After becoming the king of the subjugated country

The sky full of stars is shining brightly at night, which contrasts with the candlelights in the lanterns on both sides of the road. Kyoto is doomed to sleepless tonight.

To celebrate, Bi Xuan and Ji Pei even made some fireworks, and when it was completely dark, they stepped forward to light the fuses with their own hands.The bright fireworks flew upwards, crossed the sky, and spread out at the highest point, blooming flowers one after another. People in the distance cheered, and there was laughter all around.

Laymen watch the fun, and insiders watch the doorway, especially those in the Ministry of War. They can't wait to invite Bi Xuan and Ji Pei over now to arm the army with these things.

Tang Qian glanced around and squinted his eyes. There were not too many people around. They set off fireworks, so naturally it was impossible to let a large number of people come in, but there were a few people who got too close, and their smiles were a little fake.

Tang Qian hesitated for a moment, but decided to send someone to invite these people out first, interrogate a few words and then check their identities. He whispered a few words to the people around him, signaling them to go quickly, and then walked up to Bi Xuan by himself, "Why don't you let them go?" I try too?"

While talking, he paid attention to the attachment.I saw a field circled where the fireworks were lit, a team of guards were waiting here, and there were bustling crowds outside.

Bi Xuan glanced at him, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Master Tang, I didn't expect to come over, but there are fifteen people in front of you, so I'm afraid I have to wait."

Ji Pei stood beside her, "Or can you persuade the people in front?"

It's not a big deal for the two of them to watch the excitement, you say something to each other, and the words are full of ridicule.

Tang Qian was about to explain a few words, but suddenly, the lights went out, and the two people broke through the guards guarding the periphery and ran towards them.

A firework is shining brightly and still leaping upwards.

Before the lit fireworks were at their brightest, Tang Qian apologized and urged: "Master Bi, I'm sorry, but I'll lend you your curtain hat."

Bi Xuan was taken aback, quickly took off the veiled cap, handed it out, and hid aside while holding Ji Pei's hand.

"Here! Two big fish are here!"

Tang Qian had just put on the veiled hat, when he saw someone pulling his arm out and covering his mouth, amidst the chaotic noise, he heard a curse inwardly, and said in disgust: "Why is this man so heavy! Like a dead pig, it can't be dragged."

Tang Qian: "..."

In his heart, he silently let go of his fist silently, thinking that a little intolerance will lead to chaos and big schemes.

In the chaos, no one noticed what was wrong. After all, Bi Xuan was more conspicuous wearing a veiled hat. In the rest of the time, she was protected by people in the center, and few people could see her face and clothes clearly.

In the dark, Tang Qian had to cooperate and followed these people out of the crowd. From the corner of his eyes, he saw that Bi Xuan, Ji Pei and others had already started to discuss countermeasures, so he couldn't help grinning, showing his bright teeth.

Now that the people around are safe, he can also go and play with these people.

Speaking of which, the spies sent by Xia Guo to Yue have cleaned up seven or eight eight, and these should be the last remnants.

The guards had already caught a group of people with the most suspicious behavior and brought them down. The people nearby didn't understand what happened, but seeing these officials say that they just accidentally turned off the lights just now, they accepted it dubiously. Explain that when the fireworks continue, they forget what happened just now and continue to watch the beautiful fireworks.

Ji Pei listened to Bi Xuan telling Tang Qian the last two words, "It seems that he was well prepared. This group of people is coming for you or me."

Bi Xuan nodded, "After all, we have such a big battle here, and we used explosives when we built the canal. Now that there are fireworks, Xia Guo must not be able to sit still. These things are precious enough. The hands are all pressed up."

Although the two of them need to take some risks, overall, the benefits are quite rich.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the tacit understanding over the years came into play, "On one side, Tang Qian can't really let Tang Qian take all the credit."

"Okay, let's see who can catch them first."

Just do what you say, and the two will separate.

In the east of the city, Bi Xuan started looking for people to trace the row. Without disturbing the local people, Jing Zhaoyin's yamen went to the person in charge of each street, asked them to handle the key points, and then searched for traces everywhere.

"Since these Xia people are thinking of kidnapping us, they will naturally have to leave the city after they have caught someone. Apart from the group who did it, there must be scattered people in other places who are responsible for responding. If they have been hiding , then they don't have to come here." Bi Xuan explained to the surrounding yamen servants.

