On the day when the Fourth Prince "ascended the throne", Si Qi had not yet arrived at the city.
When Xiu Xiu reminded him that [the world power of the Daughter of the World has increased], Si Qi frowned slightly and quickly deduced the cause and effect, guessing that the Emperor of Chu was most likely dead. The identity of the Daughter of the World had changed, which was why the small world entrusted her with more world power.
Now it has been five days since the Fourth Prince took over the imperial power.
After arriving at the battlefield, Si Qi helped the border cities to resolve the threat of the enemy as quickly as possible. Only in this way could Chu Xun rush back to the capital to inherit the throne that should have belonged to him.
Chu Xun understood what Si Qi meant, but did not rush to respond.
He stayed here for another day to ensure that the food the soldiers had taken from the enemy was enough for them to spend a long time here to resist the subsequent battles. He
also asked Professor Si Qi to give the soldiers all kinds of magical methods that seemed incomparable to people of this era, so as to improve their self-protection ability as much as possible.
Afterwards, he led a team of no more than 10,000 people and rushed back to the capital.
General Huang and others actually tried their best to ask Chu Feng to bring back tens of thousands of people. No one knew what killers the Fourth Prince would plant in the capital. After returning, both sides were destined to fight to the death. Bringing more people could increase the chance of winning.
But Chu Feng refused with the reason that "I have Si Qi who can defeat ten thousand enemies alone."
Compared with his own safety, Chu Feng still pays more attention to the safety of the border, which is where the troops are more needed to protect the millions of ordinary people in the rear.
"Since I am the prince, I should put the country first, make the world peaceful, and make the people live in peace. Otherwise, what is the point of being a prince!"
General Huang was helpless and had to look at Si Qi for help.
Si Qi stared at Chu Feng's handsome profile in a daze. For a moment, he couldn't help but be moved by Chu Feng's indomitable and resolute aura.
This emotion seems to be heartbeat, and it seems to be excitement. It is hard to tell what it is. Without waiting for him to think carefully, General Huang called him several times and he came back to his senses. He said embarrassedly, "What are you talking about, General?"
General Huang wondered, "I am saying that it is too dangerous for Your Highness to return to the capital like this. It is better to bring more people."
Si Qi understood and comforted him, "General, don't worry, I will protect Your Highness and prevent Your Highness from any harm."
Even Si Qi said so... General Huang wanted to cry but had no tears. After struggling again and again, he finally compromised helplessly.
Si Qi invited Chu Xun to get in the carriage, confirmed that no one outside the carriage dared to laugh at the ugly composite armor, and then got in the carriage and asked the leader to hurry back.
Because the number of troops has been reduced, the mobility has been improved, and there is no baggage burden, so it takes twelve days to come here, but only seven or eight days to go back.
He took out the ironware he had collected in his arms, took cotton cloth and lubricating oil to maintain it. Seeing this, the prince asked him: "What is this?"
Si Qi: "G.Lock G19 pistol."
Small size, light weight, suitable for concealed carrying. The extremely thin 9mm caliber bullet capacity is as high as 15 rounds. In the last world, it was a weapon that was very popular among the military and police.
Of course, it is still a simplified version.
The prince looked at the pile of delicate parts and continued to ask, "What can it do?"
Si Qi: "Well... it can be used to protect you."
The prince's reaction was a little subtle, and he said uncomfortably: "I hope you can use it to protect yourself..."
Si Qi smiled casually: "It's all the same."
He lowered his head and assembled the gun seriously, occasionally using a cotton swab dipped in lubricating oil to wipe the details.
Chu Feng admired the boy's concentration and felt indescribably satisfied.
This kind of satisfaction is a bit like an apple hanging in front of you. You can see it, you can smell it, but you can't touch it no matter how you stretch out your hand, which makes people helpless and helpless.
He thought more than once that if he could get the boy, even if it was just for a short day, he would be willing to shorten his life by ten years.
But...
but it's not possible.
