A few low sounds of bronze bells came from afar, and soon the sound of bangbang bang bang bang bang bang bang on the street outside the Marquis' Mansion came.

At the end of You hour.

Chen Xu stood up and said, "The hour of Xu is here. Come with me to see the divine thunder and fireworks, and go and invite the empress to come too!"

So the two little maids went to inform Chen Jiang, Xing'er, Yu Ji and Shui Qingrou followed Chen Xu out of the backyard. Soon the carriage was ready, and Chen Jiang also brought a few maids out. A group of people took several carriages and went out under the escort of dozens of guards, holding lanterns and heading straight for the square in front of the prose hall.

The Chaogong Hall is close to the palace. Civilians are not allowed to stay in this square on weekdays. Today, this huge square with an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres is already overcrowded. Because curfew has been lifted these three days, and it was heard that there were divine thunder and fireworks specially developed by Qinghehou to perform at night. In addition, the weather is so hot that it is hard to wait. Therefore, after eating Shenshi, almost all the people in Xianyang City came out of their homes and played and cooled on the streets. The square in front of Xianyang Palace, which cannot be approached on weekdays, became the place where the crowds gathered the most.

Men, women, young and old, merchants, civilians, scholars and officials, and the people of Xianyang almost all came out. The whole square was filled with people carrying lanterns, making noises and lively play. Some people even set up stalls to sell pancakes, roasted crabs and barbecue. The hot air was filled with the fragrance of barbecue food.

In the center of the square, an area of ​​hundreds of feet was empty. The three hundred armored and spear-holding imperial guards surrounded the open space in the middle under the leadership of a school captain. In the center of the open space, four rows of iron pipes as thick as arms were placed at a distance of five meters. These were the cannons that fired fireworks. At this time, the tripod had already been opened and fixed to the ground, and the surroundings were pressed tightly with large stones.

As professional launchers, Chen Xu had secretly guided the loading and simulated the launch process many times. At this time, the gunpowder and fireworks in these gun barrels had already been loaded. The first three rows of twenty-seven tubes are the main guns, the lead wire is very long, and the last row is also nine tubes, but the lead wire is very short, and it is used for backup to prevent the mute guns in front from appearing quickly and can be ignited and fired.

"Mr. Marquis, here~"

Since becoming Chen Xu's personal secretary, Sun Shujiu, who doesn't go back much on weekdays, and a large group of scholars of similar age, have already seized a good place, which is to look at a wide stairs in front of the hall. When he saw Chen Xu's carriage coming, he quickly waved and shouted.

Chen Xu asked the groom to park the car in front of the steps and got off the car. He saw that not only Sun Shujiu, but also Huangfu Que, Chen Ping, Qiu Cheng, Fu An, Ji Tong and other groups of people from Qingheyuan and newspaper offices. There were also many unknown scholars around him. They should be all friends from Fu An and others who were in Xianyang in the past. When they saw Chen Xu get off the car, everyone quickly bowed and saluted: "Gours to Qinghe Hou!"

"No gifts and no gifts, fireworks are about to begin. Don't get too close. Be careful that the fireworks that have not exploded fall and smash their heads! And when they stand too close, you can't see clearly. There will be smoke and mud falling into your eyes later..."

Chen Xu asked the group of people to retreat more than ten feet, and then asked the guards to escort Chen Jiangshi Shui Qingrou, Xing'er and Yu Ji and others to get out of the car to find a seat. Just when he was busy, a young woman in a white dress and a group of colorful people came out of the crowd with a lantern with a happy face and greeted her. Behind him were several guards wearing Chinese money house uniforms.

"Nutian Hui pays homage to Qinghe Hou!"

"Minister Fan Caiying pays homage to the Marquis of Qinghe!"

The two women bowed to Chen Xuying.

"Oh, it turns out it was Miss Caiying and Miss Wanwan, no gifts. There are so many people here, come and stand with us!"

Chen Xu waved his hand and a group of guards dispersed. Fan Caiying and Wanwan stood next to Chen Xu excitedly, but after seeing Shui Qingrou, they all took two steps back carefully.

Chen Xu gave a few more instructions and then walked to the open space in the middle of the square, carefully checked the gunpowder and leads of each barrel, and felt that it was not fixed and strong, so that the soldiers could adjust the stone again. At the same time, the three hundred imperial guards doubled the protective open space again to prevent fireworks from falling off later. Half a pound of gunpowder and a few taels of paper barrel fell from a height of more than 100 meters and hit the head, and they might be killed on the spot.

At this time, the entire square was crowded with people. Apart from the Chaogong Square, almost every household in the other part of Xianyang City was in full swing. As the bronze bell rang at the end of the Youth hour of the imperial palace, millions of people turned nervously and nervously to look towards the direction of Xianyang Square. In fact, it was not only in Xianyang City, but outside the city where the news had been received, the people on both sides of the Wei River even dozens of miles away, and many people were not asleep yet, and they all turned to look towards Xianyang City.

The palace night banquet that has been around for nearly an hour has come to an end.

At the moment when the clock rang, I was already waiting a little restless and got Qin Shihuang the first to put down his wine glass and stood up.

