When the carpenter saw the giant crossbow, his eyes lit up, and the eyes were like a swordsman seeing a peerless sword, and Meng Qi seeing a peerless beauty.

"It's incredible!" The carpenter looked up and down the structure of the giant crossbow, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the surface texture and trap clips of the giant crossbow.

"Well, can you make it?" Meng Qi asked with some anticipation, if this carpenter could make it, it would save Meng Qi a lot of satiety.

"You can try." The carpenter nodded.

"Very good, you will be called 'Luban' in the future." Meng Qi said with a smile.

"Thank you Your Majesty for the name, by the way, I dare to ask, can I take this giant crossbow apart and take a look."

"It's demolished, and it won't be demolished." Meng Qi said with a smile.

"Yes." With the emperor's consent, the carpenter Lu Ban began to tinker with the giant crossbow in front of him, but the giant crossbow was really well designed and ingenious, and Lu Ban walked around for a long time and didn't find where to start.

Meng Qi and Xiang Guo were bored waiting next to them, so Xiang Guo said to Meng Qi: "Your Majesty, let's take a step to talk, it's not a way to wait here." ”

"Okay, then what Luban, you get it here first, and if you succeed, go and tell me." Meng Qi ordered to go down.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Ban stopped what he was doing and bent down to see Meng Qi away.

Meng Qi and Xiang Guo left the arsenal and walked on the road, when they were discussing the encirclement of the lake and the cultivation of fields, they suddenly heard a roar from the direction of the arsenal behind them, and then even the ground under their feet shook.

"What's going on?!" Meng Qi turned his head to look in the direction of the arsenal, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

The face of Xiang Guo next to him was also cloudy.

After a while, two people ran from the direction of the arsenal, their faces were black, and their clothes were in tatters.

"Your Majesty is not good, the arsenal ... The arsenal blew up. ”

Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "How can it be fried?" ”

"As soon as the giant crossbow was disassembled, it caused an explosion, and Pasdo... No, it's Lu Ban, Lu Ban was blown up. ”

"Damn?!" The corners of Meng Qi's mouth twitched, he now knew that exploiting the loopholes in the system would be punished like this, he squatted down, hugged his head and cried.

"Your Majesty's condolences! There is no resurrection from the dead. Xiang Guo squatted down and patted Meng Qi on the shoulder and comforted.

Meng Qi's face stiffened, and he muttered in his heart: "Lao Tzu is distressed about the giant crossbow, the giant crossbow that has been exchanged for eight days of food and drink has been blown up like this, and it is still blown up in the arsenal, I don't know how much has been lost in this wave." ’

"Your Majesty loves the people like a son, it's rare to see such a virtuous king!" Sangkook sighed.

Meng Qi wiped away a handful of tears, covered his face and said: "I deeply mourn Comrade Lu Ban who died on the road of seeking truth, this warrior lives forever in our hearts. ”

Actual inner monologue: 'You dead system, cheat thing. ’

Hearing Meng Qi's heartfelt words, there was a burst of applause in the audience, which lasted for a long time.

Calming down, Meng Qi took Xiangguo back to the arsenal to check the losses, surprisingly, the huge explosion in the arsenal just now did not spread, as if it was confined to a small range, only Lu Ban who was nearby unfortunately died.

"That's fine." Meng Qi looked at the fire oil, black powder and newly made glycerin bombs placed in the corner, and wiped a cold sweat.

Meng Qi returned to his residence, Xiang Guo kept following, Meng Qi said a little strangely: "Liu Neng, why haven't you gone back?" ”

Xiangguo sat on the bench by himself and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the old minister has something in his heart to tell you. ”

"Oh? What words? Meng Qi was a little strange, he looked at this strange old man.

"Your Majesty, you haven't seen it, the Pingtian Kingdom used to be very powerful, a few points stronger than the current Lanling Kingdom, and then gradually fell to this point for some reasons, and it was even not as large as the territory of the previous county." As he spoke, Sangkook sighed lightly.

Meng Qi was a little strange about how this superpower fell, but he didn't ask, if Xiangguo wanted to say it, he would naturally say it.

"Now, I see hope in you, you have all the qualities of a king who will unify the world, and in addition to that, you have divine powers that they do not have, so I believe that in many years, the map of this world will be turned upside down because of you." Xiangguo Liu Neng stared at Meng Qi, his eyes were burning, and Meng Qi was a little involuntary.

Meng Qi scratched his head and smiled: "Liu Neng, I'm embarrassed if you say that." ”

"The old minister apologizes to you for what happened before." As he spoke, Sangkook suddenly knelt down and lowered his head deeply.

Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiang Guo, and said, "Liu Neng, are you drunk today?" I'm sorry. ”

"In the past, Lao Chen was blind to Mount Tai, worried that you would be delayed by women, and he also pretended to be clever and directed a scene in front of you, now I think about it, I am really ashamed." Xiangguo shook his head, dumbfounded.

Meng Qi understood, this Xiangguo was talking about the suicide of the maid.

"Then you shouldn't apologize to me, you should apologize to the dead maid, but everyone is dead, and there is no point in apologizing." Meng Qi spread his hands helplessly.

Xiangguo was stunned for a moment, and Meng Qi immediately said, "I mean that the matter is over." ”

Xiangguo nodded, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty, what I want to remind you is that the people around you, except for me and General Zhang Dagen, are not trustworthy. ”

Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, and said with a strange face: "There is a mole?" ”

Xiang Guo nodded and said solemnly: "And after this big defeat in the battle of Feng Xuechuan, I am worried that you will be in danger, so I want to remind you to be careful of the people around you." ”

Meng Qi swallowed unnaturally, he suddenly felt that being an emperor was not a good errand, and from now on, he couldn't even sleep well.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt a chill in his back, Meng Qi diverted the topic and joked: "The last emperor wouldn't have died at the hands of assassins, right?" ”

"Not really."

"Oh, I'll just say it."

"I killed the last emperor with my own hands."

"Damn?!" Meng Qi stared at the old man in front of him with wide eyes, looking at Xiang Guo's serious appearance, it didn't look like a joke.

"Why did you kill him?" Meng Qi said strangely.

"Because his existence threatens the survival of Hirata Province." Sangkook said calmly.

"Okay." Meng Qi glanced at Xiangguo.

"It's not too early, Your Majesty, you rest early, and the old minister retreats." Xiang Guo bowed deeply and exited Meng Qi's room.

Meng Qi sat on the bed thinking about things, and couldn't sleep for a long time, until the candle burned out and the room became pitch black, and he lay down.

Early the next morning, Meng Qi got up early, and as soon as he went out, he saw a few soldiers standing vigil in front of the door, Meng Qi said strangely: "Who asked you to stay here?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's Lord Xiangguo." The soldier replied.

Meng Qi nodded and ordered, "You guys go and rest, and let the people get me something to eat." With that, he went back to his room.

After a while, someone hurriedly walked in, not to deliver food, but to General Zhang Dagen.

"What's going on?" Meng Qi asked.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you are going to appoint the elite twelve?" Zhang Dagen asked.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"You should leave this matter to your subordinates, that bald man can't do it at all."

"Bald? You mean Guo Da. ”

"Ah yes, it's Guo Da."

"What's wrong with him?"

"The people he chose are not good at all, and they can't be called elites at all."

"Oh? I'll go with you and see the twelve he chose. Meng Qi was a little interested, and he didn't have time to eat breakfast, so he followed Zhang Dagen to the martial arts training ground.