In order to ensure that the secrets are not leaked and to ensure safety, the workshop of the Arms Department of Gongnuyuan is located near Qujiang Pool. The royal garden is also an important place for military weapons, and the public has always been prohibited from approaching it.
But after all, it was in the city, and the loud noise just now shocked half the people in the city.
More than a dozen brightly-armored Imperial Guards ran wildly through the streets, making the already crowded streets even more frantic.
Something happened!
News spread very quickly in the capital. Almost as soon as these forbidden troops rushed, news of the incident at Gongnuyuan also spread.
"Master, Master is not well..."
In a very big house, a servant rolled around and screamed.
Several men rushed out of the house after hearing the sound. Before they could ask what was going on, they heard a noise at the door, followed by the sound of the door being broken open, and a group of Imperial Guards armed with swords and guns poured in.
The men's expressions suddenly changed.
"Surround them all, and don't let anyone go!" the leading general shouted solemnly.
"My lord, my lord, what happened?" Mr. Li stepped forward and asked with a blue face.
"Are you Li Xin?" the general looked at him and asked.
Mr. Li nodded repeatedly.
"It's true that Xiao Xiao focused on running a fireworks workshop and paying grain taxes on time, but he didn't..." he said.
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the general.
"Li Mao is your son?" he asked.
Li Mao!
Li Xin's heart was beating wildly and he looked at the person next to him.
"Yes, he is my concubine..." he replied.
Before he finished speaking, he saw the general raising his hand.
"That's right! Take it!" he shouted.
Following his order, the soldiers swarmed forward and pushed Li Xin and others to the ground with three blows. At the same time, men and women shouted and children cried all around, and the Li family mansion was in chaos.
When night fell, there was only one lamp lit in the huge room, making it dim.
Everyone in the Li family was locked in this room, waiting to be punished.
"What's going on?" Li Xin, who was sitting on the ground with disheveled beard and hair, asked in a trembling voice, looking at a man who had just been pushed in from the door.
"It wasn't that the ground moved in the afternoon," the man said in a trembling voice, "it was that the Gongnuyuan was bombed, and hundreds of divine arms and bows were damaged."
Everyone present naturally knew where the Gongnuyuan was and what the Divine Arm Bow was.
"It couldn't have been him, right?" Li Xin asked in a trembling voice.
The man nodded, almost crying.
"That's him," he said.
As soon as he said this, Li Xin's eyes rolled over and he fell down.
The people in the room suddenly became a mess, crying and shouting. The guard outside the door scolded him for a while, and finally begged for a bowl of water and gave it to Li Xin to drink.
"It's over, it's over." Li Xin woke up and murmured on the ground with his eyes closed, tears streaming down his face, "Our Li family's century-old foundation will be destroyed in his hands."
"Last time, he caused those things to burn down half the street, which almost caused our Li family to break down. I told him to drive him out of the capital, but you didn't listen."
"...Who doesn't listen? It's not like someone is soft-hearted. Who is to blame at this time!"
"...I shouldn't have asked him for that official position in the first place. I would have sent him off to run a business earlier and he wouldn't be here today..."
The room was filled with noisy accusations.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's talk about what's going on. If he is really a spy, none of us will survive!" someone shouted loudly.
The room was quiet for a while, and then it became chaotic again. Soon a woman was pulled over from the female family and children next door.
"Father, father, I don't know." The woman knelt down and cried, "He hasn't been home for a long time. I don't know what he is doing or who he has met. He just said he was using money because he lost his official position.
, it pissed off your father again, so he wanted to start a small business, and the family had no money, so I sold the dowry to give it to him...Father, I really don’t know what he is doing."
Hearing this, everyone in the room felt chills all over again.
Sure enough, there is something secretly going on!
It's over, it's over.
"Why did our Li family have such a rebellious son?" Li's father raised his hands and beat his chest and cried.
When it was bright in the east, someone opened the door and dropped a bucket of rice on the ground.
"Eat, eat," he shouted, looking at the men and women staggering around in the room, who seemed to be lifeless.
"If I don't eat, it would be more honorable to die earlier," someone said.
These words caused the man and woman who had been crying all night to start crying again.
While I was crying, I heard another noise outside.
"He's going to be decapitated!"
I don't know which woman shouted, and suddenly the whole room was filled with howls.
"No, no, sir, sir, it's me!"
Someone shouted loudly in the chaos.
"Master Li Mao is fine, Master Li Mao is fine."
