A small courtyard in the restaurant has been turned into ruins.

The ruins were covered with blackness, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of gunpowder.

"I didn't expect that these thieves were carrying a large number of thunderbolt fireballs, and they were extremely fierce. Seeing that the situation was not good, they actually detonated those thunderbolt fireballs. Not only did they all die of blowing to death, but they also took over a dozen servants."

Gao Xiaoyu and Hu Sanniang hurried to the explosion scene with Yu Hou and met Gao Jie.

However, for Gao Xiaoyu, it doesn’t matter how many servants he died. The key is whether Ma Dazhuang was affected?

"Do not worry, your friend is not serious.

When the explosion occurred, he was on the periphery with his official and did not participate in the war. At this moment, he should be counting the casualties with others, and I have ordered someone to find him."

How could Gao Jie, how could he not see Gao Xiaoyu’s thoughts?

Of course, this is Gao Xiaoyu. If someone else is gone, Gao Jie would probably ignore it.

When Gao Xiaoyu heard that Ma Dazhuang was fine, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the ruins and said for a while: "How come the Liangshan bandits have so many thunderbolt fireballs? Also, why did they bring so many thunderbolt fireballs into the city? The Minister of the Ministry of Public Security, Xiaodao felt that there might be something strange about this."

Gao Jie gritted his teeth and said, "Most of the firearms in Dongping Prefecture are made by the Duzuoyuan of Yanggu County, and they are mostly stockpiled in Yanggu County on weekdays. In order to encircle and fight against the bandits in Liangshan, this time, our official ordered the mobilization of firearms from Yanggu County and prepared for conquest.

Shi Wenbin…”

He suddenly cursed: "I knew this guy was not allowed to use it, and he actually handed over the firearms and supplies to a gangster."

"Director said, is that the sky-popping eagle Li Ying?"

"If it weren't him, who else could it be... He designed to frame Zhukou Village Zhizhai Hu Cheng, and then he could obtain so many firearms. Then he persuaded Shi Wenbin to use the name of escorting the baggage to make the Liangshan bandits sneak into Xucheng.

Taoist Master, if you hadn't recognized Zhizhen, these people would have used these firearms to blow up the city gate and lead the bandits of Liangshan into the city."

Gao Jie spoke, but he showed a hint of gratitude.

Yes, he is indeed grateful.

If Gao Xiaoyu had not recognized Zhizhen, once those people blew up the city gate and led the Liangshan bandits into the city, the entire Xucheng would have fallen.

It was publicized outside that the bandits in Liangshan were so kind and righteous.

But Gao Jie knew very well that once those people were thieves, how could they have any kindness and righteousness?

Previously, they rescued Song Jiang in Yuncheng, and killed Yuncheng County, and most of them were innocent people...

Although Xucheng has prepared, its troops are not very strong.

In order to encircle Liangshan, its large group of troops had already dispersed and surrounded Liangshan. Therefore, the regular army in Xucheng County was only one battalion, and most of the rest were local soldiers. It was okay to resist ordinary thieves, but if you want to fight with those people in Liangshan, you would have no chance of winning... Don't forget that there are Yang Zhi and other people in Liangshan.

With those people here, the shortcomings of Liangshan bandits being incompetent in military affairs to some extent.

"Since that's the case, that is, Hu Cheng and Hu Zhizhai of Zhukou Village did not collude with thieves?"

Gao Jie was stunned for a moment and looked at Gao Xiaoyu in confusion.

"Master Xiao, can you recognize Hu Cheng?

But don't worry, from the beginning, I didn't believe that Hu Cheng would collude with Liangshan. Today, after you recognized Jie Zhen, I figured out the reason, so Pao Lu Qi led his troops to Yanggu. At this time, he should have arrived at Yanggu."

Gao Xiaoyu smiled after hearing Gao Jie's explanation.

He turned his head and said to Hu Sanniang, who was excited behind him, "Little Madam, did you hear it? The capital magistrate has sent someone to save your brother."

