Chapter 42: The Sound of Cannon in the Middle of the Night

Xiao Zhengde is here, let's hurry up and watch!

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In the capital, late at night, on an empty barren mountain woodland in the western suburbs of the palace, hundreds of tents are scattered, and in the central tent, a young man wearing a brocade robe and a dragon robe, carrying a long sword at his waist, is sitting in a precarious position.

"Qian Ning, Xu Tai!" The young man raised his eyebrows, glared at the two of them, and said, "What I asked you to do, can you do it properly?" ”

It turned out that this young man was Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the two people kneeling below to obey the order were his prostitute favorites Qian Ning and Xu Tai.

"The emperor can rest assured, everything has been done, the four thunder cannons have been assigned to four battalions now, and they can enter the mountains tomorrow to practice martial arts," Qian Ning hugged his fists and said.

"Okay," Zhu Houzhao nodded, reached out and picked up a long-barreled musket from the table, played with it gently, and then said to Qian Ning and Xu Tai: "Now that Yungui is in rebellion, the thieves are getting bigger, but such an old minister in the court is killing me and not letting me go to the army, what is the best way for you?" I originally wanted to continue to consume with them, but I was worried that the people of Yungui were waiting for the Heavenly Army not to arrive, and after a long time, people's minds changed, and if they wanted to subdue them at that time, it would be a little difficult. ”

Hearing this, Qian Ning and Xu Tai secretly glanced at each other, both a little helpless. These people are just prodigals who don't learn and don't know how to do anything, and they can only do something under the protection of Zhu Houzhao, if they let them help think of ideas, especially to deal with such an old minister as the old minister in the court, they are absolutely incapable.

Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Zhu Houzhao was bored and helpless, got up and waved his hand: "Accompany me to Hubao Pond for a walk!" ”

"Your Majesty, this big night-" Qian Ning just said half a sentence, but when he was glared at by Zhu Houzhao, he already lowered his head and didn't dare to squeak, so he could only obediently follow Zhu Houzhao.

Out of the camp tent, Zhu Houzhao took Qian Ning Xu Tai and a team of personal soldiers and slowly walked towards an undulating mountain.

"Roarβ€”"

Before he got closer, he could faintly hear the roar of beasts coming from the mountain. It turned out that it was the place where Zhu Houzhao collected birds and animals. This guy also has brains, and when he saw that there was a deep valley in the mountain, he ordered someone to chisel the four walls of the deep valley and block the mouth of the valley, making the deep valley a closed world, and then he put the tigers and leopards he collected, as well as all kinds of rare and exotic beasts, into the valley, making it a zoo beyond the times.

When Zhu Houzhao was fine, the greatest pleasure was to come here to watch the beasts, and sometimes even fight with tigers and leopards with his bare hands, because in the process of fighting, he found that the leopards were the most ferocious, so he named this place "Leopard Room", and built more than 200 houses on the mountain, and set up his emperor's camp here.

However, the emperor did not like housing, he used to live in tents, eat and live with his own soldiers, the purpose is to imitate the real battlefield environment, so that when the real war is fought, he can adapt to the battlefield life.

Approaching the abyss in the middle of the night, listening to the roar of the beasts in the valley, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sigh faintly: "Tiger, tiger, you must be very depressed when you are locked up here, right?" But what can you do? That's fate. Don't say it's you, I'm the true dragon emperor, aren't I also locked up in this capital? ”

Yes, although you are the son of heaven, but Zhu Houzhao is really unhappy, he is strong in martial arts, and he yearns for a heroic life that gallops on the battlefield and dominates the world, but unfortunately because of the constraints of the imperial court system, he has been trapped in the capital, doing nothing, and accompanying a group of old men all day long.

"The real king, that is to laugh at Ao Yunei, lead the heavenly soldiers, and expand the territory, how can you sit in the city of sorrow? What's more, today, with all directions moving around, and there are a lot of small nights, why can't I be given a chance to show my strength?! The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more angry he became, he turned around abruptly, and pulled out his sword with a "swish", so shocked that the people behind him immediately knelt on the ground, and they didn't dare to move.

"Hey!" Zhu Hou looked at those people, slammed his sword into the ground, and then walked abruptly towards a military camp.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" Qian Ning and the others followed closely behind, full of anxiety and doubt.

"Cannon, where is my cannon?!" Zhu Houzhao stood in the camp group and shouted loudly.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's voice, the soldiers in the camp tent were immediately startled, and immediately more than a dozen soldiers uncovered the canvas and pushed out a black and iron cannon from the corner.

"Hit, hit me hard!" Zhu Houzhao pointed to the mountains and forests on the outskirts of the camp and shouted at those soldiers.

"Your Majesty, it is late at night, and if you fire a cannon, I am afraid that it will cause panic among the people in the city-" Qian Ning sweated on his forehead and knelt on the ground to persuade him.

"Get out of here!" Zhu Houzhao pushed Qian Ning away, snatched the torch from the soldier's hand, and then ordered the soldier to reload the ammunition, and then he decisively lit the fuse.

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"Boom-"

A tremor came from a distance, Liang Hong woke up instantly, sat up from the bed, pushed open the window and looked at it, but found that the sky had not changed, and the sound was not thunder.

"What happened?" Hearing footsteps outside the door, Liang Hong pushed open the door and walked out to ask.

