Chen Qing pushed open the compartment door and walked to the bed. Yan Yunhe was still lying there as before they left, with his eyes closed and smelling of alcohol.

With a serious look on his face, he slowly raised his hand and picked up the long knife at his waist.

Zhou Ran followed him, his eyes forbearing: "Brother, don't you think about it again?"

Veins appeared on the back of Chen Qing's hand holding the scabbard: "I always want to find a way out for my brothers."

He then removed the knife. He threw it to the ground with a heavy sound, and then said to Zhou Ran: "Second brother, give me the antidote."

Zhou Ran sighed and took out the porcelain bottle from his arms. Chen Qing pulled out the stopper and was about to hand it to Yan Yunhe's nose. , and saw the imperial envoy, who should have been unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes.

Chen Qing almost didn't hold the antidote in his hand and backed away suddenly in fear.

Yan Yunhe slowly propped up his body, looked at the three people standing in front of the bed, and showed a warm smile: "Congratulations on making the right choice."

Xu Hu said in panic: "Brother, that wine, I really..."

Chen Qing glanced at him: "Shut up."

Yan Yunhe bent his right leg and put his palm on his knee. His posture was very lazy, just like a playboy.

He didn't look like he was knocked down by the sweat medicine in the wine at all. On the contrary, his eyes were very sharp and his aura was too scary.

The three people from the Tsing Yi Gang who had seen the wind and waves could not help but feel their hearts skip a beat under his gaze.

Yan Yunhe tapped his knees with his fingertips and ordered: "Everyone except Chen Qing, get out."

Xu Hu took a step forward in displeasure, but was stopped by Zhou Ran.

As soon as Zhou Ran saw Yan Yunhe, he knew that the decision made by his eldest brother was the best choice. When they encounter such an imperial envoy, they can't run away, so they might as well use the chips in their hands to seek cooperation.

He pulled Lengtou Qingxu Hu out and closed the door. The other party still didn't understand: "I really poured the medicine into his wine and watched him drink it with my own eyes. The amount of medicine was almost overwhelming." Damn, why is he still awake?"

Zhou Ran said angrily: "Idiot, he is just playing tricks on us, pretending to be dizzy."

Xu Hu scratched the back of his head: "Why is he so brave ? There are so many people, he is really not afraid that we will kill him if we don't stop."

"With your brains, who else do you want to kill?" Zhou Ran was too lazy to talk to him, so he pulled the reluctant Xu Hu. Gone far.

If the imperial envoy hadn't taken the antidote in advance, the other party's internal martial arts would have been unimaginably deep to be able to easily undo the potion's properties.

Xu Hu's three-legged cat skills would be a dead end against this imperial envoy.

I can't beat him with kung fu, and my brain is not good. Thinking of this, Zhou Ran looked at Xu Hu sadly and sighed.

Xu Hu was confused, but he still followed Zhou Ran obediently. His elder brother told him to listen to Zhou Ran in everything.

inside the house.

Yan Yunhe looked at Chen Qing who was kneeling on the ground: "The goods in Qingyi Gang's stronghold are the batch of fire muskets that arrived at Yunzhou three days ago?"

He went straight to the point, not bothering to waste time with Chen Qing.

In fact, I already have a basic judgment in my mind, but it still needs to be implemented through Chen Qing's dictation.

It doesn't matter if Chen Qing doesn't admit it. Yu Qin has already taken his troop deployment token to Yunzhou overnight to mobilize troops. He should be able to lead troops to Yunzhou early tomorrow morning.

To catch people is to catch stolen goods. It is easy to break into the Tsing Yi Gang's territory to retrieve the lost guns, but if the entire smuggling line can be traced through Chen Qing's gap, it will be more worthwhile.

Now Chen Qing's intention is very clear. He wants to reveal his superiors in order to protect the rest of the Tsing Yi Gang.

Chen Qing lowered his head: "At the beginning, we didn't know what the goods were at all. We just robbed the goods based on the information we received in advance, and then put the goods in the designated place."

Yan Yunhe said thoughtfully: " The name of the bandit is fake, but it is true to use it to deceive others."

"The Qingyi Gang is only responsible for a transportation point from the capital to Yunzhou. The brothers don't know what they are transporting. I can swear that if they know what they are transporting. It's this kind of thing, we won't get involved at all from the beginning!" Chen Qing said anxiously.

Yan Yunhe said: "So what is hidden in the box that Xu Hu knocked over?"

Chen Qing's face turned green: "Gunpowder, it's a batch of gunpowder."

"Bold." Yan Yunhe's face was gloomy and he said one word One sentence.

Chen Qing's back was soaked with sweat layer after layer: "The quantity of gunpowder is very small, and the number of smuggling is not many, and the locations where it is dropped are all over the country. But in the past six months, the number of shipments has The number suddenly increased, and I felt something was wrong, but before I could figure it out, Wei Zhili suddenly reported to the court, requesting to send troops to suppress the bandits..."

