Book 59: Chapter 2: Launching the First Artillery Shell (1/2)

Book 59: Chapter 2: Launching the First Artillery Shell

The two boys stepped out of the guard house’sout to the sky, leaving fro over the wall

Nearly half of the governhtly lit; the sound of joyous laughter and roaring shouts were heard a the somber and desolate, solemn atmosphere of the cold winter in the imperial city As usual, the imperial palace did not hold a celebration of victory

As they hid in the dark, Xu Ziling suggested, “After our true qi ed, your senses are more effective and sharper than mine alone It would be better if I ae are in charge of opening up a path; what do you think?”

Kou Zhong happily agreed, grabbing the hand that he offered, he laughed and said, “This ti hands, united in common effort, not just in naranny’s! The entire imperial city suddenly beca reo!”

Kou Zhong pulled him to brave the wind and darted towards the Heavenly Street, which connected the Iate, the Vermillion Bird Gate He suddenly stopped in the dark shadow of a govern troops to pass by, and only then he continued their journey The two boys’ heart andin synch, as if they had beco rapidly like spirits and devils fro troops and standing guards, both covert and undercover Occasionally they even flew on top of the governuards as nothing The h, there was another kind of unspeakable excite for the Imperial Palace were concentrated on the peri in fro through this heavy defense Moreover, their coave them the ability that a capable person could not acco on the snow-covered roof tile of a government office in the southeast corner of the I the East Palace across the traversing square, they still had the gazing at the ocean and la powerless and incompetent], unable to have access to set their hands to it - disheartened feeling

While adate of the East Palace, Jia Fu [lit auspicious happiness] Gate was heavily guarded, on top of the city walls, a guard stood at every few zhang intervals, not to ht copper saucepan [used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness], the defense was impenetrable

The two boys stared fixedly for ato have a free hand, the risk of going back fro into the East Palace This time we have no roo cold wind, they still had to apply their power to suck their clothes to stick to their body, so as not to create unusual noise of the fluttering sleeves

Xu Ziling spoke in low voice, “Now the northind is blowing, and the wind lanterns on top of the city walls, none are not blown that they flicker between light and dark, which is of great help to ouras we ust of wind, perhaps we could s spoke dejectedly, “The problem is that to enter the East Palace we still have to cross the absolutely-e the city lose their eyesight, how could they not see us, two kids who had lost their heads?”

Xu Ziling spoke indifferently, “When the way exhausted, change will coe leads to clarity To enter the palace fro public square, we have to sneak across the public square and two high walls That is not so that we need to take trouble in vain atte alk from the outer wall near the top of the wall and stay close to the wall, ill happen? The attention of the guards on top of the wall is only focused on the ground outside the wall”

Kou Zhong’s spirit greatly aroused, he said, “Good plan! Fancy that you are able to co the outer wall of course only pay attention to the place outside the wall, to guard against people couard against”

Xu Ziling said, “Co aill be a bit easier”

When a tea the outer wall has already passed, the two flashed out fro, in the blink of an eye they disappeared into the shadow of the northeast corner of the iate tower and from the foot of the wall could not reach They stayedfor the fortunate ti’s left hand The latter drove away ten thousand thoughts and guard his heart into one, to let the spiritual sense to rise to its apex, to enable hi wind rolled in violently, blowing the accuoverns in the Imperial City that it swirled in the air

Suddenly Kou Zhong released his power to soar, bringing Xu Ziling up sticking on the wall, crossing over the high wall nearly half of its height, and then it was Xu Ziling’s turn to take Kou Zhong to complete the rerabbed the edge of the battlee of the wind momentum, they stuck their heads out to look at the situation on top of the city wall

The wind lantern was blown that it flickered between light and darkness, a teauards standing guard on the left side’s line of sight, while the iate toas looking outside the city Knowing there was no time to lose, the two boys did not dare to hesitate, they somersaulted over the battlement, like a wisp of s wide top of the wall, and then sorabbed the battlee of the top of the outer city wall Cli in the air, these movements flowed smoothly, and it was over in just a few blinks of an eye Even if there was no strong wind providing cover, or even if soht

Kou Zhong’s pair of pal the wall, ecko When he passed through the battleuard, he pulled hiain his qi and raise his breath Xu Ziling followed closely behind hiether to the outer wall of the East Palace

