Jade spy border

Chapter 85 Night

At the appointed time, Mi Yuyan and Pei Jie Yingtong still gathered at the place where they crossed the river to practice martial arts.

When Ying Tong saw Mi Yuyan, he immediately said: "Girl, I have made some arrangements in the past few days, but I don't dare to make too much noise. Now I only dare to keep an eye on the Hu family business and warehouse first, and then slowly approach him." There may be some arrangements to be made regarding matters at home and in the inner chamber..."

Mi Yuyan was still very satisfied with the boy's actions, so she just told him: "Be careful. You have to tell me. If there is any danger, you will evacuate first. And the less people know about your intentions, the better." Good, safe for them and us."

"Yes, I can spare it." Ying Tong replied quickly.

"That's good. I can always feel at ease when Brother Six is ​​doing things. I have some urgent matters to take care of these days, and it's not convenient to leave the city."

Mi Yuyan looked at Pei Jie again: "If Brother Pei has nothing to do, I wonder if I can draw a picture of the topography of the bandit village that you know. If there is a simple topography map, then we can search according to the map, and we can probably do it." It’s more convenient.”

Pei Jie was startled at first, then asked immediately: "Girl, according to what Tan Ba ​​said, it is indeed not the work of these bandits. Do we still need to go out of our way?"

Mi Yuyan had known that he would ask this question, so she simply nodded: "It is necessary, it is very necessary, but now our purpose of finding the bandit camp has changed. It is mainly to map out the map first. If it is really confirmed, Based on my guess, these bandits may be the biggest hidden danger to Lin Nancheng in the future."

Although Pei Jie didn't quite understand why Mi Yuyan said this, he had no other doubts, but immediately showed a hint of embarrassment on his face: "Girl, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that I'm really not good at drawing maps. .”

Mi Yuyan thought for a while, then found some dead branches on the beach, first drew a four-square square, and then said: "Brother Pei, let's see, if this is a piece of paper, let's first determine the southeast, northwest, and then On the Chinese paintings of Yunan Mountain, Linnan Mountain, Linnanguan, Linnan River, and Nanou Nu that you are most familiar with, and then according to the memory, slowly enrich the branches of the mountains and rivers..."

Pei Jie and Ying Tong listened silently to Mi Yuyan's talk for a long time. When they saw that the map she drew casually on the sand was already somewhat lifelike, and some locations were even clearer than they remembered, they couldn't help but feel a little hoarse. Dry.

Maps are a secret in the government. Ordinary local officials, let alone them, have never seen such large topographical maps, especially those involving national borders, even if they are in some areas. Maps are also topographic maps of small areas, not real maps.

It was impossible for Pei Jie and Ying Tong to have ever seen a real map, but they had seen it with their own eyes. Mi Yuyan actually drew the layout of mountains, rivers, and defenses that they could only store in their minds. Pei Jie After a long time of understanding, he asked: "Girl, the other side is fine, but the mountains are high and the picture is flat. Most of the bandit villages are in the mountains. I don't know how to draw it more accurately."

Mi Yuyan nodded, smoothed out the picture he just drew, and drew it again: "I'm just giving you an example. You don't need to draw such a big picture, just draw the mountains and water systems, and roughly estimate the size of the mountains." Height, the top and bottom are the height, the top fixed point is the highest peak, according to the scale, which bandit village is at which height, the left and right are the east and west directions..."

Seeing that Pei Jie listened attentively, Mi Yuyan explained in more detail. She didn't expect Pei Jie to be able to draw well after simply explaining it all by herself. After all, map drawing was a profound knowledge, and she had learned this course in her previous life. , it also took a long time to learn it, and it took another 30 or [-] years of experience to achieve success.

Now it is true that no one is at hand to use it, and I feel that these mountain and river maps should be in Pei Jie's mind. He is still a savvy person who has read poems and books and learned painting since he was a child. If he can draw it, even if he has something Deviation, at least there is a blueprint.

When the time comes, Pei Jie will lead him to walk again, and he will take Pei Jie with him when he draws the map. He should be able to slowly understand the key points. If he can really learn it, he will have to spend a lot less energy and effort. At the moment, In the complex environment of the southwest plateau, it is very important to be able to draw maps.

Ying Tong saw that the two of them were asking and answering each other, and the scene was very harmonious. Although Mi Yuyan mainly taught Pei Jie, he did not shy away from him listening. Although he did not understand why, Mi Yuyan suddenly wanted to teach Pei Jie. Drawing this kind of topographic map, I just listened to it unconsciously...

