In another courtyard of Prince Qi’s mansion not far from here, Shitou bowed slightly outside the main door: “My Lord, Old Ma is here.”

A voice came from the house: “Let him in!”

Shitou opened the curtain to let Uncle Ma in, and Uncle Ma stood on the ground with his head down properly.

Xiao Yu sat at the top and waved his hand casually: “Sit down, I called you here to ask about the blood-dripping device you wrote in the letter.”

“Is that thing really that powerful?”

Uncle Ma just sat down and stood up again to reply: “Answering back the prince, I have never seen a more powerful hidden weapon than that. As long as you point that thing at a person, with a bang, the person will fall.”

“If that thing hits the vitals, it will kill you. If it hits other places, the skin will be torn apart.”

Xiao Yu squinted his eyes: “Then have you seen the wounds of those who were killed by the blood-dripping device?”

Uncle Ma nodded: “I saw the wounds, but I can’t tell what they are. Some were smashed, and some were just bloody holes.”

“It’s just very strange. I searched for a long time and couldn’t find the thing that was fired.”

“The hidden weapon must be made of something, but whether it was a flying knife, a flying thorn, a stone bullet, or a cow-hair needle, I didn’t find it.”

“I also thought that to cause such a wound, the hidden weapon must be fired at a fast speed and with great force. It’s hard to imagine that such a small hidden weapon can have such a great force.”

Xiao Yu nodded. Old Ma was an old soldier. He had been on the battlefield when he was young. Later, when he was older, he was arranged to escort the escort agency to earn some money and collect some intelligence.

Old Ma had experience, vision, and knowledge, and Xiao Yu still believed in his judgment.

Xiao Yu stood up and turned around twice: “Maybe the thing dispersed after it was hit, and it’s not easy to find.”

“You said in your letter that the girl said she had a master?”

Uncle Ma nodded: “He should be some master of the hidden sect. The girl is mysterious and refuses to say more.”

Xiao Yu looked at Uncle Ma: “Do you think what the girl said is credible?”

Uncle Ma hesitated for a moment, thinking of Gu Fei’s fragrant dry pot rabbit meat and braised snake, licked his lips, and decided to say a few good words.

He nodded vigorously: “I think it’s true! The little girl trusts me very much. I asked casually and she answered casually. It should be that her master has a rule that cannot be said.”

“Besides, I have observed along the way.”

“That girl is just a little girl who is ignorant of the world. She is soft-hearted and kind. She is not like a spy from another country. She is always thinking about eating something delicious.”

Xiao Yu nodded slowly.

He had sent people to investigate Gu Fei. There was no doubt about her background. He now knew that the Marquis’s mansion was confiscated because the sister of Madam Pingyang Marquis murdered the imperial heir. The Emperor was furious. Not only did he sentence Concubine Yufei to death, but he also found a reason to confiscate Pingyang Marquis’s mansion.

So this matter has nothing to do with Gu Fei at all.

If Gu Fei has a mysterious master behind her, then the telescope and the blood dropper she gave him before make sense.

If Gu Fei was a spy from the enemy country, the enemy country would have started to attack the British Empire long ago if they had things like telescopes and blood-dripping devices.

They would not give such important things to a little girl.

The telescope was very useful. He has had someone copy it. It was not a very sophisticated thing, but it took a little time to polish the crystal.

Xiao Yu also wanted this blood-dripping device.

Just imagine, if such a hidden weapon was used in a war, what kind of lethality it would have.

 

*Blood-dripping device – a pistol gun.