Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 114: Yan Tingzhi is always overly cautious
Li Si is going to perform a play, a big play, but no one knows how it will turn out.
Xiao Muchu didn’t know. He didn’t know what the gunpowder would become after being processed according to Li Si’s method, but he didn’t need to know, and he wouldn’t ask, because he knew which things he needed to ask and which things he didn’t.
Li Shizong didn't know either. Li Si just told him that gunpowder would become a good omen, and it was a gift from him to Princess Chang'an. So Li Shizong asked Yan Tingzhi to follow Li Si. What he didn't know, his people had to know.
Yan Tingzhi naturally had no idea what Li Si was going to do, but he had to know, so ever since he was arranged to work with Li Si, he had been trying to figure this out all the time.
"What on earth are you going to do with all that gunpowder so it won't hurt anyone?"
In front of a small stall, Yan Tingzhi frowned again and asked Li Si the question in a low voice.
Li Si was sitting on the stall, eating a pancake in his hand. He looked at him with annoyance and replied.
"This is the fifth time you have asked me this question in the past two days. I will say it again. They will turn into a ball of fire, fly up to the sky, and then explode. Do you understand?"
As he spoke, Li Si also used some gestures.
He was not worried at all about being eavesdropped on, because even if he didn't look, he could hear everything the people around him did.
But Yan Tingzhi just looked at him silently for a while, then shook his head and said.
"No."
A ball of fire flew into the sky and then exploded.
He could understand these three words, but when they were put together he couldn't imagine what the scene would be like, or he couldn't understand how this would not hurt anyone.
At that time, the streets of Chang'an would be crowded with people. A ball of fire flying into the sky would explode, and any bit of fire falling down would be enough to cause chaos among the crowd. How could no one be hurt?
"Ah." Seeing that Yan Tingzhi still didn't understand, Li Si slapped his forehead and rolled his eyes helplessly.
The envious Shu Hu girl sitting on the side also looked at Yan Tingzhi with dangerous eyes , because in her opinion Yan Tingzhi was simply sent to monitor Li Si, and was very stupid.
I don’t know if Yan Tingzhi would feel wronged if he knew that this girl thought of him this way.
In short, at this moment, the only thing in his eyes was the problem of gunpowder.
"How big will the fire be when it flies to the sky?" Yan Tingzhi looked at Li Si and asked.
Li Si put down the pancake, raised his two hands and gestured casually.
“About this size.”
"Rocket?" Yan Tingzhi frowned even deeper.
The corner of Li Si's mouth twitched, and he waved his hand and said, "There are no arrows, only fire."
"Flying Fire Stone?" Yan Tingzhi said worriedly, as if he had thought of something again.
"It exploded in the sky, not fell down." Li Si's face became even uglier. Why did this guy always think the worst of everything?
In fact, this cannot be blamed on Yan Tingzhi. After all, this is his job and he always has to be more cautious in his attitude towards things.
"It really won't fall down?" Yan Tingzhi confirmed again.
"No." Li Si picked up the pancake again with a depressed look, took a bite and said, "It was burned clean before it fell down."
"So." Yan Tingzhi nodded slowly, but he still seemed to be worried. After a while, he let out a breath and spoke to Li Si in a low voice.
"You have to know that there can't be any mistakes in this matter, otherwise the people of Chang'an will be in danger."
"Don't worry." Seeing Yan Tingzhi's look, Li Si rarely put on a serious expression, swallowed the food in his mouth and said.
"I won't joke about human life."
Yan Tingzhi believed Li Si on this point. After all, in addition to Li Si's unfathomable martial arts, Yan Tingzhi thought he had some understanding of Li Si's character.
"Then could you please let me see your thing first?" Thinking of this, Yan Tingzhi put aside some of his concerns and continued in a negotiating tone.
"That won't work." But Li Si simply shook his head and said this.
"That thing makes a lot of noise. If we release it first, I'm afraid the Jin people will notice it."
The sound was very loud. When Yan Tingzhi heard these four words, his expression changed again.
Looking at his increasingly uncertain expression, Li Si turned his head away silently.
He knew that this person was coming again.
"Are you sure there won't be any problem?"
"Won't!"
…
For the Jin Dynasty's spies, Fengyu Tower has been secretly preparing gunpowder as usual in recent times.
They watched as boxes of gunpowder were transported into the workshop that Fengyu Tower had recently purchased, and then boxes were transported out and sent to various places in Chang'an.
But what they didn't know was that while they were looking at Fengyu Tower, someone was also looking at them.
Someone even took a gunpowder flask made by Fengyu Tower while they were not paying attention, and went to a place dozens of miles away from Chang'an to set it off.
After all, this is Chang'an, and the court's spies are spread everywhere.
The Jin people were indeed too blatant in what they did.
But in fact, for the Jin people, it didn’t matter even if they were discovered by the Tang court and the gunpowder issue was exposed.
Because as long as the Tang court knew that Fengyu Tower was secretly colluding with them, it would cause a rift in the already unstable relationship between the Tang court and the underworld, thereby shaking people's hearts and sowing discord.
Unfortunately, they did not expect that someone would link Fengyu Tower with the imperial court.
Today, they have gone from being the ones who plan the game to being the ones who are in it.
…
On June 6th, watch the valley show.
In three days, Princess Chang'an's letter-carrying ceremony would be held. The streets were already bustling with stalls and toys that were only available on the day of the ceremony. There were vendors selling masks for blessing, pendants, candies and snacks, wish cards, and lanterns. In short, there were all kinds of things.
Days like this are always the happiest for the children. They chase each other and run from South Street to North Lane, from East Market to West Building, as if they can never have enough fun.
As for the adults, they would be more tolerant at this time and would usually not mind being bumped into by the children occasionally, and would sometimes even give them a piece of candy.
Most of the people walking on the street had smiles on their faces. There was nothing they could do about it, as things were sold at low prices these days.
At this time, no one had noticed that this year's ceremony was any different from previous years.
But soon, they will find out.
