[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

It's a pity that Xia Anran failed to find out about the black monkey. He was not discouraged, thinking that he might have to go further south to find out. The newly obtained red panda has become his favorite, and Xia Anran doesn't dislike its clumsiness at all. , After trimming its nails, he personally gave it a bath.

After pulling down a pile of dry grass, sand, and bugs, Xia Anran, who changed into a new set of clothes, was finally able to hold Pang Da in her arms happily!

That's right, its name is Panda.

The name is very easy to understand, fat is really fat, it is really hard to understand how to grow so fat after eating bamboo, not to mention Da, who suddenly changed from selling live advertisements to Pingnan Wang's new favorite, isn't it a sign of prosperity.

As a little panda, Panda is a clingy type, and he accepted the fact that he changed his home almost immediately, especially after drinking the milk powder made by Xia Anran.

It may be that all pandas have a special fondness for pots of milk. It was so talented that it immediately learned the correct movement of retracting its paws and hugging its thighs. Waiting for a new pose.

From a mascot that attracts customers to sell bamboo to being treated as a prince's pet is naturally very different. The red panda grows at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In order to prevent this overly active bear from being snatched away one day, Xia Anran also brought it a small collar with a name tag on it.Afterwards, he completely entered the road of no return for the dazzling panda. This behavior made the King of Xiangyang unable to figure out the prince's routine, so he watched this Panda with him everywhere he went to banquets every day.

In order to please King Pingnan, countless merchants praised this black and white bear rolling in the hall without conscience, boasting, boasting, and believing in themselves.

In a blink of an eye, Xia Anran stayed here for half a month, and finally he remembered to leave, and before leaving, the King of Xiangyang naturally had another banquet to see him off.

Xia Anran specially brought the panda there, and asked Pang Da to demonstrate a newly learned bowing skill to the King of Xiangyang.I don't know if it's really because of the cuteness of this furry, or it's just for Xia Anran's face, the whole room is full of boasting.

After making a bow, Fat Da consciously went to Xia Anran to ask for a reward, and when he got a courgette, he gnawed vigorously beside him. Xia Anran looked at him with loving eyes, and took a cloth towel to wipe the bear's mouth. He didn't buy it, took a few steps aside after taking the reward, and ran to the side to play.As the host, Xia Anran had helplessness and connivance on his face, looking like an old father who raised disobedient children.

This behavior caused King Xiangyang's heart to move.

King Pingnan is old, but he has never been married because of various reasons. If he is still imprisoned in Bianjing, it will be unsightly, but at this time he may have escaped from the capital by various means, although it is not known whether he is Still able to regain power in its fief...but might be a worthwhile investment.

King Xiangyang's smile was quite sincere, "This king is from the generation of King Nan, so he presumptuously called himself an uncle." Xia Anran immediately accepted this generation with a smile, and then listened respectfully, "The king of Nan was ill before, and the best thing to do is to take care of him. It is inconvenient to marry a wife, now that His Majesty said that King Nan is already in good health, do you have the idea of ​​choosing a relative?"

Xia Anran was stunned for a moment, and then heard the prince continue to say, "I have a wife and sister, who are twenty-eight years old. Although my status is a little lower, I am smarter. If King Nan doesn't dislike her, I might as well meet her."

Such a frivolous statement is naturally not a mediator, it can only be regarded as sending a noble concubine, and it cannot be regarded as a marriage, at most it can be regarded as more contacts.There are countless similar marriage situations in the court, and it can be regarded as a relatively concealed way to cultivate relationships. If you want to be more convenient, Xia Anran said with a smile: "Thank you, my lord, but I have someone who is in love, so I shouldn't take it lightly." obscenity."

"Oh? It's not just He Fangjiali who is so infatuated with Nanwang," Xiangyang King said without any strangeness on his face, but with a bit of intimate gossip, "I wonder if someone is lucky enough to meet the person Nanwang loves?"