"My dear friends, follow me out of the palace to watch the divine thunder and fireworks!"

So all the civil and military officials and soldiers who were qualified to accept the banquet followed the emperor out of Ziyang Hall and came to the square in front of Ganquan Palace.

There is a large open space at the gate of the palace. Thousands of imperial guards surrounded the open space. Almost all the concubines, princesses and princesses in the palace stood in the open space with the help of palace maids and palace maids to watch the so-called divine thunder and fireworks.

A girl in a summer skirt looked at the center of the square, and in the dense crowds and lights, she wanted to find the shadow that made her think about day and night.

Since her condition improved, Qinghe Hou no longer came to the palace to visit him twice a day. She had been waiting for a whole day today, but she did not see him. He heard that the divine thunder, fireworks, colorful streams of smoke and clouds were everywhere. She wanted to watch with him and experience the beautiful time of celebrations all over the world.

"Princess, Princess~" a palace maid hurried over and said loudly with joy on her face, "Princess, the Marquis of Qinghe is here, he wants to invite you to watch the fireworks together!"

"Really?" Ying Shiman felt happy and couldn't control her emotions. She just waited for the anxiety to disappear. She carried the hem of her skirt and ran out. When she ran out of the encirclement of the imperial guards, she saw a boy looking at her with a smile.

"Shiman pays homage to the Marquis of Qinghe!" In an instant, Ying Shiman's nose was a little sour and her eyes were a little hazy. She quickly put down her skirt and saluted the young man's blessing.

"Chen Xu greets the princess. In another moment, the fireworks are about to begin. Xu wants to invite the princess and my family to watch this prosperous night view!"

"Thank you for the invitation from Qinghehou. Shiman is honored!" Ying Shiman showed a happy smile on her face, and followed Chen Xu without looking back with her skirt. After leaving, several palace maids and eunuchs looked at each other. After awakening, they hurriedly took the guards to follow.

Seeing Chen Xu go out and bringing back a woman, Chen Ping and others showed a knowing smile on their faces. Everyone knew the identity of this girl, so they all hurried forward to salute together.

When Chen Jiangshi and Shui Qingrou saw Chen Xu bring Ying Shiman over, they all quickly saluted. Ying Shiman was a little confused in an instant, and greeted him while returning the gift. Xing'er directly held Ying Shiman's hand and said, "Princess, my brother has made another particularly delicious food today, you will definitely like it!"

"What food?" Ying Shiman asked curiously with a blushing face.

"Ice cubes, my brother can turn the clear water into ice cubes directly. It's delicious. Let me make it for you tomorrow..."

Chen Xu's face turned black in an instant.

With such a foodie sister who can't hide her secrets, Chen Xu felt that all the instructions just now were in vain.

"Sister Xing'er, Brother Xu said he couldn't tell anyone!" Yu Ji whispered to Xing'er.

"The princess is not an outsider. She is going to marry her brother anyway, mom, don't you think so?" Xing'er turned her head and looked at Chen Jiangshi with confidence.

Chen Jiangshi didn't know how to respond. Ying Shiman also blushed and lowered her head without daring to look at anyone. However, at this moment, the crowd of onlookers began to stir up because the two mute slaves in the center of the open space in the square were already walking towards the placed candles with the lit incense candles in their hands.

"It's beginning~"

"Go back quickly. The Marquis said just now that the fireworks are powerful. If they don't fly into the sky, they will explode like Taiyi Divine Thunder, which can kill people!"

"Retreat, retreat quickly~"

So the entire square suddenly became turbulent, and the crowd retreated several feet again. At this time, with the melodious bell ringing in the palace, the hour of Xu arrived.

A mute slave walked to the first barrel of the first row and ignited the lead, while the other mute slave walked to the last barrel of the first row and waited for a few seconds and ignited the lead.

Then the two mute slaves lit the first row of nine gun barrels one by one, and then they quickly fled ten feet away with their heads in their arms.

A stream of sparks burned in the darkness, releasing beautiful fire.

The burning of the leads alone has ignited the enthusiasm of the audience around them, and they all grew their mouths and looked at these things that could emit Mars in the darkness.

"Could this be the divine thunder fireworks?"

Two minutes passed since the first gun barrel was ignited, and many people guessed in their hearts that although the Mars was burning beautifully, it was completely different from the soldiers' propaganda.

"Boom~"

Just as many people were puzzled and guessed, suddenly with a deafening explosion, a strong fire light sprayed out from the first cannon barrel more than one meter high. In the thick smoke and dust, a black shadow that was almost invisible to the naked eye rushed into the dark night sky.

Just when the audience screamed in panic and retreated and then wondered that this was different from the publicity.

"Bang~~"

In the dark night sky where stars and moons are empty, it seems to be in the distant sky. With a more deafening explosion, accompanied by a ball of fire, I saw five-color blue, green, orange, yellow, and red fireworks suddenly bloomed like flowers in the sky above Xianyang, and the light was filled with colorful light, instantly reflecting the dark night sky with extremely dazzling splendor.

"Wow~~"
Chapter completed!