In the west of the city, Ji Pei's approach was much more brutal.He found the candy and various snacks that Ji Chen had prepared to throw out at the beginning, and simply set up a stall, "Go to the street and howl, saying that His Majesty is going to have fun with the people, so that everyone will be happy. Kyoto is At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the people naturally trust His Majesty, but anyone who can get up will get up and get things."

As for those who refused to come out and couldn't give a suitable reason, most of them naturally had problems.

As for the group of people who kidnapped Tang Qian, they didn't feel it on the bright street, but in the shadowy corner of the dark place, one of them scratched his head, "Why do I feel that you are shining?"

"Yeah, I think so too, it's still glowing green!"

"Mom, am I the same?"

The group of people finally realized that something was wrong, Tang Qian also broke free from the rope, blew a whistle, and the people who followed them along the way also came.

Tang Qian clenched his fists, "Huo, isn't it! This is a newly developed medicine from the Taiyuan Hospital. It was originally intended to be used by us on the march. I didn't expect to let you see it today."

After the powder is glued on, it can't be seen during the day, but it will emit a green light at night, which can be regarded as a sharp tool for guiding.

The person in charge of the kidnapping was taken aback. He pointed at Tang Qian, "You, what are you..." Halfway through the question, he finally came to his senses, gritted his teeth angrily, and rushed towards Tang Qian, waving the sharp weapon in his hand, "Brother Let's go!"

Tang Qian deliberately followed them to a remote place, just to kill them without frightening the people. Now this place is pretty good.

Officials have their own way, courtiers have their own way.

On the outskirts of Kyoto, there was a knock on Qi Wu's door.

"Brother Qi, come and see for me, what is written on this cloth? Is this a word?" A man in patched clothes knocked on Qi Wu's door in the middle of the night.

Qi Wu picked up the cloth strip and looked carefully at the kerosene lamp. He and the people around him had escaped from disaster. Now that he has attended night school, he can be considered to know a lot of words, but now it is useful.He looked carefully, and felt that these symbols were quite neat, but they were not written in Yue, but rather like the written in Yue that the evening school teacher had mentioned.

With a general idea, Qi Wu recalled carefully, and then dug out the notes he took down during the night school class, and finally translated one of the words, that word is Ji.

Qi Wu's heart sank, he didn't know the current affairs, but he knew very well that Ji was the country's surname.

Qi Wu patted the man on the shoulder, "This is the group of people hunting on the mountain? Are they still there? Have they talked to you?"

The man hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, I just saw them from a distance, and saw that they seemed to be writing something on paper, brother, you know me too, I have a good memory, so I simply wrote down these words and copied them down. , No, I’ll ask you.. These people don’t look easy to mess with. That Xu Da is also stupid. I’ve seen those people with knives, and I gave them to them without even knowing their origins. Excuse me, I really have an eye for money."

While recalling, the man added: "Listening to their accents, I feel that they also seem to be foreigners. They speak strangely. Also, the weather is still hot, and my wife and I go out to enjoy the cool every day. These people On the contrary, I wrapped myself up tightly, as if it was shameful. I was afraid that they might be bandits somewhere, so I wanted to show Brother Qi to you first."

Qi Wu pinched the cloth, carefully recalled what he saw and heard in the night school, and finally judged: "Maybe, it's really shameful."

The man raised his head quickly, his expression changed suddenly, "Ah? Is it a bandit?"

Qi Wu shook his head, "Perhaps they are from the Xia Kingdom."

Except for the people in the government, where can ordinary people easily get knives?Add accents, costumes, and outlandish cloth strips, and those clues are more or less enough.Moreover, ordinary people will go to the city when they come to the capital. Fortunately, these people have been hiding in the mountains. When they come down, there are only a few people who live here in Xu Da, and they don't know what they are thinking about.

The man's complexion changed, and he hesitated between hiding and standing out. He is full and the whole family is not hungry, and his life is of course important, but now that he has encountered this incident, should he work hard...

Qi Wu showed a smile, "Brother, you have made a lot of money. You know, a Xia Guo spy is worth three taels of silver."

In the suburbs of Beijing, it takes ten taels of silver to buy a piece of fertile land, but ordinary people work hard to take care of an acre of land, and after deducting food and expenses, they can save two taels of silver a year.

Once Xia Guo's spies hook up with Yinzi, these people will no longer look hideous. On the contrary, they will show a huge attraction. Drinking will also arrest these people.

The man's eyes lit up instantly, and all hesitation was thrown away, "Brother Qi, what should we do?"

