Shinong Industry and Commerce, although the ancestors have been doing fireworks shops for several generations, and they also have a place in the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce because of their ancestors' craftsmanship, but in the final analysis, they are only a merchant, and they only enter the imperial city once a year, and it is rare to witness the top singing, dancing, juggling and other performances in Chang'an City.

Therefore, even if this group of officials who enter and leave the imperial city every day and can see the Son of Heaven at the end of three days are not impressed by the singing and dancing performances, their group of ordinary businessmen is still very rare.

When he was suddenly called by the people of the Onmyoji, one of the principals of Xingsheng and two old craftsmen were looking at it with great joy.

When they were told of the suspicions of the Yin and Yang Division, the faces of the two old craftsmen immediately showed anger, and before the main person could reply, the old craftsman couldn't help but speak: "So, what do you mean?" Do you suspect that our craft is mixed with objects that will murder His Majesty? ”

What has been studied hard all his life cannot be questioned, even if the other party is the so-called Yin and Yang Heavenly Master.

"It's not that we don't think there is a problem with Xingshenghe's fireworks," Zhang Xie looked at the Great Heavenly Master with a solemn expression when he saw this, and opened his mouth to explain, "It's just that this matter is very important, and I'm afraid that some people want to use Xingxinghe's craftsmanship to hide foreign things privately." It's a good thing to celebrate the New Year, but if it's used by others, it's not beautiful. ”

The principal had also come back to his senses at this time, and when he heard this, he hurriedly persuaded the two old craftsmen, saying, "Yes! It's not that the craftsmanship of the two masters is a problem, but some of the fireworks here have been made for a long time, and I'm afraid that some villains will do bad things. The Yin and Yang Division was also afraid of damaging Xingshenghe's fireworks, so he deliberately brought me over, not disrespecting the two masters. ”

It turned out that this was the reason, the two old craftsmen's faces softened a little, but they still said: "If you tell me a few hours in the morning, maybe you can take them apart one by one and take a look, at this time it is almost time, even if you look at it, you can only look at it from the outside, and I am afraid that you will not be able to see anything." ”

Afraid that the people of the Yin and Yang Division would misunderstand, the director hurriedly followed: "The fireworks were only carried into the palace today, so even if you want to do something, you shouldn't be able to do anything for a few hours." ”

How many years has he been thriving and undertaking the Imperial City fireworks? There has never been an incident, even if there have been assassin attacks in the national ceremony, but I have never seen anyone do anything to the fireworks.

You know, even if the fireworks are gorgeous, they are still objects that will catch fire and be blown up, and who wouldn't want to do anything in such objects? Any conspiracy can be blown away under a line of fire.

Although I didn't think that anyone would do anything in the fireworks, but the Yin and Yang Division had a sincere attitude and a great deal of importance, so the two old craftsmen still walked to the fireworks pile that was carried to the square in the middle and checked them one by one.

There are no traces of these fireworks from the outside, seeing that the two old craftsmen walked to each fireworks pile and only touched the red paper wrapped on the surface and walked away, there was a Yin Yang Division Heavenly Master couldn't help but mutter: "What can be checked out in this way?" ”

The main thing that Xing Sheng and the chief of this naturally didn't like to hear, and immediately opened his mouth and choked back: "Every fireworks pile here is configured by our two masters themselves, as soon as you get started, you will know if anyone has tampered with it, and even the weight can be handled." Isn't that enough? ”

There is absolute confidence in the foundation of one's own life, prosperity and harmony.

Since such words were released, naturally there was nothing to say, and everyone did not say anything more, just waiting for the two old craftsmen to inspect each of the fireworks piles in the middle of the square one by one.

After getting started with each of the fireworks piles, the two old craftsmen walked back to the crowd, and then looked at each other, and said solemnly: "The two of us dare to vouch for each of the fireworks piles present." ”

When the chief heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and smiled at everyone: "Look! Our two masters of Xingsheng and have made such assurances that there will be no problems in the plan. ”

The people of the Yin and Yang Division looked at each other: So, the murderer who was busy and intended to do something at the ceremony just prepared some blood bags and wax clothes among those animal heads?

Isn't this a child's play?

While everyone was hesitating, a voice rang out.

"What about the biggest one?"

It was a girl who made the sound, and everyone looked at the source of the sound, but they saw that she had reached the top of the three steps built in the middle of the square, and under the steps was Zhang Xie who also didn't know when to run to the middle, although she didn't walk up the steps like a girl, but she stood under the steps, looking like she also wanted to step on the steps

At this time, the girl was standing on the steps, staring at the fireworks pile in the middle, which looked taller than her, and looked at it seriously.

