He knocked lightly on the door of Gu's mansion. After a while, a dark-skinned old man slowly opened the door.
This old man was short in stature, but his eyes were bright and clear. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said in a deep voice: "Who are you looking for?"
"Hello, I am Duan Ming, who is in charge of investigating the Blood Sedan Case in the Imperial City recently. This is Li Waner, Princess of Princess Mingzhu. We are here to visit Gu Yushi and have something to ask," Duan Ming said solemnly.
"The master has gone out. Please come back another day." The old man said, "I will tell you about your visit."
"Old man, we are indeed in an emergency. When did Gu Yushi go out? Where did he go? When will he be back?" Li Waner asked.
"I don't know, we never ask about the master's affairs." The old man replied: "You should come back another day."
Then the old man closed the door without waiting for Duan Ming and Li Waner to speak again.
"This..." Duan Ming looked at the closed door with a mixture of laughter and tears on his face: "No wonder Gu Yushi doesn't have any friends. If even the concierge is like this, Gu Yushi himself may be even harder to get in touch with."
"Indeed." Li Waner sighed: "I have met Gu Yushi before, and I really don't want to say a word to him..."
"Forget it, in that case let's go back first." Duan Ming sighed: "I'll visit Gu Yushi again tomorrow."
"Okay." Li Waner nodded.
Soon the two of them had returned to Jing'an Palace, and the sky gradually darkened, and then in the dim sunlight, a figure could be seen standing in front of Jing'an Palace.
"Master Dugu Workshop?" Looking at this figure, Duan Ming frowned slightly. Why is the Workshop Master here today?
"Hey, Mr. Duan, Teacher Duan..." Seeing Duan Ming's figure, Master Dugufang's face was instantly filled with a smile, he walked over quickly and held Duan Ming's arm.
"You, what are you going to do?" Duan Ming's mouth twitched slightly and he hurriedly took two steps back: "Has the blood sedan been assembled?"
"No, no." Master Dugufang also found that his actions seemed a bit ambiguous. He rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "That's it, Mr. Duan, what you mentioned before, the ratio of gunpowder..."
"Stop it, stop it!" Duan Ming waved his hand hurriedly: "If I give it to you now, do you still have the energy to study the blood sedan?"
"Yes, there must be!" Master Dugufang vowed: "I study blood sedans during the day and gunpowder at night."
"Don't, I'll cause you sudden death again." Duan Ming shook his head and said, "The same thing, if you want what I said, research the bleeding sedan as soon as possible."
"This... is not Mr. Duan. You see, this blood sedan is not that easy to fight..." Lord Dugufang prayed.
"No!" Duan Ming said solemnly.
"Oh, okay." Master Dugufang looked at Duan Ming's expression and understood that there was indeed no room for relaxation in this matter.
"Don't worry, as long as you study the assembly of the blood sedan, I will definitely..." Duan Ming said.
However, before Duan Ming finished speaking, he saw a group of people in black clothes running out of an alley not far away and running directly towards Duan Ming.
"This..." Duan Ming and Li Waner were both stunned. What are these people doing? This is the entrance to Prince Jing'an's Mansion!
While Duan Ming and Li Waner were stunned, these people rushed to Duan Ming, lifted Duan Ming up with all their hands, and then ran back towards the alley.
"What are you doing..." Li Waner's expression suddenly changed.
"Oh, people are being robbed, people are being robbed in broad daylight!" At this moment, Master Dugufang yelled and stopped in front of Li Waner: "Princess Waner, I will protect you!"
"You, get out of the way!" Li Waner shouted, but was stopped firmly by Master Dugufang.
"Princess, don't worry!" Master Dugufang held Li Wan'er with both hands and vowed: "I will go to them and fight hard to rescue Mr. Duan."
Then the leader of Dugufang waved his hands and rushed into the alley while shouting.
"This..." Li Waner looked at the back of Master Dugufang, and a wry smile suddenly appeared on her face.
She's not stupid, can't she see what's going on?
I just didn't expect these people to be so crazy and kidnap someone in front of the Jing'an Palace!
On the other hand, Duan Ming quickly figured out what was going on and stopped struggling, letting these people carry him back and forth.
Finally, after running through two alleys, these people put Duan Ming on the ground. One of them took out a small dagger and said to Duan Ming: "You want money or your life?"
"Can I do either?" Duan Ming asked.
"Ah? How should I answer this? It's not written in the book." The man hurriedly looked at the person beside him.
The person on the side hesitated for a moment: "Okay, I'll give you the money!"
As he spoke, he took out a small cloth bag from his arms and threw it in front of Duan Ming. The small cloth bag contained dozens of copper coins: "As long as you tell everything you know, the money will be yours."
"That's all?" Duan Ming said with a smile.
"What should I do if he thinks it's too little?" the man holding the knife asked hurriedly.
"You're stupid, if you think it's too little, just chip in." Another person said, and then looked at the other men in black: "Who among you brought the money? Come on, chip in."
"No, are you stupid?" Another man in black shouted: "We are the ones who kidnapped him, not kidnapped by him."
"Oh, that's right." The man holding the knife suddenly realized, and tried to say in a vicious voice to Duan Ming: "Hurry up and tell me honestly, what is the formula of gunpowder? What is the reaction and what is it..."
"Are you an idiot!" A man in black hit the man holding the knife: "If you ask that, doesn't he know who we are?"
"That's right. I won't ask that anymore." The man holding the knife said hurriedly: "Well, tell me what you know! Otherwise I will kill you."
"Ahhhhh!!" At this moment, a loud shout came from not far away, and then he saw the leader of Dugufang rushing over with a stick in his hand.
When the man in black saw this, he hurriedly ran away.
Master Dugufang rushed to Duan Ming and said to Duan Ming: "Mr. Duan, I'm here to save you, how should you repay my life-saving grace?"
