I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Gongsun Wan'er had a strange look on her face and sneered,

"You mentioned lightness, but to actually do it, you need sharp vision and hearing, as well as the ability to control the battle situation, adaptability, and the ability to arrange the most reasonable and fastest counterattack tactics.

These all require extremely sophisticated and skilled skills to achieve.

Shen Changgong, what did you do before? "

Shen Changgong held an arrow and said as he looked at it,

"I'm the son of a merchant family. I live a life of luxury, drinking and having fun. I like to flirt with decent women. I'm commonly known as... a playboy."

"pull!"

Gongsun Wan'er sneered,

"A scoundrel? A scoundrel was dragged to the parade grounds and told he was going to fight a thousand men. Instead of being terrified and crying for help, he remained calm?

How could a scoundrel kill over a hundred people in the middle of the night without mercy?

How could a scoundrel face a crisis like tonight and not only survive but also fight back and capture the other party alive?

Shen Changgong, I don’t believe you just have martial arts skills. These require a strong heart and skilled assassination techniques.

You were an assassin, weren't you?"

"Yes."

Shen Changgong did not hide it, there was nothing to hide.

Anyone could see that he was an expert at assassination.

"How many people have you killed?"

“Who can count this?”

Shen Changgong threw the arrow in his hand onto the floor of the carriage and said calmly.

That calm and nonchalant tone made Gongsun Wan'er's heart tremble.

"How many people must you have killed to think human life is so insignificant?"

"Don't you powerful people never take the lives of ordinary people seriously?"

"I'm not a rich and powerful person!"

"Then what are you?"

This sentence stopped her.

Saying she was powerful and wealthy? Like Shen Changgong, she hated the powerful and wealthy the most.

She is a commoner? But she comes from a powerful family.

The two stopped talking. Shen Changgong looked at the ground, and Gongsun Wan'er looked at Shen Changgong.

The carriage stopped.

"My Lords, we are at the gate of the harem."

Shen Changgong and Gongsun Wan'er got out of the carriage, and palace maids and eunuchs came over to hold umbrellas for them.

Shen Changgong looked at Dai Xing and said,

"Dai Xing, go back and bandage your wounds and heal them well. Tomorrow, take the brothers to the Security Army camp. I'll give you some money. Keep some for yourselves, and send the rest to the families of the brothers who died in battle."

"Thank you, Captain. I will withdraw now."

Dai Xing looked at Shen Changgong with emotion, then stepped back with his hands clasped.

Gongsun Wan'er is accustomed to being sarcastic.

"You are quite good at winning people's hearts."

"People with a bad heart see everything as dirty. They died protecting me. Shouldn't I do something?"

Shen Changgong and Gongsun Wan'er walked towards the harem together.

"Is your Majesty asleep?"

"Your Excellency, not yet. His Majesty is reading in his bedroom."

"Ah."

The two of them arrived outside the empress's bedroom and were allowed to enter only after reporting.

The Empress was sitting at the table, reading a book. Seeing the two men coming over, all wet and emitting the smell of blood and a faint murderous aura, she couldn't help but frown and said,

"What happened to you? Did you fight with someone?"

"Your Majesty, we have been assassinated."

"Assassination?"

The Empress's eyes suddenly turned cold, and her domineering aura was instantly revealed.

"You dared to assassinate my husband and the chief steward in the capital. How audacious!"

At this point, she paused, looked at the two of them carefully, and asked,

"How are you guys, are you hurt?"

"No, Shen...Captain Shen killed all the assassins and even captured one alive."

Gongsun Wan'er instinctively wanted to say the three words "Shen Changgong", but felt it was inappropriate and changed her words temporarily.

The empress looked at Shen Changgong in surprise, and then said calmly,

"That's good. We'll pry open the assassin's mouth as soon as possible. Once we get his confession, we'll confiscate his home and exterminate his entire family."

Gongsun Wan'er walked over and said,

"Your Majesty, I suspect the assassin was sent by Prince Rong, seeking revenge by killing the Grand Commandant."

The empress shook her head.

"His target may not only be Shen Changgong, but also you. Don't forget that as long as you are alive, those powerful people will feel like a thorn in their throats, and they will always want to get rid of you.

If you die, there will be no one to overturn the Gongsun family's verdict, and they can rest easy."

Gongsun Wan'er took a deep breath and nodded.

"That's right. It seems we need to bring more guards with us when we go out in the future."

“Also try to avoid going out at night.”

The empress looked at Shen Changgong and said with concern,

"You've worked hard, and I'll give you credit for your contribution. You two should go change your clothes and rest, or you'll get sick."

Shen Changgong had an expressionless face and reached into his arms. Gongsun Wan'er was so frightened that she immediately stood in front of the empress and drew her dagger.

Shen Changgong took out the oilcloth-wrapped papers from his arms, looked at Gongsun Wan'er, frowned, and said,

"What are you going to do?"

"No...nothing."

Gongsun Wan'er awkwardly put the dagger back in and turned her head away.

Shen Changgong said coldly,

"Since you know what I did before, you should know how sensitive I am to hostility. If you dare to draw your sword against me again, I will kill you without hesitation."

"It is my duty to protect His Majesty."

"So you mean I'll kill my wife?"

Gongsun Wan'er picked her toes awkwardly, feeling a little embarrassed, and turned to look at the empress.

"Your Majesty, he frightened me."

The empress smiled brilliantly.

"He's not trying to scare you. I think what he said is true. He will really kill you."

Gongsun Wan'er rolled her eyes and said no more.

The empress looked at Shen Changgong again and smiled.

"Don't always pick on her. You two have the same goal and are both my right-hand men. I don't want to see you fighting to the death.

What is inside this that made you brave such heavy rain to deliver it to me, and even faced assassination?"

"This is a blueprint for a new type of weapon. I hope to be able to make it."

Shen Changgong sat directly on the chair next to the empress, his whole body wet.

"Weapons? Are they assassination weapons?"

The empress asked with little interest.

"No, it's a weapon that can be deployed on a large scale to the military and increase their combat effectiveness in a short period of time."

"Can it improve the combat effectiveness of the army?"

The empress was now interested.

Shen Changgong spread out the drawings and explained to the empress one by one how to use the crossbow and its lethality after being equipped on a large scale.

In the empress's mind, a scene gradually appeared, with many soldiers holding crossbows and shooting thousands of arrows at the same time.

"This is a good thing. If two armies were fighting, the enemy could rain arrows at us in one round while we could fire ten rounds. The damage would be incomparable.

Furthermore, even if equipped to an individual, in close combat, he can attack faster than the enemy, and whether the enemy's melee attack or bow and arrow will be restrained by the crossbow."

Shen Changgong nodded and said,

"So, the people in the Arsenal are our own people?"