abnabooks Chapter 1631 Shocking Explosion
Chapter 1631 Shocking Explosion
Chapter 1631 Shocking Explosion
Qingyang brushed his hair. The carriage just passed by the magnificent gate of the Tianshui East Expansion Project and ran over a few grayish-white pebbles on the road.
The main road from Youhu Lake to Tianshui East Gate is paved with bluestone slabs, but with cars coming and going every day, there are stones, gravel and grass roots on the road. Isn't that normal? No one would pay attention to it.
But as soon as the wheels rolled over, the stones bounced up and stuck to the bottom of the car, and then -
It exploded directly.
With a loud "boom", thick smoke rose high into the sky.
The carriage of Qingyang Regent was extremely heavy, with exquisite carvings on the boards. After the explosion, the entire carriage was blown more than ten feet high, and rolled four 360-degree rolls in the air before crashing into the hillside.
The hillside was uneven, so the carriage had to roll four or five times, and finally stopped when it hit a big rock!
The four horses pulling the carriage and the coachman driving the carriage were all torn into pieces on the spot!
The carriage that Qingyang was riding in had extremely strong panels on all four sides, which could only be penetrated by special siege crossbows. It was also painted with defensive formations, so it could withstand any ordinary attack.
However, the center of this explosion was directly below it.
No matter how solid a carriage is, it will not have a specially reinforced floor defense. Even if there is a formation for protection, a big hole will be blown out of the bottom of the carriage. When it hits the rock, the rock cracks with a bang, and the carriage floor also dents.
The defensive formation has its limits after all, and it cannot withstand the power of this explosion that can split mountains and crack rocks.
The accompanying guards were also knocked to the ground by the shock, especially the seven guards of Envoy Wu, who were blown away with their horses and died on the spot.
Yuan Xuan was riding a horse in front. The shock wave of the explosion was just divided by the two guards behind him. He himself was also pushed forward by the air wave. After he landed, his eyes were black and his internal organs were burning.
"Enemy attack!" He spat out blood as soon as he opened his mouth, "Palace Master!"
Yuan Xuan took a deep breath, got up and staggered towards the carriage.
The carriage was turned upside down, the hole on the bottom of the carriage was particularly eye-catching, and a large part of the carriage was dented. Yuan Xuan shouted at the top of his lungs: "Protect the Palace Master!"
The rest of the guards quickly gathered together and surrounded the carriage.
The spies and informants hiding in the dark were stunned when they saw this scene, and they wanted to report this accident as soon as possible.
A small spider came out from a nearby cypress tree to take a look at the situation below, then quickly dived back into the depths of the cypress leaves.
The remaining guards of the Utk envoy were stunned at first, then shocked, and rushed up to check.
However, just as everyone rushed to the side of the carriage, the side panel fell off.
A hand reached out from the car and pressed on the broken door.
Then, Qingyang came out.
There was a faint glow of energy on her body and she didn't seem to have any external injuries. She just rolled upside down several times, her clothes and hair were messed up, and her two long strands of hair were loose, mixed with a lot of debris.
She brushed the sawdust off her fingertips—the carriage had just rolled over and she had thrust her hands into the planks to steady herself.
The sturdy carriage, three defensive magic arrays, the protection of her Yuanli, and the magic weapons all over her body, the four layers of protection from front to back, made Qingyang look safe and sound.
But her face was livid and her eyes were gleaming with anger.
Yuan Xuan hurriedly asked: "Palace Master, are you injured?"
"You can't kill me!" Qingyang was furious, "But Envoy Wu was injured!"
The guard of the Ute envoy was startled and leaned over to look inside the car.
I saw him lying in the carriage, his face covered in blood, his chest heaving, and his arms twisted at a strange angle.
"Master Wu, Master Wu!"
"Don't move him, take off the boards first!" Envoy Wu's hand was stuck between two boards.
The guards took some effort to rescue the envoy. He began to cough, and every cough aggravated the wound, causing unbearable pain.
Qingyang personally fed him a few pills: "It's for pain relief. Don't be afraid, your life is not in danger."
Just now, she also protected Envoy Wu.
The guards looked at each other in bewilderment. Lord Wu had taken a boat to Julu Harbor, survived the stormy seas, and crossed the notoriously chaotic Shanjin Plains, arriving safely in Yao Country. How could he have nearly lost his life in the capital of Shanjin, the most powerful country in the world?
Yuan Xuan went to help Qingyang, but the latter brushed his hand away: "I'm fine, send the other injured back to the cottage first."
"Yes."
Qingyang casually pulled up her hair, walked to the explosion site, squatted down and observed the charred ground.
The stone slabs on the ground could not withstand the blast and were no longer in place. A deep pit was also blown out of the road below. There was a little light in the pit, which was because the temperature was too high at that moment, and the sand was burned into crystals.
"It's not ordinary explosives, but the kind used to split mountains and rocks." Qingyang said seriously, "The explosives are buried deep underground, otherwise the pit created wouldn't be so deep. But when my carriage passed by, none of you noticed anything unusual about it, which shows that the volume exposed is very small and its appearance is inconspicuous."
Yuan Xuan angrily asked, "Could it be the explosives used to modify the terrain for the Tianshui Eastward Expansion Project?"
During the construction of Youhu Villa and Tianshui East Expansion Project a while ago, the construction team kept using those explosives to blast here and there, making a lot of noise all day long. The Qingwei were already very familiar with this kind of explosion sound, and they knew it was this one as soon as they heard it!
