Chapter 250: Meritorious Service
Chapter 250
The blind bear opened his teeth and claws and went straight to Zhengde with more than a dozen scars on his body, Zhengde's face was pale, he stood in place, and the sword inlaid with gems in his hand had long been unable to grasp and fell to the ground, and the whole person was already scared stupid.
The black bear arrived at a stone's throw away, raised the fan-like bear claw and fanned the head to Zhengde's white and tender face, everyone exclaimed in surprise and closed their eyes and couldn't bear to look at it again, the bear claws were as sharp as a knife, and one claw went down to make your skin rough and thick to be disemboweled, not to mention the emperor with fine skin and tender meat, this paw is enough to slap the emperor's head to pieces.
At the last moment, a figure flew out from the side, and the huge impact knocked Zhengde's body into several circles, Zhengde fell dizzy, got up, and stood in front of him A not tall figure stood between himself and the black bear.
"Song Nan!" Zhengde exclaimed with joy.
"The minister's rescue is too late, and the right person has no choice but to offend the emperor, and I hope to forgive the sin." Song Nan stared at the black bear's head and said without replying: "Gonggong Liu, are you going to paralyze where to watch the play?" Don't hurry up and help the emperor to leave! ”
Liu Jin woke up like a dream, quickly struggled to get up, and commanded several frightened eunuchs to step forward to help Zhengde; Princess Kangning rushed out from the side and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, are you okay?" ”
Zhengde didn't answer, and shouted at Song Nan: "Song Nan should be careful, this bear blind man is really powerful, and the sword can't penetrate his body." ”
Song Nan licked his lips and said, "The minister knows, the emperor is leaving." ”
Zhengde was helped up and fled into the distance, and did not forget to look back when he was frightened, only to see that the bear blind man let out a low roar, and was fiercely rushing towards Song Nan, and when he came to Song Nan, the person stood up and raised the bear claws high, and the half-foot-long claws flashed with a black halo, making people dare not look directly.
Zhengde felt remorseful in his heart, he knew that Song Nan was finished, in order to save his life, Song Nan could only take his own life, although it was natural for the courtiers to save each other, but Zhengde never wanted to see this scene.
However, Zhengde could not do anything, he could only watch Song Nan die, and secretly said in his heart: Song Nan, I have known all your loyalty to me today, after you die, I will reward and support your family, add your official position, I will bury you ceremoniously and worship you in person......
"Song Nan......" Princess Kang Ning suddenly turned around and broke free from the pull of the eunuchs beside her and ran back.
"Sister Huang, come back soon." Zhengde exclaimed.
"Your Highness Princess, danger." Liu Jin and the others also exclaimed.
"Boom!" ……
A huge roar sounded, the ear drums of everyone were buzzing, and a cloud of smoke rose up, enveloping the foothold of Song Nan and the blind bear, the pungent smell of gunpowder filled the ears and noses, and everyone stared at the smoke in amazement, but they couldn't see the situation inside, only heard the huge roar of the beast.
Princess Kangning plunged into the smoke, and then Song Nan's voice came: "Princess, why are you here, go quickly." ”
Kangning's exclamation suddenly sounded, and there was another loud bang, and after the loud noise, there was an instant silence between heaven and earth, the roar of wild beasts was gone, and the noisy birdsong in the forest was gone, and everyone did not dare to come out, staring at the place where the green smoke rose.
The green smoke slowly drifted away, and the two figures snuggled together gradually revealed, and everyone couldn't believe their eyes, only to see Song Nan standing in place, Princess Kangning behind her tightly hugged Song Nan's waist, and shrunk her head and face behind Song Nan; In front of Song Nan was a pile of black fur like a hill, and it was the fierce blind bear.
Everyone suddenly let out cheers, although they didn't believe it, but it was obvious that this giant bear died in the hands of Song Nan, which was simply incredible, more than a dozen guards did not subdue this huge black bear, Song Nan actually killed it, it was a miracle.
Liu Jin trembled and shouted, "Song Nan, is that beast dead?" ”
Song Nan waved his hand in the thin smoke and shouted, "Your Majesty, it's safe, come and take a look at this big guy." ”
Zhengde was overjoyed, and led everyone to surround him, and seven or eight guards worked together to turn over the black bear lying on the ground, only to see that there were countless black holes between the black bear's mouth and nose, and viscous blood gushed out of the black hole, and the boss flowed on the ground.
All the guards looked at the fangs and claws of the black bear, and they all let out an exclamation of amazement, these giant bears have lived for decades, more than six or seven feet long, with a waist as thick as a big wheel, and the hair on their bodies is thick, and they are all piercing to the touch.
The whiteness on Zhengde's face had not yet receded, and he smacked his tongue and said, "You...... How did you kill it? ”
"Yes, how did Lord Song do it?" Everyone was equally curious, staring at Song Nan and waiting for him to answer.
