New Style Firearm has caused an uproar since its appearance.
Firearms control was liberalized, the army used them on a large scale, related mines were returned to the imperial court, and the war against rebellion was won one after another...
A series of changes and events were triggered by it.
However, the court did not completely let it go.
The key gunpowder was firmly in hand, and the minerals involving New-Style Gunpowder were occupied by the army as soon as they were discovered.
And the production of new muskets is not that simple.
This creates an embarrassing situation:
Although many forces have obtained gun licenses, most of them still use ordinary firearms, and New Style Firearm is very rare.
If you want to get the gunpowder quota, you need someone in the court.
Fortunately, Li Yan and the others had a good relationship with the Mo Sect, who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, so they did not face difficulties in purchasing gunpowder.
And these people in front of them all carry Fire God Spear on their backs.
After careful counting, there were twenty or thirty people.
This power was extremely terrifying. Dozens of Divine Firearms were fired in volleys, and even the Trapped Flood Dragons that were making trouble, Shennongjias, had to flee.
Commandery Commandant Office is the emperor's personal army. A guard station can only be equipped with two or three guns at most. How can it be such a luxury.
These people were well-trained, and after cleaning up the debris on the ground and erasing all traces, they quickly led the carriage away.
Soon, there was deathly silence in the pitch-black Official Road.
Li Yan slowly walked out of the darkness, thoughtfully.
He was naturally aware of these musketeers, so he did not move.
Needless to say,
These are all under the command of King of Shu.
Fire God Spear is easy to forge, but if you can organize a gun team and use New-Style Gunpowder unscrupulously, the palace must have secretly controlled some mineral veins.
There is also news mentioned by two side sect experts.
Dragon Palace Water Mansion, Wu Xian Kingdom ancient coffin, Elixir of Immortality...
If other people hear it, they will definitely be confused.
But this news happened to be connected with the information known to Li Yan.
Wu Xian Kingdom Ten Wu, related to Queen Mother of the West, controls the legendary "Elixir of Immortality", which is recorded in <"Classic of Mountains and Seas">.
Ten Wu is not ten people, but ten tribes.
Saltwater Tribe is the descendant of Wu Peng.
Later, Saltwater Goddess died at the hands of Linjun, and the Ba people obtained the salt-making technology. After the rise of Ba State, Wuxian Ancient Kingdom perished.
Later, Qin destroyed Ba State and established Ba Commandery.
Jiang God Great Lord was raging, Li Bing built Dujiangyan, and many Mystical Arts Sect warlocks cooperated to suppress Jiang God Great Lord.
The remnant soul of Jiang God Great Lord escaped into Ba Mountain and was suppressed by the Li Bing temple, and later gradually formed the belief in River Master Manifest Saint True Lord.
This job of suppression naturally falls on Manifest Saint True Lord.
As for Jiang God Great Lord Dragon Palace Water Mansion, for unknown reasons, he was hidden by the warlock Mystical Arts Sect, and the secret was placed in the ancient coffin of the Wu Xian Kingdom...
It seems that King of Shu still misses Elixir of Immortality.
Li Yan doesn't think much about "Elixir of Immortality". Even if this thing can survive, there must be big problems.
But when it comes to Manifest Saint True Lord and Dragon Palace Water Mansion, you can't be careless.
And what about Lute Worm...
I wonder if it is the zerg required by Long Yan'er.
Thinking of this, he immediately turned around and returned to Dragon Spring Post Inn...
"'Lute Worm' may not be a bug."
Bai Huan shook his head and said, "<"Classic of Mountains and Seas"> mentioned that there is Buxian Mountain in the wilderness, there is the country of the Sushen clan, there are insects, the head of an animal is the body of a snake, it is called Lute Worm. According to its description, it is more like a kind of Strange Beast."
"Chengdu Prefecture has a large population. Strange Beast is rare even in those barren mountains and uninhabited places. How could it appear in Chengdu Prefecture? It's really weird."
