Arrows are not very good. Not the modern crossbow you're used to. It's okay
"No problem, just take a look." Dai Xie picked up his beloved pulley crossbow. This crossbow was not his, but it had better performance. However, the crossbow arrows looked really awkward and the craftsmanship was too rough.
Of course, if they use their homemade crossbows, they will be asking for trouble.
Aiming carefully, he pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh." With a sound, the crossbow arrow flew out. In the quiet and infiltrating darkness of the century, the sound was simply terrifying. Then, there was a "bang" in the dark night. The dog suddenly started barking. By From near to far, the dogs all over the Ximen Pass began to bark.
"On target." The man who used an infrared telescope to monitor the effects of the shooting said something.
"Withdraw!" came the order. Everyone disappeared in the night in a hurry.
After a long time, the lights finally lit up in the dark Xiguan chamber. The family that made the noise was none other than Liu Dashang's family. The Liu family did not have many servants, and Lingao was not a very peaceful place in the past. So after hearing the unusual noise in the yard, no one dared to come out immediately to find out.
Several servants lit torches, carefully opened the door with sticks in hand, and walked along the yard to explore. The Liu family's place is not big. There are no more than three entrances into the courtyard. After checking, there is nothing unusual. Walking all the way to the side courtyard, where Liu Dashang's study is located, there was no one else except the servants at night.
"Look! There's a guess on the door!" a servant inside exclaimed.
Everyone ran over in three steps and two steps at a time, and ran to the door of the study. I saw an arrow stuck in the wooden wall and penetrated deep into the wooden wall. The servants were stunned with fright. Although Lingao was not a place where people did not pick up lost objects on the road or closed their doors at night, this was the first time they had heard of someone openly shooting arrows in the city. Not to mention the family of the top gentry in the county.
"Quick, go and repay the master."
Liu Dashang had already gotten up at this time. He was dressed by his wife and maids. He also woke up from the commotion just now. It is expected that family members will definitely come to repay the favor. Liu Dashang is the most upright person in dealing with things. Both family members and servants should be treated neatly and neatly.
He was surprised when his family came to report that an arrow had been found on the study wall. This is really something that has never happened before, even when the Li people were in rebellion. When the county was in crisis, no arrows ever hit the city! Bandits and robbers have almost disappeared recently, why are they suddenly causing such trouble again!
He vaguely felt that this was related to what he posted yesterday. He said calmly: "Don't panic! Take off the arrow and wrap it up immediately. Everyone goes to bed. Don't spread news!"
"Master, would you like to report early tomorrow morning?
"Don't report to the official." Liu Dashang vetoed, "Just pretend that he didn't know anything about this matter. Chen Mingwang was the one responsible for this matter. They did it together to intimidate themselves."
"Huh, what a nasty and despicable person." Liu Dashang said.
His wife was very frightened: "Sir, it's better to report to the official. Mr. Wu gets along well with us. He will definitely take care of us."
"Madam. Mr. Wu is naturally good. But most of his gang of foxes and dogs are in constant conflict with Chen Ming.com. What's the use of reporting to the official? It's just a few government servants coming to investigate and nothing will happen. These cheap servants I'm afraid of dirtying my house when I break into my house."
"master.
"Stop talking, I have my own sense of humor," Liu Dashuang said. After such a torment, he was no longer sleepy. He comforted his wife a few words and went outside to light up a candle and read a book.
The book was bought from Guangzhou by his trustee. Since there are regular boats from Gaoguang Shipping Company, it has become much more convenient for the trustee to buy things from Guangzhou. This is a collection of several scientific expeditions during the Tianqi period and the Enkoli Chinese style imperial examinations in the first year of Chongzhen. They are all first-rate eight-part articles.
This kind of collection. Generally, only talented people who are still eager for fame are interested in going to see it. Anyone who has won the Jinshi has the same attitude towards this kind of books as students after the college entrance examination towards test question sets. Liu Dashang was so enthusiastic about this because he wanted to teach a few disciples. Win one or two more prizes for the county and become a Jinshi.
But in the imperial examination, there is a saying that there is no need to write essays in the field. Writing colorful essays does not necessarily lead to success in the examination. The higher the level, the more unpredictable factors there are. Not only must the article be well written, but one must also have a certain understanding of the examiner's temperament, writing style, and the court's intentions. Try to figure out the article that is most appealing to the examiner.
When Liu Dashang studied this book, he wanted to take a good look at the writing style in the academic field in the past ten years. Fortunately, there is targeted guidance during lectures.
However, I can't always read the book. The text that seemed wonderful at first seems to be extremely boring now. "Nothing!" Liu Dashang patted the table. Involuntarily, he thought about the arrow again. It was obvious that Chen Mingwang and his gang intended to intimidate themselves, but they were too courageous to do so. Could it be that the Australians are behind this? Thinking about it, I think it’s impossible. Australians don't need to go to such great lengths to deal with themselves. Just be safe...:, the report is not accurate, no one can do it in Cang County, but there will be trouble.
