Chapter 251: The End of the Canon

"Bang!"

Without the shelter of pine forests, the deafening sound of gunfire is clearly audible.

"What sound?"

The emperor, who was talking to the ministers at the observation deck, stood up in a panic, walked quickly to the edge of the city wall, and looked down from the city wall.

But the vast hunting grounds were empty at a glance, let alone alone.

The voice of the fire gun was inaudible to the emperor, but for Zuo Xiang, who was in charge of the Ministry of Works, he had to listen to this voice almost every time, and he couldn't be more familiar with this voice.

"Your Majesty."

Zuo Xiang pondered for a moment, thought about it and felt that this matter was a little strange, and hurriedly approached the emperor, his voice was low, and he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Your Majesty, the sound just now seems to be the sound of a firecracker."

"Huh? How so? ”

The voice of the left minister made the emperor frown.

"Your Majesty, the armory lost two muskets after the last time the two men in black visited the gunpowder workshop at night, and the old minister has been investigating this matter, but there has been no news so far."

"And in the past few days, there has been a new batch of guns in the armory, and the old minister has been inspecting and testing the armory for a few days, and he is very familiar with this voice."

"You lost two firearms?!" The emperor's voice raised slightly, which made the eyes of all the ministers meaningful.

"Why didn't you tell me right away?!"

The emperor also noticed his gaffe and hurriedly lowered his voice.

"At that time, the situation was urgent, and the old minister was negligent for a while, and asked the emperor to surrender the crime."

Zuo Xiang didn't know how to explain it, so he had to admit it obediently.

As for why the ceremony was not carried out, others don't know, but the emperor is very clear.

"Humph!" The emperor snorted coldly in displeasure, "That's it, you also have a reason, I won't blame you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Don't worry, thank you!" The emperor impatiently interrupted Zuo Xiang's voice, "Now you quickly take someone to the source of the sound to see what happened, listening to what you just said, it must be those two gangsters hiding here and being broken by a certain prince of mine." Now the sound of fire is sounding, and the two men in black must have already made a move. ”

"Yes!"

Zuo Xiang received the order, saluted and turned to leave.

"Wait." The emperor stopped Zuo Xiang, "Let Guizi come with you, Guizi is strong in martial arts, and can protect you by your side, the only person I trust at the moment is you, but if no one is saved, you will also fall into those two thieves Zheng"

The emperor's concern moved Zuo Xiang's heart greatly, and he almost knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

"Guizi, without further ado, let's hurry up!" The emperor commanded.

Zuo Xiang and Gonggong Gui didn't talk much nonsense and left in a hurry.

Seeing Zuo Xiang leave in a hurry with Gonggong Gui, this made the ministers constantly suspicious in their hearts, wondering what was going on.

Ji Taimei saw Zuo Xiang leave with Gonggong Gui from a distance, coupled with that unusual sound, which made him, who knew that he would do something to Bi Yuntao today, couldn't help but worry about the second prince in his heart.

He knew that the second prince would do it today, but he didn't know what kind of way the second prince would do it.

He knew that the second prince had long coveted those firecrackers, and he really wanted to get his hands on them. But the Naxi people who guarded the armory only recognized the token and couldn't bear it, even the second prince who had been in the army since childhood had no way to get in.

The second prince once had the idea of stealing the emperor's token, but before he could take action, he unexpectedly learned that the token was in duplicate and kept in the hands of the emperor and the left minister.

This made the second prince dispel this idea, but he still didn't die and kept thinking about the fire.

The sound coming now, presumably the second prince should have gotten his wish and got the firecracker. In a hurry, he shot at Bi Yuntao.

Now that Zuo Xiang and Gonggong Gui are leaving together, it should be the emperor who realized this and sent the two of them to check the situation.

"Taimei, what's wrong with you? What's so preoccupied? Ji Youfu saw Ji Taimei on the side absent-mindedly, looking preoccupied, and asked suspiciously.

"Father, the child is fine, it's just that he has been doing things for the second prince in the past few days, and he has been overworked and hasn't rested too well, so he is a little sleepy."

Ji Taimei hurriedly snorted and perfunctory.

Ji Youfu does not doubt him, "Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, you are doing things by the side of the second prince, you must have more eyes on everything, but don't listen to what the second prince says in everything, you must distinguish between right and wrong, otherwise you will fall too deep, if the second prince loses power in time, not only will you not be able to get rid of the crime, but you may also affect our Ji family." ”

"Our Ji family is not a relative of the emperor like Xia Wei, nor is it like Zuo Xiang, he has been assisting the emperor since he was still a prince."

"My father climbed to this position now, but all of them were pulled up according to the right minister. Now the right minister intends to take refuge under the command of the second prince, and in order to repay the kindness of the father, he has to let you do things for the second prince. ”

"You have lived up to expectations, and in just a few years, you have fully gained the trust of the second prince. But this kind of trust is sometimes the most deadly, and it is often because of too much trust that you will be negligent and let you die. ”

"The father must tell the child to understand."

