"Your Highness, there is a major discovery, and the last general will not dare to move it, please move to the backyard and make a decision. ”

After leaving a stick of incense, the guard officer returned to the hall and said to Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan nodded, got up and followed the guard officer through the corridor to the backyard with Chen Qiding Muxi, and then followed the main road in the courtyard to the main house in the backyard.

Outside the main room is the living room, and inside is a bedroom, and at this moment there are two guards standing in front of the door of the bedroom.

The guard officer led Ji Xuan and the three of them directly into the bedroom, and then came to the messy bed and squatted down, pointing to a square wooden box nearly a foot high next to the bed and said, "This is full of gunpowder." ”

When the three of them heard this, they were all shocked, and immediately squatted down to check.

The three of them looked through the dim light, and the inside of the box was black powder, and a short rope was peeking out of one of the bottom corners of the box.

The three of them stood up, and Ji Xuan asked the guard officer, "How did you find this box?"

The guard officer said: "Because this house is where His Royal Highness lives, and His Royal Highness has told him to carefully inspect every corner of the post house, so he has been inspected very carefully, but this box is sandwiched between two bed boards, which is really difficult to find, and I didn't find it in the first inspection." ”

"But as it happens, my hands were covered with soot when I was checking in the stove, and before I could wash them, I accidentally pressed them on the sheets and pressed a black palm print when I got up. When the sheets were dirty, I ordered them to get a new clean one. ”

"At the same time as removing the sheets, I found that there was something wrong with the edge of the bed board, it should have been moved, so I ordered someone to remove all the bedding on the whole bed, and found that the bed board was thicker than usual. ”

"I found a short thread on the underside of the bed, which I had seen in the army, and knew that it was the lead of gunpowder, so I knew that there must be something in it. After a closer look, I carefully opened the compartment and saw the box. I took out the box and opened it carefully, which verified my previous judgment, and it was gunpowder. ”

The guard officer said as he lifted the futon from the bed, revealing the dismantled bunk bed.

The guard continued: "After discovering this, I will order someone to guard the door, and then I will personally go and report to Your Highness. ”

Ding Muxi said with a smile: "Fortunately, I found out, if Brother Wei didn't sleep on it at night, he would definitely be blown up to the sky." ”

Chen Qi said: "I don't know how they are going to light the fuse." ”

Ji Xuan asked the guard officer, "How many people know about this?"

The guard officer said, "It's just me and the two brothers outside. ”

Ji Xuan said: "Okay, call the two of them in, move this box aside, take care of it, and then we will move the bed together." ”

When the guard heard this, he called the two guards at the door in, and then carried aside the wooden box containing the gunpowder, and then the others carried the bedside again.

The bed was removed, revealing the original floor, and the guard officer took the hilt of his sword and struck each of the tiles under the original bed.

Suddenly, when he struck a floor tile, the sound was different from the previous one, and the guard officer knocked on a few more pieces around the tile, and three of them made the same sound as this one, and the four floor tiles formed exactly a square.

Seeing this, Ji Xuan said, "It should be here, don't open it now, and restore everything in the house to its original state." General Lu, you have been in the army for a long time, you should know something about gunpowder, how much gunpowder is left in this box, and the power generated when it explodes will not hurt the people outside this room. ”

The guard officer stared at the wooden box full of gunpowder, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said, "Leaving Sancheng should not blow up this room." ”

Ji Xuan said: "Okay, then leave Sancheng, put away the rest of the gunpowder, and hide it in a safe place." ”

"Yes!"

The guard officer immediately took two of his men into action.

Chen Qi said: "Their choice to ignite gunpowder in this way must have been well thought out. ”

Ji Xuan said: "Exactly, even if I find that there is an abnormal noise under the bed, I will definitely check it first, instead of leaving this room as soon as possible, I am afraid that the fuse of gunpowder has been ignited at that time, and it will be difficult for me to leave." ”

Chen Qi said: "Exactly, the person they sent is probably also a dead soldier, who ignited the gunpowder as soon as possible, and also dragged you to prevent you from leaving." ”

Ding Muxi said: "What a vicious plan." ”

Ji Xuan smiled: "They really wish I was dead. ”

Chen Qi said: "To be able to make such an arrangement in the post house, this Duan Wende will inevitably participate in it. ”

Ji Xuan said: "I just said that he is my imperial brother's diehard, and when he reaches his territory, he can't do nothing, but he must die." ”

While the three of them were talking, the guard officer and two other soldiers had already restored the bedroom to its original state. After Ji Xuan saw it, he expressed his satisfaction and told him that he could no longer let others know about this matter, and then returned to the main room in the front yard with Chen Qiding Muxi.

After the three of them sat down, Ji Xuan said with a smile: "It seems that we have another fierce battle tonight. ”

Chen Qi said: "Presumably Brother Wei has a plan, you might as well say it, and we will do it." ”

Ji Xuan said: "Since they want to use gunpowder, then let them use it, I will go back to that bedroom later, let them think that I am sleeping in it, let them ignite the gunpowder through the secret passage, remove seventy percent of the amount of medicine, at most it will only blow up that room, but otherwise, it will not attract them." ”

"After the explosion, the people who should appear will definitely appear, because the amount of medicine is reduced, the effect of the explosion must be different from what they imagined, in order to determine my life and death, they must come and verify it in person, if I am killed, they will not move again, if not, they will definitely take advantage of the chaos. ”

"This time they must have a perfect strategy, if they miss a hit, there must be a backhand, we just need to respond to all changes with the same and see how they make a move. ”

Chen Qi said: "This arrangement is very good, I will follow you as a guard, Ximei is hiding in the dark, don't appear until the last resort, let Ah Niu, Uncle Zhao and Sister Yu Hao'er take care of each other together, it's best to hide in a hidden place and don't get involved." ”

Ding Muxi said: "I'll go tell them." With that, he got up and left the room.

When he arrived, Ji Xuan was escorted by the guards to the bedroom in the main hall of the backyard to prepare for rest, he only brought one guard into the room, and the other guards were arranged around the bedroom, and the guard who went in was Chen Qi.

Not long after entering the room, Ji Xuan extinguished the candlestick, and he and Chen Qi sat on the chair in the bedroom, behind which was a hidden window. The two of them waited silently, waiting for a noise to come from under the bed.

There were more than a dozen guards standing around Ji Xuan's bedroom, one guard standing every other zhang on the corridor, the same is true of the front yard, and there are two squads of soldiers patrolling back and forth in the courtyard with torches. This is exactly what Ji Xuan wanted, he wanted to make the enemy feel that the entire post house was heavily guarded.

Except for the guards outside, the rest of the guards did not rest, they hid in every room in the backyard, everyone was on standby, the archers were ready, and the other guards were holding their weapons in their hands.

Ji Xuan was waiting inside the post house, and someone was waiting outside the post house. Ji Xuan was waiting for their arrival, they were waiting for the arrival of the ugly time, waiting for the explosion from the inn.