A knife in love

Chapter 1169

Xiao Dong snorted, pointed towards the direction of the stern, and said, "Look for yourselves."

Shopkeeper Hu and others turned their heads to look, and when they saw the hellish situation in the sky, their faces changed drastically.Shopkeeper Yin and Shopkeeper Song's knees gave way, and they immediately sat down on the deck.

Qin Laowu was robbed by Xiao Dong just now, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he did not dare to argue with Xiao Dong.At this time, seeing several shopkeepers escaped from the cabin, he said loudly: "The Sea Dragon King is on patrol, and the gods and ghosts have changed the way. Whether you can escape with your lives depends on whether God can show mercy. If you have If you get a scripture, magic weapon, or amulet, quickly take it out and recite a few times to save the suffering and the world Bodhisattva, maybe you can escape from birth, and you won’t be burned by fire and drowned in the belly of a fish.”

Shopkeeper Hu and the others were already terrified, but when Qin Laowu said this, they were all dumbfounded, unable to speak.

Xiao Dong glared at Qin Laowu, and said in a deep voice: "In February of the 16th year of Zhengde, the Guangong Temple in the southwest of the capital exploded. I personally experienced it. The situation at that time was very similar to what we saw before my eyes. My official I remember that the weather was fine that day, and the people in the capital did not change anything. Although Emperor Zhengde fell into the water in Nanjing the year before and was unable to recover from illness, Lord Yang Yanhe and the cabinet elders managed well, the court was running in an orderly manner, and the people There was no trouble at all. At that time, I was still a small secretary of the Firearms Bureau, and I was chatting with several colleagues in front of the hall. Suddenly I heard a strange sound like a lion's roar, from the northeast to the southwest corner of the capital. Come to the Firearms Bureau.

"At that time, we didn't know that a change was about to happen. We just thought that there was thunder from the sky, but we didn't panic. A colleague even joked that the officials of the Firearms Bureau were afraid of internal affairs. It was probably the roar of the Hedong lion. It came to the lobby of the Firearms Bureau. Before he finished his sentence, he saw a huge fireball rolling in the air, just passed the roof of the Firearms Bureau lobby, and flew straight to the southwest corner. A moment later, there was an earth-shattering loud noise, The roof tiles fell from the shock, the trees toppled, and the clouds flew in the sky, as if they were stirred by a giant.

"My officer and several colleagues were knocked down to the ground. When everyone got up in a hurry, they saw a huge black pillar appearing in the southwest in the sky, soaring into the sky. After rising to the middle of the sky, the black pillar turned into A huge black mushroom spread out in all directions. The officer and several colleagues were stunned, staring straight at the black mushroom covering most of the sky, unable to speak a word. After a while, the mushroom turned into The black cloud in the shape of Ganoderma lucidum, like a pillar reaching the sky, stood upright in the southwest corner of the capital.

"My officer and several colleagues were stunned when they saw this situation. When they were frightened, the sky was dark and the sky was dark in an instant, dust and fire were flying, the sky collapsed and the earth fell, and thousands of houses fell. From Fuchengmen in the east, to the Ministry of punishment in the north The street seemed to be blown by a gust of wind. Logs, stones, and the corpses of the people, pigs, cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, cattle and horses flew around and hit the ground like raindrops. One of my colleagues was killed He was hit by a stone falling from the sky and killed on the spot.

"I hid under a stone table in the yard, and I escaped by chance. After the loud noise stopped and the ground stopped shaking, I got out from under the stone table. It's just that the lobby of the Firearms Bureau turned into a Fragmented walls and ruins, the situation is extremely miserable. The official did not dare to stay in the yard, so he escaped from the gate. There were bricks and rubble in front of him, and there was hardly a complete house. There were corpses everywhere. Naked, the situation is extremely weird."

When Xiao Dong said this, his body trembled slightly, as if he saw the miserable scene of that day again.After a while, he went on to say: "When I looked intently, I saw a huge gray wall pushing forward from a hundred feet away. Houses and trees were destroyed wherever it passed. Just like what we see now The black wall of water is the same."

When Xiao Dong said this, shopkeeper Hu and the others involuntarily turned their heads and looked at the black line in the sky.Only now did I realize that the black line was a lot closer to the big ship, as high as more than ten feet, and it seemed that it was not too far from the sky.

