Assassin He Chunxia

Chapter 76
"Hey, what do you think is the most romantic weapon in the world?"

"sword."

Jiang Fan closed his eyes and meditated cross-legged. The Candeng Sword on his knees faintly lit up with sword patterns.His left hand is weak, holding the sword is useless, and he can't see the future clearly. At the age of eighteen or nineteen, his beard has grown around his lips, and he looks at the old-fashioned look on his face.

Sun Ruhu kept his hands, holding small parts in one hand and a measuring ruler in the other, leaning on the table and comparing carefully, "Sword? What's so romantic about swords? Was the sword invented by our ancestors? Swords, bows, Knives, these seem to be made by our ancestors to imitate the swords used by gods. Only firearms are the weapons we invented by ourselves, so the most romantic ones must be firearms."

"Firearms? What's so romantic about an explosion, your finger just got blown off."

"I dismantled this thing in the past two days. Gunpowder was invented by our ancestors and flowed out." Sun Ruhu suddenly stopped his work and sighed very rarely, "I don't know when it started, we fell behind. ."

When Jiang Fan performed the exercises, his other five senses except vision were magnified, he heard the sigh, opened his eyes and saw Sun Ruhu's slightly wry smile, just as he was about to speak, the corners of Sun Ruhu's mouth suddenly grinned, and his eyebrows danced, "Firearms, in the daytime, are Fireworks in the daytime are definitely not good-looking. Fireworks bloom in the night, and the fire trees and silver flowers are so beautiful. Some time ago, a guard next to the saint asked me to make weapons. Hey, do you know the pear flower gun?"

"General Li Quan's pear-blossom spear technique? '20 years of pear-blossom spear, invincible in the world' I have heard of this passage, and the guard is a descendant of the Li family?" Jiang Fan closed his eyes again when he saw that he had returned to his usual heartless appearance.

"What kind of stuff, I've never heard of it. The pear spear is a kind of weapon. There is a torch under the spear. The torch is filled with willow charcoal, sulfur, and arsenic. You can change different cartridges to achieve the effect of flying fire, shooting smoke, and poisoning. , very powerful." Sun Ruhu quickly assembled the parts scattered on the table, "But in the final analysis, it is a close-up weapon, and the guard hopes that the torch can shoot farther and can be used as a firearm."

Sun Ruhu raised the Brawn Bass that he had assembled in his hand, stabbed it with the short sword attached to the musket as the tip, and smiled proudly, "My Shenwei gun was made by changing that thing, now that I think about it, my idea is better than this. What Beisi is much better. The big design of this thing in my hand is only to use flint instead of match rope, the improvement is limited, Master Di is fooling us, the power of this gun is absolutely impossible to knock out that beast head. "

"Twenty feet, isn't it a gun, is it a hidden weapon, what kind of hidden weapon can fly so far and shoot off a copper beast head?" Jiang Fan shook his head, "You said that we are behind, just admit it, just chase it slowly, why bother Hard-mouthed."

"Our backwardness does not mean my backwardness. I single-handedly singled it out as the best in the world." Sun Ruhu snorted, "I used a ram to prime the fire, which is obviously a greater design. I created a pear bomb. , which contains kerosene and willow charcoal. In fact, it is similar to the iron sand bullets used in my Shenwei guns. It is installed in the fire tube, and the pear bullet can be blasted out by twisting the gun barrel. However, gunpowder is not like iron sand bullets sealed in iron sand. Inside the iron sheet, but in the fire tube, after pushing the pear bullet out, the lead on the ammunition was ignited by the way, and after hitting it, it exploded with a 'boom', and all the sputtering was flames, which was especially dazzling."

"I didn't understand, but it doesn't sound like it would explode." Jiang Fan responded casually.

"The gunpowder is placed in the fire barrel and can only be used once. It is too slow to refill. My iron sand bomb seals the gunpowder and iron sand together. I only need to change the bomb, and I don't need to refill the gunpowder, which saves more time. I really don't know why it exploded. ." Sun Ruhu sighed, put the musket in his hand lightly on the table, and found a pen and paper to study the ink, "The blueprint of the pear flower gun that I remodeled was bought by the Shifang Chamber of Commerce. Oh, I thought it was so advanced. This kind of thing, this kind of drawing, I drew it in two days."

