A gunshot was fired late at night, and the situation was serious.
More than a thousand imperial troops under Sun Congdong were equipped with three-eyed muskets, which gave Li Qinzai the confidence to send envoys to the two countries.
The soldiers of the Forbidden Army have been trained for a long time and are very accurate in firing the three-eyed gun. Moreover, they have strict military discipline. Unless they are attacked by the enemy, the soldiers will never fire without permission.
Hearing gunshots at this moment meant that something must have happened.
"Sun Congdong sent someone to tell the five hundred soldiers and horses stationed outside the city to immediately block the city gate together with the frontier soldiers. No one is allowed to enter or exit. The remaining troops will surround the governor's mansion!" Li Qinzai ordered sternly.
Five hundred soldiers of the Forbidden Army rushed towards the Governor's Mansion, while the remaining one or two hundred members of the Li family only stood around Li Qinzai.
When everyone rushed to the governor's mansion, there was a chaos inside the mansion.
Officials such as Secretary Sima and other officials of the Governor's Mansion stood in a panic outside the door, gathering in a crowd. The servants and servants in the mansion were surrounded by the Forbidden Army officers who arrived in advance.
When Li Qinzai arrived, there was chaos inside and outside the governor's office. Some officials were yelling and scolding, and some servants were complaining about injustice. The governor Pei Shen was wearing official uniform and was comforting people.
"Uncle Li County is here, be quiet!" Liu Asi shouted majestically.
The crowd fell silent instantly.
Li Qinzai looked at Pei Shen and asked: "Who fired the gun just now? What happened?"
Pei Shen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Someone robbed the three-eyed blunderbuss of the Imperial Army."
Li Qinzai frowned: "Did you take it away?"
"I took away a rod and the leather bag that the Imperial Guards carried with them. There was no gunpowder or projectiles outside the leather bag."
"Tell me in detail." Li County Bore said quietly.
Pei Shen composed himself and spoke coherently.
Tonight, when the two missions were fighting in the secret street, Ma Zhiqiong immediately mobilized the governor's 700 forbidden troops to protect Ma Zhiqiong before receiving the letter.
Almost all the Imperial Guards in the Governor's Mansion were transferred away, leaving only a dozen or so Imperial Guards to garrison.
Seven hundred forbidden troops killed the two countries' envoys in a secret street, and surrounded Guanyi to put pressure on the two countries' envoys. Something happened at the governor's office as well.
As usual, the dozen or so imperial troops stationed on duty had to patrol the inside of the mansion, but there were too many, so the remaining officers were organized and divided into eight teams, with two teams patrolling the inside of the mansion and one team patrolling the inside of the mansion.
The accident was caused by the team patrolling the mansion.
Late at night, the governor's mansion was completely white. The total number of soldiers patrolling the mansion was only seven, eight of whom were imperial guardsmen armed with eight-eyed guns.
When the team of seven walked to the south wall of the governor's mansion, they suddenly encountered an ambush.
There were about ten people on the other side, all of whom were armed with weapons. We were lying in ambush beside the main road that the imperial army must pass through. Taking advantage of the pitch-white night, we suddenly swarmed down and started fighting with the seven-man brigade.
It was an unexpected sneak attack, and the Imperial Guards had no time to react, and even the eight-eyed muskets were unable to fire.
The Eight-Eyed Gun is a matchlock gun. The barrel needs to be ignited to fire in turn. The process is not a bit cumbersome. The two armies can calmly and forcefully confront the enemy. However, in the case of a sneak attack or a close encounter outside a small environment, the Eight-Eyed Gun will take over. It's so cheap.
The enemy, who was twice as many as our own, suddenly attacked and the seven-man patrol group was slowly knocked down. The enemy took away an eight-eyed blunderbuss. They originally planned to take away all eight eight-eyed blunderbuss. Fortunately, the leader of the patrol group held a torch. Xu Shang ignited the fuse of the eight-eyed gun.