It seems that only Chen Mingwang and his group can do this. To think that this person actually relied on the power of the Australian people to do such a treasonous thing! Even when the Li people were in rebellion and the county was in crisis. There has never been such a tongue dagger in the city! What's more, it's directed at yourself! Liu Dashang's self-esteem was greatly stimulated - he was always modest, regardless of the other party's high or low status. The whole county also respected him. Now a subordinate official dared to threaten him so blatantly. It is simply unbearable.
"I thought this ghostly trick could scare me, but I didn't," Liu Dashuang said bitterly.
But when I went to accuse the Australians, it was an unfounded and unfounded case. He thought about it again and again. Decided not to make any announcement for now. Immediately, the caregiver called the housekeeper and asked him to organize all the young men in the family and keep them on duty day and night to guard against anyone causing trouble.
However, early the next morning, the whole county was in great panic. It turned out that that night, in addition to the Liu Dashang family who was shot with an arrow, there were also several wealthy families in the county who had knives thrown into them. There is a sticker stuck on the knife. The words were written crookedly. Remind them that "too much talk will make them lose their temper"
A knife was inserted into the front door of the dignified county school. Knives were also thrown in front of the student village of the county school. This incident immediately caused a sensation in the whole city, and it took less than half a day. Even everyone in Dongmen City knows that such a thing has never happened in this county. It brings a little bit of color to the boring life in this county. There was a lot of discussion everywhere for a while.
Almost everyone in the discussion agreed that this was done by Chen Ming.com and his gang. Some people were surprised by the boldness of Chen Mingwang and his gang, while others lamented that the prestige of the scholars had been wiped out.
Although Liu Dashuang told his family not to spread rumors about someone shooting arrows, by noon, many people in the county already knew that Liu Dashang's family was also warned about someone shooting arrows. Many people came to the Liu family in sedan chairs to express their condolences. Who leaked the news that confused Liu Dashang? Others came to greet them out of sincerity, but it was inconvenient for me to see them, so I had to come out and deal with them. Made so tired
Huang Xunkun also came to express his condolences. He is not afraid of someone inserting a knife into the door.
Back then, the bandits who opposed Huangjiazhai sent all kinds of threats to the Huang family. He laughed it all off. However, what Chen Mingwang and his group did was beyond his expectation. Especially how dare they threaten Liu Dashang so nakedly!
"Uncle was frightened."
"It's just a young man, jumping on the beam. It's not worth mentioning. Liu Dashuang doesn't care about it.
"This matter should be reported to the official,"
"There is no need to report to the official. Liu Dashuang said his thoughts again.
"Uncle, you still need to report it to the police. We don't care whether the case can be solved or not. Now the news about your house being shot with arrows has spread throughout the city. If you just tolerate it like this, wouldn't everyone think that you are afraid of these gangsters? Would you rather turn big things into nothing?
Liu Dashuang thinks Huang Xunkun is right. It would be fine if no one knew. Now that the news has spread, it would be no good to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so I asked someone to go to the county government to report it to the official.
The county responded quickly, and soon Dianshi came to visit Liu's house. As usual, there were some inspection procedures to be completed. Dianshi pretended to look at the arrow marks in the courtyard of the study, looked at the arrow again, and ordered his men to collect it as physical evidence.
After the investigation, he inevitably had to say some polite words, saying that he would "solve the case within a time limit." Liu Dashuang also responded with a false story.
Everyone knows that this matter has nothing to do with the county government. The key is how do Australians plan to deal with this matter?
The answer came quickly, the next day. The people at the city gate saw a group of people coming from the direction of Bairentan. Fashionable short clothes. Knowing that this was an Australian coming, he quickly sent someone to report to the county magistrate.
When the county residents heard that a large group of Australians was coming to the city, they flocked to the city gate to watch the excitement. I saw a team of more than thirty people, one person. They were all wearing blue shorts and a belt around their waists. There were many things hung here and there on the belts. Some had muskets on their shoulders, and some had swords on their waists and hips. They were neatly lined up and full of energy. They all looked very powerful. It was completely different from the county officers and soldiers they were used to seeing, who were in rags and looked like beggars.
"The Australian soldiers are indeed elite. Some people in the crowd commented.
"What are you looking at! These are all fake fashion
"Hush! You're going to die. Australian! Australian!"
"Yes, yes, these Australian soldiers are all recruited locally. Some are also recruited from other provinces."
"You actually feed the Australians and serve as soldiers. It's really audacious and some people commented.
"Mr. Zhao, if you don't have enough food to eat, you must be braver than them.
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