Yang Xiu and the other three were stunned when they heard this. They all realized that it must be unusual for Bai Lang to suddenly mention such a seemingly insignificant matter at this juncture.
"My subordinates are all ears!" Yang Xiu knew that he could not avoid it, and was also curious about what was in the boxes given by the city lord's palace.
But Bai Lang stood up from his seat with a smile, smiled and said, "Let's go to the warehouse to talk. It's easier to talk dryly here than to see the real thing."
Bailang spoke, and the three of them naturally did not object and immediately agreed.
So the group left Bailang's public house and went all the way to the inner warehouse of the Affairs Hall. This is the place where the Affairs Hall specializes in storing important items in the knife shop, and it is heavily guarded. When Bailang and the other four came over, there were many more guards outside the warehouse, but inside the warehouse, everyone retreated.
Looking at the nearly twenty-four large boxes neatly stacked in front of him, Bai Lang gestured: "Yang Hongdao, why don't you go open it and take a look?"
"yes!"
Yang Xiu couldn't hold back her curiosity. After hearing Bai Lang's words, she immediately moved a large box nearby. She also took a crowbar that was always available in the warehouse. She found the gap in the box and opened it with force, officially revealing the inside. something to come.
"Hiss!" After opening the box, Qi Zhanzhan immediately took a breath when he saw what was inside.
The box that Yang Xiu opened was filled with the main parts of a large crossbow that had been disassembled and neatly stacked. Ordinary people may be stunned for a moment and don't know how to distinguish this thing, but who among these people present doesn't know?
The whole body is made of planed iron and wood, similar to a square column, with a slight curvature. There is a handle and a mechanism buckle at the end, and there are rivets and assembled slots on it.
A military-style crossbow! Isn't it a second-rate product made in a private workshop? !
"Open again!"
Bailang asked Yang Xiu to continue. The latter didn't say anything, opened seven big boxes in a row, and finally stood by the side with a crowbar, speechless. Liu Xu and Zhou Dong's reactions were no different from Yang Xiu's.
In addition to large crossbow bodies, the seven boxes also contained crossbow strings, mechanism metal parts, and even bundles of shiny crossbow arrows.
"Zu Dao, what is this?"
Bailang pointed at the things in the box and said with a smile: "These are top-quality goods. They were new goods that came out of the workshop more than ten days ago. It is said that they have not even had time to be accounted for. Do you think they are still worthy of your attention?" Why don't you install one and try it out to see how powerful it is?"
Bai Lang's words completely awakened the remaining people from their shock.
Liu Xu hurriedly said: "Zuo Dao, you don't want to hold this thing in your hands! This is a standard weapon, holding it is a serious crime, and it will kill the nine tribes!"
"Kill the nine tribes? Haha, this can't be done to me. Lord Zhou Zhonghao of the city lord's palace told me so. He said that these weapons were given to me to resist possible erosion attacks on the industrial park in the future.
And he also specifically asked me to use it for the people below. When I really want to pursue these weapons in the future, I can directly throw them on the heads of the people below. I can blame the Jiu Clan or any other serious crime on the people below, but I can If you get the guarantee from the city lord's palace, you can get away if you obey.
In other words, Yang Hongdao, these weapons are put into your hands just for you to use them. You will naturally have to bear the consequences when the time comes. Are you afraid? "
"." Yang Xiu was confused by Bai Lang's words and didn't know how to answer. At the same time, there was a cold sweat on my back. He even felt that if he answered incorrectly, he might be hacked to death by Bailang on the spot.
Zhou Dong and Liu Xu beside them both felt an inexplicable cold air rising from their feet in the warehouse, rushing up to the Tianling Gai along their tailbones. I was too nervous to speak.
"Hahaha" Bailang suddenly laughed. Then he patted Yang Xiu on the shoulder and continued: "Yang Hongdao, you don't have to worry about me letting you take the blame. Since I said these words in front of you, I want to tell you the truth. At the same time, I just said I’m not teasing you for fun, everything is true, Lord Zhou Zhonghao from the City Lord’s Mansion did indeed teach me this.”
"Zu Dao, Yang Xiu is dull, but he also knows good and bad. Zu Dao cannot refuse the arrangement of the city lord's palace. Yang Xiu is willing to bear this thunder for Zu Dao!"
Yang Xiu knelt down on one knee and spoke loudly and emotionally. But no one knows what is going on in my heart.
Bai Lang helped Yang Xiu up and continued: "Today is special, so I want to tell you something Ba Xin Ba Chang.
My family suffered a catastrophe at that time, and my younger brothers and sisters were young and helpless. Speaking of which, I almost died of starvation and illness. In the end, Meng Dao Hall took him in and we are where we are today. Therefore, I, Bailang, have always kept my loyalty to the knife shop deep in my heart. Not to a person, but to this place.
Someone once told me that the sword shop is just a chamber pot, prepared to hold shit and urine for the city lord's mansion. When the chamber pot is worn out, feels too smelly, or is damaged, the only result is to throw it away and replace it with a new one. The owner of a chamber pot will never feel any psychological burden because of a chamber pot, let alone say that he is reluctant to part with it.
Just like the previous attack in Yuzhong, and those bullshit secret guards came to kill and go crazy, how many people died in the sword hall? But is there any reward from the City Lord's Mansion? Didn't even ask. Even the last time I asked Yang Xiu to counterattack the Xicheng Swordsmanship Hall, the city lord seemed to have just remembered the blood and sweat on our side.
Are you willing?
Anyway, I am very unwilling to do this kind of thing. Not to mention that hard work pays off, but you can’t always push people into the fire pit, right? The good thing is that others just lie down and enjoy it, while we line up to die?
Tsk, tsk, I was still very angry as I said that. what about you? "
It seemed like he was venting his inner dissatisfaction, like he was complaining, and more like he was speaking out from the bottom of his heart.
Zhou Dong and Liu Xu are still fine. Although I was surprised, I could still bear it. After all, these grievances are not limited to Bailang, so why don't they? Even compared to Bailang, they suffered more losses. It's just that on weekdays, I can only keep it deep in my heart and dare not reveal it at all. Now when I heard Bai Lang say it, I was filled with indignation and felt the same way. At the same time, he was also used to Bailang's attitude of not treating them as outsiders.
By then Yang Xiu's eyes were red. He's not very good at talking, but he's not stupid either. Knowing this, if Bailang didn't tell him, he would definitely not be able to get rid of the blame for "hidden weapons", and the whole family would be implicated and exterminated. Even if he knew the result, he couldn't resist. Because the crime is on him, it doesn't matter whether he is using it or not.
"Sword! I am willing to fight to the death!" Yang Xiu saluted Bailang again. He was stupid, but he knew in his heart what Bailang's words were going to do and how much trouble he would cause. Are you going against the City Lord's Mansion?
Bai Lang smiled and waved his hand and said, "I won't hide it from you. If it were before, I wouldn't have a choice. Either you die or I die. But now the situation is weird, maybe there is another way.
I always want to be a chamber pot but also want to be a knife. Maybe the taste will be different? You think so? "
(End of chapter)
