Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 387 If you don’t die, Li Wei will die!
The man in black looked in the direction where the sound came from in surprise. Just as he was wondering, the night guard and the guard in the house who were disguised as domestic servants had already caught up with him.

"Get him!"

The leading guard pointed at the black clothes and shouted.

The man in black didn't care about anything else, and immediately jumped vertically and flew up the courtyard wall. Seeing this, the guard captain did not hesitate, raised his gun and fired.

"boom!"

There was a gunshot, but the man in black was well prepared. Even as he dodged, the guard captain was not hit. By the time the others raised their guns and tried to follow suit, it was already too late. The man in black had already jumped off the courtyard wall and disappeared.

"You, go and report to the father-in-law, and the others will follow me!"

The guard captain casually pointed to his subordinates and ordered, and then led the people out of the hospital.

In the basement, Li Wei looked at the rubble caused by the explosion of small paper bullets and nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, the gunpowder is ready for use. Tell Tao Sheng later and ask him to make bullets according to the method I told you, and then assemble the gun and try it out."

Li Wei turned to Xie Feihu and said.

"Yes!"

Xie Feihu responded.

Li Wei nodded lightly and was about to put away the remaining gunpowder when there was a sudden knock on the basement door.

Xie Feihu looked to Li Wei for instructions. Li Wei frowned. He was playing with these things here and usually no one was allowed to disturb him. If he knocked on the door at this time, it might be urgent.

Thinking of this, Li Wei waved his hand. Xie Feihu immediately went to open the door after receiving the order. A guard cupped his hands at the door and reported: "My lord, someone just broke into the house. This person is very skilled. We couldn't catch him." "Come on, the captain has already led people to chase him."

Li Wei's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. He was testing the gunpowder here. Although it was underground, the explosion just now was quite loud. I'm afraid it could also be heard outside. Someone broke into the house at this critical moment. Could it be that someone had noticed it? ?
"Did you shoot?" Li Wei asked.

"The captain fired a shot before we had time," the guard replied.

Hearing this, Li Wei was slightly relieved. The guards in his house were originally equipped with firecrackers. Since someone fired, the sound of his experiment could also be said to be caused by the guards using firecrackers.

Li Wei nodded and asked again: "Do you know the purpose of this person breaking into the house?"

The guard thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, but the man in black was found in the second lady's yard."

Li Wei was startled and asked quickly: "How is Xiaoqing?"

"Don't worry, sir. Miss Duan Yu next to the second lady took action to repel this person, and we arrived shortly afterwards. The second lady is fine."

After hearing this, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly walked out of the basement and rushed to Xiaoqing Courtyard.

When he arrived at Xiaoqing's courtyard a moment later, Xiaoqing was sitting at the table with Duan Yu in his room, and the lights were already on.

"master."

When Xiao Qing saw him coming in, he quickly stood up and shouted.

"Are you okay?" Li Wei asked.

After saying that, he walked forward and took a closer look at her, and was relieved to see that she was indeed fine.

Xiaoqing felt warm in her heart and said softly: "Don't worry, sir, I'm fine."

Li Wei nodded lightly, and then asked tentatively: "Do you know who is coming?"

Xiaoqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Those people should be the ones who came to inquire about information from me."

Li Wei was stunned for a moment and immediately understood who Xiao Qing was talking about.

He already knew Xiao Qing's identity, but the Jin Yiwei didn't necessarily know that Xiao Qing had betrayed them. Now that the house had been arranged by him and could no longer monitor him through servants, it was not surprising to come to Xiao Qing to inquire.

"Yeah." Li Wei hummed lightly, but didn't ask any more questions.

He believed in Xiaoqing and was not worried that she would betray him.

"As long as it's okay, let's take a rest early." Li Wei said softly.

Xiaoqing nodded obediently.

After a few words of comfort, Li Wei took the people out of Xiaoqing's yard. He had to see if the guards had caught the man in black.

After Li Wei left, Xiao Qing said to Duan Yu, "You should also go back and rest."

Duan Yu hesitated and said, "How about I stay with you?"

"No, go back." Xiaoqing shook his head.

When Duan Yu heard this, she didn't insist. Anyway, there was only a wall between the two rooms, so she could come over quickly if there was any movement.

After Duan Yu left, Xiaoqing was the only one left in the room. However, she did not turn off the lights and rest. Instead, she got up and walked to the corner of the room to search, and found a paper ball wrapped with stones.

