Chapter 86 Mysterious Force [Please vote for me! 】
"Hiccup——"
On the edge of the flat land under the hillside, in the area where Fukangfang Station is responsible for stationing, Chen Ju and Pang Chun were standing next to each other. Chen Ju had just made a long blow. The hiccup.
"Hehe, it's nothing to you, it's up to me." Pang Chun gathered his strength and then burped longer: "Hiccup——"
Chen Ju refused to accept it. Said: "I can still do it, wait a moment."
"I don't even need to prepare, you see." Pang Chun smiled proudly and burped again, as long and loud as a donkey, "Hiccup——"
Chen Ju showed an expression of admiration.
A sudden shout came from behind: "Da Shachun! What are you doing?"
Pang Chun and Chen Ju quickly stood at attention and separated some distance after hearing this voice.
Hu Tiehan came out from behind the two of them and said angrily: "His Royal Highness is on the stage, and the Imperial Master is on the stage! What are you two doing here? Are you afraid that others won't hear? Are you afraid? Don’t other people know that you two are losers?”
The two people stood very upright, not daring to reply at all.
Hu Tiehan cursed a lot, and then muttered: "The ones who should come will not come, and the ones who shouldn't come will be embarrassed."
I don't blame Hu Tiehan for being angry. , this foundation laying ceremony was a major event in the court. His Royal Highness the Prince came to watch the ceremony on behalf of the emperor, the state master and the Dharma Master came in person, and many important officials of the court were sitting in the audience.
At a glance, it looks like a cloud of nobility.
There are layers of imperial guards inside, and their imperial guards are guarding the outside near the mountains from a distance. Even if he is only responsible for guarding the outer circle, he still has a heavy responsibility. If you do this kind of thing well, there may not be any reward, but if something goes wrong, it may be a big deal that will cause you to lose your head.
As a result, when he was nervous and looking around, he saw two fools competing with each other to burp. No one would have a good temper.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is speaking on the high platform. If any cultivated dignitary glances here from a distance and sees this scene at once, will he, Hu Tiehan, still have his official career?
Seeing that he had calmed down, Chen Jucai smiled and said: "Brother Hu, don't be too nervous. Everyone knows that this kind of ceremony is heavily guarded. Who dares to cause trouble? We have checked inside and outside before. , there won’t be anyone rushing down from the hillside to assassinate him, right?”
As a member of a noble family, he is not in awe of such an occasion where dignitaries gather.
But who thought the words had not yet finished.
A trail of smoke and dust was seen rushing down the hillside ahead, so fast that one could barely see the black shadow that was bringing up the dust in front of them.
"Be alert!" A circle of imperial guards nearby immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths.
There was a continuous sound of choking and clanging.
Chen Ju: "?"
Is it really true?
Although this place is still far away from the nobles under the Tower of Babel, the imperial guards are still visibly nervous. They draw their swords in their hands without asking the purpose of the visitor.
If that person dared to show any intention of rushing into the defense line, the imperial guards would chop him to death without hesitation, regardless of the reason.
Fortunately, the man stopped.
Run——
He rushed so fast that he plowed a path several feet long on the ground before he could stop himself.
"Liang Yue?"
Everyone at Fukangfang Station looked surprised when they saw the visitor.
"Don't draw your sword, we're on our own!" Hu Tiehan waved his hand and shouted, while quickly approaching him.
I saw Liang Yue rushing down the mountain, covered in blood and bruises, with dust, mud and blood on his face, as if he had just experienced a battle.
"Ayue?" Pang Chun asked hurriedly: "Who hit you?"
Chen Ju was also a little surprised, "You are like this. You should heal your injuries first and then come on duty. You don't need to be so dedicated, right?"
Hu Tiehan sighed deeply, "Just now I was blaming you. Why didn't you come? I didn't expect you to come here even though you are like this. You are such a good man who keeps his word. I really deserve to die..."