After almost speaking, Mi Yuyan still used the dead branch in his hand to smooth out the rich map he had drawn: "Okay, let's talk about this much for today. Although this knowledge is not simple, But it’s not that difficult. When you have free time on weekdays, you can choose some familiar terrains to draw first, but remember, when you practice these, don’t let others look at them, or burn them after you finish them.”

Pei Jie nodded and said: "I understand, be careful and you won't make a big mistake, just don't worry, girl."

Mi Yuyan nodded: "Tonight, in this water, the sixth brother will practice the light body kung fu, and the second brother will practice the swimming technique. In fact, the two kung fu techniques are the same, they are just a breathing kung fu. You have made progress in the past few days, your breath is smooth, and you have mastered the art of Qi training, so these should not be difficult."

Ying Tong and Pei Jie nodded in unison, and then started to practice Kung Fu. Mi Yuyan first followed Ying Tong twice, and then followed Pei Jie twice, and explained their problems in detail before letting them practice separately. I just made morning and evening classes on the side. When I got back, I had to speed up the progress and make some new perfumes and rouge balm.

Mi Yuyan thought for a long time. If the imperial court knew about the changes in Nanou, even if the Southwest Wanshou Temple did not know the details, it would not be completely unknown.

Although Shanmen is away from the world, in Mi Yuyan's memory, almost every troubled time in the Dayun Dynasty has the shadow of Shanmen taking action. In her previous life, when she went into battle, it was the most brutal battle against Su Ting. Here, in the end, it was with the help of Shanmen that he broke through Sutei's inhumane formations.

In this life, according to Mi Yuyan's knowledge, Southwest and Nanou were able to open Linnanguan for trade, and the contributions of Southwest Wanshou Temple and Women's Medical Center were second to none.

Go to the mountain gate and see if you can get something from Ning Jue and Ning De by sending something to Sang Wan. If the mountain gate doesn't know, maybe there is something wrong with the spy network, then pass this news on. Giving it to Shanmen and passing it to the imperial court through Shanmen is the best way she can think of now.

Accompanied by the stars and the moon, the bright moonlight falls evenly on the mountains and water of the southwest plateau. This is the intersection of Xiaojiang River and Linnan River. The rapid water flows one after another against the rocks beside the river, and the sound of wind and waves is endless.

If you listen carefully, you can vaguely make out the intermittent whining sound of the shakuhachi from the sound of the wind and waves. In the dense forest on the shore, Shen Xiangqing suddenly heard the sound of the rhythm coming with the wind. He was stunned for a moment, and then raised his hand to stop. He listened to the soft conversation of his subordinates next to him, and held his breath again, hoping that he heard correctly.Shen Xiangqing did not ask the dragon cavalry guards under him if they heard the voice. He knew very well that if that person was really transmitting the message, it must be just to summon him. None of his men were as skilled as him. If there was such a thing, they would not be able to do it at all. Impossible to hear.

But hasn’t that person been out of touch for a long time?Their lives and deaths are unknown, and their whereabouts are unknown. They dare not look for them, so they can only send messages to each other and keep a close eye on them.They all had made a declaration of life and death before coming to the Southwest. He came earlier than them, and it turned out that occasionally there was still news coming back. But since May of this year, he suddenly disappeared, and even his usual attendants were gone. Didn't take it with me!

If they didn't know the relationship between him and Jinshang, they would definitely be questioned as to whether something happened. But now, their more correct guess is that he has been killed?

He is still alive, he is still alive!Is he still alive?
A moment later, another gust of wind blew by, and the whimpering became much more coherent. This time, Shen Xiangqing really heard it clearly. A trace of ecstasy could not help but appear on his face, which he covered up again after a moment. I don’t know when and how that person came, why he came, and why he was summoned today. But since he doesn’t show up in front of everyone, he must go alone to meet him.

The darkness in the dense forest was thick, covering up Shen Xiangqing's rapid change in expression. He stood up and made a gesture of waiting on the spot, and walked straight to the source of the sound. After a while, he walked out from the top of the dense forest and jumped up and down a few times. They reached the edge of the dense forest in a short time, but they carefully hid themselves in the canopy of trees and looked towards the river.

The sound of Shakuhachi's low whimpering came intermittently, and Shen Xiangqing's eyes were locked on the huge reef. It was a notch where the river sank into the mountains. The wind from three directions rolled the river water into a vortex and pushed it to the riverside, forming a Huge waves, here should be the huge waves that beat against the mountain all year round, rolling all the loose sand and gravel into the river, leaving only a group of immovable boulders, and then gradually grinding these boulders into reefs.

