Legend of Yunxi: Genius Little Poison Concubine

Chapter 495 The Beginning of Turmoil

In the middle of the night, a huge explosion shook the entire imperial capital!

Gu Qishao jumped up, and he didn't know where the gunpowder exploded. Seeing that the Han family was fine, he lay down again.

He has never been so curious, and he has never had so much idle time to meddle in other people's affairs. Whether it is the Tianning Emperor is in chaos, the entire Tianning Kingdom is in chaos, or the Yunkong Continent is in chaos, it has nothing to do with him.

When childhood memories were interrupted, they would definitely not continue. Except for midnight dreams, it was absolutely impossible for him to think about it when he was awake.

He looked at the stars all over the sky, and the stars all over the sky were also reflected in his clear and bright eyes. His world was quiet, but with this loud noise, Tianning Kingdom began an era of turmoil!

Han Yunxi, who was in a heavy sleep, was awakened. At first she thought she was having a nightmare, but when she heard the commotion outside, she knew something serious was going on.

The sound of the explosion was so loud that even the houses in the imperial capital shook. There is no doubt that the explosion was near the imperial capital, and it might even be in the imperial capital.

Even the explosion in the Tianyu black market caused panic in the imperial capital, let alone such a nearby explosion?
Han Yunxi hurried out and found that everyone in the Han family was awakened, and the street outside was also noisy.

"Xu Donglin, Xu Donglin, come out!" Han Yunxi yelled, she knew there were hidden guards around.

Sure enough, Xu Donglin appeared immediately, "Princess Wangfei, are you not scared, why don't you go back to the palace? It's safe there."

"What's going on?" Han Yunxi asked seriously.

"My subordinates don't know either. Your Highness has ordered your subordinates to stay close at every step." Xu Donglin was obviously lying, as for his position in the hidden guard, he still couldn't talk to His Highness King Qin!
Han Yunxi didn't have time to expose his lies. She said anxiously, "This matter is very serious. You should go to Prince Qin's Mansion to see what's going on with His Highness and find out where the explosion happened."

Only now did Xu Donglin become anxious, and ordered the other hidden guards to guard the place and leave immediately.

"Where did you get the gunpowder?"

Han Yunxi frowned and thought, she was afraid that the whole city search would drive the Chu family into a hurry, and they would use the gunpowder case to bite Long Feiye back.

Except for General Mu's mansion, only the Chu family had gunpowder.

At this time, Long Feiye had just returned to the Qin Palace, and was also shocked by this incident.

"Your Highness, it's not far from the armory on the western outskirts of the city." The dark guard immediately found out.

"Arsenal...is it really interesting?"

Complex colors flickered in Long Feiye's eyes, and he was silent for a moment and ordered, "Tell Chu Xifeng, this king will be in seclusion for two days, and send more people to keep an eye on the Han family."

After he finished speaking, he entered the bedroom, without mentioning a word about the explosion just now.

Does His Royal Highness King Qin have no opinion on such a big matter?
The secret guard was very curious, but he didn't dare to ask, so he hurried to find Chu Xifeng.

The entire imperial capital was brightly lit, and no matter whether it was the ordinary people or the royal family and nobles, they were all panicked. Of course, the most panicked one was Emperor Tianhui.

He was in the imperial study room asking about the defection of General Mu and Mu Qingwu's imperial army, but suddenly there was an explosion, and he was so shocked that the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

General Mu immediately sent someone to investigate. At this time, everyone in the room was silent.

Emperor Tianhui was sitting upright, with his hands firmly pressed on the armrests, his face was cold and serious, very serious.

Since the explosion, he has allowed General Mu to send people to investigate without saying a word.In front of him, Crown Prince Long Tianmo, General Mu, and Mu Qingwu all lowered their heads, their faces becoming uglier than the other.

Not to mention who was responsible for the explosion, Mu Qingwu, who is also the commander of the imperial army and responsible for guarding the imperial capital and the palace, cannot escape the blame for such an incident in the imperial capital.

In particular, before the explosion, Emperor Tianhui had just reprimanded Mu Qingwu for the defection of the Forbidden Army, and if such a thing happened at this sensitive juncture, could Emperor Tianhui not pursue Mu Qingwu for his negligence of duty?
The room was silent, Emperor Tianhui's breathing was very heavy, while Long Tianmo and the Mu family father and son were all terrified and anxious.

The guards haven't come back yet, so it's not clear what's going on here, who can't be nervous?
Of course, the most nervous one was Long Tianmo, he was faintly uneasy.

In the past two or three days, he and Mu Qingwu have put in a lot of effort, and they quickly convinced the emperor that those crossbowmen were related to the gunpowder case on the black market, and they were threatening the existence of the imperial capital.

But who knew who was whispering in the emperor's ear, Emperor Tianhui actually summoned the Mu family's father and son into the palace overnight, and asked in detail about the defection of the imperial army.

The imperial army defected, the young commander was impulsively stabbed to death by Mu Qingwu, and the two captains were imprisoned for interrogation. Everyone knew about it.However, now that the city is still searching for crossbowmen, who would care about such things?
The emperor only asked once before, and he didn't ask again after confessing to torture.

However, tonight I suddenly had to ask in detail, and tonight I suddenly discovered an explosion. Is it all a coincidence?

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside, breaking the silence of the imperial study. It was the guards who had gone out to investigate and returned.

For a moment, everyone who was already nervous became even more nervous. What is the situation?

Before Eunuch Luo could bring people in, the Emperor Tianhui couldn't help it, and said angrily, "Where did it explode? What's going on?"

