The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 917

The east is dew white, and the sky is dawning.Crows surrounded the soldiers outside the Chunfeng Tower.Suddenly hearing the sound of horseshoes, a new team of people arrived in the distance changed shifts from last night.Everyone in the building also got up.The kidnappers used the kitchen of Chunfeng Building to cook their own meals, and shared a share with the hostages.Bi Daguan made a list and sent it to the leader of the Qin army, who was the accomplice he wanted to exchange.There are Cao Dong's family from Shilixiang Restaurant, Cao Dong's uncle Mr. Cao, Huang Widow from Xianyang Jixiang Embroidery Workshop, and the old bustard from Baihualou. There are no two senior officials, Le Lan and Cai Guohou, but there are dead Empress Cao.He also said that he would take the five adults to see the scenery first, and then exchange hostages later.

Seeing this list, Mr. Cui frowned, and said to the King of Qin, "This Mr. Cao is the father of Mrs. Cao."

The king of Qin was shocked: "Could it be that the Cao family is a spy from another country?"

Mr. Cui thought: "It doesn't look like it. Maybe they were bought by them in the past two years." Then he ordered people to find out when Shilixiang Restaurant opened.

Not long after, the people below found out that Shilixiang opened two months later than Fuyuntang.Moreover, Mr. Cao originally had a son who left Chang'an for Dongying two years earlier.Mr. Cui snorted and said, "This man surnamed Cao is very cunning. He sent his parents away, but he dragged his nephew into the trouble." But he ordered, "Since there is no hurry to exchange hostages, and there is still time, send a smart person to interrogate him." Mr. Cao's nephew."

On the other end, Daguan Bi led his kidnappers, pressed Zhu Tong, Zhao Wang and other five people, and went out from the main entrance of Chunfeng Building openly and aboveboard.Behind every hostage, there were kidnappers holding fire. The gun was pointed at the back of the head. Qin Jun didn't dare to make mistakes, so he had to follow closely.The troublemakers looked over from a distance, but the kidnappers were more imposing.

After leaving the south gate of Chang'an City, Bi Daguan led the way and went straight to Qinghua Mountain.But he didn't go up the mountain, but turned into a small path at the foot of the mountain.After a small half circle around Qinghua Mountain, there is a Dazhuangzi in front of it.Bi Daguan then stopped his horse and stood up smiling.Not long after, Qin Jun, who was trailing behind, also arrived.Officer Bi pointed at Zhuangzi with his horsewhip and said, "General Qin, if you have enough troops, you can surround this Zhuangzi."

Zhu Tong frowned: "What place is this?"

Officer Bi smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord will come with me."

Just as he was talking, he saw an old man in his sixties coming out of Zhuangzi, shouting loudly, "What are you doing! Who is it!"

Senior official Bi smiled and cupped his hands: "Old man, may I ask if your boss is here?"

The old man said: "This is a warehouse, how can the owner be here?"

Bi Daguan said humanely: "We want to go in and look at the goods, okay?"

The old man said: "Naturally not. I told you this is a warehouse." He waved his hand and said, "Go, go!"

Senior official Bi cupped his hands again: "I've offended you." Nai yelled, "Take it down!"

One of the kidnappers jumped off the horse and rushed to the old man's side.Before the old man came back to his senses, the man had already twisted his arms and pulled him behind him.The old man shouted loudly: "Come here! There are robbers! Robbers are robbing—"

Bi Daguan ignored it and urged the horse to go straight into the village.The kidnappers behind him followed one after another, and Qin Jun followed behind.

After entering Zhuangzi, there is a large square and wide flat land covered with grass, and two square wooden frames with fishing nets are placed on both ends, which are as high as the door of the house.There are tall houses in the back, at least a dozen rows, and the style is indeed the warehouse that the old man said.Some warehouse doors are open and some are closed.There were some men standing or sitting at the door, of different ages, they all shouted when they saw them entering the village, and some of them rang out the gong.

Daguan Bi stood on the horse, looked around, laughed, and steered the horse towards a warehouse, kicking and stamping.Standing in front of the warehouse was a man in his thirties, with a dark face and wide-eyed eyes, he shouted, "Who is here!"

Bi Daguan turned over and dismounted, and the kidnappers also dismounted Zhu Tong and others.The man stepped forward to stop him, but the two kidnappers pointed their guns at his chest, and they were too frightened to move.Senior official Bi waved his hand: "Please."

Just listen to Zhao Wang laughing and saying: "Lonely King, let's see what interesting things are hidden here." He walked in with great strides.

Senior official Bi said with a smile: "Your lord is brave enough." Nai kicked open the warehouse door.

This warehouse is very tall, and the gate is also huge, facing east.As soon as the door opened, there was a creak, and the sunlight outside just shone in.Zhao Wang exclaimed, "Oh!" Zhu Tong and others hurried to follow.I saw that there are large windows on both sides of the warehouse, which are bright and majestic.There are many large shelves standing inside, and the shelves are neatly stacked with firearms of various colors.Zhu Tong exclaimed: "What kind of warehouse is this!" He turned to look at He Yun, the commander of the capital.

