The muffled sound of a few bronze bells came in the night, and soon the sound of bang came from the street outside the Hou's mansion.

The end of the unitary time.

Chen Xu stood up and said, "It's time to come, follow me to see the Divine Thunder Fireworks, and invite Niangniang too!" ”

So the two little maids went to inform Chen Jiang's, Xing'er, Yu Ji and Shui Qingrou followed Chen Xu out of the backyard, and soon the carriage was ready, Chen Jiang's also came out with a few maids, and a group of people went out in a few carriages under the escort of dozens of guards, holding lanterns and going straight to the square in front of the court's main hall.

The court hall and the palace are close at hand, on weekdays, this square is not allowed to stay in the civilians, and today this huge square with a radius of nearly 1,000 acres has been overcrowded, because the curfew has been lifted for these three days, and I heard that there are also Shenlei fireworks specially developed by the Marquis of Qinghe at night, and the weather is very hot, so after eating Shen Shi, almost the entire Xianyang City people come out of their homes, play on the street and enjoy the coolness, and the square in front of the Xianyang Palace, which can not be approached on weekdays, has become the place where the most crowds gather.

Men, women and children, businessmen and commoners, scribes and officials, and the people of Xianyang almost poured out, and the whole square was full of people carrying lanterns, noisy and frolicking, and even some people set up stalls to sell pancakes, grilled crabs and barbecues, and the hot air was filled with the smell of barbecued food.

In the middle of the square, there is an area with a radius of 100 zhang, and the 300 lieutenants in armor and the forbidden army of the Lieutenant's Mansion under the leadership of a captain surround this open space in the middle, and in the center of the clearing, there are four rows of arm-thick iron pipes at a distance of five meters, which are the barrels of the fireworks, which have already been stretched out and fixed on the ground by tripods, and are still tightly pressed with large stones around them.

The two dumb slaves as professional launchers, Chen Xu has secretly guided the loading and simulation firing process many times, at this time, the gunpowder and fireworks shells in these barrels have already been loaded, the first three rows of twenty-seven tubes are the main guns, the lead is very long, and the last row is also nine tubes, but the lead is very short, which is used for backup, in order to prevent the squib in front of it from appearing quickly and being able to ignite and launch.

"Master Hou, this way~"

Since becoming Chen Xu's personal secretary, Sun Shujiong, who doesn't go back to eat on weekdays, and a large group of scribes of the same age have already seized a good place, which is a wide staircase in front of the main hall of the court.

Chen Xu asked the groom to park the car in front of the steps, and when he got out of the car, he saw not only Sun Shujiong, but also a group of people from Qinghe Garden and the newspaper such as Huangfu Que, Chen Ping, Qiu Cheng, Fu An, Ji Tong, etc., and there were many unknown scribes around, who should have been friends of Fu An and others in Xianyang in the past. ”

"No courtesy, no courtesy, the fireworks are about to start, don't get too close, be careful that the fireworks that don't explode fall and smash your head! And if you stand too close, you can't see clearly, and there will be gunsmoke and mud in your eyes later......"

Chen Xu asked a group of people to retreat more than ten zhang, and then let the guards escort Chen Jiang Shishui and Xing'er Yu Ji and others to get out of the car to find a place to stand, just when they were busy, a young woman in a white dress and a young woman in a colorful group came out of the crowd with a lantern on her face full of joy to say hello, followed by several guards wearing Huaxia Qianzhuang uniforms.

"Nu Tian Hui meets Qing Hehou!"

"The folk girl Fan Caiying meets the Marquis of Qinghe!"

The two women bowed to Chen Xu Yingying.

"Oh, it turned out to be Miss Caiying and Miss Wanwan, no courtesy, there are so many noisy people here, come and stand with us!"

With a wave of Chen Xu's hand, a group of guards dispersed, and Fan Caiying and Wanwan suddenly stood next to Chen Xu excitedly, but after seeing the softness of the water, they both cautiously took two steps back.

Chen Xu said a few words again and then walked to the open space in the middle of the square, carefully checked the gunpowder and fuses of each cannon barrel and, felt that it was not fixed and strong, let the soldiers adjust the stone again, and at the same time let the three hundred forbidden troops double the protected open space again, so as to prevent fireworks that could not explode from falling down later, half a kilogram of gunpowder plus a few taels of paper tubes, falling from a height of more than 100 meters and hitting the head, I am afraid that it will be killed on the spot.

At this time, the whole square was full of people, and in addition to this Chaoyi Square, almost every household in the rest of the entire Xianyang City poured out of the nest, with the sound of the bronze bell at the end of the imperial palace, millions of people were nervous and nervous to turn their heads to look in the direction of the Chaoyi Square, in fact, not only in Xianyang City, but also outside the city that had received the news, the people on both sides of the Wei River and even the countryside and mountains dozens of miles away, many people had not yet fallen asleep, and all turned their heads to look in the direction of Xianyang City.

The palace banquet that had been in the past hour had come to an end.

At the moment when the clock rang, Qin Shi Huang was the first to put down his glass and stand up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, follow me out of the palace to watch the Divine Thunder Fireworks!"

Therefore, all the civil and military ministers who participated in the banquet and the soldiers who were qualified to accept the banquet followed the emperor out of the Ziyang Hall and came to the square in front of the Ganquan Palace.