Li Yan pondered for a moment, "Whether it's an insect or a beast, it's still a clue. I'll set out tomorrow and take a look first before talking about it."
After returning to the room, he smelled it gently and saw that there was no strange smell in the room, and then went to bed.
Looking out the window at the dark night, he sighed slightly.
With his temperament, it is very harsh to accept partners.
Sha LiFei initially joined, just as an errand boy.
Wang Dao Xuan's character is admirable.
Lu San took the blame and left alone to win his trust.
Wu Ba is not a real member yet.
It can be said that everyone joins for a reason, and being able to come together is also a life-changing fate.
If I can help Sha LiFei, I can tell you anything...
The next day, the weather became colder and colder.
Compared with the north, it is nothing, but the winter here is a kind of coldness that penetrates into the bone marrow.
Li Yan wore a bamboo hat on his head and a large black cloak to block his weapons, and strode outside Dragon Spring Post.
But before he took two steps, he stopped.
I saw several children squatting in the corner, some big and small, in rags and rags, with no shoes on their feet, black and blue from the cold.
The oldest one was a boy with a pale face and a thin body, his face covered with bruises from being beaten.
Standing there, he seemed to want to move forward, but he didn't dare to move.
Li Yan was silent for a moment and strode past them.
Snap!
A small ingot of broken silver fell down.
At the same time, there is also a sentence: "Help me keep an eye on the inn..."
The young man quickly picked it up, held it tightly in his arms, looked around, and led the little beggars into the dark alley.
Li Yan didn't take it seriously.
The wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and the road is frozen to death. Along the way, you can see a lot of them in almost every city.
Without West Traveling Beggar Gang oppression, these little beggars are lucky.
He did not go to the horse and carriage shop to rent a horse, but left Dragon Spring Post, came to a secluded place, tied up the horse, and chanted. "Nogao! Six Jia Nine Chapters, the sky is round and the earth is round, the four seasons and the five elements are, the sun and the moon are the light..."
As the spells were being cast together, strong winds were blowing all around.
After the fallen leaves scattered all over the sky, the people disappeared.
It goes without saying that people from Shu have feelings for Marquis Wu.
"Men and women in western Sichuan have their heads wrapped in white. This custom is passed down from generation to generation and commemorates Marquis Wu."
Many people in Shu still like to wrap their heads with white cloth. This custom is left to commemorate Zhuge Wuhou.
Chengdu Prefecture off and on, there are seven Marquis Wu Shrine.
The one mentioned last night is located in the southern suburbs of the city.
It was built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was in the same area as Hui Tomb and Han Zhaolie Temple. More than ten years after the founding of the Daxuan Dynasty, the imperial court allocated funds, and King of Chengdu at that time renovated Marquis Wu Shrine and Han Zhaolie Temple.
Li Yan used a horse and galloped through the mountains and fields at an astonishing speed.
With his current way of doing things, even if someone saw it, they would just think it was a gust of mountain wind blowing by, and not even a human figure could be seen.
Of course, Li Yan also dare not be careless.
After all, this is Chengdu Prefecture. Not long after leaving Dragon Spring Post, there is the largest Jin Guan Post in Shu, stationed with a guard army.
Even in the mountains and wilderness, you can often encounter temples and Daoist temples.
There are many strange people in Shu.
Who knows what master is hidden inside.
He set out in the morning, crossed the Jin River with his armored horse, and ran across mountains and ridges for an hour before finally reaching the place.
Standing on the mountain and looking into the distance, I saw that the Chengdu Prefecture city was oval-shaped, with urn cities in the east, west, south and north. The pavilions and pavilions in the city were scattered high and low, hidden in the autumn mist.
Marquis Wu Shrine is still on the outskirts of South City.
During the renovation, the original Marquis Wu Shrine on the west side of Han Zhaolie Temple was abolished, and the Zhuge Wuhou statue was moved into Han Zhaolie Temple.
