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Chapter 24 The Mandate of Heaven

Luoyang City has twelve city gates, three in the east and three in the west, two in the north and four in the south.

Xiahou An led the young men to come from the east and stopped at the Middle East Gate.

The city gate was wide open, and there were no guards on the city tower.

The former imperial capital of the Han Dynasty opened its arms to them like this.

"Let's go!"

Xiahou An let out a low voice, pulled the reins with his right hand, and brought his younger brothers in one after another.

After entering the city, what caught my eye was the deserted streets and the houses that collapsed after the fire were burned, and the black and broken piece was like ruins.

Most of the fire in the city was extinguished, and the burning waves brought by the embers made the cheeks burn.

On the streets, there are items left behind by the people when they fled, charred corpses dragged out of the ruins, and women and children killed on the streets.

The blood flowing out of the body has long been dried by the fire and has been deeply embedded in the ground, leaving dark red fishy spots.

It was shocking to see all the time.

Such a declining scene is hard to connect it with the imperial capital of the Han Kingdom.

The prosperity is gone.

Walking on the street, the teenagers felt inexplicably heavy.

"Who are you here to do what?"

Before we walked far, some firefighters discovered the group of teenagers and came to ask.

Xiahou An reported Cao Cao's nephew as usual, saying that he was coming to help put out the fire.

The man who was in question was about forty years old, nearly eight feet tall, and was a little majestic. After carefully examining Xiahou An and others, he saw that they did not look like Dong Zhuo's minions, so he said with peace of mind: "It is rare that all the little brothers have such chivalrous hearts, but the fire here has been extinguished. You can go to the west to see, there should be still a shortage of personnel there."

Xiahou An nodded and said yes.

Then, after saying goodbye to the firefighting team, Xiahou An set out to the west.

Of course, it is impossible for you to expect him to participate in the firefighting work honestly.

Racing along the avenue facing the Middle East Gate, I soon saw the palace walls of Luoyang Royal Palace.

Luoyang City is divided into two palaces, north and south.

Beigong is the emperor's harem, and the residence of the empress dowager and the prince is also here; Nangong is a place for court and government affairs.

It is natural to find out where to search first.

The road connecting the two palaces is called the "Imperial Road". It is usually dedicated to the emperor's walking. If others leave, it is considered light to behead their heads.

At this moment, Xiahou An was leading his younger brothers to ride horses on the imperial road, passing through the northern gate of Xuanwu, and directly entering the Nangong.

The fire in Nangong has been extinguished, and thick smoke is emitting from the collapsed palace. The temperature of rising from the ground is still very high. Many palaces collapsed and turned into ruins, some are still shaking. From time to time, two sounds of beams falling and collapsed.

Seeing this, Xia Houan frowned slightly, and it was obvious that someone had been here.

I just don’t know if Sun Jian found the jade seal.

"Four teams, go and look for them separately."

Xia Houan gave instructions and warned the little brothers not to leak the news.

The little brothers nodded and scattered quickly.

Xiahou An, Xu Chu and two other young brothers also began to search.

Nangong is very big, ridiculously big.

All kinds of palaces emerged one after another, dazzled by people. Xiahou An had no idea how to start and could only run around like a headless fly.

After all, no one has been here before.

Mainly not qualified.

Find the south from the north and the west from the east.

Time passes in minutes and seconds.

As time went by, Xiahou An even lost his patience. He became increasingly suspicious that the jade seal must have fallen into Sun Jian's hands.

Otherwise, he had been scattering for so long, why did he not gain any gains?

Another half an hour passed.

Damn, don't look for it anymore!

Xiahou An, who was covered in gray, kicked Jiao Chai in anger and completely lost his patience and was too lazy to scatter.

The other two little brothers who acted as tool guys are now wet. Some wells are dry and some have water in them. It is inevitable that they are wet.

"Brother, don't be discouraged. Find a place to rest for a while. I'll go find it again." The two little brothers took the initiative to comfort Xiahou An, and then they really went to explore elsewhere.

Looking at the backs of the two little brothers, Xiahou An was greatly moved. The little brother who had been silently going down the well was willing to work so hard. What reason do he, the eldest brother, have complained here?

"Zhongkang, let's go over there and have a look."

Adjust your emotions and Xiahou An continues to work.

When passing by a palace maid garden, Xiahou An suddenly burst into his chest.

A feeling I had never felt before came to my mind, like a seal on a box that had been covered with dust for many years, suddenly moved.

Walking along the small door, the house in the courtyard had already collapsed. Xiahou An visited everywhere. Apart from the collapsed and burnt wooden boards, there was no ancient well that he wanted to find.

With a little disappointment, Xiahou An turned around and prepared to leave.

The sharp-eyed Xu Chu seemed to notice the trick, and stepped forward and pried open the burning ruins, shouting: "Lord, there is a well."

Xiahou An walked quickly, and sure enough, under the ruins, a hexagonal wellhead was exposed.

Like other wells, this mouth also has its own name: Zhenguan Well.

Xiahou An put the rope around his waist and tied it very strongly.

Originally, Xu Chu said he wanted to continue, but Xiahou An was not sure. Although Xu Chu's combat power was the highest among them, his ability to hold his breath was not very good.

I guess I started choking before I could sink to the end.

So Xu Chu stayed on it and pulled the rope, and Xiahou An leaned against the well and sank down little by little.

When the well water was about to flow through his nose, Xiahou An took a few deep breaths, then loosened his palms, which grabbed the rope, and his whole body fell rapidly towards the bottom of the well.

I don't know how long it took.

Xiahou An felt that his body no longer sinks, and he kicked his feet and reached the bottom of the well.

He opened his eyes and reached out to see his five fingers.

But don’t let me recite the whole Black Chicken King, I can’t ask for Laojun’s Immortal Pills… Xia Houan’s mind was full of thoughts, and there was a picture of the monkey tricking Bajie in Journey to the West.

The bottom of the well is too dark to see nothing clearly.

Xiahou An had no choice but to touch him like a blind man.

There are many things underground, most of which are broken porcelain, and a piece of fragments cut through his palm.

My god, you are the ancestors, and you will throw garbage!

The jade seal was not retrieved and the hand was scratched. Xiahou An cursed at the bottom of the well.

In fact, Xiahou An didn't know what the jade seal looked like.

Anyway, he screens and distinguishes according to the way he looks in the TV series.

When he withdrew his palm, Xiahou An touched a stone. He held it in his hand and felt particularly familiar.

There is not much breath anymore.

Xiahouan pulled the rope.

After Xiahou An went down the well, Xu Chu, who was guarding the well, became nervous and did not dare to relax at all times. He wanted to shout several times, but he was afraid of disturbing the lord's mind, so he swallowed his worries back into his stomach.

At this moment, feeling the signal from the other end of the rope, Xu Chu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly closed the line, and kept pulling the rope with his arms.

Soon, Xiahou An, who was soaked all over the body, floated up to the surface, and then returned to the land with Xu Chu's support.

"Lord, have you found the jade seal?" Xu Chu asked curiously.

It would be fine if I didn't ask, but when I talked about this, Xiahou An was extremely angry: "There was a hammer's jade seal that injured my hand, but I picked up something and didn't know what it was."

As he said that, Xiahou An took out a stone from his arms.
Chapter completed!
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