Chapter 872 - 872: Invasion (2)

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He specially placed the one he had given her in the middle. She could not see his expression, but Shen Yijia could tell that he was trying to please her.

It was very strange.

She might not be able to help her beautiful husband if she went out, but if she could make black gunpowder, it would definitely be a great merit.

Atter caretul consideration, Shen Yijia tinally decided not to go out.

“Let’s go dismantle this.” She picked up one in each hand. “Are there any sharper weapons here?”

It was impossible for ordinary weapons to cut through the iron on the outside of black gunpowder.

Song Jinghuan took the initiative to say, “I’ll go and ask.”

This was the first time they had come to the general’s residence, so naturally, they weren’t familiar with the place.

Not long after, an old man in his fifties followed Song Jinghuan over.

“Sister-in-law, this is Uncle Cheng,” Song Jinghuan introduced.

Apart from Chef Liao, Uncle Cheng is another person in this residence. He was usually in charge of guarding the door.

“Duchess.” Uncle Cheng bowed respectfully.

Shen Yijia nodded. “Is there an armory in this residence?” There should be such a place in the general’s residence.

“Yes, yes. It was left behind by the previous General Gao. It’s in the east courtyard.”

In the past, Meng Wu was not the biggest fish in Nanling Pass, but the owner of this residence, General Gao.

He was a fierce general who was not inferior to Old Master Song. However, Old Master Song followed the founding emperor to Chang’an, while General Gao stayed at Nanling Pass to guard it.

Thinking of the outcome of the Gao family, Uncle Ming shook his head and said, “General Xiao didn’t ask about it after moving in, so this key is still with me.”

The number of times Xiao Qirui had stayed overnight here could be counted on both hands.

Uncle Ming had no doubt that apart from knowing the way to his courtyard and study, Xiao Qirui didn’t know anything else.

Although this could preserve the original appearance of this residence to the greatest extent, so many years had passed and Emperor Chong’an had received his due retribution. Uncle Ming still hoped that it could welcome a new master.

Shen Yijia said, “Take us there.”

“Aye, okay.”

Uncle Ming wiped the corners of his eyes without a trace and quickly led the way.

You Yi watched as Shen Yijia left with the two black gunpowder, leaving the one in the middle alone. He silently picked it up and followed.

After entering the east courtyard, Shen Yijia and Song Jinghuan gasped in unison. This courtyard was twice the size of an ordinary courtyard.

What was ridiculous was that there was only one room in the entire courtyard, and the huge empty space had been turned into a martial arts arena.

There was clearly nothing on the weapons racks around the training grounds. They were even covered in dust.

However, for a moment, the two of them seemed to see a majestic general sweating profusely with a heavy weapon in his hand.

“When General Gao was still around, he had to come here to practice martial arts every day, ” Uncle Ming said nostalgically.

In the past, he would clean this place every day, but as he got older and went in to maintain the weapons inside, he couldn’t care less about the outside which was never used.

Shen Yijia had never heard of General Gao, nor did she know who he was. However, Song Jinghuan was different. Even though she was still young in the past, she understood most of it after coming to Nanling Pass.

Naturally, she knew that General Gao was an old general whose entire family had died tragically because he was accused of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country.

Compared to the Gao family, who did not even leave behind an infant, the Song family seemed to be much luckier.

Uncle Ming opened the lock with a key and explained, “The weapons have all been kept here. I’ve been carefully maintaining them for the past few years.”

When the door was pushed open, there was no dust as expected. It seemed that Uncle Ming was right. He often came in to clean up.

There were all kinds of weapons inside, and Song Jinghuan’s eyes widened.

Shen Yijia was also very surprised, but what attracted her the most was a longbow placed in the middle.

The reason why it was called a longbow was because not only was it longer than an ordinary bow, but its body was even thicker than her arm.

The entire bow was dark black and looked very domineering.

Seeing that she was interested, Uncle Ming introduced, “This bow is made of black iron. Because it’s too heavy, no one has…”

Before he could finish, Shen Yijia picked up the bow and shook it in her hand.

“Oh my god, this thing is even heavier than my beautiful husband.” she thought.

Uncle Ming’s eyes widened as he looked at Shen Yijia in disbelief.

“What did you say just now?” Shen Yijia asked.

Uncle Ming came back to his senses and carefully observed the bow in her hand. After confirming that it was still the same one that had not been swapped, he swallowed and said, “No, nothing.”

It was better not to mention that General Gao had painstakingly found black iron and ordered someone to create this bow, but in the end, he could not carry it because it was too heavy.

He was already gone. He had to protect his reputation.

When this bow was first strung, it caused a commotion in Nanling Pass for a long time. General Gao even said that he would give it to whoever could pick it up. He was so happy that all the soldiers in the army took turns trying it, but no one succeeded.

General Gao could not bear to destroy it and rebuild it, so he simply put it in the storeroom.

“Oh.” Shen Yijia did not think too much about it. She gestured with the bow and asked, “Why doesn’t this bow have a string?”

“There is a string, but because no one used it, the string was kept separately. There are also matching arrows.” Uncle Ming became energetic and his legs became nimble.

Regardless of what this Duchess had eaten to grow up with such strength, he would be able to see this bow drawn in his lifetime. After he died, he would be able to relay this news to General Gao.

“What bow is this? It’s so ugly.” Song Jinghuan was attracted by the commotion and walked over to ask.

Shen Yijia blinked. “Ugly? I think it’s a handsome bow.”

“Is it?” Song Jinghuan looked at it carefully again and curled her lips.. “How is it handsome?”