I asked you to go hunting, and you ended up wearing a yellow robe?

He fastened his belt without changing his expression.

"What are you yelling for? It's not like we've never seen this before."

Jia Qinghan's face turned bright red, and she turned around abruptly, her voice trembling.

"What nonsense are you spouting! I just saw something I shouldn't have seen..."

Her heart was pounding, and her mind was filled with the image she had just seen.

How could that person do that?

Why aren't you wearing clothes so early in the morning?

No, she did seem to have seen her that night... Jia Qinghan shook her head, gritting her teeth.

"Outside! Someone's waiting for you outside!"

Qi Shan frowned.

Li Long is dead, and the border troops have retreated. Who else will come?

He put on his coat, walked to the courtyard gate, and opened it.

Then he froze.

The streets were packed with people.

The elderly leaned on their canes, the women held their children, and the men carried bamboo baskets, forming a line from the alley entrance to the street end.

They carried eggs in their hands, vegetables in bamboo baskets, some were holding old hens, and others were carrying cured meat.

When Qi Shan came out, the crowd fell silent for a moment.

Then the old man at the very front knelt down, trembling.

Behind him, one after another, everyone bent their knees.

"Officer Qi!"

The old man's voice trembled as he looked up into Qi Shan's eyes.

"You are a great benefactor to our Qingyang County!"

"That Li Long... he colluded with bandits and wreaked havoc on so many villages!"

"If it weren't for you..."

The old man couldn't continue speaking, so he raised a basket of eggs high in the air.

"This is all the old man has; please accept it!"

Qi Shan stood at the door, looking at the crowd kneeling on the ground.

Some people cried and kowtowed, while others pushed forward with vegetables in their hands. A child ran over and stuffed two boiled eggs he was holding into his palm.

A child looked up at him.

"Officer Qi, my mother says you are a great hero."

Qi Shan squatted down and patted the child's head.

Looking at the long street and the grateful faces of the people, he felt a lump in his throat.

He took a deep breath, stood up, and clasped his hands in a fist salute to everyone.

"I accept everyone's gratitude."

"But I can't accept the things!"

"Captain Qi! You must be one of my men..."

......................

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Jia Qinghan stood at the gate of the courtyard, leaning against the door frame, her arms crossed.

As she watched this scene, a cold smile crept onto her lips.

She only spoke abruptly after Qi Shan entered the courtyard.

"You're quite pleased with yourself, aren't you?"

Qi Shan paused, turning back to look at her.

Jia Qinghan lowered her arm, her voice indifferent.

"You're now a great hero of Qingyang County, with people kneeling in submission. Do you think that's all?"

"With great power comes great responsibility. You should have heard that saying. You killed Li Long today, and tomorrow the Black Dragon Stronghold will come for revenge. Do you think Zhao Wuji will let you go?"

Qi Shan nodded: "I know."

"You know?" Jia Qinghan sneered. "You know and you're still so relaxed? Do you know that Black Dragon Stronghold has hundreds of more ruthless bandits? There's definitely more to Li Long's scheme. Do you think these people will just let this go?"

Are you worried about me?

Jia Qinghan blushed and took a half step back.

"Who's worried about you? I just don't want my sister to go and die with you!"

After saying that, she turned and left, her steps so fast it looked like someone was chasing her.

Qi Shan watched her retreating figure and smiled. This little girl is so proud.

How could he not know these things?

It must be said that Jia Qinghan and Jia Hui are both quite attractive, with great figures and beautiful faces.

Unfortunately, he already has three wives, and he can't even have a turn with one at night.

If we add two more, wouldn't we be partying every night? In just a few days, our bodies would be ruined.

He went back to his room and pulled the stack of drawings Su Yue had made from under his pillow.

The drawings were filled with the structure of the parts, the gunpowder ratio, and even the dimensions of the quiver of the arrow box were clearly marked.

Qi Shan was increasingly alarmed as he looked at it. If this thing were actually made, its power would far exceed that of an ordinary repeating crossbow.

If we can mass-produce firearms of this caliber, we can still announce them even if the enemy has a massive army.

When the time is right, it's not impossible to give up the country and change the emperor.

Something made by a young girl could affect the fate of the world, yet it benefited this country bumpkin.

He rolled up the blueprints, stuffed them into his pocket, gave his three wives some instructions, and then went out.

Lin Wan chased after him to the door, calling out, "Husband, come back soon!"

Qi Shan turned around and smiled at her: "Don't worry, just stay home and wait for me."

He paused, then added, "When your husband comes back, he'll pamper you properly."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wan blushed and said shyly, "My husband is being indecent again. I was just thinking of you."

Qi Shan chuckled, "I prefer to wear our Wan'er on my upper body. Tonight, your husband has decided to teach you a new move."

Lin Wan didn't react for a while: "What new move?"

Qi Shan laughed, "You'll find out then."

At the same time.

The Hall of Righteous Gathering at Heilongzhai.

Zhao Wuji sat on the tiger-skin chair, his face ashen, and he twirled two iron balls in his hands.

"Chieftain... Li Long was killed by a villager during the siege!"

Zhao Wuji abruptly stopped holding the iron gall bladder.

"Dead? This piece of trash just died like that? Didn't Li Long have two hundred border troops? How could he die so quickly?"

The second-in-command explained, "That Qi Shan slit his throat with one stroke! I saw it with my own eyes! That kid is incredibly strange; he took down a dozen people in ten breaths!"

Zhao Wuji suddenly stood up and kicked over the table in front of him.

"Useless! They're all fucking useless!"

"He can't even handle this simple task, how did he get to this position? A border corps commander, no less! Did he buy his way in? He can't even manage a greenhorn!"

The iron clapper rolled on the ground with a loud clang.

He was breathing heavily, his eyes blazing with fury.

"That bastard Li Long patted his chest and guaranteed me that his two hundred border troops, together with my several hundred brothers, would crush Qingyang County like stepping on ants! And now? His own head is hanging on the city gate!"

The second-in-command dared not utter a sound.

Zhao Wuji paced back and forth in the hall, then suddenly stopped, his eyes filled with a frighteningly gloomy expression.

"He's dead, but he hasn't fulfilled his promise to avenge my son!"

He turned around abruptly and grabbed the second-in-command by the collar.

"How old is that Qi Shan?"

The second-in-command's lips trembled: "Seventeen or eighteen years old... doesn't look that old."

Zhao Wuji released him, his facial muscles twitching.

"Seventeen or eighteen years old... a seventeen or eighteen-year-old kid killed my son, then killed Li Long, and also killed dozens of my brothers..."

Oh shit!

Where did this guy even come from?!

He's been a bandit in Qingyang County for over thirty years, how come I've never heard of this person?

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the corner.

"Why should the chieftain be angry? It's just a county town; we can take it."