Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 69 Brother-in-law, I’m here to learn from you

The rooster sizzled as it was roasted by the fire. As the fire was opened, the yellow mud was knocked off, and the lotus leaves were peeled off, the rich aroma immediately hit the nostrils.

"Ah! It smells so good!" The two sisters screamed together.

"My sister is so lucky. She has such a considerate husband to take care of her, and she has enough to eat every day." Shangguan Wan'er seemed to be praising her in a meaningful way.

"Sister comes here often and can eat well." Shangguan Yuqing comforted her seriously.

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly felt a little disappointed: "What my sister can eat, my sister may not be able to eat."

As he said that, he also looked at Yang Yanzhang.

Shangguan Yuqing didn't seem to understand what was going on, and immediately handed over the chicken drumstick in his hand: "Well, if my sister eats it, can't my sister still eat it?"

So Shangguan Wan'er said no more, and the three of them enjoyed a delicious meal of beggar's chicken.

After eating the whole chicken, the three of them drank some wine, during which time they got down to business.

"Sister, did you come over suddenly this time to do anything else besides seeing your sister?"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded to her sister, then turned to Yang Yanzhang and said in a deep voice: "Actually, my sister is here to learn from me."

"What? Semen extraction??"

Yang Yanzhang was startled at that time, wondering why this sister-in-law suddenly became so bold, and how could she say this in broad daylight?
The two sisters didn't understand that, so they just looked at him suspiciously.

Shangguan Wan'er, who didn't understand what was going on, continued: "Sister has just returned from flying carrier pigeons in Gong County. The Queen Mother feels that the carrier pigeons are useful, but the training is too slow. What she means is that before the end of the year, we must be able to fly carrier pigeons from the Western Regions. The carrier pigeon sent it back. For this reason, I was specifically asked to ask my brother-in-law."

Yang Yanzhang immediately wiped away the cold sweat: "Oh, it turns out that this scripture..."

"Otherwise?" Shangguan Wan'er became even more suspicious.

Yang Yanzhang quickly waved his hand: "Nothing."

Then he didn't dare to think any more and quickly got to the point: "Why is the Queen Mother so impatient? You can't rush this kind of thing! If you do it too hastily, problems will arise."

"Who dares to refute what the Queen Mother means?" Shangguan Wan'er suddenly laughed, "But the Queen Mother basically obeys your words. Otherwise, why don't you go to the palace to see the Queen Mother and talk to her?"

Yang Yanzhang was afraid of suffering a loss if he entered the palace, so he immediately shook his head: "If she doesn't summon me, I won't go."

"Then if I go back and tell the Queen Mother, there's nothing I can do about it?"

Yang Yanzhang waved his hand hurriedly: "Of course there is a way, but it is a bit risky. You have to explain the pros and cons to the Queen Mother clearly, so as not to trouble me if something happens in the future."

Shangguan Wan'er looked at him with a smile, waiting for him to continue speaking.

"Actually, pigeons have an excellent memory, and they can be retrieved if the distance is longer. But without long-term training, they can only be retrieved from a thousand miles away at most! And from Luoyang to the Western Regions, the furthest distance is The land is more than ten thousand miles away, and even a domesticated pigeon cannot do this kind of thing!"

"In addition, there are many accidents encountered during long-distance flights. For example, thunder will affect the direction of pigeons, rain will wet the feathers, and they may be eaten by wild beasts when they land. Some of them will be hunted by hunters when they are looking for food midway!" "So! , I emphasized in the pigeon training booklet that we must proceed step by step, and select pigeons with excellent bloodlines, in order to exercise their abilities, and at the same time, we must give the court time to arrange fixed footholds along the way."

"If it is advanced, these plans will have to be changed again, and there is only one way to send a message from the Western Regions to Luoyang in such a short time!"

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Every five hundred miles along the way, a sentry post was set up to collect pigeons from the local area and tame them! In this way, the letters sent back from the Western Regions could be sent to the next sentry post in turn, and finally sent back to Luoyang."

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, she suddenly realized: "So that's it! I didn't expect such a simple method!"

"Easy?" Yang Yanzhang sneered, "What is the biggest advantage of flying pigeons to pass letters?"

"Yes!"

"No, this is just one of them! The most important thing is that the flying pigeon's message is concealed and reliable enough! In order to avoid being affected, the pigeon can only choose a secluded place to stay. Such a place is naturally not very safe and can easily be People are watching, especially since the more such footholds are set up, the easier it is for problems to occur! Once any point along the way is destroyed, the message cannot be sent back!"

Shangguan Wan'er was surprised. She naturally knew what it would mean if the news from the border could not be delivered.

"In this case, I suggest the Queen Mother to station more soldiers in various places where she will stay. This will be much safer!"

But Yang Yanzhang shook his head and sneered: "It's useless! It's just a pigeon. Even if I give you 10 people, how can you protect it? If you are targeted, you will be shot as soon as you take off! Or you can bribe people and poison them and they will die. !”

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes widened: "Isn't there no solution? I've been working on it for a long time. It's so dangerous for the flying pigeon to pass the message. Isn't it useless?"

"Who makes the Queen Mother so anxious? As long as we slowly select pigeons with excellent bloodlines, they can fly two to three thousand miles at a time without landing in the middle. This will naturally greatly avoid accidents! Now this matter has just begun, and the matching Nothing has been done, so there are huge hidden dangers.”

Seeing the worry on Shangguan Wan'er's face, Yang Yanzhang felt a little distressed, so his tone softened and he comforted: "Of course, there are ways."

"Ah? Then tell me, why do you keep trying to tease people?" Shangguan Wan'er's anger caught Shangguan Yuqing's attention, and she looked back and forth between the two of them, thoughtfully.

"Actually, the method is simple. In order to spread the news back to Luoyang, you can send two or several pigeons at a time."

"You mean to plan another route and double the landing spots for homing pigeons? But this will add a lot of expense to the court!"

Yang Yanzhang waved his hand: "Of course what you said is fine, but what I mean is that instead of going from Qiuci to Luoyang, which has to go through Dunhuang, Wuwei, and Chang'an to deliver letters in sequence, Wuwei's carrier pigeons can also be sent directly to Qiuci. In this way, after taking off from Qiuci, the carrier pigeons can go directly to Wuwei and cross Dunhuang. Even if there is a problem at the Dunhuang point, Wuwei can still get the news out."

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly looked surprised and opened her mouth: "Can it still be like this? Can you think of this method? I really want to pry open your head and take a closer look!"

"Sister, are you willing to give up?" Shangguan Yu whispered coldly.

"Of course I can't let him go..." Shangguan Wan'er smiled subconsciously, but her smile soon froze, and then she explained without leaving any trace: "He is my brother-in-law, so of course I can't let him go."

Shangguan Yuqing curled her lips with a meaningful expression: "So that's what it is, my sister really loves her brother-in-law."

Yang Yanzhang quickly lowered his head and drank, pretending not to hear anything.

(End of this chapter)