Chu Feng subconsciously clenched the palm of his hand that was put into his sleeve.
Si Qi is a man of extraordinary talent, and he deserves the best things in the world. How can I, a man,...
Chu Feng asked casually: "My dear Si, have you ever considered when to get married?"
Si Qi put on the last clip, hid the gun in his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, are you going to find a good marriage for me?"
Chu Feng's expression was natural, and his tone was indescribably gentle: "As long as it is someone you like, even if it is a princess, I will issue an order to marry you." "
Thank you, Your Highness. If I meet someone I like, I will be the first to tell Your Highness." Si Qi smiled: "However, I have a sister. Let's wait until I have arranged a marriage for my sister before talking about other things."
Chu Feng's eyes flickered: "Is that so? That's good. You are still young, you can slowly choose and look for someone."
"Hmm~"
Si Qi stretched his waist. He had been sitting in the carriage for so long that he couldn't stand up straight, and his bones were almost stiff.
The prince looked at the boy's waist subconsciously, and after a moment, he turned his head away in panic, at a loss, and coughed twice.
He even took the initiative to avoid the boy's open arms, trying not to touch the boy's body.
At this time, he was about to say something to divert his attention, and a deafening roar came from below without warning, like a thunder that exploded from his ears, shaking Chu Xun's body and making his ears buzz.
He reacted the moment the change occurred, and threw himself on the boy, protecting him tightly under his body to resist the impact from the outside.
Si Qi looked at Chu Feng who suddenly fell on him in astonishment. This scene was too familiar, so familiar that Si Qi almost had a memory disorder and reacted a little slowly.
Then, an explosion sounded, and the horse made a very short wail and then there was no sound. The carriage shook violently and tilted to the side. The gravel on the ground flew up and shot into the sky, and then hit the carriage one after another, making a sound like raindrops.
The soldiers around were shocked by this scene and fell silent for a moment, and then they all shouted like crazy the next second.
As the world spun around him, Si Qi felt Chu Feng's strong arms hugging him tightly, and saw Chu Feng's eyes that were determined to protect him at all costs, and his heart trembled slightly.
He subconsciously grabbed the clothes on Chu Feng's back and held on tightly.
After a moment, the carriage flipped half a circle and landed on the ground. Si Qi pressed his palm against Chu Feng's chest and reacted quickly. He pushed Chu Feng away and sat up, looking around the carriage.
The next second, the door was suddenly opened. Si Qi pulled Chu Feng away without saying a word, took out his gun and aimed it at the head of the person outside the car.
His finger was on the trigger, about to press. Si Qi found that the person who came looked anxious and his facial features were particularly familiar. His cold and bloodthirsty expression slowed down slightly. He released his index finger that was about to pull the trigger in the next second and slowly stood up.
The soldiers cried with joy: "Your Highness! Lord Si! You are all fine!"
Chu Xun sat up and said calmly: "What happened?"
The general stepped back, revealing the pitted land outside that seemed to have been plowed a hundred or eighty times, and the horse that was broken into countless pieces of rotten meat. He was angry and scared: "I don't know why, the place where Your Highness was suddenly struck by lightning!"
Si Qi:?
If Si Qi was not in the car, everyone would probably put their suspicious eyes on Si Qi, but Si Qi was also attacked, so no one suspected Si Qi, but suspected that someone had stolen Si Qi's artifact and intended to harm His Highness and him.
Si Qi got out of the car, looked at the wheels that were blown to pieces, and then looked at the composite armor under the car. He found that the power of the explosion was far less than that of the □□ he made. It was just because of the proximity that it produced the greatest effect and blew the carriage up.
He bent down, touched the damaged ground, and picked up a handful of black gunpowder residue from the ground.
Si Qi and Xiu Xiu had said before that black gunpowder was so weak that it could only be used to set off fireworks. Although there was a bit of exaggeration in it, it also indirectly showed that Si Qi really looked down on weapons of that level.
