"What are you?" As soon as Xu Huabiao entered Zhou Jieqiong's room, he smelled a strange smell.

Then, I saw Zhou Jieqiong, who was holding a stone pestle there, grinding something.

The smell in the room, not to mention how bad it was.

"Oh! O brimstone! Didn't you say that you needed sulfur and saltpeter, and charcoal to make that gunpowder? ”

“…… I remember telling you a thousand times, don't do it yourself, it's dangerous, why can't you remember? ”

"Danger? What danger can there be......"

"It's going to die!" Xu Huabiao walked to Zhou Jieqiong's side and took aside the sulfur she was trying to grind.

"Then I'm bored when I'm idle! In Xuchang, nothing can be done. Zhou Jieqiong stretched out her hand and took the sulfur back, and then, with a strange smile on her face, "I have secretly made a little gunpowder out." ”

“…… You're too damned, aren't you!! Xu Huabiao became angry, "That thing ......"

"I haven't tried it yet, is that thing as powerful as you say?" Zhou Jieqiong shook her head, "I look at it, it's just a little powder or something!" How does that stuff work? ”

"How to use it? Well, let's go out of town now, and I'll find a place where no one is around, and show you how. ”

"Oh! Good! Zhou Jieqiong nodded.

Then he turned around and took out a jar from the house.

"Don't tell me that this jar is full of ......" Xu Huabiao looked at the twenty-centimeter-high clay pot, a little speechless.

"Yes! It's not as hard as you say! It's that saltpeter is a little more troublesome, and the rest, whether it's sulfur or charcoal, are easy to find! I've been idle and bored for the past month, so I just made a bunch of them. ”

“…… No, you just put this jar in your room? ”

"Oops! You don't have to worry! I'm secretly hiding under my bed! Even if the maid comes to clean it, you won't find ......"

"That's not what I'm worried about!!" Xu Huabiao took it from Zhou Jieqiong's hand with a smile and a smile, "Do you know how dangerous this thing is?" ”

"I just don't know!"

“…… Let's go! Xu Huabiao felt that he would stay in this room any longer, let alone save Lin Yun'er, he was afraid that he would have to run to Lin Yun'er and wait for her......

The two of them just left the princess's mansion and got into the car, and no one stopped them all the way.

Those subordinates arranged by Li Xiuman in the princess's mansion will not come out to ask Xu Huabiao for being suspicious at this stall.

The two of them just took the carriage driven by Xu Huabiao all the way out of Xuchang City, and it was already late in the afternoon.

"I suddenly found out that it's not impossible to just take you all the way back to Luoyang!"

Seeing that he could actually drive the princess out of Xuchang City in a car, Xu Huabiao's face was even more surprised than when he saw Zhou Jieqiong take out so much gunpowder just now.

"That's not good, if I just go with you, you're kidnapping the princess and eloping...... That's a big sin. Zhou Jieqiong shook her head, "I still want Ming Media to marry!" ”

"Yes, I didn't plan on not marrying you...... Well, since it's getting dark, it's good that we're nearby, and we won't be able to go back to the city for a while. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Jieqiong nodded and looked around, "Where are we going to test it?" ”

“…… It should be fine over there. Xu Huabiao saw a pile of stones on the side of the road, and drove the carriage over.

The two got off the carriage, Xu Huabiao picked up a stone on the ground, checked it, and nodded.

"That's it."

“…… How are you going to present it? Zhou Jieqiong had curiosity on her face.

"Just look at it."

Xu Huabiao took off the clothes he was wearing, forced, tore off a piece of cloth from it, poured out a little gunpowder from the jar, and wrapped it in clothes.

"Don't be so stingy, pour more!" Seeing that Xu Huabiao couldn't get enough of a handful, Zhou Jieqiong hurriedly said, "It's okay, I'll just make it again when I run out......

"I'm afraid it's dangerous to use it too much!"

Xu Huabiao wrapped a small bag of gunpowder, then made a fairly long lead with a strip of cloth, and dipped a little gunpowder in the jar to make the lead more flammable.

A small explosives pack was finished.

Xu Huabiao took it easy and buried it under a pile of stones.

"Is that all?" Zhou Jieqiong watched Xu Huabiao do the preparations, and the curiosity on her face became heavier.

"You hide behind the carriage." Xu Huabiao nodded.

"Oh, good!" Zhou Jieqiong was very obedient, hid behind the carriage, poked out half of her head, and looked at Xu Huabiao curiously.

Xu Huabiao used the fire to ignite the fuse, and he hurriedly hid behind the carriage.

Stained with gunpowder, it burns quickly.

Not much.

There was a muffled bang.

The pile of stones that Xu Huabiao piled up, just as he expected, was directly disintegrated.

There were two pieces, and they even smashed directly on the carriage, thump, making two soft sounds.

As for Zhou Jieqiong, she was directly frightened and dumbfounded.

A handful of them has such power? If this is the jar......

Recently, I have been sleeping on such a jar of things??

"I told you it was dangerous, right?" Xu Huabiao looked at Zhou Jieqiong's cold sweat and asked with a smile.

“…… That one...... Otherwise, these things will be placed with you first. I...... Well. ”

Zhou Jieqiong looked at the jar in Xu Huabiao's hand, feeling uncomfortable.

"Just put it on my side for now, it just so happens that I may have a place to use it in the near future." Xu Huabiao nodded, "In the next period of time, you will help me make a little more saltpeter, right?" That's a rare thing......"

"Light saltpeter won't explode like this, will it?"

"Of course not! You have to believe me! I didn't intend for you to do such a dangerous job! ”

“…… Oh good. Zhou Jieqiong nodded.

But it's obviously much better behaved than when he just got out of the city.

As if glued to Xu Huabiao, he followed him and returned to the carriage.

For a long time, I still couldn't speak.

"Do you know about Lin Yun'er?"

Xu Huabiao drove back to Xuchang and whispered to Zhou Jieqiong.

Zhou Jieqiong didn't answer.

It seems that he is still stunned.

"Are you alright? Don't lose your soul too......"

"Ahh Well, I heard. ”

“…… I plan to take her to Xuzhou for medical treatment. ”

"Xuzhou? You...... Going so far, it's ...... marriage with me."

"I'll ask Li Xiuman to help me finalize it before I go."

“…… Can it be finalized? ”

"Definitely, even if it can't be done...... It's a big deal, I'll arrange for someone to send you back to Luoyang, just like today. ”

"I feel that Li Xiuman is deliberately letting me go today. I've tried to go out of the city twice before, but I've been stopped at the gate. ”

"After all, I saved his life, and he will repay this kindness."

“…… Good. ”

Zhou Jieqiong leaned on Xu Huabiao's shoulder.

"Are you alright? Did it really scare you just now? ”

"Well, my clothes seem to be wet......"

"It's not going to be incontinent, is it......"

"Yikes! What are you talking about! It's Khan!! I don't believe you're touching ......"

“…… It's not appropriate, right? ”

"Tonight...... Otherwise, you'll live in the Princess's Mansion. ”

“…… Well. ”

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