Late at night.

The night sky was faintly misty but clear, the stars were twinkling, and a crescent moon hung diagonally on the big side.

There was peace in the world, and even the autumn insects that liked to scream the most seemed to be asleep.

Luo Bing sat on the ground, leaning against the Diao Dou flagpole next to the arch, his eyes fixed on the pure night sky, looking at his expression, as if he was waiting for something.

He has already turned over all the places that can be found in Dali Temple and the places that can be turned over, but he has not found anything.

Taking advantage of this bright and hazy moonlight, the two of them turned over the official settlements, and most of the high-ranking officials in the court and the central government lived near the Minghua Temple in Luoyang.

Luo Bing and Chu Qiuyan arrived quickly, looking around, from time to time there were night patrol officers and soldiers passing by, looking for a lot of time, tired and sweating, but did not find the slightest clue. Luo Bing sighed: "That's it, we'll look for it tomorrow." If we don't have a clue tomorrow morning, we will go to the major gunpowder factories in Luoyang to investigate. ”

The two returned as they were told, found a hostel to rest for the night, and the next day, the two went their separate ways to check on several Luoyang gunpowder factories.

The gunpowder factories were all over Luoyang, and some were even on the outskirts of the city, and the two of them walked more than three places each, spending many days, and reunited on the afternoon of the third day.

Luo Bing said: "There is nothing suspicious in the three rooms I have seen. ”

Chu Qiuyan said: "I don't see it. It's just that where Princess Anle lives, a lot of gunpowder has been added for no reason. ”

Luo Bing has lived in the Criminal Department for a long time, and he has a deep understanding of all the princes and ministers, and said at the moment: "There are six gunpowder factories in Luoyang, but they do not include Princess Anle's mansion. To say that the gunpowder in Princess Anle's residence has increased, although it is strange, Princess Anle and Wulin can't do these things that are really unacceptable. ”

Chu Qiuyan smiled bitterly: "Then there is no doubt." ”

Luo Bing was at a loss, but he nodded on his face, and pondered: "For today's plan, the only way to go is to guard near the Siku." Rong Ku told me that the gunpowder there in Siku was lit by the Demon Sect Protector. The two of us are hiding in the dark, and we shouldn't go wrong if we sneak up on the Demon Protector as soon as we see it. Chu Qiuyan nodded.

At dusk, the two of them went to the vicinity of Siku, found a nearby big tree, and the two flew up to lie down, and at this moment, officials have returned to their residences one after another. A large number of officers and soldiers followed, and although it was only a routine inspection, it was not realistic to secretly bury gunpowder here.

After squatting for a long time, Luo Bing felt that the possibility of this piece being buried was very small, and the two decided to go around to the upper study.

It took a lot of effort for Luo Bing and Chu Qiuyan to escape the search of the officers and soldiers.

Luo Bing took Chu Qiuyan around in a big circle, then found a big house and lay down on the roof. Chu Qiuyan asked, "Can you see the entire upper study here?"

Luo Bing smiled: "Of course, let's wait patiently." Ouyang Qing and Rong Ku are going to make a big fuss about the palace tonight. ”

Tang Suzong had just finished doing it with a concubine, and he was refreshed, and he had just fallen asleep. The emperor has been a diligent gentleman in recent days, working day and night, not to mention leisure people, etc., even his favorite Bao Ziyun doesn't even look at it.

On the third watch, the emperor had just fallen asleep, but was awakened by a deafening shout: "There are assassins!"

Emperor Suzong was angry and turned over twice, but the shouting outside became louder and louder, and he couldn't sleep at all, so he sat up.

Suddenly, a figure flashed, and someone knocked on the window. The emperor was shocked and shrank under the bed. Then I heard Bao Ziyun's hysterical shouting from a distance: "Escort! Escort!"

I only heard a soft voice coming: "I am the concubine Niangniang! Holy Lord, why did you kill me, what did I do wrong!"

It's been almost 20 years since Ma Weiyi Bai Aya killed the concubine, and now that he heard that the concubine was back, how could he not be afraid?

There was a soft sound, and it seemed that someone was knocking on the door. "Squeak......" The door opened by itself. Emperor Suzong is actually fifty years old, but he has lived under Xuanzong for too long, and he is even more afraid of Ma Weiyi's history.

At this time, his heart was broken, he knelt beside the bed, kowtowed again and again, and exclaimed: "Guifei Niangniang, I can't stand you! You can go with peace of mind, I will definitely build a temple for you and promote it overseas!"