But for the Daughter of the World, maybe she felt that she could be invincible if she mastered the power of hot weapons in this era of cold weapons.
Indeed, if there were no composite armor, Si Qi and Chu Feng would have been dead just like the innocent horse that couldn't even fight with the corpses.
Just like the world line that was tampered with by the Daughter of the World, the original owner and hundreds of thousands of enemy troops were sent to the west by the explosives.
But man proposes, God disposes. The Daughter of the World could never have imagined that when she finally made black gunpowder, the "fellow countryman" who came to this era a few years later than her had already made composite armor on tanks.
The killer who was hiding in the dark and observing the situation must have been stunned to see Si Qi and Chu Feng safe and sound. Si Qi asked the team to continue to move forward, and came to Chu Feng's carriage with various experimental instruments. With Chu Feng actively expressing his willingness to help, Si Qi worked for half an hour before he came out carrying a set of hideous horse armor. Amid
the indescribable looks of the crowd, Si Qi installed the armor on the new horse. Now, it would be difficult for the enemy to kill a horse even if they wanted to.
In front of the soldiers' excited and sad expressions, he announced that he would try his best to equip all soldiers with these equipments. The soldiers forced a smile and said that they were very happy.
Si Qi replied with satisfaction that everything was done to serve His Highness.
His Highness: "…………"
A few days later, in the capital of Chu State.
The regent sat on the dragon chair, waiting for good news.
The good news might be that the prince died in battle at the border and he "had to" officially inherit the throne, or that the enemy was blocked outside the border and the battle would stalemate until the soldiers at the border died of hunger in the city due to the prince's involvement. Or maybe the prince's brutality angered the will of heaven and he was punished by the thunder god to be killed without a complete body...
Everything was moving in the best direction, and the regent was in an extremely happy mood. A few days ago, he even selected many concubines to be taken into the harem under the earnest recommendation of the ministers, which caused Zhao Er to quarrel with him loudly and directly drove him out of the concubine's bedroom.
Zhao Er treated him so coldly that he just sneered a few times and turned around to go to other concubines' palaces.
So the "jealous" Zhao Er's eyes turned red when he heard the news. He took the palace maids and eunuchs to catch the adulterer. After smashing the concubine's bedroom, he gritted his teeth and said with humiliation that he could forgive the emperor's extramarital affair. As long as he banished these women to the cold palace and stopped them from making mistakes, she would still support her husband to sit on the throne.
But the regent king was already the emperor recognized by all the civil and military officials. Why did he need Zhao Er's support?
After all, this era valued sons over daughters and emphasized orthodox birth. Zhao Er was a woman with no achievements. She had been dissolute for many years and had a bad reputation. Even her only positive image was obtained by plagiarism. She had suffered a series of defeats at the hands of Si Qi some time ago, and people had long seen through her nature of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Now as a concubine in the harem, she did not even have the qualifications to participate
in government affairs. How could she, as usual, give orders to the Regent and say "I can help you to sit on the throne firmly". No matter how angry and dissatisfied Zhao Er was in her heart, the news that she was ignored by the Regent quickly spread throughout the harem and to the court.
Many people secretly laughed at Zhao Er's reckless behavior and ended up like this. Which emperor would allow a concubine to behave indecently and interfere in his private life. Zhao Er was able to live to this day thanks to her occasionally amazing skills. If she had lost that last bit of value, she would have disappeared from the world for various reasons.
At this moment, Zhao Er ignored the guards' obstruction and forcibly broke into the hall, seeing the emperor who had not been seen on the dragon throne for several days.
Regardless of the subtle looks from the ministers around him, Zhao Er questioned the Regent: "I ask you, is Si Qi dead?"
The Regent's face darkened as he asked such an unpresentable question. He rebuked him unhappily: "What a disgrace to make such a fuss! Come, take Concubine Zhao back to the harem and confine her for three months! No idle people are allowed to enter the palace. Those who violate the rules will be executed immediately!"