Xia Anran smiled and raised the wine cup, "Let's go with fate," he said with a bit of bitterness on his face, "Now we are separated by thousands of mountains... I don't know when we will meet again..."

Seeing his posture, King Xiangyang narrowed his eagle eyes slightly, feeling that there was something to be explored, and was about to inquire a few more words, when the waiter who came up with a wine bottle came up to his ear and whispered a few words, the man's eyes widened. With a sharp light, he immediately glanced at Xia Anran who was next. The latter was drinking and watching the theater with a face of ignorance, but the drinking speed was a little faster, as if he was using alcohol to relieve his sorrow.

Seeing this, the King of Xiangyang retreated for the time being on the pretext of washing his hands. As soon as he left the banquet, people surrounded the hall, and he was not allowed to leave without permission.He came out with strides, and everyone in the hall didn't know how the situation outside was going on, and seeing Xia Anran drinking alone with his expression on his face trying to be quiet, no one came to disturb him.

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Xiangyang has a relatively high location, surrounded by water on three sides and facing mountains on the other. The Han River in the southeast is a tidal flat, and large ships cannot go ashore. The water depth in the north can be landed.

The moat around Xiangyang City is the widest in Asia, with an average of nearly 200 meters. The entire city is as solid as gold. The Jin army failed in this city several times. It took six years for the city of Xiangyang, which can be said to be the most powerful army on the mainland at that time. Time, it can be seen that it is difficult to chew.

Whether it was the Three Kingdoms era or even the Tang and Northern Song Dynasties, this place is by no means an easy bone to chew. The king of Xiangyang sitting here can be said to have no worries. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zhen can only go here The worst policy - capture the thief first and capture the king first.

If you don't break through from the inside, I'm afraid that if you capture this city, the Song army will be seriously injured and give people an opportunity to take advantage of.

In Xia Anran's carriage, except for the glassware on the top layer, the bottom layer is full of weapons. The weight of the glassware can easily make people think it is extremely heavy. In addition, the weight difference between the wooden box and the carton box, he Only six carriages were used to smuggle almost all the soldiers' weapons mixed into the city.

This time, in order to ensure a one-hit victory, and because of the need to hide weapons, all they brought were bows and crossbows.

And they are all refitted powerful crossbows. This is the product after Zhao Zhen discovered that a large number of crossbow machines in the Song Dynasty had been outflowed and urged the Song Dynasty Military Bureau to modify and strengthen them. For this reason, Xia Anran also contributed his folding crossbow to others for research. After using new steel as raw materials, some parts of the crossbow machine were replaced with steel and brass, which improved its hardness and wear resistance.

The innovation of raw materials has brought about changes in the original things. These crossbow machines that have not yet been mass-produced and put into the battlefield have all been brought here. At this moment, King Xiangyang was targeted by this crossbowman team.

The King of Xiangyang, who was pointed at by nearly a hundred crossbows, was not at all confused. He stood outside the tower and sneered at many people in the world inside, "Presumptuous, I am the heir of Emperor Taizong, and today's uncle, I will be named the King of Xiangyang, and so on." Trespassing on my house and even daring to confront him with a sharp weapon, do you know why this is a crime?"

"Does the King of Xiangyang know what is the crime of colluding with Khitan and Jiaozhi and colluding with rebellious officials to seek the country?" Bao Zheng paced out behind the crowd, "Prince Xiangyang, you are greedy and lustful, you kill innocent people indiscriminately, and you have fornicated foreign countries. He has committed a lot of evil, and now we have the evidence, the evidence is as solid as a mountain, and he will be arrested soon!"

"Oh, who was I at that time? It turned out to be Quanzhi Kaifeng Mansion Baoqing," King Xiangyang smiled coldly, and he slightly raised his jaw with a look of disdain. "Can you come here as an imperial envoy?"

"Exactly!"

"You are an imperial envoy, why don't you kneel down when you see this king?"

"Kneel?" Bao Zheng sneered, his eyes were clear as he stepped forward, "I kneel down to the kings and masters of the world, and kneel down to be loyal and heroic. You are such a chaotic minister and thief, I will not kneel."