Just to the east of the Liu Bei statue, the statues of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are arranged in the west.
After all, this place has an extraordinary status, so unlike later generations, there are no ordinary people living around it. It has green mountains, green waters, and ancient bamboo forest roads, which has a certain charm.
There have always been many people from all over the country come to pay their respects to Marquis Wu, so even on this cold morning in late autumn, there were still twos and threes of people walking along the bamboo forest path.
"He has made three parts of the country, and his name is Eight Formations Diagram. The stone in the river will not change, and the regret will swallow Wu... Brother Zhu, I will accompany you to pay homage to Marquis Wu, and then we will go to the Du Fu thatched cottage."
Several Confucian scholars were walking and talking, sweat dripping from their foreheads.
"Brother Wang, I heard that there was a murder case in Marquis Wu Shrine?"
"Yes, yes, I've also heard that people die miserably, with only a piece of skin left, and I don't know what kind of evil they were."
"It's nonsense. This place is the place where heroes and martyrs come from. Where can the evil spirits come from? It's just rumors spread by those foolish men and women!"
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Brother Zhu, I haven't congratulated you yet. Crane Mountain Academy is not a place that ordinary people can go."
"It's all a fluke. Thanks to my mentor for interceding..."
Not far behind them, Li Yan was also walking slowly.
Looking at the scholar in the distance, he frowned slightly.
The situation here is somewhat unexpected.
It stands to reason that if something evil like this happens and harms people, it should be temporarily closed until the evil thing is caught.
However, according to what those scholars said, Enforcement Hall did not mobilize troops, but also deliberately confused the information.
Is it possible that there is something else hidden?
Thinking of this, he simply took off his bamboo hat, changed his appearance simply, and glued two mustaches under his nose, and looked around like other tourists.
With "Dragon Snake Plate", even if a warlock uses Divine Ability to detect him, he will only think that he is an ordinary person.
Not long after, the gate of Han Zhaolie Temple came into view.
It has a hard gable roof, a central door, and a large vermilion plaque with four golden characters "Han Zhaolie Temple" engraved on it. There are stone lions on the left and right sides, which looks majestic and solemn.
Because it is an imperial mausoleum and has a special status in Shu, there are not only temple blessings here, but also hundreds of people Tomb Guard Army.
Before he even got close, Li Yan felt a shiver in his heart.
He could feel that the aroma of incense here was strong, surging over the temple with great momentum.
There are many festivals related to Zhuge Wuhou in Sichuan.
The Kuang Festival, the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, is rumored to be the day for Zhuge to worship heaven and earth. On this day, people in Sichuan will also worship heaven and earth and worship their ancestors...
On the 23rd day of the seventh lunar month, it is the birthday of Marquis Wu. Every household in Sichuan will set up an altar and burn incense to worship...
On the twenty-eighth day of the eighth lunar month, it's the Kongming Festival again.
For thousands of years, sacrifices have been carried out continuously and the incense has been strong. It can be imagined.
Marquis Wu has become a very powerful secular god.
Of course, it is worse than Lord Guan.
Li Yan can't figure it out at all,
What could dare to cause trouble in Marquis Wu Shrine?
With "Dragon Snake Plate" covering his aura, he was naturally not afraid. He followed the scholars and stepped into Han Zhaolie Temple.
At the same time, the law was secretly triggered.
Almost instantly, the rich smell of incense flooded into the nose.
At the same time, there seems to be the sound of bamboo forest and pine waves in my ears, which is solemn and refreshing, making people feel happy.
How can there be any "Lute Worm" in this place?
Li Yan became more and more confused. Like other pilgrims, he bought a handful of incense from the little Daoist boy guarding the temple and worshiped in each hall in turn.
The first is Liu Bei Hall.
It has ebony gray tiles, carved auspicious animals painted in gold on the beams and columns, and a large plaque with the four characters "Ming Liang Eternal" written on it.