Zhao Er crossed his arms and sneered: "Why, this is not a place I can come to, who can come? Is it that bastard surnamed Lan?"
Zhao Er was talking about Concubine Lan, whose bedroom she smashed and caught cheating on her a while ago. She was the daughter of the current Minister of Personnel, a beautiful and dignified lady from a wealthy family.
Hearing Zhao Er say such vulgar words in front of so many ministers, the Prince Regent looked at Zhao Er with more disgust, and was sure that this crazy woman was looking for trouble again. The
Minister of Personnel, with a sullen face, stepped forward and mocked Zhao Er, accusing her of disrespecting His Majesty, not knowing the rules of being a lady, and being a frivolous woman with bad morals. He ridiculed her from head to toe, saying that she was as dirty and cheap as those prostitutes in brothels.
Zhao Er was so angry that she jumped up and down. She was already extremely irritable because of her husband's betrayal, so she couldn't control her temper and started to yell at the Minister
of Personnel in the court. Her voice was sharp and piercing. After she finished yelling, there was silence all around. Everyone looked at her as if they were looking at a madman. Isolated and helpless, Zhao Er subconsciously looked up at her husband, but he gave her an extremely cold look.
Zhao Er was instantly chilled to the bone and her heart was extremely cold.
She was a little upset and her eyes were red. In fact, she had already noticed that her husband was not as gentle as he was shown on TV. She also knew that her husband was dissatisfied with her and felt that he was ready to give up on her.
She just didn't want to admit it.
Resisting the loss and humiliation in her heart, Zhao Er asked in a hoarse voice: "Forget it, I won't argue with you about the dirty things you did. I just want to ask you, is Si Qi dead? Did you send anyone to use the things I gave you?"
What do you mean by "I won't argue with you"? After hearing this, the civil and military officials in the court were full of disdain.
The Regent recalled the powerful divine punishment weapon, and his resentment towards Zhao Er was somewhat relieved. He even said with some relief: "Of course, it was put to good use."
"It's not okay to put it to good use! He must die!" Zhao Er was so flustered and almost crazy when he recalled those steel beasts. He roared angrily, staring at the Regent and said: "You don't know how powerful he is! You don't know at all!! If he were alive, no one in the world could stop him except me!"
Hearing this, the people around laughed out loud, looking at Zhao Er's pretentious appearance with contempt.
The Regent Prince also thought that Zhao Er was trying to alarm people and was trying to improve his position by exaggerating the ability of the Grand Secretary of Qi. He said disdainfully: "What kind of storm can a mere commoner cause?"
These days, the emperor is everything. If the emperor wants his subjects to die, they must die. This is not a joke.
Zhao Er frowned, recalling the content of the current battle in history, and said directly: "Did you cut off their food and grass? Did you send people to stop them and let them die there?"
The ministers frowned, thinking that Zhao Er was too careless in his words. This matter should be kept tacitly by everyone. How can it be put on the table directly? What if the historian next to him records it?
The historian beside him had cold sweat on his forehead and trembled as he stopped working on the emperor's daily record. The Regent said dissatisfiedly: "This is not something you should worry about."
Zhao Er looked anxious and said regardless: "Give me a definite answer!"
The Regent was silent for a moment and could only say: "... There is a crisis at the border, the situation may not be good."
Zhao Er frowned: "Are you sure? Is there any concrete evidence to prove that they are in a bad situation? What is the latest intelligence? I don't believe your analysis, bring the document over, I want to see it myself! If there is any mistake, everyone will be finished!"
Everyone will be finished? The Regent Prince became more and more certain that Zhao Er was deliberately scaring him, and said coldly: "That is not something a concubine like you can interfere with. Don't push your luck, otherwise don't blame me for disregarding our past friendship!"
The ministers around him all sneered in disdain, mocking Zhao Er one after another, telling her to leave quickly and not to delay His Majesty from discussing important matters with others.
