Even though she was very excited when she saw Chuyan, Gu Qianxue was still stunned, and pointed to her face, "My appearance is disguised like this, do you still recognize me?"
Chu Yan raised her head, her eye circles were reddish, and said with a faint smile, "Yes, I recognized the princess with just one glance."
With a smile on the corner of Gu Qianxue's lips, she rushed forward, and the two embraced tightly.
"It's great that you're back," Gu Qianxue's voice sank, "I just hope that the people around me will never leave again, and that everyone will live safely by my side forever."
Chu Yan nodded, "Okay, the servant girl will always be by the Princess's side."
The two hugged each other for a long time before they parted reluctantly. Gu Qianxue looked at Chuyan who had dusted her face with black powder, and said, "Don't always call me slaves or maids, we are friends, not masters and servants. okay?"
Chu Yan shook her head, "No, the princess will always be the slave's master."
"..." Gu Qianxue was helpless, how could this person be so servile? But let it go, "Okay, I will be the master and servant, but I will call myself 'I' in the future, let alone slave, I really don't want to hear it."
"good."
Gu Qianxue pulled Chuyan into the room, "Tell me quickly, what happened later, did you get the crane cloud pendant? Did you give it to Fengxiu?" Chuyan said, "Yes, actually Su The shopkeeper had long expected that there would be twists and turns, so I put the crane cloud pendant on the beam of Tingxueyuan, and I got it after I went back. I took the crane cloud pendant and sent it to Beili country without stopping, but I learned that the county The Lord was burned to death. At that time, all my thoughts were lost and I wanted to die, but
It was Shopkeeper Su who stopped me. Shopkeeper Su learned about the situation at that time from others, and he firmly believed that the princess was well prepared, and the princess must still be alive. "
Gu Qianxue was surprised, but she didn't say anything. She couldn't help but think of shopkeeper Su.
She has complicated feelings for shopkeeper Su, but she doesn't know whether it is a friend or an enemy.
If it was a friend, he wanted to kill her; if it was an enemy, he repeatedly helped her.
After much deliberation, she and Shopkeeper Su may be just passers-by. Shopkeeper Su has been loyal to Su Lingxiao from the beginning to the end, and everything he does is based on Su Lingxiao's interests.
In fact, Gu Qianxue had deliberately avoided Su Lingxiao's death in the past, and every time she thought about it, she felt like a knife piercing her heart, but after experiencing the turmoil in Beili Kingdom, the pain has subsided, and she can finally see and face it directly.
Chu Yan continued, "I exchanged the lives of shopkeeper Su's family with the crane cloud pendant, and tried to persuade shopkeeper Su to join me in finding the princess, but..."
"I know," Gu Qianxue interrupted her, "Shopkeeper Su is getting old, and he should enjoy his old age in peace." It's just a step, and Shopkeeper Su won't come.
Chu Yan nodded, "Later, I found someone."
"Oh?" Gu Qianxue became interested, "You used to be alone, but now you have finally learned to fight in a team?" Even though she was covered in black powder, but Chu Yan still had a blush on her cheeks, "No, princess, listen I explained. At that time..." The voice hesitated, "I thought, I will see him for the last time, so I went to the famous sword villa. Just as I walked to the gate of the villa, I saw him squatting next to the big stone engraved with "Famous sword villa" .
He said that he didn't dare to walk around, he was afraid of staggering with me, so he waited by the stone every day. "
Gu Qianxue's smile deepened, "He did the right thing, lovers will eventually get married."
Chu Yan's face turned even redder, "I... I just wanted to see him again, I didn't recognize him, I just wanted to take a look at him from a distance, but I didn't expect... to be followed by him."
Gong Lingyan on the side finally couldn't help interjecting, "Where is Jun'an?" "In the inn in the city." Chu Yan replied, "Nanyue Kingdom has undergone great changes, Gu Shangshu and Concubine Qin are under control, we can only come here Guandong City, although I know that you will not show up with your own identities, but I heard that Mr. Zhao had a grandson, and I was there when the Guandong City incident occurred.
Leave Junan at the inn, and I will come to find out the news myself. "
Gong Lingyu didn't say a word, but couldn't help laughing at the thought of Jun'an.
Chu Yan was puzzled, Gu Qianxue explained, "Just like me, he has gone through ups and downs, and he doesn't want people around him to leave, so he is very happy to know that Jun'an is back."
Thinking of her former life, Gong Lingyan's smile faded and became bitter.
Chu Yan sighed, and said, "Since we've confirmed that it's you, we're relieved, then Princess, what capacity should we enter in? Do we need to pretend to be slaves?"
Gu Qianxue shook her head, her gaze was firm and sharp, "No, you don't want to enter the mansion, you two are our hands and feet outside the mansion, and I have a task for you immediately."
