Zhao Kai and Li Yanqing and their group crossed the Yangtze River in Runzhou and then headed south along the canal. In the evening of that day, they entered Changzhou and stopped at the Benniu Town Station. They ran for a long distance for days, with the lack of people and everyone was exhausted.

When the postmaster and the servants of the museum saw that the royal family was coming, they did not dare to neglect them. They quickly boiled water and cooked, serving the group of old men who came from the capital, and even their horses were carefully fed with good weeds.

When Zhao Kai heard a scream outside, he quickly walked out of the lobby. He saw Li Yanqing in the yard wearing a bow and surrounded a group of guards. It was the group of guards who exclaimed just now.

"What happened?" Zhao Kai walked up to him and asked.

A guard pointed to the bow on Li Yanqing's hand, "Your Highness, this bow"

Zhao Kai then noticed that the bow on Li Yanqing's hand was unique, and it turned out to be a copper bow. He was stunned for a moment, "Li Shaojun, what kind of bow is this?"

Li Yanqing was concentrating on the strings of the bronze bow. He did not look up and smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is my master's bow, and I will use it for the time being."

Zhao Kai had never heard of copper bow and iron arrows. He smiled curiously and asked, "Can the bow be made of copper?"

A guard next to him whispered: "Your Highness, this is Zhou Tong, the bronze bow of the imperial guards' archery team, and it is unique in the world. Everyone was surprised by this. Unexpectedly, the copper bow and iron arrow actually appeared in Li Shaojun's hand."

"How powerful is it to use a copper bow?" Zhao Kai became even more interested.

"Li Shaojun, show your skills!" The guards asked Li Yanqing to launch an arrow.

At this time, Li Yanqing put on his strings and smiled and said, "Okay! I'll give it a try!"

He pointed to the gate of the courtyard, "I'll shoot that gate of the courtyard, see if there are anyone outside?"

Two guards ran out of the yard and shouted, "No one outside the yard!"

Li Yanqing pulled out an iron arrow from the quiver and retreated to the steps. He pulled the copper bow and shouted, "Look clearly!"

As the string was loosened, a muffled sound of "collapse!", a black iron arrow broke out from the string and shot towards the gate twenty steps away. With a "crack!", the wooden door was shot through a hole, and the entire wooden board cracked from top to bottom. The guards exclaimed, and then there was a sound of applause.

Zhao Kai was so shocked that he couldn't stop talking. Usually, the arrows would only be nailed to the door, while Li Yanqing's copper bow and iron arrow actually shot a big hole in the door. The power of this arrow was really amazing.

"Li Shaojun, how long have you practiced?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said, "I have only been practicing for a year, but I have a little more talent than ordinary people. I am far from profound. I can only say that I have a glimpse of the way. If the master shoots this, he will smash the entire door, and I will not reach his level."

At this time, the guard outside the door ran back with an iron arrow, and Zhao Kai hurriedly said, "Show me!"

He took the arrow, his hand sank, and he was surprised and said, "This is at least two or three pounds!"

"I weigh two pounds and four ounces, and I only have ten arrows in total. If I have more, I will be burdened."

"Only ten arrows!" Zhao Kai's eyes showed doubts. What's the point of having only so few arrows?

"Your Highness, the iron arrow is not used to deal with ordinary targets. We use it to attack important targets. Moreover, even if we don't use iron arrows, the killing distance can be increased by more than 20%. We can shoot the enemy's army within 120 steps. If it is an iron arrow, it can shoot through the enemy's armor outside 150 steps, which is even more lethal than the divine arm crossbow."

"I've seen it for a long time today!"

At this moment, Qing'er ran out of the backyard of the inn and whispered to Li Yanqing a few words. Li Yanqing's face changed slightly. Zhao Kai saw the clues and immediately asked, "What happened?"

Li Yanqing pulled Zhao Kai aside and lowered his voice to him, "Xiaoqing just saw suspicious people around him on the roof, seemingly following us?"

Zhao Kai's face also changed. Who could be so bold?

Night soon fell, but since Qing'er showed a suspicious person, the guards never showed any abnormalities. Although it is difficult to explain clearly, everyone thought it was Li Yanqing's book boy's fuss.

Zhao Kai also had a hint of doubt. Maybe Xiaoqing was really misleading.