Zhao Er was so angry that his whole body was shaking. At this moment, the military intelligence sent from the border at full speed finally arrived after several days. The soldiers, exhausted and frightened, presented the intelligence and shouted impatiently: "Your Majesty - it's not good!!"
The ministers heard this and asked impatiently: "Did we defeat the enemy at the border and invade our territory? Or did the prince lead the army back regardless of the war situation?"
"No! None of them!" The soldier recalled the horrific scene he witnessed that day, his face turned pale, his body trembled uncontrollably on the ground, and he said in fear: "It was the divine thunder! It was the divine thunder! The Lord summoned the divine thunder, and without a single soldier, he destroyed 100,000 enemy troops in an instant! I saw it with my own eyes, there is absolutely no falsehood!!"
In the court, except for the heavy and panicked breathing of the soldiers, the silence was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
After a while, the ministers came to their senses and roared: "You are misleading people with lies!"
"What kind of divine thunder can be driven by people to destroy the enemy army?"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
The ministers did not believe this too bizarre information, only a small number of people who had witnessed the □□ bombs with their own eyes felt cold and began to feel uneasy.
The Regent King frowned and quickly read the report, his face livid.
Zhao Er scolded him, "I told you but you didn't listen," and asked the Regent King to show her the details of the military situation.
The Regent stared at Zhao'er with a stern expression for several times before handing the thing to Zhao'er, saying in a sharp voice: "Did you leak the secret of the divine thunder! Or did you steal the method of making the divine thunder from Si Qi again, and then lied that it was your own creation?!"
Zhao'er rolled his eyes in anger and cursed: "Do I need to learn this thing from him?" Then, looking at the intelligence, the description of Si Qi destroying the enemy's position with only a few arrows, and the exaggerated artifact "Turtle Shell", he immediately felt that something was wrong.
She shouted at the Regent above: "So, where is the assassin you sent? Where is he now?!"
The Regent had an ugly expression on his face. Under the anxious gaze of the ministers around him, he said: "Maybe he can reach the border today."
Zhao Er scolded him for being stupid and said directly: "Si Qi resolved the border war within one day. Now a few days have passed, how could he still be at the border! He came back a long time ago!"
He and the assassin might have met on the road, and the assassin didn't know that Si Qi had the means to deal with bombs, and didn't know to avoid the "turtle shell" in advance to attack and kill people. The so-called assassination had most likely failed.
When Zhao Er said this, everyone in the court was shocked - Si Qi and the prince had returned?
The Regent figured this out, and his face darkened. He looked at Zhao Er with dissatisfaction and said, "What do you have to say?"
Zhao Er bit her nails, frowned, and was anxious. She couldn't help thinking of the steam engines in the workshop, and the more she thought about it, the more scared she felt.
She looked up at her husband and couldn't help blurting out, "Run! The farther the better!"
The Regent and the ministers around him immediately showed disdain on their faces, and looked at Zhao Er with dissatisfaction.
Run away? Why run away? Just because of the description in the intelligence?
It's just a divine thunder, and they also have divine thunder.
After knowing the principle of the so-called divine thunder, they naturally would not be as frightened as those crude soldiers who were frightened by a small explosion.
The exaggerated descriptions in the intelligence were just rhetoric used by these guys to more accurately describe the horror of the explosion.
Zhao Er's reaction was just because she didn't want to share her husband with others and was jealous. After knowing that the fourth prince became the emperor, her situation was even worse than that of the princess of a mansion, so she urged the Prince Regent to abdicate and let the position of emperor be given to the prince.
Haha, what a short-sighted, selfish and ridiculous woman.
The Prince Regent asked Zhao Er several times if she had any way to deal with Si Qi, and Zhao Er collapsed and said no.
The Regent became more and more certain that Zhao Er was determined not to let him continue to be the emperor, so he had Zhao Er dragged out of the hall and discussed with the ministers how to kill him before the prince entered the capital.
