Chapter 267 You Are a Beautiful Woman, Why Do You Become a Thief?

Ning Chen's eyes fluctuated slightly, old man, doctor?

"Are you sure?"

Pi San nodded repeatedly, "I dare not deceive you even if I have great courage."

Ning Chen snorted coldly, "I think you are so bold that you even dare to sell a musket."

Pi San's face turned pale and sweat broke out on his forehead, "Please spare my life, sir. I really didn't know it was a musket at the time."

Ning Chen glanced at him, "Don't talk nonsense, think about it again, what other characteristics do people who buy muskets have?"

Pi San said tremblingly, "Please forgive me, sir, I only remember this much."

Ning Chen glanced at him and said to Lei An, "Take him away and interrogate him strictly."

Lei An leaned over, "Yes!"

"Please spare my life, sir, spare my life..."

Pi San was almost scared to death, kowtowed and begged for mercy, but was still forcibly dragged away.

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and called out: "Zhang Youcai?"

Zhang Youcai walked in quickly, "General Ning, what do you want me to do?"

Ning Chen looked at him, "Let me ask you, when Miss Zi Su came to your house these few days, did she ask you about the musket?"

Zhang Youcai thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

Ning Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, "What did she ask?"

Zhang Youcai said, "It was the first time Miss Zi Su came. You and Captain Yuan went in to discuss things. She was waiting for the general here. I was responsible for accompanying her at that time."

"Miss Zi Su saw the musket on my waist at that time, Very interested, wanted to ask the subordinate to borrow a musket to see, the subordinate knew the importance of the musket, and refused. "

Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "Then what?"

"Then Miss Zi Su asked, how can such an iron thing hurt the enemy?"

"Did you say it?"

Zhang Youcai shook his head hurriedly, "General, the first military rule of the musket camp is to prohibit the disclosure of any information about the musket to the outside world, and the subordinate will remember it in mind."

Ning Chen nodded slightly, "You go and ask other people to see if Miss Zi Su has asked them about the musket?"

"Yes, I'll go right away!"

Ning Chen frowned slightly and sighed deeply.

When Pi San said old man, doctor or drug dealer, Ning Chen thought of Shang Lu.

Zi Su, a beautiful woman who is stunningly beautiful, came for her first time for a verbal relationship... He always suspected that Zi Su had other purposes.

Now it seems that she came for the musket.

Ning Chen didn't know whether she knew about the musket in Mei Mansion, but she knew enough about her own gun.

Ning Chen came back to his senses and asked someone to call Pan Yucheng.

Pan Yucheng saw Ning Chen's gloomy face, "What happened?"

Ning Chen told the story again!

Pan Yucheng was shocked and a little bit unbelievable, "So, Miss Zisu ran to Mei Mansion, in fact, the real purpose is the musket?"

Ning Chen nodded slightly.

"According to Pi San, the person who bought the musket should be Shang Lu."

"Zi Su should have wanted to get the musket from Mei Mansion, but failed... It is estimated that Shang Lu bought the musket from Pi San on the black market, so he left Yuzhou in such a hurry."

Pan Yucheng was puzzled, "Could it be a mistake? Senior Shang Lu is well-known and respected, why did he steal the musket?"

"Once this matter is confirmed, not only he and Miss Zi Su will not be able to escape death, but even Lin Wenlin, the imperial physician, will be implicated."

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "I'm afraid we have to ask him personally... Shang Lu traveled all over the world, maybe he had been turned against and became a spy for the enemy country."

"The way to fire the musket is not difficult, gunpowder is easy to get, and iron beads can be made in any blacksmith shop... I'm afraid that the next time on the battlefield, the musket will not be exclusive to my Daxuan."

Pan Yucheng looked ugly.

Because he personally sent Shang Lu and Zi Su out of the city.

If there is a charge for this matter, he will be held responsible.

Maybe His Majesty will order him to be executed in anger.

"I will personally lead people to chase them and bring them back."

Ning Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "They have been gone for several days and can't be caught up."

Pan Yucheng said: "They said they were going to Xiuzhou..."

Ning Chen shook his head and laughed, saying: "They said they were going to Xiuzhou, probably deliberately told us."

"Old Pan, pass on my order, and issue a notice of joint investigation in the name of murder, and notify all prefectures to do their best to catch these two people."

"Shanglu is famous, and Zisu is outstanding in appearance, so it shouldn't be difficult to find him."

Pan Yucheng nodded, "Okay, I'll go now!"

Pan Yucheng had just left when Zhang Youcai came back.

Ning Chen glanced at him, "How is it?"

Zhang Youcai said: "General, I just asked... Miss Zi Su would chat with the brothers at the door every time she left, and mentioned the musket."

"They all said that they didn't tell Miss Zi Su any information about the musket."

Ning Chen hummed lightly, "Got it!"

In fact, none of this matters.

The flintlock is not a very high-tech thing.

Find a few skilled craftsmen to disassemble and study it, and they can imitate it.

As for the triggering method, it is even simpler, with gunpowder and iron beads, these two things are not difficult to get.

The reason why he was angry was that he felt he was cheated.

You are a beautiful woman, why do you become a thief?

Stealing the musket and playing with his gun made Ning Chen feel like he was being fooled.

But what did Shang Lu and Zi Su want to do with the musket?

Sell it to the enemy country?

Or are they spies of the enemy country?

......

A few days passed in a flash.

Ning Chen gradually stopped thinking about the musket.

The notice of joint investigation has been sent to all prefectures. As long as Shanglu and Zisu are still in the territory of Daxuan, it is only a matter of time to catch them.

The most important thing now is the border issue.

Ning Chen is urgently mobilizing food and grass, and once the reinforcements sent by Emperor Xuan arrive, he can send troops to the border.

The New Year is coming soon.

He wants to recapture the border as soon as possible and then return to Beijing for the New Year.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

On this day, Ning Chen was having lunch.

Lei An hurriedly came to report that the scouts reported that a small group of soldiers from the Wu Kingdom were heading towards the city of Yuzhou.

"Soldiers from the Wu Kingdom?"

Ning Chen looked up, looking stunned.

Lei An nodded, "Yes!"

"How many people in total?"

"About a hundred people."

Ning Chen frowned slightly, it seems that what he was worried about has happened.

The Grand Master is likely to have defected to the Wu Kingdom.

But what does it mean that the Wu Kingdom sent people? Provocation?

"Let's go and have a look!"

Ning Chen put down his bowl and chopsticks, called Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizhen, and went to the city gate and climbed to the top of the city.

Scouts kept sending back news.

Lei An walked back, "General Ning, the messenger just sent the news from the scouts, the people of Wu are less than five miles away from us."

Ning Chen stood on the top of the city, his clothes fluttering in the wind, looking into the distance.

When the sun was about to set and only the afterglow remained, a small group of people appeared in Ning Chen's sight.

This was a group of cavalry wearing silver armor.

They did not raise the battle flag, which meant they were not here for fighting.

Soon, the people of Wu stopped about 500 steps away from the city gate.

"The envoy of Wu wants to see the Great Xuan Ning Yin Yi!"

The voice of the Wu Guo shouting soldier sounded.

Ning Chen retracted his gaze, "Old Pan, Old Feng, follow me!"

"Yuan Long, gather 5,000 soldiers and wait for my order."