It turned out that this place was one of the strongholds of the dark pyloric gate, because it was approaching the end of the year, and the wedding of Zhuang Jingcheng and Su Jinhan was going to be held after the year, he was afraid that something would go wrong, so he transferred people over first, and hid in various parts of the capital, so as not to have an accident at that time, he would be caught off guard and no one was available.

This is one of the strongholds.

And after the people of the Dark Sect came, they did not sit idle, and searched around, lest this stronghold, which had never been reused, go wrong.

Under the exploration, this person was careful, and after hearing it, he felt that this place was wrong, so he kept an eye on it, and gathered people to dig down, but he didn't dig anything, and he caught up with it and got dark, so he rested first.

I never thought that when I got up today, because the snow was too heavy, and their previous excavation, they pressed the ground down, although it was not directly crushed, but it faintly exposed the tunnel underneath.

Everyone felt that something was wrong, so they completely dug up the soil on the surface, revealing the underground tunnel.

Sent people in to check, but they couldn't help but be surprised, because the tunnel here almost stalked the entire underground of Nancheng, and several people were worried that there were people in the tunnel, so they didn't dare to make decisions and continue to check, so they told Zhuang Jingcheng about the matter.

After all, although the dark ghost door works for Zhuang Jingcheng, but the dark dark door itself is a river and lake organization, and it does not interfere in the affairs of the court on the surface, if this tunnel is dug by the imperial court, so that the people of the court find the dark dark dark door, these people in the rivers and lakes, at that time, they will not be able to explain clearly, and they will only think that the dark dark door is plotting against them.

And if not, then the matter is a big deal.

At this time, although the distance of the underground tunnel has not been fully explored, but now it is known that almost the entire southern city has been stalked, and it is not necessary to think about how powerful the person who can quietly dig out a tunnel of this scale is.

The most important thing is that since it is not official, it has dug such a tunnel in front of people's ears, and it is conceivable what the other party is trying to do.

Not for rebellion, but for what?

So although they knew that telling Zhuang Jingcheng about this would cause him trouble, they had to say it.

Who told them to find out? Who told their stronghold to be right on it?

If you can't do nothing at all, then you must act, at least the current Kang Guo is still surnamed Zhuang, if the other party uses this to attack the capital, the capital will only fall into a state of no return.

Zhuang Jingcheng looked at the dark entrance of the cave with a gloomy face, and only spoke after a while: "Teng Ce, you come with me, let's explore this tunnel in person, the others are well guarded, and not a single fly is allowed to fly in." ”

"Master......" Teng Ce opened his mouth to persuade.

After all, it's such a dangerous thing.

Zhuang Jingcheng waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to say much, he went down first.

Teng Ce had no choice but to keep up.

The two of them walked cautiously underground, trying their best to control the weight of their steps.

When they walked through the long tunnel and came to the end, both of them were stunned, and at the same time, a cold feeling welled up in their hearts.

Even if he was as calm as Zhuang Jingcheng, his heart was shocked.

Because at the end, there was gunpowder in a neat base, and the black and round gunpowder smelled of saltpeter powder.

Zhuang Jingcheng had no doubt that once this pile of gunpowder exploded, it would blow up a big hole in the entire ground and even the buildings above.

"Oh my God, who the hell is so mad." Even if he was as silent as Tengce, he couldn't help but whisper in horror at this moment.

Zhuang Jingcheng was also shocked, but he understood that now was not the time to be shocked.

His gaze swept around, and finally landed on a round lid not far away.

Zhuang Jingcheng stepped forward, knocked, and then put his ear on the lid, and could faintly hear the noise coming from outside.

"Tengze, you go up, be careful, remember which piece it is when you go out, and then leave directly, don't look back." Zhuang Jingcheng commanded in a low voice.

Such an exit will definitely not be placed on a street where people come and go, but since you can hear the sound outside, it must be a small alley around the street.

In such a place, it is impossible for the other party to leave no one to watch.

But in order not to be blind, the other party will not be stupid and directly pestle in place, disguised as a vendor, and it is more likely that everyone entering and exiting the alley will be monitored.

As long as Teng Ce does not show that the other party is suspicious, and does not go back and forth to the alley, he will not be suspicious of convenience.

Teng Ce naturally understood what Zhuang Jingcheng meant, nodded when he heard the words, and then carefully pushed open the lid on it, revealing a pair of eyes, seeing that there was no one on it, he pushed the lid open, turned over, and then carefully closed the lid again, making sure that there was nothing wrong, and then swaggered out of the alley.

Teng Ce remembered Zhuang Jingcheng's advice, and after leaving the alley, he didn't look around, nor did he care if someone was peeping at him, and left in a hurry, as if someone was chasing him behind.