"Your Highness, please don't take off your clothes and sleep."

Although Li Yanqing also felt that Zhu Xie would not come so quickly, Changzhou was already on the verge of Zhu Xie's power, and he felt that he should be cautious.

Zhao Kai nodded, then ordered his men to take a few words, and his men walked quickly. He pondered for a while and asked again: "Does Yanqing think Zhu Jie will resist?"

"What is the decree your highness received?" Li Yanqing asked back.

"My father asked me to arrest Zhu Xie and go to Beijing. If Zhu Xie shows signs of rebellion, he can rectify the Dharma on the spot!"

"The situation has reached the point where people are about to kill. Does Your Highness think Zhu Jie will be unaware of it? Even if the pig is killed, he will fight desperately. Moreover, this person has three thousand private troops. If I am not wrong, as soon as we came out of Bianjing, Zhu Jie got the news. In terms of time, even if he ambushed us in the Yangtze River, we still have time."

"Why did he ambush me?"

Zhao Kai said inexplicably: "What benefits can he get from ambushing me? It will only make the problem worse. I'm afraid he will not even have the chance to explain."

"Your Highness, you can't say that. If Zhu Xie wants to resist, then dealing with Your Highness is an instinct. Isn't Your Highness just a pig-killer? Besides, Your Highness has a gold medal to mobilize the army. This alone is enough to make Zhu Xie take the risk."

Zhao Kai was silent, and he also realized that he had considered the problem too simply. He thought that the arrest of Zhu Xie was the case when he arrived in Suzhou, Zhu Xie would kneel in front of him and surrender. He had not considered Zhu Xie's resistance.

At this moment, Qing'er ran in and said to Li Yanqing: "Little official, I have another suspicious person."

Li Yanqing was excited and hurriedly followed Qing'er to the backyard. Qing'er's observation place was on a woodshed, the house was flat roof, and several broken tanks were piled on it, which could be used as a bunker.

Li Yanqing bent down and crawled behind the big tank. Qing'er whispered: "In the southeast direction, you will see a black shadow."

Li Yanqing slowly looked up, his eyes crossed the large tank and looked southeast. The moonlight was very good tonight, and his vision could be far away. To the east of the station was a weedland, about dozens of steps wide, with undulating mounds of soil, covered with half a person's tall weeds and shrubs, and to the east was a small river.

Li Yanqing observed for a moment and saw a figure slowly standing behind a bush, looking very thin, like a bamboo pole.

"What I saw this afternoon was not this figure. The person in the afternoon was a short man. He didn't run away and knew where he went. This person had been here for almost half an hour. I'm sure he was monitoring us."

Li Yanqing drew out the short sword and made a gesture for Qing'er, meaning to capture the man. Qing'er immediately understood. She also drew out the Jade Girl Sword and went out from the north wall. Li Yanqing took the detour to the south, one south and one north, and surrounded the man.

There were more than ten steps away from the black shadow, and Li Yanqing saw this person more clearly. He squatted in a pit and was holding a sword in his hand.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle came from the east. When Li Yanqing turned around, he realized that there was a small boat hidden in the river. The people on the boat had seen him and began to issue an alarm.

The surveillance man also realized something was wrong, so he turned around and ran away. Li Yanqing hit a stone, and his strength was slightly heavy, hitting the back of the man's head. The man staggered and fell into the grass. He could never get up again. He was knocked unconscious.

Li Yanqing didn't care about the people who fell to the ground, but rushed towards the small boat in the river. Seeing that the situation was not good, the two of them had no time to sail, so they jumped onto the other side and ran away wildly.

At this time, Qing'er had already taken away the tall and thin man's long sword. She used the sword to hold the throat of the man who had just woken up, and said viciously: "You dare to move, I will pierce your throat with one sword!"

When Li Yanqing came back from the river, he saw the guards led Tang Qianzhi and more than a dozen guards to come, "Li Shaojun, have you caught it?"

"There are three people in total, grab one and escape two!" Li Yanqing replied hatefully. He was really regretful. He knew that the river was not far from the shadow, and there would definitely be a boat to pick him up. He ignored such an obvious fact.

The guards rushed forward and tied up the tall and thin man, and several more people ran to search the ship.
Chapter completed!