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Chapter 218 Emperor Jing's Test

Dayong Kyoto.

Emperor Jing, sitting high in the Zhengde Hall, looked at the memorial presented by the left prime minister and read every word carefully.

Emperor Jing, who had always controlled his facial expressions in front of his ministers, could no longer control his expression today.

There was an expression of shock and confusion on his face, and from time to time he looked in the direction of the Duke of Qi who was standing in the hall.

After a long while, Emperor Jing closed the memorial.

The hall fell into deathly silence for a moment.

No one understood what Emperor Jing's expression meant at this moment.

Finally, Emperor Jing sighed, "Duke of Qi."

The Duke of Qi, whose name was called, stepped forward, saluted and replied, "I am here."

"Do you know about artillery?"

Duke Qi looked up at Emperor Jing with a confused look on his face, "I am stupid and don't know what a cannon is."

"It is said that the King of Qi has artillery in his hands, and he defeated the people in the northern border and caused them to lose more than a dozen cities. You said you didn't know about it?" Emperor Jing stared at the expression of the Duke of Qi below.

The Duke of Qi did not seem to be pretending at this moment, as if he really did not know what a cannon was.

But why did the news from the Northern Frontier say that when the King of Qi went to the Northern Frontier this time, he directly used artillery to capture many cities in the Northern Frontier?

The power of the artillery was so great that a single shell was enough to penetrate the thick city walls of Northern Frontier. The huge noise was enough to deafen everyone in the city.

The memorial in the hands of the Left Prime Minister was sent back by a secret agent planted in the northern border.

In order to prevent exposure, the secret line has not been in contact with this side for a long time.

It was really because Qi Lingheng and his men made too much noise this time, so the leader of the secret line over there had to pass the message to Dayong here.

Emperor Jing looked at the Duke of Qi and narrowed his eyes. An invisible pressure was released, making all the court officials in the hall feel a cold wind blowing over their heads.

The Duke of Qi knelt on his knees with a thud and kowtowed heavily to Emperor Jing. When he looked up again, blood was already oozing from his forehead.

"I am terrified. I really don't know about this matter. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can take me to the Dali Temple and wait for Heng'er to come back before making a decision."

"Ha!" Emperor Jing above sneered.

The Qi family had extremely powerful artillery. At this point, no matter whether Duke Qi knew about it but kept it a secret or whether he had been kept in the dark by Qi Lingheng.

Even looking at the power of the artillery, Emperor Jing did not dare to touch the Qi family easily at this moment.

If he were to become the Duke of Qi now, Qi Lingheng would probably bombard his palace with cannons.

"My dear minister, what are you doing? I just want to ask whether what happened in the northern border is true. The King of Qi has intimidated the northern border, which is a great achievement. How could I reprimand you again?" After Emperor Jing finished speaking, he gave Eunuch Fu a look.

Eunuch Fu immediately trotted from beside Emperor Jing to the bottom of the platform, and helped Duke Qi up with a smile, "Haha, Duke Qi misunderstood your Majesty's intention. Look at the bump on your forehead. Why don't you bring a chair over so that Duke Qi can have a rest."

Soon, two young eunuchs came running from the side of the hall carrying an armchair and placed it in the hall.

Eunuch Fu personally helped Duke Qi sit on the chair, and even called the imperial physician who was waiting in the side hall of the main hall to come and bandage the wound on Duke Qi's forehead.

The eyes of all the courtiers in the hall were almost popping out. Apart from the emperor, the Duke of Qi was probably the only other person who could sit in the hall during court sessions.

Many ministers in the hall looked at the Duke of Qi with envy and jealousy.

"I dare not sit down." Duke Qi, who was pressed on the chair by Eunuch Fu, immediately raised his body and wanted to stand up after sitting down.

But he was pushed back by Eunuch Fu again, and Emperor Jing in the hall also spoke at the right time. "My dear minister, you are not feeling well, so you can just sit down today."

The court officials retracted their gazes and lowered their heads, no longer looking at the Duke of Qi.

Emperor Jing also withdrew his gaze at this time and glanced at the court officials below.

"Today, we received news from the northern border that the King of Qi took a very small number of soldiers and captured several cities in the northern border in succession." Emperor Jing's voice echoed in the hall, "The King of Qi was able to capture many cities in the northern border this time, relying on a firearm called a cannon. I didn't expect that the King of Qi actually created such a powerful siege weapon..."

The Duke of Qi, who was sitting in the main hall and listening to Emperor Jing's words, knew that the cannon that Emperor Jing was talking about must be real, but he also knew that the cannon must be an item in Su Tang's magical space.

He was a little worried about how to explain the cannon matter to Emperor Jing after Qi Lingheng and the others came back.

This is Su Tang.

After three days of continuous travel, they finally returned to Dayong.

At this time, the garrison on the border of Dayong was still unaware of the commotion caused by Qi Lingheng and his men in the northern border.

After Su Tang and his companions entered the border of Dayong, they left 8,000 war horses they brought back from the northern border at the northern border. These horses were handed over to the generals of the Qi family army here.

Looking at the thousands of war horses that Qi Lingheng suddenly brought back, the defending general was so shocked that he looked back and forth between the horses and Qi Lingheng and his men, "This, this, this... am I seeing things?" Even the Qi family cavalry only had five thousand cavalrymen.

That means the Qi family only has 5,000 war horses. The Qi family cavalry are now stationed outside Kyoto. What are the matter with these thousands of extra war horses here?

"This is true." Qi Yan walked to the general's side, suddenly raised his hand and pinched the man's arm.

Feeling a burst of pain, the man howled and looked at Qi Yan beside him, "Qi Yan, why are you pinching me!"

Qi Feng and Qi Yan, since they came to Northern Frontier to rescue Duke Qi last time, have switched from secret guards to visible guards and have become familiar with the generals stationed in Northern Frontier.

These people all know that Qi Feng and Qi Yan are close confidants of King Qi.

"It's good that it hurts. It's not a dream." Qi Yan learned this trick from several members of the Qi family army in the space.

The general rubbed his arms. He was not a person who was afraid of pain. Soldiers stationed on the border for many years had thick skin and strong muscles.

But Qi Yan suddenly pinched him, and he didn't expect Qi Yan's intention.

Hearing Qi Yan say this, he immediately understood, “Hey, I’m telling you, don’t pinch others like this next time. If you happen to meet someone with a bad temper, he will definitely blow your head off.” The man said to Qi Yan with a smile.

"How can I do that? I know you have thick skin. If I pinch you, I have to use more force on my fingers, otherwise I can't pinch you..."

Qi Yan and the man laughed and joked for a while.

Soon the general turned his attention to the war horses again, "Are you going to keep these horses here and not take them back to Kyoto?"

Emperor Jing was extremely cautious, fearing that the generals in the court would have too many troops. Even those troops that Emperor Jing himself had always controlled must be managed by several generals in each camp.

I am afraid that some general will turn his soldiers into his own private soldiers.

There are so many war horses, and the quality of these war horses is very good. At a glance, they are all horses that have just reached adulthood.