He Yun was also shocked, and while scanning the warehouse, he said: "The end will not be known!"

Zhao Wang pointed out: "Look at the back! That's a cannon, isn't it? My God! This cannon is beautiful! Our Zhao country's cannon is not so big."

I saw an iron shelf at the back, which was divided into upper and lower floors, and a big black cannon was placed on each floor.He Yun exclaimed: "That's the new Schmidt No. 10 released by Red Bone last year, it's a reverse-recoil rifled gun! [-] taels of silver each! When did we buy this?"

Officer Bi laughed loudly: "The entire state of Qin has never bought one, but there are two in a mere warehouse. General He, your Qin court is really poor."

Before the words fell, someone shouted outside: "Who trespassed on the house! Is there any law in the Great Qin Kingdom?"

Zhu Tong was already standing in front of the gun frame with his hands behind his back, and when he heard the words, he shouted, "Bring it in!"

Without waiting for the officers, soldiers or kidnappers to do anything, a man wearing a brocade jacket and looking like a manager ran in angrily, pointed at them and shouted: "We have sent the reporter! The official will be here soon!"

Zhu Tong sneered and said, "Report to an official? What official? Are you protecting your official?"

The steward raised his neck and said loudly: "We are members of the Gao family!"

Surprise!Zhu Tong narrowed his eyes: "The Gao family? Which Gao family?"

The corner of the steward's mouth twitched: "When you mention the Gao family, the first Gao family you think of is our boss!"

Zhu Tong pointed to the musket on the rack: "Is this from the Gao family?"

"nature!"

Zhu Tong snorted, "The Gao family is so rich and wealthy, it's richer than the prince."

Zhao Wang wandered over from behind and asked, "Where did the Gao family buy these things? Isn't Hongguji only selling firearms to the government?"

Zhu Tong said: "Isn't Ping'an Prefecture a government?"

King Zhao said "oh", "I forgot."

The steward was stunned: "I bought it? I didn't buy it. We made it ourselves."

Everyone was shocked: "Did you do it? Who did it? Where did you do it?"

The manager pointed to the south: "The factory is in the mountains, so it is convenient to get wood. Our place is just a warehouse."

Everyone was stunned again.Zhao Wang casually took a gun from the shelf, weighed it, looked at it carefully for a while, and laughed: "It's made of wood."

"what?!"

King Zhao casually threw the fire gun to Zhu Tong, and Zhu Tong stretched out his hands to catch it.Once the gun is in hand, it is really just the weight of wood.Looking at the light again, Zhu Tong heaved a sigh of relief. "It's really wooden."

The manager inexplicably watched their meeting. "You... don't you think these are real guys?"

Zhao Wang walked quickly to the side of Schmidt No. [-], stretched out his hand to touch it, tapped it a few more times, and said with a smile, "This one is also made of wood."

The steward said: "The real one costs 10 taels of silver!" Zhao Wang turned over and rode on the barrel of the gun, laughing, and the steward shouted distressedly, "Master! This one is very expensive!"

Zhao Wangdao: "You fake!"

The steward said: "This is a model! A one-to-one simulation model! It was customized by Handan Institute of Technology in Zhao State!"

"Plop!" Zhao Wang fell from the gun barrel to the ground. "What?! Who customized it?"

"Handan Institute of Technology." The steward said, "They ordered two simulation models of the Schmidt No. [-] artillery, and they said they were going to be placed at the gate of the school for Feng Shui. Their school was a cemetery in the past."

Zhao Wang was stunned for a long time before he got up, patted the body of Huo Pao: "How much is one?"

The steward said, "I'm just a warehouse worker, how would I know."

Zhao Wangdao: "How can you use a cannon model to suppress Fengshui! You have to make Zhong Kui anyway. Nonsense! Besides, the polytechnic school pays attention to materialism, what kind of Fengshui superstition. If you want to suppress Fengshui, you should also send it to Zhao Wangfu. The feng shui of the entire Zhao country, their school is also in it."

Zhu Tong coughed twice: "Mr. Wei, this is ordered by his school. If Mr. Wei wants it, he can order two more. The wooden one must not cost much."

The steward hurriedly said, "This one is expensive! This one is one-to-one. It's exactly the same as the real thing except that you can't fire cannons."

Zhu Tongnai asked: "Is this a warehouse for a woodworking workshop?"

"That's right." The steward said, "Our factory specializes in the production of wooden imitation weapons, regardless of cold weapons or firearms. They range from small darts and sleeve arrows to large ones like Guan Yunchang's Qinglong Yanyue Knife and Yue Fei's Liquan sharp gun. There are guns, cannons, grenades, and grenades. They are all made as if they were real." As he spoke, he took out a stack of name cards from his pocket, "This is a name card from our factory. We are in Chang'an and Ping'an states. Beijing, Beijing, Tianjin, and Guangzhou all have branch offices, Shanghai branch will also open in the first month, and next year Jinling, Taiyuan, Chengdu, and Changsha will all have branch offices.”

