CHAPTER XXVI
As the wound from the lion's claw healed, Julia looked at the scar in the mirror every day, and finally she had to accept the fact that the scar, which was too ugly to be ugly, would follow her right arm for the rest of her life.
"I really accumulated virtue in my last life, so I met a 'smart' needle doctor like you." Julia deliberately accentuated the word "high".
Yin Zhen was behind her, packing up the gauze that had been removed, and he was not ashamed of the ugly scar at all.
"You've got scars all over your body anyway, what's an extra piece? It stands to reason that no one but your man has seen this scar. He looked like he took it for granted, "In the future, if you really get married, I will explain to your man that if he is not happy about this, then give him a twenty-percent discount on the dowry." ”
Julia rolled her eyes.
Yin Zhen couldn't help but laugh and looked up at her: "Let me see, don't worry about it - it's not to be sent to the palace to be a mother, who cares if you have multiple scars or less scars?" ”
When he said this, Julia was slightly sad. She lowered her rolled sleeves in front of the mirror, covered her newly healed injured arm, and took a woolen coat to put on herself.
"Don't look at me like this.,When I was a Lori,I also love to watch a romance or something.,Being a mother was also my dream.。
Yin Zhen folded the gauze, he straightened his waist and looked at Julia: "You just dispel the dream of being a mother, according to your qualifications, it is difficult to make a promise in the palace." ”
"Cut, you know again!"
"Those who enter the palace must first be innocent, you don't even know who your father and mother are, who dares to ask you like this?"
"Discriminate against me again!"
"Besides, entering the palace is not a good thing, I don't approve of it." Yin Zhen thought for a while, and suddenly said, "It's better to enter Baylor Mansion, you have a large range of activities, and you can display your talents, and the future is unlimited." ”
Julia snorted: "Say I'm dreaming, aren't you dreaming?" What else is Baylor Mansion, then you can find me a Baylor Lord first! ”
Yin Zhen smiled and said nothing.
For the fact that Yin Zhen risked his life to save himself from the lion's mouth, Lao Lu thanked Yin Zhen. However, he still didn't tell Yin Zhen what he was doing that day.
Yin Zhen didn't ask again, he could feel that Lao Lu was a reliable person, since people didn't want to say it, there were naturally reasons for others.
Then that day, Lao Lu told Yin Zhen that there were some things to show him.
After lunch, Lao Lu brought Yin Zhen into his room, and he pointed to the corner: "The thing is there." ”
In fact, Yin Zhen had already noticed the box before. It was a camphor wood chest, the box was very old, the pink paint had almost faded, and the metal lock on it was made into an old-fashioned carved hollow appearance, reflecting a faint brilliance in the sunlight.
The box had been placed there, and it was covered with a silk embroidered tassel red silk cloth.
"Know what's in it?" Lao Lu asked.
Yin Zhen thought for a moment: "Julia's dowry?" ”
When Lao Lu heard this, he burst out laughing.
"I guessed that eight or nine is not far from ten." He bent down and dragged the box over, "When it comes to dowry, it doesn't get much better." ”
Tear off the red cloth covering it, then break the lock of the box and open the lid with a bang.
Yin Zhen suddenly realized that he was wrong!
The box is full of long and short guns!
"AK47, M99, 92F, AR-15, Ruger Mini and M1 Carbine and M3 Shotgun." Lao Lu counted them one by one, and then handed one of the black spears to Yin Zhen, "This, it's M16." ”
Yin Zhen grabbed the black strange firearm in surprise, the cold metal even had some frozen hands, he tried it, it was very heavy.
It was a weapon he was completely unfamiliar with.
"Have you ever shot?" Lao Lu asked.
Yin Zhen stumbled: "Open, opened, but I've seen it...... It's not the same as this one. ”
"Well, then I won't have to teach you how to shoot." Lao Lu said, "I can't practice it now, shooting here is too loud, it will attract zombies, and we can't waste bullets." ”
Yin Zhen nodded, and he weighed the M16 in his hand again: "This, it's pretty good." ”
Lao Lu laughed: "You also fancy this?" The M16 is not a good choice. The mechanics inside are not easy to clean, and they are difficult to maintain, troubleshooting, and calibrated – which is too much trouble, and we don't have time to do it in the face of hordes of zombies. To choose this gun, it is better to choose an old-fashioned 56 charge. ”
The old man took the M16 and gestured: "Julia likes this too." She, I've watched too many American dramas. In fact, the M16 was originally designed to meet the needs of air base defense, and it is not suitable for today. If you think about it, even if you punch the zombie through, as long as the head is not damaged, it will have no effect at all. It's too far from what we need, it's not as useful as the AK47, and although it weighs two and a half pounds, it still has a bayonet on it. ”
Lao Lu picked up a longer one again and stuffed it to Yin Zhen: "Come on, try it!" ”
Yin Zhen reluctantly raised his gun, like those musketeers, and leaned his face over.