Huaian, three miles south of the city.

Three thousand reinforcements have arrived, counting the army that Zhu Tongsheng brought with him at the beginning, a total of 4000 people. The tents in the army are densely packed into one piece, and at a distance of five hundred feet, Fang Shu can even see the barracks clearly from the watchtower on the city wall of Huai'an. The smoke that wafts from cooking over a fire.

Five hundred zhang, the Fran cannons, Weiyuan cannons, and copper-haired cannons used to defend the city, and even a slightly stronger archer, with the help of the wind, can make arrows reach this distance.

How about siege the city first, and let you have the first opportunity?Do you dare to do it first?
Fang Shu dare not.

At a distance of five hundred meters, arrows and artillery fire may be able to hit, but the accuracy and power will be greatly reduced.When the reinforcements arrived, they did not attack immediately. They were just stationed here. One was deterrence, and the other was to leave room for negotiation and negotiation.

Zhu Tongsheng is a smart person, and so is Fang Shu.

Since he received the news that Zhu Tongsheng was marching and stationed, he and Wei Xuezhu have been waiting in the south of the city. There have been many civilians who came to watch the lively in the south of the city. Fang Shu concluded that Zhu Tongsheng did not dare to hurt the innocent, and did not let his subordinates drive him away.

It didn't take long for a team to come out of the barracks and escort more than ten prisoners dressed as warriors to the city. Fang Shu recognized a few familiar faces. They were the group of people Jiang Qiu had brought, but they didn't see Jiang. Autumn.The reinforcements had arrived, and the interception would definitely fail. Fang Shu knew that Jiang Qiu could not be found among this group of people.

This group of people walked straight into the city. The sergeants were in iron armor.Fang Shu frowned, so elite, if they enter the city and fight on the streets, even if they have ten times the number of people on their side, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win. Should they be kept outside the city, or should they be allowed to enter the city and wait and see what happens?
Before I could think about it, the team stationed at the South City Gate had already scattered and fled. Wei Xuezhu reacted and scolded a few times. The sergeant sent by Zhu Tongsheng had already stepped into the city under the watchful eyes of everyone, and found a more open place nearby for the leader. A group of prisoners knelt on the ground, and the sergeants shouted in unison, so that the people around them gathered to watch.

"Anti-thief attack on the army, failed, I wish the prefect ordered, if there is a party, kill without mercy!"

With the knife on, a sergeant stood immediately behind each rebel.

Among the kneeling people, some bowed their heads and wept, some cursed, and some were expressionless.

Jiang Qiu brought the first batch of participants, and they raised their arms and shouted on the streets bought by the Bai family.They know the real plan, and when they take the first step, they see today.

In the face of death, people are still afraid.

No one has leaked a word, not even death.

For people like me!
Kill it!

Silently raised his head.

The people watching all around covered their mouths and noses and looked at them with disgust.

Hand up and down!
The blossoming red plums were spilled and scattered all over the place.

"I wish the prefect ordered that if there are any more rebels, they will be killed without mercy!"

The crowd dispersed silently.The blood, the human head, and the corpses that had cooled a little bit were still in place, and no one came forward to collect the bodies for them.Zhu Tongsheng knows what has happened in the city these few days. This is a warning to remind the people in Huai'an City that public opinion is just public opinion. Don't think that the law does not blame the public.

The steel knife buried a seed of fear into the hearts of everyone with the smell of blood, and attacked the city first.

Wei Xuezhu collapsed.

He is just a businessman, and he is scheming. In the face of death that is close at hand, he is afraid. He is just delivering things. If there is a problem with the goods to be shipped, there is no need to take his own life.

Zhu Tongsheng's army lined up and walked slowly back along the way they came. Fang Shu watched from a distance and did not order to stop him. For him and Wei Xuezhu, Zhu Tongsheng's move was not a warning, but a warning. In the gauntlet, there is no surrender without killing, and the result of participating in the rebellion is death.

Is there no room left?

Fang Shu is dressed in the official uniform of the prefecture and wears a Suxue long sword on his waist. Every order will be painstakingly fulfilled by others.He sat quietly on the ground, and the crowd dispersed, leaving only one person sitting quietly in an unnoticed corner.

