Chapter 374: I'm Going to Burn Them

Zhou Yanli opened a few more wooden crates and glanced inside.

"There are guns here too."

Bai Wei hurried over, looked down, and discovered that the straw lining these wooden crates contained over a dozen handguns.

In other crates, there were boxes of ammunition.

This wooden shed, filled with moisture-absorbing lime and straw, appeared to be an armory for the Fusang People.

Bai Wei opened over a dozen crates in one breath and saw that they were filled with cannonballs.

It seemed this entire pile of crates was filled with cannonballs.

Her scalp went numb, and a chill involuntarily spread through her entire body.

She dared not even think about it!

The Fusang People actually had so much weaponry, and all of it was thermal weaponry that the Northern Frontier Army did not possess!

The incident had happened suddenly just now; Xiao Moting had led his men in, and the Fusang People, caught unprepared, had only managed to grab a portion of the weapons to rush out and engage in battle.

But even though the Fusang People only pushed three cannons out, they still blew many people to death.

If they had been fully prepared, with enough guns and ammunition, and had pushed all these cannons out in a row, how many Daliang people would have been blown to death?

Even if Xiao Moting and his men had bulletproof vests, facing so many thermal weapons, they would have suffered heavy casualties and many would have died!

At this moment, Zhou Yanli's cold voice sounded.

"These things must be destroyed."

Destroyed?

Bai Wei hurriedly turned around, just about to speak, when she was shocked to discover that in Zhou Yanli's hand, she didn't know where he had gotten a turpentine torch, and there was an oil drum on the ground.

She was startled, "Zhou Yanli, what are you doing?"

"Naturally, destroying these things." Zhou Yanli gave a cold snort, "These weapons are too dangerous; they cannot be left in the hands of the Fusang People."

Upon hearing this, Bai Wei immediately shook her head.

"No, no."

How could they be destroyed?

Huaxia prohibited the possession of thermal weapons; she had gone to great lengths to get just a few sniper rifles for Xiao Moting and his men, and those were all modified from old-fashioned hunting rifles.

Now that the Fusang People had so many guns and ammunition here, along with Red Barbarian Cannons, these were simply treasures sent to her by the heavens.

Fearing that Zhou Yanli would ignite the oil, Bai Wei spoke up in a hurry.

"Zhou Yanli, don't be impulsive! These weapons, the Fusang People can use them, and we can use them too."

Zhou Yanli looked at her coldly, "Use them? How will you take them away? The Yuan Clan army will arrive soon. If these things can't be moved by then, they will fall into the hands of the Yuan Family Army. Are you delivering equipment to Yuan Canghai?"

"I, I can take them away."

"Heh, just the two of us can move them?" Zhou Yanli gave a light snort, "Xiao Moting's troops are short-handed; they don't even have enough to block the Yuan Family Army, let alone having him spare men to come and move things!"

As he spoke, he reached out and pointed toward the Red Barbarian Cannons.

"And those things there—a single one weighs thousands of catties; even ten people couldn't move it. How do you plan to transport them?"

"This... in any case, I have a way to move them, so don't you worry about it."

"No." Zhou Yanli's attitude was very firm, "Yuan Canghai has already colluded with the Fusang People. If these things fall into his hands, it is equivalent to returning them to the Fusang People! My premonitions are never wrong; the Fusang will become the greatest threat to the Daliang Kingdom in the future, and it is even possible they will destroy Daliang."

Seeing that he was determined to burn this equipment, Bai Wei also became anxious, "Zhou Yanli, haven't you always wanted the Daliang Kingdom to fall? Why have you changed your tune today?"

Zhou Yanli was silent for a moment, then spoke coldly, "My enemy is the Daliang imperial family, not the thousands of Daliang commoners. If Daliang falls and is ruled by a foreign race, the people will be displaced and become slaves, and the Divine Witch Tribe members hiding among the populace will also suffer and never be able to return to their homeland."

His tone was indifferent, but his eyes revealed a faint trace of sorrow.

Only then did Bai Wei remember the strange dream she had once had.

At that time, she dreamed that the Daliang Emperor, who was Xiao Moting's grandfather, in order to obtain the Divine Witch Tribe's Treasure Vault, sent troops into the mountains to encircle and annihilate the Divine Witch Tribe, forcing them all into a cave and burning them alive.

She muttered, "Could it be that the dream I had was real? Was the Divine Witch Tribe truly wiped out by the first emperor of Daliang?"

Bai Wei felt a shock in her heart and blurted it out.

"Zhou Yanli, you are helping Yuan Canghai devise strategies—is it because you want to use him to destroy the Daliang imperial dynasty?"

Zhou Yanli remained coldly silent, ignoring her completely.

Bai Wei also came to her senses; how could someone tell her about such a family vendetta involving the extermination of a clan?

Outside the courtyard, the sounds of fighting could be heard.

Zhou Yanli raised his eyes, "Move aside!"

Bai Wei steadied herself and made up her mind.

His martial arts were so strong; if he really wanted to burn these weapons, she wouldn't be able to stop him.

If it really came down to it, she would simply teleport the weapons back to the modern era right in front of Zhou Yanli.

Even if Zhou Yanli discovered her secret, he would certainly be suspicious and would definitely want to abduct her, rather than kill her.

Bai Wei wasn't afraid of being abducted by him; as long as she had the Jade Pendant, she could teleport back to the modern era at any time and place.

Once she returned to the modern era, no matter how much Zhou Yanli wanted to force a confession, there would be nothing he could do to her.

That's the plan!

Having figured it out, Bai Wei prepared to teleport immediately.

Suddenly!

Zhou Yanli's body swayed, and he braced his head with effort.

Bai Wei was startled, "Zhou Yanli, what's wrong with you?"

"Hiss..." Zhou Yanli's face was pale; his left hand gripped the torch tightly, his right hand pressed against his forehead, and his head was covered in cold sweat, "I... I'm fine..."

"You're fine, my foot! Let me check your pulse!"

Bai Wei blurted out; this was clearly a sign that something was wrong.

She grabbed Zhou Yanli's arm, and while he was unable to resist, snatched the torch from his hand and threw it into a puddle in the distance.

The torch was instantly extinguished by the water.

A flash of anger crossed Yanli's eyes, but it was immediately masked by a look of pain; he gritted his teeth and said, "Taking advantage of someone in a weak state—once my headache subsides, I will certainly not spare you."

"Don't mistake my kindness for malice; I am trying to treat your illness," Bai Wei immediately retorted, but as she was about to take his pulse, her movements suddenly stopped.

She raised her head and looked at Zhou Yanli in shock.

He also has headaches?

That's right!

His current state is exactly the same as when Zhou Yuchuan's headache condition flared up.

Zhou Yuchuan once said that the headache is a curse, and that no one in the Zhou Family lives past the age of thirty.

And now, they look the same and have the same headache symptoms.

Suppressing her shock, Bai Wei spoke with a trembling voice, "Zhou Yanli, how old are you this year?"

Zhou Yanli ignored her.

Bai Wei gritted her teeth; she knew he had heard her, but he was just too arrogant and couldn't be bothered to respond.

She couldn't care about anything else, so she grabbed his robe and shook him hard.

"This matter is very important to me, tell me quickly! How old are you, and when were you born?"

Zhou Yanli's head was already splitting with pain and his vision was going black, but being relentlessly questioned by Bai Wei, he was forced to spit out a few words through his teeth.

"Twenty... seven..."

"What, you are also twenty-seven?" Bai Wei was stunned, "Is your headache a curse? Are you also... also unable to live past thirty?"