Shi Dian said: "My lord, how can I be willing to kill her, I think Zhao Yan is more likely to kill her." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Duan Fei asked.

Shi Dian said: "My lord, that Zhao Yan is cold by nature, and even his wife is willing to use it to pay off his debts, what else can't he do?" Li'er was killed, and he came to my house to make a big noise without saying a word, and framed me for killing his wife, just to squeeze another amount of money from the villain, isn't it? The villain promised to give him another 20,000 taels of silver, and he immediately stopped making noise, the villain suspected that Li'er was killed by him, because there was already news of Li'er's infidelity, Zhao Yan died to save face, and he had already begun to dislike Li'er, he must not do two endlessly, after killing Li'er, he can get a new love, and he can squeeze the villain for a sum of silver, it is simply killing two birds with one stone. ”

Shi Dian's words made Duan Fei's heart move, that Zhao Yan really had the motivation to do this, and only he knew that this was the last time his wife went to Shi Dian's house, and if he didn't kill him, he wouldn't have a chance, and Zhao Yan suddenly went crazy in the court, which was too coincidental, right?

Shi Dian is good at observing words and feelings, he saw Duan Fei pondering after listening to his words, he hurriedly added fuel and vinegar and said: "My lord, this Zhao Yan has never been a good thing, after he took over the Zhao family's business, he instructed the people below to lack catties and shortages to harm customers, and the medicinal materials sold were even adulterated, and the adults who bit me today have also seen it, such a cruel and cunning guy, who else is he who killed the poor man?" ”

Duan Fei's mind turned for a moment, and he scolded: "The other person has gone crazy, can you get away with putting all the blame on him?" ”

Shi Dian shouted: "Adult, the little ones don't dare, the little ones are telling the truth." ”

Duan Fei shouted: "Is it true that the official will go to investigate, come here, escort this historical book to me back to the prison, without the consent of the official, no one will be allowed to visit or leave the court!" ”

Back in the back hall, Duan Fei thought for a moment and said, "Rong'er, Xiao Han, Hua Ming, who do you think is more like a murderer?" ”

Guan Xiaohan replied: "Childe, according to my observations on the side, I don't think this historical book looks like a murderer. ”

Su Rong didn't make a sound, Hua Ming said: "My lord, I also think that the words of the historical classics are more credible, and Zhao Yan is more like a murderer." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "I also suspect Zhao Yan, he has motives and abilities, you think, that day Shi Chao sent Zhao to the fork in the road, Zhao refused Shi Chao to walk into the path alone, Shi Chao was stunned outside the intersection for a while, but did not hear any sound, in fact, at that time, Zhao had already met the murderer, or had been killed, even if Shi Chao was stunned at that time, as long as Zhao screamed Shi Chao could still be heard, why didn't Zhao make a sound?" ”

Su Rong sighed lightly: "Because she met an acquaintance, someone who wouldn't hurt her, she didn't scream, otherwise even if someone suddenly rushed out to kill her, she would still have a chance to exclaim." ”

Duan Fei smiled: "Yes, she must have suddenly seen an acquaintance, but ...... The case file recorded Zhao Xiaochun's confession that Zhao Yan did not leave the house that night, and he was still very drunk, how could he kill someone? ”

Jiang Jun interjected: "My lord, you forgot that the wife of the Ming Dynasty does not prove her husband, and the son does not prove her father, and Zhao Xiaochun's words cannot be used as evidence." ”

Duan Fei said with satisfaction: "Yes, what everyone said is very reasonable, it seems that the murderer is very likely to be this Zhao Yan, Rong'er, are you really sure that this Zhao Yan is really crazy?" ”

Su Rong glanced at Guan Xiaohan, and it happened that Guan Xiaohan also looked at her, Su Rong frowned slightly, and said, "My lord, I'm not sure, although his eyes are scattered and crazy, it may be pretended." ”

Guan Xiaohan smiled: "Why bother? I believe that General Hua doesn't need half a cup of tea to tell adults a definite answer. ”

Hua Ming said with a fist: "Yes, my lord, hand over Zhao Yan to me, even if he is really crazy, I can let him confess obediently!" ”

Duan Fei nodded with a wry smile and said, "Try to use some light techniques, don't cripple him, I don't know if he is really a murderer." ”

Hua Ming agreed, and left with Luo Chaohui and a few other Jinyi lieutenants, Guan Xiaohan looked at his back and said with a smile: "The people of Jinyi really like to torture people." ”

Duan Fei secretly said in his heart: "The people in Dongchang are not bad, maybe they are even more powerful." ”

Shi Bin walked over with a box sweating profusely, Duan Fei smiled and said, "Leave him alone, let's go find Yang Qincha, I'll let you see how powerful the foreign gun is!" ”

In the garden in the backyard of the Suzhou Mansion, Yang Qincha and Duan Qincha stood side by side, surrounded by curious Su Rong, Guan Xiaohan, Shi Bin, Jiang Jun and others.

Duan Fei had never played with these two muskets, and he didn't even know the ratio and quantification of gunpowder, but fortunately, these were two muskets given as gifts, which were fully furnished, and there were not only two muskets in the box, but also a pack of gunpowder, a bag of bullets, an iron mill and a small thing that looked like a bullet casing in later generations, Duan Fei estimated that this thing was used to measure the amount of gunpowder.

Regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, Duan Fei loaded a barrel of gunpowder into the barrel, then pressed it with the iron, and then loaded the particles into it, and after lighting the fire rope, he smiled at everyone: "Everyone, look carefully, I'm going to fire!" ”

Duan Fei aimed the musket at the rockery in front of him, pulled the trigger, only to hear a loud bang, everyone felt a pain in the eardrums, the screaming sound in the ears did not disappear for a long time, there was a thick smoke in front of him, and after the smoke dissipated, everyone looked at the gravel all over the ground and the rockery that was bombed into a big pit, why not close their open mouths for a long time.

