Ten days ago.

The surface of the lake has formed a thick layer of ice, which has caused many ferrymen to lose their business. But it's okay, although I am resting at home, at least I don't have to risk losing my life, and the money I made this year is enough to survive ten midwinters.

There are no ferries, but people can just walk on the ice, and there is a lot of money left. It's just that a big hole breaks through the ice surface from time to time, and it doesn't take long for it to fall apart, and even if it freezes again, ordinary people don't dare to walk.

The sudden deep cold made the people of Fangyuan City reluctant to move, and they all huddled in their own nests, but they always felt that the sounds around them had not subsided at all. Neither the season nor the weather seems to affect this place in the slightest.

Bai Yishi changed into a light cotton coat, which looked light but not warm, and even looked a little shabby. He prefers cold to hot, because cold makes it easier to stay absolutely awake, not to mention that it is not cold in this small building in Fang Yuan Mansion.

Since the small building of Fangyuan Mansion has been funded by Yulong Street, this dilapidated small building has been renovated, and even replaced with a complete set of valuable furniture, which shows the strong financial resources of Yulong Street.

The braziers in the four corners of the building are emitting warm heat, blocking out the cold outside the building.

Zhao Xincheng was already frail, but now he is even more afraid of cold, holding a book in front of the brazier.

"Reading in the snow, Lord Zhao is so Yaxing! It would be better if there was another pot of good tea, but it just so happened that I happened to take a pot and Lord Zhao tasted it!" Xu Ji walked upstairs, took a pair of shelves and put them on the brazier, and put a pot of tea on the shelf.

"Thank you, Governor Xu. Zhao Xincheng saluted. "Is Lord Zhao interested in reading and reading this volume of "Long Song" together? ”

Xu Ji waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "I'm just a rough person, I don't know a few big characters, how can I read any poems and books with Lord Zhao! ”

Zhao Xincheng smiled and sat back in his seat, immersed in the book.

"Lord White. Xu Ji climbed one floor again. walked to Bai Yishi's side.

In the past few days, Bai Yishi has been looking out the window, not knowing what he is thinking.

"How is Lord Xu?" Bai Yishi asked with concern.

"No big deal. "After all, Xu Ji is also a cultivator of the Xuan Realm, he has been working in Fangyuan City for so many years and knows some means of autonomy, not to mention that he also knows a lot of strange people with superb medical skills, the injury he suffered last time has not been eradicated, and it is almost better.

"It's better to be fine. ”

Xu Jian pondered Bai Yishi's tone carefully, knowing that the other party was really caring for himself, not caring for himself because he used himself, he said: "The seventy-two 'pillars of heaven' have been prepared to be dealt with. ”

As early as some time ago, Xu Ji had completed the control of the seventy-two "Heavenly Pillars", and during this time, he was mainly adjusting them to a state that could be activated.

Although the drawings of the "Pillar of Heaven" took into account the problem of casting defects that needed to be replaced at the beginning, the actual situation was much more serious. Defects in certain materials may even require the entire column to be torn down and redone to form a single piece. Fortunately, this is Fangyuan City, where the hidden dragon and crouching tiger are located, and Xu Ji has a wide range of connections, so he found a digital instrument master to solve these problems one by one, and the manpower and material resources involved during the period are even more unimaginable.

The success of the "Heavenly Road Ascension" can be said to have exhausted Xu Ji's hard work and savings, he has almost shaken out all the money he has had in Fangyuan City over the years, and now he is also penniless. However, he did not feel bitter, but had a trace of excitement and anticipation.

Bai Yishi's eyes raised slightly, wanting to take in the full view of Fangyuan City.

"Let's talk about the second year of Tianshun. "Bai Yishi has already read the county chronicles of Fangyuan City, and the records of this year are unknown and there are many versions.

Xu Ji was a little suspicious in his heart, he didn't understand that Bai Yishi didn't think about the matter of "Tianlu Feisheng" and suddenly mentioned what he was doing in the second year of Tianshun, and said: "In the second year of Tianshun, the five grains are abundant, and the country and the people are safe." ”

"In the second year of Tianshun, in June, Fangyuan City. Bai Yishi said very directly, like a needle piercing the most sore spot of a person.

Xu Ji had a bad premonition, and he didn't even dare to think deeply about what Bai Yishi was going to do.

"In the second year of Tianshun, in June, Fangyuan City caught fire, ten days and ten nights, and more than half of the casualties were killed. Xu Ji said. This is something that many people know.

"Why is there a fire?" Bai Yishi asked.

"A fire that started out of nowhere. "Xu Ji is not lying, he is a person who has personally experienced the incident in the second year of Tianshun, at that time, Fangyuan City did have a fire for some reason, and it was a fire that could not be extinguished, even if the cultivator sealed some areas with a strong technique, he could not stop the flames from rising.

