Chapter 042: Flickering

After taking a hot shower, changing into clean clothes, and returning to the upper room again, Azhuo's face had mostly faded and regained some of its former freshness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

"Ah Zhuo, hurry up and sit down, these are your favorite foods, the kitchen is just ready, you eat while it's hot,"

Zhu also changed his clothes, but the color and style were similar to those of Fang Cai, and he couldn't see it at all if he didn't look closely.

She sat at the round table and beckoned to Ah Zhuo with a smile: "Sit down!" ”

There were a lot of plates and saucers on the round table, all of which were full of color, flavor and flavor, especially the strong aroma of food, which only hooked people and couldn't help but salivate.

Ah Zhuo sniffed and swallowed her saliva instinctively, she was not polite, she sat next to Zhu's side, picked up the chopsticks, and didn't care about any image and etiquette, desperately picking up the food in her mouth.

For a while, the chopsticks on the dining table flew over, and the plates of dishes decreased rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the maids who served around were stunned and muttered to themselves: God, this has been hungry for a few days, can you be hungry like this?

Disgust flashed in Zhu's lowered eyes, and when he raised his head, he had already recovered his distressed expression, and served Ah Zhuo a bowl of soup with his own hands, "Don't just worry about eating, drink soup, this is our chef's specialty, and it tastes very delicious." ”

Ah Zhuo's cheeks bulged, her mouth kept chewing, and the chopsticks in her hand were already heading towards the plate of braised chicken fir she loved so much.

Listening to Zhu's words, she only flashed back slightly, so that Zhu could help her put down the soup bowl.

The corners of Zhu's mouth twitched, if she remembered correctly, Ah Zhuo had been 'missing' overnight plus half a morning, and if she counted it carefully, she didn't eat breakfast today.

But looking at her appearance of being possessed by a starving ghost, she seems to have been hungry for several years.

Tsk, it's really stupid.

Ah Zhuo didn't care what Zhu was slandering in his stomach, the chopsticks in his hand didn't stop, but with the other hand, he picked up the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of soup, and put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up, and he nodded hard at Zhu's head.

Zhu Shi took a handkerchief and dipped the corner of his lips, and said with a smile: "If it's good, drink more, if it's not enough, let the cook do it!" ”

Ah Zhuo mumbled 'hmm', holding chopsticks in one hand and spoon in the other, eating more and more happily.

"Hiccup~~"

The plates and saucers on the dinner table were basically bottomed out, Ah Zhuo drank the last mouthful of grass sprouts and three fresh soup in the bowl, dropped the chopsticks and spoon, leaned back on the chair, her little belly was slightly convex, and she burped with satisfaction.

Zhu smiled and said, "Have you eaten?" ”

Her eyes swept over the plates that were 'as clean as new', and the corners of her eyes twitched, and she added: "Is it enough?" This kitchen also made potsticker quiches, bud poop, and cream cakesβ€”"

Zhu seems to have regarded Ah Zhuo as an African refugee, and he is eager to feed her with all the food prepared in the kitchen.

"That's enough, I'm not that hungry, it's, it'sβ€”"

Ah Zhuo seemed to have been drained of the bones all over his body, slumped on the chair lazily, waved his hand, and smiled embarrassedly: "I guess I was too frightened yesterday, and I always felt empty, so I have already eaten it, and if I eat it again, I, I will vomit." ”

Zhu suddenly, too, there are many ways to vent their emotions, some people like to cry, some people like to fall and beat, and some people, uh, maybe like Ah Zhuo, use nonsense to squeeze out the fear in their hearts.

"Well, when have you ever suffered like this?"

Zhu sighed distressedly, got up and took Ah Zhuo's hand, and led her to the outside room to eat tea and chat.

"Yes, I've never been so embarrassed like yesterday,"

Xu is full meal, Ah Zhuo's arrogance and domineering have also returned, she scolded hatefully: "I don't know which one killed a thousand knives, and actually dared to make trouble at the Torch Festival...... Hmph, they're not afraid of angering the gods? Such a thief will be punished sooner or later! ”

Ah Zhuo scolded angrily, only scolding the 'mastermind' who placed the gunpowder at the torch festival for the incompleteness.

After scolding the 'black hand' himself, Ah Zhuo greeted the man's entire family and the eighteenth generation of his ancestors very unceremoniously.

Zhu's smile was a little stiff, for some reason, she always felt that Ah Zhuo's angry scolding was a bit of a reference to Sang scolding Huai.

If he wasn't familiar with Ah Zhuo's temperament, Zhu would really wonder if Ah Zhuo had discovered something.

But...... Zhu stole a glance at Ah Zhuo, who continued to greet other people's ancestors with puffed cheeks out of the corner of his eye, and shook his head secretly: Impossible, this is simply a fool who has no heart and no lungs.

