(42) Exchanging guns, nocturnal visit

  "Your two are no match for my one." Yang Shuo Ming smiled, turned the gun in his hand, gripped it well, and then used his finger to move the gun body flat, suddenly aiming at a distant forest, pulled the trigger.

  The muzzle of the Mauser pistol spat out a long tongue of flame, accompanied by a crisp gunshot, ten bullets were fired in succession, flying into the dark forest, and then a series of miserable cries came from the forest.

  Yang Shuo Ming's sudden shooting action shocked Tang Jing, and Tang Jiu Mei reacted the fastest. She rode forward to block her father, holding a gun in her hand, aiming at the woods, while several knights behind her immediately rushed into the woods on horseback.

  "Assassins! Protect the young master!" a leader of Yunshi Village shouted, and the surrounding knights immediately raised their guns to surround Tang Jing.

  At this time, Yang Shuo Ming had quickly reloaded the bullet box of the shotgun, but he didn't look as tense as Tang Jiemei.

  Just as Yang Shuo Ming and Tang Jing walked near the woods, his "super computer eyes" that had been observing the surroundings without stopping issued an alarm, displaying ten suspicious figures in the woods, all carrying guns. From their positions, it was clear they were trying to ambush the patrol team and snipe Tang Jing. Due to the urgency of the situation, Yang Shuo Ming didn't have time to warn Tang Jing and the others, so he took advantage of the moment when he handed a gun to Tang Jiu Mei to open fire before the opponent could act.

  Under the guidance and assistance of the "Super Computer Eye" aiming and positioning system, all the bullets shot by Yang Shuo Ming just now hit the target, but he can't determine whether the opponent was hit in the vital part.

  After all, in the state of continuous shooting, even if it is the most powerful god shooter with advanced sniper rifles in later generations, it is almost impossible to hit every shot, let alone hit the vital parts of the target.

  Soon, the two knights who had rushed into the woods returned, each with a man tied behind their horse with a rope, like a dead dog being dragged. As they galloped over the rocky grass in front of the woods, the two men being dragged on the ground cried out in pain.

  "Reporting to the master, there are a total of ten people. These two are still alive." A knight came before Tang Jing, reporting while sneaking a glance at Yang Shuo Ming, "The rest were hit in vital spots and have already stopped breathing."

  "Have you asked them where they came from?" Tang Jing looked at the two assassins being dragged on the ground and asked calmly.

  "They've been asked, they're under Yao Changkui and Liu Dama's command, specifically to assassinate the master of the house and Mr. Yang." The knight replied.

  "Take them down, don't kill them, I'll question them later." Tang Jing ordered, "Pass the word on, let the leaders of each mountain stronghold be vigilant, tonight we'll add more manpower, but try not to disturb the villagers."

  Several knights took their leave. At this time, Tang Jiemei had put away her twin guns and turned to look at Yang Shao Ming. This time, her eyes were no longer filled with hostility and vigilance, but instead were full of admiration and gratitude.

  Yang Shuo Ming made her look a bit embarrassed, he dryly laughed and handed the box to her again.

  "This gun has been modified a bit, it can be fired both single-shot and burst-fire, just turn the dial and you're good to go." Yang Shaoming said, handing the gun forward again, "When firing in bursts, the muzzle jumps violently, remember to hold the gun level when shooting."

  Seeing Yang Shuo Ming's actions, Tang Ji Mei changed her usual demeanor and actually looked a bit embarrassed.

  "This time if it wasn't for Mr. Yang's godly shot, we would have suffered a great loss." Tang Jing looked at Tang Jiuniang and said seriously, "Jiuniang, continue."

  After hearing Tang Jing's words, Tang Jiuniang's face turned red. She rode her horse slowly forward and came to Yang Shuo Ming's side. With both hands, she took over the repeating rifle that Yang Shuo Ming handed to her.

  "A great kindness requires no thanks, how did Mr. Yang linger in the Tianyun Mountains for several days?" Tang Jing said, "The proposal that Mr. Yang asked us to revise and edit after going down the mountain, I, Tang Jing, will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

  "Alright." Yang Shuo Ming hesitated for a moment, nodded and replied, "Then I'd rather obey than be polite."

  "This is my gun," Táng Jiǔmeì pulled out a box cannon she originally used from behind her back and handed it to Yáng Shuòmíng, "You take it first, you can't be without a gun on your body."

  Yang Shuo Ming looked at this Mauser box cannon, also a German original product, and hesitated for a moment. The little girl immediately stared her eyes wide open.

  "Take it!" She said with some anger in her voice, but not as loudly as usual.

  Yang Shuo Ming involuntarily took over the box cannon with a bright red ribbon tied to the gun handle, and Tang Jiamei watched him put his own gun into the gun case, smiled happily, and also put the gun Yang Shuoming gave her into her own gun case.

  After the patrol was over, the group returned to Yunshi Village. Tang Jing arranged accommodations for Yang Shuo Ming and others, then went to interrogate the two injured assassins they had captured.