Liang Yue's appearance after just experiencing a life-and-death fight is really shocking. It was too tragic, but he had no time to explain to everyone what had just happened. Instead, he asked eagerly: "Where is the ceremony?"
Hu Tiehan pointed to the high platform in the distance and said: "His Royal Highness. Falling the jade seal and opening the formation will be the official laying of the foundation for the Babel Tower."
Seeing the situation on the high platform over there, Liang Yue seemed to be too late, so he had to shout loudly: "It's coming here soon. Explosion, run away!”
Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, "What?"
......
On the high platform, stood a man with a simple and honest appearance, with a fair face and slightly fat face, warm eyebrows and long eyes. He has an approachable appearance, wearing a yellow robe with a four-clawed python embroidered on it.
Prince Jiang Xun, the third son of Emperor Mubei.
He was nearly thirty years old. In the first dozen years of his life, he was not trained as a prince. He studied with his teacher and played with his peers, and never felt that there was anything wrong with him.
But then a major case happened that shocked the government and the public. He suddenly became the oldest prince with the blood of the God King. It was also the time when Emperor Mu Bei's old injury relapsed, so he had to hurry up and establish the heir apparent.
A gift he never thought of hit him on the head.
Am I a prince?
But the character he developed over the past ten years cannot be changed. People who support him often say that the prince is lenient, while those who oppose him say that the prince is cowardly.
In this way, Jiang Xun, the unprepared prince, was put on the shelf. With Li Longchan's treasure offering, Mu Beidi's recovery from his injury, and the rise of the sixth prince... a series of things happened that changed his situation. More and more embarrassed.
There was not much pressure on his face. He looked like a fat little man with a slight sense of joy. When he stood on a high platform and spoke, he did not have any awe-inspiring majesty.
"This tower that reaches the sky will be under the control of the national master from now on. All the people will pray for blessings, and the nine states will gather together to be our father and emperor and live together with heaven, and forever control the rivers and mountains." He looked at the country not far away. Master, "please ask the Imperial Master to take more trouble."
Although the Imperial Master in the prince's sight is below the stage, because he is on the back of a giant elephant and has a high throne, he is actually more beautiful than the one on the stage. The prince is even taller. Behind the bead curtain, the figure was blurry.
After hearing the prince's words, the bead curtain in front slowly opened automatically without wind, revealing a mysterious figure.
The person on the throne was dressed in a plain monk's robe, with a wide robe and large sleeves. Not only was he not shaved, but his hair was disheveled and his eyes were closed. There is a small incense burner next to him, with green smoke curling up inside.
Looking at his appearance, he has sharp eyebrows and a hawk-nosed nose, thin cheeks, and a body that is not generous, but just sitting upright with his eyes closed is extremely powerful.
After the bead curtain was opened, the man opened his eyes. The light in his eyes was like a torch in the night, which made people dare not look directly.
"A poor monk must devote his whole life to serve the emperor and benefit the common people, even after death." His voice came out softly, but it could be heard clearly by everyone in the Buddha ceremony. , as if speaking into someone’s ear.
When many believers waiting outside heard this voice, they knelt down involuntarily and knelt down repeatedly.
"The country of Yin is lucky to have someone like the Imperial Master in charge of the Babel Tower." The prince said with a smile.
After saying these words, the bead curtain on the throne fell, and the prince began to prepare for his final step.
Someone gave him a jade seal, which was as big as a human head. He held it in his hand and it was heavy. For a prince with low cultivation level, it is really a bit difficult.
There is a high white stone pillar in front of the high platform. There is a space on the pillar, which fits the jade seal just right.
The foundation laying ceremony does not mean that the prince is going to lay the first brick for the Tower of Babel. The foundation and prototype of this place have already been built. Only the last brick is left for the underground formation, and all the preliminary preparations have been made.
As long as he puts down this jade seal and the foundation formation is activated, the construction of the entire Babel Tower can officially begin, and it can be regarded as laying the foundation.
The prince held the heavy jade seal and walked towards the white stone pillar in front...
When Liang Yue arrived, this was what he saw.