Before a shot was fired, the enemy panicked, grabbed an eight-eyed gun and ran away.
Before Pei Shen finished speaking, he lowered his head and sighed with a dejected expression.
The next time the official warehouse is set on fire, the court will punish him again. Tonight, he was robbed of an eight-eyed blunderbuss in the governor's mansion. Pei Shen may be turned upside down in his life.
County Uncle Li glanced at me and said, "Are there any casualties among the seven patrolling people?"
Pei Shen showed a strange expression: "It's strange to say that the seven people were only seriously injured. The other party seemed to have deliberately spared their hands. They dared to hurt people's lives and the purpose was just to seize the eight-eyed gun..."
County Uncle Li nodded. It was indeed not a bit strange. It was supposed that the two sides would fight to the death to snatch such an important weapon, but the other side deliberately held back, saying that it was in the past.
Pei Shen added: "Shangguan thought that there might be no internal intelligence among the seven people, so the other party deliberately withheld its hand. Shangguan has ordered that the seven people be put into a small prison and interrogated strictly."
Uncle Li shook his head: "With such an obvious loophole, would the other party ignore it? If we were an internal agent, we should have fled far away after grabbing the things. Who would be so stupid as to stay there and wait for his interrogation?"
"The interrogation has been stopped for now. Let's lock him up for now. We are going to torture him until the truth comes out."
Pei Shen Weiwei agreed.
Uncle Li suddenly felt something in his heart. He looked around and asked, "Where are the dancers from the Western Regions you bought? Where were you when the incident happened?"
Pei Shen said loudly: "When the gunshots were fired, the Shangguan ordered people to search the governor's house. At that time, the dancers were practicing dancing in the front yard."
Uncle Li said with a half-smile, "Is there someone missing?"
"There is one person missing." Pei Shen paused and said in surprise: "Does Sun Congdong believe that..."
"Everyone is right, but everyone is worthy of trust. Even Pei, the governor, is not suspicious of him."
Pei Shen's body trembled and he said in a trembling voice: "Sun Congdong is aware of everything! Shangguan is definitely not involved in this matter. If not, I will punish Shangguan with seven thunderbolts!"
Ma Zhiqiong shook his head in disappointment: "Yes, you are still innocent. If you are a truly guilty person, how can you swear to bring down the fourteenth generation of your ancestors? For example, you often swore when you were in Chang'an, and you said humbly that your family's ancestors were ten The fourth generation is very familiar with you. If you have nothing to do, you can take us down for a walk..."
Pei Shen was stunned, reorganized his words, sighed, and said: "Shangguan swears, your ancestors..."
Uncle Li County hurriedly patted my shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'm joking with him. It's just a joke. It's a small matter. I'd like to ask the ancestors to come down one by one to save him, just in case. What should I do if I get hit..."
Pei Shen breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "When Shangguan left Chang'an, he really thought that the powerful disciples who came to Chang'an had such a small time..."
"A small number of the powerful disciples in Chang'an are quite shy, except you who play so little."
As he spoke, Uncle Li's expression suddenly became serious: "Prince Pei, from now on, the gates of Liangzhou City are closed. The guards of the governor's office, as well as your troops and the imperial army, Xiao Suo, will take away the whole city." Get this eight-eyed gun back."
Pei Shen asked in embarrassment: "What if the thieves left Liangzhou before the incident?"
Uncle Li smiled and said: "A little while later, you ordered the city gate to be closed. Although it was because of another thing, I thought that by chance, I encountered the one behind me. If it was by accident, the thief should still be hiding. Somewhere in Liangzhou City, we left the city."
Pei Shen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, Shangguan will personally lead Xiao Suo throughout the city, vowing to find the thief and bring him to justice."
Uncle Li smiled and said: "Do it well, that matter is an opportunity for him. If he can catch the thief, the next time the official warehouse is burned, the merits will be equal to the faults."
