The prince of the Stone Kingdom who assassinated Master Mingsong was called Shidu, and he was the eldest son of Shi Kun, Feilong's traitor. Shi Kun is currently the king of the Stone Kingdom. Although he obtained Feilong's treasure book, the treasure book recorded many methods of making ingenious things.
With the treasure book, the stone country's papermaking technology developed very well, and the Tang paper produced was of good quality and sold well in the food and even the more distant Qin Kingdom, which was the Eastern Roman Empire.
But there are still some important technologies that Shi Kun knew but didn't know why.
For example, the treasure book contains a method for purifying petroleum oil, but the problem is what petroleum oil is, Shi Kun doesn't know.
For another example, there is a method for making gunpowder and a formula. It is clearly written on it: nitrate seven, sulfur two, and charcoal one. But what is nitrate, how to purify it, and what is sulfur? The treasure book does not clearly state it.
For another example, I can understand how to make the Mo Dao above, but with the national strength of the Stone Kingdom, they simply cannot afford it. Large repeating crossbows, heavy trebuchets, etc., all of which require national strength to support.
Of course Shi Kun was not willing to give in. He was especially interested in gunpowder. He had personally seen his master and Qing Xuzi experimenting with gunpowder. Not only was it an excellent igniter, it could even explode, knocking off the roof.
If used for military purposes, the Shi Kingdom could dominate the Chu River Basin and even expand to Atami.
Shi Kun remembered clearly that his master had put dozens of barrels of gunpowder finished products and raw materials from the secret passage into the Qiaoling secret passage. If he could compare the finished products and raw materials, and add the formula in the treasure book, he could make large quantities of gunpowder.
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Just a few months ago, Shi Kun received the news that his master Fei Long had died. Shi Kun was overjoyed and immediately sent his eldest son Shi Du to lead nine elite warriors to Chang'an.
At dusk, in an inn in Yanshoufang next to Taipingfang, Shi Du was listening to a report from two of his subordinates.
"We just went to Taipingfang and found the small house that His Highness mentioned. It seems that no one lives inside and the surroundings are very quiet. I stood in front of the house for a long time and didn't see a single passerby."
Shi Du's mission in coming to Chang'an this time is very clear, which is to get the map of the Qiaoling Secret Road, and then take away the materials that Feilong stored in Qiaoling eight years ago. As for the wealth inside Qiaoling, he will slowly move it away in the future.
, the top priority is to make gunpowder successfully.
In the morning, Shi Du pretended to return the treasure book on his father's order, defrauding him of the opportunity to be alone with Ming Song.
As a result, Master Mingsong found out that he had been deceived and kicked him out. The two had a conflict. In order to prevent Master Mingsong from obstructing his actions, Shi Du killed the killer and stabbed Mingsong in the chest with a dagger.
"What's the news from Xuandu Temple?" Shi Du asked another subordinate.
"Reporting to Your Highness, a funeral is being held at Xuandu Temple, and their temple leader is dead."
Shi Du nodded and felt relieved. He called everyone together and said: "The old Taoist priest denied that there was no map. I guess the thing is in the secret room of Taipingfang. My father also meant the same thing, so we will do it tonight."
We need to take action, my father said that the secret room is difficult to open, and we have to bring some heavy tools there."
At this time, night had quietly fallen. Ten Sogdian warriors rented two ox carts and drove to Taipingfang next door with hammers, iron drills, iron crowbars and other tools.
Li Ye was wearing iron armor, holding a sword, and hiding eight flying knives. He squatted on the roof. He took the new Tiance Bow to the Imperial Academy. There was only a Sirius Bow here, so he gave it to the Black Spear.
But having a sword is enough. There are only about ten people on the opponent, so it is not difficult to deal with them.
Two bullock carts stopped slowly in front of the mansion. They dismissed the bullock carts. Two warriors climbed over the wall and entered, opening the door. Others filed in with tools. They came to the backyard and kicked the stone away.
The study door burst in.
At that time, Shi Kun, who was still an overseas student, lived in this house for five years. He knew very well that there was a secret room here, but it was still empty at that time. It was not until the first year of Tianbao that Shi Kun launched an attack in Qiaoling, causing
The last batch of wealth and materials did not have time to be delivered to Qiaoling.
Feilong hid the last batch of belongings in the secret room, which was the batch of gold that Li Ye saw, as well as soldiers and armor.
As soon as Shi Du rushed into the study, Li Ye said coldly from the rooftop: "Since you came in uninvited, I, the master, will not welcome you either."
He jumped down and saw a flash of cold light. It was so fast that the Sogdian warrior couldn't dodge. "Puff! Puff!" Two heads were hacked away.
Li Ye held the spear with one hand, and two cold lights flashed through his right hand. The two warriors groaned and fell to the ground on their backs.
In the blink of an eye, he killed the four warriors on the other side. The other warriors just woke up from their dreams. They dropped the tools in their hands and pulled out the scimitars at their waists. The five soldiers shouted loudly and started to kill them together.
Although these warriors were all elites selected from the guards of the Stone King's Palace, they were all vulnerable to the fierce general Li Ye.
Li Ye rolled backwards and rolled out from the gap between the two warriors. Two cold lights flashed, and only two shrill screams were heard. The two warriors fell to the ground, and there were two more pairs of feet on the ground.
Cut off at the wrist.
The remaining three warriors were so frightened that they turned around and ran away. Li Ye threw out a flying knife, rolled forward again, and rushed towards the study.
