Book 59: Chapter 3: Due to an Unexpected Turn of Events (1/2)
Book 59: Chapter 3: Due to an Unexpected Turn of Events
The two boys leaped into the Situ Mansion’s backyard; immediately the alarood!’ inwardly, shi+ Zhixuan walked out of his hiding and blocked the two boys’ path His pair of eyes burning, he sized the two boys up and down, and spoke in heavy voice, “Where did you go?”
The two mused inwardly that luckily they did not have the least bit of kerosene smell on their body; otherwise their secret would be immediately revealed However, the two boys were still baffled and had a headache, because it would not be easy to h this question, not to , whose outstanding wisdo saw the flickering lights in the direction of theshi+dao and the others were all awakened by their first artillery shell In fact, in the entire City of Chang’an, soldiers and civilians alike were awakened His heart hed and said, “We were sleeping soundly, suddenly ere awakened by the ‘Peng! Peng! Bang! Bang!’ from the Imperial Palace, without any better option, ent out to see what happened”
Beyond the two boys’ expectation, shi+ Zhixuan was slightly led by their lies; looking up at the night sky, he said, “What did you see?”
Xu Ziling shook his head and said, “Fires are raging in the East Palace, explosions are frequent, but we still don’t knohat happened”
Muttering to hie!”
Kou Zhong spoke in astonish came here, it must be because you suspected that the culprit in the East Palace had so to do with us How co believes fir applauded inwardly Speaking about the ability to tell lies and cover up, even if he slapped the horse’s butts, he still could not catch up with Kou Zhong For exaic On the contrary, it was indeed strange that it was so easy for shi+ Zhixuan to trust thehost in his heart
shi+ Zhixuan’s gaze fell on Kou Zhong’s face, he spoke indifferently, “My first thought was that the big explosion in the palace must be related to the two of you, hence I rushed to Yin Mansion at full speed to see if you, two boys would drill out of the tunnel However, I happened to see Li Yuan and his attendance co to the palace Every time Li Yuan enters and exits the tunnel, he is escorted by his personal guards, no one can enter through the tunnel Therefore, this has washed away the suspicion toward you”
The two boys cried, ‘Close call!’ inwardly, while also cried ‘What a good luck’ When they left, shi+ Zhixuan must have been on his way to coht theoods in their hands
shi+ Zhixuan see the solution [idiom: puzzled] by the explosion in the East Palace; he knitted his brows for quite a while, and suddenly said, “Xibai will coood rest”
Kou Zhong hurriedly said, “Xie wang, please hold on, this kid still has soentle, he said, “Speak!”
Even Xu Ziling did not knohy Kou Zhong wanted this deuess what he wanted to ask shi+ Zhixuan even more; therefore, full of curiosity, he listened with rapt attention
Kou Zhong said, “Did Xie wang learn the secret of the tunnel leading into the palace from Yin Zuwen?”
shi+ Zhixuan smiled and said, “That is precisely the same question in shi+’s heart; how did you find out about this secret tunnel?”
Kou Zhong replied frankly, “We were able to discover the tunnel, it was all thanks to Li Yuan ichun’s place to steal Zhan Ziqian’s fa him from behind, it’s that sih shi+ Zhixuan’s pair of eyes, he said, “Seeing that you are so frank, I don’t need to conceal anything either I found the tunnel fro Yin Zuwen kept it a secret from me, humph!”
The two boys understood that thebecause of Yin Zuwen, immediately they put down the load in their mind”
shi+ Zhixuan spoke heavily, “Such a headless monster fire appeared in the East Palace, it will definitely affect our operation adversely You must be a bit more cautious, before the operation, you must never touch that secret tunnel”
Finished speaking, he flashed over the wall and left
Kou Zhong put his hand on Xu Ziling’s shoulder; while walking towards the inner hall, he sighed and said, “Our thinking was not thorough enough, we never thought that shi+ Zhixuan would have such a move Fortunately, due to an unexpected turn of events, we passed this barrier Toift Ha! Tonight, it was entirely due to Song ErGe’s re, the dreams many’ that ere able to reverse the whole situation”
The next day the two boys entered the palace, harboring ulterior motive in their bosom In the Palace City, the Imperial City, the atrave; clearly their heavy, frightened and confused ht’s disaster
They went to see Cheng Mo; this i on today! All activities in the palace are cancelled, you can take off work early”
Hearing that, the two boys were greatly delighted, they never expected that they would receive such a relevant benefit
Pretending to be ignorant, Kou Zhong asked, “What happened last night? We were so scared that we ju a frank, won’t-conceal-anything-to-you-brother, Cheng Mo lowered his voice and said, “About this matter, you ht, there was a sudden big fire in the East Palace’s Ju Bao Dian, burning it until not a single roof tile was spared It even injured htasked in surprise, “How can there be any fire without any reason? It even created ‘Peng! Peng! Bang! Bang!’ noise?”
Cheng Mo revealed a shocked expression, he said, “Luckily you are asking , but youalready issued strict order not to talk about thisasked, “Did the ene Mo shook his head and said, “That’s impossible If you want to suspect anybody, you can only suspect that there is an inner ghost [mole/traitor] Most probably it was an accident”
Knowing that he would not get anything fro bade farewell and slipped aith Xu Ziling
It was unclear whether Fu Ju Lou was affected by what happened in the palace last night, but the croas sparser than usual Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were happy for the peace and quiet They sat down at the table by theoverlooking He Chang Long to eat their breakfast
Kou Zhong spoke cheerfully, “The thunder of our first artillery shell last night echoed throughout the world, it has more impact than any rureatwe cannot do; those who do not know the facts believe that Laotianye wants to put Li Jiancheng in order, that it is a warning and an ill oht, it has a hundred benefits without a single har shook his head and said, “Don’t take things so easily In fact, we are facing the greatest risk yet As long as there is the slightest , ill have to pack our bag and leave before we finish eating”
Full of confidence, Kou Zhong said, “Don’t worry! Gongzhu has the appropriate behavior, Li Shentong has been in n with Li shi+ of the current political situation, he is also very clear about the forether, plus I have had great kindness to hi his life When the soldiers were at the city walls in Luoyang, he was still willing to show co us with kind words I have the confidence to win hiet the appoint said
Kou Zhong took a sip of the hot tea, he s about Li Jiancheng’s reaction; I want to see if he is suspicious of the strange fire last night? How could he forget? Hey! While we have a bit of ti and report our accoo on Zha Jie, that kid’s behalf to see if hiscast his gaze toward He Chang Long, he said, “I wonder if Yang WenGan will change his course of action?”
Last night they obtained infore went to the wharf area north of Yong An Canal at dusk, and have not returned to He Chang Long
Kou Zhong said, “If he goes, he will throay his life, if he stays, he is only waiting for us to slaughter him Ay! You don’t kno hard it is for ’an that I want to kill”
Xu Ziling nodded and said, “Xiaodi deeply felt the sareat plans can be ruined by just a touch of i that he wanted to say so asked in astonish?”