What Teng Ce didn't know was that as soon as he got out of the alley, he called the owner of the noodle stall opposite to see him, and he was relieved to see that he left in a hurry and didn't stay.

However, he took the time to go to the alley after that, made sure that the lid was not opened, and then returned to the noodle stall to continue trading.

The lid was carved out of the same stone as the stone slabs on the ground around it, and there was nothing unusual to see from the outside, and if Zhuang Jingcheng and Teng Ce hadn't walked out of the tunnel, they wouldn't have believed that there would be an exit here.

Zhuang Jingcheng withdrew from the tunnel with a heavy heart.

Along the way, he carefully erased the traces of his and Tengze's coming, wasting a lot of time, and by the time he returned to the ground, Tengze had already returned.

"Where do you see it?" Zhuang Jingcheng asked.

"At the foot of the city wall where the outer city meets the inner city." Teng Ce opened his mouth with a heavy face.

You must know that so much gunpowder, once it explodes, can blow a hole in the ground, especially this alley is located at the foot of the city at the junction of the outer city and the inner city, explaining that the chaos has started, even if the wall of the inner city cannot be completely blown up, but it is enough to blow out a hole.

And this is only in the south, the tunnel is divided into four directions, so the other four directions, is there such a tunnel and gunpowder?

"Hmm." Zhuang Jingcheng just nodded lightly when he heard this, and didn't say anything, obviously, Zhuang Jingcheng had already expected the location of the exit.

"Master, what should we do now?" Teng Ce saw that Zhuang Jingcheng did not speak, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

Without Zhuang Jingcheng's orders, he didn't dare to tell what he saw in the tunnel, and although everyone was surprised, he didn't think much about it.

Something so dangerous as gunpowder was found underground, and it was such a sensitive and critical place under the inner and outer city walls, Teng Ce felt that his heart was about to burn, he didn't understand, such a big incident had happened, why wasn't the master in a hurry?

But thinking so in my heart, I couldn't help but admire Zhuang Jingcheng for coming.

Look, this is the difference between being a master and being a slave, the master can be calm when he encounters such a big thing, but he is so panicked that he has no idea.

Teng Ce secretly admired here, but Zhuang Jingcheng said lightly: "This person who digs the tunnel must not be bad, such a big project can definitely not be completed overnight, and there is gunpowder in the depths of the tunnel, which means that they have made all preparations." ”

"Now the other party must not know that we have discovered this, and there is still time for us to prepare. What we need to do now is first of all to keep an eye on these places. ”

"Just now, Teng Ce and I explored one of the tunnels, and the final exit was at the walls of the outer and inner cities of the southern city, and explosives were placed in the deepest part of the hole, and the purpose of the other party was to blow up or blast the city gates. I don't think you should know the importance of it. There are still three tunnels left that should lead to several other directions, and you will divide them into three groups, in groups of two, to find out where the exits are. ”

Zhuang Jingcheng said, told them all the things that Teng Ce had explained before, and told them to be careful and erase all traces, so that people went.

Fortunately, the people who are arranged here are all henchmen among henchmen, and they don't need to worry about anything, so Zhuang Jingcheng doesn't have any pressure to fight more.

After instructing everything in the stronghold, Zhuang Jingcheng left with Teng Ce.

It's too big a matter today, and it will be troublesome for him to deal with it quietly alone.

Not to mention the turmoil in the capital now, let's just say that the emperor's sudden change of attitude, not to mention Zhuang Jingxing, who has been staring at him, and the force that has been hidden in the shadows that killed his mother and concubine, and the prince who was not completely killed before, all of this is separated from one another, he can clean it up neatly, without any pressure, even if the two are combined, he can barely cope with it, but when they are all added together, then he has great ability, and he can only die.

Moreover, these forces are not easy to match, and he is not afraid of battles between peers.

The abolished prince Zhuang Jingyu and the green king Zhuang Jingxing have no problem with him picking two, and he is not afraid at all.

But the emperor and the hidden forces are not so simple.

Let's just talk about the hidden force, the force that can be hidden for so long without revealing the slightest flaw, and the manipulator behind the scenes can be simple?

And his intuition, this authentic is probably also related to that hidden force.

As for the emperor, let alone that.

Although the power he has secretly developed over the years is not weak, and there are powerful forces like the Dark Pyloric Gate secretly helping, but after all, the emperor is the king of a country, and if he really wants to make a fuss, what chance does he have of winning?

Again, although he and the emperor are not at odds, he is the prince after all, the emperor's son, even if he really has the ability to overthrow the emperor, he will not do it easily.

After all, that is his biological father, and he is also his mother's favorite man, if his mother knows that their father and son are fighting each other underground, will she die without turning a blind eye and scold him for being unfilial?