Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 454
Feng Bao was attacked, and the opponent used at least one magical pomegranate gun!As soon as Huang Mengyu heard it, he knew that something was going to happen.

Who is Feng Bao?He is the eunuch who has just taken up his post as the supervisor of etiquette and seal, and his status is equivalent to the chief assistant of the cabinet of the outer court.Not to mention that he is still the favored official of Concubine Li Gui, the birth mother of the Holy One, and has a special status.

What is the magic pomegranate?It was a bomb made of pig iron, named for its shape like a pomegranate.This thing is as big as a bowl, and its function is similar to the hand grenade of later generations.A hole is left on the shell to fill the shell with toxic gunpowder and smoke.When in use, it may be thrown to the enemy's formation to explode; or placed on the side of the road, after the enemy soldiers and horses step on it, the fire in the cannon will be shocked and catch fire, causing an explosion;

Both the Beijing camp and the frontier army are equipped with this weapon, but it is usually used for city defense.Its manufacturing method is to make a hollow spherical shell with dry mud first, and a small hole is opened on the shell surface to pour poisonous and incendiary gunpowder, and pass the fire wire outside, and then put it into a wooden frame or barrel , to prevent it from breaking.During the battle, the soldiers defending the city lit the fire wire, threw it down the city to explode, poisoned and burned the enemy siege soldiers.

In short, this is a firearm commonly used in the army to defend cities.

As for the head of the stall who said that the magic pomegranate gun used by the thieves was amazing, Huang Mengyu was a person who had seen battle formations, so he took it as a normal expression after being frightened.

The problem is not the power, but that it is a military bomb!
What is the identity of the thief, why is there such a military firearm?Why did the thieves attack Feng Bao who lived in the palace most of the time?How did the thief know that Feng Bao would appear in the Waidong factory at this time?Not to mention why the thieves were so bold to commit such a big crime in such a serious place as the edge of the imperial city and Waidongchang?
Huang Mengyu's mind was a little confused, and his mood was even more tense. He had a faint premonition of ominousness.

There is a person who has such ability, not only can get all kinds of military firearms, but even he himself has more advanced firearms than the Beijing camp and the frontier army; although he may not be able to predict Feng Bao's travel route in advance, he will definitely be able to Knowing Feng Bao's location immediately; he...maybe really have the guts to commit a shocking crime.

High pragmatism, high view of politics!

Huang Mengyu was terrified, because in terms of motivation and ability, Gao Pragmatic was the first person he thought of who could meet these conditions!
"Has the thief been caught! Is the scene sealed off!" Huang Mengyu yelled anxiously.

Feng Bao came out from the chaotic crowd, his face was livid, his lips were a little pale, and he looked quite frightened, and he said to Huang Mengyu: "Director Huang, the situation was too chaotic at that time, the thieves only caught one , and the rest ran away, our family has already asked people from Waidong Factory to seal off the ground near the incident, and also sent someone to notify Jin Yiwei to come and help."

Huang Mengyu was even more nervous when he heard that he had caught someone alive, but he didn't dare to show it on the face. Instead, he said: "The matter is of great importance. Dongchang and Jinyiwei alone may not be enough. Our family thinks it's best to notify Wucheng Bingmasi immediately. Seal the capital to prevent the thieves from fleeing."

God is pitiful, Huang Mengyu doesn't want to say this in his heart, and now he can't wait for the "thief" to escape as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Feng Bao was more considerate of the overall situation than him, and waved his hand and said: "This matter only involves our family, it's better not to make such a big fanfare, especially the soldiers and horses of the five cities, they are all foreign court officials who have passed the imperial examination. Let them run around in the hot weather because of our family, no matter whether they are caught or not in the end, they have to arrange our family behind their backs."

Wucheng Bingmasi is equivalent to the public security bureaus at all levels in the capital of later generations, but it is not a yamen, but a collective name of five yamen.The commanders of these five yamen are not military officials, but are selected from civil servants who are on the right track in Kegong. Of course, they are generally not selected to the level of Jinshi.

After hearing Feng Bao's words, Huang Mengyu couldn't help being a little surprised, and thought: Are you so considerate?
But after all, Feng Bao's words were in line with Huang Mengyu's wishes. He was really worried that these "thieves" were really sent by high-level pragmatists. Now only one person has been arrested alive. Huang Mengyu feels that there is still some chance to turn things around. I'm afraid it will be difficult to reverse the case.

So Huang Mengyu got off the donkey and asked, "What does Mr. Feng mean?"

Feng Bao's face was gloomy, he took a deep breath, and said: "Factory Supervisor Huang, you encountered such a thing the day before when you took office as a factory supervisor, and our family feels very sorry... Or else, the captured thief will be handed over to you." For you Dongchang, you must interrogate our family clearly, who sent him to assassinate our family!"

Huang Mengyu weighed quickly in his mind, and secretly thought: It is probably the best to leave it to Jinyiwei. After all, Zhu Xixiao has been in charge of Jinyiwei for many years, and he can handle anything. I haven't remembered the names of those big stalls yet. If the matter really involves Gao Guanzheng, how can I suppress it?

But this matter involves the admiral of the East Factory who has just stepped down. It is only natural that the East Factory takes over. Our family must personally interrogate, and absolutely will not allow any negligence."

Feng Bao seemed to calm down a little, nodded, but immediately seemed to remember something, stared at Huang Mengyu, and said word by word: "Director Huang, this person is the only one alive, our family doesn't know how you want to interrogate him." , But, there is one thing our family must remind... I hope you will be very careful, and you must not let people die inexplicably, or suddenly become speechless, do you understand what our family means?"

Huang Mengyu's heart trembled, but his face was very natural, and he smiled: "That's natural, that's natural."

Feng Bao stared at him for a while, and then suddenly said: "Since that's the case, our family will not disturb Huang Factory Superintendent's handling of the case. We will go back to the palace first to suppress the panic. If there is any situation, I hope that Huang Factory Superintendent will take care of you and me." For the sake of being an official in the same hall, don't forget to inform me."

"Don't worry, Mr. Feng, as soon as there is news, our family will send someone to report it immediately."

Feng Bao didn't speak any more, but put on the air of a great eunuch with palm prints, said "huh" in a serious manner, turned around and left.

Huang Mengyu smiled on one side and bowed slightly in greeting: "Mr. Feng, go slowly."

The boss seemed to be going with Feng Bao, but Huang Mengyu stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, since you are from Dongchang, and you have personally experienced this attack, you should go with the governor again." At the scene, explain the situation to the governor."

The big stall glanced at Feng Bao, but Feng Bao didn't say anything, and left on his own.

Seeing this, the leader knew what Feng Bao meant, and hurriedly came to Huang Mengyu, bowed down and bowed: "I'm a low-ranking Chu Zhiyuan, I've seen the governor."

　Thanks to the book friend "Taotao's Water" for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)