Pengcheng.

"Woo~"

The trumpet sounded low.

With the respectful farewell from all the officials in Pengcheng, the ship is about to pull anchor and set sail again.

At this moment, it's a headwind.

Logically speaking, the three thousand palace footwomen should be wearing white clothes and carrying ropes on their backs to pull the ship forward against the wind.

But no.

Because His Majesty wants to try something new today.

"Creak, creak, creak, creak..."

The iron chain anchor slowly rose in the winch turned by the boatman. At the same time, among the dense blood-nan patterns around the dragon boat, there was a trace of light wandering around.

The hull began to sink and float on the water, giving people a feeling of... coming alive.

Like a giant beast floating in the water, it seems to be preparing for something while breathing.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded beside the official road of the pier.

The officers and soldiers guarding the streets along Pengcheng immediately became vigilant, but when they saw the gray-clothed figure galloping on the horse, their original vigilant expressions disappeared.

They didn't stop him at all, and even the officials who were seeing him off at the pier got out of the way.

Let the man in gray gallop to the end of the pier and pull the reins!

The war horse neighed, and under the forefoot platform, an exquisite crossbow arrow suddenly came out from under his robe and was aimed at the big ship.

"Whoosh!"

A loud and rapid whistle sounded.

When it flew in front of the big ship, it exploded out of thin air.

"Snapped!"

Several chamberlains immediately appeared on the ship, looking alert.

But after seeing the man in gray robe, he didn't say anything.

Then, Xue Rulong's figure appeared on the deck.

The moment the man in gray robe saw Xue Rulong, he retracted the crossbow arrow in his hand and replaced it with a bamboo tube about the thickness of a rolling pin. He threw it in a clever way and flew directly towards Xue Rulong.

The man caught it accurately, nodded to the gray-robed figure, and then disappeared.

The man in gray robe galloped away on horseback, not staying even a moment longer.

When his figure disappeared from the dock, the anchor was finally pulled out.

I saw the brilliant light on the dragon boat disappear in an instant, the bow of the big boat pressed down, and waves of water rolled towards both sides.

Everyone who had no time to escape was slapped in the face.

When I wiped the river water from my face and looked forward, I saw that the dragon boat had been pulled by an invisible force and was moving against the wind along the waterway.

It's simply an unfathomable power.

…

"grown ups."

Passing the bamboo tube to the woman sitting quietly in the cabin, Xue Rulong said:

"Information just sent over."

The woman took it, looked at the bamboo tube, then picked up a knife on the table, which she didn't know was for cutting meat or something else, and stabbed a certain part under the bamboo tube. After drawing the knife, she pointed the edge of the knife at the tea drinker.

cup.

Soon, a liquid that was slightly yellow in color and had a pungent smell flowed out.

Then it solidified quickly as soon as it came into contact with air.

The woman threw the solidified liquid and the cup out of the window.

As the boats passed by behind, several dead fish floated up.

This is Baiqisi's secret method. There is this liquid in every bamboo tube. If the liquid is not allowed to flow out in advance before opening the information, then the moment the bamboo tube is opened, the yellowish liquid solidified in contact with the air will mix with the other liquid inside.

The liquids merge with each other.

Corrode everything inside.

This is to provide insurance for others to intercept the information.

I unscrewed the bamboo tube and two rolls of paper fell out.

The woman opened it separately, looked at it, and handed it to Xue Rulong.

After Xue Rulong read it, he frowned.

One of these three pieces of information came from the East Palace.

One is a record of government affairs in the court.

The other one comes from Luoyang.

Although the central theme is the same, there are some differences in the content.

The information about the East Palace was written by Hongying.

The information about Luoyang was written by the insider who was placed in the ministers' homes.

The information records were not very detailed, but there was one piece of information that matched the information written by Hongying.

"Zuo Cheng visited Cui Zhongfang, the Minister of Rites, but he said he was feeling unwell and did not receive him."

Comparing it with the court records...

The woman thought for a while and said:

"Leave it to Your Majesty."

"yes."

Xue Rulong nodded, put away the court records and the information from Luoyang, and walked out.

Finally Hongying’s information...

Naturally, it is impossible to pay.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be bad if people knew that even "one's own home" has eyes?

Then, the woman began to write with ink.

Soon Xue Rulong came back and said after entering the house:

"It has been handed over to the supervisor."

"Um……"

The woman responded and said:

"Send this letter and let our people keep an eye on the Lu family and Cui family to see what they are going to do."

But she was pointing to a note on the table, which read:

"Send a copy to my family. Next time the ship stops, I want to see news about the Taoist priest."

Xue Rulong nodded:

"yes."

He carefully rolled up the note and put it into a small bamboo tube. He also rolled up the letter and put it into a large bamboo tube. He walked out quickly.

In front of the chamberlain and the guards, he came to the deck.

There is a wooden barrel placed in an inconspicuous corner of the deck.

He stepped forward and opened it, and a strong smell came out.

But the man didn't have any objection at all, he just fished out a bloody... I don't know what it was.

Take out the bamboo tube and wrap a string around it.

Then, he started blowing on the bloody thing.

With one breath, this thing swells rapidly!

In two breaths it became a ball filled with air.

It turned out to be pig urine.

Not being too dirty, he blew it full of air, tied it with a string, and threw the bamboo tube into the water far away from the shore.

Throw it away and leave.

The fishy smell of this thing is so strong that I have to wash it with wine to remove the smell.
To be continued...