Sprinkled with water to cool down, the heat wave still hit people near the ruins, dust flew all over the sky, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke was like a naughty goblin, drilling into people's noses one by one.

Qin Lin didn't care much, tore off his shirt to cover his mouth and nose, squatted on the ruins and rummaged through them, frowning and thinking about something from time to time.

Xu Xinyi also covered her mouth and nose, squatting next to her like a curious baby, and rummaging through the ruins like Qin Lin, but she didn't know what she was looking for at all, she was bored, she wanted to ask Qin Lin, seeing his focused look, she didn't want to interrupt his train of thought.

Squatting on the ground, her round thighs tightened her pants, Miss Xu supported her thighs with both hands, and secretly looked at Qin Lin at work: "Hey, don't say it, this guy looks quite handsome when he concentrates on doing things......"

Finally couldn't hold back the stuffy gourd, Xu Xinyi poked Qin Lin's waist and eyes: "Hey, what are you looking for?" ”

"Something interesting," Qin Lin said as if he was going crazy, pulling through the pile of rubble vigorously, cutting bricks, tiles, and other things to both sides.

"What, it's still a secret? Cut! Xu Xinyi muttered dissatisfiedly, but still started to help Qin Lin planing bricks and tiles.

My aunt and grandmother! Ma Debao happened to see this scene, and he didn't know what to say, the eldest lady of Wei Guogong, who commanded the Nanjing army, crawled all over the rubble and was covered in ashes, and also helped the surnamed Qin to plane bricks and tiles, if Wei Guogong and his old man saw it later, we couldn't tell it all over our mouths - surnamed Qin, how much face do you have, dare to call the eldest lady to do coolies?

Hurry up, Ma Debao beckoned the soldiers to go up and help planing.

Qin Lin smiled at him, and was not polite, so he asked the soldiers to clean up the bricks and tiles along the large crater formed by the explosion, taking care not to touch the traces of the ground, while he himself and Xu Xinyi stayed in place and continued to pull the bricks and tiles to both sides.

Suddenly, Qin Lin laughed, and spit out three words in his mouth: "Found it!" ”

I saw that the bricks and tiles were cut and the floating soil was swept away, and there was a scorched black mark on the ground!

This—this is ...... Xu Xinyi's eyes widened.

"Traces of the fire rope burning on the ground," Ma Debao replied, his expression becoming more and more gloomy.

There are only two possibilities for explosion, accident and vandalism.

The powder magazine only stores gunpowder, and both lead bullets and arquebuses are stored in a separate storehouse, and in the event of an accident, there should be no traces of the inquebuses burning on the ground.

Now the conclusion is coming out: someone uses a fire rope as a time-delay fuse, ignites it, and uses its slow-burning time to fly away, until the explosion suddenly occurs, causing a catastrophe of heavy casualties...... "Damn, what a bastard did it!" Lao Tzu is going to peel his skin! Ma Debao gritted his teeth with anger, although the casualties of the military craftsmen were not front-line soldiers, but their skillful skills provided a guarantee for combat effectiveness, for many years with the battalion to fight, made great contributions, who would have thought that did not die in the front line of the anti-Japanese imperial robbers, but in Nanjing's own army in the camp where the army was gathered, encountered a flying disaster?

At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud shout in the distance: "Ma Debao, Lao Tzu picked your skin first!" ”

The tower-like captain of the Tiance Guard, waving the Flying Tiger Flag, the Shuai Zi Flag, the Chinese Army Flag, the Charge Flag, and the Golden Gourd Axe, the Golden Whip, and the Golden Whip and the Golden Whip of the Golden Guards, the guards and horses were too many to count, and the officers and flag officers were covering the front and back, and they were surrounded by Xu Bangrui, the Duke of Wei who was wearing a python robe.

The officers and generals of the Zhejiang army battalion all bowed down and knelt down in a large area.

