I'm not willing to be a cannon fodder for the female supporting role anymore

My head hurts. Can these people think of anything useful besides making fun of others?

Yueying turned her head and looked at Sheng Shize who was frowning in thought, and said softly.

"I want to blow up that mountain with gunpowder. Can you get enough?"

"How much?"

Yueying glanced at the others who were watching a monkey show, then stood on tiptoe and whispered in Sheng Shize's ear.

"I'll tell you when I get back."

That night, after returning to the county magistrate's mansion, Yueying took Sheng Shize aside and told him everything she had found out.

"At least 3,000 kilograms of saltpeter, 600 kilograms of sulfur, and 400 kilograms of carbon powder."

“This ratio…”

"This is the best ratio, trust me."

Although Li Yuanli didn't quite believe Yueying after hearing this, he didn't say much because of Sheng Shize's favor.

The next day, Yueying brought the experimental equipment and invited Li Yuanli to go to the hillside in the suburbs.

I made simple explosives according to my own ratio, and then tried it out on the hillside.

The same size of explosives was several times larger than what was used before on the battlefield. Li Yuanli widened his eyes in shock.

"This... is there really nothing else added?"

"What are you doubting, sir? You delivered all the things this morning."

"In this case, I am confident that Miss Yan can blow up the mountain."

In this way, the county magistrate recruited a group of workers and worked secretly in the mountains on the opposite bank. Under the personal supervision of Yueying and Sheng Shize, they completed the production of several thousand kilograms of bombs in just a few months.

Yueying knew about this matter and could not rule out the possibility that some traitors would inform the Kingdom of Nanyue, so she transferred half of the assassins she had trained early in the morning.

People from the dark web were also guarding the officials in the eight cities who had access to this operation, and they transferred all the An Yi people here.

Over the course of several months, many officials disappeared from the eight cities. Although some people were panicked, under the leadership of Li Yuanli, no major chaos occurred.

The emperor is far away, and because of the disaster, Li Yuanli said that the investigation should be postponed, and other officials did not dare to raise too many objections.

Yueying had thought about this before. Such a big event as digging a large canal on the other side of the river, but the Tianye Kingdom didn't receive any news at all. They had to go upstream themselves to discover this matter.

It is too outrageous that the officials in Qicheng and Lincheng, which are close to the upstream, were completely unaware of the news.

According to the intercepted letters, most of the officials in these two cities were bribed by Nanyue. Yueying would naturally send these people who disregarded the lives of the people to where they deserved.

Yueying's men waited in ambush during the South Vietnamese defense change, and then used the two days of slack defense to place all the explosives on the opposite mountain.

There is no such thing as remote control technology. If you do this, there will definitely be casualties.

Before leaving, they found eight soldiers who were willing to stay, and the county magistrate's office signed a resettlement allowance, and the money would be given to their families regardless of whether they came back or not.

"Come back as soon as you can."

Yueying wanted to make more promises, but she couldn't say them. She actually thought that it would be better for her to go alone. When the explosion happened, she would hide in the space and come out after the mountain was razed to the ground.

But after thinking for a long time, she didn't dare to take the risk. Compared with the lives of these paper people, she was more worried that if she failed to enter the space successfully, she would really die.

As the sun was setting, the earth suddenly shook. The people in the city thought a dragon was rising and they all fled in fear.

The officials guarding far to the north only saw the mountains across the river breaking into pieces and soon turning into flat land.

"There's someone, there seems to be someone in the water!"

Suddenly, the soldiers closer to the water shouted. Yueying and the others excitedly went forward to check. The soldiers guarding the river turned around and shouted at Li Yuanli.

"County Magistrate, let's go and pick them up."

"go with!"

Li Yuanli's voice was loud and clear, revealing his unconcealable excitement. His hard work these days had paid off.

I saw several small boats, as if they were ready, being rowed very fast, rushing towards the center of the river.

Yueying really didn't expect that the eight people who stayed behind would all come back, and no one was missing any limbs, but several of them had internal injuries.

Internal injuries were easy to treat. Yueying secretly added some spiritual spring water into their medicine, and they were all full of energy after a few days.

The person who made great contributions this time was a soldier named Cui Zheng. He observed the sunny side of the mountain and found a lot of dry grass and trees. It was autumn and the weather was clear and cool, so he thought of using the forest fire to help everyone escape.

They all signed a life and death warrant given by the county magistrate, and the mission had to be completed, so after lighting the haystacks and trees, they ran a little further away but did not completely leave the area, so they still suffered some injuries.

