"Your Majesty, I have another thing, which is about Ran Chi..."

"Qinghe Hou Yuan returned to the jail, and there must be many things in the mansion. In addition, it is a newlywed. I will ask my dear to come to the palace for details about the rest of the matter! Ran Chi will be temporarily escorted to the Ministry of Justice to be imprisoned and arrested. The supervisory province will arrange for the censor to go to Nanyang to investigate and then make a decision!"

When Qin Shihuang saw Chen Xu, his worries were wiped out. Therefore, he was very considerate of Chen Xu's fatigue and decided to put the messy things behind and talk about them slowly.

Chen Xu thought about it for a while but didn't continue talking.

Originally, the matter of Zhao Gao colluding with Ran Chi and Gongsun Beiyan could not be concealed by Qin Shihuang, but if this matter is said now, according to Zhao Gao's identity and Qin Shihuang's past practices, there may be many twists and turns. If the news is revealed, once the emperor can't help but throw another resurrection scroll, this time it will be useless.

Moreover, the interrogation of Zhao Gao's subordinate in Wancheng was not smooth. Although Zhao Gao's subordinate personally admitted his identity in the mountain temple at that time, he was tortured during the interrogation and did not say a word. Without a confession, it would take more effort to pull Zhao Gao in.

Therefore, Chen Xu did not mention this matter in the emergency report sent to Xianyang last time.

After leaving the palace, Chen Xu went straight to his home.

After entering the city, I went home and came to see the emperor before I could wash up, in order to show the etiquette of my ministers. There are still a lot of things in the mansion to be settled.

Ran Chiang and others who were escorted back were sent to the Ministry of Justice by the Imperial Army. Zhao Gao's guard secretly sent him to Meng Yi in advance before he entered the city. However, it is still unknown whether Meng Yi can get the confession, and these can only be found by Meng Yi.

Qinghe Hou Mansion is lively and messy.

Dozens of carriage items need to be unloaded and sorted out, and hundreds of people run back and forth like ants.

After washing up, Chen Jiangshi patrolled the super huge marquis' mansion with several maids.

Xing'er and Xiao Yuji were already excited to see two cute giant pandas. They were accompanied by a group of servants and climbed up and down on wooden stands in the panda garden, shouting and screaming, and a monkey jumped up and down, screaming and constantly throwing two giant pandas with bamboo shoots, expressing their great anger at their loss of favor.

Therefore, when Chen Xu came back, it was the time when the yard was in chaos.

When Chen Xu returned to the house, Chen Ping, who was in the newspaper office, Zhao Qing and Zhang Cang of the Academy of Sciences, Yingbu and Hu Kuan of the factory, Huangfu Que of Qinghe Park, and Fan Caiying all rushed over to greet each other one after another.

More than an hour has passed when the busyness ends and becomes quiet.

"Huh, I'm so tired!" Chen Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in the living room.

"My husband, please have tea!" Shui Qingrou personally held the hot fragrant tea and delivered it to him, and then sat quietly beside her, constantly looking at the luxurious and antique room.

Although the Shui family is a rich businessman, no matter how rich he is, he is not as good as the former prime minister Lu Buwei. Therefore, everything in the Marquis' Manor is much more luxurious and elegant than the Shui family manor.

"My benefactor, what did the emperor say about Zhao Gao?"

After recuperating for half a month, Yu Wuya's complexion improved a lot, but the injured organs and meridians still had not recovered, and his internal breathing was not smooth, and his martial arts were less than 10% restored. He was basically just like the guard leader of the Hou Mansion, and he could not exercise vigorously. He was like a useless man. However, he was open-minded and never showed any anxiety. At this time, he was sitting cross-legged on the kang playing with Chen Xu's musket.

"Before I told the emperor about this matter, I think it will take a while before I get the confession, so it depends on how Meng Yi will deal with it!" Chen Xu said with a frown.

"If Zhao Gao can't be moved down this time, I'm afraid there will be many messy things in the future. My benefactor, now that I have this Taiyi God Musket, I'll just sneak up to Zhao Gao's mansion tonight and kill him with one shot!" Yu Wuya still hopes to use the easiest way to solve Zhao Gao's trouble.

When Chen Xu told him that no matter how high his martial arts skills were, he was still a scum in front of muskets, Yu Wuya maintained great distrust. However, on the way back this time, after Chen Xu demonstrated the power of muskets to him, Yu Wuya was sure that Chen Xu did not speak loudly because he easily killed a wild wolf with one shot. Although the power of killing is not necessarily stronger than that of a crossbow, the most terrifying thing about this thing is that it does not require any strength, both men, women, and young and old can control it. Even four or five-year-olds can handle it skillfully after training. This is the most terrifying thing about muskets.

