Du Ke came out of the palace, left the Ministry of War, and went straight home.
On the way, he kept talking. It was known that there were two groups of people from Yongzhou Yongjun who were transporting the medicine from Yunxiang County. One group was the people in the imperial study that day. They were all the emperor's confidants and had seen the power of the medicine. When Wei Ting came back from Yunxiang County that day, he brought back the finished medicine, so they had seen the power of the finished medicine. At that time, there were a few people in the imperial study.
The other part was the Imperial Guards, led by Yu Nian, with a total of 101 people. In fact, those Imperial Guards only knew that they were going to transport secret weapons or ammunition from Yunxiang County to the Yongzhou military camp, but they had never seen the power of the secret weapons.
So, was it someone in the Imperial Study that day who told Manzi, or was it someone in the Imperial Guards who told Manzi
Du Ke was a fool, so he naturally thought that the person was from the Imperial Study. The Imperial Guards knew the power of the fire medicine. Even if they told the barbarians that there was a secret weapon here, with such power, would the barbarians come to steal this so-called secret weapon
Therefore, Du Ke suspected that someone who was present on that day told the man about this matter.
Moreover, after some of the barbarians surrendered, the remaining people were not a threat to the Yongzhou military camp. So why would the barbarians harass the border at this time? Do they want a stable life
Du Ke rubbed his temples. He didn't care about these things. Anyway, he was on both sides. He was a royalist and stood neutral. No matter which side was in trouble, it had nothing to do with him.
Besides, at his age, the emperor is in his prime. It is estimated that when he retires or dies, the emperor will still be in power. So is it right to be his royalist
When Du Ke returned home, he wrote a letter to Qin Fang and asked the soldiers of Yunxiang County to send it back.
At the same time, Qin Fang finally found the clue after two days.
The hunter who provided the clue now led everyone to the place where he set the trap.
"It's right here," said the hunter. "At 3 a.m. that day, I was asleep, so I came to check the trap to see if there were any prey. Unexpectedly, I didn't see any prey, but I found some movement at the bottom of the cliff. So I went to the bottom of the cliff to see, and I could see their faces clearly. First, it was too dark, and I was some distance away from them; second, they had their faces covered. I saw them burn something, and when they left, they passed through the trap I set. One of them stepped into the trap, and one of his legs was caught in the trap I made. Then when they left, they took the trap I made with them, and the trap caught their legs as they left."
Qin Fang picked up the trap on the ground: "Did you make this trap? It's a little different from other people's traps." Qin Fang had seen traps before, so he could tell the difference between the traps he had made. The gears on the trap were a little different, with barbs. If it got caught, it would be hard to remove, and it would probably be bloody. Just touching it would hurt.
Lie Que said: "Yes, this is the hunting device I made myself."
Qin Fang nodded, returned the trap to the other party, and worked for a few days to find this clue. Then, they followed this clue to the town where the village was located, went to the town's medical clinic, and asked if there were any people who had injured their feet with traps and came to see a doctor, and then went to the blacksmith shop to ask if there were any people who had injured their feet with traps and came to fix the traps.
When asked, they all said no.
There were no clues in the town, so Qin Fang led his men to the county town. He only asked the county hospital and blacksmith shop, and also asked the guards at the county gate, but in the end, no such person was seen.
"General, the clue is gone just like that?" Captain Yang was very convinced. He worked so hard for days and it was so hard to find such a clue, and now it was gone just like that.
Qin Fang said, "There is no way. If the other party wants to hide, we can't find him. And he only injured his foot. He can change his clothes and pretend to be healthy and leave here. We have no way to find him." There was little hope for this matter. At least Huo Yao didn't really intercept him. That was enough. "Let's go back to Yunxiang County."
At the same time, at the Yongzhou border, Han Zhen, with his own men and fifty cavalrymen from Yunxiang County, finally delivered the medicine safely.
Led by the Marquis of Yonghe, his sons, the guerrilla generals, and the captains of a thousand men were all watching the fire.
The son asked: "Is this weapon really that powerful?"
Han Zhen recalled the scene he had witnessed: "If there were enough, a mountain could be flattened in an instant." The small bag Qin Fang tried could blow up the sandbags. If there were enough... I couldn't believe it. Unfortunately, the raw material of this ore was limited and could not be exhausted.
Just as the prince was about to speak, someone outside reported, "My Lord, the Imperial Guards are here."
Royal Guards
Marquis Yonghe came out and said, "General Yu." Yu was a general of the Imperial Guards and a close associate of the Emperor. Although Marquis Yonghe was at the border all year round, he would come to Beijing from time to time. The last time the new Emperor ascended the throne, he came to Beijing to meet General Yu.