"Well, like this, aim." Lao Lu stretched out his hand to hold the gun and gestured, "Although semi-automatic rifles are troublesome, their effectiveness is very good, skilled gunners, and they can kill 15 zombies in 10 seconds." You're very good at using a crossbow, so it's not hard to use a gun - will it be a bullet? ”
Yin Zhen shook his head.
Then, Lao Lu taught Yin Zhen this series of work hand in hand. He asked Yin Zhen to grope repeatedly until he could load the gun and change the bullet without hesitation.
"When you shoot, you have to be steady first. If it's a zombie, one shot is enough, and if it's a huge prey or a living person, it's safest to make up for a second shot. Lao Lu paused and said, "There are about 500 rounds of ammunition at home, and the days ahead will be long, so don't waste them until you have to." ”
Yin Zhen nodded.
They spent an entire afternoon exploring the use of firearms, teaching him everything except not actually pulling the trigger, and they didn't stop until it was dark.
"Why are you teaching me this today?" Yin Zhen asked.
Lao Lu smiled: "One more person who can use a gun, the safer the villa area will be." Well, I'm old, and half of the loess is buried. Julia: She can't rely on me alone. ”
Yin Zhen lowered his head and wiped the slight rush in his hand, he understood that Lao Lu gave him these guns out of trust.
Lao Lu suddenly asked: "Ah Zhen, in case I am not there one day, do you really plan to move out?" ”
Suddenly asked by him like this, Yin Zhen didn't seem to know how to answer. After a long time, he muttered embarrassedly, "Where can I go?" I'm angry with Julia. ”
Lao Lu laughed, his wrinkled face spread by a pleasant feeling. He reached out and patted Yin Zhen on the shoulder: "Julia is just unforgiving, but her heart is good." That child had suffered a lot before, that's why she became like a hedgehog, don't blame her. ”
Yin Zhen nodded: "I know." ”
Lao Lu looked at him, and suddenly said in a low voice: "By the way, you are a flag man, right?" ”
was suddenly exposed and concealed for a long time, Yin Zhen's heart beat wildly!
"Julia told you that?!"
His face changed!
Seeing that he was nervous like this, Lao Lu waved his hand indifferently: "What are you afraid of?" Not to mention that the difference between Manchu and Han has disappeared for more than a hundred years, even if the Eight Banners are still there now, you don't need to hide it from me for this matter. ”
"She promised me not to tell you!"
"She didn't say, that's what I guessed." Lao Lu smiled proudly, "You forgot, the first time you saw me, did you plan to greet me?" ”
Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered, indeed, the first time he saw Lao Lu that day, he did habitually want to give him a thousand, but he suddenly woke up halfway through the action and stopped.
I didn't expect to be seen by the keen Lao Lu!
"So, what's there to be afraid of? As long as it's not a zombie, it doesn't matter who it is! No matter how big the difference is, can it be bigger than the yellow-haired and blue-eyed foreigners? I've been with Sjepan before. ”
Seeing that Lao Lu really didn't care, Yin Zhen relaxed slightly.
"What flag is your family from?" He asked again.
Yin Zhen hesitated for a moment before saying, "Set the white flag." ”
"Really?" Lao Lu touched his chin, "One of the five flags." ”
Yin Zhen was taken aback: "Lao Lu, do you know this?" ”
Lao Lu smiled: "I have read a lot of miscellaneous books before. Speaking of which, one of your flag owners with white flags has a bit of a relationship with my family. ”
"What do you mean?"
Lao Lu smiled: "Julia must have gossiped with you, saying that my ancestors took over the royal drive." ”
Yin Zhen nodded: "Hmm." Mean, I took it...... Emperor Kangxi's imperial car. ”
"That's what I said, anyway." Lao Lu rubbed his gun idly, as if he was telling an old story, and said slowly, "It was also after I joined the army, when I got older, and I had nothing to do to ask around, so I heard about it a little bit." Back then, Emperor Kangxi toured the south of the Yangtze River with two princes, the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother. Back then, the fourth elder brother was the owner of the white flag. ”
Yin Zhen was stunned for a long time, and suddenly frowned: "Wait, let me think about it." Lao Lu, the ...... of your family The ancestor who took over the driving in the Kangxi Dynasty was not called Lu Yiming? ”
Lao Lu was taken aback: "How do you know?!" ”
Yin Zhen was stunned for a long time before he stumbled and said, "I'...... I remember seeing it somewhere. At...... I've seen it in books. ”
"Sure enough, it's a strong memory. Even this knows. I had to look up a bunch of genealogies to find the name. Lao Lu said with a smile, "It is said that the ancestor of my family is related to a Han army commander with a white flag. ”
"What you said, could it be Nian Qianyao?"