She took the paper ball under the lamp, opened it and looked at it. Her beautiful eyes slowly opened wide, and her little face became pale.

After a long time, she sat down slumped, with sadness and reluctance in her eyes, and tears soon appeared in her eyes.

……

The guards who chased out soon came back, and the team leader looked ashamed:
"My lord, we didn't catch him. The person who came here is a master. We chased him not far before we lost him."

Although these people have received special training, they are just ordinary soldiers who are slightly better, and they are not even one step behind the real masters.

Li Wei nodded lightly, but didn't care at all: "If you run away, just run away. You all should retreat. Just be more vigilant from now on."

"Yes!"

The squad leader handed over.

Then Li Wei asked them to retreat.

After they left, Xie Feihu asked: "Master, do you want to send more people to the house?"

"No need!" Li Wei shook his head.

It's not a bad thing that we didn't catch the person this time. If we did catch him, it would be difficult to deal with. After all, he is a member of Jin Yiwei. If he falls into his hands, he will not be released or released.

Xie Feihu didn't say anything more after hearing this.

In fact, there are already a lot of people in the house. The number of public guards and covert night guards is nearly a hundred. It would be outrageous to have more. After all, it is in the capital city.

The next day, the servants of the Prince Consort's house got up early in the morning, cleaned, cooked and went about their own business as usual, as if what happened last night had never happened.

Li Wei didn't go out now and went to the study after breakfast.

Of course he would not really read those sages' books, but study his own stuff.

In addition to guns, artillery also had to be innovated.

Now that there is a chamber bed, the barrel can be replaced with a rifled gun with a smooth bore.

The accuracy of artillery with rifling is greatly increased, and its power is different from that of previous artillery.

Of course, this was not enough. He also had to design breech-loaded artillery shells. Especially now that there was percussion powder, the artillery shells could also use percussion fuses instead of using open flames to ignite them.

There are two main types of breechblocks for breech-loading artillery: wedge type and threaded type. The wedge type has a faster loading speed and the threaded type has better sealing. Each of these two types of breechblocks has its own advantages and disadvantages.

The initial breech-loading cannon was not easy to use, and it often malfunctioned and caused the chamber to explode. However, as long as there is a cartridge, these problems can be easily solved.

While Li Wei was busy, there was a knock on the study door, and Xiao Qing's voice sounded outside the door:

"It's me, sir. I made some tea and brought it to you to try."

"Come in." Li Wei stopped writing and said. Xiaoqing opened the door and came in. Li Wei also left the desk and came to the reception area nearby.

Xiao Qing put the snacks on the table and said with a smile: "Master, you haven't eaten the snacks I made for a long time. Xiao Qing specially made some for you today, please try it."

Li Wei smiled and took a bite without being polite.

"How is it?" Xiaoqing asked.

"Not bad, it still tastes the same." Li Wei said while eating.

Since moving to the Prince Consort's Mansion, he has not had tea and snacks cooked by Xiao Qing himself for a long time. In the past, the food in the house was all taken care of by the female officials brought by An Qing. Later, Xiao Qing became a concubine and did not cook often.

After taking two bites, Li Wei asked with some confusion: "Why did you think of cooking by yourself today?"

Xiao Qing also smiled and said, "Xiao Qing remembered that it had been a long time since I cooked food for the master, so I made some."

Li Wei nodded, and couldn't help but think of the days when he lived in the small courtyard, and sighed: "It's still better when I lived in the small courtyard before!"

Although the place was small and there were few people at that time, the family was very warm, unlike now.

Xiaoqing poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, and then recalled the past days: "Yes, it was better then. The luckiest thing in Xiaoqing's life was meeting the master..."

Li Wei smiled: "Don't worry, it will be better in the future."

"Ah."

Xiaoqing nodded obediently, but sighed in her heart.

It might be better in the future, but she had no chance to see it.

The two chatted for a while. Li Wei was still busy with something, so he hurriedly finished the snack, got up and returned to the desk to continue studying the drawings, leaving the plate for her to clean up.

Xiaoqing slowly put away the dishes, glanced at Li Wei who was busy with his head down, and then reluctantly turned around and left the study.

Time passed slowly, and at noon, Li Wei put down his work and went to the lobby to have a meal.

An Qing had already sat down in the lobby and was waiting for him. Xiao Xin'er was still young and was being looked after by a nanny. Xiao Keqin was forced to sit on the bench and waited for the meal. However, this kid was not honest and kept twisting. Moving.

