On April 15, Li Zhi stood in the ward of Jinan's "Medical Team", facing the wounded on the bed with a solemn expression.
On April 10th, when Li Zhi met an assassin outside the city, his bodyguards lined up a human wall to protect themselves. As a result, two of his bodyguards were hit by the assassin's matchlock gun. One of them was injured in the thigh and may be lame in the future, and the other was injured in the lower abdomen.
He was hit and seriously injured.
Although Li Zhi's accompanying doctor performed an operation on the injured guard on the spot and removed the lead bullet. However, there were no antibiotics these days, and the wound on the guard who was shot in the abdomen became suppurative. The high fever persisted, and it seemed that he would not survive.
The guard who was shot in the abdomen was named Chai Weifeng. He woke up when Li Zhi came to see him. When he saw Li Zhi, his eyes lit up with excitement and he struggled to move his body.
However, he had been in a coma for several days, so how could he still regain his strength?
Li Zhi quickly pressed him down on the bed and said, "Weifeng, don't move. It will hurt if you pull on the wound."
Chai Weifeng lay on the bed and looked at Li Zhi. When he saw the other personal guards behind Li Zhi, that is, his robes, he nodded slightly.
This single nod seemed to exhaust all his strength.
Li Zhi shook Chai Weifeng's hand and said word by word: "Chai Weifeng! Although you can't be saved, your death will not be in vain. Master Huben will award you the Hero Medal, and your son will be Fanjiazhuang from now on."
A hero. Your wife and son will receive a one-time pension of fifty taels, and there will be a monthly pension of twenty-two and five taels in the future."
Chai Weifeng looked at Li Zhi and shed two tears. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but Li Zhi couldn't hear clearly.
Li Zhi put his ear to Chai Weifeng's mouth and heard him say in a weak voice: "My lord, my lord, you are dedicated to saving the country and the people, and you are doing good deeds for the people. You have taken a bullet for my lord. Chai Weifeng has no regrets."
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When Li Zhi heard this, his eyes suddenly became moist. He shook Chai Weifeng's hand heavily, but saw Chai Weifeng's eyes gradually closing. Li Zhi was stunned and used his hand to detect Chai Weifeng's breath.
Only to find that he was dead.
What he said to Li Zhi actually became Chai Weifeng's last words.
Li Zhi's heart sank, he slowly stood up and bowed to Chai Weifeng.
When the other guards saw this scene, they all burst into tears. They were Chai Weifeng's comrades. They usually lived with Chai Weifeng day and night, and they were even more uncomfortable with Chai Weifeng's death. They followed Li Zhi and bowed to Chai Weifeng, with tears streaming down their faces.
The company commander of the Guards came up and said loudly: "Master Guo, Chai Weifeng usually admires Duke Guo the most. He said that as long as Duke Guo is here, the people of Ming Dynasty will not suffer. For Duke Guo,
He died after blocking a bullet, and Chai Weifeng died a worthy death!"
Li Zhi patted the company commander's shoulder and slowly walked out of the ward.
When Li Zhi walked out of the courtyard of the medical team, the guards lined up in a circle on the road to surround Li Zhi, as if they were facing a formidable enemy, as if someone would shoot at Li Zhi from behind each building at any time.
Walking back to his yard, Li Zhi sighed: "The soldiers under my command are all good men. I didn't expect that they died in vain like this. It would be fine if the Tatars came to kill them." Taking a breath, Li Zhi asked Zheng Kaicheng: "The emperor has not yet killed him."
information?"
Zheng Kaicheng bowed and replied: "The emperor has sent Dongchang to inspect the capital camp, saying that he will find out all the routes of the Rumi guns that have been missed over the years. I think it will take a month."
Li Zhi asked coldly: "Can Dongchang find out?"
Zheng Kaicheng was stunned and looked at Li Zhi without saying anything.
Li Laosi replied: "With Dongchang's level, it would be good if he could detect five of the ten Rumi guns that were leaked. Since the person who assassinated the uncle asked the assassin to commit suicide by taking poison, he naturally believed in the three Rumi guns.
The source of the gun cannot be found! I’m afraid they didn’t obtain Lumi’s gun through ordinary channels, and Dongchang may not be able to find out.”
Li Zhi took a breath and said coldly: "Let's check it ourselves! Call Han Jinxin!"
After a while, Han Jinxin ran in from outside the door and saluted Li Zhi.
"Have you found anything?"
Han Jinxin stood up straight and said: "My lord, we have studied the three Lumi guns. Although the manufacturer used the traditional Jing-made gun technique, I have carefully studied that these three guns are probably not from the Jing camp."
It was stolen out of the capital, but made by craftsmen outside the capital."
"oh?"
"There is something wrong with the numbering method on those three guns. The guns are new, but the numbering method is according to the old numbering method of the Beijing Camp six years ago, and it also says 'Tianzihao'. Now the numbering methods of the Beijing Camp of the past six years are
Rumi guns all have 'official names'. It can be seen that the forger was a craftsman who escaped from the Beijing camp six years ago. I don't know that the numbering method of the Lumi guns in the Beijing camp has changed."
Zheng Kaicheng seemed to be worried about the suspicion between Li Zhi and the emperor. He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and said quickly: "My lord, if this is the case, the suspicion of Zhong Feng today will be untenable!"
Li Zhi ignored Zheng Kaicheng and asked Han Jinxin: "Have you found anything else?"
Han Jinxin lowered his head and said, "I only found this, and no other clues were found."
Li Zhi sighed, walked back and forth in the corridor, and whispered: "Who would hate me so much and have the ability to organize people to build Lumi Gun?"
"Han Jinxin, how many landowners are there in Shandong who have donated more than 10,000 acres of land?"
"More than a hundred!"
"There are so many?"
Li Laosi said: "My boss, in my opinion, the most suspect ones are the governor of Shandong, the six prefects, and the three vassal kings of Shandong. These ten people are not only rich, but also powerful, and have enough connections to obtain resources to build a business
Rumi gun. Even if some private landowners occasionally took in craftsmen to make Rumi gun, they would not be able to make the assassins commit suicide by taking poison."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "What Li Laosi said makes sense. We need to monitor these ten most suspected people to see if they are secretly building Lumi guns somewhere."
Han Jinxin bowed and said: "Master Guo, our secret guards are also limited. If we come to monitor these ten people, they will definitely be noticed by their people. Once the mastermind who assassinated the Duke finds out that we are monitoring him, he will definitely stop and lie dormant."
For a period of time. In this way, I'm afraid our surveillance can only serve as a warning."
Li Zhi said calmly: "That is a general surveillance method. Of course, sending ordinary personnel to follow the sentry will alert the snake. I will equip you with a new type of telescope, so that you can clearly see the appearance of the people coming in and out of these ten families from several miles away.
See clearly what their man is doing outside the city, but these ten people don’t know that you are watching him.”
Han Jinxin said happily: "Is there such a powerful telescope?"
Li Zhi said calmly: "I will make it in a few days, and you will know!"