"Okay." King Xiangyang reprimanded lightly, instead of being angry, he smiled, "I've heard that you, Bao Zheng, have a tough body, but today I want to see how hard your bones are."

He squinted his eyes, his eyes were fierce, and more than a thousand infantrymen appeared behind him with a wave of his sleeves, "King Pingnan and you are also in the same group?"

He laughed and said, "My nephew is also cruel, and I don't know what promise he made to King Pingnan, but he coaxed that kid to cover him. He almost deceived me, but now King Pingnan is in my hands." ...To tell you the truth, the banquet hall has been heavily surrounded, as long as I give an order, even if I am captured, your lord will not be able to live."

He brushed off his sleeves, and stood with his hands behind his back in a very chic posture, "If I expected it right, then the plan is to use Pingnan King to catch my attention, Bao Zheng, you sneak in with your subordinates, but you are afraid I don’t know, since the day you left Beijing, someone has passed on the information to us, so this time your every move is in my eyes..."

"The only thing I never thought of was that you guys would have the idea of ​​rushing into the skyscraper." The prince snorted, "Although my skyscraper has not been fully built, it is not so easy to break into. I see your injuries It’s not light, it seems that the layout of the organs inside can be improved, but it’s because I didn’t take your life, it’s because I’m not prepared enough.”

"It's just." He showed a sarcasm, "This king is the king of Xiangyang, and the Chongxiao Tower was built in the palace that the late emperor bestowed on me. Bao Qing, you can think about how to give me an explanation?"

"For the crime of trespassing on the prince's mansion, I will plead guilty to His Majesty." Bao Zheng cupped his fists and arched to the east, but his burning eyes never left the King of Xiangyang, "But before that, the King of Xiangyang should return to Beijing with us Explain to the officials why we interfered with the treason alliance signed by the prince and the party Xiang and other vassals in the skyscraper."

"A letter of treason?" King Xiangyang laughed and said, "It's a joke, this king is the first emperor to confer the title of King Xiangyang, and I unite with others to seek my home country. Could it be that you are drunk?

"I think Laiqing took the small letter between me and King Dangxiang as a letter of alliance. I don't need to explain it to you, but today I am in a good mood and drank some wine. Today the moonlight is beautiful, so I will give you some sense of accomplishment." It doesn't matter. Yes, I have a personal relationship with Dang Xiang Wang. He provided me with a good horse, and he asked me to help his father and son reunite. Where is this treasonous alliance letter? In the end, it is just that the king pitied a father who lost his son. "

"How about it, Bao Qing, are you satisfied with this answer?"

"The lord knows why the party member Li Yuanhao is imprisoned in Beijing, but he wants to help him escape and confuse the situation in the west. How many soldiers of the Song Dynasty died when he arrested Li Yuanhao, a sinner. Could such a sinner be a favor for the lord?" Bao Zheng glared. He scolded, "Not only that, but there is also the fact that the prince hired water bandits to destroy the dam to cause floods in Hongze Lake every year. Is this also a favor from the prince?"

"The favor of the prince is at the expense of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. I don't know what to pay the prince for the person who has accepted the favor of the prince, so as to live up to the deep friendship."

"It's so eloquent," King Xiangyang said with a relaxed expression at this time, "But Bao Qing, there are some things, and you haven't reached the level of knowledge yet.

"Okay, this king also gave you some opportunities to delay, but now, this king suddenly doesn't want to wait."

"This king only asks you once, do you want to retreat now, or not?"

"How about retreating? How about not retreating?"

"Retire, the king will not care about it for the time being."

"If you don't retreat, I will ask you to go and apologize to my ancestors." He thought for a while, then smiled and said, "By the way, you should also invite Nanwang to go with you. It can be regarded as worthy of him to accompany you on the journey. The kindness of the play."

"Thank you King Xiangyang for your kindness, but I still have to reject this friendship."

