Palace.

The sound of things being smashed came from the study.

"waste!"

"They are all a bunch of trash!"

Xiao Cheng was extremely angry. He failed to get Xiao Zhiruo back, and Lu Jinxuan also ran away. For the first time, Xiao Cheng felt that the Black Feather Guards he trained were a joke.

Wei Long half-knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said nothing.

He was also very angry. He chased Lu Jingxuan for a long distance that night but never saw him again. He didn't know where he had gone.

Compared to Xiao Zhiruo, the letter that Lu Jingxuan took away was obviously more important.

He also understood that this was a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain. First, he used the princess's escape to let him send out a large number of Black Feather Guards to hunt her down, which would weaken the guards of the palace and allow Lu Jingxuan to sneak in.

It was indeed his fault.

But Pei Yun and his companions were too cunning. They escaped to Yizhou without making any noise. The Black Feather Guards who stayed in southern Xinjiang to monitor Pei Yun were most likely dead.

The border troops are also useless. Didn’t they notice that Pei Yun and his group were such obvious targets?

Xiao Cheng was very angry now, so he didn't dare to say anything.

After a while, Xiao Cheng calmed down a bit and said in a deep voice: "The news of Pei Yun's successful mission has not spread yet. Send a message to Yuan Zheng immediately and ask him to mobilize the army to surround Qianhu Suo."

"Prepare some more evidence and show it to the people of Yizhou, so that we can have a legitimate reason for our actions."

Wei Long nodded. Frame-up was something that the Black Feather Guards were good at.

Xiao Cheng made some more arrangements before waving his hand to let Wei Long go out. After Wei Long left, he sat on the chair and rubbed his temples.

How did things turn out like this?

This was completely different from what he had imagined, and everything seemed to be out of his control.

And that damn Lu Jingxuan actually dared to betray him. It was simply outrageous!

What kind of love potion did Pei Yun give you? You followed me for several years, and I treated you well. I helped you conceal your identity and escape from your enemies. But you just followed Pei Yun to southern Xinjiang for more than a month.

He was actually bribed by Pei Yun. What an ungrateful and shameless villain!

Now that the letter of allegiance is in Lu Jingxuan's hands, he will definitely give it to Pei Yun. Once Pei Yun produces these evidences, his crime of treason will be confirmed.

"Lu Jingxuan, you deserve to die!"

Xiao Cheng wrote a letter and called the housekeeper, "Find someone to deliver this letter to Cangjian Villa."

The housekeeper nodded. Lu Jingxuan's enemy was the owner of Cangjian Villa. Knowing that the other party was in Qianhu Suo, he should come.

After thinking about it, Xiao Cheng called someone to contact Yanyu Tower.

He didn't know whether the people from Cangjian Villa would come. It was just a casual move, and he had to make a backup plan.

If the assassins from Yanyu Tower could kill Pei Yun, there would be no need to launch a large-scale attack on Qianhu Suo.

The female guard beside Pei Yun is a first-rate master, and Lu Jingxuan is quasi-first-rate, so the owner of Yanyu Tower will need to take action personally.

…

Thousand households.

Pei Yun was experimenting with gunpowder. He already had the three raw materials: saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal. He just had to mix them according to the ratio given on the Internet.

Saltpeter 75%, sulfur 10%, charcoal 15%.

Pei Yun bought an electronic scale online and strives to control the proportions accurately.

After the mixing was completed, Pei Yun took out a small handful of gunpowder, spread it flat on the stone slab, and then ignited it with a lighter.

"laugh--!"

The gunpowder burned instantly, bursting into a dazzling flame accompanied by a slight explosion.

Pei Yun showed a look of joy. He succeeded in one go. It seemed that it was not as difficult as he had imagined.

With gunpowder, although we cannot make guns at present, we can still make some explosives.

Logically speaking, Pei Yun should have returned to the court to report after his successful mission to the Southern Barbarians.

But Pei Yun felt that Xiao Cheng would definitely not let him go so easily, and that he was safest in the Qianhu Suo. Therefore, he only sent people to spread the news of the successful mission, and wrote a letter to tell about Xiao Cheng's rebellion, and then asked Xu Zong to take his imperial envoy's sign to Nanjing.

He stayed in the Qianhu Office. Even if Xiao Cheng really wanted to attack, people would not panic with him around. He was afraid that if he left, the people in the Qianhu Office would become unstable.

This is the family fortune he has worked so hard to build, and he can't just lose it like that.

Therefore, Pei Yun did not go to Jinling for the time being to see what Xu Zong would say after he arrived in Jinling.

Now that the gunpowder is ready, Pei Yun is more confident in dealing with Xiao Cheng.

"Brother, a large number of soldiers have come down the mountain, and it looks like they are going to surround this place."

Wang Xuan ran in hurriedly. He didn't look nervous at all. Instead, he seemed a little excited. Ever since they knew that Xiao Cheng was going to harm Pei Yun, the people in the village had prepared themselves mentally.

The war is finally about to begin, and the opportunity to make a contribution has come.

Pei Yun raised his eyebrows. Could it be that Xiao Cheng couldn't hold back anymore? He stood up and went out to the observation tower. He took the telescope and saw that the mountain was densely packed with soldiers. He was secretly a little frightened.

This number of people is quite large!

…

At the foot of the mountain.

Yuan was mobilizing his troops and preparing to surround the Qianhu Suo. The prince ordered him not to let even a fly fly out.

When receiving this order, Yuan Zhengren was confused. What was going on?

Why would you surround the Qianhu Office? Isn't Pei Yun your son-in-law? Are you going to attack your son-in-law?

To be honest, Yuan Zheng didn't want to take action against Pei Yun. He had a good relationship with Pei Yun, and the other party had made great contributions in helping him suppress bandits.

When Pei Yun and Xiao Zhiruo got married, he ate a lot of delicious food in Qianhu Suo. He was a little yearning for it and became close friends with Pei Yun.

Now he was suddenly asked to lead his troops to surround Qianhu Suo, which made Yuan Zheng very confused.

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