After all, the competition in the hunting ground was just a joke, and after the four of them had had fun and ran out of energy, the competition came to an end.

The final comparison of the competition is the number of prey, Zuo Shenyan won the first place with his superb archery skills, Zuo Mingli hit a hare in the end, Situ Xi was one ahead of him, and successfully won his hand crossbow and Chow Chow.

Situ Xi was not polite, and accepted the prize in a good mood, this crossbow is small and portable, and it is most suitable to take it on the body for self-defense, and it is also very interesting to raise a Chow Chow.

"His Royal Highness is deliberately courting Brother Situ, what do you think of him after getting along today?"

After Zhong Limo took Situ Xi to train the bow and arrow, Zuo Shenyan came to Zuo Mingli, he looked at the back of Situ Xi and the others, and was a little curious about Zuo Mingli's attitude today.

"What do I think, didn't Brother Shen Yan also say that he is talented, and since my father allowed him to participate in the spring hunt, it is obvious that I have appreciated him a little recently, I just follow my father's intentions."

……

"Uncle, where did this thing come from? It looks so majestic! ”

"Brother-in-law, this crossbow is definitely a good thing, His Royal Highness King Geng is afraid that he will regret it very much at this time."

In a shooting range, Zhong Limo was looking at the crossbow won by Situ Xi in his hand, and there was a hint of envy in his eyes.

"It's just that it's a little too dangerous, so don't put crossbow arrows into it on a fair day." Zhong Lixuan was just behind Situ Xi, and she naturally saw the power of this crossbow clearly.

Shooting arrows with a bow, he gradually found a feeling, and at this time, the arrows sent by Situ Xi could already hit the target steadily, although most of them were only on the edge of the hit.

He was also thinking about this crossbow in his heart, to be precise, he was thinking about the weapons of this era.

Just now he asked Zhong Lixuan, there is almost no development of firearms in Chu at present, but he saw the powder mixed with sulfur and nitrate in the bamboo tube of Hua Shaoying in the morning.

It seems that the research on gunpowder has not matured, and attention has not been paid to the manufacture of gunpowder weapons.

In fact, he hadn't thought about making firearms for self-defense before, but he had a lot of concerns, after all, others were in enemy countries, and many things were inconvenient to do.

But the cooperation that Flower Shadow had said this morning and the crossbow he had in his hand at the moment had awakened his idea of making improvised firearms.

He thought about the simple and easy-to-make firearms recorded in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", such as gunpowder arrows, tribulus fireballs, thunderbolt fireballs, etc., and he planned to go back and make some spare ones in case of emergency.

After all, it seems that there are many people who want to trouble him recently, and there must be a way to get the materials on the side of Flower Shake.

"That's right, brother-in-law, let's go back tonight, before leaving, my mother said that if we have time, we can go to the temple on the way, it is said that during this time, many monks have returned to the temple, if my brother-in-law is interested, we can go and have a look."

"Nearby?" Situ Xi remembered the name, "I remember that my aunt gave me a tip, and I heard you say that the bag came from the nearby temple." ”

"Ah, uncle, did the eldest lady give you the spiritual wish bag of the nearby temple? This is a rare thing, with the help of which you can go to the nearby temple to make a wish, and it can also let the monks solve their doubts. ”

……

"Lord Gao, it's been a few days, I wonder if what the villain asked for has a result?"

In a hall, Fan Yongzheng was standing in front of a high-ranking official in a scarlet robe, and asked him about the imperial list with a worried expression.

"There is no news yet, but the grain and grass have been put into storage, and even if this matter does not work out, Your Majesty will not lose your reward...... It's just that where did you get those two documents, after Your Majesty read them, it seems that he had the intention of summoning you, but he was delayed because of other things on the way......"

The scarlet-robed official shook his head at Fan Yong, he was only responsible for conveying the appeal of this traveling merchant upwards, he looked at this old merchant, and there was curiosity in his eyes, this person was quite capable, not only could he invite the Duke of Huai Ming to come forward, but the two documents he presented attracted His Majesty's attention.

"Still can't do it...... Fan Yong's face was a little sad, but he quickly adjusted, and bowed to the scarlet-robed official again, "No matter what, thank you for your help this time, the villain has prepared some small gifts, and please don't dislike it." ”

"If you have a heart, just put it aside." The official surnamed Gao was not averse to his gift, nodded and then said to him lightly: "You have contributed food and solved some troubles for the official, the official will not take your benefits in vain, you prepare, I will send someone to take you to meet the person you want to save, but you can only stay there for a quarter of an hour at most." ”

"What?! Thank you, my lord, thank you, the villain is a little out of shape, and please forgive me! Fan Yong's heart was already full of disappointment, but Lord Gao's words suddenly made him very excited, he didn't expect to receive such a surprise today.

"It's okay, you go and wait outside." Master Gao smiled faintly and waved his hand to signal him to go out first.

……

Somewhere underground in Xuan'an, there is a huge space here, in which the passages are vertical and horizontal, and the walls are divided into dim stone rooms, and the rows of torches inserted in the walls are constantly burning.

There was no sound here, but as the stone door on one end of the staircase was opened, clusters of light entered, and heavy footsteps began to echo in the stone chamber.

As if in response to the heavy footsteps, the sound of chains clashing echoed in various rooms underground.

The source of the footsteps came from Fan Yong and a saber officer, and after Fan Yong entered this place, he began to look around the harsh environment around him, and his heart felt even more sad.

Passing through the aisle in the middle of the two rows of rooms, Fan Yong observed the people held in these rooms, all of whom had long hair scattered at the moment, covering their faces, but from their shapes, it could be seen that most of them were burly men covered in scars.

After a few more turns, the official took Fan Yong to stand in front of a separate stone room, and then he took out a key from his bosom and stepped forward to open the door of the stone room.

The door was opened, but there was no sound in the room, and the light was dim, Fan Yong had mixed feelings in his heart at the moment, he looked into the shadows in the corner of the stone room, and took a small step forward with his right leg trembling.

In the corner of the thatch lay a shirtless strong man, his back to the direction of the stone gate, his hair was also scattered randomly, and the knife wounds, sword wounds, and burns on his upper body were shocking, and there seemed to be no intact skin on his back.

And Fan Yong saw this back, his heart trembled, his lips trembled a little, his throat seemed to be stuck by something, he couldn't make a sound, he just walked quickly towards the man.

Just as he was approaching the strong man, the man noticed his noise, and he sat up suddenly, turned around in an instant, and his right hand was already clawed, and he swung forward rapidly.

But after a moment, his hand stopped in the air, and when he saw the face of the old man in front of him, a stunned look suddenly appeared on his face, and he struggled to ask uncertain questions in a hoarse voice.

"Fan Bo?"