Zhu Tong took the famous post and looked at it. It said "Gao's Arms Co., Ltd.", with a note on the side: specializing in the manufacture of various kinds of imitation weapons.Unconsciously smiled: "It's interesting. It really makes money."

The steward was in a hurry and sent a copy of the famous post to Zhao Wang and others, and then went to Daguan Bi and sent him a copy.Senior official Bi pinched the name card and looked at the steward with a half-smile.The steward was a discerning person, so he gave another one to the general of the Qin army, and the rest were not given to the kidnappers, officers and soldiers.

Zhu Tong turned to look at Senior Official Bi.Senior official Bi sighed: "After years of hard work, I have completely lost. I am convinced."

Zhu Tong said with a smile: "It's been a few years of hard work, just to find a carpentry factory in Gao's family?"

Officer Bi looked at the steward and said, "Dare to ask, what is the use of the open space outside you?"

The steward said, "A football field? That's where everyone plays football to relieve boredom."

"Kick the ball?"

"Yes, playing football. It's not quite the same as Cuju." The steward then talked about how to play football.Finally, he said, "Now young people outside like it, and schools in the south have started to have regular competitions."

Senior official Bi let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile: "But I still don't understand where I lost."

"It's because of ignorance." Zhu Tong pointed to the cannon and said seriously, "I didn't even figure out whether it was a real firearm or a wooden model. Is this difficult to check? The subordinates of the high officials are afraid to run away if they see it from a distance. Let's go back and say goodbye."

Senior official Bi shook his head and sighed again.After being stunned for a while, he said, "That's all, let's pick up the accomplices." He turned around and left.Zhu Tong and others and Qin Jun followed behind.

Back in Chang'an City, instead of going back to the Chunfeng Building, I went to a very small wharf beside the Bahe River.A steam engine speedboat was parked beside the pier, and the words "Chengtianfu No. [-] Shipyard" were clearly painted on the body of the boat.Qin State sent people to pick up Mr. Cao, Widow Huang and others they wanted.The exchange of hostages after that was extremely smooth.

Everyone else boarded the boat, and the deck was already full of gunmen aiming at the pier. Bi Daguan took another look at Chang'an City with his hands behind his back, and said to Zhu Tong: "Master Zhu said last night, I insist on you coming, because I want to Knowing how you lost. Not really."

"Oh?" Zhu Tong smiled, "What's the reason?"

Senior Officer Bi said humanely: "I really want to ask Mr. Zhu about those things. However, Japan is not going to let Mr. Zhu live."

Zhu Tong raised his eyebrows: "Do you still want to kill me?"

"That's right." Senior Officer Bi said seriously, "I just want to kill Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Tong turned his head and looked at him: "Why did you change your mind again?"

Senior officer Bi shook his head: "It's useless to kill you. You're dead...it's useless." He glanced behind Zhu Tong and smiled wryly, "If the shooter accidentally kills someone else, it will be troublesome."

Zhao Wangzheng lay on Zhu Tong's neck with a smile, and waved his hands: "Hello, Mr. Bi, goodbye, Mr. Bi!"

Senior officer Bi took one more look at Chang'an, turned around and boarded the boat without looking back.On the pier, gunmen from the state of Qin also pointed at the ship.Thick smoke rose from the bow of the ship, and it started to move in a short time.

King Zhao still lay on Zhu Tong's neck: "Just let them go like this?"

"Well." Zhu Tong said, "It's better to let them go. Situ Cen won't give up after losing so badly this time." He turned his head and glanced at King Zhao, "If Zheng Wei and other four countries did not want to take Zhao, Zhao Guo would How can I join the Federation smoothly?"

King Zhao rolled his eyes: "You guys are the only ones who have a lot of fun. What does this surname Bi mean?"

Zhu Tong said: "It means that from last night to today, he feels that he has not lost to me, but to others. It is useless to kill me."

"Ah? Who?"

"For example, the person who found out the identity of Huiban's master and took away her whole family, the person who killed the cook Shen Daming, and hid the widow of the Ding family, and the person who let the government know that Baihualou and Jixiang Embroidery Workshop are accomplices, notified the Gao family The person who changed the firearms storehouse into a woodware warehouse. It may be the Jin State, or it may be the Federation. He doesn't know who is secretly helping me and ruining his business."

Zhao Wang was stunned: "Didn't you do all of these?"

"I did it." Zhu Tong said seriously, "But I didn't tell him!" King Zhao rolled his eyes.

The crowd went ashore from the pier, and a woman wearing a gorilla felt cloak flashed by the side of the road, and walked towards them with a dignified look.Zhu Tong clasped fists with Zhao Wang: "Miss Mei!"

Mei girl looked at the two of them and smiled, and went straight to Ding Bozhang, the imperial historian.Ding Bozhang was shocked, pointing at her for a long time without saying a word.Mei girl bowed gracefully: "Niece pays respects to uncle. Uncle has worked hard."