"Yang Guifei" cried: "It was you and your father who killed me." Holy Lord, if you don't seek justice for me, I won't be blind to death!" Suddenly, there were a few soft sounds, all the doors and windows were opened, and gusts of wind whistled in, and pieces of paper and clothes flew in the room.

Su Zong was just so frightened that he cried bitterly, and kowtowed desperately: "I must punish myself severely and repair the temple for you." Mother, you can't come to the study anyway!"

Suddenly, I heard a loud shout outside: "Protect the emperor!" Then the footsteps became louder and louder, vaguely mixed with the screams of people. Then Bao Ziyun's voice sounded at the door: "Your Majesty, the slave led the inner guards and came to the rescue!"

Su Zong was overjoyed, but his legs were soft, he collapsed on the edge of the bed, and said astringently: "Bao Ziyun, you are still loyal." You are not allowed to go, protect me here!"

Bao Ziyun looked at the dozens of masters in green shirts behind him, and his face was embarrassed: "Your Majesty, your safety ......is in danger" Su Zong's face sank like water, and he jumped like thunder: "Didn't you hear? Niangniang is back, back! It was my father and Li Guangbi's idea to kill him in the first place, don't leave me half a step?"

Bao Ziyun pretended to be frightened and knelt on the ground: "The saint is wise, and the slave knows that he is wrong." The corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a strange smile, and these forbidden soldiers were only a palm in the eyes of the masters.

The mansion near Siku is a huge banyan tree.

Luo Bing and Chu Qiuyan guarded until the third watch, and drank four pots of wine on behalf of Luo Bing, and then saw several figures rushing into the alley.

Luo Bing stretched and said with a smile: "It's here." "Eight steps to catch the cicada" jumped down lightly, Chu Qiuyan followed behind, the two of them were like the wind, condescending, Luo Bing didn't do much, but Chu Qiuyan knocked down one person as soon as he made a move, which surprised Luo Bing.

The other two were immediately startled, and when they turned around, Luo Bing could see clearly that they were two of the Demon Sect Protectors.

Demon Sect Protector, powerful in the last time the whole manpower round attack and defense, as well as the sharp outer door blade. At this moment, it was two against two, there was no formation, let alone weapons, and these two people were also injured by Ouyang Qing's broken arm.

In just a moment, Luo Bing and Chu Qiuyan had already taken each other down, but Luo Bing said in his heart that Chu Qiuyan's kung fu was still much higher than himself.

Luo Bing said with a smile: "Lao Tzu is like a god, and once he gets out of the horse, he will never be wrong." Then he added a few fingers to the three of them, and Chu Qiuyan mentioned two of them each, and stuffed them back to the top of the tree.

Luo Bing took off all the things on the three of them, inspected them, and found that they were some gunpowder, and said with a smile: "It's stupid." This little bit of gunpowder is possible to blow up two walls, and you want to send the house to the sky together, what are you dreaming?"

Luo Bing knew that the Demon Sect Protectors were all tough guys, and they didn't chirp crookedly last time they broke their arms, and their mouths were very tight, and Chu Qiuyan was beside them, so it was inconvenient to torture them. Anyway, the overall situation has been decided, and at the moment, all the joints of the limbs of the three of them were pulled off, and they were put into the sleeping holes, stuffed into the branches on the top of the tree, and then returned to the roof, lay down side by side with Chu Qiuyan, and counted the stars half-asleep.

It was late at night, and Luo Bing only felt tiredness and fell asleep. I don't know how long it took in a haze, and I suddenly heard Chu Qiuyan shouting: "Brother Luo, sunrise!"

Luo Bing reluctantly opened his eyes, only to see a few hints of reddish among the white clouds in the distance, a shining sun, revealing a small half of his face, and said with a smile: "Isn't it the sesame oil fried egg of "Donglin Zhai"? The snow-white is the egg white, and there is a big egg yolk shining in the middle. If you want to see it, I'll go back and fry a big spiced egg for you. ”

Chu Qiuyan smiled and said, "Burn the qin and cook the crane." No matter how beautiful things are, they will be ugly in your mouth. ”

Luo Bing looked sideways, Chu Qiuyan sat with his knees crossed, staring into the distance, his face exuded a soft brilliance under the rising sun, he was unusually beautiful, but he was much thinner, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Sister Yan, you are really beautiful." But also much thinner. ”

Chu Qiuyan pursed his lips and smiled: "What nonsense are you talking about." Luo Bing only felt a burst of confusion and hurriedly calmed down.

