Chapter 31: Assassination

In the afternoon, Pang Yue organized a group of craftsmen to debug the mechanical clocks under the leadership of Carlos, and selected a group of soldiers with the best understanding to come to Carlos's training to learn how to wind up, how to calibrate and so on. According to Pang Yue www.biquge.info's idea, each bureau of the soldiers will be equipped with a mechanical clock, and each department of the auxiliary army will also be equipped with a one, and these soldiers who have been transferred will be special "clockmen" in the future, responsible for keeping the clock and controlling the time. Later, Pang Yue approached Carlos and asked him if he could make a lighter clock using the existing conditions. In the face of Pang Yue's inquiry, Carlos said that he had been trying before, and promised that he would work hard to explore it in the future, and strive to make a more portable clock as soon as possible. Hearing Carlos's words, Pang Yue was very satisfied, and after encouraging him a few words, he threw out an incomparably tempting big cake: as long as he worked hard, he could even report to His Majesty the Emperor and ask His Majesty the Emperor to personally award him a reward. Carlos was stunned by the big cake on the spot, and after a cross on his chest, he hurriedly ran to work.

Following Carlos, Pablo also quickly got into the groove of work. Pang Yue sent ten flintlock pistols to the Ordnance Bureau and handed them to Kang Dingen, asking him and other craftsmen to figure out the structure and principle of flintlock pistols as soon as possible, so that they could produce this firearm in large quantities in the future, and sent Pablo over to give technical guidance. For Pablo, Pang Yue gave him the title of Chief of Firearms. At first, Pablo didn't have much of a sense of the position, but after Pang Yue asked Carlos to translate the position as "the next person in charge of firearms manufacturing", Pablo was overjoyed and said that he would work hard.

But Margio's work assignment was a little hiccup. According to his own statement, his profession is an artillery officer, but when Pang Yue was ready to let him go to the artillery team as an instructor, he looked down on those old guns. Later, after repeated persuasion by Carlos, he agreed to take office. In this regard, Pang Yue didn't say anything, just smiled, in his opinion, people always have a little problem. Observe for a while, if this Margio really has a few brushes, then these arrogances on him are nothing.

At night, at the gate of the Yamen of the General Army

"Miss Bing'er, thank you so much this time!" Pang Yue, who had gained a lot today, personally sent Liu Bing'er outside the door and once again sincerely expressed his gratitude.

Liu Bing'er smiled: "I said Mr. Pang, you have said this sentence dozens of times, and the little woman already knows it." Besides, this little thing is nothing, the little woman owed you a big favor last time! ”

"Miss Bing'er is knowledgeable, which makes Pang really admire!" Pang Yue said, "By the way, is the price given by Pang a little less?" Miss Bing'er helped me so much, but she only received five hundred taels of silver, which seems to be rude to Pang! ”

"Giggles...... Liu Bing'er smiled so much that a pair of willow eyebrows turned into crescents, "The little woman has been running the business house for her uncle for two years, and she has really never met a customer like Pang Zongbing, not too expensive but too cheap." If all the customers were like Pang Zongbing, this business would be easy to do. ”

Without waiting to speak, Liu Bing'er said again: "Mr. Pang doesn't need to say more, the little woman's business is at this price." ”

At this time, Pang Yue had no choice but to change the topic: "Miss Bing'er came to Ganzhou this time, how long can she stay?" ”

"I'm leaving tomorrow morning. If it hadn't been for the delivery of things to Mr. Pang this time, the little woman would not have needed to go through Ganzhou. What, is there anything else going on with Mr. Pang? Liu Bing'er's beautiful big eyes blinked, like stars in the night. …,

Hearing Liu Bing'er say this, Pang Yue's heart suddenly swelled with a sense of loss, and even mixed with a trace of sourness. He hadn't felt this way in a long time, and the last time he felt it was in his previous life. He was only about four or five years old that year, his father was busy with work, and his mother had just given birth to a younger sister, so he had to send him to his hometown in the countryside to be taken by his grandparents. When he saw his father and mother disappear at the end of the dirt road at the entrance of the village, he felt exactly that, no matter how long it took to forget. I didn't expect to travel to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and when facing a woman who was still a stranger, this feeling would actually reappear again.

"Is Miss Bing'er going to leave so soon?" Pang Yue said with some loss, "Well, it's okay." Now that the end of the year is approaching, it is time for Miss Bing'er to go back to reunite with her relatives. ”

When she heard the words "reunite with her relatives", a trace of sadness flashed in Liu Bing'er's big eyes that loved to laugh, but she quickly retreated. Coupled with the cover of the night, Pang Yue didn't notice.

"What Pang Zongbing said is very true, the New Year is approaching, the little woman should rush back to Guangdong as soon as possible, don't let her family wait in a hurry." Liu Bing'er's tone was obviously not as relaxed and active as just now, "Now it is an eventful autumn, and General Pang, as a military general of the imperial court, shoulders heavy responsibilities, and needs to take care of himself." ”

"Thank you Miss Bing'er for your kindness!" Pang Yue hesitated for a while and finally said the next sentence, "In the future, Miss Bing'er doesn't need to be called so raw, Pang's surname is Pang Mingyue, and the word Mu Yuan is in the table." After saying this, he himself felt a little redundant, and next time, it was a troubled time, everything was unpredictable, and it was difficult to say whether there would be a chance to meet next time.