You should know that whether it is a bow or a crossbow, high-strength wood or even metal are used as arms, and ropes woven with cow tendons and leather are used as strings. If you want to have sufficient range and power, the higher the requirements for the chords of the force arm, the more difficult it is to open it, so greater strength is required.

The Qin army generally had pawns with light and effective range of about 30 meters, but to open the bowstring, it would require at least half a stone's strength. Half a stone is 60 kilograms (15 kilograms). This strength is not only five years old, but even many adult women cannot complete it. Even adult men cannot open crossbows in a row, and their arms will be sore and weak after three or five times. Therefore, even a long-range weapon with the least powerful power cannot be used in the army on a large scale. It can only be used as a supplementary attack method when charging into battle.

The strength of the standard longbow in the army is about one stone and has a range of 100 steps, but it also requires greater arm strength to completely open the bowstring. Therefore, the archers of the army are selected to be tall and long, and can at least open the arm strength for more than three consecutive times to become qualified archers. Therefore, the treatment of archers in the army is much better than that of infantry.

As for the higher strength bow, it requires stronger arm strength. One hundred bow soldiers who can pull out two stones in the army do not have one hundred bows. Those who can use three stone bows are called archers, while those who can pull out more than four stones are no longer humans, but beasts. They have 120 kilograms of arm strength on both hands, and the stability of the bow is also required. One of them cannot be found in ten thousand bow soldiers.

However, as a long-range shooting strike weapon, the bow does not necessarily require a correct head. Therefore, there is also a large bow in the army, which is more than six feet long, and the largest one can reach eight feet. When attacking, the soldiers lie on the ground, kick the bowstring with their feet, with a strength of more than three stones and a range of hundreds of feet.

Of course, because the long-range attack attributes of the crossbows are powerful, the requirements for range are constantly increasing, and the crossbows are constantly being improved. There is also a giant crossbow in Qin Shi, called a cow crossbow, also called a bed crossbow, with arms length of 1 zhang and fixed on the carriage. The bow string is as thick as a thumb, and is made of beef tendon and leather glue. The bow string can be pulled with cow tendon and leather glue. The strength can be pulled with cow horse assistance. The strength is more than eight stones, and the diameter of the arrow is two inches long. It is not an arrow, but a long spear, and the range is naturally very terrifying, with the farthest range reaching 300 feet (about 700 meters).

Of course, with the progress of the times, the power of the crossbow became increasingly greater. In the Song Dynasty, a nuclear weapon of the Eight-Cow Crossbow was invented. It was made of three giant bows together, with a range of more astonishing 1,500 meters. This kind of crossbow could not be pulled even by a cattle and horse. When attacking, it was nailed to the ground by a pile, which required a winch to be opened. A crossbow required seven or eight tall and strong soldiers to operate.

Although the crossbow is far and powerful, it is used more and more widely on the battlefield, no matter what kind of crossbow, it is based on strength. Without super arm strength, the power of the crossbow cannot be exerted. Therefore, the greater the power, the fewer the crossbow will be on the battlefield. Moreover, due to the limitation of arm strength, this greatly limits the combat effectiveness of the archers.

But the musket is different now and it doesn't require any effort.

Put the gunpowder and bullets on, then break the hammer and gently pull the trigger. The enemy will be solved with a bang, which is simply effortless.

Looking at the musket in his hand over and over again, a feeling of sadness and despair emerged from Yu Wuya's heart.

My benefactor said it right. Human qualifications are limited and time is limited. I practice in winter and practice in summer and I have been practicing in the three nines and three winters. I have been practicing hard for more than ten years and finally have the ability to chop tigers and wolves. However, no matter how powerful the martial arts are, I still can't resist this small divine thunder musket, and it blew up with a bang.

If this kind of musket can be made on a large scale, I am afraid that the so-called martial arts master will never have any place to use it on the battlefield in the future.

Looking at Yu Wuya's lonely expression, Chen Xu smiled helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Although the divine musket is simple and powerful, it is slow to recharge. If the quantity is not enough, it cannot form absolute suppression for martial arts masters. What's more, what's the difference between using it to kill Zhao Gao and using explosives? You can't use strong force against Zhao Gao, you can only use strategy. Let the emperor cut off his dog's head himself is the best strategy!"

"Senior brother, Chen Lang is right. Once Zhao Gao is assassinated by force, it will inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion and the panic of civil and military officials in the court. This is a bad strategy that must be used unless it is absolutely necessary. It is better to follow Chen Lang's arrangements for this matter!" Shui Qingrou said softly from the side.

Just as the three of them were having tea and talking, the gatekeeper hurriedly came to report: "Mr. Marquis, Mr. Meng Yun is asking for a meeting!"
Chapter completed!