don't think there is anything weird about the two people's way of getting along with each other, but I didn't pay attention to Qiu Sheng's words: "Young Master Chu, where is the iron beetle?"

Chu Yu squinted at Qiu Sheng with a suppressed smile, and led He Lingyu into the inner room: "There seems to be something like a magnetic needle and magnet in this thing, which can move freely in the tunnel by relying on iron attraction. I was in the tunnel before. It was found that there was nothing made of iron in it, and even the candlesticks were made of wood inlaid with gold and silver powder, presumably to avoid slight disturbance to the beetle and slow down its movement speed."

He Lingyu held up the iron beetle, looked at the light for a moment, reached out and took out a small cloth bag from her sleeve, poked her fingers into it to feel it, and found a small wooden needle in her hand, she took the small needle from the beetle. Gently pushed in the small hole on his mouth and fiddled with it for a few times, and he understood in his heart: "What you said is indeed good, but if you want to control this thing freely, it will take some time. , I want the right to enter the tunnel.”

"It's easy to say, there is not even a ghost in the tunnel now," Chu Yu readily agreed, "How many days does Miss He need?"

"One night is enough." He Lingyu neatly put away the cloth bag, found a small wooden box from somewhere on his body, carefully put the iron beetle inside, and said goodbye, "I will come back early tomorrow morning. "

Chu Yu returned the gift to see off the guests, and heard her walk to Qiu Sheng's side when she left, said "Station Master", and then disappeared without a trace.

Looking up at Qiu Sheng entering the inner room, he asked, "Station Master?"

"Back then, the late emperor handed over the sub-station of the arsenal depot in Huadu to me to command, but the people at the other end couldn't get used to calling His Majesty, so they didn't make them change their words." Qiu Sheng stretched out his hand to hold Chu Yu's wrist, and said with a smile, "What do you mean?" Tell me, when did you sew the clothes?"

Chu Yu obviously didn't expect such a trivial matter to entangle Qiu Sheng for so long, just as he was about to tease this person, Li Ci screamed outside in a very unpleasant way: "Your Majesty, Mr. Tao from the Ministry of Punishment, please see me."

Chu Yu was about to hide inside, but Qiu Sheng grabbed his right hand and led him outside: "You still play peek-a-boo now? Let's just listen together."

Ever since he brought down the ninth-five-year-old Long Live Lord in the palace a long time ago, Chu Yu either wandered around in the palace wearing a mask, or didn't leave the bamboo house at all. No one has seen him in the palace since then.

Tao Qinglin can be regarded as a newcomer in the imperial court. When Chu Yu first started doing business in the palace, he was still studying hard in the cold window, so he put on a strange face and was momentarily stunned: "See Your Majesty...Your Excellency?"

What he said next was confidential. Qiu Sheng put his arms around Chu Yu's shoulders in front of him, and rubbed his long hair: "It's okay, it's my own."

Except for He Lingyu, probably everyone in the world will consciously think wrongly in this kind of scene. Although Tao Qinglin has never met the righteous master, he has heard a lot of rumors in the market. He saluted and said: "I don't know it's Mr. Chu, I'm offended."

Chu Yu: "..."

"Have you found my little uncle?"

Once Tao Qinglin made a point, he said solemnly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, King Qing'an's whereabouts are uncertain when he travels all over the world. I have been inquiring around for a long time since the generation of Jiangnan, followed every step of the way, and finally found King Qing'an near the outskirts of Huadu City. I did not do my job well. , Your Majesty, please forgive me.”

In order to prevent him, a little uncle with a distinctive personality and a temper that is not far from his, from resisting and not obeying, Qiu Sheng specially named Qiu Wei the Prince of Qing'an, euphemistically calling this kidnapping operation "Please King Qing'an!" Go back to Beijing to enjoy the blessings", picked a eloquent young eunuch to go, and described his not so sincere thoughts to tears, making Qiu Wei believe that if he refused to go at this time, he would be treacherous and too embarrassing shameless.

