Daming Junior Scholar

Chapter 1215

There were people in the house, besides my old wife who had already been tied up, there were three or four masked burly men, with short blades gleaming in their hands, and they were directly placed on the old wife's neck like this, so that I suddenly panicked in my heart.

"I am Bai Xi. If some good men ask for money, please let my wife go. I still have a few taels of silver with me. After taking it, let's pretend nothing happened."

"Hehe, it's easy to say, where is the silver?" The man who just spoke reached out to touch it, and quickly found the silver in Baixi's sleeve pocket, and then he was a little surprised: "I didn't see it." Ah, you old boy is quite rich, tell me, where is the other money hidden, and hand it over quickly."

Bai Xi groaned secretly in his heart. If he had known that his family had suffered from a strong man, he should have spent all the money. This is a good deal. Not only did the money not save his life, but it made the strong man even more greedy. .

Facing the gleaming knife, besides wanting to save his own life, Bai Xi didn't have any other thoughts. Without saying a word, he opened the secret compartment of his home and took out the knife that he had worked so hard to save for many years. A dozen or so taels of silver, held in the palm of my hand with distress and handed it over.

If the money is gone, I can earn it back, but if my life is gone, my life will really be over.

With a forced smile on his face, Bai Xi said with a sneer: "My fellows, the old man has saved so much money over the years, please let us go."

"That's it?" The man took the silver and weighed it. He seemed a little dissatisfied with his harvest this time, so he couldn't help but tapped Bai Xi lightly with his toe, and held the ten taels of silver in front of him. After shaking for a while, he asked, "Tell me, where did you get this money?"

"This..." Bai Xi was taken aback for a moment, hesitated for a moment and said with a sneer, "Today's payment..."

'Pa' Before Bai Xi could react, he was slapped heavily on the face, and then he heard the man snort coldly: "Don't be sloppy with the uncle, don't I know when you will pay? The slap is just to teach you a lesson, if you dare to play tricks with the uncle again, hehe..."

After finishing speaking, the man lit up the knife in his hand and walked towards the old wife beside him.

Just by looking at his posture, Bai Xi knew something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "The hero is merciful, I said, is it okay if I say it? Today, two people asked me to take me into the artillery factory to watch the cannons be fired. When it's over, they give it to me."

"Did you really bring them in?" The man rolled his eyes.

"It's really brought in." Bai Xi nodded quickly.

"If this is the case, I'm afraid we have to talk in another place." After finishing speaking, the man suddenly stretched out his hand and took off the mask on his face. Looking at the face he had vaguely seen, Bai Xi suddenly felt a wave of pain in his body. Even his lips began to tremble, a cold feeling rose from his feet instantly, and spread throughout his body in a short while, except that his damn consciousness was not frozen, he finally remembered this person who is it.

His surname is Tang, and he is the personal entourage of Mr. He, the magistrate. Every time Mr. He comes to the artillery factory, he stays by his side for a moment.

Thinking of what he just said to Tang Lin, Bai Xi wanted to give himself a big mouth. If the money is gone, he can earn it, but if his life is gone, what should he earn back?

Looking at the expression on Bai Xi's face, Tang Lin knew that he must have recognized him, so he couldn't help but sneered and said, "It seems that you have already recognized who I am?"

"En." Bai Xi nodded.

"In this case, let's be gentlemen. If you dare to do it, you must be brave. Come back to the government office with me, and explain everything you should explain to Mr. He." After Tang Lin finished speaking, he took a step forward , and wanted to grab Bai Xi's collar.

Seeing this, Bai Xi quickly begged: "Master, please spare my life, take all the money, and don't tell Master He about me, otherwise my life will be over. "

"Don't worry, Mr. He has always been magnanimous, so he may not be able to do anything to you." Tang Lin didn't care about 21, grabbed Bai Xi and pushed him out.

In order to prevent being discovered by others, Tang Lin specially put on masks for Bai Xi and his wife when pushing them out, and went back to the government office carefully all the way. After Bai Xi took off the mask on his face, he took a look. What I saw was He Jia'an with a murderous look on his face.

Without even thinking about it, Bai Xi knelt down immediately, and said with trembling lips: "Master He, please forgive me, I really just showed them both to see the cannons being fired, and then sent them out."

Sitting on the chair, He Jiaan's face sank like water. Hearing Bai Xi's words, his expression darkened even more, and he snorted coldly, "Describe to me what those two people look like."

"Alright..." As Bai Xi's best skill, although most of the faces of the two of them were covered by straw hats, he was still able to sneak a glance at the two of them while they were not paying attention. It's not that I want to do anything, but I just feel that the next time I meet them, I must kill them one more time.

Soon, He Jiaan listened to Bai Xi's description, compared with what Tang Lin had communicated with him earlier, he didn't know that those two people were the little prince Zhu Yi and the guard Chen Heng beside him. It seems that the palace is indeed A place that encourages people to grow up. The little prince who used to talk about loyalty no longer knows where he has gone. Now Zhu Yi has been completely brainwashed by King Ning. Why did he come here to see himself? Cannon secrets.

Thinking of this, He Jia'an couldn't help sighing. When he looked up at Bai Xi again, he asked sharply, "When those two left, did they have any agreement with you?"

