Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Seeing Gu Yue frowning, Gu Xu patted his arm gently: "Don't be afraid. The worst that can happen is just a fight. We have basically figured out King Yin's movements. What we lack now is just an excuse."

Gu Yue took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

"Indeed. Our purpose was not this..." he said, "It was just to make King Yin move."

If King Yin cannot be lured out before the fake prince ascends the throne and Qin Zhaohong is pushed out, things will become more complicated.

Once the fake prince ascends the throne, things will get out of control.

Seeing that he was still worried, Gu Xu couldn't help but feel a little worried. He thought for a moment and grabbed Gu Yue's sleeve again: "Why don't you go with me to see the current situation of Chao Zhenjun."

"What?!" Gu Yue was shocked, "You brought them to the capital?"

"That's right. It's just a team of 200 people. The weapons are very portable and can be placed in the capital." Gu Xu said.

"Let's go!" Gu Yue was very excited. He had long wanted to see what the Chaozhen Army, which had shocked the imperial court and caused almost all the tragedies, looked like.

To the real army!

The two men changed into inconspicuous clothes and rode out the back door.

The location of the Chaozhen Army was very remote. But not remote at all - they occupied a very small old market town, surrounded by imperial guards and under martial law; but after Gu Xu showed his badge and entered the market town, he felt a lively atmosphere.

The space inside is not big and looks like an ordinary residence.

A man with two strong but scarred arms was washing clothes in front of the door. When he saw Gu Xu coming, he happily threw down his clothes.

"The master is here!" Zhedao said with a smile.

"This is a folding knife." said Gu Xu.

"Hello, I'm Gu Yue." Gu Yue smiled and nodded without any psychological pressure.

The folding knife didn't know much about what was going on between them, so there was no need for further explanation.

So easy.

Zhadao asked, "Master, are you here to see the progress of the musket?"

"Yes." Gu Xu nodded.

Gu Yue had seen samples of muskets before, but this was his first time actually entering the territory of Chao Zhen’s army.

Zhadao nodded. He didn't ask who the man next to him was. His master had his reasons for bringing him here. He just wiped the water off his hands and led the two to a small room next door.

Before Gu Yue even entered the door, he suddenly realized: This must be another secret passage!

It was indeed a secret passage.

This secret passage appears to be very simple and seems to have been dug out not long ago. It is completely incomparable to the secret passage in Wumen that is very finely built and looks quite old.

After walking along the small path made of dirt and rocks for about half a quarter of an hour, the three of them emerged from the secret passage.

In front of me was a small house with an open door, and I could see the parade ground surrounded by city walls outside.

"Does this place look familiar?" Gu Xu asked with a smile.

Gu Yue suddenly realized.

This seemed to be the camp where Jingcun arranged for him to stay temporarily when he secretly left the city to chase Gu Xu. It seemed that Wuhuo, who was following him at the time, had explained this to Gu Xu.

The entire parade ground had been cleared, leaving a large open space in the center, and the sound of gunpowder explosions could be heard from time to time.

"Qin Zhaohong arranged this area for the Chaozhen Army to use, and also sent some of her trusted soldiers to learn how to use muskets," said Gu Xu.

They did not get close, but watched from afar as the soldiers over there tested firing their muskets.

Folding Knife explained, "We have been researching in Xidi for many years, but we have been working behind closed doors and have not made much progress. After the talented people sent by Her Royal Highness the Princess joined our team, we have made great progress."

"The most important thing is that you are in Xidi, where iron and gunpowder are in short supply, so you cannot conduct bold experiments," said Gu Xu.

"Yes, that's also a reason." Zhedao scratched his head: "Anyway, the eldest princess attaches great importance to our research, and we are all very happy."

Like Su Huaiyue, they were all people who were full of expectations for this kind of thing - that is, the scientific madmen in Gu Yue's understanding. Now that they had resources and more fresh blood willing to do research joined them, they were of course very happy.

The school ground is mainly divided into three parts.

The large open space at the northernmost side, next to the city wall, is where the soldiers practice using their muskets. No one is allowed to enter the straw man target area. The south is divided into two areas, the east is the barracks for the soldiers, and the west is the research area.

Zhadao took them into the "laboratory".

It's very hot in here. There are several iron furnaces and the sound of clanging is endless.

Gu Yue observed carefully and found that the painting style of the "researchers" was unusual - they were the "blacksmiths" with bare chests and sweating profusely. After they made certain parts, they put them in water to cool down, and then took them to the operating table for comparison.

After looking for a while, the folding knife came back and brought back a complete musket.

"Mr. Gu, please look, this is our latest version of the finished product." said Zhadao.

Gu Yue took it in his hand and examined it carefully.

Compared with the previous version, this generation of fire guns has made great progress. At least there is no need to put gunpowder into the barrel, but to load it from the tail. Folding Knife said that a design to prevent the fire gun from self-exploding has been added, and several new iron smelting recipes have been developed to increase the strength of the fire gun parts, making it more powerful. And warmly invited Gu Yue to test shoot.

Gu Yue thought of the people with missing limbs he saw in the houses in the market town and quickly refused.

Folding Knife looked a little disappointed. He persisted and said, "Master, do you want to try it too?"

Gu Xu glanced at Gu Yue.

Gu Yue dissuaded him: "Forget it, you haven't touched this thing before, and although it is safer now, it is not 100%..."

Gu Xu whispered, "Didn't you say that I was the protagonist of some story? What story would have the protagonist be killed by a musket?"

Gu Yue choked.

That seems to be the truth! But...

Gu Xu walked towards the parade ground carrying a musket.

Zhedao was overjoyed and hurried over to report. Soon, the people surrounding the parade ground parted ways and looked at Gu Xu with admiration.

"Hey..." Gu Yue wanted to persuade her but couldn't, as they had already come this far.

He had no choice but to watch from the side, thinking that if the barrel exploded, he and Gu Xu would be killed together.

Gu Xu raised the muzzle of his gun and pointed it at the straw man target over there.

The effective killing range of this generation of muskets has been increased to twenty meters.

Gu Yue discovered that Gu Xuduan's posture of holding the musket was very standard.

With legs spread apart, arms raised, and body slightly leaning forward, only the musket, which was much larger than a modern pistol, looked a bit out of place.

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, and that feeling came to his mind again.

There was a deafening "bang" and Gu Xu's arm only trembled slightly, while the center of the straw man target opposite him shattered and was almost blown into two pieces.

Cheers broke out in the training ground!

Zhedao was the one shouting the loudest. He had already boasted to the people around him that this was his boss. Since the master was powerful, they, the little soldiers, had face too!