Suspect in Jinling

Thunder and lightning, torrential rain.

In the middle of the night, the big oilcloth covering the wooden table was torn open. Sha Xiangyue couldn't find a replacement, so she rushed into the rainstorm with Kuang Jian, and each of them carried the huge cypress into the house with a corner. Enter.The big table weighed two hundred catties, and it was cut from a single piece of cypress, which is rare in the world. When Sha Xiangchu came to Jinling in the early days, he fell in love with it at first sight, and he had to spend a lot of money to bring it home.

The torrential rain was pouring down, and the damp cypress wood exuded a faint fragrance in the house. Sha Xiangyue "swished" to uncover the oilcloth that was better than nothing, only to hear a clattering sound, and the wooden ornaments on it fell down in response—that was the whole place. In the evening, Kuang Jian handled official business in the back room of the house, while Sha Xiangyue drew blueprints and planed samples outside. In just over a month, a city had begun to take shape——Sha Xiangyue saw it, and immediately Kneeling on one knee on the ground, he picked up and placed the small samples again. Kuang Jian lit a candle to illuminate him. Wherever the fire passed, it illuminated the mess in the city——

The Dongshuiguan collapsed, and the most prosperous commercial area connected to the ten-mile Qinhuai River was completely overturned. The high towers of Jiming Temple and Chaotian Palace were halfway up, and the only Dabaoen Temple was still standing firmly in the city. Ying Tianfu echoed each other from afar, and as for the communication points such as Zhenhuai Bridge and Xuanjin Bridge, they were all crooked, not to mention Chang'an Avenue, Chengxian Street, and Dashamao Lane that connect with them...

As if some kind of ominous omen, Kuang Jian looked at the rows of toppled streets and rivers, and asked in a low voice: "If you want to take Jinling City, what will you do?"

The fingers that were picking up the wooden pieces suddenly froze——

Sha Xiangyue raised her head, and silently looked at Kuang Jian in the candlelight.

After a long time, he asked seriously, "Which month are you asking?"

The doors and windows were suddenly blown open by the gust of wind, and Kuang Jian's heart suddenly hit.

He looked at those strange long and narrow eyes, and ignored Gale: "May."

Sha Xiangyue untied her wet hair, shook her head, and tapped the edge of the cypress table with her fingers dripping water: "If it's May, then use water to attack. May [-]th is the Dragon Boat Festival, as long as the city is destroyed at the same time." Fifteen gates can flood Jinling City."

Suddenly there was lightning flashing outside, and the whole room was instantly reflected white——

Kuang Jian asked again in a deep voice, "What about June?"

With a sound of "swish", the blackened old straw mat was lifted off——

There was no light here, the fire flickered, and then quickly retreated. In the thick and thick darkness, people seemed to sink into a pool of ink in it. Zhu Shi and the others covered their noses, and smelled a whiff of The pungent smell of saltpeter and sulfur.

"Do you know what this is?"

Amidst the faint thunderstorm, Jin Chizi twirled a bean of fire, stood on the second floor where the deceased was buried last night, and asked with a short smile.

"June is dry, and the residents drink a lot of water. If it is slow, you can poison the wells, and if you are fast, you can use gunpowder. First, the Wuding Bridge was blown up to block the rescue of the guard camp, and then Yingtianfu and Dabaoen Temple were bombed to cause riots. Secondly, the mules at Dongshuiguan The distribution center for horse ships cut off the traffic, and then bombed at will, either in the government offices on Chang'an Street, Chongli Street, Xuanjin Bridge, or in the gunpowder workshop outside Baichuan Bridge in the west of the city..."

Amidst the sound of continuous rain, Sha Xiangyue calmly placed on the cypress table.

Kuang Jian only felt an unstoppable chill enveloping his whole body. He held his arms restrainedly: "These are the key points of the city guards. Even if the gunpowder can be detonated, how can you avoid interrogation in advance?"

There was a bang, and there was another muffled thunder in the distant sky.

Sha Xiangyue looked at Kuang Jian silently for a while, and then asked seriously: "Back then, the Ming Dynasty hadn't decided the tripod, and Jinling Yuan soldiers hadn't settled down. How did your emperor Taizu win Jinling?"