King Xiangyang's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he looked intently, and saw that in the night, the crossbowmen brought by Bao Zheng parted and then joined together, walking step by step from the crowd to the people who should be trapped at the banquet. King Pingnan among them.

Then I saw Nan Wang wearing the prince's full set of normal clothes, walking slowly forward under the night, met his gaze and smiled in his eyes, "My nephew has seen Uncle Wang."

King Xiangyang was silent for a moment, and said, "You are not the one attending the banquet."

"Uncle Wang is wise."

Xia Anran smiled, eyebrows curved, and he glanced at the army behind King Xiangyang, "Uncle Wang just said that he was giving Bao Qing a chance to delay, but in fact it was the opposite? It should be that Bao Qing gave the prince a chance to delay."

"My lord is waiting, it should be the defenders outside the city."

Xiangyang City is a battle city, and there are defenders inside and outside the city, but the army needs a lot of training space, and they are outside the inner city when it is not fighting. Now that the incident happened suddenly, they have to be well-trained and want to come here It also takes some time, and this precious time is what King Xiangyang wants to win.

Now being pierced by Xia Anran, the king of Xiangyang is also calm, he snorts and points to the soldiers behind him, "I don't know what the king of Nan is talking about, I am the king of Xiangyang. The defenders are not for me to mobilize—”

"Uncle Wang is right. You really are not the one who can mobilize the defenders." He was interrupted by Xia Anran before he finished speaking. Before King Xiangyang could show his displeasure, he saw a small bronze medal flashing in King Pingnan's hand. The brilliance of the moonlight almost pierced the eyes of King Xiangyang, Xia Anran slowly raised the bronze soldier talisman in his hand, "Because I mobilized the defenders."

The King of Xiangyang's eyes were about to burst, "Zhu Zi'an dare!"

Xia Anran smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, haven't you discovered it yet?"

"I brought a whole crossbow team."

"In my Great Song Dynasty, non-military soldiers were not allowed to hold crossbows."

"All I brought with me on this trip are imperial imperial guards." The young prince slowly pulled out a scroll of imperial decree from his sleeve and held it high in the sky, "Xiangyang King Zhao Jue, are you still kneeling down to accept the decree?"

"..."

"kneel!"

"kneel!"

"kneel!"

The soldiers around him hit the ground with their shields, and the roar of mountains and waves finally broke the psychological defense line of King Xiangyang. He looked at Xia Anran who was holding the imperial decree, and then at the forbidden army slowly entering behind him in a defensive posture. As well as holding a piece of evidence and lining up the standing martial arts figures, his throat choked, and a series of strange smiles slowly came out of his mouth, Xia Anran felt bad, since it was the enemy's home field, there might be some ambush.

Just as he was about to open his mouth, he saw a crimson figure jumping out of the darkness, leaping in the air, and a cold light appeared in his hand, the King of Xiangyang fell down in response, almost at the same time another figure, like a ghost, appeared from behind the unprepared Xiangyang Drilled out of the team, and rushed into his own camp with the fallen King of Xiangyang engulfed by a few figures.

These two people moved so fast that neither side could react. When they realized that they had been robbed, the generals on King Xiangyang's side panicked instantly. Just as they were about to move, they saw Xia Anran Take two steps forward and unfold the imperial decree "Your Majesty has a decree—"

This action of his immediately made everyone feel at a loss. The soldiers of the King of Xiangyang exchanged a few glances with each other, only to be stunned for a moment.

Seeing this, Xia Anran increased his tone, his brows were furrowed and he sternly reprimanded, "If you don't kneel down, are you really going to be labeled as a rebel?"

"Before you acted according to orders, but now it's not the case. Is it a thief or the common people in this area that you want to defend?"

"Wait, you are a soldier of King Xiangyang, and a soldier of Song Dynasty."

"You have to think about it carefully before you take action!"

Finally, a soldier put down his weapon and knelt down. Two people, scattered individuals led small groups, and finally knelt together here.

