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Chapter 165 Take Action!

The black armor appeared to be made of alloy, shaped like a chain, with fine threads connecting the inside, and it gleamed with a cold metallic luster in the firelight.

"Armor and crossbows—what are these people up to?"

Su Hao felt a chill run down his spine.

Looking around, I found that the entire forge was filled with the forging of these black armors and black crossbows.

Su Hao noticed these problems, and others did as well.

Immediately, everyone tensed up, their faces becoming serious.

They all seemed to understand that they had been invited here not to forge swords and other cold weapons, but to forge armor and crossbows—items prohibited by the imperial court.

"Gentlemen, now that we've entered this forge, we're practically family!"

Lu Kun said with a smile.

He then turned around and took the set of armor and crossbow hanging on the shelf behind him.

He began, "These things can only be forged by skilled blacksmiths, so everyone here is an elite. Since you are elites, you should do what elites do. What I have here is what you should be doing!"

"Heh—this—this—Master Lu, I remember, these two things are explicitly prohibited by the imperial court, right? If we create them like this, and it gets discovered, it's a matter of losing our heads—"

Among the group, a man with graying hair, dark skin, and an honest but somewhat dull appearance hesitated to speak.

The Great Wu Dynasty has banned crossbows and armor; these are clearly stipulated by law, and anyone who violates them will be beheaded.

They didn't want to risk their lives for such a small gain.

No matter how much the rice vendor offers, the risk is too great!

"If we had known it would be like this, we wouldn't have come in the first place—"

"yes!"

For a moment, the crowd became somewhat confused.

Nobody wants to have too much contact with this organization at this time.

I just want to get out of here as soon as possible, at least before they get involved in these things.

Seeing this, Su Hao also looked up and glanced in Yang Lu's direction.

The other person seemed to notice that someone was watching him, and turned his head to look over, just in time to meet Su Hao's gaze.

However, this time Su Hao showed no expression or reaction, and Yang Lu probably knew that what he did was indeed not very kind.

He only glanced away briefly before looking away.

"As expected, gang members can't be trusted—"

Su Hao felt helpless.

He had thought that Yang Lu was usually a nice person with some manners and probably wouldn't do anything too outrageous.

But now it seems he underestimated human nature.

It is said that you can know a person's face but not their heart, and Yang Lu belongs to this category.

"Hmph! Let me tell you, even if you had the chance to change your fate and make a fortune, you wouldn't have the ability or the guts to enjoy it!"

Lu Kun snorted coldly.

He knew these people were difficult to please, and this thing was too special; it was hard to find a craftsman who was willing to take risks and had excellent skills.

"I'm sorry, Master Lu, we can't do this job."

Su Hao then stepped forward and addressed Lu Kun.

Although he was very interested in the blueprints for these crossbows and armor, and wanted to study and observe them.

But clearly, this scenario is not suitable.

Moreover, the fact that the rice gang suddenly produced so many crossbows and armor must be due to factional infighting within the city.

If the government comes knocking, we'll be made scapegoats for the rice gang, which would be a huge loss.

Su Hao was no stranger to the trick of discarding a useful tool after it has served its purpose.

"Hehe, I guess the reason you're all worried is because you're afraid of getting trouble from the authorities, right?"

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Yang Lu, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up.

"Master Yang already knew about this, yet he still led us into this mess. His intentions are sinister!"

When the others saw Yang Lu, who was leading the way, speak up, they all started to question him.

"Hey! Things aren't as serious as you think. Look at this workshop, aren't there still so many people making money here? Besides, if we hadn't informed the government beforehand, how could this have even happened?"

Yang Lu said.

His eyes were full of helplessness.

"They are them, and we are us!"

"We still want to live a good life and don't want to cause trouble, so please let us leave!"

"Yes! We need to leave!"

Upon hearing this, the others quickly retorted.

Nobody wants to get into trouble.

Seeing this, the blacksmiths around also shook their heads with dim eyes.

They had experienced similar scenes before, but resisting resulted in a brutal beating!

Once you're in this trap, there's no getting out!

Those who discovered the secret of the Rice Gang's unauthorized manufacture of crossbows and armor faced only one fate: death!

"You won't accept a toast offered politely!"

Seeing that Yang Lu's explanation had no effect, Lu Kun's lips curled into a ferocious smile. He pulled the crossbow string, and the crossbow was cocked with a click. The sharp metallic gleam flickered in the firelight.

puff!

A black arrow shot out and pierced through the shoulder of a burly man who was leading the way and about to leave in the blink of an eye!

With a piercing scream, the burly man collapsed to the ground, clutching his bleeding shoulder and wailing in agony.

This scene caused everyone around to take a few steps back.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Lu Kun was filled with fear.

He didn't expect that the other party would actually attack them.

Simply because they are unwilling to do anything.

"The first arrow is a warning. The second arrow is for collecting the corpses! Anyone want to give it a try?"

Lu Kun said coldly.

At the same time, he waved his hand, and more than a dozen Mi Gang warriors around him pulled out iron crossbows from their bodies and aimed at them from all directions.

If they make any unusual move, we can riddle them with bullets!

Su Hao frowned slightly as he looked at the tense situation on the field.

My heart sank.

At this moment, there were more than a dozen warriors around, all carrying crossbows made of fine steel, intently aiming at everyone present who was about to leave.

Even he wouldn't dare to directly confront such a large number of crossbows.

"Are you satisfied now?"

Lu Kun looked at everyone with a cold gaze.

He felt his time was being wasted by these guys.

Everyone present remained silent upon hearing this, but their eyes were filled with resentment and hatred.

Clearly, they were quite dissatisfied and angry with Lu Kun's domineering behavior.

However, at this point, no matter how dissatisfied we are, we can only keep it to ourselves.

Otherwise, the fate of that burly man should serve as a warning!

Su Hao looked around at the crossbows that were already loaded and aimed at them.

The fists that were originally clenched slowly loosened.

"Looks like we'll have to figure something out tonight—"

Given the current situation, the possibility of breaking through and leaving is almost zero.

Although he was already a master of the Iron Mirror martial arts.

However, they couldn't withstand the volley of dozens of crossbow bolts. Since that was the case, they decided to compromise for now and try to leave that night.

After all, such buying and selling and transactions are simply not something that ordinary people like them can get involved in or touch.