Duan Fei used an iron to pass through the barrel of the gun, and another bullet was loaded, and within two minutes, another shot was ready, Duan Fei pointed to the rockery and said, "I want to hit the pavilion on the rockery with this shot, you take a closer look." ”

There was another loud bang, this time everyone opened their eyes wide to see clearly, and when the loud noise came, the small pavilion on the top of the rockery and the large stone at the bottom seemed to be hit by an invisible force, and instantly exploded, turning into a splash of rubble.

Duan Fei put down the gun in his hand and said: "This is still a short-barreled pistol, if it is a long-barreled rifle, it is more powerful, it can fight farther, farther than a bow and arrow, if you change to a skilled soldier, he can fire several shots with a cup of tea, if I have a thousand soldiers in my hand, each with such a musket, I will arrange for them to line up in many rows, when the first row lies prone on the ground, the second row is half squatting, and the third row is standing. In this way, the gun array is like a wave of the sea, and it will never stop, even in the face of 100,000 enemy soldiers, I want him to have no return! ”

Seeing the power of the arquebus with their own eyes, everyone was shocked and speechless for a while, even Duan Fei's exaggerated power of the musket was true, Yang Shen picked up another musket and exclaimed: "I didn't expect the Western musket to have developed to such a powerful level, it seems that what you said is true, with such a sharp firearm, Westerners are really worried, the design of this firerope is extremely ingenious, why did our craftsmen never think of such a method?" ”

Duan Fei said: "The principle of the fire rope is still relatively easy to imitate, and even a simpler ignition method can be designed, but didn't Brother Sheng'an see that this musket is really beyond the reach of our Ming craftsmen?" The stainless steel used in this barrel is by no means able to be refined by our Ming craftsmen, and it is dug out with a steel bar, can our Ming craftsmen do it? Everyone has already started mass manufacturing! ”

Yang Shen looked at the barrel of the gun carefully, silent, he didn't know anything about this, but he was already convinced of Duan Fei's words, the two guns in front of him were proof, Yang Shen had also seen the Beijing army drills, the equipment of the Beijing army's Shenji battalion was the best in the Ming Dynasty, but the muskets they used were both bulky and weak, and they couldn't compare with the two small guns in front of them, even if Duan Fei's words were discounted, they should not be taken lightly.

Guan Xiaohan curiously picked up another musket and looked at it quite carefully, Su Rong couldn't help frowning when she saw her like this, reached out and snatched the musket away, and said with a smile: "Childe, this musket is very fun, can you give me one?" ”

Duan Fei said: "This kind of backward gun is nothing fun, if you like it, just take it and play with it, be careful not to hurt yourself." ”

Guan Xiaohan looked at the musket in Yang Shen's hand greedily, and said in a coquettish tone: "Childe, I want one too......"

Before Duan Fei could answer her, Su Rong had already snatched the musket from Yang Shen's hand and said, "This musket is going to be dedicated to the emperor to play, do you want to play?" Go find a Western pirate and rob it yourself. ”

Guan Xiaohan looked at Duan Fei pitifully and said, "Childe, Sister Rong'er, she bullied me......"

Duan Fei looked at Su Rong a little strangely, Su Rong winked at him with a clear look, Duan Fei smiled knowingly: "Rong'er is right, I really want to present this musket to the emperor, who made you a step late?" I'll keep you another musket next time I get it. ”

Guan Xiaohan smiled and said, "Don't forget, Childe, Sister Rong'er, our sisters have such a good relationship, can you borrow your musket and show me, okay?" ”

"If you don't give it, you won't give it, this is the first gift that Childe gave me, and I won't let anyone touch it." No matter how Guan Xiaohan begged, he just wouldn't give it to her.

Duan Fei watched them play with a smile, and Yang Shen said worriedly: "Lan Bao, the firearms of Westerners are so powerful, what should we do?" ”

Duan Fei replied: "I don't know, if the Westerners come over, I'm afraid that if we want to learn from the Great Song Dynasty, we don't want to pay tribute every year, and we can directly bombard Tianjin with strong ships and cannons, and only tens of thousands of people can capture Beijing." ”

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army killed Beijing and burned down the Old Summer Palace and sacked the entire city of Beijing. ”

Duan Fei sneered: "Brother Sheng'an, are you going to bombard the Coiling Dragon Pillar with a musket on top of the Golden Palace?" ”

Yang Shen was stunned for a moment, and then said dejectedly: "Yes, Lan Bao, what you are worried about is very much, if you don't see it with your own eyes, I don't believe that the musket is so powerful, and this matter has to be considered in the long run." ”

Duan Fei nodded and said: "I actually told the emperor about the power of Western firearms, but I didn't have a musket in my hand at that time, and the emperor didn't believe my words at all, but I have sent someone to care about this matter, and when I collect enough information, I will make suggestions to the emperor again." ”

Yang Shen sighed: "Lord Duan is far-sighted and worried about the country and the people, but we have always doubted Lord Duan's intentions, and he really lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly and said, "It's not necessarily far-sighted, it's just that I grew up by the sea and knows more about overseas affairs than those old grandfathers in the court." ”

Yang Shen laughed, the Manchu Dynasty was really dominated by old grandfathers, and Duan Fei's words were not wrong at all.

Duan Fei didn't have the time and space to ask Su Rong privately why he didn't let Guan Xiaohan touch the two muskets, because Hua Ming walked quickly with an embarrassed expression, and hugged his fists at Duan Fei and said, "My lord, Zhao Yan is dead!" ”

Duan Fei was taken aback and blurted out, "How is it possible! ”