After a while, the chief eunuch and the commander of the forbidden army were escorted to the palace by several guards. Both of them were trembling in two strands, and they were already bloodless with fright.

Wu Jieyu's bedroom was on fire, and now most of the fire has been extinguished, but to their despair, only a few burned and incomplete corpses were found inside, as well as some guards' armor.

It was the corpses of several forbidden soldiers who rushed in at that time, and because Wu Jieyu was in the dormitory, now that the house has collapsed, if you want to find the body, you must wait for the fire to be completely extinguished, and then dig up the ashes.

But in their opinion, Wu Jieyu's death has become an established fact, and no matter what the cause of this incident is, the two of them will not escape the blame. Death is certain, and the rest is a question of what kind of death you will have.

You must know that the Tang Dynasty was an era when cool officials were prevalent, and all kinds of torture emerged in an endless stream in the Tang Dynasty, for example, Lai Junchen was a famous cool official at that time, and the idiom of inviting the gentleman into the urn came from his allusions. This torture can be seen in boiling a person alive in an urn.

There are also beheadings, car splitting, chopping, killing and so on.

The most important thing is that in the Tang Dynasty, there was no civilized law enforcement system now, and you will only be executed if you are found guilty. In ancient times, killing people was much more casual. Especially when the emperor kills people, he doesn't need too many reasons.

Gao Lishi said: "Your Majesty, the matter has been investigated clearly, the cause of the fire should be that the brocade tent blown by the wind ignited the tables and chairs, and the cause of Niangniang's death should be that the coal poison stunned Niangniang, and she was choked by the smoke and suffocated." ”

In the Tang Dynasty, there was coal in the palace, and now although it has been two months since the New Year, because the weather is repeatedly changeable, and Wu Jieyu is afraid of the cold, so she still lit a charcoal fire. In fact, this is also a good communication between Li Shan and Wu Jieyu, in order to mislead them.

Tang Xuanzong was upset when he saw these two people now, because he heard the news of Wu Jieyu's death before, Tang Xuanzong's blood surge caused a recurrence of his head wind, and now he still has an unbearable headache, and he doesn't have the heart to care about these people's mistakes. waved his hand and said, "All the eunuchs and palace maids in charge have come out to cut them." ”

The palace fire has nothing to do with the forbidden army, Tang Xuanzong is still very good at distinguishing right from wrong. The two people who were dragged in at the same time, because of Tang Xuanzong's words, the current situation is very different. Seeing the chief eunuch being dragged out, the commander of the forbidden army couldn't help but have mixed feelings, both happy and afraid.

Li Shan also heard the news from the palace, and nearly 100 people, including all the palace maids, eunuchs, and deacons, were all killed with rods. When Li Shan heard the news, he only felt a dull feeling in his heart, his stomach was a little tumbling, and he almost vomited.

Li Shan can be regarded as having seen blood, and so many dead people on the battlefield did not make him feel like this, but this time the feeling was completely in a state of disgust and remorse.

It's that he didn't think it through, he never thought that he would kill so many people for his own selfishness. I didn't expect Tang Xuanzong to be so brutal and execute these innocent people like this.

For the first time, Li Shan was full of disgust with imperial power. For the first time, Li Shan realized that the progress of civilization and the decline of imperial power are inevitable phenomena. Such a high degree of centralization and uncontrolled rule will only lead to extinction in the end. There was even a moment when Li Shan regretted saving Tang Xuanzong in the first place.

As twilight fell, Li Shan continued to compile his books in his study.

A gust of wind blew and the window opened, and when Li Shan got up to close the window, he saw Yun Fei already standing by the window.

Li Shan asked with a calm face: "When you made this plan for me, did you think that the emperor would execute those people?" ”

Yun Fei was obviously more cold-blooded than Li Shan imagined, after all, he was trained from Lijingmen. Yun Fei smiled: "Well, I didn't think about it. Whether to kill or not is the emperor's business, where can I care? ”

didn't think about it, how could it be, he was obviously thoughtful. In exchange for their safety, these dozens of lives. Li Shan said coldly: "Next time, if there is such a situation again, you must tell me in advance." ”

Yun Fei looked at Li Shan's somewhat angry look, sighed and said, "Brother, I know you can't accept it for a while, but have you ever thought that if you don't cover up this matter like this, the emperor will order an investigation." Do you think you're really sure you'll be able to escape the eyes of Lijingmen? I don't care, just leave, but you have a big family. If these people don't die, it is possible that you will die. ”

Yunfei is really good to Li Shan, if it were someone else, he wouldn't bother to explain.

And Li Shan actually understands this matter very well, but he just can't get over this hurdle, he is just competing with himself.

Li Shan took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, sat down and said, "Since my affairs have been completed, let's discuss what has been done." ”

Yun Fei smiled slightly: "Okay, has the magic weapon you said before been done, listening to what you said, I really want to see it." If it's as powerful as you say, it can save me a lot of trouble. ”

Li Shan took out a box from the desk and handed it to Yun Fei Dao: "This is my newly invented musket, which is made of gunpowder as raw material, and the power of the cannonball fired is ten times that of your secret weapon. ”

When Li Shan was the secretary of the arms department, he had been concentrating on studying matters related to artillery and muskets, in fact, at that time, Li Shan had basically solved all the technical problems, but they had not been announced. Coupled with the fact that Li Shan went to Nanzhao later and was deposed when he came back, so no one would know that the musket had been developed so far.

The power of ordinary muskets is actually no more powerful than crossbows. A strong crossbow can shoot through iron armor, and the maximum power of a musket is just that. But this one made by Li Shan was a musket specially prepared for Yun Fei to kill Yuan Tiangang.

Just like today's sniper rifles, to increase their power, they need a stronger barrel, more gunpowder, larger bullets, and already more streamlining.

This musket was more than three feet long, and it could not be held in the hand as a pistol, but a rifle used for ambushes and sneak attacks. And it is also several times more powerful than a strong crossbow, and it is more stealthy and has a longer range. The streamlined projectile, which is modeled after the design of the current bullet, can also ensure a certain armor-piercing ability.

According to Yunfei, Yuan Tiangang's skills are unfathomable, and he is an old monster who has lived for nearly 100 years, which simply cannot be explained by science, but Li Shan still firmly believes that Yuan Tiangang is just a person. The same mortal body will never be able to withstand the power of this musket. (To be continued.) )