"If only you understood!" Ji Youfu patted Ji Taimei's shoulder with relief, "In the future, the Ji family will all rely on you!" is already old for your father, your eldest brother is not doing his job, he knows how to play with women, that's all, and always uses some means that are not good on the table, if it weren't for the fact that his father was an official and an official, he would have to give a few thin noodles, maybe our Ji family would have been ruined by your eldest brother a long time ago. ”

It's big brother again! Anything can be done on the big brother! What's so good about that guy who only knows how to use the next three rotten things to play with the female rao dog?

Ji Taimei's palms couldn't help but clench into fists. If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't returned to Beijing for a long time and hadn't gained a firm foothold, he would have killed Ji Wuli a long time ago.

However, Ji Wuli will not have much time, as long as all the rich merchants in Jinling City are in the hands of the second prince, then Ji Wuli will be useless.

Ji Youfu didn't know the intrigue between the two brothers, Ji Taimei and Ji Wuli. Seeing Ji Taimei clenched into fists, he thought that he was secretly determined to revitalize their Ji family.

Filled the wine glass for Ji Taimei with relief, "Hold on for a while, and when this hunting ceremony is over, you don't want to go to the second prince's side, hurry back to the house and rest for a while." ”

"......"

"Huh!" Ji Youfu's face turned pale, and he looked at Ji Taimei dissatisfied, "Don't you listen to your father's words?" Don't worry, the second prince sent someone to look for you, and the father will inherit it. ”

At this point, Ji Taimei has nothing to say, he doesn't dare to talk back to his father, don't look at his father's chubby and chubby appearance, but his tutor is very strict.

Ji Taimei on this side was worried, but the second prince on the other side fell into a coma because of excessive blood loss, but fortunately, the eighth prince knew some acupoints, and closed the acupoints of the second prince, slowing down the speed of bleeding, otherwise the second prince who was in a coma would have died after this toss.

The sharp lead bullet grazed Lao Ao's scalp and roared, and in an instant, blood flowed sideways, and blood gushed like a spring.

"Ahh

The old eight suddenly fell to the ground, wailing in pain and helplessness.

The second prince who was in a coma was thrown by him like this, and a large mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth again.

Bi Yuntao's wrist reversed, grabbed the handle of the firebolt, carried it on his shoulder, and flipped off Hei Meirao's back in a chic manner, and slowly walked towards the second prince with contempt in his eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey! There are so many of you that you have all been made by this king alone, and now you are this person who is not a ghost or a ghost, do you want to cut yourself directly! This king is too lazy to do it himself. ”

"Meow!"

The black cat jumped off the horse, jumped in front of Lao Ao and sat down, and kept licking his paws with his tongue. It seems that if you don't cut yourself, I can help you.

But what answered him was not Lao Ao's voice, but the sound of horses' hooves.

"Keep people under the knife!" Father-in-law Gui, who was rushing in the distance, shouted.

This made Bi Yuntao stunned, and he stopped talking nonsense, and hurriedly prepared to replenish the gun.

In the distance, Gonggong Gui saw an unkempt man who was about to deal with the man in black who was rolling on the ground, and there was a man in a pale yellow robe lying next to the man in black.

Gonggong Gui couldn't wait for the mount to run over slowly, and hurriedly nodded his horse's head, and a harrier turned over and shot a dart at the unkempt man.

As soon as Bi Yuntao pointed his gun at the eighth child, he noticed a fierce wind whistling towards his front door, and immediately tilted his head to dodge.

Fortunately, Bi Yuntao dodged, otherwise the dart would have disfigured Bi Yuntao's handsome face.

The dart slashed against Bi Yuntao's forehead, and the little green silk on his forehead slowly floated down, and a red blood mark also appeared on the smooth forehead, oozing a little blood beads.

Seeing this, Bi Yuntao hurriedly put the fire gun into the storage ring, although this era is very similar to the Southern Song Dynasty, but it is completely different, although the emperor at this time attaches equal importance to civil and military, but the focus is still biased towards force.

Especially this firearm, when he made gunpowder, Meng Ruolang had told himself more than once, saltpeter is a controlled item, and the saltpeter flowing out of the market is released by the imperial court, and a large amount of saltpeter does not need to be thought about at all, as long as the purchased saltpeter reaches a certain amount, it will get the idea of the imperial court and start a strict investigation.

If he didn't know how to get saltpeter, he would have no choice but to use gunpowder mixed with firecrackers.

In particular, it can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to gunpowder. Last time, the emperor turned a blind eye and ignored himself, but presumably with the emperor's ability, the causes and consequences of the destruction of Miaochun Pavilion must have been investigated clearly, and he was already wary of himself.

If the emperor knew that he not only had thunder, but also fire, he would definitely be doomed.

Of course, Bi Yuntao is still a little selfish, and his Ferguson-style rifle is much better than the current firecracker. This is a good thing to pretend, and he is going to use this Ferguson-style rifle to strike a dimensionality reduction blow in the future.

And this gun is also a good self-defense weapon for yourself. Especially now in a world where everyone knows martial arts, only powerful firepower can subdue the enemy.