Chu Yan immediately said, "Please tell the princess."
Gong Lingyan looked at it incomprehensibly.
Gu Qianxue said, "I would like to trouble you all to go to Wumingju, the capital, and ask Yulian, Yucui and others if they would like to come with us. We must make an agreement with them in advance that Guandong City is very dangerous, and I am afraid that there will be... war."
Chu Yan was startled for a moment, but calmed down instantly, "Yes, don't worry, Princess."
Gu Qianxue nodded, "Try to avoid Pan Xiaopeng and others in this matter. Although Pan Xiaopeng is also loyal to me and is still your apprentice, they are still Nanyue people after all, and they must guard against their servility. Yao Zhen and others are stateless people. I can rest assured."
"Yes, princess." Chu Yan replied.
Gu Qianxue's eyes flickered, "Also, by the way, help me collect a person's information, try to be as comprehensive as possible."
"who?"
"Yan Zisong."
Chu Yan was puzzled, "Is that the businessman who used to do business with the princess? What does the princess want him for?"
Gu Qianxue smiled and said, "This person has strong receptivity and a very quick mind. If we really go to war, Guandong City can be imagined as a small country. There must be an imperial merchant in the country, otherwise there will be no big imperial merchant to suppress it. Merchants make war money."
Gong Ling said, "It's still thoughtful of you, but can Yan Zisong agree?" Gu Qianxue didn't answer right away, she thought for a moment quietly, and then said, "So, let Chuyan collect information this time, and you can't recruit immediately. When the war breaks out, it won't be too late to recruit when we have signs of victory. I still know a little about Yan Zisong, and the general merchants are completely satisfied.
Not his desire, this is also the motivation for him to come step by step. Only the position of the emperor merchant can satisfy him. "
Gong Lingyan laughed and said, "You mean, it seems that we will definitely succeed."
Gu Qianxue rolled her eyes, "You have also seen the power of black powder, do you still have any doubts about whether it will succeed? Even if we did not succeed, it is because Yan Zisong made a wrong bet and has nothing to do with us. Businessmen know better about investment risks.”
Gong Lingyu had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay, whatever you say is reasonable, and I will listen to you, okay?"
Gu Qianxue raised her eyebrows and nodded with satisfaction, "Yes."
Seeing the tacit cooperation between the two, Chu Yan was also deeply moved. For some reason, she also began to look forward to such a harmonious life, and couldn't help but think of someone who was anxiously waiting in the inn.
In the end, Gong Lingyan still didn't meet Jun An, and Jun An and Chu Yan went to the capital without stopping.
Chu Yan came and went in such a hurry that it didn't seem to have the slightest impact on the Marshal's Mansion, but it caused a huge disturbance in the hearts of Gu Qianxue and Gong Lingyan.
Gu Qianxue suddenly felt that her footsteps were getting closer. Don't look at her clamoring that gunpowder will definitely succeed, and hot weapons will definitely defeat cold weapons, but in fact there is lingering uneasiness in her heart.
Said it was uneasy, but carefully speaking, it seemed guilty.
She didn't know how many people had died tragically due to this kind of misery, but she had no choice.
She didn't change the course of the times, she just advanced the process. For the next period of time, Gu Qianxue still carefully studied the track and range of the catapult, and Gong Lingfeng was still mixed in with the army, jumping up and down, from one unit to another, almost walking the entire army of hundreds of thousands, many soldiers All because he won the martial arts contest with the "aggressive" young master
silver.
For a while, the momentum of martial arts training in the team was high.
At the same time, Gu Qianxue cooperated with the civil servants of the Guandong City to specifically intercept the stories of the stupid kings who killed the loyal and good people from the history of some countries in the past dynasties.
Don't underestimate these stories, because the setting of the great hall is to popularize basic knowledge for the common people, and there are only a few stories that are told over and over again, and no one listens to them in the later stage. Because of the sudden addition of new stories, the hall was full again for a while.
There were not so many entertainment activities in ancient times, but there were very few theaters. Let alone how expensive books are, there are not many people who can read. So when they heard that there was a new course in the Great Hall, everyone rushed to listen to it. .
The teaching significance of the new course is weakened, but the drama is very strong. Everyone is fascinated by listening to it, and they can't wait to rush into the story and fight with the faint king.
Why did Gu Qianxue design such a "course" to naturally prepare for the subsequent war.
In ten days, Chuyan and the others came back!
A courtyard in the suburbs.
Although they had met for an hour, Yulian and Yucui were still emotionally unstable, hugging Gu Qianxue and crying loudly.