Hearing what he said about letting everyone escape, Hu Tiehan was shocked, "What happened?"
"It's too late to explain." Liang Yue said urgently, "Get out of here quickly. ! ”
"Even if something happens, we can't escape!" Hu Tiehan said suddenly.
It's not that he is very loyal to His Highness the Crown Prince, but if a major case really happens and all the dignitaries present, including the Crown Prince, die, then it would be the best outcome for them and the guards to die together.
If someone escapes early, it is better to be judged as incompetent after being tortured and executed immediately; at worst, he may be judged as an accomplice of the traitor, and the three tribes will be punished together.
Hearing what he said, Liang Yue fell into deep thought for a moment.
At this time, even if you shout and report, it will take a moment and a half for the news to be transmitted from the outer circle to the other side of the high platform, and the jade seal will have fallen long ago.
If we don't talk about forceful entry, the guards inside are not for nothing.
The biggest problem now is that time is running out. The prince only needs a few steps to walk over and put down the jade seal. It seems that it is too late for them to do anything.
But he was already convinced in his heart that the three hundred Zhengyang Thunder must be in the Qingfo Plain at his feet!
Just now he finally sorted out all his ideas.
……
At first, Longhutang should have learned the news about the hidden treasure in the south of the city. The national master Li Longchan wanted to build a large array to fight for the treasure, but he was afraid of disturbing the terrain and being discovered by others.
So he came up with an idea to put this formation under the Tower of Babel. There are countless large formations on the Tower of Babel that can suppress the terrain and make it invisible to others.
After the Babel Tower was built, he was in charge, and others had no chance of discovering it.
This is not difficult for the Ministry of Industry. He asked Wu Mozi, the chief formation master, for a deal, and asked Wu Mozi to secretly bring him personal goods. The formation diagram that was presented above did not include this formation that gathered the earth veins, but the formation diagram that was issued to build included this formation.
Zhen Changzhi was responsible for the final review of the drawings and sent them to craftsmen to build, so the formation drawings in his hands had an extra magic circle, which Liang Yue later discovered by chance.
However, the news that Li Longchan built an array to gather the ground was leaked. It is not known whether the leaker was someone from the Ministry of Works or someone from the Longhu Hall.
The Yueyang Company found Zhen Changzhi at this time and purchased a formation map from him with a large sum of money. I don’t know if Zhen Changzhi realized the importance of this picture, but he certainly couldn’t resist the temptation of fifty thousand taels.
After selling the formation diagram, he died.
Liang Yue, the person who killed Zhen Changzhi, has not yet been identified. I don’t know if he was the person who bought the formation chart from him, the person who wrote to him, or neither...
This line of the Ministry of Industry's formation chart will be put on hold for the time being.
At this time, something unexpected happened in Yueyang Company.
Zhang Xingkai has been cooperating with the Ministry of Works to make money for the Sixth Prince these years, but he has always deviated from his original ideals. In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to overthrow Lu Yuanwang's power.
On the one hand, he wrote to Bai Zhishan to seek advice from his friends; on the other hand, he planned with his wife to escape by pretending to die with Zhengyang Lei.
Mrs. Zhang said before that these Zhengyang Lei can be used to deal with the Ministry of Industry, which should be Zhang Xingkai's idea.
Because these Zhengyang Lei were bought from Yuduwei by the Ministry of Works' security guards. Once they are used to do something treasonous and unethical, both the Ministry of Works and Yuduwei will be in bad luck.
I don’t know if Zhang Xingkai disappeared with these Zhengyang Lei to intimidate the Ministry of Works from acting rashly, or if he really planned to do something.
As for what evidence he got in his hand that would make the emperor taboo, it is still unknown.
In short, with his death, the line of Yueyang Company has been completed.
The formation built by Li Longchan under the Tongtian Tower and Zhang Xingkai's resistance to the Ministry of Industry are two unrelated things.
But someone connected these two lines.
That is a mysterious force!
(End of this chapter)