Wei Xuezhu gave up. He couldn't wait for Yuyin to come. He was going to take the Dawei Escort to Nanjing by water. Zhu Tongsheng's reinforcements arrived. Now he just wants to bet on Liu Lingguan again.

Fang Shu didn’t stop him. As soon as Wei Xuezhu left, Jiang Qiu’s life and death were unknown, and Boss Bai disappeared. Bai’s family had a daughter who was sent to the countryside with Hong Ma, who changed her name and surname, and never came back.Bai An was the only one who was still in the city at the moment.

An ordinary person who grew up selling lanterns, has no strategy, and has been following the crowd all his life.

He couldn't say that my fate was up to me. He silently fell in love with someone who might never love him. He said every word she said.

An honest ordinary person.

Fang Shu suddenly wanted to find this person to drink with, so he got up and went to the shipyard to find Bai An.

The hardest things are always left to honest people to do.Bai An honestly stayed at the shipyard, supervising the creation of the firearms on the drawings.

This drawing is a bit like a pear flower gun remodeled by Sun Ruhu, but the gun barrel was abandoned, only the part of the fire tube was taken, and then improved, it became a disposable firearm.This thing can be used by individuals. It only needs to be twisted lightly, and after a few flicks, a wall of fire will explode where it hits.

These days, the shipyard is working overtime, working day and night, and thousands of them have been piled up on the warship.

Can thousands of walls of fire stop Zhu Tongsheng's elite soldiers?

Fang Shu smiled and boarded a warship with Bai An to sit down, "Zhu Tongsheng's reinforcements are here, we're afraid we're going to a dead end."

Bai An was puzzled, "If Zhu Tongsheng sends troops, then we will fight in the water and scatter around Yangzhou along the canal, and then look for another chance. What I have thought about before is a dead end." Bai An counted with his fingers, "Although the pear flower guns produced are not as many as expected, they are powerful. In addition to the food supplies in the city, there are more than 3000 people who have defected to our uprising in the past few days. We have more than 4000 people who can use them. I wish Tongsheng the best of luck." With [-] people, we can take advantage of the favorable location to defend the city for a month and a half."

"The gunpowder brought by the Dawei Escort is almost used up. The 4000 people Zhu Tongsheng brought are all elites in the army. Our 3000 people are heroes at best, but rotten fish and shrimp at worst. "Fang Shu sighed and smiled, "It doesn't make sense to fight or flee."

"How can it be meaningless, Mr. Ye went to ask for the jade seal, and it will only be a matter of two days for him to return to the city." Bai An disagreed, "With the jade seal, we are just right under the gate of the East Palace. Escape, Donggong rebelled, I wish Tong's life rebelled, we are all happy with fewer deaths."

Fang Shu shook his head lightly, "As soon as the reinforcements arrived, Wei Xuezhu left, so what if there was a seal? We don't know any dignitaries, and we can't get along at all. In fact, these days, you know that the city has acquiesced that we are behind the East Palace. Now, justifiably it is only for those powerful people, is it more important for the people or for the powerful?"

Bai An didn't hesitate, "Of course it's the powerful. Without them, how could we talk to the court and bring down the East Palace?"

"Zhan Weihao's seal will be remembered because he is Zhan Weihao." Fang Shu closed his eyes, "What we do must be remembered, not because of this Fang Yuyin."

Fang Shu's words changed, "Brothers who have lived with us on the streets of your house for a few months, you can die for this matter, and there are hundreds of others, can you call them all?"

"I go now."

"Give me how much gunpowder you have. I'm going to set off a huge fireworks in the city."

In the south of Huai'an City, there is a large tent of the military camp.

Zhu Tongsheng and more than ten military generals gathered together in front of a large table.

"It's very powerful. The people in Huai'an City think that they have their backs to the East Palace, and they have no fear. They happily participate in the rebellion. The city is not closed. A small circle was drawn on the map, "Except for the shipyard and the wharf, even the yamen is casually entered, and it is called serving the common people."

To change the past, Zhu Tongsheng went to the city early, regardless of public opinion or not, Lao Tzu will bring troops to rehabilitate him, and if he dares to oppose Lao Tzu, he will dare to kill.

