Chapter 162: The Secret Path
Seeing that Elysium was on fire, Li Chen's heart flashed with a faint worry and reluctance. The worry is that he is worried about whether Xiaohong and Yang Er can get out as planned, worried that there will be variables, and he can't stare at the scene. Although it is expected that Shao Ze Zhengzhi will be complacent, God knows if he will temporarily change his hexagram, so he decided to cave the room first and feast guests.
Although the cave room is not Xiaohong, but for Yang Er, Li Chen said that he didn't feel it at all, and he didn't feel it completely. This woman is clear and jade, out of the mud and not stained, very talented, and considerate, although there is a little mystery behind her, Li Chen still has a good impression of her. If Shao Ze's thing is cheaper, I really have to be a little reluctant.
Reluctant... After all, Elysium was built by its own calluses, and every corner had its own heart, and every brick and tile was built with the money he had saved, so it was a pity to burn it like this. So he only burned three buildings, and the other ten buildings could be preserved, but the preservation was preserved, and so many people died at once, probably not many of them had the courage to continue to use it.
Thinking of this, the corners of Li Chen's mouth drew an arc, die, die, let you know that force is not the only one, and the wrath of the puppet can also cause heavy casualties.
He was already very merciful, and only focused the damage on those of the Silver Sword Seventh Army. Send the food, let them send it by their own people, he is afraid that in case the ignition device is so good that the club is set, he will accidentally bury the innocent doctor. For his own employees, he also guided them to Barrel Bridge Town to avoid trouble, lest Shao Ze find him and make them angry.
As for the old and weak women and children of the Silver Knife Seventh Army, he didn't plan for them, and the ignition devices were not set up in several other buildings, and the time was set relatively late, lest they see the fire and want to put out the fire.
Above, he thought about everything he could think of, and tried his best to do it well, if it didn't work, it could only be regarded as providence. Li Chen entered the special distillery for distilled spirits. Old immortal, he still wants Xiao to think about this wine shop, speaking of which he wants to thank Shao Ze, he begged Shao Ze to give him the last few days of time, and Shao Ze agreed. Otherwise, he had planned to leak the distilled liquor secretly. Right now... Let's see if that guy has the life to get out alive.
'Am I a little too soft-hearted?' Li Chen said to himself, because Shao Ze didn't let him hand over the secret recipe immediately, he put a little water when he set up the ignition device, otherwise as long as the gate was lit first, those people would probably have to be all here.
But even if there is no gate, it is so late, almost everyone is drunk, and a few people can escape from the gate accurately, Li Chen suspects that getting drunk, coupled with the biological instinct of fear of flames, will make people think a lot of unbelievable things at first. This point was not completely expected by Li Chen at the scene, obviously the gate was over there, and there were still many people who did not escape.
What's in his hands, Li Chen happily dismantled the distillation device, and entrusted a few different parts to a few blacksmith shops to build them, and now he really did it right, as long as some parts were removed, Lao Immortal wanted to guess the real use of this device, and some of him thought about it.
Quickly got everything done, and then Li Chen went down to the cellar where the wine was kept. It is easier to maintain a certain temperature and humidity when the wine is kept in the cellar. Why is the well water warm in winter and cool in summer, you can feel the temperature of the well water in winter, and it is very cool in summer.
In fact, the well water has not changed the temperature at all, only because the well water is underground, not affected by the ground temperature, and maintains a certain constant temperature, so that it can feel warm in winter and cool in summer.
Descending to the wine cellar, Li Chen went down a small wooden ladder and grabbed a torch hanging next to him. With a lift of his hand, he lit up the wine cellar, which was not large, and there were about twenty vats in two rows, some of which were empty, and some of which were still full.
Li Chen came to a wine vat. At first glance, this vat is no different from other vasks. Then, Li Chen began to pick up the wine vat.
Explain how big this wine tank is, about the height of an adult's waist, and about the width of two people hugging together. How much wine is loaded in the smart way, Li Chen really hasn't tried it.
However, in any case, it is quite difficult for a person to pick up this wine vat and it seems that it is still full of wine. It's just that Li Chen picked up the wine vat, raised it slightly, and then somehow twisted it a few times and put it down. The vat slid away.
It really slipped away, and there was a hole in the back of the vat, and the vat slid down the hole. When the vat slides down, the planks behind the vat return to its original state. The vats are placed on wooden planks, and the cellar is poorly lit, so it is not possible to see any difference between the planks there and the planks elsewhere. It's not that I can't open my eyes and see the plank disconnect, revealing a hole, and I really can't see that there is a mechanism.
The wine vat slid open, leaving a gap in the middle, Li Chen stepped forward and pushed the wooden board behind the wine vat with his hand. A tunnel was revealed behind the planks. It turns out that the wooden wall behind the wine vat is the same as the wooden plank on the ground.
