Chapter 422: Who Fights?
"This Chen Jiaban deliberately came to this capital to sing this play, did he want to hint at something?" Qin Niang narrowed her eyes and said thoughtfully.
According to normal reasoning, King Ling obviously attaches great importance to his heirs, otherwise he would not have to hide the outer room so well, but now that others have run away, knowing that the child has been sold into slavery, he has not made any moves, and it looks like a chess piece that can be discarded at any time.
"This play has been sung for a few days, and Your Majesty should have heard about it, you say, will Your Majesty have the same thoughts as us?" Fang Yuanyuan suddenly had some gossip, and he wanted to know what the emperor would do next.
At this time, the drama reached its climax, the spectators on the stage kept clapping their hands, and the theater was full of excitement, and suddenly, only a loud "bang" was heard, and the little student who was still somersaulting suddenly fell on the stage, and then he was smeared with a pool of blood.
"Oh my God! What was the sound just now? ”
"It seems to be the sound of a firearm!"
"Firearms!"
"Ah~"
The scene suddenly became chaotic, and the women who were sitting downstairs, closer to the stage, covered their faces and screamed sharply, holding their heads one by one, like headless flies.
"What's going on? How can there be firearms? The steward in the theater immediately ran out, and while directing people to carry the little students out of the stage to find the doctor, he asked in a loud voice, "Did you all see it just now?" From which direction did it come from? ”
Those men and women who were watching the play had already been frightened by the loud noise just now, and they ran out with their heads in their hands, and bumped into each other from time to time in the middle of the road, and the scene was very chaotic.
"Don't mess up, everyone, seal the door for me first, I don't believe that thief can fly out." The steward's commanding thugs told them to close the courtyard gate quickly.
Those ladies and sons who wanted to go out with their heads in their arms were suddenly unhappy.
"Boss Chen, what do you mean? We're here to see the show, and now that this kind of thing has happened to you here, why don't you let us go? ”
"That's it, we have to leave now, hurry up and open the door, otherwise, I will let people smash your troupe."
One by two, pointing at the man who looked like he was in charge, he shouted menacingly, obviously strong on the outside and doing it in the middle.
"Everyone is in a hurry, isn't this also to catch the thief who set the dark fire, as long as the person is caught, Chen Mou will come to the door one by one to apologize another day, and I hope you will cooperate, if this thief can't be caught, if you run out and set off the dark fire again one day, then you must be uneasy, right?"
Boss Chen nodded and bowed his head, lowered his posture and accompanied him carefully, persuading these noble women and sons, for fear that they would smash the field if they disagreed now.
"You said it nicely, if you want us to cooperate, the other party has a firearm in his hand, who knows how much gunpowder the thief has in his hand, if he can't get out, and a piece of gunpowder blows us all away, then won't we all have to bury you here?" A son of a family said unrelentingly.
"That's it, hurry up and let us out, this thief just shot someone from your troupe, what does it have to do with us? Obviously, your troupe has offended people, even if you can't catch people, it's your hidden danger, what does it have to do with us? Another boy also chimed in.
Immediately afterwards, a protest sounded, and Boss Chen was quickly surrounded by everyone.
The people upstairs basically ran down, and those who were still sitting in their original positions did not move, only Qin Niang and Fang Yuanyuan, as well as the table of the male guest seat Changle Junwang opposite.
The other party didn't seem to take this fright seriously at all, still drinking wine and eating side dishes, looking very comfortable.
Seeing that there was a mess below, and a fight was about to start, the courtyard door suddenly opened from the outside, and then, a platoon of errands rushed in, and the one led by shouted: "Get out of the way, Jingzhao Mansion Yin received news that someone here has secretly hidden firearms and injured people, Jingzhao Yin is handling the case, and idlers must not obstruct it!" ”
As soon as everyone saw that the people of the government were coming, they immediately quieted down, and consciously gave way in the middle and let Jing Zhaoyin's people in.
Li Mu then walked in, he was wearing the official uniform of Zheng Sanpin, his face was full of gloom, it is a felony to possess firearms, didn't the Gao family be sentenced to beheading because a large number of firearms were copied out a few days ago?
Now at the feet of this son of heaven, there are still people who dare to openly hold firearms to hurt people, isn't this looking for trouble for him, the parent official in the capital?
"My lord, the little one has ordered someone to close the door as soon as possible, presumably the thief should still be in the courtyard, and the adult will definitely find the thief even if he searches." Boss Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously.
Li Mu waved his hand and motioned his subordinates to hurry upstairs to search.
The errand officers in that row scattered in all directions with a swish, and searched around the entire theater building.
