Chapter 95 In the Darkness
Jin Shiqi was shot by an arrow and survived. It’s so unreasonable!
"Brother!" Jin Cai burst into tears, "You're okay! It's the Bodhisattva who appears! The Bodhisattva is so compassionate!"
Everyone was amazed. This is a hundred tigers running together with arrows. It was made with honor by the Ming Dynasty's military industry. It has a maximum range of 150 steps and contains 5 gold of fine gunpowder. As a comparison, the shotgun only consumes 3 gold of gunpowder once fired.
.This thing can be shot through even mail armor and leather armor, and can be turned over by war horses. This sharp weapon only left a small, bigger wound on Jin Dusi's chest. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have believed it?
!
"Just now..." Jin Shiqi said suddenly, "I seemed to have seen my father suddenly jump out and block me, it must be!" He actually stood up, looking at the golden evening sunshine in the hall, he shouted sadly:
"Dad! Is it you?"
Next to him, Wu Yongbo also started cheering, "I really want to see something..."
Some people also analyzed that the gunpowder was damaged, the force was weak, and it happened to hit his ribs. Others immediately asked him: There are two arrows on the ground, do you dare to try? All in all, there is only one reasonable explanation: Jin Dusi is possessed by the spirit.
, if you wear a golden bell, you will be blessed!
This group of people even forgot Xiaoyao.
Jin Shiqi glared at Lu Baidao, "Mr. Lu, I took this arrow for you!"
Lu Baidao's expression only catered: "Du Si Hong Fu Qi Tian!" He wiped his sweat, "But it's strange, why is that little girl here with you Du Si?"
"You ask me?" Jin Shiqi was angry, "You settled in this Jincai Building! I have eaten whatever you have given me for these ten days in a row, grapes, lychees, tea, wine and meat... and you have stuffed her in a box and sent her. I just treat her as a gift."
It's because you know that I'm charming and talented, and you like me. I like the more charming ones, but I'm not very interested in this little girl. I still have to teach her how to make a bed, which is very troublesome anyway. I kept her to give you face.
I came down and I didn’t even spend the night yet, but I let you offend me...and now you are suspicious of me?"
Jin Shiqi was so angry that he slapped his thigh, "Are you being unreasonable?"
Lu Baidao really couldn't compete with Jin Shiqi despite his words. He whispered: "Du Si...it was my fault."
"Who is she? You must know!" Jin Shiqi touched his chest, "It's still bleeding. It hurts so much."
"Maybe... our people are a mixed bag of good and bad, and they are rebellious."
"You're talking nonsense again!" Jin Shiqi glared at him fiercely. Then he drove everyone out and only asked Lu Baidao, "I came to Guangzhou this time to see Ding Laoxi. What happened just now is inevitable.
There is something hidden.{.You must give me an explanation."
Mr. Lu pondered for a moment, and then simply said: There is no news about Boss Ding in the past few months. I am afraid something has happened, and we are trying our best to find it. However, some people spread rumors because of this, and the leaders of the Ding clan also suppressed each other and suspected each other.
, all wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to rise to power. Finally, he asserted: "This little girl... I don't know her origin."
Jin Shiqi knew that he was lying, but did not expose him. He only asked: "Senior Ding is very powerful, isn't he? What could happen?"
"I don't know. Everyone is trying to survive on a dangerous road, and everything is unpredictable." Lu Baidao shook his head, "Uncle Ding saved my life, and I haven't been able to repay him, so I am...sad and anxious.
ah!"
Jin Shiqi asked a few more questions, but Lu Baidao became more and more strict and stopped revealing the details. He also changed the topic and said that our private salt business would not be affected, and Jin Dusi and all friends in Guangxi should not
So worried.
Jin Shiqi knew that he would never be able to ask any more nonsense, so he had to send him away.
…
It finally calmed down.
Jin Shiqi held the burned rocket and looked out the window quietly, silently thinking about the significance of the chaos of the largest maritime merchant and pirate gang in Guangdong to himself.
What an opportunity!