Xu Bangrui's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he was glaring angrily at Ma Debao: "Ma Debao, how did you neglect your duties, slack off your military aircraft, and manage the army so carelessly that you even blew up the powder magazine?!" Come on, take it! ”

"The last will be convicted, the last will be convicted!" Ma Debao kowtowed repeatedly.

Seven or eight flag officers rushed up and immediately captured him, and the officers and generals of the Zhejiang army battalion were silent, and they didn't dare to take a sip.

"Wait!" There was a shout from the ruins.

Who dares to stop the anger of the Wei State? The Jingwei who came with Xu Bangrui all commanded the ministers, commanders, and commanders to look up at the same knowledge, and saw two people standing on the ruins, which were particularly conspicuous when all the officers and generals of the Zhejiang army battalion knelt down to pay homage to the Duke of Wei.

Moreover, the two men were covered in dust as if they had just come out of the ground, and they were still covering their faces, and they didn't know where they came from, so they frightened the commanders and envoys, and only said where the assassins came from.

A grumpy commander drew his sword in his hand and shouted irritably: "Bold! ”

The colleague hurriedly pulled him a few times: "It's the eldest lady!" ”

Thanks to this commander, the anxious wisdom is blessed to the soul, and he hurriedly said: "Bold Ma Debao! ”

Poor General Ma was shot again while lying down...... Xu Bangrui, who was blowing his beard and glaring at his eyes just now, immediately smiled when he heard that it was his daughter's voice, jumped off the horse, and said as he walked: "Why is it like this?" It's like coming out of the ashes, and go back and see how your mother cleans you up! ”

"Xiaguan see Grandpa Xu!" Qin Lin bowed and saluted.

Qin Lin was covered in dust and covered his face, Xu Bangrui didn't recognize him, he found that it was him, and he was happy again, he wanted to send a few words to his daughter, but he didn't say anything now, he nodded at Qin Lin with a smile, and looked around at the generals:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Chief Qin, this is called the Gongzhong Country! Although he was dismissed from his post by the imperial court, he did not complain at all, and still worked hard to do the king's affairs, and when he heard the explosion, he rushed from the city to investigate, and it is rare for an official of my Ming Dynasty to do this...... Hmph, dismissing him because of a minor mistake, wouldn't it chill the hero's ardent loyalty to serve the imperial court? ”

The Xu family has been with the country since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and there is the Ming Dynasty and the Duke of Wei, so Xu Bangrui faintly accused Zhang Juzheng in his words, but he had no scruples.

The officials and generals didn't know about this layer, and immediately praised Qin Lin, and the guerrillas and thousands of generals in the Zhejiang army battalion did not dare to say it, and chose to ignore the fact that Qin Lin was here to compare guns.

Xu Bangrui was secretly happy, very smug about "provoking" Qin Lin and Zhang Juzheng, and reprimanded Ma Debao with a straight face: "General Ma, look at what you do, huh?" But as long as there is one-tenth of the loyalty of Qin's deputy thousand households, he will not let the powder magazine blow up to shreds! ”

Ma Debao was shot for the third time, his face turned green, and he secretly sighed that he was unlucky, and this time I am afraid that it will not only be closed by losing his position.

"Daddy, I'm afraid I can't blame General Ma for this!" Xu Xinyi suddenly said this.

Qin Lin pointed to the scorch marks on the ground and showed Xu Bangrui: "This scorch mark looks like it was left by detonating gunpowder with a fire rope, so it is very likely that it was deliberately sabotaged. ”

"That's the case......" Xu Bangrui stroked his beard and snickered weirdly, so he asked Ma Debao to be released left and right temporarily.

General Ma Shen kowtowed three more times before he got up, and he was grateful to Qin Lin for a while.

Xu Bangrui's face was solemn again, and he said to Qin Lin seriously: "This duke will entrust Deputy Qin Qianhu to investigate and handle this case, if the facts of the case can be clarified, this duke will appoint you to be reinstated!" ”

(To be continued)