Qi Wu took a deep breath, feeling that his life might be different, "Let's go, let's find a few more people, and when the time comes, let someone deliver water to the people who live in Xu's family. Just in time, I was thinking about hunting. I also went to buy some medicines, just to try to see if I can take a few of Menghan medicines, catch them first and then talk."

On the second day, Jing Zhaoyin was stunned when he saw the string of Xia Guo spies delivered to the door, "When did you catch it?"

He remembered that he only rested for a few hours, and it didn't take long.Of course he knew that some people from Xia Kingdom were found trying to make trouble yesterday, but he didn't expect Ji Pei and Bi Xuan to be so fast and catch them all in one night.

The yamen servant said in admiration: "My lord, the one who arrested the most people here is a villager named Qi Wu, and led the villagers to arrest more than 30 people."

Jing Zhaoyin was stunned, "How did he do it? Xia Guo's spies fell like this?"

The yamen servant hesitated to speak, "They felt that few Yue people could read, so they let down their vigilance this time, but they were traced down and questioned, and finally found out that they were written in the Xia country, that's all. Planted."

After all, this is the loss of not having seen the power of the people.

Relying on these few words, Qi Wu and others searched all the way and wiped out this group of people.

Jing Zhaoyin hurriedly counted the money, asked someone to send it to them, and even praised it several times.

It was already noon the next day when Ji Chen heard the news.

Ji Chen didn't think about it lazily, Bai Qi couldn't get up, so the two simply lay on the bed, chatting about this matter one after another.

"It seems that Xia Guo can't bear it anymore." Bai Qi squinted his eyes, thinking to himself, that Emperor Xia is really capable of tossing around, even if he is not in good health, he dares to continue to stare at Yue Guo, and he is not afraid that he will leave early?

Ji Chen rubbed his waist for him, "Yes."

"The time to tear up the agreement is imminent," Bai Qi said.

Ji Chen replied again, not knowing if anyone listened, "If you tear it up, hit it."

Bai Qi staggered and tried to get up, "I'll go through the last time file and check the situation. If the agreement is torn up, I'm afraid war is imminent."

Finally, Ji Chen pressed his waist with one hand to prevent him from getting up, and then pinched his shoulder with his hands, motioning him to look over, "The one right in front of your eyes is me."

Ji Chen Nahan said, "I'm afraid you'll be tired. Since you still have the energy to deal with official duties, why don't we continue?"

Bai Qi: "..."

At the same time, Qin Sheng and others also quietly gathered in a small group within the courtiers.

"This group of people has been captured or killed by us. Xia Guo will not be able to find out for a while, and he will definitely notice at that time that Xia Guo has not stopped making small moves. I am afraid that the agreement will be torn up next."

"The grain and grass in the granary have been consumed a lot, and now the autumn harvest has replenished part of it..."

"There are currently 20 elite soldiers, and 13 are stored on the southwest border..."

"[-] kilograms of explosives are now in storage, and the output is fairly stable, and some of them have been transported to the border..."

"There is also the national treasury. Although it has been consumed a lot now, the owner of the gambling house has accumulated countless wealth, which is enough in the early days..."

They sorted out the information line by line. Ji Shao finally stood up. She opened a letter, which was filled with familiar handwriting. The letter was full of instructions given by Ji Chen. She handed the letter to others for circulation, waiting for them After finishing speaking, he finally said: "Let's fight! With the second brother here, and so many people who work hard for the country, we can win!"

The Yue Kingdom has been weak for decades, and now it has changed. Now the politics are clear and everything is in order, and the life of the people is many times better than before, and everything is on the right track.

In the past, with Old General Qiao around, the Yue Kingdom could still barely resist the Xia Kingdom's attack, but now it was them, they had to take the initiative to ride the wind and waves.

At the end, the people present drank a cup of tea together, "Everyone, I wish the mountains and rivers are safe."

There are historical records later:

In May of the first year of Yuanxing, Emperor Jichen ascended the throne for the first time, punished ministers and killed corrupt officials, the capital was purged, and courtiers admired him.

In August of the first year of Yuanxing, Yue State and Xia State signed an agreement, about calling each other brothers and making good friends.

In August of the second year of Yuanxing, Emperor Jichen held a grand conferment ceremony, and the whole city was decorated with lights and festoons, which shocked the capital.

In September of the second year of Yuanxing, Xia Guo tore up the agreement.

In October of the second year of Yuanxing, Xia State attacked Yue State, Yue State fought back, and the two sides formally fought.