Yan Yunhe interrupted him: "You have exposed what they are transporting, naturally. It will lead to death."

Even if we don't kill them now, we will eradicate them when the time comes.

Xu Hu's reckless move was just to advance the time.

Using rogue bandits as transport troops is also a good trick.

These bandits are desperadoes, they can be fooled by gold and silver, and they can be easily killed afterwards.

Yan Yunhe asked again: "You haven't said yet whether the batch of fire guns from the capital has been shipped to you."

Chen Qing nodded, but there was hesitation on his face: "Yes, but this batch of goods is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Yan Yunhe narrowed his eyes.

"This batch of goods was supposed to be gunpowder, but for some reason, it turned into firecrackers." Chen Qing raised his pale face: "How dare we randomly transport firecrackers with official seals? They used to be black gunpowder. " Why did you become an official this time? Is it because you want to frame us?"

Yan Yunhe shook his head: "You think too highly of yourself. If you want to get rid of you, just report it to the court like Wei Zhili."

That is to say, replace them. Come here, if it were anyone else, they would not investigate clearly at all. They would just lead the troops to crush the Tsing Yi Gang's stronghold and return to Beijing with their heads to receive the reward.

Why go to all the trouble to replace the black powder with a blunderbuss to attract the attention of the court?

Wait... In the flash of lightning, the thread in Yan Yunhe's mind finally became clear.

"Zhao Xiang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry!" Yan Yunhe's eyes lit up slightly and he sighed while stroking his palms.

Zhao Xiang wanted to make money, so he took the risk to smuggle gunpowder.

But as Chen Qing said, the gunpowder was initially sold only for mining and mining.

Da Jin strictly controlled gunpowder, and the price of gunpowder on the market was high.

There are also strict requirements for the allocation quota, so that there will be a lot of demand among the people.

Where there is demand there must be supply, and the channels for black powder were created accordingly.

Zhao Xiang must have discovered that the frequency of gunpowder transportation was wrong, and guessed that he might die from a poisonous hand, so he replaced the gunpowder with a blunderbuss in advance.

In this way, the missing firecracker will naturally attract the attention of the court and send people to investigate the case.

No matter what the man behind the scenes wanted to do, most of it was ruined by his plan.

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry is Jiang Shang, a direct descendant of the Empress Dowager's mother's family.

If someone really wants to use gunpowder to commit rebellion, Jiang Shang, who is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, can hardly escape the blame. Even the Queen Mother will be implicated. No wonder Jinyiwei wants to intervene in this matter, so Yu Qin comes to Yunnan with him. continent.

Even so, the purpose of the other party's trip is also obvious.

Yan Yunhe's eyes dimmed, and he looked at Chen Qing: "If you want to save your Qingyi Gang, you need to do something for me."

...

It was getting daylight, and the bandit suppression troops were already stationed in Yunzhou City. outside.

Yu Qin dressed in black and rode to the place agreed upon by him and Yan Yunhe.

When Yan Yunhe handed the troop deployment order to him last night, he said with a smile: "Master Yu, my life depends entirely on you."

Yu Qin was silent for a while, and now he was watching Yan Yan silently. Yunhe.

The Tsing Yi Gang's territory is located on Luanshan Mountain in Heiyu Island, with dangerous terrain and steep cliffs.

The meeting place is also located on a cliff, with an overview of the entire Qingyi Gang village.

The wind was blowing loudly at this time, and the winter air was so cold that it hurt your skin.

Yan Yunhe turned around, only to see that Yu Qin was no longer wearing the fur coat he had given him, but was wearing a black flying fish suit, embroidered with golden pythons and dragon-like pythons, which was personally given by the Queen Mother.

"Master Yu, why don't you wear the clothes I gave you?" Yan Yunhe said calmly.

Yu Qin put his hand on the scabbard and slowly approached Yan Yunhe. He lowered his eyes and said, "That kind of thing is not suitable for me."

Yan Yunhe frowned and looked hurt: "Yu Hanchu, you can't say that. It really hurts my heart."

This was the first time he called Yu Qin so affectionately, and Yu Qin didn't scold him for his presumption, maybe because he felt it was unnecessary.

Seeing that Yu Qin didn't reply, Yan Yunhe said: "Let me guess, are there a large number of colleagues coming behind you?"

Yu Qin pursed his lips: "I am the only one now."

In other words, if Yu Qin does not solve the problem, Get rid of him, and then Yu Qin won't be the only one.

Yan Yunhe slowly pulled out a sword from his waist. No one expected that the weapon Yan Yunhe, who had been on the battlefield, turned out to be a soft sword, as thin as a cicada's wing, with broken hair.

This was the first time that he took out his weapon and faced Yu Qin, because this time, they all knew the result.

Either you die or I die.