Xia Anran concentrated on reading out the crime reduction edict written by Zhao Zhen in advance, and pardoned most of the soldiers who just obeyed orders but did not do evil. Leave temporarily under the escort of the crowd.

After one night, the city of Xiangyang changed.

The King of Xiangyang was imprisoned. As the chief culprit of the kidnapping case in Xiangyang City, and the news of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country was spread, there was an uproar among the people.

The impact of this incident on the masses was extremely bad. In order to prevent himself from being blamed again, Zhao Zhen changed his previous style of not showing his family ugliness to the outside world, and ordered Bao Zheng to try the King of Xiangyang publicly in the local county government.

If in the normal world of the Song Dynasty, this incident was unavoidable, Bao Zheng, as the prefect of Kaifeng, had no right to try the Prince of Xiangyang, even if he had the post of imperial envoy. The family clan should be handed over to a professional department for trial, but the result of multiple rules in this world and self-improvement has made such progress. Xia Anran feels very good about this.

Otherwise, just because he instructed people to faint and rob people before King Xiangyang opened his mouth, he would be impeached for a long time. Bao Zheng's refusal to kneel down to weaken morale was even more against the law. The official hired martial arts people to spy The Prince's Mansion, in short, all the methods used in this case are actually illegal, and you may be impeached after you go back. his brother.

Xia Anran who fouled and interrupted before the big boss was about to go berserk didn't feel guilty about it, and even felt a little happy.

Before the opening of the hall, Bao Zheng announced the evidence he had found so far on the bulletin board in front of the Yamen, together with the testimonies of the victims who were found. The evidence and evidence plus Bao Zheng's glorious image immediately ignited Xiangyang City.

Xia Anran sat in a restaurant by the river, he ordered a lot of fish dishes today and wanted to try the local specialties, but he couldn't wait for a long time, when he asked, it turned out that the chef and store manager all followed him to watch the excitement up.

The hungry little prince could only look at the recipes sadly, and planned to go downstairs to find another one. Although he was a target here, he had done some homework. For example, before coming to Xiangyang, he deliberately asked people to investigate He even wrote a travel guidebook at the famous hotel there.

Well, which one to eat next...

Just as he was about to take out his notebook to look through it, he saw two young people going up the stairs one after another. The former was wearing a water-colored gauze robe, his eyebrows were looking forward, the latter was wearing an ivory-white robe, and his eyes were clear. Arriving at Xia Anran, the young man at the front came forward in three steps at a time, and bowed to Xia Anran, but said, "Mr. Why did you come to this place? Didn't you say that this place is not so authentic?"

Zhan Zhao followed suit and bowed down to the "Prince."

Xia Anran was embarrassed, and didn't quite understand why these two people came to him, but he was about to leave at this time, so he stood up with a smile, "Zeyan, guard Zhan, don't be polite, I'm about to leave."

"I also wandered to the side of the road. I saw this family facing the river and wanted to come here for a good view. I just came in. Unexpectedly, both the cook and the shopkeeper went to see Shengtang, but you two, why did you come out? Why don't you go and see it?" The result of a lot of hard work?"

In order to cooperate with Bao Zheng, these two spent a lot of effort to infiltrate Xiangyang King's side, and it is said that there were many twists and turns.The faces of the two who were being teased by him were not happy. Seeing their attitude, Xia Anran was also a little puzzled, "What's the matter?"

"What's so interesting," it was Bai Yutang who spoke first. The young man who is only 22 years old this year but has already won many military exploits has a calm face. "It's so sad to see it. Master Bai wants to cut him with a knife."

"Fifth Brother," Zhan Zhao stopped him softly, but just as he was about to say something to Xia Anran, he suddenly realized that the person in front of him had a relationship with him, so he didn't need to explain more.He was a little embarrassed. Since cooperating with Bai Yutang in handling the case, he has been used to smooth things over for the young and exuberant Bai Sanshao, so as not to be hated by the narrow-minded people. Bring this habit to Xia Anran.

