Planting a fairy in ancient times

Chapter 193. Chapter 193.
"With Zhou Dazhuang gone, aren't there still two gunners? Why isn't one of them here?" Qiao Dabiao asked with a long face.

"Ding Er and Zhou Dazhuang are cousins, so Ding Er also asked for leave and went back to the village with Zhou Dazhuang for the funeral." He Laoer replied.

"Where's Zhang Youyi?" Qiao Dabiao thought for a while, and finally remembered the name of another gunner.

"Zhang Youyi asked for leave yesterday to go to Fucheng to see a doctor, and he hasn't returned yet." He Laoer's face turned pale when he said this.

He Lao Er had just become the leader for less than a month.

I don't know if it's his bad luck. In the past few days, a few baby bump gunners either have something to do or that has a disease, and they hula la ran away.

He Lao Er was afraid that the garrison would be unhappy, so he withdrew his centurion.

"Isn't this a coincidence?" Qiao Dabiao frowned.

It's okay to say that one has something to say, but all three gunners have asked for leave, and Qiao Dabiao really feels that something is wrong.

If he had known this earlier, when he chose the gunner, he should have chosen a few more as substitutes.

Fortunately, there has been no war in the frontier, otherwise, when they are really used to help them, the three red cannons will be just a decoration without a gunner?

Qiao Dabiao thought to himself.

"Master Guard, Zhou Dazhuang's family letter did say that the old lady died. His subordinates thought about the family relationship between mother and child, so they granted Zhou Zhuang and Ding Er a half-month leave. As for Zhang Youyi, he came to see his subordinates yesterday morning. He said that he had a rash on his body, and it was very itchy, so he took a day off to go to Fucheng to see a doctor at Cixintang." He Laoer thought for a while, and explained in detail.

"Forget it, the matter has come to this point, it's useless to talk about it. However, gunners are rare. Next time you encounter such a thing, He Laoer, you can't just let it all go." Qiao Dabiao warned.

Although the timing of the three gunners asking for leave was too coincidental, but since it has become a fact, no matter how much Qiao Dabiao scolds He Laoer, it will not help.

It would be better to warn a few words, that is.

"Yes, my subordinates have remembered." He Lao Er breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't know what happened, but since then, Qiao Dabiao's right eyelid has been twitching non-stop.

Qiao Dabiao murmured in his heart: It is said that the left eye is making money and the right eye is causing disaster. Is there any bad luck waiting for him today?

It didn't take long for Qiao Dabiao's guess to become a fact.

At noon, Cui Shi'an brought people to the northern suburbs barracks to look for Qiao Dabiao.

When Qiao Dabiao heard that the soldiers guarding the gate came to report, when Prime Minister Cui begged to see him, he was startled, ran outside the gate, and personally invited Cui Shian into the barracks.

Qiao Dabiao was beating a drum in his heart.

The famous Prime Minister Cui condescended to come to him, what was the reason for this?
You know, Qiao Dabiao, a small fifth-rank military officer, really doesn't have a chance to meet Cui Shian.

"Qiao Defen, I heard that the red cannons in your barracks can shoot fireballs, so I came here to open my eyes." Cui Shi'an said straight to the point.

"Fireball? Where did the Prime Minister hear this? Why don't I know?" Qiao Dabiao was a little puzzled.

The red-clothed cannons in the barracks were just allocated by the Ministry of Accounts last month, and they can only fire the supporting shells allocated by the Ministry of Accounts.

This matching shell is a solid iron ball, the kind that will not explode after landing.

"Since that's the case, I'm going to have someone search it. I hope Mr. Qiao won't blame you." Seeing that Qiao Dabiao refused to admit it, Cui Shi'an had no choice but to ask someone to search the barracks.

Qiao Dabiao dared not speak out.

The first-level official crushes people to death!
In order to prove his innocence, Qiao Dabiao couldn't stop Cui Shian's people from being searched, could he?
Anyway, he, Qiao Dabiao, was open-minded and not afraid of searching.

Not long after, Cui Shi'an's men found three special "cannonballs" from the Tiger's Might army.

These three special "cannonballs" are about the same size as the iron balls specially used for the red cannon, but they are not solid, but hollow.There is only a thin layer of iron on the outside, and when you shake it in your hand, it will rustle inside.

"What... what is this?" Qiao Dabiao couldn't help being confused when he saw these "cannonballs".

"Qiao Shoubing, you really don't know what these things are, do you?" Cui Shi'an's expression was a little ugly.

When Wu Zhiyuan reported Qiao Shoubing to Cui Shian, he described the appearance of this hollow bomb.It is also said that this kind of hollow bomb was just developed by the Huwei Army. It can burn like a fireball after launch, and it will explode after landing.

Seeing what Wu Zhiyuan said became a fact, Cui Shian's doubts about Qiao Dabiao increased a bit.

Qiao Dabiao shook his head, a little anxious.

It's not a good sign that something even he didn't know appeared in the barracks!
"Prime Minister, please wait a moment, I will ask someone to ask." Qiao Dabiao hurriedly asked the quartermaster to ask.

"My lord, I don't know, I have never received such shells before." The quartermaster shook his head and said.

The quartermaster can be sure that the shells he brought back from the warehouse of the household department yamen are not like this at all.

"My lord, I...I know." At this moment, Centurion He Er Er raised his hand and said weakly.

"Second He, hurry up and tell me, where did these things come from?" Qiao Dabiao grabbed He Laoer and asked.

"My lord, I heard Ding Er and his gunners say that this is a new type of shell that your lord asked them to develop." He Laoer said.

"I didn't, you're talking nonsense. When did I ask Ding Er and the others to develop a new type of shell? Ding Er and the others don't know a single word, so can they be better than those skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry?" Qiao Dabiao was anxious.

"My lord, it was Ding Er and the others who said it, and the subordinates don't know if it's true or not." He Laoer shrank his neck, wishing he could curl himself into a ball.

"Qiao Shoubei, just call Ding Er and the others and ask them." Cui Shi'an suggested.

"This...Master Prime Minister, Ding Er and the others are not in the army. Two of them have asked for leave to return to their hometown for funerals, and the other went to see a doctor at the Cixin Hall in Fucheng." Qiao Dabiao was so anxious that sweat came out on his forehead up.

"Qiao Shoubei, you must have killed someone to silence him, right?" Cui Shi'an said with a sneer.

It happened so coincidentally that Cui Shian's suspicion of Qiao Dabiao had already reached [-]%.

"No, Mr. Prime Minister, you are wronged!" Qiao Dabiao hurriedly shouted.

No matter how stupid Qiao Dabiao was, he now understood why Cui Shian came.

Reminiscent of the range of the cannon in red and the "fireball from the sky" that burned the official warehouse a few days ago, Qiao Dabiao now understands that the fireball from the sky should be related to Ding Er and the others?
"Qiao Shoubei, this is the end of the matter, I have no choice but to let you live in Zhizhou Yamen for a few days." Cui Shi'an said coldly.

"My lord, mark your injustice!" Qiao Dabiao didn't know how to defend himself other than crying out for injustice.

(End of this chapter)