Several guards rode around on horseback and captured a fifty-year-old man and came back to report:
"This person is hiding by the bridge, acting sneaky."
The man yelled, "It's unfair. I was watching over the place at Youhu Villa! There was some commotion here, so I came over to take a look!"
Youhu Villa is very close to here. Although it is under construction, there are still a lot of materials piled up on the site. If no one is guarding it, they will be stolen.
The security guard only had to walk a few dozen steps from his residence to the gate.
Yuan Xuan sneered and turned to Qingyang and said, "Palace Master, for safety reasons, please return to the small building!"
The forest after the explosion was eerily quiet. No one dared to say a word, only the guards not far away carried away the bodies, making rustling sounds as they walked.
Was this unexpected attack a retaliation or an alarm to intimidate?
Or maybe both?
"Why retreat?" Qingyang walked to Envoy Wu and saw that his wound had been bandaged and fixed properly, so he said, "Envoy Wu, please follow me to the palace. I will seek justice for you!"
Envoy Wu was still feeling dizzy after being attacked. He looked at Qingyang blankly and said "OK".
Qingyang smiled at him, turned to Yuan Xuan and said, "Change the carriage and go to the palace."
So Qingwei picked up another carriage from Youhu Cottage, and Envoy Wu and Qingyang got on the carriage again and headed straight for Tianshui City!
……
Youhu Lake is not far from Yongquan Villa, and the loud explosion was also heard at Yongquan Villa.
Everyone in the village stopped what they were doing and saluted towards the northeast.
He Lingchuan also burped loudly.
Zhao Song immediately assigned three of his men: "Go and see what happened."
The explosion came from the eastern suburbs of Tianshui.
It is said that the area around this villa has been quite unstable recently. A few days ago, a series of explosions occurred in Taoxi in the west. How come it is the turn of the eastern suburbs today?
Besides, the place where the explosion occurred... is very special.
"Could this explosion have happened inside your construction site?" Zhao Song turned his head. "Master He, what do you think happened there?"
He Lingchuan stared at the direction of the explosion for a long while before he slowly said, "I'm afraid we're in big trouble."
Zhao Song's heart skipped a beat: "Why does Island Master He say that?"
He Lingchuan said no more, and only said: "Wait for the news from your men."
More than two quarters of an hour later, the three palace guards sent by Zhao Song returned and reported hurriedly:
"The carriage of Qingyang Regent was blown up at the main gate of the Tianshui East Expansion Project. It was basically torn into pieces, with the components scattered all over the ground. There were also several horse carcasses lying nearby. There were bloodstains and rags on the carriage."
Qingyang's carriage is quite special and often goes in and out of Youhu Lake, so they can all recognize it.
Zhao Song was shocked.
He Lingchuan's eyes narrowed: "At the main entrance of the Tianshui East Expansion Project?"
"Yes, a huge hole seven feet deep and more than ten feet wide was blown out on the ground!"
"It's quite powerful." He Lingchuan frowned. "That road is not only solid, but also paved with large pieces of bluestone as bricks. It was able to create such a big hole and also blow up the Regent's carriage. The amount of explosives used must be huge."
He personally supervised the construction of the main road of the Tianshui East Expansion Project, so the construction quality was of course impeccable!
Zhao Song couldn't help but ask, "How is the Regent?"
"It seems that he is not seriously injured. We found witnesses nearby and they said that Qingyang Regent walked out of the carriage by himself and did not seem to be injured. But it seems that someone was carried out of the carriage."
"There's someone else in the car? Who?"
The palace guards didn't even know.
"Qingyang Regent has profound cultivation, so his life should be safe, but it's hard to say about other things." He Lingchuan's face was solemn. "Brother Zhao, do you know what it means that the Regent's carriage was attacked and bombed at the main gate of the Tianshui East Expansion Project?"
Zhao Song was silent and nodded:
He Xiao is in trouble.
He Lingchuan sighed deeply: "Whether the Regent is injured or not, everyone in our project is implicated in this matter."
What's the trouble with this matter?
The trouble lies in Qingyang's identity.
The regent sent by Beijia was attacked in the capital, and King Yao must give an explanation for this matter.
There was someone else in her carriage, and no one knew who it was. But He Lingchuan always felt that the person who could get into trouble at this moment was probably not an ordinary person.
Zhao Song couldn't help but ask, "According to Island Master He, who was responsible for this explosion?"
He Lingchuan shook his head and said simply: "I don't know."
There is insufficient information to make a judgement.
He smiled bitterly and pointed at the two remaining jars of fine wine: "Lord Zhao, let's drink it all. Later, the palace messenger will come to summon us to the palace."
"Ah?" Is He Xiao going to throw the jar into chaos?
"Come on, Lord Zhao, have a few more drinks with me!" Zhao Song came in today under the pretext of drinking to inquire. How could He Lingchuan let him come and go as he pleased?
Zhao Song was already drunk, but seeing that he looked so sad and kept inviting him, he had no choice but to accept.
There has been a sense of impending storm in Tianshui City these past few days, and even he, who is an obedient man doing his job, has felt it. Alas!
I don't know what Qingyang will say about the Tianshui project and He Xiao after he enters the palace. Judging from He Xiao's current performance, he will be in big trouble tonight.