Lao Lu laughed, "Isn't it?" It's impossible for someone like you who reads ancient books not to know him. ”
"Well, I know him. Lao Lu, the ancestor of your family...... I remember becoming an official later? ”
"Yes, I think I must have donated money, big salt merchant." Lao Lu said with a smile, "Speaking of pick-up, I guess it's just serving Emperor Kangxi for a meal, and I can't talk about pick-up." He must have taken the path of Nian Qianyao back then, so he was the person of the fourth prince Yinzhen. It is said that our family prospered in the Yongzheng Dynasty. Of course, the prosperity did not last long, and after the defeat of Nian Qianyao, it is estimated that the ancestor of my family also fell unlucky......"
"Wait!" Yin Zhen grabbed Lao Lu's arm, "What did you just say?" What happened to Nian Qianyao? ”
"Nian Qianyao was convicted and killed."
Yin Zhen's eyes were so wide that he almost fell out of his sockets!
"Nian Qianyao was killed?!" His voice trembled, "When!" ”
Lao Lu was stunned, and then smiled again: "Won't it?" You don't even know this, do you? Wasn't he killed in the Yongzheng Dynasty? ”
Yin Zhen squirmed his lips: "Really?" It was Emperor Yongzheng who killed him? I...... I don't remember exactly. ”
Lao Lu looked at him in surprise: "Your memory is really strange, Ah Zhen, I remember the details clearly, Nian Qianyao was convicted of such a big thing, he would not remember." ”
Yin Zhen's face was pale, his fingers unconsciously touched a carbine in his hand, and after a while, he said dryly: "I read books with interest, and I read the places I like carefully." Lao Lu, do you remember why Nian Qianyao was convicted? ”
"Great rebellion and deception are such crimes."
He ...... He wants to rebel?! ”
Lao Lu smiled indifferently: "It's not that serious." However, this man is not a thing in the pool, and he does have a heart of disobedience. First, his character is like this, and second, Yongzheng himself has to take responsibility for this matter. ”
"What do you mean?" Yin Zhen hurriedly asked, "I...... Oh no, I mean, isn't Yongzheng good enough for Nian Qianyao? married his sister-in-law, and tried his best to support him, trusting him so much, why does that guy still have a heart of disobedience?! ”
"That is to say, too much trust, too much arrogance." Lao Lu shook his head, "That's why I said that Yongzheng has an immature personality, is very emotional, and looks at people too much black and white - his father Kangxi gave him a comment that he was moody and rash, which is really not wrong at all." He was like this when he was young, and when he got older, he just pretended to become stronger, but his temperament didn't change at all. ”
Yin Zhen lowered his head deeply, fiddling with the carbine without a sound, his fingers, kept mechanically lifting bullets, taking them out, loading them, and taking them out again......
Lao Lu bent down to pack the guns in the box while continuing: "Nian Qianyao himself has problems, he is different from Ortai and Tian Wenjing. Those people were very sober, no matter what kind of ecstasy soup the emperor poured on them, they could stay calm and know the measure. In this regard, the thirteenth brother of Yongzheng who has done the best, as a brother, Yinxiang knows better than anyone what kind of person his fourth brother is, no matter how much grace he gives him, he will not go beyond the rules, but will become more and more frightened. But Nian Qianyao is different, he thinks he is a relative of Jiaofang, a meritorious minister, and he really thinks that he and the emperor are 'friends in cloth' after being poured two bowls of ecstasy soup. Tsk, he really regards the emperor as a confidant - Yongzheng is the kind of person, how fierce the yin owl is! How can I really be a confidant with you? ”
When he said this, he sighed: "The ancestor of my family is also unlucky, following such a foolish master. In the end, the glory was lost, and it fell step by step, and so on during the Daoguang period, Tao Shu reformed the salt business, and the salt industry in Yangzhou declined step by step, and the Lu family had no power to return to heaven from then on. ”
When he said this, he came back to his senses and put down his gun: "Today is all about the ancients." Chen Sesame Rotten Millet said so much, even I didn't expect it. Ah Zhen, you're tired of listening, aren't you? ”
Yin Zhen raised his head and tried to squeeze out a smile: "How come." ”
"I'll go down and cook first. You practice it again. Lao Lu patted him on the shoulder, "Remember, the more skilled you are, the better, and you must shoot accurately in the shortest possible moment." ”
Yin Zhen nodded: "I know." ”
Lao Lu turned around and went out, and soon, he went downstairs.
Hearing him leave, the smile on Yin Zhen's face just now immediately disappeared without a trace.
He stared blankly at the gun in his hand, and suddenly, out of nowhere, a wave of anger came from nowhere, and smashed the gun to the ground!
With a "bang", the carbine fell far away.
Yin Zhen sat on the ground with a dejected face.