Xiao Dong sighed, and said in his mouth: "This catastrophe came so suddenly, everyone was terrified and didn't know what happened. On that day, the cabinet, together with the governors of the Ministry of Punishment, Shuntian Mansion, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and the Five Armies, The government thoroughly investigated the matter and said that several soldiers guarding the warehouse of the Firearms Bureau accidentally used fire and ignited the room where the gunpowder was stored, resulting in a big explosion. More than [-] officials and civilians around the Firearms Bureau were killed on the spot. Then there was a strange wind, and it blew violently around the warehouse of the Firearms Bureau. The strange wind destroyed more than a thousand houses, crushed and crushed more than [-] people to death. Another four hundred people were blamed The wind swept into the air, and then fell from the air, falling to death. Moreover, those who were swept away by the strange wind and fell to death lost all their clothes and died naked among the ruins.

"Several halls in the imperial palace were seriously damaged, and many officials in the Six Departments were injured, and the capital was in chaos. Folk rumors spread everywhere, saying that Emperor Zhengde lost his virtue, which caused a fireball from the sky, ignited the gunpowder in the Firearms Bureau, and killed more than ten thousand people. Human life, as a warning. Dongchang and Jinyiwei scouted everywhere, arrested many officials and civilians, said that they "spread rumors and cause trouble, and intend to rebel", all of them were sent to jail, tortured, and wanted to ask the chief envoy. People. Fortunately, although Emperor Zhengde was seriously ill, he did not faint. After listening to the secret report from Jinyiwei and Dongchang, he only said that this was a natural disaster, not caused by officials and people, and ordered the release of those who were arrested. Otherwise, there will be a big Prison, I don’t know how many people want their wives to be separated and their families to be destroyed.”

Xiao Dong said here, pointing to the black pillars, flames and water walls in the sky, and said in a deep voice: "What the Japanese officials saw at the Beijing Firearms Bureau was exactly the same as before. It's just that it was on land at that time. This official saw What we saw was a gray earth wall more than ten feet high. But what we saw in front of us was a wall of water. It seems that there was a big explosion in the sea, the flames rose into the air, and the black smoke looked like a black pillar from a distance. The wall of water approaching us is after the explosion, the sea water was pushed to roll in all directions, forming a high wall of water."

After hearing what Xiao Dong said, everyone was relieved.It's just that seeing the wall of water getting closer and closer, I felt scared again.Xiao Dong saw that everyone was scared out of their wits, he sneered, and said in his mouth: "Yan Wang wants you to die in the third watch, and will not keep you until dawn! Don't panic, as long as the big ship runs faster than this water wall, it will not What's the matter?"

When he said this, he paused for a while, and said to himself: "Who is so bold and powerful, and brought so much gunpowder to the sea? Could it be that they are just like us, and they also have to fight with the Fusang people?" Can't make a deal?"

Zhang Shi, shopkeeper Hu and others were in a panic, although they heard Xiao Dong talking to himself, they didn't take it to heart.Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, thinking that Xiao Dong's words made it clear that he was going to Fusang on this trip to make a deal with the people of Fusang, and the deal might be related to firearms.The great firearms shocked the world, and the cannons and firecrackers of the Shenji Battalion defeated the Tartar cavalry even more.Although the Battle of Tumu Fort caused the loss of the elite of the Shenji Battalion, after Yu Qian took charge of the Ministry of War, he rebuilt the Shenji Battalion and vigorously built cannons and firecrackers, which revived the Shenji Battalion.The Japanese pirates wreaked havoc in the southeast. Relying on their high martial arts skills, they were not afraid of officers and soldiers.However, there is no way to deal with the cannons and firecrackers of the Daming Navy.Therefore, although they often harass the southeast coast, once they encounter the Daming navy, they often dare not take the lead and can only flee far away.As an official of the Firearms Bureau, if Xiao Dong colludes with the Fusang people and sells the method of making cannons and firecrackers to the Fusang people, the advantage of Daming firearms will disappear.At that time, the Japanese pirates rely on firearms and elite soldiers. I am afraid that their ambitions will no longer be limited to the southeast coast, but will seize the great tomorrow!What can I do?

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he saw Qin Laowu yelling to Zhang Shi and the others while pulling the sail: "Everyone go back to the cabin, you can't help here, you might as well hide in the cabin Recite Amitabha Buddha..."

Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the boatman at the helm at the stern scream and said in a trembling voice: "The big waves are catching up..."

Zhang Shi was startled, and ran towards the stern in a staggered manner.When he got to the stern of the boat, he saw a huge wave chasing him, only three or four feet away from the stern.Zhang Shi turned pale with fright, and while stretching out his hands to grab the side of the boat, he turned his head and shouted at the crowd: "The waves are coming! Everyone hurry up and hold on to the plank of the boat, lest the hull of the boat is bumpy and if you lose your footing, you will definitely be thrown to the ground. region!"

(End of this chapter)