Yu Nian said, "My young general is here to see you, Lord." Yu Nian had great respect for the Yonghe Marquis who guarded the border. "Lord, I came here this time to confirm something important with you, and to bring you an important message."
Yonghe Hou: "General Yu, please come in."
Yu Nian asked the other imperial guards to wait outside. He followed the Marquis of Yonghe and happened to see the medicine box and Han Zhen and others inside. Later, Yu Nian did not know that there were drugs in the box. After that, Yu Nian said directly: "My Lord, the matter is urgent, so I will speak frankly. We met someone who intercepted the medicine on the way to transport it. The other party was wearing barbarian clothes. After General Qin pointed out, the other party was indeed a barbarian, not someone in disguise... General Qin said that he had asked someone to deliver the medicine. I wonder if this is true?"
Yonghe Hou said: "The medicine has indeed been delivered..." After a pause, Yonghe Hou immediately said to his son, "Quickly organize the troops, we will attack the barbarians today."
The reason why Yonghe Hou suddenly made such a decision was immediately understood by the man. Since the barbarians knew about Huo Yao, in case they had enough time to prepare for the back-up, the Yonghe army would take the opportunity to defeat them. At this moment, the barbarians probably knew that Huo Yao had already attacked the Yongzhou military camp, so...
Zi: "Yes." He took the people inside back to another tent to discuss things.
After Yu Nian got the confirmation from Yonghe Hou, he immediately left with his men. He did not stay in Yongzhou military camp for long. Firstly, the emperor was still waiting for his report; secondly, the war was about to start, so there was nothing for him to do if he stayed.
Qin Fang knew the situation in Yongzhou. At this moment, Qin Fang had already returned to the general's mansion.
Little Qin Linyang is already one year and two months old. He hasn't seen his father recently, and he misses him a little. On weekdays, he also sleeps with his father and mother, but before he goes to bed, his father always plays with him and lifts him up high when he makes him cry. No one has lifted him up high these days, and little Qin Linyang misses him a little.
When he woke up early this morning, he looked towards his mother's body and the other side of her. The person who had lifted him up had not come back yet.
Yang Haiyan was naturally awake. She looked at her son with interest: "Baby, what are you doing?"
Little Qin Linyang looked at his mother, then boldly lay down outside his mother. He didn't say a word and crawled down along the edge of the bed.
Yang Haiyan quickly grabbed her son and said, "You can do it. You can even get out of bed."
Little Qin Linyang grinned and said, "Mom..."
The soft voice could soften Yang Haiyan's heart. "What are you doing?"
Little boy Qin Linyang grabbed his mother's hand and pulled her outside.
"It's still on the bed." Yang Haiyan said.
Little Qin Linyang blinked his eyes and said, "Dad... Dad..."
Puff... Yang Haiyan laughed out loud: "You really miss your dad?"
When Qin Linyang heard this, he became even more anxious: "Dad... Dad..."
Yang Haiyan kissed him on the face: "Mom loves your dad too, and I'm worried about him, but your dad has his own things to do, and we have to deal with them. There's no point in worrying about him, we can only wait patiently and don't let him worry. Wait, when you grow up, you can help your dad."
As she spoke, Yang Haiyan got up with her son.
Qin Fang had been away for a few days. At first, Yang Haiyan was anxious, but now day after day, Yang Haiyan was also nervous. After breakfast today, she took her son for a walk. They walked a little further, just in front of the general's mansion. Her son practiced walking at the door and ate some supplementary food when he was tired. The supplementary food was ripe apples, which she scraped into apple sand with a spoon for her son to eat. Speaking of which, this year's apples and pears are the first to bear fruit. The first fruit is more, up to one-fifth of the normal number, but even if it is only one-fifth of the normal number, it is enough for them to eat. One acre of apples and one acre of pears, under normal circumstances in ancient times, the yield of apples per acre is about 2,000 kilograms, and one-fifth is about 400 kilograms. As for pears, under normal circumstances, the yield per mu is about 3,000 kilograms, and one-fifth of that is only 600 kilograms.
Although it was the first time to bear fruit, it tasted very sweet. Yang Haiyan felt that it was due to the quality of the product. It was produced on the platform, so there was absolutely no bad fruit.
When Qin Fang was working, the apples were not yet ripe. They only ripened in the past two days.
"Mom...ah..." Qin Linyang opened his mouth. He loved this sweet apple sand the most.
Yang Haiyan scraped apple sand and fed it to her son, and the child walked happily in the stroller. The eaves in front of the general's mansion are relatively large, and walking here will be exposed to the sun, so the children are walking happily. Moreover, there are pedestrians across some roads, which is more crowded than in the general's mansion. Children like to be lively.