"This..." Bai Xi paused, thought for a while and said, "I told them, if you still want to go to the artillery factory to meet the boss, you can make an appointment with me in a tavern near my house. Wherever they go for a drink."

Bai Xi had already been taken down, but He Jiaan, who was sitting on the chair, had no intention of moving. He was thinking about Bai Xi's words just now. There is no doubt that Zhu Yi's purpose must be to get the secret of Fran's cannon, but if If you want to steal a cannon, it is indeed a bit difficult, but if you buy one of these craftsmen, the difficulty will be much smaller.

Now comes the problem. There are hundreds of craftsmen in charge of casting cannons in the entire artillery factory. Naturally, it is impossible for me to monitor everyone. If Zhu Yi wants to get the safest secret, then those senior craftsmen will be the ones. The target of his attack.

The scope of this action was immediately reduced a lot. Although there are many craftsmen in the Artillery Factory, most of them are only responsible for a certain process. There are not many people who can master the entire process of the Franco Cannon, and the most important person among them is Mr. Bai is none other than Mr. Bai.

But in this case, He Jia'an felt a little more at ease, because the importance of Mr. Bai to him is self-evident, and there are always people around him to protect him, but he can't underestimate Zhu Yi's determination. If you target Mr. Bai, you may use all the power of Prince Ning's Mansion to snatch it.

Thinking of this, He Jia'an couldn't sit still anymore, and quickly ordered: "Tang Lin, let your little brothers stay by Mr. Bai's side to protect them, and be careful of the little prince's people."

"Understood, sir."

Chapter 1216

In order to get the secret of Fran's cannon, King Ning spent a lot of money. Not only did he have dozens of people led by Zhu Yi in the open, but he also sent a team of hundreds of people secretly to hide in various inns in Paju. The orders will be immediately gathered together.

At the very beginning, Zhu Yi had the idea of ​​stealing the cannon. After all, in his opinion, no matter how many secrets the Franc cannon has, it can be imitated by stealing a real cannon, but he has seen the cannon from a distance. After looking at the size of the factory and the number of craftsmen, he finally realized that the Franc cannon seemed not as simple as he imagined, so he quickly gave up his first idea.

Next, his target shifted to the craftsmen in the artillery factory, but after a few observations, he realized that the artillery factory was completely different from what he had imagined. Every craftsman was strictly fixed in one place. They will do their own work repeatedly, and some even don't even know which part of the components they are making. If they really want to take away the craftsmen in every process, it will definitely attract the attention of the people here.

After much deliberation, Zhu Yi finally set his goal on old man Bai Huatian Bai.

When he thought about it, as long as he was brought back to Nanchang Mansion, he would definitely be able to manufacture the Franc cannon.

Therefore, how to take old master Bai away became the biggest obstacle in his heart.

It has been more than ten days since I came to Paju Prefecture, and I really can't delay it any longer, otherwise it will definitely attract He Jiaan's attention. If he sends someone to follow him, wouldn't he be unable to do anything.

It's just that after two days of continuous observation, Zhu Yi couldn't help being dumbfounded. There must be too many guards around Mr. Bai, but they are just craftsmen from a artillery factory. Why do he use dozens of people to guard him every time he goes out? Guards around?

And seeing the sophisticated weapons in those people's hands, you know that these people are definitely not good friends.

The Fran cannon couldn't be taken away by himself, and Mr. Bai couldn't take it away by himself. Could it be that he really couldn't think of any way?

After thinking about it all night, Zhu Yi finally thought of a way.

On this day, Bai Xi came to the small tavern where he usually drank wine. He drank wine and weighed the cooked food as usual. Walk slowly towards home.

To my surprise, after I met Mr. He that day, I thought I was going to die this time, but after only staying in the prison of the government office for one night, Mr. He let me go. He wouldn't just let himself go so easily, the young man surnamed Tang told him to just follow his usual way every day.

Although Bai Xi didn't understand why he was asked to do this, but he knew that if he didn't do it, he might lose his life.

This is already the third day, and this dreadful life is really unnatural, but he has no way to resist this shit-like fate, Bai Xi can only walk home resignedly, looking at his hand When he was about to touch the door of the house, he was suddenly patted on the shoulder.

"Who?" Bai Xi trembled in fright, and quickly turned his head to take a look. He recognized this person at a glance, wasn't he one of the people who went to see the cannon that day, and he actually came.

"It's me." Chen Heng replied lightly, looked at the presence of no one nearby, and said softly to himself: "Come with me, I have something to ask you."

Bai Xi didn't dare to resist, and followed behind Chen Heng fearfully, and the two left the alley after a while.

After walking behind Chen Heng for a long time without seeing him stop, Bai Xi couldn't help but asked worriedly, "Where are we going? I'm going home."

"We'll be there soon." Chen Heng gave him a flat look, and Bai Xi immediately became more honest.

Sure enough, after walking for a while, the two of them finally got into an alley and stopped in front of a house. Chen Heng knocked on the door lightly, and then someone opened the door a crack, and saw When it was Chen Heng, he opened the door.

"Is the young master here?" Chen Heng asked cryptically.

"Young master is in the backyard." The person who opened the door answered.