After saying that, he said to Gao Jie: "If you go back to the capital magistrate, the path is just passing through Dongping Mansion. In addition to my Dazhuang brother and Si Niang, you only recognize Dujian and Lu Yuhou. This is the sister of Hu Cheng Huzhi Village, and is indeed a heroine. She escaped from Zhukou Village and followed Jie Zhen all the way to Xucheng. She was even more fortunate to her and killed the two-headed snake."

"You are Sanniang?"

Only then did Gao Jie notice that Hu Sanniang was following Gao Xiaoyu.

Hu Cheng was his confidant and had visited him with Hu Sanniang, so Gao Jie had some impression of Hu Sanniang.

"Sanniang pays homage to the governor!"

At this time, Hu Sanniang calmed down a little, with tears in her eyes.

She said to Gao Jie, "If it weren't for this little Taoist priest, I wouldn't have been to the governor."

"Why are you so reckless?

If something happens, come to me, why bother to take risks?"

"The brother was wronged by the thief, and the Yanggu magistrate was even more confused. Nu Shi really didn't know how to prove it.

So I thought that if I could kill a thief or get evidence of the thief, I might prove my brother's innocence."

"You..."

Gao Jie pointed at Hu Sanniang and sighed in his heart.

Hu Sanniang was right. Before, when Xie Zhen appeared, Gao Jie was not sure whether Hu Cheng had collusion with Liangshan. At that time, even if Hu Sanniang found him, Gao Jie was also powerless without evidence.

That's right, Prefect Cheng was very polite to him.

Note that it is to be polite, not respect... This politeness comes from bandit troubles and comes from the coming of war, but not respect for Gao Jie. Thinking carefully, the prefect Cheng was a Jinshi after all, how could he respect Gao Jie? Once Liangshan is pacified, as long as Gao Jie makes a mistake, the prefect Cheng will not be polite to him anymore. Even if he has a second brother who is the Grand Marshal in front of the palace.

This is the characteristic of this era. How can the status of military officers be compared with that of civil servants?

"Hey, where is Xiao Yu?"

Just after Gao Jie and Hu Sanniang greeted each other, they suddenly found that Gao Xiaoyu was missing?

Fortunately, the Yu Hou next to him replied: "The governor, Xiao Gaolangjun just saw his friend, so he went there."

Following the direction of Yu Hou's finger, Gao Jie saw Gao Xiaoyu's figure.

He was in the ruins and was talking to Ma Dazhuang.

Suddenly, he squatted down and waved to Ma Dazhuang to help lift a log, take out a black spherical object from below, and play with it in his hands.

After Gao Jie saw what was in his hand clearly, his face turned pale with fear.

"Xiao Yu, put that thing down quickly, it's a thunderbolt fireball."

His roar was so shocked that the people around Gao Xiaoyu immediately retreated.

Gao Xiaoyu didn't care and said to Gao Jie with a smile: "Don't panic, this thing is not explosive... Xiaodao just wants to see..."

Speaking of this, Gao Xiaoyu suddenly closed his mouth and was stunned at the thunderous fireball in his hand.

In his mind, countless kinds of gunpowder formulas and production methods emerged, including the craftsmanship of the Thunderbolt Fireball. However, among the many recipes in his mind, the Thunderbolt Fireball can only be rated as an entry-level craft, and cannot even be considered a primary one.

The skill of gunpowder specialization suddenly became extremely clear.

Originally, Gao Xiaoyu didn't know how to use the gunpowder specialization skill, but now, he seemed to know...

"The chief minister, Xiaodao has a doubt."

Gao Xiaoyu walked over with the thunderous fireball, which scared Gao Jie to retreat repeatedly.

In desperation, he had to hand over the thunder fireball to Ma Dazhuang, and then said seriously: "The governor intends to encircle Liangshan, but the thieves in Liangshanbo have also noticed it.

Therefore, they wanted to break through, so they ordered Xie Zhen and others to carry a large number of firearms into Xucheng, with the purpose of which was to meet the thieves. Now that Xie Zhen has died in the city, will the thieves continue to attack the city next?"
Chapter completed!