"gunpowder!"
“Divine Thunder!”
The two looked at each other, and there was a hint of confusion in each other's eyes, because they called the same thing very differently.
Yang Zhilan doesn't talk much. Although she is confused, she doesn't ask.
For Su Xian, hearing the word "divine thunder" was like a flash of lightning passing through his mind, and he remembered -
This world has gunpowder.
But it is not called gunpowder, but "divine thunder".
The world today is divided into four parts. The north is the Daliang Dynasty, and the south, from west to east, is Shu, Southern Chu, and Southern Chen.
Among the four great empires, only Southern Chen mastered the secret recipe of divine thunder, and only Southern Chen could make divine thunder. Divine thunder is the foundation of Southern Chen's country!
Southern Chen...
A flash of lightning flashed through Su Xian's mind again, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
The divine thunder belongs exclusively to the Southern Chen. The fairy Zi is a dancer from the Southern Chen. She is suspected to be a bandit and is colluding with the Liao Kingdom in the north...
A clue is about to emerge, connecting all the strange things encountered during this period of time.
"Divine Thunder...Hejian Inn...Princess Lanling is in danger!"
Su Xian widened his eyes, feeling a sense of crisis as if the sky was about to fall and the earth was about to collapse.
Princess Lanling is the favorite princess of the current Queen and holds great power. If she were to meet with misfortune in Yingzhou, it would be a disaster of great magnitude.
When the whole nest is destroyed, it will be difficult for him to remain unscathed.
Su Xian’s consistent pursuit is an absolute sense of security and absolute stability.
It is best to nip any crisis in the bud.
However, just after he finished shouting excitedly, why did he feel... one of his feet was a little hot?
The burning pain on his skin stimulated his adrenaline to surge.
"Young master, be careful!" Yang Zhilan reacted quickly and scooped up water with a ladle to splash it.
"No, no, no, no." Su Xian stretched out his hand to stop him , sat down on the ground, took off his shoes and called Yang Zhilan for help: "This is evidence, it's best to keep it... Go get some ash from the stove and put out the fire."
Yang Zhilan understood immediately and flew back to the stove. Since she couldn't find any tool to shovel the ashes, she just scooped them up with her hands.
By the time she brought a large pile of wood ash, Su Xian had already taken off his shoes and thrown them aside. The flames were jumping and half of them had burned.
After the ashes were covered, the flames gradually died down...
Su Xian had calmed down, knowing that he had to race against time, so he quickly ordered, "Go to my room and get my new shoes as fast as you can."
In the blink of an eye, Yang Zhilan disappeared.
It was fast enough... Su Xian calmed himself down and took off the other shoe, because this shoe was also stained with divine thunder, which was all evidence.
Before she had taken off her shoes, Su Xian suddenly felt the light in front of her eyes dim, and a pair of skinny hands holding a pair of brand new shoes appeared in front of her.
"Help me put it on."
Su Hyun stretched out his other leg.
Soon, he changed his shoes, stood up, and holding two old shoes in one hand, he said as he went out: "I will go to the weekly office to explain the situation immediately, you just stay at home and don't go anywhere."
"good!"
Su Xian went out carrying two old shoes and ran wildly on Jiaolou Street where there were few pedestrians.
Because there is no carriage shop on Jiaolou Street, if you want to hire a carriage, you have to go to other streets two miles away... If I had known this, I should not have returned Lin Chuan's carriage .
A quarter of an hour later.
In front of the county government gate.
When Su Xian hurriedly got off the carriage, it was dusk and the sky was getting dark.
The gate of the county government office was closed tightly, and the two stone lions in front of the gate were hidden in the dusk, giving off a terrifying feeling.
Instructing the driver to wait there, Su Xian quickly climbed the steps and knocked on the door, shouting, "Open the door, come in, I'm Su Xian, I want to report something important to the Zhouji Office, a very important matter..."