Luo Bing saw that her eyebrows and eyes were slightly red, and she felt sorry in her heart, and was about to say something to comfort her, when she suddenly heard a "rumbling" sound, and the ground shook. The two of them were sitting on the roof of a large house, but there were also tiles on it that were shaken to the ground.

Luo Bing said in his heart: "Isn't there another earthquake?" Last time in the mountain cabin, Chu Qiuyan almost died helplessly, and this time there was a sudden natural disaster, Luo Bing couldn't help but be very nervous, and grabbed Chu Qiuyan.

There was a loud bang, and it seemed to be a muffled thunder between heaven and earth.

In the northeast, the sky is covered with dust. Luo Bingqi said: "What is this?"

Luoyang Shangshu landlord's courtyard, Bao Ziyun's temporary resting place.

Rong Ku leaned against the corner, still asleep. In the corner of the wall was a butterfly blue skirt and a gracefully carved mask, which was used to pretend to be a concubine just now.

Ouyang Qing, Nan Yunfei, and Kong Yuan had already woken up and sat aside, waiting for the Heavenly Demon's command.

Nanyun Fei said: "I didn't expect that there were so many good players in the palace, all of which I had never heard of. If it weren't for Bao Ziyun taking away a large number of people, we would definitely not be able to escape. ”

Ouyang Qing said with a smile: "How can this Tang Suzong come out of life and death with such courage that Rong Ku knocked on his doors and windows with a stone in the distance, I saw that he was so frightened that he knelt beside the bed and kowtowed repeatedly, it was really funny." ”

Suddenly, there was a deafening bang, and the earth shook violently. Rong Ku woke up and saw the dust in the distance, and couldn't help but wonder: "What happened?"

Several people were sweating in their palms and shook their heads.

Suddenly, there was another wave of roars, and it was really like the sky was falling apart.

Ouyang Qing stood up straight, at this moment, with Ouyang Qing's skills, he waited for thirty people to wait for him to get close, let alone put him down, but at this moment, he was overturned to the ground. Streams of smoke and clouds drifted in, the sky was dark, and the surrounding houses were constantly collapsing, if it weren't for the fact that several people here were all top martial arts, dodging everywhere, they would definitely be buried alive under them.

After a long time, the sky was a little brighter, and the roar had subsided.

Rong Ku said: "In the northeast." Let's take a look. ”

The four of them walked forward for a while, only to find that Luoyang East Lake had almost become a rubble. The houses near the Shendu are sturdy, and there are still places where they have collapsed, not to mention the rest of the place, which is almost hell on earth.

Scum the size of a grain of rice flew and splashed in the air, and from time to time severed limbs fell in the air, some of which had been charred black. Ouyang Qing, Rong Ku and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Ouyang Qing frowned, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that a large number of people are coming." And cavalry. ”

Rong Ku said: "I heard the sound like it came from the northeast." Could it be that someone made a rebellion and broke through the east gate with gunpowder? The sound of horses' hooves was very loud, and I am afraid that there were tens of thousands of iron horsemen. ”

Thinking that a huge disaster would happen in Luoyang, several people's faces changed. With these four people, no master can defeat them, but if thousands of troops and horses come together, there will be no chance to escape, and a wave will be wiped out.

Just as he was hesitating, there was a call from men and women in front of him: "Elephant!" "Run!" Although I couldn't see the crowd yet, I thought of men, women, children, and families, all of them were panicked and desolate.

Ouyang Qing said suddenly: "Princess Anle's house is set up with an elephant room, but it has collapsed. The elephants fled in a hurry, sounding like horses' hooves. ”

Rong Ku said: "The elephant herd is extremely dangerous to step on. Let's find a way not to let the elephant herd rush into the center of Luoyang, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Kong Yuan clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, we should put the people first, and not let the lives be ruined?"

Ouyang Qing waved his hand and said, "Since Rong Ku is helping the Heavenly Demon to do things, everyone can be regarded as a boat." In the past, don't worry about it. ”

Ouyang Qing and Rong Ku have never been on good terms, but at this moment, everyone knows that if they are embarrassed by each other, they are embarrassed by themselves.

Rong Ku walked around and said, "Look over there, there is a stone lion, let's move over and block the intersection, it should be able to block the elephant herd for a while." ”

The four of them walked over as they said, but saw a man and a woman standing next to the stone lion. The woman was bending over and vomiting, and the man was Luo Bing!

Rong Ku shouted, "Luo Bing, why are you here?" Luo Bing raised his head and saw Ouyang Qing. Looking at each other, both of them took a step back.