However, this method also has risks. For example, if the person to be persuaded is himself, he will still stay in his broken thatched hut and be too lazy to go to the capital if he lets the other party say what he said.

Qiu Sheng was grateful: "What's wrong with Aiqing? If you can get this person back, I will definitely reward you!"

Tao Qinglin: "Your Majesty's worries are totally unnecessary. The sacks brought by the ministers, such as thick rope sacks, were not used. Prince Qing'an, he doesn't seem to object to returning to Beijing. I found him in a simple thatched hut. At that time, not only did the prince not get angry, but he listened to the purpose of this trip explained by the minister, and then he followed the minister back to Beijing."

Qiu Sheng: "..." It seems that his little uncle really doesn't have the same temperament as him.

When Chu Yu heard the sack, he glanced at Qiu Sheng nonchalantly, lowered his head with a suppressed smile, covered his mouth and let out his breath through his nose.

"Arrange for him to live in the prince's mansion first, and I will visit him in two days." Qiu Sheng waved his hand to signal him to retreat, "You take care of him for me first, and I will spare you for other things these days. .”

Hearing the intention of chasing away the guest, Tao Qinglin bowed to leave.

As soon as he went out, Qiu Sheng turned around and handed the military newspaper on the table to Chu He: "The situation in Weizhou has stabilized for the time being. This Wang Jiusi has never given them any news. There will be problems."

"The next step is to stagger the timing of the final battle between the two sides." Chu Yu took a quick look at it and put down the letter paper, "Which side do you plan to fight first?"

Qiu Sheng: "It stands to reason that Beili's military strength is generally weaker than that of Nanman, and the persimmons must be picked first... Besides, Deng Qi has some ingenuity in his hands, and the update speed of the ordnance and chariots is too fast, so they should be eliminated first. But if it’s about selfishness, I can’t wait to beat Shaman Chuanmu out of my Jiangnan territory, and let such a group of invaders occupy the eight great Jiangnan counties, even if it takes one more day, I can’t bear it.”

Chu Yu smiled at him: "Is it possible to talk about selfishness in this matter?"

He smiled so that a pair of peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of the eyes were almost raised sharply, and the long eyelashes, which were thicker than ordinary people, drooped, casting a small shadow on the eyelids warmly, and the whole person became angry for no reason.

Qiu Sheng always feels that this person has uncontrollably developed towards a certain direction that makes him both happy and worried since from which day, until now, it seems that he is going to be lawless, and he can't wait for He Lingyu to secretly give it to him. He made a pair of shackles, specially designed to keep this person in good faith, so as to save him from jumping around every day.

He turned his eyes away: "Then order He Lingyu to bring the news back, let Gao Li Wang Deng make plans early, and let Deng Qi release false information."

His mind was in a mess, but Chu Yu, the culprit, didn't realize it: "You have to act quickly, there's no guarantee that they won't plant other eyeliners in the capital and many counties just in case."

Chu Yu’s unconditional optimism has never changed, but he will basically try his best to consider all the trivial matters before they happen. Facts have proved that he has too many thoughts and most of the time it is useless. For example, Deng Qi has never I suspected that Wang Jiusi would do something to betray Beili. Even if he gave the other party false red blood, it was just that this thing was too precious and he couldn't bear to sell it.

It’s just that being frozen three feet doesn’t happen overnight, and Wang Jiusi wasn’t discouraged by being cheated this time. As early as when Kex died in the battle, cracks gradually appeared in his loyalty. Many things in the past are just worse.

Early the next morning, He Lingyu knocked on the door outside the small bamboo house on time, because she was worried that Qiu Sheng would be delayed from going to court, so she came very early. When she was making noise at the door, the two of them were half asleep and half awake. Dazed and too lazy to move.

She knocked once, but no one answered her.

For a moment, He Lingyu suspected that an assassin had killed the two of them, and suddenly became flustered, and the knocking on the door became louder and louder. After a while, even the people in the imperial dining room were woken up.