"Can no one explain it?"

"It's been so long, and it's true that no one can explain it. ”

Bai Yishi turned around, slowly walked to the window on the other side, looked at the smooth ice, and said, "Didn't you go to investigate?"

"An investigation was conducted, but no cause was found. At that time, Xu Ji, who was already a representative of the imperial court of Fangyuan City, naturally attached great importance to that hellish experience, and he used all his connections to inquire about the reason, but in the end he didn't find any clues.

Bai Yishi's gaze pressed down, looking at the ice, as if he could see through the ice, he said: "In the thirty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, the third year of Xuanming, the second year of Taichu, the twenty-seventh year of Dingtian, and the second year of Tianshun, Lord Xu really didn't investigate anything at all?"

There was a slight solemnity between Xu Ji's eyebrows, he had indeed checked it several times in these years, and the hellish scene in the second year of Tianshun had happened in these years, if he followed this line, he might be able to find something, but he only found these years. You must know that back then, he had gone through countless books, and even went to the Imperial Dragon Academy and Jixiang Academy several times to find out, and Bai Yishi stayed in Fang Yuan's Mansion and didn't go out, so he investigated this matter clearly.

Looking at Bai Yishi's back, Xu Ji said slowly: "The world is so big, there are no surprises. The fire in Fangyuan City was like a volcanic eruption, perhaps there was a vein of earth fire under it that no one could detect, and it erupted every once in a while, thus causing such a fire. ”

"If it's just the Earth Fire Vein, Lord Xu won't be unable to detect it. ”

Digging a passage in the mountains of Fangyuan City, and constantly digging down, naturally the reason was discovered. With so many strange people in Fangyuan City, it was impossible not to understand such a simple thing as Earth Fire.

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Before I met an adult, I was just a pure bastard, where would I have the heart to investigate? What's more, what am I doing with all my effort, what's the use of finding out, and I can't make my waist bag bulge! My lord, I don't even have a penny left in my pocket now, so you should hurry up and ask your rich friend to donate some more money!"

Bai Yishi turned his head, looked at Xu Ji, and said calmly, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Xu Ji looked at Bai Yishi's eyes, and had a feeling of wanting to retreat, he didn't understand how he, a person who had experienced countless lives and deaths, could retreat in front of this powerless young man in front of him, and he didn't understand why he had a feeling of weakness, and he couldn't even control his expression well.

"You've been underwater. Bai Yishi said affirmatively.

Xu Ji's expression was slightly panicked, and then he calmed down and said, "The people of Fangyuan City have all been to the bottom of the water, who doesn't want to salvage some rare treasures there and get rich overnight? ”

Bai Yishi looked at Xu Ji and said, "Since you insist on refusing to say what you have seen, I will not ask any more." It's not so much what caused the fire that matters, it's who followed it. ”

If it's just a fire, it's impossible to affect the cultivators here, so it's a big deal to move out temporarily, and then come back when the fire is extinguished. However, the real truth is far from being as simple as a fire. The fire has become a better cover than night, all traces will be covered up when the fire is extinguished, everything will be reduced to ashes, and no one will find out what happened to the fire.

The scene of the end times is now staged in Fangyuan City!

Xu Ji's heart was already as tough as steel, but whenever he recalled June of the second year of Tianshun, he shuddered, and he could never forget the scene at that time, which was more terrifying than the battlefield after the battle of tens of millions of people on the battlefield, at that time people could no longer be called people, they were completely evil ghosts released from hell.

At this time, Xu Ji suddenly realized a huge problem, he looked at Bai Yishi, his lips trembled slightly, and he bowed: "My lord, you are the one who wants to go down in history!"

Bai Yishi hurriedly helped Xu Ji up and said, "Manpower can't reach it." ”

"My lord, is there a way to save Fangyuan City?"

"What does Master Xu think?"

"My lord must have a way!" At this time, Xu Ji's eyes were full of determination.

Bai Yishi looked up to the sky and said: "This is Fangyuan City! Will the heavens be saved? Will the imperial court save it? Will the Ming Dynasty save it? No, no one can save it." So let's not think about what we can't save or not, but about what will happen in the future. ”

"My lord!" Xu Ji looked at Bai Yishi with tears in his eyes, knowing that the other party really had no choice, I am afraid that this is already the end of Bai Yishi after thinking about countless possibilities. But come to think of it, this is the catastrophe that Fangyuan City must go through, and no one can avoid it. However, if it doesn't work this time, what about the next time?

Bai Yishi looked at Xu Ji and said solemnly, "I won't let you see it for the third time." ”

Xu Ji's heart seemed to be pinched, and he said: "Go to the soup and go to the fire, don't give up!"

Bai Yishi patted Xu Ji's shoulder, he turned to look out the window, and said, "Soon, it should be in the past few days, I don't know if you are ready, the number one in the world in the future!"