Chapter 635: The Princess Who Eloped with Her Lover (9)
Chapter 635: The Princess Who Eloped with Her Lover (9)
The security guard Lin Fei was still there, so Gu Zhen decided to quit while she was ahead. She couldn't really let him get angry and leave.
When Gu Zhen went out, Lin Fei also reacted. He was confused and subconsciously wanted to run, but he was caught up by Gu Zhen after only a few steps.
"Brother Lin, why do you leave as soon as you see me?"
Gu Zhen looked as if she had no idea what was going on. She looked innocent and bright. Under the bright moonlight, she was as clean and pure as a fairy.
Lin Fei suddenly became angry, angry that she was too kind and still had good intentions towards someone who had hurt her.
If she hadn't been trying to stop him, Liu Ren would have been thrown into the mountains to fend for himself!
Gu Zhen saw his face darken, seemed startled, and took a step back unconsciously, which made Lin Fei even angrier!
When facing Liu Ren, she brought him medicine, showed concern for him, and even covered him with a quilt. How could she be afraid of him?
Lin Fei grabbed Gu Zhen's wrist: "Come with me, I have something to tell you!"
Gu Zhen bit her lower lip and used her other hand to push him away, but she didn't use much strength. Lin Fei, who was in a low mood, didn't notice her half-hearted attitude at all.
"Brother Lin, where are you taking me?"
"It's too late. Is there anything that can't wait until tomorrow?"
"In the mountains...are there wolves in the mountains?"
Lin Fei's mind was filled with the words "Brother Liu Ren" he had just heard.
She originally thought that he was the special Big Brother Lin, but she didn't expect that scumbag Liu Ren was worthy of her calling him brother. Lin Fei was so angry that she pulled him away from the house and stopped near a century-old tree.
He trapped the man between the tree trunk and himself.
"Miss Zhen'er, that Liu Ren is not a good person. He kidnapped you and degraded your reputation and innocence to nothing. He made you wander around without a home to return to. It would be fine if you didn't kill him, but why are you still so nice to him?"
"If you had met a bad guy, Liu Ren would have definitely not cared about your life or death! You...you are so beautiful, if you fell into the hands of a bad guy..."
He felt suffocated just thinking about it.
Gu Zhen seemed to be frightened. She moved closer to him and grabbed his clothes on his chest with her hands: "Brother Lin, don't scare me. I'm scared of killing or not! Although Brother Liu Ren is a bad guy, isn't it too much for him to die..."
"Don't call him brother!" Lin Fei gritted his teeth, "It will be clean only if he dies!"
Gu Zhen looked up at him: "Brother Lin, why are you so angry?"
Lin Fei was stunned, then felt a little embarrassed. His momentary impulse resulted in him being at a loss. Gu Zhen suppressed her smile and suddenly got into Lin Fei's arms when he was not paying attention.
"Brother Lin! Listen! There seems to be a wolf! I'm so scared!"
Lin Fei threw himself into Gu Zhen's arms with all his might. The intimacy between him and Gu Zhen today was already beyond his tolerance. If this happened again in the middle of the night, young man, your heart would be like filled with ten thousand horses, galloping and roaring loudly!
I could no longer hear the wolf howling, only my own heart beating.
Lin Fei hugged her: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
"With Brother Lin here, I'm not afraid."
Gu Zhen looked up in his arms, and Lin Fei was also looking down. The two were very close, and on this night, the ambiguity continued to ferment, melting the air around them.
Lin Fei's breathing became rapid, and he didn't realize that he was lowering his head unconsciously until he gently touched Gu Zhen's rosy and plump lips and was shyly pushed away by the other party. Only then did Lin Fei react.
With her arms empty, Gu Zhen covered her lips and ran away. It seemed that there was still a hint of fragrance in the air.
Lin Fei offended the beauty and hit his head hard.
But he was also sure of one thing, he liked this girl, very much.
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The next morning, Gu Zhen got up early.
She led the children to recite poems and fed the chickens and ducks with them, as naturally as if nothing had happened.
After Lin Fei came back from morning exercise, he wanted to say something several times but hesitated, and in the end he couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
It was not until after breakfast, when the abominable Liu Ren led the children to study and the men and women in the village were busy with their own things, that he found Gu Zhen who was left alone.
Just as he was about to speak, Gu Zhen took the military book with a smile and said, "Brother Lin, let's get started. Pay attention. I will explain it to you sentence by sentence."
Lin Fei had no choice but to shut up.
Gu Zhen started with "The Theory of War", a work left by an old general of the previous dynasty. He wrote it with great effort. While Gu Zhen was talking, he drew simple diagrams on the ground.
Lin Fei seemed to have opened up a new world. He was extremely talented and understood almost everything he heard. He could also draw inferences from what he heard and quickly immersed himself in it.
They agreed to talk for half an hour, but they talked for the whole morning. In the end, Gu Zhen was unable to answer Lin Fei's questions.
She simply flipped through other books and picked out the most obscure parts to translate for him. Lin Fei held those books in his hands and couldn't put them down.
Whenever he encountered a word he didn't know, he would ask Gu Zhen. If he couldn't remember it the first time, he would remember it twice. After all, he had a good brain and could remember it even by rote memorization.
Gu Zhen didn't bother him anymore and left quietly.
After several days, Lin Fei finally managed to read all the military books. He felt as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened up, and he had a sense of enlightenment.
The confusion I had in the past is no longer a problem for me. It turns out that military strategy and warfare are such a wonderful thing.
He was in a hurry to thank Gu Zhen, but after looking around he found that she was researching something. Several children were surrounding her and clapping their hands, as if they were cheering her on.
Before Lin Fei could see clearly, there was a "bang" sound, and a small ball of black mist rushed out. Several children fell to the ground together, not caring about the dirt. They got up with smiles and cheered.
"It's done!"
Lin Fei looked over again and couldn't help but smile. Including Gu Zhen, everyone had a black-faced Bao Gong. When Gu Zhen saw him, he grinned, revealing a row of neat and fine white teeth.
"What is this doing?"
"Sister Zhen'er is making fireworks!"
Lin Fei laughed and told them to go find their mothers and wash their faces quickly.
After everyone left, he squatted down and wiped Gu Zhen's face with his sleeve: "Like a little black cat."
Gu Zhen pulled his hand down and pointed at the pile of powder: "This is gunpowder, you know? Once the research is completed, we can use it on the battlefield!"
"It's just that the materials are not good. The sulfur powder bought from the pharmacy and the leftover saltpeter from making ice are not good enough. If the imperial court were to study it, there would definitely be no problem."
After all, it is something our ancestors could accomplish.
It seems that I have to wait until I return to the palace and let the Crown Prince take care of it personally.
Lin Fei also fell into deep thought. If the power was much greater than that of fireworks, it could really come in handy in combat. If ordinary fire attacks combined with explosions could be wrapped in iron, wouldn't the destructive power be incredible?
He humbly asked for advice, remembered the general approach described by Gu Zhen, and also understood one thing: without huge financial and human resources, it would be impossible to make gunpowder weapons.
For example, mining sulfur is a very troublesome thing.
This is not what he should be thinking about at the moment. Lin Fei just wants to make things clear with Gu Zhen.
He scratched his hair: "Miss Zhen'er, that night I..."
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