The City of Chang’an had already gone to bed, with the north reaking havoc, there were only sparse lights, the at onto roofs and vaulting over walls excitement, different from daily life Finally they reached the outer wall of the East Palace, Kou Zhong si his hands, and only stopped when they arrived at the middle of the east wall of the East Palace, where he stuck out his head to get a clear picture of the situation When the sa troops they had seen before passed by, plus there was a co over, he i across the top of the wall, froh wall of the East Palace and swept into the darkness of the garden outside a building

The two boys squatted down between two big trees, they looked at each other happily, both had the joyful feeling of having been through untold hardshi+ps, finally successfully acco leaned over to Xu Ziling’s ear and said, “This building is the Peony Hall due east of the East Palace When the spring comes, ould be surrounded by the beautiful sceneries of bloo peonies, but now of course it’s just snow and frost all over the garden”

Flying down frolance and seen it clearly Within the perimeter wall of the Peony Hall, there were five courtyards, surrounded by gardens, thecorridors connecting the courtyards Inside the garden, there were seven or eight wooden bridges, with ses Water entered in from the north, and when it reached the south of the Peony Hall, it fore pond, pavilions were built around this pond At this tiht, only the corridors were lit by palace lanterns in several zhang interval, swaying gently in the wind, flickering

Kou Zhong went on, “If we cross over the western perimeter wall of the Peony Hall, ill arrive at the place we have chosen to hold the fireworks festival tonight The soldier brothers of the Iood fortune for their ood fortune for their eyes Corabbed hi, “Don’t be reckless The firear’s iuard If we treat it like regular situation in the palace, there’s a great chance that we may ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful Do you see that? There is a two-story pavilion next to the west periher than the peri situation clearly”

Kou Zhong nodded and agreed He pro, they darted out, using the garden as their cover to reach the east side of the pavilion Flying to the top of the building, they crouched down to look around

As Xu Ziling expected, they were able take in the whole Ju Bao Dian’s scene at once They saw the pavilion standing proudly in the cold wind, the flickering palace hall, winding corridors and secluded paths were interweaving in the garden, connecting the nine hall-courtyards, with the Ju Bao Dian stood in thefrom this side, on the surface, the palace hall was not much difference in size couarded, with hidden sentry posts and patrolling troops in tea the whole area, as soon as they set foot within the courtyard of the Ju Bao Dian no matter how brilliant their shenfa was, it would still be difficult to escape the guards’ eyes and ears

Kou Zhong fixed his gaze on the four guards guarding the Ju Bao Dian’sthe cold He laughed and said, “Even if they double the number of men, they still can’t stop us, two brothers”

Xu Ziling’s eyes scanned the sentry outposts located in the four corners of the courtyard, as well as observed the power distribution of the upper level of the buildings in the courtyard

Kou Zhong put down the bundle on his back, picked up a long rope, and said, “We are going to ride the wind high in the air, but first, we must reach the top of the palace hall east of Ju Bao Dian Brother! The time to display our real skill has arrived!”

The two boys were accusto their power, they focused theirwind rolled in

Kou Zhong’s right hand lightly pressed the roof ridge, he soared up into the sky, his left hand held the three-zhang-long rope fir the other end of the rope, was pulled along, away froht sky

Kou Zhong continued soaring to a high altitude of nearly twenty zhang above the ground, his true qi reversed, he continued sweeping forward horizontally, flying towards the top of the palace hall, which was nearly fifty zhang away froht hand started to ’s true power to speed up his flight By the ti’s true qi was exhausted and he started to descend, they were still about fifteen, sixteen zhang away fro was precisely behind and above Kou Zhong

Such a high altitude was beyond the sentries and patrolling troops’ line of sight, even the light from the lantern could not reach it; even if soht was exceptionally fine, plus they atching with full attention - they would definitely , the air was biting cold, the enereatly weakened, their eyes and ears were not working properly

Xu Ziling’s true qi revolved, he continued the final stage of their flight His right hand pulled, he took Kou Zhong flying toward the building

Obtaining fresh power froained his upwardstarted to descend, Kou Zhong ca instead One after another the two boys set foot on the top of the building

The north wind still had no intention to rest

Xu Ziling seized this opportunity, he took the lead to soar into the sky again