Lowering his head again, he also found that he had also developed the habit of blocking other people's view of Bai Yutang. These were all controlled by his body, and he hadn't noticed it. One step lowered his eyes and said, "The king of Xiangyang's crimes are too numerous to write down."

The reaction of the two of them obviously had something to do with it. It seems that what King Xiangyang did was worse than what he knew, and there must have been some nasty things he did in the dark that were seen by the two lurkers.

Xia Anran didn't intend to inquire, he has always had a natural sense of avoiding the most sinister things in the world.

He silently glanced at the two people who had a tacit understanding, and then followed Bai Yutang, who said, "I know there are more delicious things here", and walked along Hanjiang Street. He went into a restaurant, and the fish cakes inside were extremely delicious, as well as fish tofu, fish balls, and fish bone soup. The delicious food quickly soothed Xia Anran's mood, but when the three of them returned to the city after eating and drinking, his gaze was caught. A tall building in the city is locked.

Although the Chongxiao Tower has not been completely completed, its majestic appearance is already eye-catching. I heard from Bai Yutang that there are countless organs inside. In the past few days, people from Bao Zheng's side entered and tried to demolish it, but the craftsmen were hidden, and the building was completely deserted. Guess there is a secret passage, but it has not been found so far.

Therefore, every time you enter, you will inevitably see blood.

"Although there are many traps, they only occupy one dexterity and successive triggers, which is nothing." Bai Yutang commented in this way, but Xia Anran saw him with shining eyes, obviously interested in breaking down this trap building, seeing this, he His eyes didn't move, but he found Bao Zheng that day.

On the next day, the exploration work in the Chongxiao Tower was completely stopped, and all the martial arts knights who were about to move were stopped. With this building as the center, all personnel were dismissed, leaving only the guards of the forbidden army.

On this day, the counterweight catapult that has never been used since the assembly was completed was assembled. This time there is a craftsman hidden in the Imperial Army team. They are here to record the data. Originally, Xia Anran mobilized this A troop is used in case of a siege, but it is now used to demolish buildings.

But for the locals, obviously the latter is much better.

The Chongxiao Tower was built in the center of the Xiangyang Palace. The servants here have been dispersed, and there is a city wall outside to prevent anyone from watching. When the trebuchet is moved, it is also covered with cloth. It is easier to hide its existence than to attack the city with great fanfare. feel.

A secret weapon must be able to be hidden for a long time, and it would be troublesome if it was imitated.

But now it has been the seventh year of Tiansheng, and two more years will be the most important time point of the original work. If possible, Xia Anran doesn't want to have troubles before that, but he just exists for a day, and he feels uneasy every day .

"My lord, we are also equipped." The leader of the slinging team came to report, he was holding two flags in his hands, after a while the sound was loud and dusty, and he could only use the semaphore as a command, at this time he was holding a green flag Qizi was very excited, this was their first actual combat, and they couldn't let go of their hands and feet to make too much noise during the drill in the capital, so they actually didn't know the real damage of the catapult.

And this building, which the king of Xiangyang quietly forged but was full of sins, could not be better as a touchstone.

Xia Anran stood far away, nodded upon hearing the words, the leader raised the green flag, loaded and fired.

Only two sounds of "Boom——" and "Boom——" were heard, and Jiang Shi, who was taken locally by two catapults, smashed on the tower with lightning speed.

In the first wave, the Skyscraper Tower withstood such an attack, Xia Anran stood with his arms folded, and heard the commander next to him click his tongue lightly, discussing with the craftsman in charge of recording the data, "This hardness, the inside was built with stones at that time."

"Just right, this hardness is not as strong as ordinary stone walls, it should be half of it."

Round two, round three.

No matter how strong the tower was built, it was a wooden structure, especially after a moment, the craftsman signaled everyone to throw it in one direction, and it was quickly damaged. Fragmentary parts were scattered in the open space along with falling stones, and the beautifully repaired floor tiles were also thrown into the open space. Potholes were punched out.