"Young Mrs. Gu is really bold, she can still sit still in a scene like this." Song Xi, the king of Changle County on the opposite side, suddenly said with a smile.
Qin Niang didn't know what the purpose of this person suddenly accosting her was, so she could only return it as follows: "Why is it not the same for the prince of the county?" ”
It didn't look like a wasted Cheshire prince who only knew how to eat, drink and be merry.
At this time, the errand had already gone upstairs, Fang Yuanyuan's face was so recognizable, even if they didn't recognize Qin Niang, they also recognized Fang Yuanyuan, naturally they didn't dare to suspect that they had hidden firearms, so they could only run to Song Xi's side and ask him to get up with his elders and let them search it.
"Presumptuous! Do you know who our master is? Chang Sui made a face and shouted, "This is the king of Changle County." ”
Those errand officers were stunned for a moment, but then they hugged their fists at Song Xi and said: "Yaxing who disturbed the prince of the county, I'm sorry, but we are also acting on orders, and I hope the prince of the county can understand." ”
Recently, the prince of the county has been staying in the capital, and he also has the intention of going out to play, but as soon as he is in the capital, many things have happened one after another, and they don't dare to underestimate these people who seem to be harmless to livestock, besides, firearms, these things, ordinary people can't get them, Li Mu confessed before they came, no matter what status, they are suspicious.
Chang Sui's face changed, and he was about to reprimand, but was stopped by Song Xi raising his hand, he stood up with a light smile, and said freely: "It's okay, just let them search it." ”
He didn't have those things with him anyway.
Song Xi left the table, stretched out his hands, and let them search, but he glanced at the position behind Qin Niang silently.
Others may not have noticed this inadvertent and inconspicuous action, but Qin Niang's attention has been on him since the first time she came in and saw Song Xi, so every movement of Song Xi couldn't escape her eyes.
Song Xi glanced at her, what did she mean? Isn't that the firearm from her side?
Soon, the servants searched all the corners and cubicles upstairs, and suddenly, one of the officers shouted, "There is a fire gun here, but it doesn't look like it, my lord, do you see if this thing hurts someone?" ”
The officer walked out of the curtain behind Qin Niang with the small firearm, and handed the improved firearm in his hand to a leading officer and soldier, the officer and soldier took it and looked at it, he had never seen it look like this, but when he opened the magazine, his face suddenly changed: "It seems that it is most likely it." He looked up at the officer and asked, "What about the people?" Is this all there is? ”
The officer nodded: "This thing fell under the table, the people have probably run away, there are a lot of people here, it seems that most of them are mixed in the crowd, my lord, it seems that it is not easy to find." ”
Moreover, most of the people sitting here are dignitaries, so they can't bring all these people back to the yamen for questioning, right?
The leader couldn't make a decision, so he took the firearm downstairs to find Li Mu, and when Li Mu heard it, he immediately felt a headache.
Qin Niang's eyes widened and she looked at the fire gun in Li Mu's hand downstairs, and she didn't spit out a word for a long time, that style, isn't it an improved version of what she painted?
However, the improved version is checked by Gu Chen himself, and it is said that only a dozen or so have been made so far, and each one has been registered and marked, so what is the matter with the one that has been searched out now?
"Sister Qin, what's wrong with you?" Fang Yuanyuan saw that she was staring at Li Mu's side, and pushed her curiously and asked.
Qin Niang came back to her senses, made up her mind, and told herself that she wouldn't, although she and Gu Chen released the bait, they still haven't heard of anyone stealing that picture, or, what's wrong with the iron shop, so, how did this firearm come from?
At this time, Li Mu suddenly raised his head and looked in her direction, Qin Niang only felt her heart skip a beat, and she had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, in the next moment, Li Mu personally came upstairs, walked closer, and arched his hand to Qinniang and said: "Mrs. Gu Shao, I heard that you improved a firearm a few days ago, and Gu Shao specially took it into the palace to be personally inspected by His Majesty. ”
Qin Niang thought, sure enough, what are you afraid of.
This firearm does look like a new style, and now only Gu Chen can make a new style, and the drawings were drawn by her, whether this one was made from Gu Chen or not, she Yang Qinyan couldn't tell clearly.
"I'm also very curious, the drawings I drew have been on the market for less than half a month, so let's go to Jingzhao Yamen to have a good chat." Qin Niang got up and patted the non-existent dust on her body, looking calm and calm.
She also wanted to know if the fire gun in Li Mu's hand was made by her.
Fang Yuanyuan grabbed her sleeve, her face was full of worry and apology, if she hadn't pulled Qin Niang out, she wouldn't have encountered such a thing.
Qin Niang gave her a reassuring look, then looked at Li Mu, nodded and said, "Let's go." ”