A quarter of an hour ago.
Outside the palace city.
Princess Wu's Mansion, study room.
On the wall in the middle of the study room, there is a map hanging. It is a detailed map of the entire imperial city, including the palace city, down to a road and a door.
Su Xian stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, raising his head and staring motionlessly, his eyebrows furrowed in deep thought.
Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei were also in the study. Yang Zhilan stood silently behind Su Xian and looked up at the map, looking very energetic.
Zhou Wei, on the other hand, slumped on a chair, leaning forward with his head thrown back. A book was opened from the middle and covered directly on his face. He remained motionless and seemed to have fallen asleep.
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There was silence in the study, with only the bright candlelight flickering, making the silhouettes of the three people blurry on the wall.
The entire Princess Mansion was also very quiet, with only the footsteps of patrolling soldiers occasionally coming in.
The entire imperial city was even quieter because... Su Xian had not seen the spies who came back to report the news for a long time.
Is everything going well?
Su Xian couldn't help but whisper to himself.
"Do you feel that it seems a little too quiet tonight?" Su Xian looked back at the map, still holding his hands behind his back, slowly turning around and looking at Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei.
Yang Zhilan also turned around, always standing facing Su Xian without making any sound.
Zhou Wei "woke up" suddenly, pulled off the book covering his face, jumped up from the chair, looked at Su Xian and replied: "Senior brother, do you feel it too? I was sitting there seriously. I was reading a book and almost fell asleep."
Su Xian glanced at him, slightly speechless: "Are you reading a book? You seemed to have covered your face with the book as soon as you sat down, right?"
Zhou Wei chuckled:
"This way we can see more clearly... By the way, senior brother, you just mentioned the problem of being too quiet tonight. I don't think it's really a big deal."
"Why?"
"Senior brother, think about it, the quieter it is, the less trouble there is. If there is nothing, it means our plan is going well. Isn't this a good thing?"
"What junior brother said makes sense."
Su Xian nodded, turned around, faced the map hanging on the wall again, leaned over and picked up a small bamboo stick, and placed the end of the small bamboo stick on the "Meridian Gate".
The Meridian Gate is the gate at the southern end of the palace city.
Then, the small bamboo stick was lightly stroked diagonally downward on the map, stopping precisely at the location marked with the words "Princess Wu's Mansion", and then knocked hard here, making a "dongdongdong" sound.
"Senior brother?"
Zhou Wei and Yang Zhilan both looked puzzled, wondering what Su Xian meant by this move.
Dongdong!
Su Xian knocked on the location of "Princess Wu's Mansion" again and looked sideways at the two of them:
"Look, the distance between the Meridian Gate of the Imperial City and the Princess Mansion where we are located is at least two or three miles. This is too far. As long as there is not a particularly loud noise, we can't hear anything at all."
"Look here again." Su Xian waved the small bamboo stick and slid it upward, stopping at the place marked "Fengtian Hall" and said:
"This place is located deep in the palace city. It's even further away. Even if thousands of people are fighting and killing inside, I'm afraid there won't be any sound."
"That's a problem."
Zhou Wei nodded, walked to the map, held his chin with his hand, and frowned in thought.
Su Xian glanced at him and ignored him.
At this moment, Su Xian's brows suddenly moved fiercely, and he immediately turned to look at Yang Zhilan and asked loudly: "How long has it been since the spies we sent out have not returned to report?"
"About a quarter of an hour." Yang Zhilan replied calmly.
"A quarter of an hour is too long. My instruction to them is to report back every half-quarter of an hour or so." The more Su Xian thought about it, the more fishy he felt that something was going on, and he frowned.
After pondering for a moment, Su Xian suddenly strode to the desk, leaned over and pulled a small wooden box on the table, opened it, and took out half a military talisman.
This is not the shape of a tiger, but an eagle, so this is an "eagle talisman", but only half of it.
This eagle talisman is ancient and has been patinated on the surface. Its outstretched, powerful wings are covered with inscriptions, making it look a bit mysterious.
"Junior brother."
Su Xian held the eagle talisman and turned to look at Zhou Wei with a serious and serious look on his face.
"Senior brother?" Zhou Wei looked sideways.
Su Xian handed over the eagle talisman and said in a deep voice: "I order you to take this talisman and leave the city immediately. I order the 'Eagle Yang Guards' stationed outside the city to enter the city immediately and wait for dispatch."
Zhou Wei was originally a country boy who grew up in the mountains. He was usually a little careless. However, after he followed Su Xian to the Shendu of Daliang and entered the Longwu Army and was severely trained by Yan Dashan, he actually had a "general style". ".
Facing Su Xian's order, he immediately turned around, straightened his waist, straightened his body, and said with full force, "The last general takes the order!"
