Qiao Chen watched his mother fall asleep before returning to his yard.

"Aren't you going back to Guangde Marquis Mansion?" Xiao Qinan, who had been waiting for Qiao Chen not to leave, asked.

"My mother even took the divorce papers, so why go back?" Although Qiao Chen came today with the intention of breaking away from that family, he still felt sorry for his mother in his heart.

"Tired?" Xiao Qinan asked while touching Qiao Chen's face.

"Not tired." Qiao Chen didn't feel tired at all.

"You look tired." Xiao Qinan said seriously.

Qiao Chen looked at Xiao Qinan suspiciously, didn't he know if he was tired or not?

"I asked someone to bring the hot spring water from the back mountain into the bathing pool, so you won't be so tired after taking a dip." Xiao Qinan's expression was serious, as if there was no other hint in his words.

"I'm going to take a bath, what about you?" Qiao Chen squinted at him.

"I watch you soak."

"Oh? You just watched me take a bath, didn't you intend to take a bath with me?"

"Since you kindly invited me, I'll go clubbing with you."

"Who kindly invited you?" Qiao Chen pinched Xiao Qinan's face and said, "Are you really shameless?"

Xiao Qinan didn't speak, picked Qiao Chen up by the waist and walked into the bathroom.

Qiao Chen slandered, the stinky rascal, wanted to take a bath with him and even said that he looked tired, but he was obviously very energetic.

The hot air rose in the bath, Qiao Chen soaked in the water, leaning his back on Xiao Qinan's chest, closing his eyes and relaxing his body.

Xiao Qinan lowered his head and kissed Qiao Chen's neck, his palms moved over his body, and then slowly slid towards Qiao Chen's legs.

Qiao Chen turned around and hooked Xiao Qinan's neck, wrapped his legs around his waist, opened his mouth slightly, and accepted Xiao Qinan's exploration in his mouth.

……

Qiao Chen has officially severed ties with the Guangde Marquis Mansion, so he doesn't go to live behind the Hanwu Temple much, and lives in the other courtyard on the mountain, and there are soldiers from the Xiao family guarding here, so he is safe and at ease .

Qiao Chen no longer goes to Hanwu Temple, mainly because Hanwu Temple is a pure place of Buddhism, and Xiao Qinan is at the time when he is like a wolf like a tiger, it is not good to always do that kind of thing there, and Xiao Qinan is not happy if he refuses too much .

In the other courtyard, the place is huge, the courtyard is far away from each other, and Xiao Qinan's people are always guarding it, so it is convenient for them to do anything.

It's just that Qiao Chen had just lived there for two days, and an unexpected visitor came to the other courtyard. After thinking about it, Qiao Chen still went to meet that person.

"The king spent a lot of money to buy this other courtyard a few years ago, but it was bought by the Xiao family in the end, but it didn't look like you are the one who lives here now." Yong'an Wang sighed. In the past, there was one of the battles between the Xiao family and King Yong'an. Obviously, the Xiao family won that time, and Qiao Chen who lived here also represented another victory for the Xiao family.

"My lord came to see me on a special trip, probably just to see this other courtyard." Qiao Chen asked after sitting down.

"Although this other courtyard is good, there is no better place for this king. Whatever the Xiao family can give you, this king can also give you." King Yong'an looked at Qiao Chen and said.

"How does the lord know what I want, can the lord give it?" Qiao Chen asked.

"Let your mother and son return to the Guangde Marquis Mansion, and let everything in the Guangde Marquis Mansion belong to you. Only this king can do this, and the Xiao family cannot."

"Back to Guangde Marquis Mansion?" Qiao Chen smiled and said, "This happens to be the last thing I want."

"Then what do you want? What can the Xiao family give but this king can't?"

"I want Xiao Qinan, can the prince give it to me?"

"You..." King Yong'an first looked at Qiao Chen in surprise, and then said with a serious face, "So, you must help the Xiao family deal with this king?"

"The paths are different and we don't conspire with each other. The prince and I have not followed the same path from the beginning to the end."

"You'd better not regret your decision now, this king will not treat you softly in the future." After finishing speaking, King Yong'an got up and left.

……

Zhang Guangyao took the newly made cannon barrel to Cheng Jingrui for inspection.

Cheng Jingrui opened the two boxes and looked at them, then asked, "What about the others?"

"It's all here." Zhang Guangyao replied.

"It's all here?" Cheng Jingrui couldn't help raising his voice and said, "I spent 10 taels, and it's just these two boxes?"

"I told you that the cost of this thing is very high. It's not bad to make two boxes for you for 10 taels." Zhang Guangyao looked like I was the one who was at a disadvantage.

"You tell me the method, and I'll find someone to do it myself." Cheng Jingrui didn't believe that it took 10 taels to make such two boxes of cannon barrels.

"Okay." Zhang Guangyao readily agreed, and then said, "Give me 200 million taels, and I will tell you the detailed method."

"Two million taels? Why don't you grab it?" Cheng Jingrui was surprised that Zhang Guangyao's lion opened its mouth wide.

"Do you know how much thought I put into extracting the ammunition in the barrel?" Zhang Guangyao said confidently, "Let me tell you the truth, even if I tell you the method, you may not be able to make it." Come out, this thing is much more complicated than it looks, I risked my life to do it for you, and you thought I seemed to take advantage of you, it was really hard and thankless."

"That's all." Zhang Guangyao waved his hand and said, "Don't look for me in the future. If you can make it yourself, you can make it yourself. If you can't make it, you can find someone else. You can experience how difficult it is to make this, and you will know me. Ask if you want 200 million taels, is it expensive?"

