Duan Yelin withdrew his gaze and fiddled with the buttons on his military uniform. "Do you have any ideas?"

Yuan Ye smiled and said, "Please take me to the military arsenal, Commander."

Duan Yelin warned him, "Let me tell you first, the one who shoots first is often the one with the most reason to panic. If you're just trying to be clever, hah... Even if you're the son of someone from the Military Statistics Bureau, if you break the law, you'll still be executed by me."

When it came to being executed by firing squad, everyone shuddered.

Yuan Ye, however, smiled calmly.

Opening the door to the armory, Yuan Ye walked over to the rack of the number two long spears. This place was where the patrolling soldiers on duty hand over their weapons every day. Number one long spear was the one they carried with them at all times, while the number two long spear was only used for missions outside. There was a fixed quantity for each type of spear, and the soldiers assigned to them were also predetermined. Each spear was secured with its respective lock and would not be used recklessly.

Yuan Ye looked around in front of a row of rifle number two, then took out a delicate foreign lighter from his pocket and burned the bayonet of each rifle.

The crowd couldn't understand the purpose behind his actions, but they couldn't help but feel puzzled in their hearts.

Until Yuan Ye burned his fifth gun, the flames flickered and the surface of the blade gradually turned blue. Qiao Song quickly leaned over and thought it looked like a Western magic trick.

"Found it," Yuan Ye smiled and glanced at the name on the gun. "...Liu Fuyu?"

With a swoosh, a soldier in military uniform dashed out from the crowd, his face filled with panic. He frantically fled as if escaping for his life, displaying typical guilty behavior.

Upon seeing the situation, Qiao Song quickly issued the command, "Chase after them!"

So Urala moved swiftly, and the remaining soldiers charged out like arrows. Duan Yelin, calm and composed, swiftly grabbed the rifle from the shelf, loaded it smoothly, pulled the bolt, held it steady, squinted his eyes, and fired with a loud bang!

A deafening sound resounded.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Liu Fuyu, clutching his knee, screamed in agony on the ground as blood gushed out. Qiao Song swiftly apprehended him and ordered his subordinates to drag him to the dungeon for interrogation.

After completing everything, Duan Yelin casually waved his hand and said, "You all can go now." Then, he looked at Yuan Ye and asked, "What kind of magic trick are you doing?"

Yuan Ye lit up his lighter and said, "This? It's not magic, it's chemistry. The second gun has always been kept here in this cool room, while the commander's floor is warm. So, with the temperature difference, water vapor will condense on the blade. When iron meets water and is then burned by fire, it will produce ferric oxide, and the blue color will naturally appear."

He spoke with great enthusiasm, but although Duan Yelin couldn't understand those strange names, he still grasped the general idea.

"A cultured person who has studied abroad?"

"I wouldn't dare to say that I've learned a bit of chemistry."

At this moment, Qiao Song returned and nodded at Duan Yelin. He whispered a few words to him, "That person just now surrendered without much resistance. However, he didn't know much. He only said that someone secretly gave him money to do this. He is not sure who it was specifically, but he mentioned that he once followed that person and saw him enter the Governor's Mansion."

The translation of the Chinese novel paragraph '都督？' to English is 'Commander?'

Sure, if I don't lay a finger on you, consider me as a bodhisattva made of clay.

Duan Yelin's lips curled up slightly, and he said, "I remember a post was delivered a couple of days ago, saying that the governor is celebrating his birthday, right?"

"Yes."

"Go and chop off the head of that traitor, put it in a nicer decorative box, and let's go celebrate. Duan Yelin flicked the dirt off his gloves, took a couple of steps forward, then turned his head slightly to Yuan Ye and said, 'If Young Master Yuan is free, would you like to come along?'"

Yuan Ye nodded slightly and said, "Then, I shall humbly obey your command."