Datang Longya

Chapter 527 Zhang Zhongqing Compromised
Lao Yuan nodded: "Yes, he hasn't been home for two days, and Jing Leisi didn't see him either, is it possible?"

Leng Feng nodded: "Maybe!"

He understood what Lao Yuan meant, that Zhang Zhongqing might have a sudden inspiration and went to find a place where no one was around to experiment.

Like Sun Simiao, Zhang Zhongqing also has a bit of self-destructive persistence in his career.He is not afraid of such a dangerous thing as gunpowder weapons. Even if there are many experimental accidents, and he has passed by Lord Yama many times, he has not felt afraid of gunpowder weapon experiments.

Now that he hasn't come home for two days, maybe he really ran out to experiment.

"This possibility is not ruled out. I will tell the emperor right away that it is better for us to send someone to look for him."

Because of Zhang Zhongqing's matter, the banquet could not continue.Because he was worried that something would happen to him, he had to send people to search everywhere quickly.

The barren mountains and wild mountains around Chang'an were full of soldiers from the Imperial Army and the Dragon Tooth Army. They called Zhang Zhongqing's name over and over again, hoping to get a response.

Did Zhang Zhongqing do the experiment?

No, at this moment, he is enduring all kinds of torture.

Yes, it is torture.

After being splashed with salt water on the bruises from the whip whip, even he could not stop growling in pain.

Two masked burly men pulled his head up so that he was looking straight ahead.

The salt water stung his eyes, making his vision quite blurry, so he could only see a man waving a folding fan, looking at him, but he couldn't see his face clearly.

"I have always been in a misunderstanding. What kind of gunpowder weapon do you want? As long as you are arrested, you will have everything? You should consider yourself unlucky. Compared with Leng Feng, there are almost no guards around you. It's too easy to catch you.

Think clearly, hand over the design drawings of all gunpowder weapons, and when I become emperor in the future, your glory and wealth will still be indispensable! "

Zhang Zhongqing laughed loudly, but his voice seemed a little hoarse because he had endured too much torture: "Do you think I will betray His Majesty? I worked under His Majesty's hands back then, and no one has let go of the secret until now. Do you think I, Zhang Zhongqing, are inferior to them?"

There was a burst of applause.

"Very well, in fact, I don't want you to speak too early, which will make me lose a lot of fun. Okay, it seems that a simple whip and salt water can't pry your mouth open, so would you like to try roasted meat? Or , you don't have a child yet, the knife is on the guy who gave birth to you, will you open your mouth?"

Zhang Zhongqing still laughed loudly: "What do you think?"

Although there may be no children in the future, making Rou Ji a widow would be a very scary thing, but Zhang Zhongqing still doesn't intend to speak.

The emperor treated him well, not to mention, as a researcher of gunpowder weapons, no one knew better than him what the scene of the proliferation of gunpowder weapons would be.

It is most appropriate for the flames of war to burn on the land of foreign enemies and the explosion of gunpowder weapons on the land of foreign enemies.

If it is used for civil strife in the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Zhongqing couldn't imagine what kind of scene it was.

Therefore, compared with the riddled land of Tang Dynasty, his personal suffering is really nothing.

Only then did he think of biting his tongue to kill himself, but a man holding his head sensed his intention and stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth.

The person sitting in front closed his fan and said to his interrogator: "Give him two days to think about it, and on the third day, if he still doesn't know how to praise him, he will be cut off!"

"Yes!"

With a promise, the two men untied the limp Zhang Zhongqing from the rack and put him in a cell.

The dungeon was dark and damp, and it seemed that he was not the only one who was imprisoned. The filthy ground exuded a stench, which made Zhang Zhongqing, who usually hated sloppy breathing, feel like suffering.

That person just said the word "Ben" when he called himself.

Ben Guan, Ben Wang, Ben Hou, Ben Bo... Apart from these, there are basically no people who would call themselves "Ben Shi".

That being said, there are people in the imperial court who want to rebel!Moreover, the target was set on gunpowder weapons.

who can that be?

While thinking about who it would be, Zhang Zhongqing used the small wire hidden in the shoe to pry his own chain.

The lock on the chain is the most common lock, and it only needs a wire to pry it open, which is not too difficult. If Tie Sheng changed to a new type of lock made according to Leng Feng's drawing, he would definitely give up hope.

The chain is not a problem, the difficulty is how to get out. Before that, he remembered that he was hit by a club on the way home. In a semi-conscious state, he was thrown into the carriage and brought to this dungeon.

Here, it seems that it has not left the territory of Chang'an.

The guards of the dungeon were extremely strict no matter what, and it was very difficult for him to get out.

Could it be that he was destined to die in this place?

I think of my beautiful wife at home, I think of the artillery that has not been successfully researched in Jinglei’s warehouse, and I think about my dream of riding a hot air balloon one day to shoot arrows and throw mines on the battlefield.
Zhang Zhongqing hid the wire back on the upper of the shoe, and closed the opened lock again.

Only a reckless man will be tough with the enemy, if he wants to go out safely, he has to drag it out!

Struggling to get up, Zhang Zhongqing climbed to the door of the prison door and shouted: "I want to eat meat! I want wound medicine! Tell your master, I can teach him the formula of gunpowder!"

Two burly men in black with veils came over. Although they looked at Zhang Zhongqing with disdain, they still said with a smile: "Your requirements are not a problem, the premise is that you have to prove the The recipe must be right!"

Zhang Zhongqing nodded: "Naturally, I will give you the finished product. I need some materials. You have to prepare this."

A strong man nodded: "Yes, tell me what you want."

Zhang Zhongqing thought for a while before saying.

The two strong men memorized Zhang Zhongqing's words meticulously, and only after making sure they had written them down did they ask him, "That's all?"

Zhang Zhongqing nodded: "That's all. In addition, I hope to meet your master, is it possible?"

A strong man shook his head: "Our master is not something you can meet whenever you want, you'd better get out the formula first and then talk about it! Also, I advise you not to play tricks. We have dozens of guards here. Three floors outside, if you want to use gunpowder weapons as weapons to break out, it is impossible!"

Zhang Zhongqing nodded, saying that he didn't intend to show the courage of a man.

Now, he only hoped that Leng Feng or the emperor would find out that he was missing sooner and send someone to rescue him sooner.

If it was later, he would have created a big thunderbolt and died with these people.

(End of this chapter)