Chapter 415: To Rebel?
Walking down step by step, there were not many steps, and Luo Qingluan and Xu Wei quickly went down to the ground.
Following a passage that was not too long, they came to a secret room. As expected, the secret room in front of me was extraordinarily large, and it was filled with boxes. The lid of the wooden box was not tightly closed, and some straw peeked out of the wooden box, and it could be seen that it was stuffed inside.
Luo Qingluan glanced at it, there were at least dozens of wooden boxes here. Other than that, there was nothing else, it looked like it was what the people from the county guard were transporting every night.
"Mademoiselle is here." Xu Wei turned his head to look at Luo Qingluan.
After speaking, he stepped forward, opened a wooden box closest to him, opened it, and couldn't help but gasp. He lost his voice and said, "Miss, come and see." ”
Walking forward quickly, Luo Qingluan couldn't help frowning when she saw it, even she didn't expect that this box was full of firecrackers. One by one, they were neatly arranged, but the models were a little larger, each one was five inches long, but I was afraid that the explosion would be deafening.
"How can it be a firecracker?" As soon as Xu Wei finished speaking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He picked one up and looked at it, "Miss, this is not a firecracker, it's explosives." ”
Sure enough, Luo Qingluan took a serious look, and when he got a little closer, he smelled a smell of sulfur and gunpowder. The room was dimly lit, and I accidentally mistook the explosives for firecrackers. The red paper wraps around the surface, and the fuses on each explosive look terrifying, as if they would explode at the slightest touch.
Soon, Xu Wei opened the second box for inspection, and it was indeed explosives inside. Luo Qingluan just wanted to reach out and take one, but Xu Wei immediately stopped her: "Miss, don't touch it, be careful." ”
"It's okay, I'll be careful." Luo Qingluan said, "As long as it doesn't collide violently or ignite, it won't explode in general." She gently picked up a dynamite and looked at it carefully.
The shape of this explosive does look very much like a firecracker, but it is a little bigger, if it weren't for Xu Wei to say it, I'm afraid she would also think that it was a firecracker specially made by the county guard for Du Qianqian's marriage.
"With so many explosives, what is this county guard trying to do?" Xu Wei sneered, "Could it be that this county guard still wants to blow up his county guard's mansion?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately reacted, and his eyes shrank sharply: "Miss, could it be that this county guard wants to rebel?" He got so many explosives in private, and at this moment, it was clear that he wanted to use his daughter's marriage to hide from the world. ”
Luo Qingluan's face also sank, Xu Wei's thoughts were similar to what she guessed. Moreover, this county guard is only afraid that he is not only going to rebel, but also the person who conspires with him is likely to be the fifth prince Nangong Chen.
"Xu Wei, do you remember?" Luo Qingluan looked at him and asked, "Didn't you send someone else to check before, the people from the county guard mansion secretly went to the blacksmith shop and the firecracker shop, maybe these gunpowders were transferred in from the firecracker shop." And they deliberately made it the same shape as firecrackers, if someone accidentally found it, they could also shirk the quibble. ”
Analyzing this, Xu Wei's heart sank: "It's very likely that this is the case, miss." If the county guard and the five princes really want to rebel, this matter is not trivial, and they must hurry up and prepare! In particular, you have to inform the prince immediately! ”
This is also the problem that Luo Qingluan is most worried about, if Nangong Chen and the county guard Du Ji'an really want to rebel, Nalan Ye is now in the capital, I am afraid that he will bear the brunt. Since this is the case, then she needs to understand how far Du Ji'an and Nangong Chen are already prepared.
Quickly glancing around the secret room, Luo Qingluan said: "Xu Wei, hurry up and check to see if the wooden box here is full of gunpowder, and count the quantity." ”
Xu Wei responded, and immediately opened the wooden boxes one by one to check, and when he saw the tenth wooden box, he really found something different: "Miss, come here, this box is not gunpowder." ”
Luo Qingluan walked over and took a look, although this box was not gunpowder, it was not something reassuring, but a box full of swords. Luo Qingluan's eyes lit up, and he walked directly to the innermost and opened one of the wooden boxes to take a look.
Sure enough, this box was different again, but full of longbows and white feather arrows.
Seeing this, not only Luo Qingluan, but even Xu Wei was already ninety percent sure that the county guard mansion was secretly transporting these things, but I was afraid that he really wanted to rebel.
"Miss, now that we've figured it out, let's hurry back and discuss countermeasures."
There are dozens of wooden boxes in the entire secret room, only Luo Qingluan and Xu Wei and Xu Lian don't want to get rid of it at all, Luo Qingluan understands the current situation, and the two of them are about to leave the secret room, who knows that they heard a clattering sound in front of them.
It was said before that if they didn't send out the code, Xu Lian would not open the entrance, let alone come in. So now......
"It's not good, someone must be coming" Xu Wei looked vigilant, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, "Miss, it's definitely not Xu Lian, we didn't go out, she won't come in rashly, now that someone has come in, I'm afraid it's someone from the county guard's mansion." ”
His face was anxious, and he couldn't help but panic a little. This secret room is so big, if the people who come are really from the county guard's mansion, I am afraid that they will really be caught in the other party's urn and caught properly.
