The sleeping Prince Qing groaned and turned over.

Prince Jin'an covered him with a quilt and stood up.

"Your Highness, you should also take a rest." The chamberlain standing in the dark corner whispered.

"No, I'll just take a walk." Prince Jin'an said.

I have to take a walk again. I wonder when the prince got into this habit.

The chamberlain quickly picked up the cloak and put it on Prince Jin'an, opened the door and followed the young man out.

In order not to disturb others, King Jin'an insisted on choosing this remote palace for King Qing. The so-called walk was not to go to the imperial garden or other places for fun, but to walk around this palace.

It has become commonplace to see the servants standing around, letting the young man walk in circles in front of him, seemingly endlessly.

When the morning light was bright, the street door opened, and Cheng Jiaoniang stepped out, followed by Banqin and two little girls carrying baskets of fishing rods.

"There are no fish in the river here." The neighbor in front of the door couldn't help but remind him, "If you want to go fishing, it's best to go out of the city."

Cheng Jiaoniang looked at him, smiled and said thank you.

After walking only a few steps, Cheng Ping suddenly jumped out.

Manager Cao and Banqin were startled.

"I've thought about it and I still want to make it clear to you," Cheng Ping said.

Ever since they met on the street that day, Cheng Jiaoniang didn't look for Cheng Ping again, and Cheng Ping didn't come over on purpose. It was as if what happened that day had never happened.

Cheng Jiaoniang bowed and saluted.

"Please tell me," she said.

"It's better that you become stronger. No one else is of use, only you are the only one. You can only survive your crisis by yourself." Cheng Ping said.

As soon as these words came out, both Guanshi Cao and Banqin widened their eyes.

"You bastard!" Manager Cao shouted, reaching out to grab him.

After Cheng Ping said this, he turned around and ran away. Manager Cao chased him for a few steps but failed to catch up.

"A gentleman never speaks against his will."

Cheng Ping's voice came from a distance.

Manager Cao was so angry that he was fuming.

What a damn weird temperament. He won’t let go of any big things. It’s a shame he has the surname Cheng...

This thought crossed his mind and he coughed twice.

It’s not that he dislikes his wife’s weirdness.

What's the use of me getting stronger? The Cheng family has nothing to do with her anymore.

"Let's go."

Cheng Jiaoniang stood up and walked forward in silence for a moment.

It was still a bit chilly on the riverbank in early spring, so Banqin placed a wooden bench and Cheng Jiaoniang sat down. Sure enough, she threw the straight hook into the river and it stopped moving.

This action attracted curious looks from people on the street.

"Since when have there been fish in this river?" Some people looked into the river curiously.

"There are never any fish in this river. That's the fool from the Cheng family." Someone familiar with the situation crossed his arms and said, "Does the fool care whether there are any fish when he is fishing?"

These words attracted others to gather around.

The fact that the Cheng family was a fool has spread throughout Jiangzhou Prefecture along with the Cheng family being involved in a lawsuit.

This fool sued his uncle to fight for his mother's dowry.

It is true that only a fool can do such an appalling thing, and what is even more appalling is that the fool actually sued and won.

This fool is not ordinary. Although the people do not know about it, this does not prevent the people's wisdom from making their own judgments.

Manager Cao looked at the woman sitting as tall as a pine tree by the river, winked at a few followers, and they walked aside.

"What happened in the past year or so?" Manager Cao asked.

Several followers looked at each other.

"Nothing happened," they said in unison.

Before they finished speaking, Manager Cao raised his hand and hit them three times on the head.

"It's time to get ahead!" He shouted in a low voice with eyes wide open, "You're still hiding it from me!"

Several followers laughed.

"It's not about hiding things, it's just normal most of the time and nothing happens," they said.

Manager Cao snorted.

"Tell me, what happened during those few moments," he said.

Several followers looked at each other again and moved forward hesitantly.

"There is a period, it seems, after the lady found a big lake..." one whispered, asking another person.

"Yes, after finding a big lake." The man affirmed.

"Then my wife's mood suddenly changed..." the person from before continued.

"But it's not wrong. I just sat facing the lake for several days." Another person said, "My wife has done this before."

"But I didn't become violent after doing this before..." the man retorted.

tyrannical!

Manager Cao reached out and grabbed his arm.

"What tyranny?" he asked.

Several followers looked at each other and moved towards Manager Cao again.

"Master Cao, do you know that there was a time when we were almost scared to death in Liangzhou?" they whispered.

In the carriage shed in the backyard, the carriage that had been brought back from Liangzhou was placed intact. Two attendants stepped forward and lifted the cloth cover. Manager Cao frowned. The cloth cover for the carriage that was not in use was nothing.

It’s a strange thing, but it’s really strange that the car is tied up with ropes...

The two attendants quickly untied the rope and then opened the car door. Manager Cao couldn't help but widen his eyes as he looked over.

"This is..." He stretched out his hand and shouted in astonishment, but in the middle of his words, his two followers covered his mouth tightly and silenced him.

"Master Cao, keep it down!" they shouted in a low voice.

Manager Cao stretched out his hand to push them away, walked quickly to the car, and looked at a strange hard crossbow inside.

The generals of the Zhou family are naturally no strangers to weapons, but this crossbow is a little different from the crossbows they have seen before.

The iron is the head of the gun, the copper is the horse hair, the hemp rope is tied with silk as the string, the bow body is three feet long and has two inches, and the string is two feet long and is five inches long. [Note 1]

Although I haven't used it yet, as soon as anyone who knows the goods sees it, they will say "good bow" in their hearts.

Manager Cao reached out to pick it up, but his body couldn't help but fall.

"There must be four stones here!" he said in surprise. As he said this, he was about to try to string the bow, but his entourage stopped him.

"Master Cao, use this like this." He said, taking it and stepping on the iron ring.

Manager Cao watched the follower string the crossbow easily. He was not worried about the strenuous effort required to string the crossbow and the fear of damaging the crossbow.

So that's why this hard crossbow can be more powerful.

With a buzzing sound, the arrow flew out instantly, and with a pop, it pierced a tree trunk in front of it, almost piercing it.

Manager Cao's eyes widened again.

"We tried it with iron armor." A follower whispered in his ear, "More than three hundred and forty steps, half of the elm wood was penetrated, and seventy steps away, the iron armor was pierced."

Manager Cao took a deep breath.

Divine weapon!

"Mother, did she do this?" he asked tremblingly.

The attendant nodded.

"Do, what do you want to do this?" Manager Cao asked in a trembling voice.

In the past, it was okay to play with a bow and arrow in hand. After all, the six skills of a gentleman are not an exaggeration. But if the bow and arrow are replaced by this kind of hard crossbow, it will not be considered a gentleman.

The followers looked at each other.

"Kill." One whispered.

Manager Cao shook his body with the crossbow in his hand, "Okay, kill someone. Killing someone is not unusual for this lady, but what kind of person is worthy of using such a magical weapon to deal with him?"

Should I kill one person or a group of people?

"...Later, the lady started walking around Liangzhou, and she had murderous intentions several times." The attendant said in a low voice, "She really had murderous intentions, and she met people who met by chance, old and young..."
To be continued...