"you……"

"Hey, don't even think about threatening me with King Yong'an again. If you force me again, I'll go to Xiao's house and surrender right now, and tell me everything you want me to do. At worst, I will die." The look of falling.

Cheng Jingrui gritted his teeth, and could only watch Zhang Guangyao leave in a big way, because before he knew how to make the cannon barrel, he couldn't do anything to Zhang Guangyao, and in order to deal with Cheng Jingyun, maybe he would still be useful to Zhang Guangyao in the future .

Cheng Jingrui brought the two boxes of cannon barrels to Yong'an Palace for King Yong'an to see, and King Yong'an was really very happy.

"Who did these?" King Yong'an asked.

"I made it myself after looking at the cannon barrels of the Xiao family." Cheng Jingrui put all the credit on himself, anyway Zhang Guangyao said not to mention the cannon barrels to others.

"Very good, this king knows that you will not be worse than your elder brother." King Yong'an nodded in satisfaction, and then asked, "How is the situation in Turkic?"

"Since the person was caught by Xiao Qinan last time, we finally got in touch with them again, and we are already making preparations."

King Yong'an nodded, thought for a while and said, "Make another two hundred boxes of your cannon barrel, hurry up."

"Two hundred boxes?" Cheng Jingrui said in surprise.

"What? Is there a problem?" King Yong'an asked.

"Others are fine, I'm afraid there's not enough time." Cheng Jingrui said while hiding his guilty conscience.

"Then at least one hundred boxes must be produced before the Turkic side. This king must let Xiao Qinan go without returning this time." King Yong'an's eyes were fierce, and his expression at this moment was completely gone Be elegant and kind.

"What does the lord mean to say that these cannon barrels are going to be sent to the Turks?" Cheng Jingrui asked.

"The Xiao family's army is good at fighting. With those cannon barrels, it is very difficult for the Turks to win, but if the Turks also have cannon barrels, the possibility of defeating the Xiao family army is even greater." King Yong'an ordered, "Hurry up and do it, don't Mistake."

Cheng Jingrui had no choice but to go to Zhang Guangyao again, but Zhang Guangyao didn't refuse much, as long as Cheng Jingrui gave him money, he would do as much as he wanted.

Cheng Jingrui gave Zhang Guangyao all the money he had earned before, and mortgaged several of his shops and restaurants to Zhang Guangyao, and only then did he have enough money for a hundred boxes of cannon barrels.

Cheng Jingrui thought, his money and shop were only temporarily placed with Zhang Guangyao, and when he helped King Yong'an ascend the throne, not only would it be easy to get back these things, but even what the Zhang family had now, he would have to think about it. Way to take it.

……

While the people in Luodu City were enjoying the peaceful and peaceful days as usual, there was an urgent report from the border gate that the Turkic people invaded massively. And the Turkic army is still on the offensive.

After the urgent report reached Luodu City, the Xiao Family Army immediately prepared to rush to the border. Xiao Qinan led the Flying Tiger Battalion to go first, and Xiao Father and Xiao Qibei led the Xiao Family Army to follow.

Qiao Chen sent Shu's family to Hanwu Temple, asked the abbot to take care of it, and then set off with Xiao Qinan to the border.

When camping and resting at night, Xiao Qinan painstakingly applied medicine to Qiao Chen's skinned inner thigh.

"I'll get you a carriage tomorrow." Xiao Qinan said.

"No, how can I delay your speed because of me alone." Qiao Chen refused, and then carefully put on his pants.

"You don't have to arrive at the same time as me. I'll send someone to escort you. It's the same if you follow behind slowly. Or follow my father and the others. They are slower to bring food and grass. I'll let Qibei take care of you."

"Although I can't kill the enemy with you, there is a reason why I want to rush to the border with you." Qiao Chen explained his thoughts to Xiao Qinan, "I want to see with my own eyes how you drove the Turks away, Our city was restored, and all of them were painted, so that the people in Luodu City and the entire Wei Dynasty would know who guarded them with their own lives, allowing them to have a peaceful life now."

Xiao Qinan was moved by Qiao Chen's thoughts in his heart. Over the years, King Yong'an spared no effort to smear the Xiao family army, saying they were rebellious officials and thieves, but at this moment Xiao Qinan felt that it didn't matter whether other people understood them or not, as long as Qiao Chen understood them, he would be satisfied .

"The Turkic army's sudden attack this time may have something to do with King Yong'an." Xiao Qinan had previously caught a spy who was in collusion with the Turks and the Yong'an Palace from under Qiao Chen's carriage. Qi Nan couldn't help feeling startled, he didn't expect that King Yong'an would ignore the border people for the sake of the throne, and colluded with the Turkic people.

"This time, we must obtain all the evidence of the collusion between King Yong'an and the Turks." This is also one of Qiao Chen's goals for going to the border.

In the next few days, Qiao Chen still traveled with Xiao Qinan's Flying Tiger Camp, on the way he never cried out that he was tired, nor did he say a word of hardship.

Xiao Qinan couldn't help admiring this. After all, Qiao Chen was different from those rough people who had practiced martial arts and fought on horseback all year round. Qiao Chen's thin skin and tender flesh made it seem like he was not someone who could endure such hardships, but he He was surprised to be able to persist.

In fact, Qiao Chen certainly felt that it was hard work. Compared with those strong and strong soldiers, his body was much weaker, so he supported himself entirely by perseverance, even though he felt that his bones were about to fall apart and his muscles were sore. The feeling was no longer his own, but he persisted.

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