However, after only a moment's delay, there were already messy footsteps in the passage, and there were many people's voices: "Hurry up, hurry up, move in carefully." ”
Sure enough, it was someone from the county guard's mansion, Luo Qingluan's heart sank, and it was estimated that they were transporting things in again at this time. But they just happened to bump into it. didn't have time to think about it, Luo Qingluan said quickly: "Hide quickly." ”
With that, she went to the innermost part of the chamber and hid behind a row of wooden boxes.
Fortunately, these wooden boxes are overlapped one by one, and each row is more than a zhang high, which is more than enough to block one person. It's just that...... If the other party wants to come in and check, then they will definitely not be able to hide.
Xu Wei also hid opposite Luo Qingluan and gave her a reassuring look. But Xu Wei himself knew that if the other party really found out about them, it would be good for him to escape alone, but he wanted to protect Luo Qingluan, but he was afraid that it would be a little troublesome.
What if Luo Qingluan is injured? Leave it to fate.
Xu Wei couldn't help but pray secretly, and at the same time worried about what happened to Xu Lian, who had been guarding outside?
The fire in his hand had been extinguished, but there was no darkness in the secret room, for someone had already come in, and in the midst of the noise, people in black night clothes carried in wooden boxes one by one.
Obviously, they were already familiar with what they were doing, and they didn't need to be instructed to quickly stack the boxes one on top of the other and put them in the pile. Luo Qingluan cautiously poked his head out and glanced outside, they were in the innermost part of the secret room, where the fire could not shine, and the fire was blazing outside, if he didn't pay attention to the other party for a while, he wouldn't find them.
The door of the secret room was scorching, and there were at least seven or eight people, who couldn't see it very clearly. The men put the crates in, stacked them and went out shortly there, and then some people came back in, still carrying the crates in their hands. From their struggling appearances, it could be seen that these wooden boxes were quite heavy, and Luo Qingluan could also guess that there were either explosives or weapons on the side here.
"Boss, today is the fifth day, right? With so many things, adults must be enough. A black man casually spoke.
"You know what?" A tall man in black next to him said disdainfully, "What is such a little thing?" Naturally, the more the merrier. ”
Another man in black next to him laughed, "That's it." My lord is doing great things this time, and once he succeeds, we people will also benefit. ”
The man in black at the head couldn't help but sneer: "Don't be happy too early, it's better to be careful, this is a matter of losing your head after all, if it is detected and fails, our fate can be imagined." ”
"Probably not, right?" Someone asked cautiously.
"It's impossible to say, but after all, we are subordinates, and we don't dare to figure out the minds of adults casually. And this time the adult is cooperating with the five princes, there must be sufficient preparations, and this time it is very ingenious, no one would have imagined that the adult would use the opportunity of our young lady's marriage to cover up these things. I'm afraid that by then, the adults and the five princes have already rushed into the palace, and Your Majesty doesn't know yet! ”
After speaking, he sneered a few times, and his tone was full of pride.
Immediately, there was a sound of flattery from everyone, and the man in black seemed to be very useful. But he was finally quite alert, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, the matter hasn't been done yet, you must be careful, hurry up and get the remaining boxes in, it's about to dawn." ”
After another busy tea time, these men in black unexpectedly did not enter the secret city to search. Maybe it wasn't because I didn't expect anyone to find out about this place, or maybe it was a moment of negligence and didn't expect that there were people hiding inside.
When the group of people in black all went out, there was another clattering sound outside, obviously they restored the exit to its original state, and it was not until this moment that Xu Wei re-lit the fire: "Miss, it's okay." ”
It's just been half an hour, Xu Wei feels that his back is already soaked. Fortunately, there was no accident, it was really dangerous.
Luo Qingluan's face was also a little pale, obviously she also expected the consequences if they were discovered. It seems that they were lucky tonight, not only did they discover the secret of the county guard, but they were also safe and sound.
Then the two of them checked the batch of wooden boxes that had just been delivered, and sure enough, five of them contained explosives, and the rest were weapons. When the two of them got out of the secret room and returned to the entrance along the passage, Xu Wei knocked the green brick covering it, and soon heard Xu Lian's voice.
After a while, Xu Lian lifted these green bricks, and when she saw that Luo Qingluan appeared, she immediately helped her out: "Miss, fortunately, you are fine, those people suddenly appeared just now, I, I don't even know what to do......"
In fact, compared to Luo Qingluan and Xu Wei, Xu Lian is the most worried.
Although she hid in the shadows and was not discovered, she really didn't know if Luo Qingluan and Xu Wei would be discovered. If she finds out, how should she save her? Is it rushing down?
I have been waiting for the top in a panic, and I have been waiting for a long time, but I have not heard any movement. It was easy to wait until those people left, and Xu Lian breathed a sigh of relief.
When the three of them arrived in the dark, Luo Qingluan told Xu Lian what he had just discovered, and asked them to go back and discuss with Chen Dong as soon as possible. After a busy night's work, she also had something to do, and she was going to write a letter to Nalan Ye at once, informing him of everything he had found tonight.