Yueying has always admired soldiers in modern times. When these eight people stood up, Yueying tried to mention that they wanted to reduce casualties, but they had designed the eight sides and these soldiers obeyed orders.

Now everyone has returned safely. After a few days, the county magistrate paid them eighty taels of silver each according to the pension standard of the small governor as agreed.

Li Yuanli was also trying to establish his authority by keeping his word in this way, showing that he was trustworthy.

"Ms. Yan, I have reported the amount of money spent on gunpowder purchases to the court, but I don't know when the outstanding payment will be approved. I'm sorry."

Yueying spent a lot of money, but this people's livelihood issue was something she took on on her own initiative, and she also took the initiative to spend the money, and she never expected the emperor to return the money.

"I'm not in a hurry. Just don't let the emperor know that I paid for it. One of us is good at doing business and making money, and the other's father controls a large army. If the emperor knew that we were together, I'm afraid he would be unable to sleep or eat."

"clear."

"That's the lowest point in the nearby Nanyue Kingdom. From now on, it will be difficult for the other side to damage the river, and people on both sides can resume their normal lives."

"Ms. Yan has a broad mind, and I sincerely admire her."

Li Yuanli bowed to Yueying, and she was so scared that she quickly jumped aside.

"This is unbearable."

"The girl can bear it."

After talking about this, Yueying thought about it and decided to speak out what was in her heart.

"Sir Li, if the emperor asks you to return to the capital to report on your work, or if he mentions any financial difficulties to you later, we don't want this money."

Li Yuanli was a smart man and naturally understood that Miss Yan was doing this for his own good, but he couldn't accept such a great favor in vain.

"Since the survival problem of the people in Nanjun has been solved, it is time for the imperial court to allocate funds. There is no difficulty."

"I have my own businesses in Jinzhou and Beijing. Although I spent a lot this time, I am confident that I can earn it back slowly in the future."

"But there are not many officials like you who can make decisions quickly, not be timid, and are wholeheartedly for the people. If you can't go further because of this little bit of gold and silver, it will be a greater loss for more people."

"Li, let me say something presumptuous. At first, I thought that the girl was marrying up for the young man, but now it seems that I am narrow-minded."

"Xiaoying, now that we have packed up, let's set off quickly."

Sheng Shize checked his luggage before coming to the main hall to find Yueying and say goodbye to Li Yuanli.

"Chief Li! I look forward to seeing you again someday!"

The two hugged each other, their eyes filled with the love between brothers, which Yueying couldn't help but make fun of.

"Mr. Sheng, how about you stay and I go by myself?"

"What did you say?!"

Sheng Shize scratched Yueying's nose, turned around and said something to Li Yuanli again.

"gone."

Yueying also entrusted Li Yuanli to do something. She left an extra 800 taels of silver here and observed for a year. If the eight soldiers did not become bad because of the resettlement fee, she would reward them with another 100 taels each on the grounds of great contribution.

When Yueying and Sheng Shize returned to Jincheng, half a year had passed since Yueying left. In fact, the wedding date originally set with the Marquis's Mansion had already passed.

Yueying walked in and saw her fellow brothers and sisters practicing, and smiled from the bottom of her heart.

"Father!"

Yueying saw that her strict father was instructing his disciples and did not notice her return, so she rushed up and shouted.

"came back."

There were no extra words, but Yueying saw tears flashing in his eyes. He raised his eyebrows randomly, smiled and shouted to his disciples.

"That's it for today."

Yueying would send someone to deliver a letter to her strict father every five or six days, so the old man knew most of what happened along the way.

After entering the house and sitting down, Yueying quickly poured him tea. The strict father then looked up at Sheng Shize who was following behind him.

"Young Master Sheng?"

"Hello, father-in-law."

"Cough cough."

After all, it was an imperial decree to arrange the marriage. Although the strict father was very reluctant, he had no way of refutation of Sheng Shize's address.

"Since your marriage to Xiaoying is granted by the emperor, commoners like us can only obey the emperor's grace, but the formalities of three matchmakers and six betrothals are still necessary."

"It should be."

"I don't want to have a lavish wedding, but it can't be too bad either."

"It should be."

“You must treat Ying’er badly after marriage, otherwise even though I, Yan, am a white-clothed man, I will fight with your general’s mansion.”

"Will not."

"Can't this kid speak?"

The strict father looked at Sheng Shize with his head lowered and his eyes submissive, and only answered him three words at a time, and he became very angry.

"Dad, he is not good at talking. He was worried all the way that he might say something wrong. You don't agree with me marrying him. Why don't you just say whatever he wants?"

"This! General Zhenyuan's only son?"

"Dad, don't underestimate him. Why don't you show your true martial arts skills?"

