Thousand Machine Crossbow. A few years ago, the Western Regions had paid tribute to it twice, and it was kept in the national treasury by Emperor Tianshun. We have never even seen it, but have only heard about it from others. It is said that the power of this Thousand Machine Crossbow is more than ten times greater than that of a bow and arrow.
If Shang Ruoyi explained it once, we would learn it.
"Crown Princess, where did you get this Thousand Machine Crossbow?" Yunqi blinked. Would the Crown Princess rob the private vault of Emperor Tianshun?
But there were only two Thousand Machine Crossbows in the entire Tianshun that were still being worshipped. Now there were about six or seven in front of them, and she threw them there like scrap copper and iron.
"I just did it myself." Shang Ruoyi said vaguely.
Seeing Yunqi's shocked expression, she touched the tip of her nose nervously.
She couldn't say that this space was created by herself.
Yunqi looked at the Thousand Machine Crossbow on the table in disbelief. Was he just making it casually?
Can this thing be made easily?
The Crown Princess must have seen that you are not well-educated and are lying.
At this time, the snow bandits were about to arrive at the Ya Village.
Zhao Junyi, who got the news in the same way, felt like an ant on hot pot.
The snow bandits visited every year, causing heavy losses every year.
There weren't many casualties, but all the money and food would be looted.
This year there was a severe drought and basically no harvest, and now the snow bandits were trying to steal our food, so we wished we could just drop the ball and run away.
But the poison in your body has not been cured yet, and your life is still in the hands of others. Where can you run to?
"My lord, this is bad! The snow bandits, the snow bandits are still ten miles away from us."
Zhao Junyi's forehead was covered with cold sweat as he heard this. He looked again and again at the place where he had hidden the money and food to make sure they would not be discovered, and only then did he feel relieved.
"Sir, shouldn't we resist?" asked a bailiff.
"Resist?" Zhao Junyi slapped his hat fiercely: "Do you have any brains? Resist the bullshit? How can you resist? Resist with your life?"
The beaten yamen runners were in great pain.
"The He family has been running wild under my nose for a long time. Now that the snow bandits are here, I can temper the He family's temper." Zhao Junyi sneered, "I want to see how you can still be so arrogant in the future."
The yamen runner said nothing upon hearing this, but just quietly retreated.
Several yamen runners were waiting outside for news.
"How is it? What does the master say this time? Should we fight the snow bandits with real swords and guns? Damn, I have been so frustrated these years."
The yamen runner who had just asked Zhao Junyi for instructions shook his head and said, "My Lord said to give up resistance. Just like in previous years, let us grab everything and leave."
Everyone frowned when they heard this.
Although they are considered to be free to work in the Far North, they still have some integrity in their bones.
It was extremely awkward to let them surrender to a group of snow bandits without a fight.
At this time, Shang Ruoyi had already explained the defense deployment. At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her previous life, when she was the captain of the special forces team.
Yunqi admired her for remaining calm in the face of danger and for guiding Jiang Xiao.
In the past, I always felt that our prince would lose his status by marrying a concubine's daughter, but after experiencing exile until today, I can't help but worry about the prince. Our prince has never considered the love between men and women. Will he be disliked by the prince's wife?
Shang Ruoyi stood on a high place, and soon she saw a group of men in white robes coming up from the ground.
They all held shining broadswords in their hands.
The leader of the Snow Bandits is named Liu Qin, and this time he is personally leading a group of brothers.
Arriving at the Ya Village, we first went to the city defense. Like in previous years, the city defense was empty. On a fairy table, there was a pile of food and some silver bills.
Seeing this, the second in command, Zhao Yimu, walked forward, shook the things on the table, and said with a curled lip, "This Zhao Junyi, this year's grain is more than half less than last year's."
The head of the family, Wei Xin, sneered: "This Zhao Junyi is very angry. If you don't show him some color, I'm afraid he won't even remember his own name."
The boss Liu Qin had no expression on his face, and said calmly: "Just wait and see if there is anything else. If not, we will go directly into the village."
"Brother, are we still going to other retail investors this year?"
Liu Qin sneered: "Haha, retail investors? The Dingguo Palace is standing there, do I still need to go to those retail investors' homes to collect some odds and ends?"
"Hahaha, big brother is wise!"
Liu Qin had a determined smile on his face.
"A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the king's palace is in decline, it is incomparable to ordinary people."
Zhao Yimu also said in a cold voice: "This time, we must avenge those brothers who died tragically at the hands of Dingguo Palace!"
"Have you already made an agreement with the person who works for the He family?"
"Brother, let's go. Everything has been arranged."
After they left the city defense area, they headed directly to the He family.
Shang Ruoyi saw their figures from afar and couldn't help but frowned.
It seems that they are heading straight for the He family.
Shang Ruoyi's lips corners slowly curled up.
She had never seen anyone send himself to be beaten.
"Thousand Machine Crossbow, ready." She waved her hand lightly, and when those people came into the range, her hand fell fiercely.
"Swoosh!" Several sounds of breaking through the air were heard, and the arrows with fascinating momentum shot straight to a direction not far from the snow bandits.
hiss······
What was that thing that just shot into your face?
Liu Qin raised his hand, and the people behind him hurriedly stopped.
"Brother."
"What about that arrow just now?"
Liu Qin said in a deep voice: "Go forward and take a look."
A snow bandit stepped forward and was about to check, only to see an arrow flying towards him and piercing his foot again.
This time everyone saw clearly that there was indeed an arrow, and the snow bandit who was about to step forward was so scared that he sat down on the ground. If he had just moved a few breaths faster, the powerful arrow would not have hit his feet, but his body.
Liu Qin looked towards the He family with a cold gaze.
I saw a man in a green robe standing proudly with a crossbow that I had never seen before.
"Brother, these ideas are a bit tricky!" Zhao Yimu whispered, "Didn't you say He Jingheng is lame?"
"That's not He Jingheng." Liu Qin said coldly: "Ding is the general under He Jingheng's command. The Dingguo Palace has a deep foundation, and even if it is exiled, there are still many talented people."
"What should we do?" Zhao Yimu's voice was filled with fear: "Run! Brother, otherwise let's retreat!"
"Why are you retreating?" Liu Qin kicked him and said, "You spineless thing, if you retreat now, you will lead your brothers to starve in the winter? If you want to drink, go drink by yourself. I won't drink!"
"But, but this man's archery skills are so high, I'm afraid we haven't arrived yet, and he needs to be ordered to explain."
Liu Qin looked forward and snorted coldly: "What does that matter? As long as she can't see us, it's fine."
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