At night, due to some well-known reasons, Shi Yao and Chen Hai were arranged to stay in the same room. Chen Hai didn't have any objection. He was used to sleeping with four people in college, so would it be worse to sleep with two people
"Hey, Chen Hai, did you really come from another timeline?" Shi Yao asked while lying on the makeshift bed, looking at the dark ceiling.
"You've asked this question countless times. Can you change the subject?" Chen Hai was really helpless. Shi Yao was like a reincarnated parrot. It seemed like he couldn't speak except for this sentence.
"Then why doesn't the instrument respond to you?" Shi Yao said aggrievedly.
"How should I know? Maybe it's broken. You can open it and fix it." Chen Hai covered his head with the quilt. If he didn't sleep, he might not be able to get up tomorrow.
And after what happened in the morning, Chen Hai was quite impressed with the identity arrangement of the main god space. From the detailed to the coarse, as long as he wanted to see it and others would ask about it, he could find it in the script.
"That makes sense." Shi Yao seemed to be inspired. He sat up and lit the candle in front of Chen Hai's speechless eyes.
Really, if Chen Hai had a roommate like this in college, he would probably end up in jail before he even graduated.
Pulling out the metal box he had been holding for the day from under the bed, Shi Yao took a deep breath, entered the password on the lock, and then slowly opened the lid of the box.
In an instant, a white light burst out from the box, and under the two people's astonished gaze, a dazzling, flawless white diamond-shaped crystal floated up from the box bit by bit.
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The prompt sound of the main god space rang in Chen Hai's mind in an instant.
"Oh my god! What the hell is this? Where is my instrument?!" Shi Yao suddenly shouted.
Bang! The second after he shouted, the door was kicked open and Zhuifeng appeared there. "What happened!"
Zhuifeng looked around the room but saw nothing. The only thing that caught his attention was the empty box in Shi Yao's hand.
"The instrument is missing? When did it disappear? After coming here, or before coming here?" Zhuifeng asked quickly. If someone dares to come to Liushenmen to steal things, must they be tired of living? This crime is equivalent to selling Viagra in Dongchang!
"I don't know, didn't you see it?" Shi Yao kept turning his eyes between Chen Hai and the core of the world, looking very surprised.
After looking at Chen Hai again, they suddenly realized that it seemed that they were the only two people who could see the thing floating in the air.
"What did you see? What do you mean?" Zhuifeng frowned. He felt that Shi Yao was not talking about the instrument in the box.
Just when he was about to ask, there was a loud bang, and a series of brilliant fireworks exploded in the air from far to near.
Zhuifeng turned around and was immediately shocked. This was the highest level of fireworks from the Six Gates, and the location was in the direction of Qixia Mountain. Could it be that the rebels on the mountain had come down? !
"You two don't move around in this room! We'll talk about the instrument tomorrow!" After Zhuifeng said that, he closed the door and ran straight to Hong Yi's residence.
When they were the only two people left in the room, the air seemed to be frozen.
The bamboo bed under Chen Hai's butt made a creaking sound.
"Stop! What do you want to do?!" Shi Yao stared at Chen Hai.
"I didn't do anything. You're just too nervous." Chen Hai said with a forced smile.
"I'm nervous? You've seen this thing just like me, right? Tell me what it is?" Shi Yao's muscles were tense, and the launcher in his right hand was ready to launch.
"That thing ran out of your box, how would I know? If you are really worried, just put it back quickly." Chen Hai moved back twice, indicating that he had no intention of fighting for it.
"Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?" Shi Yao said as he stood up.
"I really don't know. What's the point of asking such a meaningless question?" Chen Hai managed his expression very well, and there was no sign of guilt at all.
"Hmph!" Shi Yao snorted coldly, put his feet on the bed, and turned the box downwards, covering the core of the world. However, the core of the world seemed to have no substance and passed directly through the box.
"This? How could this be?" Shi Yao was even more surprised. It was clearly taken out of the box, but now it couldn't be put back
"You ask me, who should I ask? And I feel like something big has happened." Chen Hai said directly to the Taoist temple outside the window which suddenly became bright.
Shi Yao was on guard against Chen Hai while looking out the window.
Through the small window, they saw Six Gates masters running out from all directions one after another holding torches, as if they were gathering.
"I'm afraid a war is about to break out." Chen Hai muttered with a serious look in his eyes.
