In Hirakawa's frightened eyes, a black shadow flashed, and the owner of the building disappeared in place, sweeping towards the right at an extremely fast speed.

On the right, there is a mine, but in the middle of the mine, a shadow escapes into the distance.

But the building owner was so fast, but in a moment, the figure was caught up, and the building owner slapped him directly on the back with a palm.

The man snorted, spat blood out of his mouth, turned his head, looked at the building owner behind him in horror, and wanted to escape, but was already choked by the building owner's neck.

"Kuofu?"

The owner of the building was a little surprised, as if he didn't expect that there was actually a living mouth here, and he was also a master of the Kuofu level.

"I haven't seen you."

Pingchuan looked at it from a distance, but it was the cold-faced Rakshasa cold refining clothes.

Leng Lian Yi struggled to the death, but his mouth couldn't speak.

"He's kind of one of us."

Hirakawa spoke in time.

When the building owner heard this, his hand loosened slightly, but he didn't completely put down the cold refining suit, but the cold refining suit still took a breath.

"The owner of the building, who is refining his clothes under the cold, is here to take refuge on the twelfth floor."

The building owner stared at Leng Lian Yi for a long time, and finally let him go.

"Okay, then I'll give you a task, go to the city and find a shop for me......"

Leng Lian Yi gasped heavily, his face turned pale, and he looked at the building owner with palpitations, and said

"The subordinates will not disappoint the owner of the building."

Immediately, he used the fastest method of his life and fled here with his life.

When Xiao Zhong returned to the fireworks shop, he saw that the fireworks shop was empty.

"Master! Master! ”

Xiao Zhong scratched his head, Master rarely goes out, why did he suddenly disappear?

He shouted a few times and walked into the inner room, only to find that there had been a thief in the house, and the wall at the head of the master's bed was actually smashed open.

But at this moment, the hole that was smashed open by the wall suddenly made a noise.

Xiao Zhong was shaken all over, the thief hasn't left yet?

But suddenly a familiar voice came from inside the wall.

"I'm finally back, I'm tired, I must get a good night's sleep when I go back."

It was Wu Qinghui's voice.

"Sister Wu!"

Xiao Zhong blurted out.

"Huh?"

Inside the wall, Wu Qinghui questioned.

"I think I heard the sound of a little bell."

The four walked out.

"Little Bell!"

The four of them were very happy to see that Xiao Zhong had finally returned.

"Did the people from Taiyang Mansion rescue you?"

Xiao Zhong shook his head and told the four of them what had happened.

The four of them listened to it with a thrilling sound.

Su Qinqin said

"Those eunuchs should be the same group of people who slaughtered the forbidden army that day."

When Wu Qinghui heard this, he remembered the fragrance of flowers he smelled in the tunnel.

"Could it have something to do with those officers and soldiers in the tunnel?"

Suddenly she remembered something else.

"By the way, since the two forbidden soldiers who stole my wine are also their people, are these things related?"

Su Qinqin's eyes lit up

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily these, most of the old men who bought paper are also from their gang."

Xiao Zhong was confused when he heard this, and saw that the four of them were sweating profusely and looked very embarrassed, and looked at the big hole in the wall.

"What are the four sisters doing at my house? What about my master? ”

Hearing this, the four ladies looked gloomy and didn't know how to open their mouths.

Hu Niangzi saw the three of them squirming and pinching, so she said

"Oh, let me tell you, the night you disappeared, your master was also taken away and has not come back."

Xiao Zhong suddenly said urgently

"What's going on?"

Hu Niangzi took Lao Zhong away, and Lao Zhong hinted that they found Wu Qinghui's wine, and talked about authentic things.

Xiao Zhong was in disbelief.

"Did Master steal the wine? Could it be that Master is also in the same group as those people? ”

"No, Master, how can it be."

Su Qinqin comforted him

"The one who stole the wine should be those two forbidden soldiers, you remember, that day your master asked you to go to the quarry to buy saltpeter for him, I suspect that it was because he wanted to hide wine that day, so he specially supported you."

Xiao Zhong also remembered that night, when his master asked him to go to the quarry, which was very sudden, which made Xiao Zhong a little puzzled, but he didn't take it to heart.

People are always like this, if it is a person they trust, he is convinced of everything he does, but once he has doubts about that person one day, as long as he recalls it a little, he will feel that the past is full of doubts.

"No wonder, when I went to the quarry to purchase, according to the quarry's steward, my master had already had a shady deal with the quarry."

"By the way, there's one more thing that I find strange."

"What's the matter?"

Su Qinqin asked.

"Every few days, a batch of goods will be sent to the shops in the countryside outside the city, but the materials for making fireworks have always been placed in the inner room, except for the purchase of some saltpeter a while ago, they are all enough, so what is Uncle Geng'er doing every time he sends something?"

At this moment, memories are pouring in like a tide, and many of Lao Zhong's strange behaviors seem so abrupt.

"What did Uncle Geng'er give?"

Su Qinqin's expression was a little serious.

Xiao Zhong thought for a moment

"Master didn't show it to me, but every time he sent a lot of firewood, and something in a burlap bag, I don't know what's inside."

Su Qinqin's delicate face was a little pale, and she seemed to have figured out something.

"Have you ever seen those firewoods later?"

Xiao Zhong shook his head

"There is a lot of firewood, and I will use it when I cook, but I don't think I can use it up at all, so Uncle Geng'er keeps sending it, and Master collects it all according to the order, sometimes it is too little."