Li Chen walked into the tunnel and swiped his hand towards a mechanism. Everything was restored to its original state. The door closed first, then the wooden floor cracked again, and the vat that had just slid down the vat and back down the floor back to where it had been, and everything looked the same. Therefore, a few soldiers who were ordered to catch Li Chende found nothing, and Li Chen seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
Li Chen disappeared out of thin air, the pot could be boiled on the ground, the Silver Knife Seventh Army suffered a great loss, and even Shao Ze himself was almost alive, and it was bound to find out Li Chen and break his body into thousands of pieces. So, under Shao Ze's order, Pengcheng was completely blockaded and began to rope the whole city.
'Shao Shuai, it's not okay to go on like this, if Pengcheng is blocked, everyone will not be able to stand it, please Shao Shuai be gracious. Lao Immortal pleaded with Shao Ze in a low voice, Shao Ze didn't say whether he had to respond twice, and he didn't know whether he knew or said yes, but Da Gai estimated that the former was the majority.
The old immortal will come to intercede because Xuzhou is about to collapse. Xuzhou Thorn History, very resigned to accept the order, began to blockade the city, allowed to enter but not to leave, so that the people of Pengcheng complained, many people came in and delivered the goods after they couldn't get out, now how do you want him to send things tomorrow.
To make matters worse, the Silver Blades suffered heavy casualties and had to use other garrisons to complete their objectives. Otherwise, the remaining thousand horrors are undecided, and it will definitely not be enough. As a result, those other soldiers took the opportunity to make a windfall, and they took what they saw, and if you dared not to give it, you would be with the assassins, and there would be no mercy.
For the people, they are still a little restrained, because they are all locals of Pengcheng, and it is not easy for them to start. But to those merchants, it is not so polite, many merchants are as if swept by robbers, the difference is that the robbers do not dare to be so blatant.
As a last resort, Lao Immortal can only intercede with Shao Ze on behalf of other merchants, and at the same time, he also conveys the situation to Shao Ze to know that if you are blockading, things can't be shipped in, and delivery can't be delivered, Pengcheng will be finished.
'Shao Shuai, this is a little bit of heart from Pengcheng's fathers, please Shao Shuai smile. The old immortal could only take out a piece of paper, on which it was written how much Pengcheng's father was willing to sponsor the military salary and how much food, and how much to **** it.
And under such a tight lockdown, where can Li Chen hide? Now the place where Li Chen is hiding is also facing a crisis.
'Hurry up, hurry up, search me all over here.' In a courtyard, a group of sergeants poured in and began to search the place.
'Light, light, please light. A man dressed as a merchant was bowing his hand to the sergeants. Seeing that it had no effect, the man took out a leather bag, asked the servant to take out a few pieces of silk cloth, and said with a forked hand, "A little heart, and please smile at the soldiers, it is really hard to perform official duties in such a hot weather." ’
'Or everyone understands, brothers, be polite, don't smash other people's things. Seeing that the merchant was acquainted, the leader smiled proudly, and beckoned those who checked, don't be so rude anymore, always this careless, that careless, smashed a bunch. This happens in many places.
However, although I was careful and polite, I still had to check it, and finally, this yard was full of oil, and I knew that I couldn't hide anyone. The soldiers checked and found nothing wrong, so they went to the next house to extort money, and wrongly, they went to the next house to search.
'It's time to come out. That night, the oil merchant entered the yard again and slapped a few times against a wall, and a place under the wall opened, revealing a hole, and Li Chen got out of it.
'I've been there all day, are you okay?' 'Okay, thank you Lin Gong this time, if it weren't for Lin Gong's help, Li would have to confess.' "Don't say that, Li Jun is a disadvantage for Peng Cheng." This Lin Gong is the oil merchant who helped Li Chen enter Xuzhou in the first place, as for how Li Chen found him for help, this is completely accidental.
When he left that day, Li Chen had already arranged a place for himself to hide, which was a nearby place where no one could live. When he exits the tunnel, he will appear in an empty house near Elysium, and after a few more steps, he will come to the hiding place he has planned.
However, the plan did not change quickly, when he left the tunnel, he arrived at the predetermined hiding place, and found that it was occupied by a few homeless people, and he could not open the dark room used to hide in full view, so in desperation, he could only come to Lin Gong.
It is no accident that he will meet Lin Gong again. Lin Gong is an oil merchant, or the largest oil merchant in Pengcheng, Li Chen wanted to buy oil, so he naturally found him. The Tang people don't use oil, but after all, they still use it, for example, lamp oil for lighting.
This is not the reason why Li Chen is looking for him, all because after Li Chen purchased a large amount of lamp oil from him that can be burned, Lin Gong said that he could come to him if he had any difficulties, and he smiled playfully, making Li Chen think that he knew his plan, and he was worried for several days. (To be continued.) )