This sentence made Li Xin, who was lying on the ground, suddenly turn over and get up. A group of people rushed to the door, but were blocked by the Forbidden Army guards. They looked at a boy standing in the yard, talking to a general, and took out
A document was shown to him, and the general nodded and stood away.
Only then was the boy able to run over.
"What's going on with him?" Li's father shouted.
"Master, Master Mao wants to present a treasure to His Majesty, a treasure more powerful than the God's Arm Bow." the boy shouted.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the room was in disbelief.
"So, he's not a spy?" Someone asked the key question.
The boy nodded.
"It's not a spy." He said, raising his sleeves to wipe sweat, "Today the young master will personally verify this magical weapon for Your Majesty in Qujiang Pool!"
As he said this, he stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Qujiang Pool.
When it was daylight, the Imperial Street had been closed. It was not until the emperor's imperial chariot passed by that the people all came up cheering.
"The emperor is going to Qujiang Pool!"
"What is the emperor doing in Qujiang Pool in this cold weather?"
"Someone has presented a treasure, which is even more powerful than the God's Arm Bow."
"Ms. Cheng is going to offer her treasure again?"
"It's not Mrs. Cheng, it's someone...someone else."
People on the street were talking a lot, but the Qujiang Pond was solemn and quiet.
We sat down on the high platform of Qujiang Pool, and the ministers spread around.
"It's so ridiculous!" Feng Lin's voice sounded again, "Your Majesty left the palace at will regardless of the dragon's body and caused people to get angry. It's really ridiculous."
"It's already here, Master Feng, don't be disappointed." Gao Lingbo said with a smile.
Although he did not agree with the emperor's actions, since the emperor had done it, he could not be disappointed.
Sure enough, after he said this, the emperor's face looked much better.
"I am a minister in power, I am here to serve you." Feng Lin stared at Gao Lingbo and said.
After being pointed at and scolded, Gao Lingbo did not jump out and make trouble like Chen Shao did, but just smiled.
If you fight with such a stubborn donkey in person, you will only suffer the loss. To deal with such a person, you only need to use private methods.
"If it is proven that he is arrogant, he will be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor and he will be severely punished to serve as a warning to others." Gao Lingbo continued to say to the emperor.
The emperor nodded, what kind of flattery is being offered, isn't this in order?
Groups of Imperial Guards swarmed onto the high platform, holding shields as high as one person in their hands, and surrounded the emperor and ministers.
"It's more powerful than the God's Arm Bow, so naturally we need to be more prepared." A general said to the emperor.
Li Mao withdrew his gaze from the high platform.
"Actually, if you really want to, those shields can't protect you." He muttered.
Fan Jianglin looked at him.
"But beware of your intentions." He said.
Li Mao looked at him and smiled. After a night of being beaten, his head and face were even more red and swollen. He couldn't even see a smile when he smiled. Instead, his face was deformed again due to pain.
"Sir, the catapult is ready."
The craftsman yesterday said tremblingly.
Li Mao stopped talking, took a deep breath, and limped towards the catapult. Fan Jianglin followed closely with a group of forbidden troops.
"It's best not to destroy my catapult in vain." Fan Jianglin said.
At this time, on the high platform, officials from the Arms Department were also giving instructions and explanations to the emperor.
"...The catapult has been modified so that it can throw the stone bullets he made."
The emperor nodded, slightly raised his body and looked down over the shield.
"Is that the stone bullet made by Li Mao?" he said.
The official looked around and saw that Li Mao, Fan Jianglin and others were already standing in front of the catapult. Li Mao was bending over and carefully taking out a stone bullet from a frame.
"Exactly." He said, "He tried many times and made five effective stone bombs. He used one the day before yesterday and one was misused by Fan Junjian yesterday."
Li Mao carefully put the stone bullets into the car and picked up the fire twister.
Seeing him like this, the Imperial Guards didn't react at all, but several officials from Gongnuyuan who had witnessed the scene yesterday subconsciously retreated.
"Don't be afraid, I made the fuse longer, leaving enough time for us to run away." Li Mao said, he shook his hand to light the fire twister, and when he was about to light it, he stopped and looked at Fan Jianglin,
"Master Military Supervisor, do you still dare to try again?"
Fan Jianglin reached out and took the fire twister and lit the fuse.
"Sir, please wake up before ordering." Li Mao shouted, turned around and ran away.
Seeing him running away, the people around him immediately cheered and ran back.
The emperor on the high platform smiled.
