After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

There were still three days left before the New Year and the court had already given a New Year holiday, but Ye Wuwei did not rest. He bought saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal and started making gunpowder.

Originally, Ye Wuwei didn't want to manufacture gunpowder weapons so early, but the situation is now pressing.

The palace banquet let Ye Wuwei know that the emperor and his men could no longer tolerate Qi Wushuang, and the war between the two camps was about to break out.

The emperor did not allow Qi Wushuang to bring more troops into Chamdo, but he kept Qi Wushuang in Chamdo in order to kill Qi Wushuang at the lowest cost.

In the previous two years, Qi Wushuang's power was inferior to that of the emperor, so the emperor only resorted to assassination and poisoning of Qi Wushuang.

But since the advent of iron weapons, Qi Wushuang's military strength has surpassed the emperor, and the emperor will use all means to kill Qi Wushuang.

According to Ye Wuwei's judgment: within half a year, the emperor will definitely encircle and suppress Qi Wushuang in Chamdo.

Ye Wuwei planned to make some simple gunpowder weapons such as cannons to save his life.

A "fire cannon" is an explosive firearm encased in a cast iron shell, similar to a grenade.

When he was a special forces soldier in modern times, Ye Wuwei had made his own homemade bombs, so it only took him two days to make several fireballs in Qi Wushuang's weapons workshop.

The fireball is made of multiple layers of paper, cloth, etc. as its shell. After being ignited and thrown, the sphere explodes and generates flames to kill the enemy.

Ye Wuwei's purpose was not to make fireballs, but the cast iron shell could not be made in a day or two, so he could only make a few fireballs to test their power.

After making the fireballs, Ye Wuwei did not alert others and rode out of Changdu City with a few fireballs.

……

King Qi's Mansion

Since noon, people have been entering Prince Qi's mansion one after another.

These people are Qi Wushuang's confidants in Chamdo, and they are celebrating the New Year together in Qi Wang Mansion today.

Qi Wushuang had been listening to his subordinates reporting on various things. He was so busy that he didn't realize that he hadn't seen Ye Wuwei until the butler reminded him to prepare dinner at 5 p.m.

Not only did he not see Ye Wuwei today, he hadn't seen him in the three days since he returned from the palace dinner.

Qi Wushuang asked the housekeeper: "Where is Ye Wuwei?"

"Captain Ye left the house early this morning and hasn't returned since."

"Studying glass in the workshop?"

"Captain Ye hasn't been to the workshop these past few days, but he leaves early and comes back late every day. I didn't dare ask him where he went."

Qi Wushuang frowned: Where did Ye Wuwei go if he didn’t go to the workshop?

"Have you told him about the dinner at the mansion tonight?"

"I told him the day before yesterday, and he replied, 'I know.'"

Qi Wushuang turned around and told Qi Cheng: "Take some people to look for Ye Wuwei."

Qi Cheng responded and left.

The room was full of Qi Wushuang's confidants, but there were also some people who only knew Ye Wuwei and had never met him. Seeing Qi Wushuang paying so much attention to Ye Wuwei, they became curious.

Chief Constable Nie Youren quietly asked Chu Fuchi beside him: "Chu Hu, what kind of person is Ye Wuwei?"

"You'll know when you see it."

Nie Youren: It’s the same as not saying anything!

……

Ye Wuwei is being hunted.

Ye Wuwei was prepared to be assassinated, but he didn't expect the emperor and his men to act so quickly.

I'm afraid that after attending the banquet in the palace that day, he will be targeted by the emperor's men.

Today, they must have taken action as soon as they saw him leaving Changdu City alone.

There were eight people chasing Ye Wuwei, all with their faces covered. Ye Wuwei decided to use these eight people to test the power of the newly made fireball.

Ye Wuwei led the eight people towards Changhe.

There is a flat area beside the Chang River, with only gravel and sparse weeds, and few people set foot there. Ye Wuwei decided to deal with these eight people there.

When they arrived near their destination, Ye Wuwei dismounted and ran towards the flat ground.

Eight people also got off their horses and surrounded Ye Wuwei.

Ye Wuwei stopped, lit the fuse and threw the fireball at the eight people.

The outer layer of the fireball made by Ye Wuwei was coated with flammable resin. After the fireball was ignited, the gunpowder inside burned rapidly. When the fireball was thrown at one of them, it exploded with a "bang".

The explosion was accompanied by a fire.

The eight people were close to each other, and after the fireball exploded and burned, all eight of them were injured to varying degrees. The person who was hit by the fireball and the two people beside him fell directly to the ground.

Ye Wuwei shook his head:

Although the lethality of fireballs is multiplied compared to simple stones, it is still not powerful enough to kill or injure people.

It can only be effective if it is used to ignite flammable materials such as food, tents, etc.

It seems that we still have to do some artillery.

The eight people had never seen a fireball before and were all shocked. Ye Wuwei took this opportunity to throw a second fireball.

After two fireballs, five opponents fell.

Ye Wuwei stopped attacking with fireballs and drew out his bat knife, rushing towards the opponent.

This time in close combat, Ye Wuwei used a fatal blow, taking a life with one blow.

When Ye Wuwei put away his knife, he heard the sound of horse hooves.

Ye Wuwei looked ahead warily, seeing three people on three horses.

The person in the lead was a woman in her twenties, with a stern expression and a strong aura. Even when she was on a horse, her body was straight.

Like a spear!

Ye Wuwei immediately judged the other party's identity: he was a general in the army.

The man's gaze paused on the bat knife in Ye Wuwei's hand, then looked at the bloody bayonet on Ye Wuwei's waist, and then looked around.

When the visitor saw the debris from the explosion around him, his expression froze.

"Are you a subordinate of Prince Qi?"

Ye Wuwei did not answer.

The visitor said nothing more and turned away.

Although Ye Wuwei guessed that the other party was a general in the army, he could not guess which camp the other party belonged to.

However, since the other party has no hostility towards him, Ye Wuwei has no need to be his enemy.

And it's obvious that the other party is not someone to be trifled with.

After cleaning up the scene, Ye Wuwei returned to Chamdo.

……

It was already late in the evening when Ye Wuwei returned to Prince Qi's mansion.

As soon as he dismounted, a servant from Prince Qi's mansion came up to him and said, "Captain Ye, you're finally back. The prince has asked about you several times."

Ye Wuwei handed the horse reins to the servant and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to see me for something?"

"There's a banquet at the mansion tonight, and many people are coming."

Ye Wuwei then remembered what the butler had told him about the banquet in the mansion the day before yesterday. He had forgotten about it because he was busy making fireballs in the past two days.

Ye Wuwei returned to the courtyard where he lived first.

His clothes were stained with blood, and it was unlucky to attend a party on New Year's Day.

Ye Wuwei washed his face and changed into a moon-white robe before heading towards the courtyard where Qi Wushuang lived.

When Ye Wuwei stepped into the banquet hall, many eyes turned to him.

Qi Wushuang's first reaction was to look at Ye Wuwei.

Ye Wuwei's figure was just shrouded in the light, tall and slender, and extremely beautiful. Qi Wushuang's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.

Ye Wuwei walked towards Qi Wushuang.

Qi Wushuang watched Ye Wuwei walking towards him motionlessly, each step shining brightly.

Walking in front of Qi Wushuang, Ye Wuwei bowed and said, "Your Highness, I'm late for something."