Just as he guessed, the entire Guangyang Prefecture was now in a level one combat readiness state. The six gates, police guards, patrolmen, soldiers, all those in combat sequence were directly awakened, assembled, and ready to defend or take the initiative to attack at any time.
When Zhuifeng ran to Hongyi's door, he found that all the managers of Guangyang Mansion's Liushenmen branch were present.
"Let's go to the government office. The prefect and the commander should be waiting for us there." Hong Yi commanded.
At the gate of the government office, sedan chairs, carriages and other medium and large vehicles are temporarily not allowed to pass through, because at this time, the traffic here must be guaranteed.
About ten minutes later, the prefect, the commander-in-chief, the head of the Six Gates branch, the captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard stationed in Guangyang Prefecture, and all the top figures in Guangyang Prefecture gathered together.
"Okay, everyone is here. What's going on? The fireworks exploding in the sky are from the Six Gates, right? Hong Yi, Zhuifeng, do you know what happened?" The prefect and others asked as soon as they arrived.
"I don't know, sir, but the fireworks in the sky are the highest level warning signal of the Six Gates, and judging from the direction, Zhuifeng and I both believe that something happened in Qixia Mountain, and the spies over there had to use this method to quickly inform us." Hong Yi stood up and said.
"Qixia Mountain? Are they those rebels? They are coming down now? It doesn't seem to be in line with the pattern." Captain Cheng said. They have been fighting with these rebels for a long time and have figured out some patterns.
"Captain Cheng, this time may be different from the previous patterns. My investigation report should be in the process of being transferred to you." Zhuifeng took the initiative to speak.
As one of the four famous detectives in the world, his political status cannot be compared with those present, but he has some privileges from the central government, so at times, his words carry more weight than Hong Yi's.
"Oh? What's the difference? Tell me quickly." The prefect continued.
"After this investigation, I found that the number of rebels in Qixia Mountain is at least over three thousand. I have discovered one general so far. His name is Gan Ning. His tactics are aggression like fire, which is a unified tactic." Zhuifeng quickly repeated the key information.
"Three thousand people?!" Captain Cheng frowned. According to regulations, the garrison under his command should have seven thousand households, with a total of 8,400 people. However, due to some well-known reasons, the garrison is currently fully staffed with 7,000 people, and about 3,000 troops are not temporarily stationed near Guangyang Prefecture.
"That's right, the number of people is definitely more or less!" Zhuifeng emphasized again.
"I understand what you mean. Are you saying that the warning from the spies from the Six Gates means that the rebels on the mountain have taken the initiative to attack?" The prefect said, stroking his beard.
"That's about it."
"Captain Xiao, do you have any additions to the Jinyiwei?" The prefect looked at the captain of the Jinyiwei who was sitting in the lowest position.
Captain Xiao quickly stood up and said, "Sir, there are no Jinyiwei personnel near Qixia Mountain, so we are not very clear."
"Really? Then you have to be more careful and don't always focus on messy things." The prefect also warned them, "Then are all the Jinyiwei people in Guangyang Prefecture?"
"Sir, there are only more than 200 people in Guangyang Prefecture now, but most of the rest of the troops should be able to return within three days after the forced mobilization." Captain Xiao reported with his head down.
"What about your Six Gates?" The prefect looked at Hong Yi.
"Sir, there are currently 171 constables on duty in the six gates of Guangyang Prefecture, and the rest are in various nearby locations. If necessary, we can gather 300 people within three days." Hong Yi stood up and said.
After both sides finished their reports, the prefect looked at Captain Cheng and waited for his opinion.
Captain Cheng frowned and thought for a while, then stood up.
"Everyone, the garrison currently has 4,000 soldiers, 4 thousand households, and 3 military advisors. As the Wind Chaser said, the enemy has more than 3,000 troops, so I cannot make a decision whether to take the initiative to meet the enemy. I would like to ask you to send people as soon as possible to at least determine the approximate range of the local troops. In addition, I will immediately issue orders to other thousand households around to keep an eye on the enemy coming from the direction of Qixia Mountain."
"What do you think?" The prefect looked at the others.
Seeing that no one objected, the prefect stood up and waved his sleeves, "Okay, I declare that the entire prefecture officially enters the first-level combat readiness state. Captain Xiao, Commander Hong, I want to know the number of enemy troops before sunset tomorrow. Captain Cheng, prepare to meet the enemy immediately!"
"yes!"
The meeting lasted less than ten minutes, even shorter than the time it took these people to arrive. The speed of this pre-war meeting was due to the endless stream of rebels, and the fact that the prefect himself was an impatient person, which led to such efficiency.