However, Pang Yue's words made Liu Bing'er smile again: "The little woman also thanks Pang Zongbing's generosity." However, the little woman has been used to it before, so let's change her words the next time we meet. ”

"Hehe, it's fine." Pang Yue's smile was somewhat awkward.

"Then General Pang will stay here, the little woman has returned to the inn, and she has to hurry early tomorrow morning." Liu Bing'er said.

"Alright! Miss Bing'er, take care! ”

The moment Liu Bing'er turned around, Pang Yue's heart was suddenly touched again. After sighing softly, he turned around to go back.

As soon as he turned around, Pang Yue suddenly felt a chill that was close to his heart! This intuition is also inherited from his existing body, and it has been verified many times, and there can be no mistake!

"Mr. Pang, be careful!" Just as Pang Yue was about to react, a coquettish voice suddenly appeared. Immediately after, a delicate body pounced on his back.

"Phew!" The muffled sound of metal tearing flesh followed. Pang Yue turned his head to look, but saw that the person who pounced on him was Liu Bing'er, and now the blood on her face was fading sharply, and her body was slowly declining.

At the same time, a cold light flashed, and a man in black pulled out a sharp long knife from Liu Bing'er's back, and slashed at Pang Yue's head and neck like lightning. The eyes that peeked through the gaps in the face cloth were full of hideousness and pride.

"Whew! - Poof! At the critical moment, a heavy arrow made the man in black fall short, and the vicious three-edged arrow went directly through his left shoulder socket, and even knocked him back several steps.

"Protect your lordship!" With Wei Yuan's shout, dozens of personal soldiers rushed out from inside the gate and protected Pang Yue in the middle. Under the protection of his own soldiers, Pang Yue also hurriedly helped Liu Bing'er to retreat towards the gate.

Seeing that Pang Yue was leaving, the fierce light in the eyes of the man in black immediately appeared, and the pain in his left shoulder was only at the moment, and he pounced on Pang Yue again with the long knife in his hand. I saw that the black-clothed man's skills were quite vicious, and only a few cold lights flashed, and the two pro-soldiers who rushed to the front were already splashed with blood on the spot. However, these pro-soldiers have been following Pang Yue for a long time, and the word loyalty has long been engraved in their hearts, although some people fall from time to time, others still kill the man in black without fear. In a burst of swords, the man in black calmly responded to the battle, without falling behind at all. …,

"Thieves must be rampant!" Seeing that the soldiers had never been able to succeed, Wei Yuan roared, drew his saber and went forward, fighting with the thief.

Wei Yuan was also born in a martial arts family, especially proficient in swordsmanship, but now he can't have the upper hand against this black-clothed man of unknown origin, but the black-clothed man is fighting more and more fiercely. After only a dozen rounds, Wei Yuan only had the ability to parry.

"Whew! - Another sharp arrow roared towards the man in black. Unexpectedly, this time the man in black was prepared, and after his body changed and dodged the dark arrow, the iron-handled long knife in his hand slammed again, and the waist knife in the hand of a personal soldier came out of his hand and spun rapidly to fly away from the arrow.

Before Zhou Tianzheng, the deputy of the pro-soldier team who had just shot an arrow, could dodge, the sudden waist knife flew to his right shoulder. Although the momentum of the waist knife has decreased due to the distance, this knife still caused Zhou Tianzheng to suffer a heavy blow, and under the pain, the iron tire bow in his hand also fell to the ground.

At this time, seeing that Pang Yue had already retreated into the door, the man in black seemed to be crazy, and quickly got rid of Wei Yuan's entanglement and chased forward, and the encirclement of the soldiers was about to be broken. But Wei Yuan also knew that he had a heavy responsibility, and resolutely refused to let the man in black succeed, commanding a group of personal soldiers to drag the footsteps of the man in black with blood and bravery, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the brigade.

Just as the man in black was red-eyed, a terrifying cold light hit his chest like lightning in the night sky, and the strength was by no means comparable to ordinary soldiers. Rao is black-clothed man is strong in martial arts, not afraid of death, and was also shocked by this thunderous blow out of a cold sweat, subconsciously drew a knife to block, but unexpectedly, this cold light was like a dragon out of the water, and it had jumped to his face in an instant. The black-clothed man was shocked, and immediately raised his knife to block it.

"Khooth!" A high-pitched, piercing sound of metal crashing pierced the night sky.

Although the man in black was lucky enough to dodge this blow, he was shocked back several steps, a violent soreness and numbness came from the tiger's mouth, and the long knife in his hand was almost out of his hand, not only that, but the face cloth was also lifted away, and a deep blood groove was carved on the cheek full of resentment.

At the same time, a vigorous figure was already standing still, and the spear in his hand was pointed directly at the angry man in black.

"Pang Yue!" After Hei still saw the face of the person in front of him, he gritted his teeth.

It was Pang Yue who launched an attack on the man in black just now. After retreating into the gate just now, he handed over Liu Bing'er to his personal guards, and he personally picked up the iron gun and killed it.