Then came Marquis Wu dian and Three Sworn Brothers Temple.
As for Hui Tomb at the rear, it is guarded by soldiers and no one is allowed to approach.
After lighting the incense, he walked around the temple a few times. Li Yan seemed to be admiring the inscriptions, but in fact he had already searched the place thoroughly.
Two types of Divine Ability were used together, and nothing strange was found.
Just when Li Yan was confused, there was a noise in the distance, and several Tomb Guard Army soldiers were seen running out in a hurry carrying a corpse.
The corpse was covered with white cloth, but it was partially collapsed, and the calloused palms were hanging outside the stretcher.
Li Yan As soon as he smelled the secret, the smell of blood immediately hit his nose.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and did not follow to join in the fun.
Even through the white cloth, he could tell that the corpse was not Tomb Guard Army, but a man wearing bamboo talisman leather armor, with a big hole in his head and all the facial features, internal organs and brain.
He has seen this kind of dress before, it is Demon Hunter.
It seems that Cheng City God Temple secretly sent someone to deal with it, but unfortunately he suffered the consequences.
The corpse was carried from the Imperial Mausoleum. Although it passed through Three Sworn Brothers Temple and immediately entered the side door to leave, many people still saw it.
"Something really happened?"
"Why did another one die?"
The pilgrims who saw it all whispered.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
With a scolding, a policeman came running from the imperial mausoleum with several Yamen Runner.
The leader of the police, who was tall and tall, with eyes like swords, looked like he was a good hunter. He glanced around and said, "Someone went hunting in the back mountain and died after encountering a mountain leopard."
"Master Fu Yin has an order. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense and confuse the public will be thrown into prison immediately!"
With a scolding, the onlookers quickly dispersed.
The detective was obviously a little angry, and they didn't want to raise their eyebrows. Besides, something happened here again, so it would be better to leave as soon as possible.
Soon, the pilgrims in the temple dispersed one after another.
However, those few scholars stayed behind.
One of the white-faced scholars frowned, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "I am a scholar in Yiling, Zhu Chen, Crane Mountain Academy. I dare to ask this officer, what happened here?"
The detective's eyes were gloomy. He wanted to reprimand him, but he endured it and said, "Didn't you hear that someone was killed by a wild beast? Please leave early. This matter has nothing to do with you."
Another huge force in Shu is Confucianism.
Divine Land Since ancient times, "Confucius is worshiped in the north and Wenchang is worshiped in the south." And Emperor Wenchang's ancestral home is in the middle of Shu.
Therefore, the students in Shu Middle School are more pious to Wenchang, forming a pattern in which the common people worship Erlang, and the officials worship Wenchang.
Scholar, Crane Mountain Academy student, no matter who he is, this policeman doesn't want to offend him.
Unexpectedly, when the scholar heard this, he became furious. He puffed up his chest and said, "This place is a place of sages. Marquis Wu is admired by students all over the world. How come it has nothing to do with me?"
"Yeah, who said it has nothing to do with us?"
"I will talk to my father about this when I get back!"
Several students obviously followed Zhu Chen's lead. When they saw this, they shouted, refuted, and moved out of the backstage.
"Okay, okay!"
The policeman was also in a bad mood. He cursed in a low voice and said, "You can do whatever you like. If you die, don't blame me for not warning you."
After that, he led the people to chase in the direction where the body left.
As soon as the police officers left, the scholars lost their purpose and looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Then Zhu Chen immediately said, "Everyone, the saints cannot be tarnished. How about we find out about this matter?"
"Okay!"
"When I become an official in the future, I will have to solve cases, so I just want to practice my skills here!"
When the scholars heard this, their faces were filled with excitement.
A bunch of Big Fool...
Li Yan smiled secretly in his heart and glanced at Zhu Chen calmly.
This kid is actually a warlock.
Most likely I came here for "Lute Worm"...