After Zhu Gui finished speaking, Wang Sheng, who had always been expressionless, finally frowned this time.
"What does King Dai mean? Does he not trust King Jin, or does he think Taiyuan City is too small? Or maybe King Dai has been teasing King Jin?"
Wang Sheng's voice was a little cold, and it sounded like he didn't take the young prince in front of him seriously.
Zhu Gui snorted coldly and said: "Don't I know about King Jin's plan? Don't forget about the Jin Yiwei. I and King Jin still have an unsettled account. Come and see the guests off."
Wang Sheng's face became more and more gloomy, but when he heard the word "Jinyiwei", he already understood that the deal between the two parties could not be concluded from the beginning, and the young prince in front of him was just teasing him.
It's ridiculous that he actually took it seriously, almost delaying King Jin's important event.
Fortunately, from the beginning, Wang Sheng had no hope of completing King Jin's mission through normal channels, so when facing Zhu Gui, he not only did not turn around and leave, but instead took a step forward.
It was this step that made Zhu Gui aware of the crisis, and he immediately wanted to take out the pistol from his arms.
But he was still a step too late. Wang Sheng had already had this plan, so he calculated mentally and unintentionally. In addition, his own skills were very good. He had already controlled Zhu Gui before he took out his gun.
arms.
"King Dai, I'm sorry. King Jin has given me the task. Even if I risk my life, I must complete it."
After Wang Sheng finished speaking, he broke off Zhu Gui's wrist and took the pistol in his hand.
"Is this a firearm? It's so sophisticated."
Wang Sheng looked at the hand-sized pistol with a hint of surprise.
However, he knew that this was not a place where he could stay for a long time. The soldiers of Prince Dai's Palace had established a great reputation in Ganzhou, and he did not want to confront them head-on.
So his three steps turned into two steps and he escaped from the Prince Dai's Mansion.
"Here comes an assassin."
After a moment, Zhu Gui shouted as if he had just reacted.
The soldiers in the Prince Dai's Mansion immediately began to take action.
But not only was Zhu Gui not angry, but he still sat there and continued drinking tea, but there was a hint of solemnity on his face.
At this time Xu Miaoqing walked in from outside.
"Zhu Gui, are you okay?"
She walked up to Zhu Gui, pulled him up, and checked him all over before feeling relieved.
"I am fine, but one of the pistols was taken away by King Jin's men."
Zhu Gui said with a wry smile.
"pistol?"
Xu Miaoqing was also shocked.
After a moment, she said again: "Did you only take one away?"
Zhu Gui rolled his eyes at her and said, "Isn't one pill enough?"
"That's not what I meant. A pistol only has ten bullets, so it shouldn't be able to do much."
Xu Miaoqing sat next to Zhu Gui and consoled her.
"Sometimes, all it takes is one bullet to change history."
Zhu Gui said with a wry smile.
"Oh? Really?" Xu Miaoqing looked unbelieving.
Zhu Gui had no choice but to compile some historical events he knew into stories and tell them to Xu Miaoqing.
Among them is a section about the cause of World War I, the Sarajevo Incident.
…
Wang Sheng grabbed a pistol and completed the task assigned to him by King Jin, so he left Datong Mansion and returned to Nanjing.
Finally, on October 8th, the pistol was handed over to Jin Wang Zhu Xi.
Zhu Xi played with the exquisite firearm in his hand, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Did Zhu Gui kill so many Jin Yiwei with this little thing?"
"Exactly." Wang Sheng, who was standing aside, replied.
"But how to use it? Since it is a firearm, it still needs projectiles, right? Can this be fired only once?"
Zhu Xi studied for a long time, and even pointed the muzzle of the gun at his eyes, trying to see how to load the bullet, but there was no result for a long time.
In the end, he asked Wang Sheng to find a craftsman who made muskets from the Manufacturing Supervision Department, and then he had a better understanding of firearms.
It was just the pistol in Zhu Xi's hand that made the craftsman look doubtful.
The craftsman had never seen such a small firearm before, and even doubted whether it was a firearm.
So Zhu Xi asked Wang Sheng to test it in the yard.
'Bang'.
A vase five meters away broke into pieces.
Zhu Xi and the craftsmen both looked surprised.
But Zhu Hui was surprised, and the craftsman was frightened.
"Haha, it is indeed a good thing. With it, who else dares to compete with me for the position of crown prince?"
Zhu Xi was playing with the pistol, and the joy on his face was beyond words.
But he immediately looked at the craftsman aside and seemed to have thought of something.
The craftsman also reacted immediately and knelt down immediately.
"Your Majesty, I didn't hear anything, please spare my life."
A cruel smile appeared on Zhu Xi's face, and then he pulled the trigger of the pistol.
As a result, the craftsman's head exploded like a watermelon, splashing Zhu Xi in the face.
But not only was he not angry, he was even happier.
"The day after tomorrow is the emperor's birthday. This firearm is enough for me to reenact the Xuanwu Gate incident that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty did."
Zhu Xi's eyes showed a crazy look.
Wang Sheng on the side still looked expressionless.
…
Zhu Gui did not conceal the loss of the pistol, but wrote a memorial and two letters.
Letters are delivered by carrier pigeons, so they are faster than memorials.
He can ignore the others, but nothing will happen to Zhu Di.
After Zhu Di received Zhu Gui's letter, his attitude was somewhat doubtful. He was not sure whether the pistol Zhu Gui mentioned was really that powerful.
And even if there was, he doubted whether Zhu Xi was so courageous.
In the end, he suppressed the news. Even if something unexpected happened at the emperor's birthday banquet, as long as he was prepared, he might be able to turn the crisis into an opportunity.
Duke Xu Guogong also received Zhu Gui's letter, and he immediately went to the palace to tell Zhu Yuanzhang the news.
But what he didn't expect was that Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not blame Zhu Xi, but instead felt that Zhu Gui was not doing his job properly.
And he didn't think a small firearm could change anything.
Zhu Yuanzhang was planning to issue an edict at this birthday banquet, announcing that Zhu Yunwen would be the successor to the crown prince.
He did this because he sensed some recent rumors in Nanjing City, and he also did this to stop the intrigue among other princes.
Therefore, Zhu Xi, who made a mistake, only received a verbal rebuke, while Zhu Gui had his salary deducted for half a year.
This made Xu Guogong a little helpless. It seemed that Zhu Gui's psychological status in Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed very marginalized, and he regretted reporting the news to Zhu Yuanzhang.
What he didn't know was that Zhu Gui had guessed this a long time ago, and the reason why he still did this was just to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's blame if something happened.