Zhao Er was shouting all the way, asking the Regent to believe her and saying that they must escape quickly. But the Regent and all the ministers ignored her. They looked at her as if they were looking at a mad dog, which made her feel cold in her heart. She was detained by the guards and thrown back to the bedroom. She lay on the bed and cried bitterly in despair.
She thought about her grievances and the powerful enemy she was about to face, and she felt that the whole world was against her.
Recalling that unfathomable man, Zhao Er felt cold all over and had no intention of confronting him at all.
She cried for a long time in despair. In the evening, the Regent did not come to her to comfort her or apologize to her.
She was completely heartbroken and called the maid, choking with sobs and ordering, "Pack my luggage for me."
There was no reason to stay in this place any longer.
That man had the □□ she created and so many soldiers to protect him, so he should be able to protect himself better than a weak woman like her.
Otherwise, what else could she do!!
--Two
days later, the prince entered the capital and looked at the Regent from a distance in the hall.
The prince who was once famous for his benevolence now sat on the dragon throne with an arrogant look on his face, and he had no intention of getting up at all.
The ministers around turned a blind eye to this, and even an eunuch raised his voice and coldly said to the prince below: "Your Highness Prince Xun, why don't you kneel when you see the emperor?"
The soldiers who followed the prince back from thousands of miles away were blocked outside the door by a group of guards with swords drawn.
Only Chu Xun and Si Qi, who were unarmed, were allowed to enter here.
Chu Xun looked around and said calmly: "It seems that you all chose him. Is there anyone willing to submit to me?"
The surroundings were silent, as if Chu Xun's question could not be heard at all.
The regent king above sneered. Without paying any attention to the former crown prince who still couldn't see the situation clearly, they waved their hands, and a group of ministers who had been planning for a long time stood up and righteously advised the crown prince of all the evil deeds he had committed, saying that he had no merits and no virtues and was not worthy of being the emperor of Chu.
The content was very detailed, and many ministers followed suit and cited countless ridiculous and solid evidences, implying that they wanted to put Chu Xun to death.
Everyone thought that Si Qi and Chu Xun might be very angry about the current situation, and they would angrily refute and resist with all their strength, but in the end they were suppressed by the guards around them and imprisoned to be executed on a later day.
However, Si Qi only looked at Chu Feng, and Chu Feng said, "The Regent King colluded with other ministers to seize power and usurp the throne, and sent assassins to assassinate me. He deserves death."
Si Qi nodded in understanding, indicating that the will of His Highness was the will of heaven. He raised his hand, pointed at the man on the throne, and said, "Prince Lin disregarded the emperor's order and seized power and usurped the throne. He will be punished by heaven and die on the spot."
After hearing this, the people around laughed, thinking that Si Qi might have gone insane. When he entered the palace, he was searched for weapons on his body. Not to mention gunpowder, he didn't even have an embroidery needle. What kind of heavenly punishment could he conjure? It was just a pretense. Do people really believe that he can summon divine thunder out of thin air?
With a sneer, he watched Si Qi raise the ugly iron decoration and aim it at the Regent's brow. He smiled and gently opened his lips, uttering a syllable:
"Bang!"
The trigger was pulled, and the sudden sound of gunfire erupted along with his words. With the shrill screams of the eunuchs beside him, the Regent's body suddenly froze, and the corpse swayed a few times, and after a moment, it fell softly to the ground.
The ministers standing below only realized belatedly that blood had burst out from the back of the Regent's head, and the red and white substance had spilled half of the dragon throne.
The whole court was silent, and everyone stared at the scene in front of them in a daze, as if they were dreaming.
Si Qi raised his eyebrows slightly and withdrew his hand casually.
Political struggle? Undercurrents?
Not really.
Within the range of artillery fire, he is the truth.
The author has something to say: -
The last sentence is quite famous: Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon.
Si Qi: Why are you rebelling when everyone is dead? You only have one emperor left! Come and call me daddy! Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard.
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