As soon as Ye Zixun finished speaking, all the masters of the Ba Dao Camp fell silent.

Ever since Zuo Yu and his two companions killed Bao Daoyi in the street and slaughtered nine hundred soldiers, everyone in Hangzhou knew about the strength of these three great masters. They could truly defeat a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand people.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Ye Zixun sighed, supported himself on the treetop and jumped down, landing next to Ning Yi.

"Fourth brother, let's go..."

Ning Yi nodded and took a step forward.

Liu Xigua stood there, her face pale, with crystal tears welling up in her moist eyes.

Looking at the backs of Ning Yi and Ye Zixun, her thin and pale lips moved, as if she was speaking, or as if she was talking to herself.

"...I won't let you leave."

Before she finished her words, the girl bent her knees slightly, and her long legs burst out with powerful force, creating ripples on the grass, and countless water droplets splashed, leaving traces in the air.

The next second, the girl leaped over.

Ye Zixun, who was originally walking in front of Ning Yi, suddenly disappeared and appeared behind Ning Yi in an instant. He looked at the girl rushing towards him in the air with his eyes that were filled with some complexity and sigh.

"Why bother..."

Along with a faint sigh, a hand that gleamed silver in the moonlight touched the girl's shoulder.

In just a moment, the girl's body, which had leaped up like a female leopard, folded in mid-air and fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

Ye Zixun put his arm around her shoulders, preventing her from falling onto the wet ground.

"Take her away. She'll be back in action in ten minutes."

“…”

After hearing Ye Zixun's words, Fang Shuchang stepped forward silently and took the paralyzed Liu Xigua away.

Chen Fan and others silently drew their steel knives from their waists and surrounded the two men.

"Think it all through!"

Ning Yi suddenly shouted, glaring at everyone and said, "The imperial army's pursuers are not far away. Are you sure you want to lose people here?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's pace of progress suddenly stopped.

Ye Zixun thought for a while, took out a blue-covered book from his arms, and threw it to Fang Shuchang who had just handed Liu Xigua to Ji Qianer.

"This book contains the blueprints of the imperial court's cast iron cannons, as well as a new method of iron smelting. Take it and go to the mountains to develop quietly. When you grow strong, maybe we'll meet again!"

As he spoke, Ye Zixun smiled, bowed to everyone, then grabbed Ning Yi by the collar and jumped onto the treetop.

“Rustle—”

With the rustling of leaves, the two of them leaped forward and disappeared from everyone's sight.

…

…

"call--"

The air whizzed past, and Ning Yi's heart pounded as he felt the strong wind coming towards him.

He really didn't expect that Ye Zixun, who was practicing Qinggong seriously, could reach such a fast speed. Even those galloping horses might not be able to reach such a speed, right?

"three……"

Ning Yi tried to open his mouth, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was unable to speak because of the strong wind.

Fortunately, Ye Zixun had been keeping an eye on him. Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, he stopped by the roadside and even considerately smoothed down his unruly hair...

"What do you want to say?"

"Third... cough... Third brother, we went the wrong way. The agreed location is over there!"

Ning Yi coughed twice, raised his hand to touch his chest, and then pointed to the right rear.

Ye Zixun blinked and laughed dryly: "Oh, sorry, I remembered it wrong."

After saying that, Ye Zixun grabbed Ning Yi's collar again and ran in the direction he pointed.

Not long after, the two stopped in front of a dilapidated little temple. There were five people sitting around a campfire in the temple. One of them had a familiar face. He was Wenren Buer, the man from the Secret Investigation Department who had contacted Ning Yi in Hangzhou City.

Seeing Ning Yi coming, everyone stood up.

Wenren Buer came over with a smile and said, "Mr. Ning, let me introduce you. This is Chief Constable Chen Yayuan, who is in charge of various criminal investigation and intelligence affairs in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas..."

Ning Yi smiled and bowed, "Nice to meet you. We were all in Hangzhou before, but we never met. Today is the first time I meet you. I wonder what is the relationship between Brother Chen and Chen Kailian of the Chen family in Beijing?"

"That's my father."

"I see. I've heard so much about you!"

Ning Yi smiled and chatted politely with the chief constable of the Six Gates.

But Chief Constable Chen didn't seem to be willing to be polite to him and started talking about Liu Xigua.

"Master Ning, do you know that after you left the bandits from the Badao Camp, the officers and soldiers from the Wuzhao Camp who were chasing them were immediately attacked? They even knew the location of the Wuzhao Camp's grain carts..."

Captain Chen stared at Ning Yi closely.

Ning Yi smiled and said, "So... you are doubting me?"

Captain Chen sneered, "You were captured by the rebels. The female leader of the Ba Dao Camp specifically wanted to capture you as a military advisor. Later, she clashed with Bao Daoyi, who was also a high-ranking figure in the rebels, because of you. I suspect..."

Wenren Buer felt something was wrong and interrupted immediately, "You two, we are all family members, please don't hurt He..."

"Bang!"

Before he finished his words, a bloody hole appeared on Captain Chen's forehead as he sneered.

Ning Yi had a smile on his face. He decisively turned the muzzle of the gun that was still emitting smoke and pointed it at the three constables standing beside Captain Chen who were dressed in black and had shocked expressions on their faces. They seemed to have good martial arts skills.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three consecutive shots were fired, and three martial arts masters who wanted to attack Ning Yi were killed by bullets.