Although he doesn't know the cause and effect of the whole thing, there is no doubt that Ding Laoxi's group is in crisis. At this moment, whether it is Xiaoyao and the forces behind her, or Mr. Nalu, there may be many who have not jumped out yet
The factions are in an awkward, urgent and wonderful state of balance. Although Jin Shiqi is an outsider and his power in Guangzhou is insignificant, he happens to be standing in a key position because Xiaoyao is in his
in hand.
Although the weight in his hand is very light, if it is thrown at either end of the scale, it will play a decisive role. If his bet is successful, he can even establish a "deep" relationship with the winner.
As long as he can make a difference in this crisis, as long as he stands on the side of the winner in the end, a huge resource will be spread out in front of him. It is a maritime force composed of hundreds of ships and thousands of people.
The power accumulated by a generation of maritime merchants over decades of hard work. Whether it was used in war or as a commercial future, that power was what he dreamed of.
"Which side are you on?... You don't have to think about it! Of course I'm on the pretty side!" Jin Shiqi broke the arrow with a click and made a decision. "That's right, I really don't like Lu Baidao's look.
Old face."
But he asked himself: "Jin Shiqi, how did you become so utilitarian?... There is no other way, you have to support your family!"
Jin Shiqi quickly convinced himself. He closed the outer hall door tightly and made sure no one was eavesdropping, then quietly walked into the bedroom. He sat on the bed and patted the edge of the bed with his hand, "Sister, come out."
He waited for a moment, but there was no movement under the bed.
Jin Shiqi said again: "Xiao Yao, when my brother fell down just now, I happened to see you hiding. Come out!"
Still no movement!
Jin Shiqi panicked and hurriedly lifted the bed sheet and squatted down to check. In the darkness, he saw the little girl lying quietly on her side under the bed, like a kitten hiding in the gap. She hugged her shoulders, curled up her little body, and used
Staring at him with clear eyes.
Brother Jin Shiqi closed his eyes and fantasized about dragging her out, tying her up, hanging her from the beam, and whipping her severely to see if she dared to be naughty again! He opened his eyes and saw her pitiful little appearance,
His heart immediately softened. He took a deep breath and said, "The bad guys are gone, come out and have something to eat."
She still stayed there. Jin Shiqi squatted down and finally gave her a big hand. Xiaoyao hesitated for a long time, stretched out her small hand and grabbed his cuff. "Will you protect me? Brother."
"That's right." Jin Shiqi let her pull her, "but what you just did was too dangerous, and I want to criticize you."
"I didn't want to at first." She said softly, "I wanted to hide here for a few days, brother, and be quiet and obedient. I didn't expect that Old Monster Lu would come today and insist on letting me bump into him. I hate him...
…I just made it up on the spur of the moment and couldn’t help but want to ask my grandpa about the situation…I screwed up, it’s really embarrassing.”
"It's embarrassing. What if I get caught?"
"You will take me back, right?" Her voice was soft.
"...That's right, no one can take you away." Jin Shiqi's hormones surged again, "But you have to promise not to mess around next time."
She shook her head, "I'm still young and not sensible."
Jin Shiqi persuaded her to come out again, scaring her by saying "there are centipedes on the ground" and using fish and yarn balls to seduce her, but she still didn't come out. "Brother, I like this, hiding myself."
Jin Shiqi felt a little tight in his chest. After thinking about it, he lay down on the floor next to the bed. He was almost lying side by side with her, and the atmosphere became a little ambiguous. Xiaoyao smiled slightly and hid in the darkness to watch.
Hold him and hold his sleeves tightly.
"Brother, are you seriously injured by the arrow?"
"I have spiritual protection, so I'm not afraid."
"Then you don't hate me?"
"Of course not. You didn't mean it."
"I did it on purpose."
"..." A flash occurred in Jin Shiqi's mind, and he suddenly remembered the pile of drawings on his desk. It was his lifeblood, and it was full of drawings about artillery, rockets, firearms, portable pontoons, sugar cane presses, acacia beds, and four other things.
A series of miscellaneous records such as wheel steering systems, wind-driven water lifting equipment, etc. The first of which is an analysis report on the power of rockets.