The two prosperous old craftsmen were stunned at first when they heard this, and then they all turned their heads to look at the girl who made a sound, and when they saw that the girl was next to the tall fireworks pile, and when they saw that they were going to reach out to touch the fireworks pile, the faces of the two old craftsmen changed suddenly, and then they exclaimed "No" and ran over.

The girl who was about to touch the fireworks pile seemed to be startled by the action of the two of them running together, and her hand suddenly paused in the air.

When the two old craftsmen also stepped on the steps, on the small middle step, in addition to a tall fireworks pile, there were also two old craftsmen, the girl who was on top of the first and Zhang Xie who walked up at some point.

The four of them crowded on the steps like this, looking a little crowded.

At this time, the two old craftsmen had already begun to carefully check the tall fireworks pile in the center, and after checking the appearance of the fireworks pile, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the girl who originally wanted to stretch out their hands with a little dissatisfaction, and said: "This female official, this fireworks pile is different from others, and the quantity and order of each gunpowder must not be slightly different. ”

The girl seemed to be stunned when she heard this, and after a pause, she looked at him thoughtfully: "So, when I saw several of them carrying the fireworks pile, they were so careful not to mix up the order of the quantity of gunpowder, not that this fireworks pile is too heavy, isn't it?" ”

What kind of weird question is this? The two old craftsmen glanced at each other, and although they couldn't understand why she suddenly asked, they still nodded.

"That's weird." A voice rang out behind him.

This time it's not a girl's voice, but a clean and clear male voice.

The two old craftsmen turned behind them again in unison, looked at Zhang Xie who appeared behind them again at some point, and was silent, although it was a little out of place, but one of the old craftsmen couldn't help but complain: "It turns out that it was you who ran around with people for some reason!" ”

I originally thought that it was the girl who saw the head and the end, but now I found out that it was him.

Silent, silent, without a little movement, inexplicably appeared and suddenly spoke, if you are a little bold, you have to be startled.

Zhang Xie didn't care about the old craftsman's complaints, only smiled, pointed to the bent step pit built under the fireworks pile, and said: "Even the wooden steps can be bent, is this fireworks pile really not heavy?" ”

The faces of the two old craftsmen changed suddenly.

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The singing and dancing in the hall has come to an end, and after the last dance, the ministers in the hall have stood up one after another, and followed His Majesty to the outside of the hall.

Although he was tired of the singing and dancing in the hall, he couldn't help but shudder the moment he stepped out of the hall when he left the hot hall burned by charcoal and stepped out of the hall.

A group of officials shrunk and stood still under the guidance of the palace maids.

Although there is such a time every year, the sacrifice ceremony of the country is not a trivial matter after all, and it must be treated solemnly.

The square has been set up, from the long table of worship of the Yin and Yang Division, to the prosperity and fireworks at the four corners of the square, to the Yin and Yang Division Heavenly Master who has already stood in place, everything looks no different from previous years.

No, there are still differences. Someone with a sharp eye noticed a difference from previous years.

"The big one in the middle is gone." The officer exclaimed, "Did you forget or didn't prepare?" ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the scoffs of many people.

"How could it be forgot? I saw them carrying the fireworks stake before! The person who saw the fireworks pile before said and gestured, "It's a lot bigger than in previous years, and several people are carrying it." ”

"Maybe I'm not going to put it in the middle square this year." The official who shouted that he was unprepared before said, and he couldn't help but look forward to it a little more, "Prosperity and every year are those tricks, and this year it seems that they are ready to change." ”

"That's a good thing, every year there are no other changes except for being bigger and more complicated, and it's good to have more other tricks." Others should be in harmony.

The faces of the prosperous and the chief and the two old craftsmen in the corner were not very good-looking, but they couldn't tell the truth of the matter when they saw the anticipation of the officials, so they could only silently swallow the words they wanted to say into their stomachs.

It's just that they are a little unhappy about the officials' complaints. It's true that they are prosperous and just make fireworks, and what they study is how to do fireworks well, which one has the heart to change the tricks? At this time, the officials were still looking forward to it excitedly, and after a while, they found that there was no big fireworks pile at all, and they were afraid that they would have to gossip about prosperity and harmony behind their backs. I'm really full! After a few complaints, the director of Xingsheng and the two old craftsmen shrank into the corner again: this time, it was not their problem, but someone framed them, and they were also very curious about what the fireworks that had cost them countless efforts would be set off.