Gu Qianxue patted Yulian on the back, "Yucui cried when she cried, but Yulian, don't cry, you are still pregnant, too much emotion may be bad for the fetus."
That's right, Yulian is now eight months pregnant, and her belly is already very big.
Yao Zhen and the others were also very excited, they couldn't even sit down in the chairs, they all stood in front of Gu Qianxue.
Gu Qianxue threw Yulian and Yucui to Chuyan, and said to everyone, "Everyone, I don't know if you are here to visit me in Guandong City, or are you planning to settle down for a long time?"
Everyone understood that Princess Qianxue gave them another chance to choose, for fear that they would regret it.
Hou Yuntian said, "Don't try the princess, our master is the princess, no matter what the princess wants to do, we will follow."
Zuo Gang also said, "Yes, although the princess didn't give us a daughter-in-law, we still have to follow!"
The originally tragic atmosphere was actually laughed at by Zuo Gang's words.
Yao Zhen and Hou Yuntian were embarrassed, while Yulian and Yucui blushed. Gu Qianxue didn't expect Zuo Gang to have this ability besides keeping in good health and listening to music, so she couldn't help joking along, "If I don't find you a wife, you won't find it yourself? I haven't let you eat yet. The three meals are still delicious. But since you said it, your daughter-in-law
Wife, I'll arrange it for you. Later, you will tell Yulian and Yucui the type you like, and when you stabilize, I will start looking for wives for you. "
Luo Xiong gave Zuo Gang a hard look, cupped his hands and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense, princess, we just want to follow the princess, and we have nothing else to ask for."
Gu Qianxue smiled and didn't explain anymore, but silently took the matter to heart.
After the joke was over, Gu Qianxue's face gradually became serious, "I have an unfeeling request. I need a group of people to help me with an extremely dangerous job. They may lose their lives at any time. I don't know if any of you are willing to help me."
Everyone was stunned, and then said, "Princess, we are all willing to do it." "That's right." "Princess, I will do it."
Gong Lingyu realized what Gu Qianxue was going to say, but her eyes flickered, but she didn't speak.
Jun An also said, "Princess, I will do it too." Gu Qianxue closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, then slowly opened her eyes, "I want to set up a military factory to make shells, you don't know what shells are, but in the future I will Let me tell you. What I can say for the time being is that you need to concentrate on the process of making shells, otherwise they will explode easily and leave no bones.
live. "
Everyone was shocked.
Gu Qianxue shook her head, "Forget it, it's better not to use you guys, it's too dangerous to think about it."
Gong Lingyan smiled lightly, "Yeah, it's good for the two of us to do it later."
Everyone was taken aback, Yao Zhen asked, "What? The princess and King Li are responsible for the dangerous shells?"
Gu Qianxue nodded, "Yes, apart from us, there is really no one who can really feel at ease. This cannonball is extremely important to our rebellion. Before the rebellion is successful, the secret and formula of the cannonball must not be known to outsiders. Therefore, Only Ling Yan and I can do it ourselves."
Everyone felt very ashamed, the princess dared to take risks, but these big men hesitated.
"Princess, let me do it." It was Chu Yan who spoke.
Yulian and Yucui said, "Since the princess can do it, it means women can do it too, so we will come too."
Xu Guangxuan said, "Yulian, Yucui, you are ashamed of us, we big men are not as brave as you, ashamed."
Wu Fei said, "Princess, let's do it."
Seeing that everyone had figured it out, Gu Qianxue didn't stop her, "Zuo Gang, Xu Guangxuan, Luo Xiong, Wu Fei, can the four of you do it? It's actually dangerous, but as long as the ventilation is good and your movements are careful, you can do it. It will explode." She really needs a reliable man right now.
"Yes, princess." The four replied.
Yao Zhen and Hou Yuntian were anxious, "Princess, what about the two of us?"
Gu Qianxue lowered her eyes, "There is indeed a reason for the two of you to stay. Next, we need to discuss how to rescue Concubine Qin, Gu Shangshu and others."
Yao Zhen frowned, "That is to say, how many of us were the only ones during the rescue?"
"Uh..." Gu Qianxue's eyes flickered, "Maybe I will bring Zuo Gang and the others with me." This tone was like grace.
Yao Zhen smiled, "If I'm not wrong, the princess deliberately didn't let us make cannonballs, because we have a family and don't want us to be in danger, right?"
"..." Gu Qianxue was helpless, but he was really right.
Zuo Gang said, "The princess is considerate, the four of us bachelors are enough."
"Yes." Wu Fei and others said.
Junan was in a hurry, "I'm not married yet, I can be a cannonball." Gong Lingfeng lowered his head and laughed softly, but he had never realized that this group of hidden guards was so interesting, but he had to admit that this feeling was different. It's as warm as family.