"Have you seen my artwork?"
"Yes." She blinked her eyelashes, and then she said clearly and crisply: "The rocket moves from stillness, and its strength increases with speed. It is difficult to break through Lu's silk within 3 steps, and it can penetrate the muscles after 10 steps.
, 20 steps still can’t break bones, but it takes 40 steps to quickly break armor and kill the enemy. Until a hundred steps, the gunpowder burns out, and the arrow’s power gradually fails. Am I good at memorizing it?”
This little girl has a photographic memory. Jin Shiqi asked in shock, "So, you're going to kill me?"
"I dare to do that because I believe everything you write."
"..." Jin Shiqi choked in his throat, "It makes sense! I should be responsible for my own calculations."
"Isn't it 'Unbreakable Lu Can'? You couldn't even take two steps when you were shot. Why did you bleed?"
"That's an exaggeration...well, I'm not being rigorous."
"Well, forget it this time."
Jin Shiqi laughed loudly. "Have you slept enough? Come out, I want to ask you something serious."
She shook her head and motioned to stay under the bed, "I'm a lazy girl, isn't it bad to just talk like this?"
Jin Shiqi asked helplessly: "Okay, to be honest, what else are you hiding from me!"
"I've hidden a lot of things from you. You're not my son-in-law, so of course I can't tell you everything." Xiaoyao chuckled, "Which thing are you asking about?"
"Grandpa Ding is missing?"
Xiaoyao looked at him in the darkness and said after a while: "Maybe he's dead."
She hid in the darkness and whispered some scattered information - Ding Laoxi was old, often recognized the wrong people, did stupid things, and his subordinates began to have bad intentions... After Xiaoyao got the news, she
A ship was summoned to come here to find her only relative... Maybe there was a change in the direction of the court, or maybe it was just a fight between some bureaucrats in Guangfu. In short, someone betrayed him... Ding Laoxi has been missing for three months, or
It will take longer, or it may have died long ago... The maritime business is like riding a torrent. People have to tense up and struggle in the whirlpool all the time. If they are not careful, they will sink... The ship starts
After a long time, they survived a continuous storm for half a month, and were chased by a strange ship for five days and six nights. Both maidservants died of illness and were thrown into the sea...
She closed her eyes and talked casually. Some words could hardly be connected into sentences, and the context was inconsistent, as if she was talking in her sleep. She was so tired, no wonder she didn't want to get up when she lay down.
Later, her voice trembled a little, as if she was about to cry. Jin Shiqi took a deep breath and wanted to hold her hand tightly.
"Brother, don't be afraid." Without thinking, she patted the back of his hand and said, "I can always find him."
When she said that, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes shone brightly in the dark, and she smiled very movingly.
At this moment, the sun was setting, and the sky outside had become dim and cold. Only the dim outline of the little girl hiding under the bed could be seen. Jin Shiqi stared at her in the darkness, only feeling that she was such a wonderful existence. She was amazed
Zhi, beautiful, a little handsome, a little weird... She should be a strange spirit, she can bite people at any time, and she is elusive... Well, she is like a small shark.
Suddenly, Jin Shiqi had a feeling that she didn't look like a girl from this era. Jin Shiqi felt very familiar and kind to her, even stronger than the feeling Su Mo'er gave him! He suddenly felt a little ashamed.
Comparing Mo'er with her, he knew that he thought too much.
Jin Shiqi's body became hot again. He secretly thought: If I pull her out now and kiss her, will she chop me?
Now is a good time. Mr. Ding’s dragon has no end in sight. No matter what bold things Jin Shiqi does, he will not be punished...probably!
Jin Shiqi grabbed her wrist and dragged her out. He didn't even know what he was doing and just let his own mood act.
The floor was very smooth, so Xiaoyao was dragged half of her body out with a "squeak". At first, she laughed softly and thought it was quite fun, but later she felt that something was wrong - she was keenly aware of it.
This man's thoughts were a bit scary. At this gliding speed, she would be pulled into his arms while she was breathing.
Xiaoyao curled up and put her two little feet on his chest to hold him firmly.
Chapter completed!