Martial arts talent system

Chapter 97 The Origin of the Arrow

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Before dawn, Li Jianxin hurriedly crawled out of the pile of corpses, ran back to the mansion, and burned the filthy clothes.I burned three more hot water to take a bath, and brushed vigorously on my body with a pig hair brush until the skin all over my body was covered with faint bleeding marks.Leaning on the edge of the bathtub, Li Jianxin looked at the two steel crossbows pulled out from his body, and after looking at them for a long time, he didn't see anything special. He just looked at the eight-inch long crossbows and thought that the crossbows were probably taken by the court. What is under supervision, there must be something that the imperial court is behind the Tianxianglou.Thinking of this, Li Jianxin quickly climbed out of the tub, put on his clothes, hid a crossbow bolt under the bed in the room, then grabbed another crossbow bolt and went to Dongchang.

As soon as Cao Zhengxiu, who had retired from court, returned to Dongchang, he saw Li Jianxin holding his hand at the door, and he gestured casually, saying, "Li Shaoxia, I haven't seen you for a few days, but I don't know what you can do with Cao today?"

Li Jianxin looked around Cao Zhengxiu, and then said to Cao Zhengxiu: "Mr. Cao, Mr. Li has found something and wants to discuss it with the factory owner." When Cao Zhengxiu heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at Li Jianxin and said, " Then come in and talk." Then he walked into the gate of the East Factory, and Li Jianxin followed Cao Zhengxiu and his group in, without realizing that anyone was watching them from afar.

In the conference hall of the East Factory, Cao Zhengxiu asked the left and right to separate, drinking tea quietly, glanced at Li Jianxin, and said lightly: "Li Shaoxia, there is no one around here, please tell me what is important." .”

When Li Jianxin heard the words, he just talked about what he saw and heard in the Xianglou that day, and he talked about the things about the scumbags.Upon hearing this, Cao Zhengxiu blew on his right hand and said, "If it's about these things, Li Shaoxia, please go back. Our East Factory has already discovered these things. Since Li Shaoxia doesn't trust Cao, why come to Cao? "

Hearing this, Li Jianxin took a deep breath. Although he knew that he and Cao Zhengxiu were not on the same level at all, and there was no possibility of negotiating, Li Jianxin still had a little illusion, but now this illusion was shattered.At this time, Li Jianxin didn't know how struggling his face was. With his clenched gums and bulging muscles on his cheeks, Li Jianxin clenched his fists tightly and looked at Cao Zhengxiu and said, "Li can trust Cao." The factory owner?"

Cao Zhengxiu picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and said: "Although our family's reputation is not very good, we are dedicated to serving the public. Let Li Shaoxia decide for himself." Then he put down the teacup and tapped his finger on the armrest of the grand master's chair moving.

After thinking about it, Li Jianxin took out the fine steel crossbow from his bosom, and said to Cao Zhengxiu, "Mr. Cao, do you know this thing?" Li Jianxin threw the crossbow to Cao Zhengxiu as he spoke. Zhengxiu stretched out his hand to catch the crossbow bolt firmly, put it in front of his eyes and said, "Oh, it's this thing." Then he put the crossbow bolt into his sleeve.

"Cao Factory recognizes this crossbow arrow?" Li Jianxin said a little nervously, as if the mysterious veil of Tianxiang Tower was slowly revealed in front of him. He was watching Cao Zhengxiu with all his attention, and was about to remember Cao Zhengxiu firmly. A word and a word to be said later.

Cao Zhengxiu looked at Li Jianxin with a serious face, and said calmly: "This is the arrow used by a hand crossbow called 'Erliannu' in the Bingzhang Bureau, but I don't know where Li Shaoxia got it from? According to the kind of hand crossbow our family has seen before, there should be two arrows, and the other one must have been hidden by you, Li Shaoxia. But Li Shaoxia, you can save your life under this hand crossbow. The skill is not bad."

"Mr. Cao, Li Jianxin just wants to know which building's standard equipment this Erlian crossbow is." Li Jianxin asked again.

"Although the power of this two-linked crossbow is far superior to that of ordinary hand crossbows, it is extremely laborious to equip the arrows. Moreover, the pure steel arrows are used, which is too wasteful and was eliminated early. It was only made three years ago. A batch of trial packs, even if they were sealed in the treasury, there is no possibility of them leaking out."

Li Jianxin raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said tentatively: "Is there a possibility of the prisoner stealing himself?"

"No way." Cao Zhengxiu replied flatly.

"Why?"

"Because the treasury where the weapons were stored five years ago exploded due to the spontaneous combustion of gunpowder, and the person guarding the treasury has already been beheaded by the Meridian Gate, so it is absolutely impossible for the guard to steal."

"Could it be that the drawings have been lost?"

"Do you think those family members dare to do such a thing when my East Factory and Jinyiwei are monitoring them day and night?" Cao Zhengxiu said with a sneer.

Li Jianxin was silent for a moment after hearing this, but the arsenal where it was stored was bombed, but why did the gunpowder spontaneously ignite for no reason?In addition, if someone secretly took a hand crossbow and left, no one would know, so who could get close to this armory without suspicion?Li Jianxin thought of this and looked at Cao Zhengxiu.

Cao Zhengxiu looked at Li Jianxin's eyes looking at him, saw through Li Jianxin's thoughts, and smiled a little in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Cao was out on business at the time, but he was not in the capital, so it was absolutely impossible for Cao to take To the sample of the Erlian crossbow. Besides, Cao doesn't need to do such a thing."

Li Jianxin didn't think too much about it, and then asked another question: "Since Mr. Cao is so open-minded, Li wants to ask who does that shabby Zhuangzi in the north of the city belong to?"

"That Zhuangzi." Cao Zhengxiu rubbed his chin, muttered to himself and fell into deep thought, then raised his head and said, "Did Li Shaoxia find traces of Tianxiang Tower in that Zhuangzi?"

"En." Li Jianxin hummed and replied.

"That Zhuangzi used to be the residence where Emperor Yunwen lived before he came to the throne, and then it gradually fell into disuse. I just don't know what Li Shaoxia has to do with it? Could it be that the people in Tianxianglou still have something to do with this abandoned Zhuangzi? ?" Cao Zhengxiu took a deep look at Li Jianxin as he spoke.

Li Jianxin was confused, so he didn't know what Cao Zhengxiu's eyes meant, but he just told what he saw and heard last night.Cao Zhengxiu thought for a moment when he heard the words, and said, "Now there are two ways. The first way is to take over the den of Tianxianglou immediately; the second way is to put a long line to catch big fish!"

Li Jianxin also knew that after the abandoned Zhuangzi's den was taken away, the clues behind it were also cut off, so he asked: "Mr. Cao, how can I use a long line to catch big fish?"

"You just have to think about it yourself. Mr. Cao has other official duties to attend to, so I don't want to keep Li Shaoxia any longer, and I invite Li Shaoxia to take care of himself." Cao Zhengxiu finished drinking the cup of tea and put the empty tea cup away. After reaching the table, he got up and left, leaving Li Jianxin sitting alone in the conference hall.

(End of this chapter)