The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

Chapter 166 Snow Bandits

Thousand Machine Crossbows. In the early years, the Western Regions had presented two of them as tribute, and they were kept in the national treasury by Emperor Tianshun. They had never even seen it, but only heard about it from others. It was said that the Thousand Machine Crossbows were more than ten times more powerful than bows and arrows.

Shang Ruoyi explained it once and they learned it.

"Crown Princess, where did you get this Thousand Machine Crossbow?" Yunqi blinked. Could it be that the Crown Princess had robbed Emperor Tianshun's private treasury?

However, there were only two Thousand Machine Crossbows in the entire Tianshun, and they were still in use. Now there were about six or seven of them in front of them, which she had thrown there like scrap metal.

"I just did it myself." Shang Ruoyi said vaguely.

Looking at Yunqi's shocked expression, she touched her nose guiltily.

She couldn't say that this was produced by the space itself.

Yunqi looked at the Thousand Machine Crossbow on the ground in disbelief. Was he just making it casually?

Can this thing be made easily?

The Crown Prince's wife must be lying to him because she sees that he has little education.

At this time, the snow bandits were about to arrive at Shiya Village.

Zhao Junyi, who also got the news, felt like an ant on hot pan.

The snow bandits visited every year, causing heavy losses every year.

There were not many casualties, but all the money and food were looted.

There was a severe drought this year and basically no harvest. Now the snow bandits came down the mountain to steal food. He wished he could just drop the job and run away.

But the poison in his body has not been cured yet, and his life is in the hands of others. Where can he run to?

"My Lord, it's bad! The snow bandits are ten miles away from us."

Zhao Junyi's sweat broke out more and more when he heard this. He looked again and again at the place where he had hidden the silver and food to make sure they would not be discovered. Only then did he feel relieved.

"Sir, don't we need to resist?" asked a bailiff.

"Resist?" Zhao Junyi slapped his hat fiercely. "Do you have any brains? Resist the bullshit? How do you resist? Resist with your life?"

The beaten yamen runners had no way of speaking out their grievances.

"The He family has been running wild under my nose for a long time. Now that the snow bandits are here, it's just the right time to temper the He family." Zhao Junyi sneered, "I want to see how they can still be so arrogant in the future."

Upon hearing this, the bailiff said nothing and just quietly retreated.

Several yamen runners were waiting outside for news from him.

"How is it? What does the Lord say this time? Should we have a real fight with the Snow Bandits? Damn, I have been so frustrated these years."

The yamen runner who had just asked Zhao Junyi for instructions shook his head and said, "My Lord said to give up resistance. Just like in previous years, let them grab everything and leave."

Everyone frowned when they heard this.

Although they were demoted by coming to this far north to serve as officials, they still had some integrity in their bones.

They felt extremely uncomfortable to let them surrender to a group of snow bandits without a fight.

At this time, Shang Ruoyi had already explained the defense deployment. At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her previous life, when she was the captain of the special forces team.

Yunqi admired her very much when he saw how she remained calm in the face of danger and was able to command the country.

In the past, he always felt that it was beneath his status for their prince to marry a concubine's daughter. However, after experiencing exile until today, he couldn't help but worry about the prince. Their prince had never considered matters of love between men and women. Would he be disliked by the prince's wife?

Shang Ruoyi stood on a high place, and soon she saw a group of men in white robes coming down the mountain.

They all held shining big knives in their hands.

The leader of the snow bandits was named Liu Qin, and it was he who personally led a group of brothers down the mountain this time.

Arriving at Shiya Village, they first went to the city defense. Like in previous years, the city defense was empty. On an eight-immortal table were placed a pile of food and some silver bills.

Seeing this, the second in command, Zhao Yimu, walked forward, shook the things on the table, and said with a curled lip, "This Zhao Junyi, this year's grain is more than half less than last year's."

The third in command, Wei Xin, sneered, "This Zhao Junyi is very stingy. If we don't give him some color, I'm afraid he won't even remember his last name."

The boss Liu Qin had no expression on his face. He said calmly, "Just wait and see if there is anything else. If not, we will go directly into the village."

“Brother, are we going to other retail investors this year?”

Liu Qin sneered: "Haha, retail investors? The Dingguo Palace is standing there, do I still need to go to those retail investors' homes to collect some odds and ends?"

"Hahaha, big brother is wise!"

Liu Qin had a determined smile on his face.

"A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Dingguo Palace has fallen into decline, it is still not something that ordinary people can compare to."

Zhao Yimu also said in a cold voice: "This time, we must avenge those brothers who died tragically at the hands of Dingguo Palace!"

"Have you already talked to the guy who works at the He family?"

"Don't worry, brother. Everything has been arranged."

After leaving the city defense office, they ran directly to the He family.

Shang Ruoyi saw their figures from afar and couldn't help but frown.

It seems that they are heading straight for the He family.

Shang Ruoyi's lips corners slowly curled up.

She had never seen anyone offer himself to be beaten.

"Thousand Machine Crossbow, ready." She waved her hand lightly, and when those people came into the range, her hand fell suddenly.

"Swoosh!" A few sounds of breaking through the air were heard, and the arrow shot straight to a place not far from the snow bandits with a fascinating momentum.

hiss······

What was that thing that just shot into the ground?

Liu Qin raised his hand, and the people behind him hurriedly stopped.

"Big brother."

"Was that an arrow just now?"

Liu Qin said in a deep voice: "Go forward and take a look."

A snow bandit walked forward and was about to check, but saw an arrow flying towards him at high speed and hit the snow bandit's feet again.

This time everyone saw clearly that it was indeed an arrow, and the snow bandit who was about to move forward was so scared that he sat down on the ground. If he had been a few breaths faster, the powerful arrow would not have hit his feet, but his body.

Liu Qin looked towards the direction of the He family with a cold gaze.

He saw a man in a green robe standing proudly, holding a crossbow that he had never seen before.

"Brother, this idea is a bit tricky!" Zhao Yimu whispered, "Didn't they say He Jingheng is lame?"

"That's not He Jingheng." Liu Qin said coldly, "It must be the soldiers under He Jingheng. The Dingguo Palace has a deep foundation, and there are many talented people even in exile."

"What should we do?" Zhao Yimu's voice was filled with fear: "Run! Brother, otherwise we should just retreat!"

"Why are you retreating?" Liu Qin kicked him and said, "You spineless thing. If you retreat now, you're going to leave your brothers to starve in the winter? If you want to starve, go and do it yourself. I won't drink!"

"But, but this guy's archery skills are so high, I'm afraid he'll be dead before we get there."

Liu Qin looked forward and snorted coldly: "What does it matter? As long as she can't see us, it will be fine."