In the past two days, Zhou Jishi had been living and eating at the county government office in order to inspect Tang Ju's political achievements. That was why Su Xian went straight to the government office.
"Who is it? Stop knocking, stop knocking!" An impatient voice came from inside the vermilion lacquered and copper-nailed door.
Creak!
The door opened a crack.
There was a yamen runner inside, with an impatient look on his face, about to lose his temper.
But when he saw that the person coming was Su Xian, he immediately put on a smiling face and asked, "It turned out to be Master Su. Master Su, are you coming to the government office so late to look for Master Ming?"
The bailiff smiled and just finished speaking when he caught a glimpse of Su Xian carrying... two old shoes?
One of them was half burned?
The yamen runner's smile suddenly froze, and he thought to himself, could these two old shoes be gifts for Mr. Ming?
"No, I'm looking for the weekly record office. There's something important." Su Xian didn't notice the strangeness of the yamen runner.
"The Zhouji Office." The yamen runners' faces turned ugly because the Zhouji Office had given them a lot of trouble in the past two days. "The Zhouji Office is not in the yamen."
"Not in the government office? Isn't he inspecting the county government office?"
"The inspection is almost over." The bailiff showed a trace of relief and said with a smile: "So Zhou Ji's room is staying at the posthouse. If Mr. Su wants to find Zhou... Zhou... Zhou Ji..."
The bailiff was a little stunned.
Watching Su Xian's back as he turned and left, and the shadow of the carriage going away after Su Xian jumped on it, he swallowed the second half of his words back into his stomach.
Posthouse.
bathroom.
With a creak, the bathroom door opened from the inside, and a white mist-like water vapor gushed out. After meeting the heat outside the house, it dissipated instantly.
Zhou Jishi walked out wearing a bathrobe with steady steps.
Zhoujishi, whose real name is "Zhou Quan".
Jishi is the name of an official, and its full name is "Jishi Canjunshi". It is a sixth-rank official under the prince's palace.
Since Princess Lanling's Mansion is equivalent to the Prince's Mansion, there are also such subordinate officials.
In addition, subordinate officials such as "King's Tutor", "Advisor to the Military", "King's Friend", "Literature", "Chief Clerk", "Sima", etc. are also available.
Among them, Wang Fu ranks third grade and is the highest-ranking official in the princess's mansion.
Zhou Quan's position as "Ji Shi Can Military Affairs" was only of the sixth rank. In terms of official rank, Ji Shi Zhou was ranked in the middle and lower levels in the princess's mansion.
But even so, because Princess Lanling had great power in the court, the officials in the palace had to meet officials two levels higher than them when they were outside!
The sixth rank officials in the Zhouji Office are on par with the fourth rank officials.
"The room you are staying in is ready. The quilt is a newly purchased silk quilt, and the mattress has also been changed. I guarantee you will be satisfied." Outside the bathroom door, the clerk of the inn was serving carefully.
Zhou Jishi had a pale, thin face, a wisp of goatee under his chin, and a trace of fatigue between his brows. He said, "I have been too tired these past two days. It would be better to rest early."
Arriving at the room where he was staying, he dismissed the clerks at the post house and ordered, "Don't bother me unless it's important!"
The clerk said "yes, yes, yes" repeatedly and left.
After closing the door, Zhou Jishi yawned, blew out the oil lamp, lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and prepared to sleep.
However, not long after he closed his eyes, he heard the clerk's shouting outside the room: "Zhou Ji's office, someone wants to see you, someone wants to see you..."
Zhou Jishi immediately opened his eyes, rubbed his brows and sat on the bed, angrily saying: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me?"
"Reporting to the Zhouji Office, the person who came said that there is an extremely urgent matter that concerns the safety of Princess Lanling, and he must see you." The clerk shouted loudly.
"Is it related to the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess?!"
Zhou Jishi's sleepiness disappeared instantly. While getting dressed, he ordered, "Take the person to the front hall."