Just when Dolgon led the Qing army to ravage the Mughal Empire, Lungu was ordered by Dolgon to bring more than 200 Manchus disguised as Han Chinese to sneak into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and within a month, they successively infiltrated the city of Nanjing.

After nearly a month of layout exploration, I slowly contacted a few hidden outfits and learned about some of the situation in the Daming Firearms Bureau and the Science and Technology Institute.

Nanjing City, inside a hidden house.

Lun Gu and a few Manchurian spies secretly gathered here.

"My lord, according to what you have learned, there is no possibility of stealing the drawings." A full-man spy said to Lungu.

"It's not easy to do!" Lun Gu sighed and said.

Since the last time they succeeded, Daming has taken precautions, and it is too difficult and difficult to start from the technical drawings. The Qing Dynasty also has no original heritage, the impact on the Ming Dynasty is almost non-existent, the new concealed Lungu does not dare to develop, the old concealed costume he also has to be careful to select, and not everyone dares to use it, after all, once the grass startles the snake, alarming the Ming Jinyi Wei secret agent, the consequences are unimaginable.

They only contacted a few important hidden installations, relying on these resources alone, it is impossible to even know where the drawings are stored, and there is no possibility of stealing them, so there is no need to think about this one.

"We can only start with the most direct technical craftsmen." Lun Gu muttered, then looked at the spy and asked, "Who is in charge of the Daming Firearms Bureau today?" Who are the main craftsmen of each gun? ”

"Lord Hui, the person in charge of the Daming Firearms Bureau is called Chen Xiuxiu, and the main technical craftsmen are Ji Niansheng and Ma," the spy replied.

"Chen Xiuxiu? Is this a woman? Emperor Daming actually let a woman control such an important place as the Firearms Bureau, could it be that there is something special about this woman named Chen Xiuxiu. Lun Gu said with a frown.

"The adult guessed well, this Chen Xiuxiu has a special place, she is the granddaughter of Chen Xin, the director of the previous generation of Daming Firearms Bureau, grew up with Chen Xin in the Beijing City Firearms Bureau, after coming to Nanjing, she also walks around in the Firearms Bureau almost every day, familiar with everything in the Firearms Bureau, and more importantly, she seems to have her own extraordinary views on various technologies, the research and development of Daming firearms, often she occupies an important position in it with a proposal, it is rumored that she has participated in the research and development of almost all important technologies in the Ming Dynasty, and, He is also a royal sister recognized by Emperor Ming and named the lord of Xiumin! The spy replied.

"Such a powerful woman?" A hint of discoloration flashed in Lungu's eyes: "If we catch this woman in our hands, wouldn't we be able to get the technology we want?" ”

Soon, Lungu made up his mind.

"Just start with this woman named Chen Xiuxiu, the Ming Emperor is not an ordinary person, he is never mediocre, he can recognize this woman as the royal sister, make her the lord of Xiumin, and let this woman be the head of the Daming Firearms Bureau, there must be a certain truth, plus those rumors, it is expected that she must be familiar with the technology we need."

"Go and find out all the movements of this woman immediately, and report it at all times!" Lungu ordered.

No, the drawings have not been thought about, and if you want to get the technology, you can only start from the human side.

"Yes, sir!" The spies soon went to investigate.

Watching the spies go out, Lun Gu gritted his teeth, his face was a little hideous, Da Ming didn't know that they had infiltrated Nanjing City, and he was not completely guarded, it can be said that he only had one chance to do it, once he did, no matter whether he succeeded or failed, Da Ming would definitely not give him a second chance, he bet, bet that the woman had the technology they needed to steal from the Qing Dynasty.

A few days later, Lungu and the other Manchurian detectives heard the news they wanted.

Chen Xiuxiu, the lord of Xiumin, would go to a pavilion on the shore of Xuanwu Lake every once in a while to relax, a habit that had not changed for more than four years, and it was impossible for it to change so coincidentally.

"Okay, keep an eye on it, and be ready to do it at any time!" Lun Gu's eyes flashed fiercely.

On this day, Chen Xiuxiu had just come out of the Firearms Bureau and boarded the carriage, when she suddenly felt panicked in her heart, and she didn't want to go back to the home where she was the only one for a while.

"Green Willow, let's not go back yet, let's go to the shore of Xuanwu Lake." Chen Xiuxiu's beautiful eyelashes trembled lightly.

"Yes, County Lord!" Although the Ming Dynasty has completely banned the slavery system, the deed of sale of Green Willow was automatically invalidated at that time, and Green Willow can choose to leave at any time, but Green Willow has always been reluctant to leave, and has been following Chen Xiuxiu to take care of Chen Xiuxiu, and Chen Xiuxiu is like a sister.