In the Liushenmen courtyard, Chen Hai and Shi Yao were not considered as the construction staff of Liushenmen, so no one came to disturb them.
Chen Hai leaned on the window, looking outside nervously, while Shi Yao stared at the core of the world floating in the air, holding the metal box in his hand, as if he would not give up until he caught it.
"Hey, Shi Yao, do you think the current situation outside is caused by the things you released?" Chen Hai asked.
"How is that possible? They can't even see this thing, how could they be related to it?" Shi Yao replied while jumping like a moth.
"Don't you think it's such a coincidence? When this thing flew out of the box, everything seemed to have changed." Chen Hai turned around and looked at the core of the world that was emitting starlight.
He now regretted extremely that why did he suggest Shi Yao to open the box in the first place? Wasn't that just looking for trouble
Maybe he would have to stay in Guangyang Mansion for the rest of his life. He had to go out and walk around! He had to measure the land with his feet! Anyway, he didn't want to die yet!
"It's a bit of a coincidence, but that doesn't mean it's this thing. They can't see it and we can't touch it." Shi Yao was a little tired and said as he sat down on the chair.
"Do you really have no impression of it at all? It looks like a large diamond." Chen Hai continued. He had been trying to find a way to make Shi Yao relax his vigilance so that he could seize the core of the world. He just didn't know whether the way to obtain the core of the world was to grab it with his hands.
"Diamonds? How is that possible? Why would I put such useless things in my box? It's glass." Shi Yao rolled his eyes.
"That's not necessarily true..."
While we were chatting here, a huge knife mark was carved on the ground at the foot of Qixia Mountain, and next to it were the bodies of the people from the Six Gates who were split in half.
Obviously, after discovering the target, this spy from the Six Gates did not have time to escape from Gan Ning's pursuit and lost his life.
Gan Ning was sitting on a warhorse, holding a chain knife in his hand. His eyes were filled with white light and his face was expressionless. Killing a person was like stepping on an ant, with no reaction at all.
Gan Ning's temperament at this moment was completely different from the one Zhuifeng saw that day. Soldiers lined up behind him, and a large group of people continued to move straight towards Guangyang Prefecture.
In other words, we are preparing to move towards the shining core of the world.
At the same time, throughout the Ming Dynasty, all the formed rebel forces seemed to have received a unified command and headed towards Guangyang Prefecture.
It was even so exaggerated that some rebels who were fighting suddenly gave up on the enemies in front of them and turned around to leave.
The fighting soldiers stabbed their opponents a few times in astonishment and surprise before they drew their attention back.
The area near Qixia Town was no exception. The rebels in Cuiwei Mountain had just been wiped out two days ago, but the river pirates who suddenly appeared in the river channel of Xiliang River started to move.
It was also a team of one hundred people, and they also went up the waterway, heading straight for Guangyang Prefecture.
Bai Zhantang, who was investigating in the dark, was a little puzzled. When did these river pirates dare to act so ostentatiously? Were they not afraid of being attacked by the officers and soldiers again
However, it is always a good thing for them that these guys don't come to Huohuo Seven Heroes Town and the surrounding towns.
"Zhan Tang, what happened?" Tong Xiangyu asked while holding a candlestick after Bai Zhan Tang came back. It was late at night and something like this happened suddenly, which would scare anyone into a cold sweat.
"They haven't come this way. Judging from the movements, it seems that they are going to Guangyang Prefecture." Bai Zhantang supported his chin, still thinking about those river pirates.
"It's good that he didn't come to us." Tong Xiangyu breathed a sigh of relief. "You're right. Why are the messengers so slow these days? I sent a letter to my father, but why hasn't he replied yet?"
"Your father is in the Longmen Escort Agency. Not to mention replying to the letter, he hasn't even delivered it yet." Bai Zhantang replied. Unless it was him who delivered the letter, it couldn't have been so fast.
Since the last dream, several letters have been sent out from this small inn, including one from Tong Xiangyu to his father of Longmen Escort Agency, one from Bai Zhantang to his mother Bai Sanniang, the special envoy of Six Gates, Guo Furong to the head of Six Gates Guo Juxia, one from Mo Xiaobei to Hengshan, and even Dazui sent a letter to his master, the God of Cookery, who was far away in the capital.
Lu Qinghou, the only one who did not send any letters, was not idle either. He wrote most of the letters to these people. After all, he wrote quickly and well.