"My Majesty, the armory in the western suburbs exploded, destroying the weapons in two warehouses. The casualties are still being counted, and the military doctors have rushed back."

As soon as these words came out, Long Tianmo, Mu Qingwu and General Mu raised their heads almost at the same time, all of them turned pale with shock.

The armory exploded!
How did this happen!

The Armory Depot in the west of the city is owned by the Forbidden Army led by General Mu. It is a large warehouse for storing weapons. The armory is heavily guarded and heavily guarded. How could something like an explosion happen.Moreover, there is no explosives stored in that place at all!

In the Three Kingdoms of Tianning, the gunpowder is in the hands of the military, and the gunpowder of Tianning Kingdom is in the hands of General Mu's Mansion. Because gunpowder is precious and the quantity is limited, it is basically not easy to use it if it is not a big war.Even the cavalry army and navy army can only be called from General Mu's mansion if they are needed on the battlefield.

Emperor Tianhui looked at General Mu coldly, his eagle-like cold eyes were full of anger and doubt.

"Father, these people are really bold and reckless, dare to challenge my Tianning's military might! According to my son..."

Before Long Tianmo could finish speaking, Emperor Tianhui interrupted angrily, "General Mu, why did the good armory explode? Where did you get the gunpowder?"

Tianning's gunpowder depots were distributed all over the country, while the imperial capital's gunpowder depots were located in the eastern outskirts of the city. Without Emperor Tianhui's instruction, even General Mu could not use them without authorization.Where did the gunpowder for the explosion in the Armory come from?Was it done on purpose, or was gunpowder hidden in the armory and accidentally ignited?This is really not clear.

"Father, it must be the work of those people in the black market. I'm afraid they want to create panic, divert attention, and give the gang of crossbowmen a chance to escape! These groups of people must be accomplices. Father, Tianning's gunpowder is so strictly controlled. The gunpowder probably flowed in from foreign forces!" Long Tianmo hastily explained.

Although he didn't specify which country is the foreign power, smart people don't need to think about it.

Such a sensitive thing can only rely on the border trade to get through the customs in a foolish way. The Northern Li and Tianning have no trade, but the Western Zhou Dynasty and Tianning have developed border trade.

It's a pity that Emperor Tianhui didn't even look at him. Seeing this, Mu Qingwu became anxious, and was about to speak, but General Mu shut him up with a wink.

The prince and the major general are still tender after all.

Since the emperor specially summoned them to ask about the defection of the imperial army, it means that the emperor has become suspicious of them.In this situation, if you blindly point the finger at the Chu family as before, it will only disgust the emperor and increase his suspicion.

General Mu took a step forward, then suddenly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the general is guilty!"

Seeing this, Mu Qingwu also knelt down, and Long Tianmo's eyes flashed with confusion, and he didn't dare to say any more.

"Your Majesty, the general's dereliction of duty caused the assassins to run rampant. The people panicked and knew that a great crime was inevitable. Whether gunpowder was hidden in the Armory, causing the explosion, or whether someone brought gunpowder to provoke trouble, remains to be ascertained. However, in any case, the end There will be crimes of unfavorable defense and supervision, these two crimes are heinous crimes, and the crimes cannot be pardoned, please forgive me!"

The words seemed to be an apology, but they actually euphemistically explained the two situations of the armory explosion.

The anger in Emperor Tianhui's eyes subsided a bit, but he still snorted coldly, "You also know you are guilty!"

General Mu kowtowed to the ground, not daring to say more.Long Tianmo and Mu Qingwu didn't dare to talk too much.

Emperor Tianhui knocked on the table with his fists clenched, and after a long silence, he said, "I'll give you three days to investigate this matter, otherwise... Huh, don't think you're the elder of the two dynasties, I won't touch you! "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Great General Mu repeatedly thanked him.

"Mu Qingwu, I will give you three days. If you can't catch those crossbowmen again, you can go to the prison to accompany your two subordinates!" Emperor Tianhui said coldly.

"The last general takes orders!" Mu Qingwu didn't dare to say more.

After the three of them left the imperial study room, they looked at each other and didn't dare to discuss it. When they were far away from the imperial study room, Long Tianmo became angry, "Young general, what happened to the defection? Don't tell the prince that you don't know about it!"

If it wasn't a matter of defection, how could the emperor be suspicious for no reason?
Mu Qingwu's eyes were still dodging, but General Mu said seriously, "His Royal Highness, the two captains of the imperial army are still imprisoned in the sky prison. There are many people who want to take the opportunity to make trouble. It is inevitable that the emperor will become suspicious. No wonder. Just blame Qingwu for being impulsive at the beginning, he shouldn't have killed the commander!"

General Mu said so, what else could Long Tianmo pursue?He sighed heavily, "The most important thing now is to find out the evidence. As long as it proves that there is no gunpowder hidden in the armory, the prince will not believe that the emperor can still sit still! Even dare to move the armory, huh, those people are really tired of working!" Already!"

It is easy to prove that the explosion in the armory was not caused by the hidden gunpowder.

The armory is so strictly guarded, and it is full of people brought out by General Mu, who will never betray General Mu. Therefore, General Mu is very confident that the explosion in the armory must have happened outside the warehouse.

As long as the explosion point is found, the prince can continue to cling to the Chu family.For General Mu, who has been in charge of the gunpowder depot for many years, it is easy to find the explosion point.

However, just when General Mu and the three of them were acting separately, a woman in the East Palace became anxious. This person was none other than Mu Liuyue.

What did she do?
(End of this chapter)