Chapter 171: Zhang and Xia look at the "fireworks"
"Fuck it!"
Zhao Zheng saw that everyone was indifferent as if they hadn't heard, and immediately raised his leg and kicked Feng Youcai's thigh fiercely: "Damn, let's go, what kind of corpse is here!" So saying, he turned and ran. Feng Youcai was instantly sobered up by Zhao Zheng's kick, and then after admiring fiercely in his heart, he turned around and ran towards Zhao Zheng's little back, and the others had no choice but to follow "reluctantly" when they saw this.
At this time, the sky was white, because the black smoke was like a black whirlwind in the air, provoking the streets and alleys of Handan City and the city wall, people all stopped to look, and after a while, the two teams of fiery red armor hurriedly set off from the west gate of the south city and ran straight towards the smoke field, and the surrounding people also began to rush to this side curiously. When the soldiers arrived, the brave common people surrounded the scene, and the rotten meat that had been scattered on the ground and exuded a foul smell was only a pile of crispy bones. At this time, Zhao Zheng and the others had already returned to the courtyard, and then went straight into an extremely inconspicuous dry well in the courtyard.
"Oh my God, here...... What the hell is going on here! One and two Sima said with a terrifying face.
Everyone shuddered as they watched the flames dance on the white bones with billowing black smoke. "Big brother, we can't solve this situation, the brothers are guarding here, you better go back and report to the authorities!" A man covered his mouth and nose. When this person heard this, he felt that there was some truth, so he gave a few orders and then squeezed out of the crowd in a hurry.
After the two horses rushed back to the city wall, they happened to meet the brigade commander walking towards him, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees and bowed: "My subordinates have seen the brigade commander!" ”
"What's wrong in the city!" The brigade commander asked with a dark face.
The two Sima hurriedly replied: "General, there are a bunch of people in the city who were ignited by the fire, and they have been burned to white bones at this time!" ”
"How many?" The brigade commander asked.
After thinking for a while, the two Sima replied: "There are nearly 100 people!" ”
"Hiss......"
As soon as the brigade commander heard what the two Sima said, he knew that it was the group of people who made Li Shi deflated, and then said with a straight face: "You go back quickly, maintain good order, and kill those who approach without permission!" ”
"Hey!"
The two Sima answered, and then returned to the blazing fire again.
The brigade commander looked at the strange black smoke, and an extremely uneasy feeling crept up in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he went straight down to the city and drove towards Old Doctor Liu's house.
At this time, Zhang Mancang, who had finished eating, was talking to Doctor Liu and Chen Xiwa, and when Zhang Mancang talked about the two Sima and Wu Changhu San who were still unconscious next to him, everyone present fell silent. Just when everyone was thinking, they suddenly heard a series of very rapid horses' hooves outside the house, and immediately after, the brigade commander directly turned over and dismounted and broke in, "General, the pile of dead bodies in the ruins of the west of the city has been lit with fire!" ”
"What!"
Zhang Mancang suddenly stood up when he heard the words: "What did you say?" The body was burned! When did it happen, and did you find out? ”
The brigade commander replied: "It's been burning for half an hour, and as for who set the fire, the last general is investigating!" ”
Zhang Mancang snorted coldly when he heard this: "When you find out, the dishes are cold!" Bring this general to go! So saying, he walked out of the house.
Zhang Mancang was just about to walk out, when Xia Wuqi, who was sorting out the medicinal materials on the side, suddenly stopped and said, "Old general, let the kid go with you, maybe it can be of some use!" ”
"Huh?"
Zhang Mancang stopped and looked back at Xia Wuqi when he heard Xia Wuqi say this, and then turned his head to look at Old Doctor Liu, only to see Old Doctor Liu nodding slightly at him, Zhang Mancang immediately said: "Since this is the case, then Doctor Xia has bothered a lot!" With that, he strode out of the house.
Not to mention that Zhang Mancang and Xia Wuqi drove their horses and followed the brigade commander and hurriedly ran towards the place where the smoke was pouring, and it didn't take long for the three of them to come to the place where the fire was burning.
At this time, because only the white bones remained, the originally cheerful flames gradually withered at this time, and in some places the fire had been extinguished, and only wisps of green smoke died with the wind.
Zhang Mancang looked at the skeletons scattered on the ground with an unusually solemn face, and couldn't help muttering in his heart again: "Hiss...... I really don't know if this cremation is related to the last time......" Zhang Mancang knew very well in his heart, he knew that nine times out of ten this matter had something to do with the so-called Kuangshi master, so he didn't dare to take this opportunity to clear the entire ruin area.
Xia Wuqi paced back and forth by the fire for a few steps, and then saw a handful of black powder on a very inconspicuous twig. Xia Wuqi picked up the small branch, carefully twisted it a little, and sniffed it to his nose. "What is this?" Zhang Mancang leaned over and asked softly.
Xia Wuqi frowned and shook his head slightly: "Kid doesn't know, I just think this thing is very similar to toner, but I don't think it's like it!" It's like something mixed up with something unknown! As he spoke, he gently twisted his fingers together.
Maybe it was Feng Youcai who grinded the material very carefully this time, and Xia Wuqi studied it for a long time and didn't notice that it was mixed with two stones of nitrate.
Zhang Mancang's face changed when he heard this, "What is this thing, can Doctor Xia recognize it?" ”
Xia Wuqi shook his head and said, "I don't recognize it, but since this thing appears here, it must have something to do with this fire!" With that, Xia Wuqi put the branch sticky with gunpowder into the fire.
"Wow ......"
The moment the branch approached the flame, suddenly a rather dazzling light above the branch flashed the eyes of Xia Wuqi and Zhang Mancang, and then the branch burned violently, and then, a pungent smell of gunsmoke penetrated the throats of the two. Zhang Mancang and Xia Wuqi didn't know that they might be the first Warring States ancients in the world to see "fireworks".
"Ahem, ahem...... This...... What is this? Zhang Mancang exclaimed as he coughed violently.
Xia Wuqi looked at the burning branches and was stunned, he didn't expect that there would be such a strange thing in the world. "Veteran General, you are right, this matter is still a big thing to turn into a small thing, and a small thing to turn into a wonder!" Xia Wuqi turned his head and muttered to Zhang Mancang.
Zhang Mancang nodded slightly when he heard this, and then said to the brigade commander beside him: "Let your soldiers clean up here later, and don't send people to patrol here in the future!" Also, disperse all these idlers! ”
"Hey!"
When the brigade commander heard this, he called his soldiers and got busy, and the neighbors who had been huddled together to watch the excitement also dispersed in the cold cheers of the soldiers. The broken streets and alleys that were still bustling just now regained their due tranquility again, only the burning white bones were still "crackling......