Lu Liu then instructed the coachman, and then the carriage headed towards the shore of Xuanwu Lake.

Chen Xiuxiu is the lord of Daming Xiumin, the royal sister recognized by the emperor today, with a noble status, and the position of the director of the Firearms Bureau, it is naturally impossible to have no guards around him, in fact, Zhu Ci is equipped with four in the open and four in the dark for Chen Xiuxiu, a total of eight brocade guards.

Coming to the familiar pavilion on the shore of Xuanwu Lake, Chen Xiuxiu sat in the pavilion and quietly looked at the lake.

Since her grandfather died, she has also become a noble county lord of Xiumin, and there is a county lord's mansion, but the huge county lord's mansion, she is the only one, and the loneliness is indescribable.

Seeing Chen Xiuxiu staring at the lake in a daze as before, Lu Liu's heart was not comfortable.

To say that Chen Xiuxiu treats her very well, she has served Chen Xiuxiu for so many years, Chen Xiuxiu never scolds her, she has never really treated her as a subordinate, she is very friendly, she is like a sister, she also completely treats Chen Xiuxiu as her own sister, and loves her very closely.

Chen Xiuxiu is now twenty-three years old, she is also twenty-four years old, she has served Chen Xiuxiu for so many years, she naturally knows many secret things, such as Chen Xiuxiu's heart for the current emperor's affairs can't be hidden from her.

Thinking of that, Green Willow couldn't help but sigh.

She could see that in fact, the emperor knew Chen Xiuxiu's thoughts, but from the time when the emperor insisted on recognizing Chen Xiuxiu as the royal sister and named her the lord of Xiumin, she knew that the emperor did not have that kind of mind for Chen Xiuxiu.

She feels sorry for Chen Xiuxiu, and she hopes that Chen Xiuxiu can find a true home for herself.

"Ding Dong"

At that moment, a crisp sound of the piano came from a boat floating on the lake not far away.

Playing is a famous song handed down from ancient times, the sound of the piano is beautiful and beautiful, from the sound of the piano, you can know that the person who plays the piano must be good.

Soon, a piece of music was played.

"Good! Good! Pretend to be a great talent! Brother Mao's talent" There were more than one of the other men's compliments from the boat.

"Where, where, it's ugly, the little brother's art is really not as good as the foolish brother's talent to brave the frontier." Judging from the words, this person should be the younger brother of Mao Bidong, one of the famous geniuses in Jiangnan that year.

"Brother Bijiang is indeed a great talent, but Brother Bidong is not bad, no need to be modest, no need to be modest"

The voices of humility and praise kept coming, and after a while everyone laughed together.

Not far away, in the pavilion, at the same time as the burst of laughter came, Chen Xiuxiu pursed her mouth, her smooth forehead wrinkled slightly, and said: "What a boring trick!" ”

Hearing Chen Xiuxiu's voice, the new green willow moved, glanced at the boat on the lake not far away, and suddenly said to Chen Xiuxiu: "County Lord, judging from the words of those people just now, the one who played the piano should be Tanhua from last year's imperial examination, and he dared to open the east!" ”

"Mao Bidong? I don't know! Chen Xiuxiu shook her head boredly and said.

"County Lord, this Mao Bidong heard that he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, just look at the Tanhua in his examination and the sound of the piano just now, the rumors are true, and they are more powerful than the rumors, and he has not married a wife yet, his age is only two years younger than the county lord, he is definitely a rare young talent, do you want to consider it, if you can see it, as long as you tell the emperor, the holy decree of marriage can come down immediately!" Lu Liu said next to Chen Xiuxiu.

"Not interested!" Chen Xiuxiu glanced at the green willow and said, "If you want to get married, I will tell the imperial brother and promise to let you get your wish." ”

Chen Xiuxiu's words were full of confidence, although she could only be his sister, but even if it was just so, she felt that as long as she opened her mouth to ask for something, he would definitely not refuse, this is what he owes her.

"Don't make fun of me, anyway, before you get married, I won't get married" Lu Liu shook his head, and continued to Chen Xiuxiu with a rather resentful expression: "County Lord, you are not young, you are twenty-three, when will you be a head!" ”

"It's only twenty-three, it's not too big, anyway, I don't need to pass on the lineage, if I don't marry, I won't marry, what's the matter!" Chen Xiuxiu said indifferently.

doesn't seem to care, but no one knows the pain in Chen Xiuxiu's heart, although she liked Zhu Cijiao back then, but it has not yet reached the point where she can't extricate herself from the bone marrow, but with the passage of time, with every time she meets, she can only try to play a lively and obedient sister in front of Zhu Cijiao, she found that her liking for Zhu Cijiao has unconsciously penetrated into the bone marrow, and she really can't extricate herself.