"You still want to run? If this is on the battlefield, wouldn't it be a loss of military power..." He shook his head and said, before he finished speaking, he saw a flash of red and white light in front of his eyes, and a loud explosion, like the ground shaking.
The guards holding their shields suddenly lost their order. The ministers and officials next to him seemed to be shouting, and some people rushed over to block him.
The emperor felt stars flashing in front of his eyes, and his ears were buzzing, but he seemed to be unable to hear anything.
This does not mean that the military power has been lost. Just this flat land thunder can scare the enemy back three miles.
Thoughts flashed through the emperor's mind.
It’s really scary!
It seemed like a long time passed. The accompanying chamberlain fed him seven or eight kinds of Qingxin Pills. Only then did the high platform become quiet and the emperor could see clearly and hear what was being said.
"Absurd! Ridiculous!"
Feng Lin's voice echoed in his ears.
"Not bad, not bad." The emperor sat up quickly, interrupting Feng Lin's words and praising him repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, you can see the effect." said the official of the Arms Department.
Ah, is it still effective? The effect is already pretty good.
The emperor raised his head when he heard the words. The imperial guards had all been withdrawn, and the view from the high platform was restored. At a glance, he could see the place blocked by a thick fence a mile away.
There were originally seven or eight cows and sheep surrounded there, but now there were no running cows and sheep, the fences were scattered, and on the ground...
The emperor stood up suddenly.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" The chamberlain hurriedly asked for help.
The emperor had already stood quickly by the high platform, holding on to the wall and looking at the ground in disbelief.
Although they were far away, they could still see the corpses of cattle and sheep scattered there, and the ground was a bloody mess.
Other officials also came over, and even Feng Lin stood up and stopped talking.
It was quiet on the high platform.
Fan Jianglin couldn't help but look back and frowned slightly.
This is completely different from the commotion caused by Liu Lang's test shooting of the Divine Arm Bow.
Isn't the power of this stone bullet shocking enough?
The emperor's face on the high platform gradually turned red, and his hand holding on to the stone railing trembled slightly.
A mile away, there was a stone bullet and a herd of cattle and sheep.
The range is not as good as the Divine Arm Bow, but this effect...
The God's Arm Bow only shoots one arrow per person, which is not considered an arrow error, but this one stone bullet is a piece.
One piece!
Although they were far apart, looking at the scene over there, you can imagine that the cattle and sheep were absolutely dead, and some of them even had their limbs scattered after being beaten.
If this were someone else...
When a stone bullet passes by, you can imagine the tragic scene.
How terrible! How terrible!
It is indeed a magical weapon that is a hundred times stronger than the Divine Arm Bow!
In less than half a year, I have already obtained two magical weapons!
The emperor couldn't help but look up at the sky, his face, which had always been weak and pale, turned red.
"God bless me!" he murmured.
God bless me!
"God bless my court!" the emperor shouted loudly.
This voice brought the stunned officials back to their senses.
"Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
Gao Lingbo shouted loudly and bowed to salute.
Suddenly a group of officials followed suit and shouted salutes.
Done!
Looking at the movement on the high platform, Fan Jianglin finally breathed a sigh of relief. The tightly clenched hands hanging by his sides relaxed, and the wet sweat faded away in the cold wind.
"Li Mao, I want to reward you!"
On the high platform, Li Mao, who had been summoned, raised his head after hearing this.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." He said, his head and face were swollen, and there was no sign of excitement, "But I dare not suffer alone."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.
"Don't you dare to suffer alone? Didn't you do this?" the emperor asked.
Could it be...
A name suddenly flashed in the minds of the emperor and the ministers present, and their expressions became strange.
"No, it was made by Xiaomin." Li Mao said hurriedly.
There seemed to be a sound of relief in my ears.
The emperor subconsciously touched several cases.
"It's just that Xiao Min made this thing because he was inspired by someone else." Li Mao continued, "Without that person's guidance, Xiao Min couldn't have done it, so Xiao Min didn't dare to take the credit."
The emperor nodded, humble and honest, not bad.
"It's okay, I'll reward you both." He smiled and said, "Who is that person?"
Li Mao kowtowed and thanked him, then raised his head.
"Mrs. Cheng of Jiangzhou from Yudaiqiao," he said.
The emperor's hand on the cases froze, and the expressions of the officials present also froze.
Sure enough! Still! She!
Why is she everywhere?
Feng Lin, who was standing behind the crowd, looked dull and motionless under the cold wind on the high platform.
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