The Longest Day in Chang’an - Chapter 66

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“Aren’t girls afraid?” He narrowed his eyes.

“It’s useless to be afraid anyway, isn’t it?”

Zhang Xiaojing laughed, feeling that the boredom in his chest had eased a little. He gave Xu Hezi another hand and returned to the driver.

At this time, the car was approaching the square of Xingqing Palace. It is still some time before the lamp is pulled out, and the entrances are still closed by the Longwu Army. Many people gathered here in line early to wait for the entrance. That Taishang Xuanyuan headlight tower stood tall not far away, with candlelight looming in it, and many people shaking.

Zhang Xiaojing observed for a while and said, “Okay, stop here.”

The carriage stopped at a corner dozens of steps away from the entrance. Zhang Xiaojing jumped out of the car before stopping. He was about to leave, and Xu Hezi’s voice came softly from behind: “Senior Master Jing’an, come on.”

Zhang Xiaojing stopped and told him, “You better leave now, the farther away from Xingqing Palace, the better.” After saying this, he hurried away.

When he walked away, the driver dared to touch his neck and scolded: “This foolish goods!” Xu Hezi put down Li Qiang, two Daimei frowned gently: “I think we should listen to him.” The mother-in-law climbed up from the ground and said, “Girl, you are confused, do you believe this nonsense about a knifed ghost?”

Xu Hezi looked at the back view in the distance and sighed softly: “I believe. I have never seen a person’s eyes, so desperate.”

Zhang Xiaojing did not know these episodes after he left, and was not interested. He was already lining up among the people lining up and slowly approaching the square.

In a place not too far away, there was music from the building of Qinzheng Affairs, and the Shangyuan Spring Banquet continued. Many people came to the square just to listen to this voice and smell the smell of Zhen Wei, which would make them feel like they were invited to the banquet.

Only Zhang Xiaojing’s attention was placed on Long Wujun. As he expected, the security of the square was loose and tight on the outside, and it was extremely strict. The earthworms must have obtained the craftsmanship and pretended to be a craftsman.

It is impossible to go directly through the customs, and will be killed on the spot. Zhang Xiaojing considered seeking high-level warnings from Long Wujun in the past, but there was no evidence in his hand. Datang officials’ attitude towards a death row prisoner wanted by the city—Zhang Xiaojing didn’t know the situation has changed at this time—no one knows better than him.

A sigh slipped out of Zhang Xiaojing’s mouth. Li, Yao, Xu, Tanqi, Yisi and others were all gone. The Wanglou system had collapsed. Now he is a real lonely man. No one supports, no one believes, and no one even knows what he is doing. The one who accompanied him to this step was only the bronze medal of Jing Ansi in the waist.

Zhang Xiaojing reached out his hand and dusted his eye sockets.

He glanced at the Qinzheng Government Building again, left the team silently, walked in the opposite direction, and quickly flashed into the gate of Taozheng Square.

Daozhengfang is located on the south side of the south square of Xingqing Palace. When Xingqingfang was expanded into a palace, it invaded a part of Taozhengfang area, so the two were very close. Because of this, the Long Wujun also stationed a group of soldiers here to prevent traitors from occupying high ground. However, they were not so focused on the low-lying areas and did not close the entire area.

After entering the square, Zhang Xiaojing avoided all the patrols of the Longwu Army, went straight east, passed through the mansion where the rich households lived, and came to a depression where the trees were forested. There is a fish pond with scattered water in the middle of the depression. The rain ditch on both sides of Fangzhong Street flows here, and then drains into Longshou Canal through a sheep ditch.

It was just early spring and the fish pond dried up. Zhang Xiaojing carefully touched the bottom of the pool to the bottom of the pool, and then groped forward along the sheep ditch. When he was about to reach the main stream of Longshouqu, he crouched down and touched a long drain pottery pipe at the edge of the drain. The pottery tube was very long and walked parallel to the Longshou Canal. Finally, Zhang Xiaojing was led to a black-painted entrance under the canal embankment, with four dragon-scale water diversion columns standing in between.

This was the big secret Chao Fang told him before he left.

Although Taishang Xuanyuan Lamp Building was designed by Mao Shun, it never changed. Chao pointed out that if you want the lights in the building to be automatic, you have to introduce hydraulic power. Longshouqu is just a few dozen steps south of Xingqing Palace, and Mao Shun can’t fail to use it. The most likely way is to dig a dark ditch perpendicular to the channel under the Longshou Canal, lead the water under the lamphouse, push the pivot to provide power.