Zhu pulled Ah Zhuo to sit on the chair in the middle room, interrupted Ah Zhuo's cursing, and quietly 'guided': "Although I didn't see it clearly last night, I was not an ordinary person who could make such a battle. For example, gunpowder, ordinary firecrackers are not so powerful. ”

Ah Zhuo blinked, a rare figure of wisdom, "Are you saying that it was not earth gunpowder that was used to blow up the green pines, but firearms in the camp?" ”

During the reign of Gaozu, there were craftsmen in the Great Qi Dynasty who improved the fire guns of the previous dynasty and created more powerful and simpler arquebuses.

Gaozu was overjoyed and deliberately set up a Shenji battalion specializing in the use of arquebuses.

Qi Ziru, as Gaozu's hardcore confidant, also set up a separate 'musket team' when he built the southwest camp.

At that time, the new dynasty was established, and there was still some breath of war in the court, and it was more convenient to get firearms or something.

Although Qi Ziru had never studied, he was quite successful, selling one-third of the gold, silver and jewelry he had caught in the war, and replacing them all with arquebuses and gunpowder.

I have to say that Qi Ziru's decision was still very prescient.

In the last years of Gaozu, the Great Purge of the DPRK and China, the control of weapons and things was very strong, not to mention any gunpowder and firearms at that time, even ordinary swords, guns and arrows were also strictly controlled, and among the four major battalions, only Qi Ziru's southwest battalion was the most powerful.

Grandpa Gao didn't move the Qi family back then, so he didn't have this consideration.

After several years of bloody storms, Qi Ziru deeply realized the importance of the 'barrel of the gun', so he secretly ordered someone to find a skilled craftsman to study firearms.

Over the decades, the 'musket team' of the Southwest Battalion was very strong, and the firearms were even better than those issued by the imperial court to some extent.

After a long time, the Tusi and Hao clans in the southwest know the power of firearms, and when they interact with the Qi family in private, they will try their best to exchange some.

The people of the Qi family are not stupid, even if the two mansions are fighting, they will not joke about the 'root of life'.

Really sophisticated arquebuses are definitely not given, but those 'explosive packs' and 'pottery bombs' derived from the improved gunpowder formula can be replaced.

When the 'powerful' gunpowder was mentioned in the southwest, the first reaction of the magnates was the southwest camp.

Oh no, that was before, and now it should be the Qi family.

And Wusa's new county commander is Qi Jinzhi, the young master of the Qi family.

Ah Zhuo's eyes rolled around and he slapped his thigh sharply, "Damn, it's that bastard surnamed Qi!" ”

Seeing that Ah Zhuo finally met the Qi family, Zhu was happy, but he still had a hesitant look on his face, "Ah Zhuo, you mean?" It's impossible, Lord Qi is Wusa's parent official, and he is also diligent and diligent after he arrives, how could he, how could he do something that endangers the people? ”

Zhu Shi said this quite skillfully, ostensibly helping Qi Jinzhi to justify, however, her voice became lower and lower, and she clearly looked lacking in confidence.

After listening to it, the first reaction was that Qi Jinzhi was indeed the mastermind behind the scenes, and the reason why Zhu said this was just that she was kind, and she was friendly with Qi Jinzhi's wife, and she was unwilling to face the 'facts'.

"Anayi, you have a good relationship with that woman, so you don't want to doubt Qi Jinzhi, but, isn't this matter obvious?"

Ah Zhuo looked at the Zhu family with hatred and steel, as if he was helpless, and seemed to blame the Zhu family for 'good and bad', "Looking at the southwest, who can easily get gunpowder?" Although the Qi family is no longer in charge of the southwest camp, the current general of the camp is surnamed Ma, and he is Qi Jinzhi's own uncle. ”

Ah Zhuo said that the more he felt that his guess was reasonable, he continued: "With General Ma here, wouldn't it be easy for Qi Jinzhi to get some gunpowder from the camp?" Moreover, since the Qi family can make gunpowder and muskets, they must have a secret method in their hands, and as long as Qi Jinzhi does it according to the method, he can make as much gunpowder as he wants. ”

The Zhu family was a little relieved, but he still held on to the last glimmer of hope, and asked the biggest flaw in this matter: "But, why did Lord Keqi do this?" He is the magistrate of Usa, and if something happens to Usa, he, and he can't excuse it? According to the law of Daqi, maybe he will lose his official position. ”

Ah Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and said in a daze: "Oh, why did he do this?" ”

Zhu really wanted to spray Ah Zhuo's face with blood, and secretly scolded the 'fool' for countless sentences, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, thought for a moment, and followed Ah Zhuo's words: "That is to say, this doesn't make sense at all." Although Qi County Ling was born as a military general, he inevitably acted a little overbearing-"

Ah Zhuo let out an 'ah' and said excitedly: "I know, Qi Jinzhi was originally a major general of the southwest battalion, and he knew that there was a lot of stuff in it, he, he did this, firstly, he wanted to deter the six major families of Wusa, and secondly, he wanted to 'kill the people and fill the enemy'!" ”

Zhu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and finally brought this fool into the pit, for the first time, Zhu Shi found that dealing with people who were too stupid was not so easy.