It's just that He Xiaoyun, who may be Xinzhizhou of Huai'an, is next to him. The faces of the two parties are casually beaten here by Zhu Tongsheng, but the face of the son-in-law who comes to the door still has to be given.If He Xiaoyun really becomes the parent official here, and he beats up the people as soon as he enters the city, will the people be convinced?Having been an official for many years, Zhu Tongsheng's ignorance of this is just due to his personality.

Jin Zhi entered the account and glanced at Zhu Tongsheng, "Are you still discussing the war here? Chan'er, He Xiaoyun, and Xiaoyun's master and brother are all here. Let's meet our in-laws, so let's get together."

"Family matters or war matters, don't go." Zhu Tongsheng didn't look back.

"Mr. Ye is here because he has something important to discuss with you. Hurry over, isn't it just to fight? I'll also understand a little, you can go." Jin Zhi went over and abruptly lifted Zhu Tongsheng from the table and pushed it out of the account. Immediately, he put his hands together and bowed deeply to the generals.

"My Buddha is merciful, don't make too many murders in this battle, it's going to be ruthless, and I hope you all turn into sharp knives and cross the sea of ​​misery."

Amitabha.

Zhu Tongsheng entered the account, everyone sat around to eat some preserved fruit snacks, and Zhu Jin Chan looked like a lady and sat politely beside Ye Shu.Zhu Tongsheng, of course, knew what kind of thing his daughter was. He sighed with contempt and was too lazy to expose it. He hurriedly went back to discuss the war and got straight to the point, "Mr. Ye, alright, the war is very tight here. If you have anything, just say it directly."

Ye Shu smiled and returned the salute, and told the story of Fang Shu threatening his family's life in exchange for the seal. Zhu Tongsheng sighed, "I can't give it."

If this jade seal is given to the rebels in the city, the matter will be a big mess. Donggong Zhan Chitose personally signaled that in Songjiang Prefecture, Donggong's party members will raise the flag of uprising together to support Yu Ziqi's rise to power.

Zhu Tongsheng has no background. Even if the uprising is quelled, he will be impeached and ruled, losing his power, status, military power, and even his life.

"Since he is on the warship on the canal, Fang Shu and Madam Ling have such a childhood sweetheart past, and the girls' lives are not worrying for the time being. But if the seal is handed over now, I wish the same student's head will be difficult to protect." Seeing Ye Shu's cold face, Zhu Tongsheng kept laughing with him, "Mr. Ye, think about the relationship between Chan'er and Xiaoyun, soon after this matter is settled, we are afraid that we will be a family. As for family words, the rebellion must be as simple as possible. Let's take Huaian City quickly first. The girls are on the warship. I ordered them to be more careful. The warship cannot be intercepted."

Wishing Tongsheng to leave the account immediately, Ye Shu was thoughtful.

"Master Ye, don't be in a hurry. The rebellion is complicated, and this little seal can affect the whole body. In fact, Uncle Zhu is right. This matter should not be so complicated, the simpler the better." He Xiaoyun said more and more. In a low voice, "Master Ye, why do you look at me like this?"

Ye Shu raised his eyebrows, "You've only been out of the capital for more than half a month, so why did you get along with this daughter of the prefect? ​​Miss Wang keeps talking about you, she's quite satisfied with you, and wants to marry Juaner to you. You match and match, this seems to be unnecessary."

"Huh?" Zhu Jinchan glared at He Xiaoyun with a smile.

Sunset west of the mountains, night falls.

The night was getting darker.

Ye Shu and Zhu Jinchan talked a lot, and explained the things that the elders should explain to them for a long time. Zhu Jinchan suppressed the anger in his heart, and kept his manners polite and polite, and created a traditional gentleness. The image of a virtuous older lady.

Ye Shu was extremely satisfied, and stayed until late at night before returning to the account. When he saw Zhang Zhou porridge sleeping soundly, a blow hit him on the forehead, Zhang Zhou porridge was in pain, and he woke up leisurely.

"What are you messing around with your senior brother along the way? This kind of thing is too complicated. A little carelessness could endanger your life." Ye Shu sighed, and pulled out an official document from his arms and handed it to Zhang Zhou Porridge. " I'm afraid there's going to be a war next, so don't mix it up blindly, this is your clerk transferred to Nanzhen Fusi, you can stay in Yangzhou on weekdays, you can take it and go to Nanjing to get things done first."

Zhang Zhouzhu was a little reluctant, "It's the first time I've seen such a big thing, so I'll take part in it anyway, and it's also related to Master Fang."

