Pei Zhiyuan had no choice but to comfort her, saying that she might be too overworked, and asked her to lie down and rest for a while, and he would leave the negotiations to her.
"Pei Zhiyuan, I always feel like you are hiding something from me."
"How could that be?"
Shen Xu asked tentatively, "Are you afraid that I'm from Yanyang?"
Pei Zhiyuan frowned slightly, but she said calmly, "Don't be afraid. My husband is from Haoyue. Even if I am from Yanyang, I will help you. Look, isn't Lin Mu also from Yanyang? With his help, the north is gradually getting better."
Pei Zhiyuan smiled bitterly and thought to himself, what if your husband is also from Yanyang?
Seeing that Pei Zhiyuan didn't answer, Shen Xu tried again: "In fact, my husband is from Yanyang?"
Pei Zhiyuan suddenly felt goosebumps on his back and asked in surprise: "Why do you feel that way?"
"You can't hide anything from me." Shen Xu took off the gold bracelet on his hand and handed the one engraved with the word "Wei" to Pei Zhiyuan. "This is my uncle's wedding gift to me. It's engraved with the traditional Chinese characters of Yanyang Country."
Pei Zhiyuan looked at the bracelet carefully against the light and saw a distorted character on the inside of the bracelet, a character he did not recognize.
"Three hundred years ago, the Murong clan unified the Yanyang Kingdom and reformed the Yanyang Kingdom's writing system by adopting the common writing features of the three countries. However, some artifacts used in some areas still retain the traditional Chinese characters used by the original country.
The pattern on it is the auspicious Wanhuan pattern, and the text on it looks like the text of the Xinghuo Kingdom before the unification of Yanyang Kingdom. The Xinghuo Kingdom is currently located in the Dongyi area of Yanyang Kingdom.
I guess A-Lin and his uncle might be from Yanyang."
Pei Zhiyuan asked, "What are the words on it?"
"Wei, the same as for rose. I guess this was originally meant to be given to my uncle's sweetheart, but then they fled and it wasn't given away... But the characters on the other bracelet have worn off. It seems to also have a grass radical, but I don't know what it was engraved on."
Pei Zhiyuan suddenly felt his scalp tingling. Song Lin's uncle was really a powerful dragon! Then Song Lin was most likely the descendant of General Yue Wei!
He was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "If Brother Song is really from Yanyang, will you still help us?"
Shen Xu nodded gently and told him, "Of course. My uncle would rather die than return to Yanyang. It must have been Yanyang that broke his heart. My husband was raised in the land of Haoyue Country, so he should do his part for Haoyue Country."
Pei Zhiyuan felt slightly relieved after hearing this. He then asked, "What if you are also from Yanyang?"
Shen Xu lowered his eyes slightly, "Have you found out about my background?"
"No, I mean if."
"I don't know—" She lowered her head and choked with sadness, "If my husband was by my side, maybe I would know what to choose, but he—"
Shen Xu suddenly raised his eyes, looking at Pei Zhiyuan with red eyes, "If I am really from Yanyang, will you let me go home?"
Pei Zhiyuan was embarrassed. He tried to avoid the topic, "Miss Chen, you know, you are too important to Haoyue Country. I...I can't bear to leave you!"
"But we are born as human beings, and we come to this world to pursue freedom. You are a lone wolf, and I am also a lone wolf. Lone wolves seek freedom and never regret it until death."
Seeing Pei Zhiyuan's lost expression, Shen Xu sighed and comforted him, "Don't worry, revenge must be taken. After all, Cheng'er is my husband's sworn brother, and as his sister-in-law, I should help him. Is everything almost arranged?"
Pei Zhiyuan nodded and said, "The envoys from the North Sea Kingdom will soon enter Panshi City."
Shen Xu said calmly: "Then let's act according to the plan."
"Is your body okay?"
"Don't worry, I won't collapse until I avenge my husband."
......
Not long after, the envoy of Beihai Kingdom came to negotiate at the invitation. He did not bring Xue Yan with him, but apologized slightly and said that he did not want the city and the gold mine anymore, and asked if Xue Yan could stay in their Beihai Kingdom forever.
Pei Zhiyuan was immediately annoyed. What did the Beihai Kingdom mean by this? They were playing people around. He immediately wanted to kill the envoy.
Xue Yu hurriedly asked about her brother's safety. She was afraid that Xue Yan had died in Beihai Kingdom, which was why the other party was unwilling to hand him over.
The messenger told her that the princess of Beihai Kingdom had taken a fancy to Xue Yan and wanted to keep him in Beihai as a prince consort. She said that she could help Haoyue Kingdom capture Xieyang City and hand over Yang Chonghu.
Xue Yu immediately proposed to confirm Xue Yan's wishes, but was rejected by the envoy. He brought Xue Yan's letter, but it only contained four simple words:
Be well and don't worry.
Pei Zhiyuan suppressed his anger and, according to Shen Xu's plan, invited the envoys from both countries to visit Panshi City and participate in the spring celebration and military parade.
He equipped the royal cavalry with mechanical crossbows and gliders used in the attack on Jiangling Prefecture, and demonstrated the military strength of Haoyue Kingdom and its new air-ground joint combat tactics to the envoys of the two countries.
The envoys from the North Sea Kingdom were obviously very interested in the advanced crossbow. They kept asking about the parameters of this set of weapons and asked if some could be sold to them.
Pei Zhiyuan only said that if these things could be exchanged for Xue Yan, he could give them a batch for free.
He was not worried at all that these confidential weapons would be stolen by the North Sea Kingdom. After all, these were equipment that had been eliminated before the improvement. How could truly sophisticated weapons be displayed to outsiders?
The envoy from the North Sea Kingdom only said that he could go back and discuss it with their king.
Fu Yi was only interested in the hang glider. He didn't care about things like mechanical crossbows. Those were the leftovers from his sister and Jiang Yu's play.
He asked with interest, "This thing can indeed catch the enemy off guard in a mountain raid, but what about fighting on flat ground?"
Pei Zhiyuan naturally wouldn't reveal too many secrets to them, and replied, "We use cavalry to fight on flat ground."
"Oh..." Fu Yi nodded and said lightly that it was quite interesting.
Director Jiang, on the other hand, seemed very curious and stood by to remind him whether he should buy two mechanical crossbows to study.
But Fu Yi shook his head and said, "My sister also studies this. She and Jiang Yu have done a lot of it in Beijing and often do it for fun."
He pulled out a blueprint from his sleeve and handed it to Pei Zhiyuan, saying, "This was drawn by my sister when she was fifteen. I want your armorer to take a look and see if there are any improvements."
Pei Zhiyuan took the drawing, unfolded it, and his face changed instantly.
The picture above shows an arm-type folding crossbow. The handwriting, numbers, and painting style look very familiar.
"Is your sister still in Yanyang Country?"
"Yes, but she's getting married soon, so she doesn't have time to research these gadgets recently."
Fu Yi's answer confused Pei Zhiyuan. He immediately asked the guards to find the drawings of the arm-type folding crossbow. After comparing them, he found that they were exactly the same.
"Are you sure your sister drew the blueprint?"
"What?" Fu Yi's face turned cold when he heard someone questioning his sister.
When he saw two almost identical drawings, he fell silent, with a look of deep confusion on his face.
"Can I see the armorer?"
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