"Go and come back quickly. Remember, your mission is to mobilize the eagle guards into the city. If you encounter other things, you cannot interfere. Do you understand?" Su Xian looked solemn and placed the military talisman in Zhou Wei's open palm.
"Senior brother, don't worry, military orders are like mountains, I know them."
After Zhou Wei got the military talisman, he turned around and opened the door, disappearing into the pitch-black night.
Su Xian went out and watched Zhou Wei go away, then stood under the eaves in a daze. After a long time, he sighed: "I hope my hunch is wrong..."
In other words, the "Yingyang Guards" are a forbidden army affiliated with the secret guards, and they are elite soldiers that Nan Chu focused on building.
Chen Keyan was extremely favored by Emperor Chen and had already obtained the talisman for mobilizing the Yingyang Guards.
Since Su Xian was staying at the Princess Mansion tonight and was on guard against hidden enemies, Chen Keyan sent the military talisman to Su Xian. If the situation changed, she could immediately mobilize the Ying Yang Guards into the city.
Unexpectedly, I finally invited this military talisman...
At this time, Yang Zhilan walked out of the room, stood side by side with Su Xian, looked up at the dark night sky, and said, "Young Master may be worried too much."
"But, it's really quiet tonight, unusually quiet!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a gorgeous firework suddenly bursting out in the distance in the night sky, in the direction of the palace.
Accompanied by a loud noise - bang!
boom!
boom!
The first firework just exploded, and then two more fireworks bloomed brilliantly. The three fireworks were mixed and intertwined in the dark night sky, which looked particularly shocking!
Su Xian and Yang Zhilan's attention was immediately attracted, and they looked up at the same time.
"Fireworks...that's the direction of Miyagi City!" Su Xian's expression suddenly changed, his eyes were sharp, and the light released by the explosion of fireworks illuminated his face.
"This doesn't look like a celebration, Miyagi has indeed changed! Fairy Chen is asking for help!" Yang Zhilan's voice also deepened.
"..."
At this moment, before Su Xian could take any action, a spy suddenly ran over and shouted: "Sir, something bad has happened, Sir, something has gone wrong..."
Su Xian looked at it intently. It was true that he brought the person from Daliang, but this person was actually covered in blood... Su Xian frowned immediately:
"Don't worry, tell me slowly, what exactly happened?"
"Master Qizhen... King Li suddenly led hundreds of people... to break through the Meridian Gate, and I'm afraid they have reached the Fengtian Palace!" the spy said while breathing.
"Prince Li? Isn't he under house arrest?!"
Su Xian was shocked.
King Li not only ran out, but also attracted hundreds of followers, and actually broke through the Meridian Gate... This thing is too magical.
However, now that Chen Keyan has lit up the fireworks, it means that the situation inside the palace city is very critical!
Su Xian immediately felt chills all over his body, a chill rushed straight to his forehead, his scalp was numb, his heart was beating violently, and his breathing seemed to be a little uncomfortable.
If Chen Keyan has three advantages and two disadvantages, if nothing else, his plan to leave a way out for himself will completely fail.
In order to help Chen Keyan seize the throne of Nanchen, he really put in a lot of effort, tinkering with snow salt, tinkering with glass mirrors, etc., and he also had to be caught in a dilemma between Chen Keyan and Lan Ling...
Could it be that after so long and so much effort, all the efforts were in vain?
Tonight's incident really fulfilled the saying: If there are no accidents... there will definitely be accidents!
Fortunately, Su Xian had experienced many major events. It only took him less than two breaths to force himself to calm down and said:
"Right now, we are not investigating the reasons for King Li's comeback... The situation in the palace is critical. Zhilan, please enter the palace immediately to save Chen Yaojie's life first."
Since Yang Zhilan followed Su Xian, she has been very dependent on Su Xian. Among them, she regards Su Xian as her "boss" or even "master".
She never disobeyed Su Xian's will.
But this time, facing Su Xian's order, she shook her head resolutely: "No, I cannot leave the young master for even half a step. My duty is to protect the young master's safety!"
"I'll be fine here. You'd better protect Chen Keyan first." Su Xian glared.
Yang Zhilan was under tremendous pressure, and even her calves were cramping, but she still shook her head: "No, even if the young master kills me, I will stay with him and never leave even half a step!"
Su Xian immediately raised his eyebrows. There was nothing he could do about Yang Zhilan's strong opposition. He now regretted that he should not have sent Zhou Wei out of the city just now.
Although Zhou Wei is a little worse than Yang Zhilan, he is still a super master. He has no problem breaking into the palace to save someone.
But, it’s useless to say this now…
After taking a deep breath, Su Xian calmed down, put the matter behind him, and then shouted at the top of his lungs: "Come here!"
"Sir."
