Chapter 12

It was evening when he came out from the equipment department. A touch of red clouds wrapped around him pulled out Xiao Ming's long figure on the Loess road of Qingzhou City.

It's also very tiring to teach technology. Now Xiao Ming's mouth is dry, but today is a historic step for him. The pure steel lathe is already in practice.

When he came to this world, he was still a little confused. Now this confusion has been replaced by the passion of climbing the technology tree.

Xiao Ming never thinks that an ordinary person can change an era. He is very glad that he is a prince, not a passer-by.

In the state of Dayu, the deep-rooted thinking of imperial power and the small-scale peasant economy since ancient times make the equipment lack of driving force.

The affluence of the population makes the labor force cheap and loses the value of machinery.

In modern times, if not for the Western guns knocking on the door of feudal imperial power, this kind of farming economy will continue.

Therefore, in his view, industrial change needs to be driven by forces, and he does not want such forces to come from the outside.

This is the reason why he is glad that he is a prince, because he is the supreme ruler of the fiefdom, and he can act as a force to promote industrial change, which is supported by the existence of the science and Technology Library.

Thinking about it all the way, as he passed a folk square, some sounds of silk and bamboo suddenly came to his ears. Xiao Ming looked up.

Opposite him is the green bamboo square where the Wang family's house is located. It is estimated that the banquet of the Wang family has already begun.

As for the guests of the banquet, he didn't have to think about it. They must be the Qin family, the Wei family and the sun family.

In Qingzhou, these four big families have been related to each other for a long time and have been in close contact with each other.

It's a woman's smile again. Xiao Ming drives his horse back quickly and refuses Wang Shijie's invitation. He really has a hard time being Liu Xiahui.

At the same time, he comforted himself that the banquet was so absurd that it was not good to get sick.

Just as he was thinking wildly, a sound of bow string concussion sounded not far away from him.

Xiao Ming had the feeling that his hair was exploding. The state of Dayu was founded by martial arts, and the royal children had been trained to bow and horse since childhood.

They are especially familiar with bows and arrows, and the law of the state of Dayu stipulates that people are not allowed to hide weapons.

Now the sound of bows and arrows came from the people's Square not far away from him. There was only one possibility - assassin.

He instinctively rolled over to the other side of the horse.

At this time, a bow and arrow came and nailed on the earth wall of Minfang.

"Assassin!"

Xiao Ming's instinctive stress reaction in his memory saved his life. He immediately cried out for help.

Just at this time, a group of cavalry patrolling in the city heard the cry for help and immediately rushed over.

"Your Highness!" One of the leading cavalry came, but Lu Fei.

Facing the real life and death, Xiao Ming was still a little flustered. Seeing Lu Fei, he said, "someone has assassinated Wang. Take it for me quickly!"

At this time, Lufei saw the arrow on the wall, looked at the direction of the arrow, and cried: "seal the gate immediately. No one is allowed to go out of the city without my order. You two escort your highness back, and the others follow me."

Two cavalry soldiers answer and protect Xiao Ming.

"I want to live." After the initial panic, Xiao Ming says coldly that someone wants to kill him. It's no joke.

"Yes, your highness!" Lu Fei and others immediately surrounded the opposite min Fang, while a cavalry went to each gate to send orders.

Back in the palace, Qian Dafu saw Xiao Ming's whole body of soil in a panic, "Your Highness, you, this is..."

"Someone is trying to harm the king." Xiao Ming's brows are locked. Xiao Ming has done a lot of bad things before. Now he can't even be sure of the most important doubters.

Frightened by Xiao Ming's words, Qian Dafu feels up and down on Xiao Ming to see if he is hurt.

"It's OK. Captain Lu happened to pass by. I'm not hurt." Xiao Ming said quietly.

"That's good, that's good. I'm scared to death. Your highness, these two men should stay in the palace and don't go out until they catch the killer." Qian Dafu's worries are on his face.

However, Xiao Ming underestimated Lu Fei's efficiency. Before he entered the palace, Lu Fei arrived with a team of cavalry.

Now all the horses of Lufei and others have been replaced by the horses of barbarians. They are tall and strong, and their armor is shining. Lufei throws a man down from his horse.

"Your Highness, the assassin has been caught."

"Dead?" The body that fell on the ground was a refined man, but there was a big hole in his neck at this time, and the blood was flowing.

"When he found him, he saw that he could not escape and cut his neck. Your highness, this is not an ordinary killer. He must have been trained, otherwise he would not commit suicide so decisively." Luffy said with a frown.

After a long silence, Xiao Ming said, "then who is going to kill me?"

Generally, the purpose of finding the motive for killing is to infer who will get the most benefit. For the time being, the local aristocrats will not want to die, because Xiao Ming was fatuous enough to make use of.If Xiao Wenxuan kills him, it's very simple. It doesn't take so much trouble. This kind of assassination usually comes from the struggle for the throne and the internal power.

"Your Highness, I only saw this kind of arrow when I was in Shu. It's a cloud piercing arrow made in Shu." Lu Fei gives Xiao Ming an arrow carved with clouds.

"Shu, king of Shu?" Xiao Ming's face is as deep as water.

Among all the princes, the king of Shu had the worst relationship with him. Because they were the same age, they fought openly and secretly when they were in Chang'an. They also had a fight.

But Shu is thousands of miles away from here. Will the king of Shu send an assassin to kill himself?

"King of Shu?" Qian Dafu's eyes turned.

"Not necessarily." Lu Fei's idea is similar to that of Xiao Ming. "Although chuanyunjian is a specialty of Shu, it's not absent in other places."

"If I die, who will get the most benefit." Xiao Ming said in a deep voice.

At this time, Qian Dafu felt a slight shock, and his eyes showed a trace of worry.

Seeing Qian Dafu's strange look, Lu Fei asked, "does housekeeper Qian know anything?"

After hesitating for a while, Qian Dafu sighed, "the old slave is just guessing. Does your highness still remember the third prince who is very close to the fifth prince?"

"I remember that the prince is incompetent. Now the third prince and the fourth prince are the most favored. It is said that the father and the emperor have the intention of abolishing the crown prince. Now the fourth Prince and the third prince are fighting fiercely. What's the matter with me?" Xiao Ming said.

"Your Highness forgot who spoke in front of the emperor when he fled back to Chang'an three years ago, so that the emperor spared his highness." Asked Qian Dafu.

"Fourth prince!" Xiao Ming suddenly wants to vomit blood. At that time, Xiao Ming was saved by the fourth prince, but he handed in the registration certificate.

It's like telling the other princes that he's mixed up with the fourth prince.

"That's right. Once the prince is deposed and the prince contends for the crown prince, there will be another bloody storm in the state of Dayu. You can see the figure of five surnames and seven Wangs behind all the princes." Qian Dafu said, "the news came a few days ago. It seems that the fifth prince was assassinated in the fiefdom. At that time, some people suspected that it was the fourth prince who cut out the wings of the third prince."

Xiao Ming said slowly: "do you mean that this time is the third prince's revenge on the fourth prince, and the fourth Prince's wings - me?"

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