At this moment, the huge waves on the river are still beating against the rocks on the riverside as usual. When they hit the rocks, they are smashed into pieces, and then return to the river, and the cycle repeats.

Even though Shen Xiangqing's eyesight was very sharp, he squinted for a long time before he saw a figure, vaguely hidden on the back of two huge rocks. If it weren't for the shakuhachi that was moving with the sound, Shen Xiangqing wouldn't even dare to Make sure it's a person.

At this moment, Shen Xiangqing became a little more confident, and the floating expectations in his heart turned into a real surprise. He had only heard this song that he could hear clearly from that person, and every time he heard it , there is always an indescribable feeling of desolation. Only tonight here, Shen Xiangqing felt for the first time that this was the most beautiful melody in the world.

Shen Xiangqing stepped lightly down the mountain and gradually approached the group of rocks. However, he heard the music pause and the familiar voice of the man came over: "I haven't come here yet. I have only been in the southwest for a long time, and my hearing has become worse."

The familiar voice made Shen Xiangqing's surprise instantly appear on his face, and he choked up inexplicably: "Mr. Deputy Ambassador, is it really you?"

"Why, you think I'm dead?" The man moved out from the reef, with a hint of joking in his voice.

Shen Xiangqing quickly bowed and saluted: "I don't dare. It's just that I haven't heard from you for a long time, and I feel anxious."

The man stretched out his hand to give Shen Xiangqing a hand: "Our brothers, who is not going through many difficulties and dangers on this trip, picking chestnuts from the fire, dancing in the tiger's mouth? We all promised to put life and death aside before we came, how come we forgot when the time comes?"

"Sir, that's what I say, but you are different from us after all..."

"What's the difference? It's all a life. If I can't lead the way, how can I ask you to fulfill your duties and be loyal? Okay, without further ado, why are you here to stare at this water bandit?"

Shen Xiangqing looked at Mr. Chen Yuanting, the deputy of the Dragoon Guards in front of him, and saw that his appearance today was completely different from before. His once handsome face was covered with curly beard, and his skin had become rough and dark. Except for the tall bridge of his nose, there was no change. Those once cold and clear eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes.

Shen Xiangqing couldn't help being stunned, knowing that this was a disguise specially made by the deputy envoy. He recovered and quickly replied: "I went to Linnan City to meet with Mr. Yu County as scheduled. When I came back, I received news that someone was killed at the entrance of the river. A batch of goods has been robbed, and you may not know it. The owner of this batch of goods is the Huang family on Liangzhe Road, and they are related to the wife of the noble family in Yu County. I was wondering if I could take advantage of this..."

Chen Yuanting pondered for a moment and then said: "It took me a while to think about it. How are you doing with the painting?"

Shen Xiangqing had no choice but to shake his head in helplessness and embarrassment: "I am incompetent. I originally drew a map and sent it back to the capital, but during the second inspection, I found that seven out of ten of them had already moved their nests, and I had sent someone to do it." Let’s explore again.”

Chen Yuanting seemed to have expected this result, and did not pursue Shen Xiangqing's dereliction of duty. He pondered for a moment and then said: "You know where those ships are parked, right?"

Shen Xiangqing knew that the deputy envoy was asking about the boats of the Huang family, so he quickly replied: "I know where the boats are, but we have never followed the whereabouts of this group of water bandits."

Chen Yuanting chuckled and shook his head: "If it were so easy for you to follow, I'm afraid you would have been destroyed by the Yunan Palace long ago. Okay, you don't have to worry about this anymore. There's someone hiding in that larger ship." , you just take this person back quietly and hand it over to Yu Xianzun, and ask him to report the matter to the court. I will create conditions for you at midnight, remember this!"

Shen Xiangqing looked at Chen Yuanting in astonishment and saw that he had a confident look on his face. He immediately knew that he was probably missing among these water bandits these days.

Chen Yuanting saw Shen Xiangqing's eyes and knew that he might have guessed that he had some relationship with these water bandits. He didn't explain much, just smiled and nodded: "In addition, the people who went out to explore the bandits' lair are still outside. You guys I will stay in Linnancheng for the time being to support Mr. Yu County."

Shen Xiangqing quickly performed the military salute: "I obey your orders. If you make any mistakes, please raise your head and see me!"

(End of this chapter)