One soldier fell down while running and was shot through the back of his neck with a flying knife. The other two, Li Ye, ignored them and handed them over to the Black Spear.
As soon as he rushed to the door, he saw a cold star shot towards his door. It was a crossbow arrow. He turned his head and the crossbow arrow missed. Li Ye rolled forward and entered the house, and then a flying knife was shot into the house.
With a scream, the flying knife hit Shidu's thigh, and Shidu knelt down on one knee. He was about to raise the crossbow and shoot again, but there was a sharp pain in his wrist. He found that his hand and crossbow were gone, and he screamed in fear.
Li Ye punched him hard and knocked him unconscious.
At this time, two screams came from outside, and the black spear killed the two fleeing warriors.
The killings and shrill screams must have alarmed the neighbors, and someone would rush to the county office to call the police, and they might even encounter Jinwu Guards soldiers.
Black Spear had experience. He first stopped Shidu's bleeding, then collected the body and placed it in the front yard. The body could not be taken away. The county government came to check. If the body was not seen, they would search it and find the secret room.
Shi Du slowly woke up, his face was pale, and no matter how Li Ye pressed him, he remained silent.
At this time, Black Spear stepped forward and whispered: "The Jinwu Guards are here!"
As expected, it was the Jinwu Guard soldiers who came first.
Li Ye took out the dagger and stabbed Shi Du to death. Shi Du's eyes widened suddenly and he stared at Li Ye with unblinking eyes.
We must not let Shidu fall into the hands of Jin Wuwei. If he confesses about Qiaoling and the secret room, he will be in big trouble.
It will even involve Li Yu and Gao Xianzhi, the princes of Hanzhong County.
"Drag him out too!"
Li Ye gave an order and walked quickly to the outer courtyard.
There were Jinwu Guard soldiers standing next to a pile of corpses outside. Many people covered their noses. They had not seen such a bloody scene in many years.
At this time, a lieutenant walked in quickly and asked sharply: "What's going on?"
Li Ye stepped forward and said, "I am the owner of this mansion. These Sogdians came to assassinate me, but I killed them instead!"
After speaking, he took out Gao Lishi's Baoshou tablet and handed it to General Zhonglang.
General Zhonglang recognized the Baoshou Pai at a glance. He was stunned for a moment, and his tone immediately became much more polite.
"My humble position is Qiu Jian, the lieutenant general on duty. May I ask your surname?"
The people who live in Taipingfang and hold the Gaolishi Baoshou Amulet are by no means ordinary people. Zhonglang Jun does not dare to offend him easily.
"I am Li Ye, Duke of Jinshan County."
"Ah! It turns out to be Li Xiangguo's noble grandson, whose name I have heard for a long time!"
General Zhonglang has indeed heard of Li Ye's reputation. It is said that he killed many people on the grassland, and now it seems that it is indeed true.
The general Zhonglang asked again: "What are the origins of these Sogdians?"
"They are all Sogdian bounty hunters who come to Chang'an to kill people and make money. They killed the master of Mingsong Temple in Xuandu Temple."
"I see!"
At this time, someone shouted: "Someone from the county government is here!"
The lieutenant general didn't want to meddle in other people's business, so he just left the matter to the county government. He clasped his fists at Li Ye and said, "In my humble position, I'm only responsible for safety. I can't interfere with specific cases. Mr. Li, I'll take my leave first!"
He stepped forward and whispered a few words to Lieutenant Zuo County, then led the soldiers away.
There were only about twenty government officials left in the front yard. Looking at the corpses in the courtyard, each of the government officials' scalps exploded.
Lieutenant Zuo County had already received the explanation from General Zhonglang. He stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "General Qiu just said that they were the murderers of the master of Mingsong Temple in Xuandu Temple?"
Li Ye dragged Shi Du's body over and said, "He is the leader and the murderer of Ming Song. Lieutenant Zuo can let the Taoist priests of Xuandu Temple identify him. They should have seen him."
"What about the others?"
"Everyone else is his subordinate."
County Lieutenant Zuo nodded and said, "Mr. Li, can you tell me the motive for their murder? In the case of ten murders, I have to write a report for my humble position."
Li Ye was already prepared. Suzaku told him last time that the Xue tribe offered a reward for his head, so these people could just pretend to be bounty warriors.
Li Ye immediately said to Zuo County Lieutenant: "When I was in Shuofang, I killed Xue Tuo, the chief of the Xue tribe. The new chief Xue Feng offered a reward of 100,000 sheepskins for my head. They are bounty hunters and came to Chang'an to kill me.
Trying to go to Xuebu to receive the reward."
Zuo Xianwei asked again: "Then why do they want to kill Master Mingsong again?"
Li Ye secretly regretted it. If he had known that he would not mention Ming Song just now, he would have to make excuses now.
He spoke freely: "Their leader was seriously injured just now. I interrogated him. According to his account, they lived next to Xuandu Temple in Chang'an. They witnessed the ceremony of Master Mingsong a few days ago and thought that Master Mingsong had a lot of money.
This morning they tried to kidnap Master Mingsong, but failed, and accidentally killed Master Mingsong."
"I see, I understand. Is it necessary for me to send someone to stay and protect Mr. Li?"
"No need, take the body away and send it to Xuanduguan tomorrow to close the case."
Lieutenant Zuo Xian waved his hand and said, "Take all the corpses away!"
The government officials carried the body onto an ox cart, and Zuo County Lieutenant said to Li Ye again: "Please, Mr. Li County, please come to the county government office tomorrow to record the incident, and then everything will be fine."