Chen Xiuxiu suddenly smiled bitterly, no matter what, no matter whether he accepts it or not, since she has fallen into it, she has never thought of breaking away, so be it, after all, I can still meet and laugh with him from time to time, grandpa's spirit in the sky, maybe he will scold me for being stupid.

Silly, stupid, who made me a stupid girl.

"Alright, alright! I know you feel sorry for me, but there are some things that you can't force. Chen Xiuxiu waved her hand, interrupting what Lu Liu was about to speak.

Green Willow really shut up, but she sighed helplessly, she should have guessed that it would be like this, over the years, she has persuaded Chen Xiuxiu more than once, but which one really succeeded.

At this moment, Lu Liu hated the wise and martial man in the palace a little, since he was the emperor, what could not be done, why did her county lord have to be sad for so many years.

It's winter, and although it's snowing, the wind is already cold.

The breeze with a hint of the coolness of the lake water blew a trace of hair on Chen Xiuxiu's forehead, and her delicate and beautiful face was a little red from the cold.

didn't waste God's arrangement, Mao Bidong happened to see this pitiful scene.

Mao Bidong was stunned for a moment, his heart was pounding, he dared to swear, he had lived for more than twenty years, and it was the first time he met a woman who made his heart so excited, at this moment, he only felt that Chen Xiuxiu was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and only such a woman was worthy of being his wife.

Although Mao Bidong has not yet married a wife, but as one of the concubines of the Mao family, he can't have a woman, in fact, he already has a five-room concubine, the reason why he didn't marry a wife, in addition to being very conceited, wanting to marry a woman who is worthy of him and can be of great help to him in the future, is also because he has never met a woman who really makes him happy.

And at this moment, Chen Xiuxiu undoubtedly moved his heart, he really moved, he wanted this woman, even if this woman's identity was still not worthy of him, he would marry her as his wife.

Mao Bidong's stunned was seen by others on the side, and looking for Mao Bidong's eyes, they also saw Chen Xiuxiu.

"Hey, that's nice!" One of them exclaimed in amazement.

Chen Xiuxiu was originally a beauty embryo, the female college has changed eighteen, although she is twenty-three years old, she is already an old woman in this Ming Dynasty, but Chen Xiuxiu seems to be only eighteen, delicate and gentle, and her beauty is no worse than that of Qin Huai Bayan, plus she has been the county lord for five or six years, and she is in charge of the huge firearms bureau of the Ming Dynasty.

On the surface of the lake, which no one noticed, a few finger-sized hollow bamboos slowly approached the pavilion where Chen Xiuxiu was, and the lake water shook from time to time, as if it was a big fish underwater, which was obviously abnormal.

Mao Bidong was the first to discover these dozen abnormal bamboos, and after being stunned for a while, he seemed to faintly see a figure under the water, and immediately opened his eyes wide.

"Be careful!" Mao Bidong shouted violently.

At this moment, several figures suddenly broke through the water, grabbed the edge of the pavilion and instantly turned over onto the pavilion.

Chen Xiuxiu and Lu Liu were startled at the same time, and the Jinyi guard who was protecting Chen Xiuxiu not far away was also startled, and rushed over without hesitation.

However, it was too late.

"County Lord be careful!" The green willow stood in front of Chen Xiuxiu without thinking, but was soon swept away by a hand, and his body uncontrollably rolled into the lake.

"Whoa!" Watching the green willow fall into the lake, Chen Xiuxiu's face turned white with fright.

"Green Willow!" Chen Xiuxiu shouted, but in an instant, she was also caught and held hostage by several people.

"Rest the county lord!" Several brocade guards roared angrily and wanted to rush up to the rescue, and several other brocade guards in the shadows also rushed out, eight against three, and the brocade guards obviously had a numerical advantage in the face of the assassins.

"Don't come here!" One of the Assassins placed a steel knife on Chen Xiuxiu's neck, and with a slight stroke, Chen Xiuxiu could have died.

Eight brocade-clothed guards guarded the rat trap and did not dare to step forward.

The three assassins carried Chen Xiuxiu out of the pavilion, and the eight brocade-clothed guards looked ugly, but Chen Xiuxiu was in the hands of the assassins, and they were afraid that the assassins would hurt Chen Xiuxiu, so the eight brocade-clothed guards had to retreat.

At this moment, more than a dozen assassins rushed out from somewhere, and instantly fought with eight brocade guards, taking advantage of this opportunity, the three assassins and Chen Xiuxiu were taken away and disappeared into an alley not far away, and in this way, Chen Xiuxiu was kidnapped by thieves.