None of the people present were overly emotional. It was expected that the tower would break through. The only thing these people cared about was the material used for the tower. They needed to use this to calculate how much they would need if the opponent was a serious city wall. It's just time.

Everyone was calculating quietly at this time, and several craftsmen even took out calculation papers to record on the spot. Xia Anran saw that Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were still performing wonderful lightness skills upstairs under the instructions of the craftsmen. Jump up and down and stick the indicator mark on the top to facilitate the catapult soldiers to adjust the angle and train the work accuracy.

His Bai Sanshao's movements were nimble and light, but he didn't look as unhappy as he did a few days ago.

Xia Anran smiled slightly, turned sideways and went down the building.

Seeing Xia Anran come down, Bai Yutang made a sharp turn in the air and landed in front of him, "Sir, why did you come down? It's gray here."

At this time, Mr. Xia looked at Bai Sanshao not to mention how kind his eyes were. He patted Bai Yutang on the shoulder and said, "Although the outside of the building has been demolished, it is inevitable that there are still organs inside. You have to tell them. It’s better not to move the thing.”

"I know." Bai Yutang's eyes were dark, and he turned his head slightly to look at the towering tower with indifferent eyes, "I'm not interested in touching such a tower, so I don't have to get my hands dirty."

Hearing this, Xia Anran smiled, "I'm really afraid that you will be fooled by the mechanism. By the way, when the building is almost demolished, you can just set it on fire and burn it."

"Burn?" Bai Yutang was about to retort that he would not touch this thing for one or two organs. After hearing Xia Anran's words, his phoenix eyes widened slightly in surprise. He said in disbelief, "Directly... burn it?"

"That may not work, I'll get some fuel over later." Xia Anran, who thought he was doubting that the direct ignition might not be able to burn, touched his chin, "Sprinkle some oil and burn again, but you have to be careful, don't burn the flames on the side." The palace of the royal family was burned, if it is impossible to burn it in batches, it doesn’t need to be done all at once.”

"But..." Bai Yutang hesitated for a moment, "Should we leave the things here? There should be some evidence..."

"It doesn't matter." Xia Anran put his hands in his sleeves, and said calmly, "There is definitely a lot involved, there is no need to investigate too clearly, lest it really make the dog jump over the wall, it's not very interesting, there is still more time, just settle it slowly."

Bai Yutang looked at the teacher who said such words with a casual gesture, and was silent for a moment, "Sir."

"Ok?"

"I... still don't like Chaotang." The young man narrowed his eyes, and he glanced at Zhan Zhao who was still helping, and then said, "I don't like playing chess with Chaotang, and I can't bear this kind of uselessness. ...will not be like the second brother."

Xia Anran smiled.

"How do you know your second brother's mind?"

"Well?"

"What do you want to do, I and your second brother will watch over the back for you."

Bai Yutang took a deep breath, "Even if I only want to go to the battlefield"

"Yes."

"Even if I... want to take back the land of Yanyun?"

"Where do you think your title was based on?" The young man turned his head slightly to look at him, his handsome face was faintly visible in the dust, only his almond eyes were as bright as lacquer spots, "Your second brother rehearsed in front of you. I don't believe that with your resources, I haven't found it so far."

Bai Yutang's eyes lit up. At this moment, all his previous guesses were confirmed. He was overjoyed. He took a deep breath to calm down, "Sure enough."

"Happy?" Xia Anran pointed to Zhan Zhao who was jumping up and down by himself, "Hurry up and help others, Zhan's guards are about to be overwhelmed."

"I'm not going." Although Bai Yutang said so, his eyes swept over, Xia Anran was almost amused by this textbook-like arrogance, he retreated, "Go, aren't you brothers? "

Bai Yutang snorted twice again, such as "Who is brother with him", "We are just colleagues." "Smelly cat", but with a few ups and downs, he rubbed against Zhan Zhao's side, and Xia Anran was far away. Hearing Bai Yutang's ridicule, "Master Zhan, are you tired so quickly? A cat is a cat after all, its physical strength is really poor,"

Zhan Zhao's breath was a little anxious, but there was a smile in his tone, "I'm bothering my fifth brother, it's Zhan who can't cultivate well."