Qiu Sheng rubbed her eyes and was about to get up, but was pressed down by Chu Yu: "Put on your clothes first, I'll go."

He was not humble either, instead he turned over with a smile and rubbed himself out of the quilt to put on his clothes.

He Lingyu saw that Chu Yu, who was only wearing a middle coat, came to open the door. No matter how thick Fengyue's nerves were, she stood there for a long time without saying a word, and her mind was quickly thinking about issues that she usually did not pay attention to. .

Finally realized something was wrong: "You, you... you two... live, sleep in the same bed?"

Chu Yu agreed with a smile, turned back to boil water to make tea, and casually grabbed a handful of untied long hair: "Miss He came, but did you figure out the iron beetle?"

He Lingyu was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. Looking into the inner room, he saw a swaying figure standing inside washing his face. After finally getting his breath out, he calmed down: "Yes, if Mr. Chu If you don't mind, I'll demonstrate it here."

"Please."

They are all people who are doing business. Once He Lingyu used her mind and ingenuity, He Lingyu would have no time to care about him. She took the beetle out of the box, took out a small wooden needle and turned it gently in its waist and abdomen, and pressed it slightly with her fingers. Once the armor cover is lifted, the entire internal structure can be seen at a glance.

It seems very mysterious, but when you take it apart and understand it, it's nothing more than that.There are only two small magnetic needles arranged in staggered directions horizontally in the beetle's abdominal cavity, which are used as the basis for judging the direction during movement. If the magnetic needles are excluded, it is just an ordinary toy beetle.

He Lingyu placed the beetle's head towards him, took out the small cloth bag, took out a black thing from it, and placed it directly in front of him, and the beetle ran towards it unsteadily.

"Just using magnetism?" Chu Yu rubbed his chin, "How should the message be conveyed?"

"This is the subtlety of this thing." He Lingyu said, probing the two magnetic needles to gently place the two magnetic needles at a specific angle, and pinching some kind of powder to evenly touch the bottom of the beetle. Holding the black iron a little farther away, let go of the beetle in his hand.

Chu Yu stared at it intently, watching it slowly approach the black iron, but it didn't cling to it tightly, but drew some strange characters and symbols on the ground. After a while, it stopped by itself, and the two small The magnetic needle also slowly returned to its original position from the direction He Lingyu broke it off.

"This is it?"

"Using the arrangement of the internal magnetic needles at the time of departure, the arc shape that it turns out when it approaches the iron block at the end is set. Unfortunately, it can only convey a very small amount of information. If you want to increase the amount of information, you must increase the use of magnetic needles. That will inevitably increase the body size of the beetle, which undoubtedly increases the possibility of exposure." He Lingyu picked up the beetle that was still in place and turned it over, "I have studied the composition of the humid and low temperature ground in the tunnel. I only found that this kind of gold phosphorous powder can clearly leave a mark on it. It's just that I don't know much about what these symbols mean, and I can't figure it out."

"It's Beili's writing, and there are only two words." Chu Yu squatted down to carefully observe the traces left by the beetle, "You called back the word 'Jingjun'."

"Where there is an advance, there must be a retreat. The other pattern must be the word retreat." He Lingyu adjusted the angle of the magnetic needle and wiped a layer of gold phosphorous powder on it again, "This thing... the station master."

At some point, Qiu Sheng was standing behind Chu Yu, drinking tea with a cup: "Well, it's okay, you can continue."

If the mentality really changes, what he sees will naturally change. How does He Lingyu look at these two people now, blushing and heartbeat, so he can only turn his attention to the iron beetle at the beginning: "The whole function of this thing is basically these, Mr. Chu, but learned?"

Chu Yu twirled his fingers and pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Then I won't stay here, Master, if I guessed correctly," He Lingyu turned to look at Qiu Sheng, "You want to clean up the Weizhou battlefield first, right?"