"Kill the people and fill the enemy? Does he want to kill the people and risk merit? Zhu exclaimed in surprise and guided Ah Zhuo closer to the 'truth' again.

Ah Zhuo stroked his palm and said loudly: "Yes, yes, yes, it is to kill the people and take the merit." Wusa Tiangao Emperor is far away, and the Qi family has someone in the capital, what is the truth, it is not Qi Jin who has the final say? ”

"Okay, what a Qi Jinzhi, your cousin killed my cousin and robbed my sister, and now you have used a poisonous plan to almost kill my aunt and grandmother,"

Ah Zhuo consciously found the truth, and when he was angry, he stood up with a loud voice, and said hatefully: "If you don't repay this revenge, I, I will follow your surname in the future!" ”

The mountain girl is too pure and good-natured, and her temper is a little bad, but there are very few scolding words, and she even puts a cruel word so joyful.

Ah Zhuo took two steps and walked in front of the Zhu family, "Anayi, how did the plan you said last time come about?" Tell me again, this time, I will never be merciful. ”

Zhu bit his lip, obviously wanting Ah Zhuo to do it immediately, but he still said with an embarrassed face: "This is not good, last time I saw that you were angry and wanted to make you happy, so I said it casually...... I just got the news that Qi Jinzhi has quietly sneaked back to the county office, but there are still many innocent people in the yamen. ”

The Zhu family is full of compassion, if there is a golden light behind him, it is estimated that he can be sent to the temple COS Bodhisattva.

"What innocent? Aren't the people killed or injured last night innocent? And me, oh, by the way, and my aunt, which one has a grudge against that 'black-hearted thief'? But it's not the same as suffering? ”

Ah Zhuo grabbed Zhu's hand and asked repeatedly: "Anayi, just tell me, don't worry, I will take someone to do this, even if it fails, it will never affect you." ”

Zhu smiled bitterly, "You said so, if I refuse, won't I become a coward?" Ah Zhuo, in the eyes of the Han people, I am also a Yi person, and I am also sad that the villagers were innocently killed. That's it, since Qi Jinzhi has done the first year of junior high school, he can't blame us for doing fifteen. ”

Zhu leaned forward, leaned into Ah Zhuo's ear, and whispered.

Ah Zhuo squatted in front of the Zhu family, nodded his head after listening to the sentence, and after listening to the whole plan, his little face lit up, "In the end, Anayi, in terms of resourcefulness, ten men can't compare to you." Well, everything will be your way. ”

Zhu Shi couldn't help but be ecstatic, and pretended to be concerned and persuaded again: "Ah Zhuo, this matter is not small, you better think about it more." After all, you're not alone, and there's the whole Zhanjia behind you. ”

The implication is that if something happens to you, the Shuixi Zhan family will not be able to get rid of it.

Ah Zhuo patted his chest arrogantly, "Don't worry, I'll be in charge of this trivial matter." My dad loves me the most, and he will definitely be angry when he knows that I am being bullied. Maybe my dad will get revenge even more than I did! ”

Knowing that this would be the case, the Zhu family had already figured out Ah Zhuo's temper, so he was able to succeed in his calculation step by step.

"......", Zhu sighed silently, "Forget it, I can't persuade you, just one sentence, be careful in everything!" ”

Ah Zhuo nodded indifferently, and was about to stand up and 'act', but suddenly stopped, "Oh, no, how did I forget this!" The people under me were all separated last night, and they haven't come back since. I'm alone, but, how can I do it? ”

Zhu Shi was also stunned, she was patronizing Ah Zhuo just now, and she didn't think about this stubble at all.

Ah Zhuo was so anxious that his face changed, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and grabbed Zhu's hand: "Anayi, why don't you lend me twenty people first?" ”

Zhu felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of what it was.

She hesitated, man, she has it, but this person can't borrow it casually. If you lose, won't your own family be exposed?

Otherwise, the Zhu family would not bother Baal to pull Zhan Azhuo in, and blindly pry her to do it.

Ah Zhuo hurriedly promised, "Anayi, don't worry, I'm only borrowing it temporarily, if my people can come back before dark, I'll still take them with me." But if you can't come back, or you can't find any trace of them, you can only use your people first. ”

Zhu was still hesitating.

Ah Zhuo patted his chest again, "Oh, Anayi, one person does things and one person does it, no matter whether this matter is successful or lost, it will be borne by me, and it has nothing to do with your Ma family and Zhu family." It's really not good, can you find me some face-to-face people? ”

Zhu's eyes flashed, well, this can be there, King Annan got into trouble and sent 300 people into Wusa in batches in advance, so that they could follow Ah Zhuo.

PS: Catch bugs! (To be continued.) )