Just like the order of the Lord, after the thunder, the rain became more urgent and denser in just a short moment, and there was a crackling and pouring sound between the sky and the earth——

Sha Xiangyue said slowly: "There are a lot of skilled craftsmen in this world, and a lot of construction ingenuity. Back then, Jinling City Gate, Urn City, inner and outer high walls, main roads, Jinqiao, all the layouts, which ones can still be used, and which ones can still be used?" The blueprints of the Ministry of War may not be clear about the preservation, but there is always someone who knows about these things—how many people does the Taiping Sect want to hide inside, so what’s the problem?"

He didn't seem to be joking at all, his expression was exactly the same as the expression on the Zimu bridge raising his hand to kill someone.This is the true face of the Taiping Sect. It has manpower, weapons, and layout. Sha Xiangyue disguised his identity as a craftsman. It can be seen that his adoptive father had already made arrangements for his upbringing.

Kuang Jian's throat suddenly felt tight, and he asked inexplicably, "But why did you tell me this?"

An extremely chilling aura surrounded them, and the sharp-eyed Protestants raised their necks, staring at the wall-filled vats in the warehouse on the second floor, and couldn't help shouting: "This is...fire, gunpowder! "

Jin Chizi smiled calmly: "It's more than that."

The warehouse is huge, with double-row wooden ladders stretching into the distance. Jin Chizi turned around and lifted the straw mats closest to him with his big hands one by one. Everyone couldn't help following them, and saw the vigorous man grasping the small handle on the box. One box after another, the top cover was opened forcefully, and there was a hissing sound after metal friction. A piece of cold light surging with pig iron!

"This is……!"

Zhu Shi felt the blood surging in his chest, it was so hot that it was about to spurt out!All the young believers were stunned. The box contained nothing but armor, iron shields, crossbows, long arrows, ammunition, guns, and long and short blunderbusses! ... With these, they can kill whoever they want to kill, with these, they can wipe out the town's governor and all the strangers who bully them...!

The cold light frightened people, these cold iron objects suddenly pointed out the way out in their dark and unclear life.

The night was murmuring, and the sound of the rain suddenly turned quiet. Kuang Jian looked at Sha Xiangyue and asked again: "Why did you tell me this?"

Sha Xiangyue suddenly fell into a long silence.

After a long time, he waited for Ai Ai to say: "I don't know."

Maybe it's because of Kuang Jian's wish, or maybe it's because there are other innocent people like Shigu in this city.Sha Xiangyue showed an extremely bewildered expression, but instead of looking at Kuang Jian, she turned her head to look at Feng Yu Xiaoxiao outside: "Don't ask me, I don't know."

Kuang Jian looked at him for a long time, then sighed deeply, turned his head and walked away. Before the rainstorm, they were leaning over the desk to fill out the application form for the affected side. Filling a very thick stack, he first picked up the paper slips blown down by the wind when he returned to the room, then picked up the towel and walked out of the hall, seeing Sha Xiangyue was burying her head in packing up the wooden parts of his table, she couldn't help but leave He hugged the person at the back of the neck, wrapped his palms around the back of his head, and forced her to wipe the wet hair.

Sha Xiangyue was treated so domineeringly, her eyes felt inexplicably hot, she half sat on the futon, closed her eyes, hit Kuang Jian's palm hard with the top of her head, and stretched her arms around his waist.

Kuang Jian felt a tight waist, couldn't help it, and sighed again: "You tell me this, don't you need to ask your adoptive father for instructions?"

Sha Xiangyue sniffled and buried her face in Kuang Jian's lower abdomen: "...I can't contact him now, I only know that he has gone to the north."

He was so wronged when he said this, it sounded like an abandoned puppy.

Kuang Jian gently rubbed his hair: "Why did your adoptive father go to the north?"

Sha Xiangyue only buried her face deeper, and said sullenly: "I don't know very well, maybe I'm trying to find a way to deal with Wang Zhen. I've been away for almost two months."

Kuang Jian accidentally heard the name "Wang Zhen", her eyes widened, and she pulled him out of her arms: "...Who are you talking about?"

"Wang Zhen."

Sha Xiangyue was lifted up by him, with a delicate and beautiful face, a pair of slightly red eyes: "... I missed it, if I could kill this thief last summer, you wouldn't have to face this situation today .”