"What about the contents of the sack?"

"I haven't seen it, but it smells pungent, so I don't care."

Su Qinqin's face became ugly, she sat on the bed next to her, and said in a daze

"One Nitro, Two Yellows, Three Charcoal ......"

Xiao Zhong's face changed greatly, he was familiar with this mantra, the master told him to recite it every day, and he was already ripe.

"Sister Su, how do you know this mantra? This is the mantra for making fireworks. ”

Su Qinqin looked at him, shook her head, and said word by word

"This is not only a mantra for making fireworks, but also a mantra for making gunpowder, and your master is stealing gunpowder!

"What!"

Regarding the origin of black powder, he has listened to his master since he was a child, so he is naturally no stranger.

"The brimstone in the sack?"

In rural crops, the medicine for removing insects is made of sulfur, and there are many saltpeter mines, firewood, and there is no shortage in rural areas.

"But where did all that gunpowder go?"

Xiao Zhong is still puzzled, he is with the master almost every day, where can all the gunpowder be hidden so that he will not be discovered?

Su Qinqin thought hard for a long time, but couldn't think of an answer.

"This is for your master, perhaps, the fireworks you make will also use black powder, or they will be mixed together."

Xiao Zhong's gaze suddenly turned to the table where he was processing, and on it were the small black pills he had just processed that night, which were black powder.

"It's possible that these black powders do make a lot every time, according to the master, since a large number of fireworks are purchased in the palace every year during the New Year's Festival, it is better to make more in advance."

Su Qinqin looked at Xiao Zhong.

"What year did this start?"

Xiao Zhong thought for a moment

"It's been like this every year for as long as I can remember."

"No, no!"

Little Jongdo

"What's wrong?"

Su Qinqin groaned

"The biggest or most stable source of customers for your shop is naturally the palace, but the palace does not have such a big consumption except for festivals, obviously, the palace is overpurchased every year."

"No, your master is making gunpowder for the palace!"

Su Qinqin said suddenly.

"Yes, it must be the case, things like sulfur saltpeter are controlled items in the city, and your master can ignore the control and purchase them at will, and no one has been in charge for so many years, which can only show that he is doing things for the palace!"

"Could it be that the person who took away Old Man Zhong that night was the person in the palace?"

Liu Niangzi also understood at this moment that most of this fireworks shop is the property of the palace.

"It's interesting, it's getting more and more interesting, authentic, black powder, palace, weird flowers...... On the surface, these things don't seem to have much connection, but when you look into it, they all have a subtle connection. ”

"And who is it that skillfully strings these together?"

Su Qinqin groaned.

Mrs. Hu scratched her head, and the more she listened, the more distressed she became.

"Oops, no matter, I'm going back, I'm too tired today."

"Xiao Zhong, you haven't slept well in the past few days, let's rest, if your master is related to the palace, it should be fine."

Xiao Zhong also breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the master was doing things for the palace, not secretly doing illegal things, he was indeed a lot more relieved.

"Hmm!"

nodded, sent away a few sisters, and then closed the shop, he really didn't sleep well these days, and planned to make up for it.

Step into the inner room.

A ghost-faced man sat quietly on the bed and watched him.

The sleepiness that Xiao Zhong had just risen immediately disappeared!

When did this man come in!

"Everyone's gone?"

The ghost-faced man stroked the long sword in his hand, which was slightly unsheathed, emitting a dazzling fierce light.

Xiao Zhong was stunned and nodded solemnly.

"Don't be nervous, someone asked me to ask you something."

"Of course, you can also not answer."

But the long sword was unsheathed by three points.

"You...... You say......"

Xiao Zhong felt that his lower body was trembling, but he couldn't control it.

"Are the fireworks ready?"

Xiao Zhong was shocked.

"Are you...... The people of that night? ”

That night, on the shore of Changming Lake, a man in black also asked him about this fireworks business.

The ghost-faced man's eyes were cold, as if he was about to eat him at any moment.

"I ask you questions, and you just have to answer."

"It's coming."

"How much longer?"

Xiao Zhong thought about it in his head.

"Within seven days, it can be delivered."

"To whom?"

Xiao Zhong shook his head.

"The man will come and fetch it."

"Click!"

Xiao Zhong only felt a sore neck, and then his brain went blank and fell down.

In the palace, a team of officers and soldiers came to the armory with the old bell.

There is a secret door in the armory made of metal.

"Boom!"

The secret door was opened by the trap, and inside the secret door, it was pitch black.

An officer and soldier walked in with a torch, but was caught by Lao Zhong, and the officer and soldier were about to scold him, but they were slapped by the accompanying captain.

"Don't want to die? Extinguished! ”

The captain said fiercely.

Everyone extinguished their torches and walked into the secret door, and then they only saw a mountain of black pills, occupying almost the entire dark room.

"Wow! I've saved a lot! ”

The captain looked at the old bell with a smirk.

"It's all here?"

Old Bell Road

"That's not clear, but after so many years, it's almost."

The captain laughed

"Almost? These are enough to blow up the capital to the bottom. ”

The old bell shook his head

"At most blow up a street."

The captain said

"Can't you do it this much?"

Lao Zhong glanced at him disdainfully, and for the layman, Lao Zhong was reluctant to explain too much.

The captain looked at him and didn't care.

"All move out."