"Isn't this bad..."

Sheng Shize was originally thinking about how to please his father-in-law, but he didn't expect that his fiancée was setting a trap. Is he going to win or lose?

"My father is old after all, so it will be enough if you use 60% of your strength."

The strict father didn't expect that his daughter would disrespect him like this. His face darkened and he said to Sheng Shize.

"No need, just use all your skills, I want to see the strength of the young people now."

Sheng Shize naturally knew that Yueying would not lie to him, so he only used 60% of his strength, and basically fought back and forth with the strict father, and ended up in a draw.

After dozens of rounds, the strict father realized that Sheng Shize was much more relaxed than himself, so he stopped.

"Never mind, this martial arts skill is good enough, as long as Ying'er likes it."

"Ying'er still likes daddy the most."

Yueying hurried forward to wipe the sweat off her strict father's face, said some nice words, and turned to wink at Sheng Shize.

After living in the Yan family for half a month, the old patriarch of the Sheng family finally arrived. The old general was far away at the border and would be able to return to Beijing to report on his work about half a year after the marriage. This time the patriarch came to propose marriage on behalf of Sheng Shize and to discuss the wedding date.

It was not easy for the general to return to the capital, and his strict father did not want to make things difficult for him, so the date was set for half a year later.

After seeing off the old patriarch, Sheng Shize didn't want to leave, so he rented a house nearby.

Yueying studied martial arts with him for a while every day, and then they went about their own business. The two got along very well.

That day, as usual, I came to see Sheng Shize early in the morning, but the door was locked.

After waiting for a while, Yueying had a bad feeling in her heart. She thought that he might have gone out for some errands, but when he didn't come back, she became a little panicked.

She quickly sent a message to the death squad, assassins and secret guards in Jincheng, asking them to look for Sheng Shize.

It took two days to finally get the news that Sheng Shize was at Ouyang's house, but something unexpected seemed to have happened.

The Ouyang family is one of the largest families in Jincheng. Yueying went to their door first, but the other party actually didn't want to pay attention to her.

"Who do you think you are, the Yan family? How dare you cause trouble in our house?"

"I'm not causing trouble. I heard that my fiancé had an accident and was rescued by the Ouyang family, so I came here to take him back."

"Let's go, let's go. What fiancé? I've never heard of him."

The Ouyang family's housekeeper and doorman ignored Yueying's words and pushed her people out.

"My marriage to General Zhenyuan was granted by His Majesty, and Young Master Sheng is at the mansion, so why are you trying to stop me?"

"Yes, Miss Yan has a marriage granted by the Emperor, but there is no one in my Ouyang Mansion that Miss Yan is looking for. You can't just come here and cause trouble without any reason, right?"

Yueying winked at the secret guards in the crowd, and a man in coarse clothes stood out.

"I saw with my own eyes that you carried Master Sheng into the mansion. Master Sheng lives on West Street. We all know him, so we wouldn't be mistaken."

The crowd watching began to point and talk, and the people Yueying arranged in the crowd also started to make a fuss.

"Master Sheng is a skilled martial artist. He looked drugged that day. Could it be that the Ouyang family used some despicable tricks on Master Sheng to get him into trouble and use this opportunity to get close to General Zhenyuan's mansion?"

"Then Miss Ouyang is..."

Seeing that the words of the onlookers were getting more and more unpleasant, the butler could no longer make the decision on his own, so he quickly asked the servants to report to Ouyang Qingya.

After a while, a maid came out, looking at Yueying with contempt, and said, "Miss Yan, our young lady wants to see you."

Yueying sneered and took the two people around him into Ouyang Mansion.

They came to a pavilion and sat down. Ouyang Qingya was making tea. Seeing Yueying sitting down, she brought a cup and invited her to taste the tea.

Yueying drank it all in one gulp. She checked carefully to see that there was no drug in it.

"I don't know how the Ouyang family offended Miss Yan that they are so aggressive and framed me."

Framed?

I can say that.

"Who?"

Ouyang Qingya shot a hidden weapon but didn't hit anyone.

Jian San and Jian Qi instantly appeared beside Yueying.

"Master, you can go back now."

Yueying finally smiled, picked up a cup of tea, blew on it, and took two sips.

"Good tea. It was because I listened to the neighbors that I came to bother you. Now that my people have gone home, I have to go and prove my innocence to the Ouyang family."

Yueying stood up and walked out after saying that. Ouyang Qingya knew that the daughter of the Yan family was not that simple when she saw Jian San and Jian Qi just now. Now she could only grit her teeth and pretend that nothing had happened.