Chao has calculated that the volume of water on the Xuanyuan Light Tower on the ether is bound to be huge. In addition, it is convenient for the craftsman to repair the silt. This dark ditch will be dug wide enough to barely allow one person to pass.

In this way, Zhang Xiaojing does not have to cross the square, and can go straight from the tunnel to the heart of the light tower.

The surface of this dragon scale water column is a layer of scale-like protrusions. If someone tries to squeeze through the gap between the two pillars, they will be caught by the scales, unable to move, can’t even retreat, even if they apply oil on their bodies.

However, Chao Fen made preparations early, and he sent a straight handle horse tooth file to Zhang Xiaojing. Zhang Xiaojing quickly filed off a dragon scale water column and squeezed it in. Sure enough, inside is a brick pipe that allows a person to bend forward, and the water from the Longshou Canal flows into the cave, making a loud noise.

Zhang Xiaojing soaked his body in the water, raised his head, pressed a crossbow machine in his waist against the upper edge of the pipe, and walked forward step by step. The crossbow machine was also given to Chao. When he saw that Zhang Xiaojing did not accept the knife, he sent such a special crossbow that could shoot four times in a row. Chao Fen was full of hope that Zhang Xiaojing could create another “beauty” with a crossbow.

After walking dozens of steps, the pipeline suddenly widened, and the front became an underground space like a palace. The water channel flows in the middle of the underground palace. There are three large wooden wheels on each side of the channel, which are pushed by the water and rotate continuously, crunching in the dark. This should be the bottom floor of Taishang Xuanyuan Lamp Building, as well as the place to provide power for hundreds of lamp figurines. Above the dome, there is also a peculiar horse mouth, I do not know what it does.

Datang Tianzi spent a lot of money for a lantern building that only lit up for three days at the Shangyuan node.

Zhang Xiaojing climbed up from the water, simply twisted the corner of the water, and looked carefully in front of him in the light. He saw a simple wooden door at the end of the underground palace, which seemed to be connected by a staircase-this should be the passage to and from the underground palace. A torch hangs from the top of the door to provide limited light to the entire underground palace.

At the edge of the torch’s light, there seemed to be several figures standing. Zhang Xiaojing put the crossbow machine down and touched it lightly. As he approached, he smelled a strong **** smell in his nose.

Zhang Xiaojing suppressed his breath and looked closely again, and found that the figures were not standing, but leaning against a few wooden boxes, all of them were iron-green, and they had died in anger. These people are wearing brown short robes and waterproof rattan shoes, and should be the craftsmen responsible for caring for the waterwheel.

Beside them, stood a sturdy man in tights, playing with a knife in his hand.

Zhang Xiaojing was shocked, and the Cricket had invaded the lamp tower.

At this moment a footstep sounded from the other side of the waterwheel, and a tall, thin man came out of the shadows, his pace was easy, and his mouth was still humming a minor. But the light was dim and I couldn’t see my face. The sturdy man put away his knife and respectfully said, “Mr. Long Bo, it’s all cleared here.”

The tall, thin man walked past the row of corpses casually, twitching a few words, not to say regret or appreciation.

Upon hearing the name, Zhang Xiaojing moved. Long Bo? The guy Jingjing Si searched for hard finally appeared. At first, they thought Longbo was only an inside of the Turkic Wolf Guard. Now it seems that he is clearly the leader of the black hand and the cricket behind the scenes.

Zhang Xiaojing narrowed his eyes, bowed his waist and prepared to go. Waiting for Long Bo to approach the door and walk to the edge of the torch light. Zhang Xiaojing first raised his hand and shot the torch down the door. Then, using the moment of light and dark changes, he suddenly kicked with his right foot and rushed over at an extremely fast speed.

The formidable man hit an arrow on his forehead and throat, and fell to the ground. Zhang Xiaojing pounced on Long Bo, pushed him to the ground, and pressed his temple with his crossbow.

The torch rolled a few times on the ground and did not go out. Zhang Xiaojing flashed away, and with the help of the torch light, he saw a skinny face and an eagle nose. At the same time, the other party also saw his face clearly.

“Yo, big head, don’t come unharmed.” Long Bo grinned and smiled.