  Tang Jing arranged for Yang Shuo Ming a delicate and elegant upstairs room, the furnishings inside were not much different from the new house that Huang Shi Yao had given him at first, but what made Yang Shuo Ming feel surprised was that there was actually a bookshelf filled with all kinds of books in the room.

  Yang Shuo Ming stepped in front of the bookshelf, flipped through the books on it. These books were mostly classical poetry and Confucian classics, as well as thread-bound books. Among them, Yang Shuo Ming found a book called "New China". He couldn't help but feel curious, opened the book to read, and was immediately drawn in by its contents.

  The author of this "New China" is named Lu Shi'e, and "New China" should be one of his representative works. What makes Yang Shuo amazed is that in the era of the Internet, he has seen many empty historical stories, but he never thought that after traveling back to the past, he could still read similar themed works written by predecessors.

  This first-person narrative is a fantasy work that uses dreams as its medium, with content that is full of strange and fantastical imagination. The book depicts the development and social landscape of China 40 years after the implementation of constitutional government, but what surprises Yang Shaoming is that many major events written in the book have become reality in the future. For example, the book mentions that the "World Expo" (Shanghai World Expo) was held in Pudong, Shanghai, and to host this grand event, the Chinese government specially built the Pudong Bridge and the Yangtze River Tunnel in Shanghai, and even built a subway (referred to as an electric car tunnel in the book)! Interestingly, the book also describes that during the discussion of the construction plan for the electric car tunnel, there were disagreements over different opinions. Some people suggested building underground (subway), while others proposed building elevated railways (high-speed rail). After much discussion and listening to a large number of opinions, most people believed that building elevated railways in the city would be too noisy and affect the urban landscape and people's lives, so they finally decided to build an underground electric car tunnel.

  Yang Shuo Ming had no impression of Lu Shi E, he only knew that the story "Feng Wan Zhen" which was included in the middle school textbook with the background of resisting the invasion of the Anglo-French coalition was written by him and was collected in "Qing Pian Lei Chao". As a result, many people later took this story as historical material and cited it extensively. What he did not expect was that he also had such an excellent work full of imagination passed down through the ages.

  The Chinese nation has never lacked imagination and creativity at any time!

  But China's lagging behind the West since its entry into modern times is more a result of the accidental convergence of various historical factors.

  The progress and development of history are always full of contingencies!

  It can be said that one's own appearance in this era is also a historical coincidence!

  And will you put this era into the new China depicted in this book?

  Just as Yang Shuo Ming was immersed in the infinite reverie brought to him by Lu Shi E's depiction of a new China, two people's footsteps were heard at the door.

  "Mr. Yang hasn't gone to sleep yet?" The newcomer asked from outside upon seeing the candlelight inside the house.

  "There isn't." Yang Shuo Ming turned around and opened the door, only to see a tall middle-aged man with a plain gray long gown and holding a white paper fan in his hand, who looked like a scholar. He was about forty years old or so. And behind him stood Tang Jiu Mei.

  "It turned out to be Mr. Fu and Ninth Miss." Yang Shuo Ming recognized the person as Tang Xuan's military advisor, Fu Hongru, and couldn't help but stare for a moment, finding it strange that he was visiting him with Tang Jiumei at night.

  During the day, Yang Shuo Ming and Tang Jing talked and patrolled the mountain, but Fu Hong Ru was not present. When Yang Shuo Ming first met Tang Jing and her father, he had not seen him either, but later through investigation, he knew that Tianyun Mountain could have its current scale, and this Fu Jun Shi played a great role in it.

  Yang Shuo Ming let the two into the house, moved chairs for them, and asked them to sit down beside the Huang Yang wooden table. It was only then that Yang Shuo Ming noticed that Tang Ji Mei had changed into a beautiful and elegant silk flower dress, and didn't have her gun with her. After Fu Hong Ru sat down, she didn't follow suit but instead stood behind him with respect. At this moment, she had shed the spoiled and arrogant demeanor from earlier in the day, and instead had some of the elegance of a noble lady.

  "Mr. Yang is indeed a learned scholar, still reading books at such a late hour."

  Fu Hongru saw Yang Shuo Ming casually put on the table Lu Xun's "New China", and couldn't help but smile slightly, apparently he had also read this book.

  "Mr. Yang, what did you think of this book?" Fu Hongru asked with a smile.

  "It's great, but the article is not good enough to be passed down through generations." Yang Shuo Ming nodded and said.

  "Does Mr. Yang think that the new China depicted in the book, forty years after constitutional government is established, will really be like that?" Fu Hongru asked again.

  Yang Shuo Ming thought of his own life in that era and couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

  "It's possible, after all, none of us can run to the back and take a look." Yang Shuo Ming didn't want the dark emotions brought by his past life experiences to infect the two people in front of him, so he smiled and replied.

  Next Wednesday, Jiang, please give more collections and recommendations! Thank you everyone!