Qiu Sheng: "You can see it clearly... I have drawn up the edict last night, you go back and bring it to Gao Li, and wait for the news from the capital to Deng Qi, the entire northern pro-army will be transferred to the Northwest Army barracks in time , unified under his command...Deng Qi has ever used red blood again?"

"Almost none. They seem to have a problem with the cooperation with Kunlun Mountain. The other party should suddenly not support them to attack Dayue, which makes Deng Qi very passive, but he can't do anything. Although the humble position is not talented, those who are used in the war The ordnance and chariots still penetrate one or two, and Beili can't pose a big threat... General Wang said so."

Qiu Sheng's eyes swept over Chu Yu's forehead vaguely.

He Lingyu rushed to Weizhou non-stop after receiving the edict. Chu Yu studied the delicate little beetle in the house. After practicing a few times, he was finally able to control its speed and general direction freely. He was overjoyed Sincerely admire He Lingyu who can see through the mechanism overnight, it seems that this matter probably depends on talent.

Qiu Sheng stood beside him and watched silently for a long time, and finally couldn't help but squatted down with him: "Ah?"

Chu Yu raised his head in response, his hands were still stained with shiny gold phosphorous powder, the two of them stared at each other for a while, but no one spoke, he thought it was funny, so he raised his hand and wiped the powder all over Qiu Sheng's face: "Come on, beauty , Lord will put on makeup for you."

Qiu Sheng's eyes darkened, she didn't answer, and instead asked softly: "Aren't you going to tell me?"

Chu Yu's smile froze, and he regained his composure after a while: "Of course I will confess everything to you once everything is settled. It's really not a good time right now... I haven't filled in many loopholes left over, and I have not yet filled in many problems. I didn’t understand it, so I just said it, maybe it’s still full of lies..."

"You..." Qiu Sheng finally heard something was wrong, "Are you the owner of Cuiwei Pavilion?"

The man's forced calm expression finally couldn't hold back, Chu Yu turned his head stiffly to stare at Qiu Sheng, his voice trembling: "Zizhan...I..."

The rumored murderous Pavilion Master Cui Wei and the usually modest and gentle Chu Yu, these two characters with almost opposite natures turned out to be the same person in the end.Rao Qiusheng had expected it earlier, and was indeed taken aback, and his face was a little ugly for a while.

The answer he had been pondering in secret, now openly and honestly let it go in front of him, there was a kind of trance and confusion as if he had been in a lifetime.

However, there are many people who are more at a loss than him.

Chu Yu is usually quite eloquent, but now he can't utter a word. He just feels that the **** that has been covering his face for a long time is falling apart piece by piece, but he has tried his best to hide the real face of disgust from the bottom of his heart. Some people saw that after their mixed emotions, they fell into endless darkness, and their eyes almost turned black.

It took Qiu Sheng a long time to slowly accept the facts, his eyes gradually focused, and he saw Chu Yu kneeling on the ground with a blank face, thinking of a tattered doll whose bones had been cramp.

A corner of his heart softened instantly.

What about Cuiwei Pavilion?So what about a century-old feud?Since it is the person he has his eyes on, not to mention the pavilion master who came out of the poisonous cave Cuiwei Pavilion, even monsters and monsters, he is also happy.

"Ah Yu?" He tightly grasped Chu Yu's hand hanging by his side, passed his five fingers through his slightly sweaty fingers, and pressed them together without the slightest gap, and whispered, "Pavilion Master, you Will you do something against me? Will you harm me? Huh?"

Fingers intertwined, the sweaty skin was almost sticky, Chu Yu lightly twisted his wrist, but was caught even tighter. He raised his eyes and looked at Qiu Sheng's non-joking face, and suddenly realized that his A madness is simply inexplicable.

He slowly recovered his deep and trembling voice, and said word by word: "Even if it is death...you will not be held accountable."

Qiu Sheng quietly waited for him to finish, then sighed, and pulled him into his arms.