"That's all right, all right, go and rest, let me do the rest, it's sunny, since it's a cat, let's find a place to bask in the sun and catch lice."

"...Fifth brother, your cat...has lice on it?"

"How is it possible? The cat in Fifth Master's house is clean! Didn't you wash it last time? If there are lice, you didn't clean it!"

"But that was a long time ago..." The young man's voice was slightly hesitant, but at the end of the sentence he smiled lightly, "Fifth Brother, your cat is not washed diligently enough."

Bai Yutang:! ! ! !

Just as the two were bickering with each other, they suddenly heard a bang behind them, followed by the panicked but also excited shouts of the craftsmen, "Get out, get out, the building is collapsing."

The two turned their heads in response, and saw that between the carved railings and painted buildings, a tall building that had already been battered and tattered slowly toppled over, and the wood and bricks fell to the ground and spread out. The craftsmen dragged their catapults and rushed back to a safer distance.

This time the building collapsed suddenly, everyone was caught off guard and panicked, Huaying got out of her sheath, Bai Yutang slashed out, the sharp blade broke through a piece of broken brick that was ejected, and at the same time Zhan Zhao made a tacit attack, doing Jiji Gugu seriously Notes, a craftsman who is desperate for data pulls back a little.

The two met each other's eyes, rushed into the crowd and helped.

At the same time, Xia Anran, who was leaning against the door and about to step out, suddenly flashed a picture in front of his eyes. The full moon was in the sky, and the silver light reflected on the blade of the blade reflected a pale light. All he could see was a pool of blood. After shaking for a while, the rough laughter of the men was full of ridicule and sarcasm. He felt that his chest was filled with anger and powerlessness. Someone picked him up and dedicated him to another man with a smile.

The filth and sin all over the man's body, but lifted him up and said that the destiny belongs to him.

He didn't want to look any more, so he closed his eyes, and the dream was another thousand years.

He slowly opened his eyes, and heard Bai Yutang's voice in harmony with the wind, "Zhan Zhao, what are you doing with that?"

"Isn't fifth brother going to burn down the building? It's cheaper to pour some oil."

"But that's the lard you took from the dining room before? Can this be burned?"

"Fifth brother, don't worry, Zhan even took some vegetable oil, time is tight and I haven't prepared enough, please forgive me."

"No, wait, this seems to be sesame oil...?"

"... two gentlemen, I have prepared fire oil, these... these, let's put it down..."

"...cough." The two young people coughed in embarrassment, looked at each other after a while, and laughed one after another.

The rivers and lakes are vast, and it is always lonely to walk alone.

The south wind carrying the water vapor from the Han River kicked up the dust on the ground, and blew the big flag on the city wall of Xiangyang into a rattling sound.

The blue sky is endless, and the birds are flying across the sky. It is an excellent weather.

The author has something to say:

Let me talk about a cold knowledge, in fact, the imperial envoy of the Song and Yuan Dynasties is just a concept, that is, a certain errand sent by the emperor himself, which is different from the nature of the imperial envoys in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Not counting.

Therefore, in the article, Bao Zheng saw the King of Xiangyang and wanted to worship him theoretically.

Imperial envoy is a special profession that appeared after a high degree of centralization (knocking on the blackboard silently). After you write down the knowledge points, you can shake your wits.

In fact, the Song Dynasty itself did not allow the use of illegal means to investigate and collect evidence. This is the same as modern times, and the means in the article will definitely be impeached.

In fact, the pinnacle of ancient Chinese justice was the Song Dynasty. Even the later Ming and Qing Dynasties were not as good. Personal protection, asset protection, and privacy protection are very comprehensive. It can be said that as long as you are not too lucky and encounter a particularly complicated case, the rate of unjust, false and wrongful convictions is relatively low. Low

Of course, in fact, there are quite a few tricks of torture. This is the limitation of the times.