Dozens of masters appeared from different angles, gathered in front of Su Xian and bowed in neat rows.
Su Xian immediately ordered:
"The Yingyang Guards outside the city did not enter the city so quickly. Now we are divided into two groups, leading the princess's palace guards and some experts to attack the Meridian Gate."
"On the other hand, I will personally lead the team and fly directly to Miyagi in a hot air balloon. First, stabilize the situation inside Miyagi, and then we will attack from both inside and outside."
"Got the order!"
All the experts bowed their hands and immediately dispersed.
Someone had organized the attack on the Meridian Gate with the guards of the princess palace, but Su Xian did not interfere. He brought Yang Zhilan and many experts to the courtyard next to the study.
The courtyard is large and open, making it an ideal place for flying hot air balloons.
Following Su Xian's order, more than fifty hot air balloons quickly prepared, and the masters and soldiers quickly carried a unique weapon into the hanging basket——
Thunderball!
As the name suggests, Thunderbolt is a thermal weapon loaded with divine thunder.
After the fuse is ignited, the explosion is extremely powerful, killing or injuring anyone within a one-foot radius.
Su Xian's combat idea is very simple - fly directly over the Fengtian Temple in a hot air balloon, light thunderbolt bombs in the hanging basket, and directly blow up King Li's rebels!
There are two shocking aspects of this strategy.
First, the walls of the palace city are said to be "indestructible", and the Meridian Gate and other city gates are said to be "impregnable". Not even a bird can fly into the palace city.
When Su Xian flew to Fengtian Palace in a hot air balloon, ignoring the walls and gates of the palace city, how shocked would the people below be?
The second is that Su Xian is preparing to use thunder bullets in the palace city.
Nan Chen had already mastered the formula of divine thunder, and thunderbolts filled with divine thunder could be seen everywhere. So, why was Su Xian shocked by this move?
This is because no one is allowed to bring divine thunder and things related to divine thunder into the imperial city and palace city, especially the palace city. This is an iron rule.
Anyone who dares to offend will be punished by annihilating the nine clans!
Since the advent of Divine Thunder, no one has dared to violate this iron law.
For example, King Li, who made a comeback against the wind, did not obtain any weapons related to divine thunder. The soldiers who followed him still used cold weapons and spears.
So, when Su Xian threw thunderbolts at Fengtian Palace, how shocked were the people below, especially the traitors like King Li, how shocked they were?
"Sir, all fifty hot air balloons are ready and can be launched into the sky at any time!"
A soldier's report brought Su Xian back to reality from his meditation.
He glanced over——
The flames of all the hot air balloons have been ignited, and the rising hot air has opened the huge air bags, but the flames are still small and not enough to allow the hot air to lift into the sky.
The masters and soldiers have also entered the hanging basket and made all preparations. The soldiers all looked at Su Xian, waiting for his order.
"Well done."
Su Xian nodded, then he raised his head and looked at the flagpole in the corner of the courtyard. There was a pennant hanging on the flagpole, through which the wind direction could be determined.
The hot-air balloon invented by Su Xian is still relatively primitive. The direction in which the hot-air balloon floats after it takes off depends largely on the wind direction at that time.
If the wind is blowing against you, the hot air balloon may not reach the designated position.
The direction of the palace city was to the northeast of the Princess Mansion, but when Su Xian looked at the pennant, he found that it was floating to the southwest.
"No! The wind direction is completely wrong!"
Su Xian's face tightened slightly and his eyebrows were furrowed. This direction was completely opposite. If he took off rashly, he would definitely not reach the palace city!
"Sir, what should we do now?" Yang Zhilan asked.
Su Xian glanced at the pennant again, and then at Miyagi City in the northeast. With a calm expression, he shook his head and said slowly:
"There is no other way. Now we can only wait for the wind from the northeast. I hope Fairy Chen can hold on."
…
Miyagi.
In front of Fengtian Hall.
Time goes back to the moment when the fireworks were fired.
Whoosh!
Whizzing!
Whoosh whoosh!
From the small paper tube that Chen Keyan raised toward the sky, fireworks like cannonballs quickly shot out one after another, rising into the dark night sky with a sharp whistle, and then exploded with a bang.
The fireworks are beautiful!
This was the first reaction of everyone present, including the rebels, judges, the Queen, King Li and others who ran out of the hall following the sound, when they looked up and saw the fireworks.
Everyone was immersed in this shock and beauty for a moment.
King Li was the first to react. The sound of the fireworks exploding was so loud, and it exploded high in the sky. Maybe people miles away could also notice it, right?
So, this is a way of... transmitting a signal?
It must be!
King Li's expression immediately changed, he raised his finger and pointed at Chen Keyan, and loudly ordered to the soldiers: "Stop that bitch quickly, she is sending a signal for help!"