However, as prosperous people, they who were present in previous years naturally can't leave now, but some things that are not very important, and those who were not there in previous years, have the opportunity to see the fireworks this year.

Qiao Ran is one of those who is not very important and has not been there in previous years.

Jackdaw Temple.

This is the most remote palace in the southwest corner of the entire Great Chu Imperial City, which is rarely visited by people in Suri, and few people have set foot in it.

However, today's Jackdaw Hall was different from the past, Qiao Ran stood behind the forbidden army, looking up at the old dilapidated palace. Naturally, no one has been renovated, and even rats are too lazy to visit the dilapidated palace.

Therefore, the entire Jackdaw Hall is dilapidated and has no life.

The girl stretched out her hand to cover her lips, yawned lazily, and looked at the huge fireworks pile that was faintly visible from the place, and not far from the fireworks pile was the Praetorian guard with a fire fold in his hand and a solemn and resolute face.

As one of the "not very important" people who knows the inside story, she will take a look with her own eyes with the two little heavenly masters of the Yin and Yang Division next to her and the unfamiliar female official next to Her Majesty to see what will happen once this fireworks pile that has been manipulated by people is ignited.

It's not that the prosperity after the discovery of the problem and the reluctance of the craftsman to take apart the fireworks pile, but the fact is that this huge fireworks pile body has been sealed in a special way in addition to the exposed leads, and it is obviously much more convenient to light it up and see it with your own eyes than to take it apart.

It's just that this firework pile is to be lit, but it has to be ignited without being discovered by everyone. So, the fireworks pile was transported here, the Jackdaw Hall, which is the farthest away from the main hall in the center. The time to ignite it was chosen at the moment when the sacrificial ceremony began, and Qiao Ran couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

It's a pity that I can't see the sacrificial national ceremony this time, of course, the most important thing is that I can't see the song and dance of the sacrifice god of the Yin and Yang Division, especially if I can't see Zhang Xie dancing the song and dance of the sacrifice god, it's really a pity!

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It's just that compared to the song and dance of the gods that will have a chance to see in the future, this big gift sent by the murderer missed this time, and I really can't see it.

Qiao Ran looked at this Jackdaw Hall boredly, probably because she was bored, or maybe she was just standing here waiting for no one to speak, which made people feel a little uncomfortable, and one of the Yin and Yang Division Little Heavenly Masters asked her tentatively: "Lord Qiao is curious about this Jackdaw Palace?" ”

Qiao Ran nodded, said "yes" and waited for his next words.

She has always been an open-minded listener, and it would be nice to have someone willing to take the initiative to solve her doubts.

Seeing her answer, the little Heavenly Master of the Yin and Yang Division smiled, and said without disappointing her at all: "This Jackdaw Hall has been uninhabited for many years. Well, I'll do the math, the last time this Jackdaw Hall was inhabited was almost a hundred years ago. This Jackdaw Hall is located in the middle of nowhere, no one cares, and the people who were thrown here are some palace people and palace maids who have committed crimes. I heard that the last palace maid offended her master in office and was thrown here, and it didn't take long for her to die. As a result, not long after the palace maid died, the palace people who poured night incense passed by at night and heard the sound of someone crying at night, and since then they have been scared out of illness, and soon they died. After that, the brave Praetorian guards couldn't help but be curious and went to take a look, and it didn't take long for them to fall into the water of the imperial garden and drown," the little celestial master said and winked at her, and said mysteriously to several Praetorian guards who had turned back one after another and the female officers sent by His Majesty, "They all said that they were haunted!" ”

The faces of several forbidden guards were slightly condensed, and even the female official's face turned pale, but it was the one he originally wanted to scare the most, his face did not change, and when he saw him, he calmly urged and asked, "Then what?" ”

And then? The little heavenly master of the Yin and Yang Division twitched the corners of his mouth, sighed, and said, "Then...... There are many palaces in this imperial city, and this jackdaw hall has been empty, and there has been no more haunting. ”

"You talk a lot of nonsense!" When a little Heavenly Master of the Yin and Yang Division on the side heard this, he couldn't help but glance at him, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "With Heavenly Master Zhang here, Master Qiao won't be afraid of your stories of coaxing little girls!" Okay, don't talk nonsense, the time has come, get ready to light this fireworks pile! ”