"I don't know," Lin Pingzhi stood in the living room with a long sword, but after a while, he frowned and said: "I heard that the current emperor is a martial artist, training troops in the western suburbs, and using cannons to practice martial arts. ”

Hearing this, Liang Hong nodded, put his mind at ease, turned around and looked inside the door, and found that Bai Xiu'er and Xiao Yu'er had not woken up, so he quietly closed the door, walked into the living room, lifted the teapot, poured a cup of tea, and sat down opposite Lin Pingzhi.

This is already the third day of his arrival in Beijing. In the space of three days, he bought a property and a storefront on the street, and was ready to settle down here, but he hadn't yet decided what business he wanted to do.

"It's late at night, you go to bed early, we don't have any enemies now, so we don't need to be vigilant until so late," Liang Hong looked at Lin Pingzhi's thin face and said with concern.

"I'm practicing swords," Lin Pingzhi said.

"That's how you want to beat me?" For Lin Pingzhi's hard work, Liang Hong saw it in his eyes.

"Beat you?" Lin Pingzhi looked at Liang Hong and sneered.

Seeing Lin Pingzhi's expression, Liang Hong's heart sank, and he had a premonition that things didn't seem to be good, so he frowned and said, "Are you going to deal with Yue Buqun?" ”

"You-" Lin Pingzhi was shocked, stared at Liang Hongdao, "How do you know?" ”

It turned out that he had been practicing his sword hard, and he really planned to deal with Yue Buqun. Lin Pingzhi didn't know why, in short, he felt that he was born for revenge, Yue Buqun was the culprit who killed his whole family, if he couldn't kill this big villain with his own hands, even if he died, he wouldn't be able to turn a blind eye.

However, Lin Pingzhi also knew that he was definitely not Yue Buqun's opponent now, so he followed Liang Hong, not so much to give in, but to hide secretly. As the so-called big hidden in the city, as long as he doesn't keep quiet and doesn't go out to make a noise, Yue Buqun will never be able to find him, but he can use this time to practice swordsmanship painstakingly, and then wait until the swordsmanship is completed, and then go to Yue Buqun for revenge.

And he follows Liang Hong, and another advantage is that Liang Hong's sword skills are indeed very powerful, so he must at least be able to defeat Liang Hong in order to have the confidence to deal with Yue Buqun, from this aspect, he just treats Liang Hong as a sparring partner.

"It's a pity, according to our schedule, I'm afraid that by the time you go to deal with Yue Buqun, Yue Buqun will have died a long time ago." Liang Hong looked at Lin Pingzhi.

"He's dead? How could he die? How could he die? As soon as he heard this, Lin Pingzhi couldn't help but be nervous, subconsciously got up, paced anxiously, and then turned his head to look at Liang Hongdao: "I'll rush to Huashan now, I can't let him die casually, if he wants to die, he can only die in my hands!" ”

Paranoia!

Liang Hong looked at Lin Pingzhi, sighed in his heart, and said to him: "It's okay if you want to go, but the consequences may be miserable." Yue Buqun will certainly die, but that Ling Hu Chong is not easy to deal with, not to mention Zuo Lengchan and others, Huashan today is not a peaceful place. ”

"No, I must kill Yue Buqun, this treacherous hypocrite, every time I think of him, I will break out in a cold sweat, if I can't kill him with my own hands, I guess I won't be able to sleep peacefully in this life!" Lin Pingzhi walked around anxiously a few times, and then suddenly raised his feet and walked out of the door.

"Lin Pingzhi!" Seeing Lin Pingzhi's actions, Liang Hong snorted coldly and stopped him.

"What, you want to stop me?" Lin Pingzhi's face turned cold, and he raised his hand to draw his sword.

"When am I going to stop you?" Liang Hong looked at Lin Pingzhi: "If you don't kill all the enemies, you will definitely not be able to settle down at ease, so what's the use of me blocking you?" I just hope you'll be more careful not to put yourself in it. ”

Liang Hong said this, paused, and said to Lin Pingzhi: "Wait a minute, I have something to give you, you can bring it, maybe it will be useful." ”

After Liang Hong finished speaking, he returned to the house, took a small box and walked out, and put the box on the table.

The box was opened, and under the light, it was a golden light.

"These gold leaves, you carry them, easy to use. I know you're not short of money, but you might be able to use it. As the saying goes, a penny suffocates a hero, walking the rivers and lakes, although chic, but if there is no money, then it will be depressing," Liang Hong spread a gray cotton cloth on the table, grabbed a handful of gold leaves and put it on it.

Lin Pingzhi looked at the gold leaves and was not very interested.

"These two guns were given to me by Brother Shouren for self-defense, originally one was mine and one for Xiu'er, but I don't need it very much, I'll give it to you," After taking the gold leaf, Liang Hong took out two short firecrackers from the box, put one of them on the cotton cloth, and then simply wrapped the cotton cloth and stuffed it into Lin Pingzhi's hand.

"The firearm can be stuffed in the boots, in an emergency, suddenly attacked, no matter how strong the enemy will inevitably die on the spot, it is a sharp weapon to kill the enemy, but it is difficult to fill, only one shot, you need to use it carefully, and remember not to get wet with water, otherwise it will be ineffective." After Liang Hong finished speaking, he patted Lin Pingzhi on the shoulder and said, "You can go with confidence, I hope you can come back safely." ”

"Hehe," in the face of Liang Hong's concern, Lin Pingzhi sneered, and then took out the short gun, but it was suddenly pressed against Liang Hong's chest, and then looked at Liang Hong with a smile and said: "Now I only need to deduct the bolt, and you will die here immediately." What do you think? Say, what is the purpose of you deliberately wooing me, and who are you? ”