One of them dodged the bullet aimed at his heart because he was alert, so Ning Yi shot him again, accurately piercing his left eye and splashing out a mixture of red and white.

Ning Yi blew away the smoke from the muzzle, turned his head and looked at Ye Zixun and said with a smile: "Sure enough, this thing is still useful, but there are not enough bullets..."

Ye Zixun shrugged and turned to look at Wenren Buer who was already stunned.

"Do we have to deal with this guy too?"

"..." Wenren Buer came back to his senses, took a few steps back, and looked at the two of them with vigilance and astonishment, "You...how dare you...The Chen family is very powerful in the capital. Although Chen Yayuan has gone too far, he is also capable. His contribution to the fall of the city this time is no less than mine..."

"So Captain Chen died for his country. I am very sad."

Ning Yi held the gun and spread his hands, then said with a smile: "Before the city was captured, you told me that this Chen wanted to take credit for it. Now it has come true. The biggest reward for suppressing the rebellion in Hangzhou is his!"

"but……"

"He is dead."

Seeing the smile on Ning Yi's face gradually fade, Wenren Buer pulled the corner of his mouth, was silent for a while, and then spoke.

"Actually... what I want to say is that it's not a good idea to kill him with a gun. It's better to use a knife or a sword so that others can't see it... Now we have to destroy his body..."

“…”

The atmosphere froze for a few seconds.

Ning Yi said helplessly: "Okay, I was too excited."

Ye Zixun walked up with a smile and patted Wenren Buer on the shoulder.

"My name is Ye Zixun. Brother Wenren works in Hangzhou. You should have heard of Ye's name, right?"

"...I've heard of it." Wenren Buer nodded stiffly, "Master Ye."

Ye Zixun smiled and said, "If that's the case, then it's much easier to explain... The relationship between Ba Dao Camp and my fourth brother is known only to heaven and earth, you and I, but if anyone else knew about it, then..."

Wenren Buer answered skillfully: "Then Brother Ye will come to talk to me, right?"

Ye Zixun smiled and patted his shoulder: "Smart!"

"I just like talking to smart people... The credit for Hangzhou belongs to Brother Wenren. My fourth brother doesn't want it anymore. Brother Wenren, you should also help him to the end. I'll leave the work of destroying the corpse to you. That should be no problem, right?"

"..." Wenren Buer gave a bitter smile, "There are four bodies here, can you give me some help?"

Ye Zixun sighed and said, "I don't have time. I still need to take him to meet up with my brother and the others. If you work harder, it will be considered as a token of your loyalty."

After hearing this, Wenren Buer knew he couldn't refuse and could only nod in agreement helplessly.

Leaving the dilapidated little temple, Ye Zixun asked with a smile, "Do you think highly of Wenren Buer?"

Ning Yi put the pistol into the holster between his ribs and nodded, "He is a smart man. He knows what to do and what not to do."

Ye Zixun curled his lips and said, "He'd better know."

…

…

The next morning, at a farm outside Huzhou City.

Two figures stood in the field outside the barn, staring at the cast iron cannon in front of them in amazement.

"Old Li, science students are really different from liberal arts students. Ning Yi is still playing chess and copying poems in Jiangning, but this guy has already started to innovate technology and has even created cast iron cannons..."

Zuo Yu was amazed, and his handsome face was full of smiles.

Just then, footsteps were heard from behind.

Zuo Yu and Li Yun turned around and immediately saw Ye Zixun, who looked energetic, carrying Ning Yi, who looked a little depressed, walking towards them.

"What's going on?" Zuo Yu asked in surprise.

"..." Ning Yi glanced at him and said weakly, "If you were carried for 600 miles, you would also..."

Before he finished speaking, Ning Yi suddenly thought that if it was Zuo Yu, it really wouldn't turn out like this.

So Ning Yi decisively shut up and turned his gaze to the cast iron cannon in front of the two men.

"Is this the cast iron cannon that broke through the gate of Hangzhou?"

Ning Yi asked curiously.

Zuo Yu smiled and said, "Yes, when your elder brother and I got this thing, I also asked about it - do you know who made this thing?"

"who?"

"The emperor's second son, the King of Qin Zhou Lai, who just opened his own government last year!"

"……who?"

Looking at Ning Yi who was still a little confused, Zuo Yu smiled.

After all, this guy is the protagonist of the original novel, and he has traveled to a fictional world, so it is normal that he cannot recognize characters outside the plot.

But the three of them knew that there was no such guy named Zhou Lai in the original plot!

Zuo Yu considered his words, looked at Ning Yi with a strange look and said, "Fourth brother... Actually, your two brothers and I originally planned to keep your entire family and force them to Liu Xigua and Ba Daoying to force you to rebel..."

Ning Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he widened his eyes and looked at Zuo Yu in disbelief.

"……What?"

"Before, the thought before!"

Zuo Yu emphasized, then smiled and said: "But now, after hearing the news that King Qin is coming, we have changed our minds and decided to go to the capital with you to visit and meet the King Qin who can improve steel smelting and build cannons!"

Ning Yi nodded upon hearing this and said thoughtfully: "This kind of technical talent should indeed be met..."

Halfway through his words, Ning Yi looked at the strange smiles on Zuo Yu, Li Yun, and Ye Zixun's faces, and suddenly seemed to realize something, looking at them with a somewhat surprised expression.

"Wait, that's not right... he's also a time traveler?!"