Next, we discussed the details of going in, this time we will not be separated, everyone is together, it is good to have a care, do not light lanterns, and bring more torches and candles.

I also thought that since I went down, I would destroy these secret passages for them, so I thought of gunpowder, and we Taoist alchemists know how to make gunpowder, but there are no raw materials. I have no choice but to use some connections, here I am also a person who knows the Wei Mansion, and it seems that I want to go to the city.

I said, "Master, I would like to ask one of my senior brothers to come with me into the city to find some gunpowder, maybe we will use it." Master, do you think it's okay? ”

Master Ran said: "Qingjiu, you can go with your junior brother Lei, I don't know where the master and nephew are going to get gunpowder, it is only available in the army, I'm afraid we can't buy it." I said, "The master is fine, I knew him before I came, and it should be no problem to ask him for a favor outside the Wei Yuan in the city." "Alright then, you go into the city, and the two of us prepare torches." ”

Saying goodbye to Master Ran, I followed Chen Qingjiu into the secret passage, the secret passage is very long and narrow, it is difficult to walk, I walked for half an hour, came to the exit, the exit was in a firewood room, after coming out, Chen Qingjiu said, "Senior Brother Lei, this is my home, there is still a lot of distance from the city, we have to hurry." ”

Out of the firewood house, there is a small courtyard outside, there are several kinds of vegetables and fruits planted in the courtyard, and the fence is surrounded by the courtyard wall.

Looking at the sky, it should be Mao, the east has just revealed the white of the fish's belly, the sun has not yet shown its head, in the distant fields, a soft mist rises, the whole field and the village are painted with a soft milky white, the faint fog renders everything hazy and psychedelic.

Follow the senior brother out of the yard, follow a dirt road that is not wide, and rush to the city, fourteen or fifteen miles. For us who practice martial arts, it is not far away, because there is something in our hearts, we go all the way fast, and we arrived in less than half an hour, the city gate has just opened, I and my senior brother came to the door of the Wei Mansion, the Wei Mansion has not yet opened, I just wanted to come forward and knock on the door.

"Senior brother, let's go have some breakfast first, it's a little early." As soon as I thought about it, I said, "Okay, let's go eat first."

In the past, there was a restaurant selling breakfast not far from Wei Mansion, and we used to ask for a porridge, a plate of pickles, and a few fritters, and we finished eating them in a while. From a distance, I watched the door of the Wei Mansion open, and a person came out, walking this way, my senior brother and I, stood up and greeted him, and walked to him, and I saw that it was Junzi. This is Shunzi also saw me, and hurriedly said: "Dao Chief, why are you here, go to the mansion and sit down, Steward Wei is in the gatehouse." ”

I said, "I was about to go over to find Wei Yuanwai, Junzi, you are going there." Junzi replied: "Miss wants to eat fritters, send me out to buy them, have you eaten them?" I didn't eat it, so I bought more. "Go buy it, we'll all eat it." After speaking, I walked with my senior brother Wang Wei's mansion, and when I came to the door, I saw Wei An standing in the door, arranging for a few family members to clean up. I stepped forward and said, "Steward Wei, it's so early." ”

Wei An turned around when he heard me speak, "The Taoist chief is here, please go to the living room inside, and I'll call the master." As he spoke, he led us to the living room and walked to the backyard.

After a while, Wei Yuanwai came out, because it was hot, wearing a short suit, and said while walking to the living room, "The Taoist chief is here, I haven't eaten breakfast yet, let's eat first." I hurriedly stood up and said, "Outsider, I've eaten, this time I'm here to trouble Outsider." ”

"If the Taoist chief has anything, just say it, as long as I can do it, I guarantee that there is no problem." Wei Yuanwai has the boldness and righteousness of Shandong people.

I told Wei Yuanwai what happened in the Iron Buddha Temple, and I didn't say that Elder Ran was still alive, but I just told him about Wang Jinhuai and what happened to the bell tower. Finally, I said that I wanted to ask him to help get some gunpowder.

Wei Yuanwai did not hesitate, and said: "That chief, please wait a while, I will go to the county lieutenant now, although there are not many garrisons in the city, but there are two cannons on the city tower, and if there are cannons, there will be gunpowder." Don't know how much it takes to grow? ”

I said, "Outside, you better eat, fifty catties of gunpowder is enough, if you want a pack of ten catties, put the gunpowder twist, as for the silver, what you gave me is still here, please accept it." ”

Wei Yuanwai waved his hand and said: "What do you say, what do you say, this bit of silver is still used by you to break the bank, saving people is like fighting a fire, I will go now." After saying that, Wei Yuanwai walked outside, and Wei An hurriedly followed behind and walked out of the gate together.

It didn't take long for Wei Yuanwai to come back, and Wei An was carrying a heavy bag.

"Dao Chief, the matter is done, what else do you need, do you want me to call someone to go with you?"

I said, "I'm bothering you, I don't need anything else, you haven't eaten yet, let's eat first, we'll leave now." ”

Wei Yuanwai said: "Then I'll let Wei An send you there, it's not as fast as riding a horse, and after rescuing Mr. Wang, you can send a letter, which will save us from worrying." After speaking, he sent Wei An to lead the horse.

After a while, Wei An came back, and we followed Wei An out of the living room, and the staff was sent out to say goodbye to Wei Yuanwai. Riding the horse brought by Wei An, the group of three went to the Iron Buddha Temple. Riding a horse is fast, and if we don't get a stick of incense, we will arrive outside the gate of the Iron Buddha Temple. After handing over the horse to Wei An, Wei An led the three horses and left. I came to the main hall with my senior brother, and now I don't need to enter through the secret passage, since we are going to the bell tower, we don't need to hide it, just come openly. Chen Qingjiu came to the big Buddha in the main hall and knocked three times on the belly of the big Buddha with a brick. The whole body of the Buddha is cast of pig iron, and it makes a buzzing sound when knocked on it.

After a while, Master Ran and Liu Xiyu walked out of the secret door, Liu Xiyu carried a bundle of torches, and a bundle of hemp rope, the head of the torch was wrapped with strips of cloth, and the strips of cloth were soaked in pine oil.

When Master Ran saw that we were carrying bags and knew that the matter was done, he didn't say anything, and gave us the sword.

Following the master, we came to the bell tower again, and then came to the corner of the wall, turned on the mechanism, and saw the stairs descending down, and when the stairs went down to the end, the master took us down to the bottom, and I hurriedly said, "Master, I'll do something, you go down and wait for me." The master said, "Okay, hurry up." ”

I came to the mechanism in the corner, it was a brick, press down the stairs and go up, pull out the stairs and go down, if you don't look closely, it's hard to spot. I took out a box from my backpack, and the box contained the pine gum that I refined when I was bored when I was in Laoshan, and the viscosity was very high, and it would harden after encountering air. I applied the whole box of pine glue to the brick of the control mechanism, and I filled in the gaps inside. Take precautions first. Don't wait for us to go down, they'll put the stairs up again, and we'll not be able to go back.

With that out of the way, we went to the top of the stairs and walked down the stairs together.