"Mom, I'm not hungry yet, I want to play!" Xiao Keqin muttered.

Now he is almost five years old and has started to become naughty.

An Qing was just the opposite. He lost his former liveliness and gained a maternal dignity. He glared at her and said, "Sit down!"

"Oh." Xiao Keqin could only shut his mouth honestly.

Li Wei came to sit down at the main seat, glanced at the two of them with a smile, and said to Xiao Keqin: "Listen to your mother, and go play after dinner."

An Qing rolled his eyes at him angrily. Li Wei himself was very undisciplined, and naturally he would not discipline his son as strictly as others. This was difficult for a mother like her. Many times, Li Wei didn't care if the children were naughty, so he could only She scolded him by acting like a villain.

Li Wei was about to eat when he suddenly asked in surprise: "Where is Xiaoqing?"

An Qing and his two children were there, but Xiao Qing was missing from the family.

"Oh, I saw her going out this morning." An Qing said.

Li Wei's expression froze: "She went out? What did she do?"

He had told Xiaoqing not to go out recently, but why did she suddenly go out today without telling him.

An Qing said: "I said I was going out to buy some things. Before I left, I said some strange things."

Li Wei's heart sank and he asked: "What did you say?"

An Qing thought for a while and said: "Well, if you want to kill Lan Yu in the future, I must stop you. Strange, why do you want to kill Lan Yu? I heard that my father values ​​him now!"

Li Wei's face changed drastically and he stood up suddenly: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

An Qing was startled and whispered: "Didn't I tell you this?"

Xiaoqing also just went out in the morning. Li Wei was busy, so she didn't think much about it.

Li Wei didn't bother to ask any more questions and hurried out of the lobby, shouting as he walked: "Here comes someone!"

"Master."

A servant hurriedly came forward to salute.

"Ask everyone to gather together! Immediately!" Li Wei shouted anxiously.

"Yes!"

Seeing this, the servant did not dare to delay, and immediately turned around to look for the person.

Li Wei hurriedly came to the courtyard, so the servants, maids and guards gathered quickly, especially the night guards and guards, who were even more orderly.

"What do you want us to do, sir?"

Xie Feihu stepped forward and asked.

Li Wei kept walking and said as he walked: "Go out to find Xiaoqing immediately. We must find her as soon as possible! Bring her back to me safely!"

"Yes!"

Xie Feihu's face changed slightly, he hurriedly responded respectfully, and then hurried out with his men.

Li Wei was about to follow him to find Duan Yu when he saw Duan Yu in the crowd and immediately waved to her.

"Did the man in black say anything to Xiaoqing that night?"

Li Wei asked.

Duan Yu thought for a while, shook her head and said, "No, I came out immediately when I heard the noise. The second lady opened the door later, but..."

"But what?" Li Wei asked anxiously.

"But I seem to have seen him throw something." Duan Yu said.

Li Wei frowned. It seemed that the man in black had conveyed some message to Xiao Qing.

"Okay, I got it. You should go out and look for him quickly. We must find him!" Li Wei shook off these thoughts and urged.

The most important thing now is to find the person first.

Duan Yu didn't stay any longer and followed everyone out of the house.

More than a hundred people from the Prince Consort's Mansion came out in full force, which immediately aroused a wave of attention. However, the Jin Yiwei guarding outside was not surprised, as if they had expected it.

The capital is neither big nor small. Even though Li Wei has hundreds of people, it is very difficult to find one person in a short time.

Li Wei and his men anxiously searched around the streets, feeling a little regretful. He only ordered Xiao Qing not to go out, but did not order the guards to stop him. Xiao Qing then left the house easily. If he had arranged it again, If you are more thoughtful, this situation will not happen now.

In a street market in Xicheng, Xiao Qing was walking in the middle of the street in despair, turning a blind eye to the vendors and shops on both sides, with no intention of buying anything.

The order given to her by the man in black was simple, that is, let her come here to await her fate.

Behind this order, there was also a sentence: If you don't die, Li Wei will die!

She had no doubt about the authenticity of this sentence. Although Li Wei was now a highly respected minister, he still could not compete with this order, so she did not tell Li Wei, but came here silently.

While walking, there was a sudden commotion in front of them. Several war horses came galloping towards them. With bursts of yelling and cursing, the people were so frightened that they quickly dodge.

Xiao Qing looked up, but was indifferent, just standing in the middle of the road...

(End of this chapter)