Aaron's face darkened.
He originally thought that with the help of Li Yuanwai and the others outside, he could always cover it up first, but from what Su Rong said, it was clear that he had already gone to find Liu Yuanwai first and knew about the musket.
Thinking of the fire gun, Aaron's face turned ugly. He narrowed his eyes, not showing the humble attitude of a servant. He snorted, "You're quick."
Although this change was subtle, it certainly did not escape Su Rong's eyes.
Su Rong frowned, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat: "You are not A'long!"
At first he thought that A'long had taken advantage of others and betrayed the Bo family, but now it seems that this is not the case. The A'long in front of him is not the real A'long at all.
A person's style of doing things may change, but some things are ingrained in their bones and cannot be changed. For example, Aaron. Aaron's family are all old retainers of the Bo's Mansion. They are the servants of the Bo's Mansion and have been servants of the Bo's Mansion for generations. Although Aaron is not Su Rong's confidant, he has followed Su Rong for a long time. In the past, Aaron had never shown such an expression once.
This kind of attitude is not something a servant would have.
Su Rong saw through it, and A Long did not deny it. He stared at Su Rong with a half-smile: "Why do you say that, Uncle? I have followed you for so many years, how come you can't even recognize me?"
Su Rong was completely certain that the person in front of him was definitely not Aaron.
He looked at Aaron's pretended plea coldly and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
As he spoke, Su Rong pulled out a musket and pointed it at him: "You'd better think it over before answering. Otherwise, I don't think you can keep your life."
When Aaron saw the fire gun, his expression became ferocious uncontrollably: "It's such a pity that you, a bunch of hawks and dogs, got such a good thing."
He had worked so hard for so long and finally made these things, but now they were taken advantage of by the people in the court. He would be lying if he said he didn't feel bad. But he also knew that it was meaningless to continue to be hysterical and it would only make Su Rong laugh.
He slowly reached his hands behind his back. He was carrying a backpack with a musket on it.
Su Rong had never been in the Shenji Camp, so he probably didn't even know how to fire a musket. He was just putting on airs to scare people, but he really knew how to fire a musket.
Today, it seems that there is no way to escape. I am going to die anyway, so I might as well take Su Rong and the others with me when I die.
With the musket in his hand, he could kill at least a dozen people with it. With this calculation, it was not a loss.
As he was thinking this, his hand had already touched the musket in the bag, and then he suddenly turned in another direction.
Suddenly, a loud noise was heard in the silent night. The sound was not from an earthquake nor firecrackers, but rather like a cannon. All the workers who had fallen asleep in the craftsmanship company were awakened by the noise. They thought they were dreaming and jumped out of bed and ran out of the door. Some of them were so nervous that they didn't even have time to put on their coats.
When they ran to an open area, they heard the same sound again and again, and looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Have the elephants escaped again?"
Some people still remember the incident in which the elephant soldiers went out of the city and trampled countless people to death or injury.
"Don't talk nonsense. If the elephant soldiers had run out, there wouldn't have been such a noise. How could it be so simple?! I heard from my mother that when the elephant soldiers came out, it seemed like the sky was falling and the earth was splitting apart. It was so scary." Someone immediately spoke up to refute.
Everyone looked at each other anxiously, and it was not until they heard another sound that someone said, "It seems to be from the direction where Mr. Liu lives!"
Mr. Liu was in charge of the Carpenters' Workshop. All the good things belonged to him. Even the house he lived in required a separate courtyard for himself and no one else was allowed to enter or leave. This was something everyone knew. But now, listening to this sound, it seemed to come from the direction of the courtyard where Mr. Liu lived.
A brave worker said, "Let's go take a look. It's the middle of the night..."
He glanced at everyone, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "It can't be the thing we made..."
When he said this, everyone remembered what they had been doing recently and their eyes widened. They usually made more firecrackers and had no idea about gunpowder or anything like that. But later, Mr. Liu called a group of people over and said he was going to teach them how to make a batch of gifts to be presented to the court. He also said that once they were done, everyone in the Craftsmen's Department would live a good life in the future.
Everyone agreed and listened to Mr. Liu. From then on, they lived and ate in the workshop, did not ask for leave easily, and did not mention it to anyone.
However, everyone knows that this thing is no joke, it's saltpeter! In the past, when making firecrackers, people often failed to control the amount of saltpeter and caused explosions. This happened more than once or twice. Some people tried to make some firecrackers privately, and were blown to pieces.
The stuff they made can really kill people.
Could something have happened to these things
After being reminded of this, everyone fell silent, but they all accepted this possibility in their hearts.
Then, someone stood up and asked to go over and take a look.
The person mentioned at the beginning was the most impatient. As soon as he heard that someone met the requirements, he ran away first. The others also hurriedly followed him and ran out quickly.
As soon as they arrived at Mr. Liu's courtyard, which was usually off-limits to anyone, they smelled a familiar scent.
It was the smell of gunpowder and sulfur that these people were most familiar with.
This is... ..
The leader was bold. He pushed the door open first, then stood still and shuddered violently in front of everyone.
The person behind couldn't see what was going on inside, so he couldn't help but reach out and push him: "What's going on? What's going on in there?"
The man silently stepped aside, and the scene inside jumped into everyone's eyes - a man was lying headfirst on the lawn in the yard. With the light of a dozen torches, everyone could see a pool of blood under him. At this moment, a man in a very bright brocade robe was holding a familiar musket and calmly handing it to the soldiers behind him.
He is a government official!
People from the court!
Everyone was shocked. They were all used to making firecrackers, but this was their first time making firearms. Even though they had made them, the master craftsman and Mr. Liu wouldn't let them touch the finished product. They didn't know that this thing could actually take people's lives and was so easy to use.
Su Rong raised his eyebrows, ignoring the noise behind him, and walked straight to Aaron, who had been beaten almost to a pulp, and slowly squatted down: "Look, you're not the only one who can use this thing."