Kuang Jian's heart fluttered suddenly, and he thought of something in a flash. He squeezed Sha Xiangyue's face vigorously: "The injury you are suffering now is from when you assassinated Wang Zhen?"

Sha Xiangyue nodded wetly.

Kuang Jian stared at him with wide eyes.

Sha Xiangyue: "I have been lurking by Wang Zhen's side for many years. I have built palaces and courtyards for him, and I have won his trust. After I lost my hand, my identity was not exposed by chance, so I pretended to be sick and came to Jinling to recuperate. It was also because of this relationship. As soon as he arrived in Jinling, Pang Zhengying took the initiative to ask me to repair the mansion for him."

Since the Jinling Town Mansion Division had secretly become the private mansion of Jinling's guard eunuchs, and Tang Guan attached himself to Wang Zhen, Pang Zhengying sought to kill Xiangyue to repair the mansion.After that, it all started. On the day when Pang Zhengying Building was completed, he was beaten and killed by his long-grudged slave, Qiu Weng. The officials who killed Xiangyue and He Li were forcibly detained in Pang Mansion. Kuang Jian visited the house to investigate the case, and routinely called up the craftsman in the building to understand the situation, and this was the first time he and Sha Xiangyue met.

Kuang Jian's eyes were solid, his expression was flat, but his voice was hoarse: "I checked you." He frowned and looked at Sha Xiangyue, as if he didn't know what to do with him, "...I know you and The origin of Wang Zhen, but I have always guessed that you want to infiltrate high-ranking officials and develop internal support..."

He never thought that the purpose of killing Xiangyue was assassination.

Wang Zhen, the No. 1 power in the world, because he is an internal eunuch, led the National People's Congress to take shortcuts and take the initiative to leave the palace. Every year, the palace recruits 3000 eunuchs, but there are more than [-] applicants. Under the patriarchal ethics, the offspring reproduce and grow in body and skin.Jin Chizi said that Sha Xiangyue missed the assassination mission last year, but Kuang Jian never thought that the target of the execution was Wang Zhen.

Sha Xiangyue: "I'm going to kill him, but last year, I didn't quite understand why I wanted to kill him. During this time with you, I probably understand why everyone hates him so much. A person who seizes power in the world does whatever he wants without being reasonable, and if he messes around alone, the whole world will be forced to get involved."

Sha Xiangyue looked at Kuang Jian's face, and said seriously: "Ah Jian, not only the upright officials in your court hate Wang Zhen, but also the Taiping Sect, and my adoptive father also hates...my adoptive father buried my father early. The purpose of rooting nails is to kill Wang Zhen and eliminate harm for the people... He is not a person who strives for fame and fortune, and does not distinguish between good and evil. Many times the actions of the Taiping Sect you see are probably just the wishful thinking of his subordinates , not his order, just like I was investigating the household department case in Jinling, it was just my personal behavior, I wanted to finish the unfinished business of my biological father while recuperating in Jinling, it has nothing to do with my adoptive father...

"Back then, more than [-] members of my family were beheaded. He saved me, taught me skills, kept me alive, and brought me to know this world." Sha Xiangyue's eyes flashed, and she said to Kuang Jian word by word: " Just don't catch him...he is almost the same as my biological father, there is no difference to me at all."

The wind and rain were coming to an end, Kuang Jian stared at Sha Xiangyue with a complicated expression, and was silent for a long time, outside the green screen window, dripping raindrops were dripping down, faintly revealing the clear singing of cicadas.

Finally, he said, "Your adoptive father is gone, is the Xu family still in Jinling?"

Sha Xiangyue was a little confused, but still nodded obediently.

"Tell Jin Chizi," Kuang Jian licked his lower lips quickly, as if he had made up his mind: "Let's put aside personal grievances first, and if he doesn't fish for Xu's group, one day they are cornered, and they will die." The only thing left is to take the risk. I can help them transfer, today is June [-]th, and the town government secretary will not be on duty that night on June [-]th, I will send a team to escort them."

Unexpectedly, Sha Xiangyue opened her mouth——

Kuang Jian bent down to look at Dingsha Xiangyue's eyes, a pair of dark eyes, and said seriously: "Do you understand what I mean?"