Song Nan pulled out the modified short-handled flintlock double-barreled shotgun from his waist, put it in a chic circle in his hand and said, "This is it." ”
Zhengde suddenly raised his forehead and said, "What is this?" It seems to be a fire gun, why haven't I seen it? ”
Song Nan said with a smile: "This is an improved fire gun that the minister has nothing to figure out." ”
Liu Jin said in a deep voice: "Lord Song, how can firearms be used in private modifications? How can you carry a firearm without permission? ”
Song Nan laughed and said: "Gonggong Liu, as a military attache of the Ming Dynasty, why can't I ponder firearms and blades?" I'm also thinking about the armament of my mighty army. ”
Liu Jin said: "Then why don't you give it to the imperial court, but carry it privately?" ”
Song Nan said: "It's just that it hasn't been completely successful, although this thing is powerful, but it has the danger of exploding, and it almost cost me my life several times, how dare I present it to the imperial court?" If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, I wouldn't dare take any chances. ”
Zhengde laughed and said: "You are also a great blessing, this firearm is also powerful, even the invulnerable fur is also blasted in, if you can solve the problem of exploding, it can be described as an artifact." ”
Song Nan said with a smile: "Yes, thanks to the emperor's blessing, I didn't blow up the chamber just now, otherwise the minister would have been blown up by this fire gun if he hadn't been disemboweled; I think it must be caused by God blessing my great son to bless the ministers of the world, so this blind bear was not actually killed by the ministers, but by the emperor. ”
Everyone rolled their eyes and said in their hearts: This sycophant is naked enough.
Zhengde smiled: "How can I grab your merits, this bear is blind, at best, it can only be regarded as a killing by you and my monarchs and ministers." ”
Everyone rolled their eyes again, and said in their hearts: The emperor is shameless enough, work together to kill? Have you ever touched a single hair of this blind bear?
Song Nan said with a smile: "Then it will be stained with the emperor's light, and it will also share some credit, your majesty, I don't know what other fierce things are in this mountain forest, although the emperor is not afraid, but we can't kill them all, I see that it is too late, how about we go down the mountain and go back to the camp to rest?" ”
Zhengde didn't want to continue for a long time, and when he heard this, he said: "It's okay, I think that I can hunt such a fierce thing and return with a full load, come here, carry the prey down the mountain, let's eat roast bear meat today, and see how it tastes." ”
Everyone hurriedly acted, and in a vicious fight just now, three guards were shot to death by a big black bear, and the death was very miserable; Five or six others were wounded, but when they were brought to a little bit of flesh by the bear's claws, they were cut open like a sharp blade splitting tofu; Although the black bear was killed, everyone was in a state of apprehension, and no one wanted to continue.
The horn sounded, and the other men in the mountains and forests retreated into the valley, and when they saw the huge corpse of the black bear and the tragic condition of several dead and wounded guards, everyone gasped a few times, glad that they had not encountered this monster.
Everyone was dirty, the mountains and forests were impermeable and soaking wet, Song Nan went to the waterhole in the valley to take a cool bath comfortably, returned to the tent to change clothes and sat in the sun to dry his hair.
Dai Su'er lowered her head and stood aside with a wooden comb and towel silent, Song Nan sighed and said, "I'm tired." ”
Dai Su'er stepped forward silently, wiped Song Nan's hair, and used a comb to help Song Nan comb her hair and straighten her bun, Song Nan squinted and enjoyed the friction of Dai Su'er's delicate fingers on her head and face, and recalled the dangerous situation just now, just now she put a shot in the face of the blind bear, I thought that the blind bear would die, who expected that after Zhu Xiufu rushed in, the blind bear suddenly got up again, fortunately, it was a double-barreled firecracker, and a second shotgun, the evil bear opened its mouth again, Song Nan fired a shot in its mouth, and this resulted in the evil bear.
To tell the truth, Song Nan was also scared to death, if it weren't for saving Zhengde's life, Song Nan would never face the evil bear, the experience of later adventures told him that the bear is one of the most unprovoked animals, this guy is extremely ferocious and violent, and has a short temper; Once it invades what it thinks is territory, it will chase you until you die, and it will not help if you climb a tree, it will climb trees, and it will tear off the trunk in three or two strokes, leaving you dead under its claws.
The double-barreled firecracker was also exposed, and Liu Jin, who had a keen sense of smell, soon became angry with himself, although he prevaricated by exploding the chamber, but this was an unruly behavior after all.
The Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War is the most serious weapons research and development management department, and there are also clear regulations on expensive weapons such as firearms, and a small number of firearms can be equipped with a small number of firearms in the field guard and the Beijing camp, and only the Shenji Battalion is equipped with a large number of weapons in Beijing; The rest of the departments, such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which were only responsible for reconnaissance and spying, did not have the authority to equip firearms at all, let alone develop firearms privately; Zhengde didn't come back to it, if he understood it afterwards, I'm afraid he would have to come to inquire about it.
However, Song Nan was just worried that Liu Jin would hold on to it, and Zhengde himself could justify the past, Song Nan already had a set of arguments, after all, if the double-barreled firearm wanted to equip Beizhen Fusi to improve the strength in his hands, he still needed Zhengde's approval, and he also needed the appropriation of the imperial court to produce it in large quantities, which Song Nan had already begun to consider.
However, Song Nan was thinking about another issue now, so he stretched out his hand to summon a personal guard and ordered: "Go and call Hong Chou, the guard of Mashuikou Fortress." ”
Dai Su'er's hand, who was fiddling with her hair behind her, paused obviously, and Song Nan said softly: "It's not about you, your incident has been revealed since last night." ”
Dai Su'er said in a low voice: "Thank you for your magnanimity. ”