There is a large open space at the gate of the palace, and thousands of guards and forbidden troops will enclose this open space, and almost all the concubines, sons, and princesses in the palace are standing in the open space in the company of the palace maids and preparing to watch the so-called divine thunder fireworks.

A young girl in a summer dress looked out at the center of the square, in the dense crowd and lights, trying to find the shadow that made her think about it day and night.

Since her condition improved, Qinghe Hou no longer entered the palace twice a day to visit him, today she waited for a whole day, and did not see his figure, heard that this god thunder fireworks colorful streamer smoke and haze, she wanted to watch with him, together to appreciate the beautiful time of the whole world.

"Princess, princess~" A palace maid hurriedly ran over, and said loudly with joy on her face, "Princess, Qinghe Hou is here, he wants to invite you to watch the fireworks together!" ”

"Really?" Ying Shiyan's feeling of joy was a little uncontrollable, Fang Cai's anxious wait disappeared, and she ran out with her skirt, waiting for her to run out of the encirclement of the forbidden army, and sure enough, she saw a teenager looking at her with a smile.

"Shi Yan meets the Marquis of Qinghe!" In an instant, Ying Shiyan's nose was a little sour, her eyes were a little hazy, and she quickly put down her skirt and saluted the young man.

"Chen Xu to meet the princess, in a few moments, the fireworks will start, Xu wants to invite the princess and my family to watch this prosperous night scene together!"

"Thank you Qinghe Hou for the invitation, Shi Yan is honored!" Ying Shiyan showed a happy smile on her face, and followed Chen Xu without looking back with her skirt, and left, and several palace maids and chamberlains looked at each other, woke up and hurriedly followed with the guards.

Seeing that Chen Xu went out and brought back a woman, Chen Ping showed a knowing smile on his face, and everyone knew the identity of this girl, so they all hurriedly stepped forward to salute together.

Chen Jiang and Shui gently saw that Chen Xu brought Ying Shiyan over, and they all hurriedly saluted, and Ying Shiyan was a little messed up in an instant, and greeted while returning the salute, and Xing'er directly took Ying Shiyan's hand and said: "Princess, princess, my brother made a particularly delicious food today, you will definitely like it!" ”

"What kind of food?" Ying Shiyan asked curiously with a red face.

"Ice cubes, my brother can directly turn the water into ice cubes, it's delicious, let my brother make it for you tomorrow......"

Chen Xu's face turned black in an instant.

With such a foodie sister who couldn't hide her secrets, Chen Xu felt that all Fang Cai's advice was in vain.

"Sister Xing'er, Brother Xu said that you can't tell outsiders!" Yu Ji reminded Xing'er in a low voice.

"The princess is not an outsider, anyway, she wants to marry her brother, mother, don't you say?" Xing'er turned her head to look at Chen Jiang very firmly.

Chen Jiang suddenly didn't know how to answer, and Ying Shiyan also blushed and lowered her head and didn't dare to look at anyone, but at this moment, the crowd of onlookers began to stir, because the two dumb slaves in the center of the open space in the square had already walked towards the placed cannon barrel with the incense candles lit in their hands.

"It's started, it's begun~"

"Hurry back, the Hou Ye just said, this firework is hugely powerful, if it doesn't fly into the sky, it will explode, just like the Taiyi Divine Thunder, it can kill people!"

"Retreat, retreat~"

Then the whole square was in an uproar, and the crowd retreated a few feet again, and then with the melodious bell ringing in the palace, the hour came.

One dumb slave walked to the first barrel of the first row and lit the fuse, and the other went to the last barrel of the first row and waited for a few seconds before lighting the fuse as well.

Then the two dumb slaves lit the first row of nine cannon barrels in turn, and then hurriedly fled ten feet away with their heads in their hands.

Streams of sparks burned in the night, releasing a beautiful firelight.

The burning of the fuse alone had already ignited the enthusiasm of the surrounding audience, who all looked at these things that could emit sparks in the dark night.

"Could it be that this is the Divine Thunder Fireworks?"

Two minutes had passed since the first cannon barrel was ignited, and many people had guessed in their hearts that although this spark burned beautifully, it was completely different from what the soldiers advertised.

"Boom~"

Just when many people were secretly wondering and guessing, suddenly, with a deafening explosion, a strong fire erupted from the first cannon barrel more than a foot high, and in the thick smoke and dust firelight, a black shadow that was almost completely invisible to the naked eye flew into the dark night sky.

Just when the audience screamed in panic and retreated, crowded, and then had doubts, this was still not the same as advertised.

"Bang~~"

In the dark night sky where the stars and the moon are gone, as if in the distant sky, with a more deafening explosion, accompanied by a ball of firelight exploded, I saw that the blue, green, orange, yellow and red fireworks suddenly bloomed like flowers in the sky above Xianyang, and the ambilight was like a glow, instantly reflecting the dark night sky with incomparably dazzling brilliance.

"Wow~~"

The dejected spectators, who were frightened by two loud noises in a row, were suddenly completely shocked by the beautiful fireworks displayed in the sky, all of them were full of sluggishness, without any superfluous expressions on their faces, they all opened their mouths and stared wide-eyed, for fear of missing any trace of fireworks burning.