Ouyang Qing said: "The grievances of the past are not in this moment. Today, let's think about blocking the elephant herd. As he spoke, he turned his eyes and saw Chu Qiuyan, who was vomiting repeatedly, and his falcon-like gaze flashed in his eyes.

Luo Bing said: "I don't know where this stone lion came from, it's so heavy and bizarre, I can't shake it even half a point when Chu Qiuyan joins forces." With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he added: "A fist fell from the sky and hit her in the head, and then she vomited like this." ”

Ouyang Qing saw that the crowd had passed, and the ground rumbled louder, probably the elephant herd was about to arrive, so he said, "Okay, without further ado, let's move the stone lion over first." ”

Luo Bing patted Chu Qiuyan on the back and asked her to shoot together. The six of them joined forces, and Ouyang Qing shouted, "Get up!" The six of them exerted all their strength, and the stone lion trembled and moved off the ground.

Ordinary stone lions, about more than 300 catties, except for Chu Qiuyan is a female streamer, everyone here can hold it up with one hand. Even those big stone lions with special purposes are generally only a thousand catties, and Ouyang Qing, Luo Bing, and Rong Ku can also hold them. But seeing that the six of them worked together, it still took a lot of work, and this stone lion was only afraid of weighing 3,000 catties.

The six of them struggled to move the stone lion to the middle of the road, Ouyang Qing said: "Let go!" The six of them let go together, and with a loud bang, the stone lion fell to the ground.

Rong Ku gasped and said, "What's the matter, where is such a heavy stone lion?" Ouyang Qing frowned, and said solemnly: "I know what this thing is." ”

Luo Bing was deeply jealous of him, and pulled Chu Qiuyan to sit down far away, but when he heard this, he still asked, "What do you say?"

Ouyang Qing said: "There is only one stone lion in the world that has this weight. That is the evil stone lion of Yuci Town on the street of the horse. It looks like a stone, but inside it contains black iron, black gold, and other things. ”

Luo Bing frowned and said, "No, this is the East Gate, half a mile away from Horse Street, who has the ability to move this thing over?"

Ouyang Qing shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid it's not manpower." It can be seen from this that the cataclysm of Shicai is so terrifying. Seeing that everyone was discussing this, Rong Ku couldn't help but say, "The elephant herd is about to arrive, what are we doing here?" Leave here first, and then go to investigate the situation when it is completely safe." ”

The group walked around the city in a big circle, and the smoke was filled, although it was not a stretch of hand and five fingers, but it was not easy to see the people around them.

Everyone walked a long distance and found a tall and solid room, which finally blocked some of the dust, but Luo Bing and Chu Qiuyan didn't know when to leave.

Everyone knew it, Ouyang Qing didn't ask much, the four of them rested until noon, and saw that Luoyang was gradually calming down, so they walked in the north direction, and this time they must find out.

At this time, all the troops around Luoyang had been dispatched to pacify the people and prevent riots. The previous elephant plague was gone, and the panicked crowd was no longer visible, except for rubble and rubble, buried in the ground, or charred carcasses. From time to time, there were wails and the struggles of the dying and their cries for help.

Ouyang Qing frowned and said, "The further you go to the northeast, the stronger the smell of gunpowder becomes, could it be that the gunpowder factory exploded?"

Nan Yunfei shook his head and said, "Never." Heading north, there is only one Anle Palace, how could such an earth-shattering explosion be caused? How could it cause such a big movement and cause so much damage?

Kong Yuan said: "Gunpowder may just be a reason. Let's see. ”

Further north, it was already a scorched earth, and Ouyang Qing estimated that he had arrived at the Anle Palace, but it was full of charcoal ash, and there was no trace of the original appearance.

Rong Ku spread his hands and said: "There is nothing to be done." Can't check. Ouyang Qing clenched his fists and slammed them on the ground: "What kind of disaster is it that took away so many lives?"

There are no traces, no clues, no witnesses, everything is not like manpower.

The sky was getting dark, and gray stars had appeared in the dim sky.

Luo Bing did not find the explosives, nor did he find the perpetrator, he had been looking for a day, he had not eaten a single thing, he had not drunk a drop of water.

His lips were chapped, the soles of his shoes had been punctured by sharp stones, and every muscle in his calves was tingling.

But he was still looking for it, and although Chu Qiuyu had persuaded him countless times, he couldn't listen to him.

Of course, you have to look for it, no matter what, even if you find heaven, hell, Daoshan, and oil pot, you have to find it.

But where to find it?

But how can you not look for it?

The hatred in Luo Bing's heart turned to his face, and the corners of his mouth were already bleeding.