"It is related to him, so you can't participate. The more people who enter the game, the more complicated it will be. What if the investigation is stricter and you are brought in? Fang Shu is rebelling. You are his apprentice. Be smart and go to Nanjing quickly." Ye Shu forcibly shoved the official document into Zhang Zhou Congee's hand, "Remember, you won't have the master Fang Shu in the future."

Zhang Zhouporridge had to agree and accepted the official document. Suddenly there was a rustling sound coming from all directions. He looked at Master Ye, Ye Shu was shocked, lifted the curtain and ran out. Zhang Zhouporridge followed him out of the tent and stood quietly in place , dare not speak out.

In the darkness of the night, thousands of elite soldiers rushed to Huai'an City, but the only sound they made was the rustling they had heard before. Climb slowly.

Zhu Tongsheng rode a high-headed horse, dressed in iron armor, majestic and majestic, and drove his horse to catch up with Ye Shu, who was running towards the city wall, "Mr. Ye, don't be in a hurry, we are raiding in the dark, the soldiers are very fast, and the warship is still in Huaihe. It was floating on the Yang Canal, and I couldn't react in time, so we took over Huai'an, and then we will set off fireworks to let the warship sail back."

Ye Shu slowed down a bit, the warship did not sail back to the dock, no matter how impatient he was, he would just do useless work, Zhu Tongsheng immediately flipped off his horse and ran over to grab him.

"According to what you said, one of your female relatives is the sword master of Qiushui, and the two middle-aged women who take care of them are just two middle-aged women, don't worry. It's useless for you to be impatient at the moment, why don't you go into the city with me and identify Fang Shu and kill them? Drop it, take back your Su Xue Sword."

"Alas." Ye Shu sighed, his steps slowed down, and followed Zhu Tongsheng towards the slowly opened Nancheng Gate.

A spy with a high level of meritorious power ran back from the city and paid tribute to Zhu Tongsheng, "Reporting to the general, the city defense has been taken."

Zhu Tongsheng nodded and waved lightly, "Kill!"

The torches were lit, and the screams of killing broke out, instantly awakening the entire city!
It also awakened Fang Shu from the shallow dream.

He was busy until late at night, and not long after he put his clothes on and fell asleep, he turned out the window, moved a few times, and came to the roof of the Jinyu Man Red Building.

Countless sparks lit up in the south of the city, shouting to kill the sky, babies crying at night, and Zhu Tongsheng had already attacked the city.

It came so fast.
Fang Shu could only laugh miserably. He took out a pear flower gun from his arms and lowered his head.

Jin Yuman Red Building was brightly lit at the moment, and there were still people running out of the building with pear guns.

Fang Shu said, "Hey!"

Bai An couldn't see him, but knew that he was probably on the roof, "Zhu Tongsheng came in! You can't leave!"

"I still have work to do."

There was no response, only the sound of footsteps hurried downstairs, Fang Shu watched as Bai An led the people out of the Golden Jade Man Red Building, mounted his horse and headed straight for the pier.

"Please do me a favor!"

Bai An's horse slowed down and stopped.

"Burn this building down!"

Bai An sighed and turned the horse's head.

Fang Shu slowly raised his head.

The moonlight is so beautiful tonight.

He twisted the pear gun in his hand.

A loud bang.

Under the night, a fire tree rose to the sky under the moon, and the silver sparks bloomed in the moonlight and fell slowly.

Fire tree silver flower.

Brilliant and brilliant beauty.

Beauty has a price. The silver flame has not been extinguished. It burned and roared to the ground, engulfing everything around it with flames.

Fang Shu bowed his head, the golden jade filled the red building was already a sea of ​​fire, and the fire snake continued to devour outwards, screeching and crawling upwards.

There was another loud noise not far away, and when I looked up, the second fire tree rose up and bloomed recklessly under the sky.

The third strain.
Fourth strain.
Fang Shu quietly watched thousands of fire trees and silver flowers bloom in the night, sparks fell in the sky, accompanied by mourning, screaming, and hissing of flesh and blood burning in the flames, countless flames rose in Huaian City, and the fire continued. One piece, night like day.

He burned the entire Huaian city.

The warship moved slowly along the current.

Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March.

(End of this chapter)