At this moment, Shen Huaixu couldn't help but think of Fu Tuan. Why did something happen as soon as it left? If it were there, she would surely soon know the purpose of the person who planned this incident.

It didn't feel bad without the Futuan's help because her curiosity was piqued.

After the people at the intersection had made their arrangements, the sound of horse hooves caused the ground to shake slightly.

Shen Huaixu looked in the direction of the sound and saw her father, Shen Su, on the horse in front of her. She immediately smiled and waved at the man on the horse.

When he got closer, Shen Su dismounted and saluted Princess Chaohua who was standing beside Shen Huaixu before asking, "Are the Princess and Miaomiao injured?"

Chao Hua blushed and shook her head. There were many handsome men in the capital, but she had never thought that Shen Huaixu's father was so handsome. She seemed to have seen him at the birthday banquet, but she was so focused on competing for Shen Huaixu's favor at the time that she didn't pay much attention.

Shen Huaixu also shook his head, "Dad, we are fine. Please order people to evacuate the crowd on the bridge first. I have something to tell you."

Jingzhao Prefecture had experience in handling such matters. Shen Su handed the matter over to his subordinates, and the father and daughter walked to a corner.

Chen Huaixu told Chen Su about how Princess Chaohua almost fell into the water and what he had observed. Finally, he said, "...I always feel that there should be a backup plan."

Chen Su looked thoughtful, and after a while he asked, "Miaomiao, what do you think their purpose is?"

"Zhongli Bridge!" Shen Huaixu said without hesitation.

The father and daughter looked at each other and walked towards Zhongli Bridge at the same time.

With the Royal Guards here, everyone, whether human or ghost, had to act nicely. The crowd had already started moving in an orderly manner, and many people walked down from the bridge at the sound of commands.

But there was still a commotion. Shen Su looked closely and saw a man who was very anxious and kept pushing and shoving in the crowd. He narrowed his eyes, gestured to the guards beside him, and whispered something. Soon, someone took the man away from the crowd.

This act of killing the chicken to scare the monkey was very effective, and many people who were cursing were silenced.

Just when everything was looking good, the sound of something heavy falling into the water shattered the previously orderly situation. Someone started screaming and crying, and the cries and shouts made the others, who didn't know what was going on, panic again.

Chen Su and Shen Huaixu realized something at the same time and immediately ordered people to speed up the process of directing the crowd to get off the bridge.

At this time, in the night sky not far away, huge fireworks suddenly burst into colorful flames. The sound of the explosion seemed to foreshadow something. The next moment, two explosions overlapped, and the bridge in front of them collapsed.

The people who remained on the bridge fell into the water as it collapsed. The wails, screams, and cries for help echoed one after another, sending chills down one's spine.

Chen Su's face turned pale. He called a small team of guards to track the direction of the fireworks, and organized the rest of the people to prepare for rescue.

Zhongli Bridge is not the largest in the capital, but it is located on the bustling Chunyu Street with a large flow of people. Considering this, the scale of the bridge is not small.

No matter how hard they tried to rescue people, they couldn't change the situation of casualties. On the bright side, due to the drought, the water level of the river under Zhongli Bridge had dropped significantly, and the current was not as turbulent as before.

Chen Huaixu took the medicine box that Shuangjiang had hurriedly brought and hurriedly began to treat the people who were salvaged.

During the rescue process, she realized that the sound of a heavy object falling into the water was actually a child who fell into the river, and when the child was rescued, he had already died.

Whether it was man-made or accidental, it was not known for the time being. Shen Huaixu only knew that a conspiracy had woven a dense cloud over everyone. It was not a brilliant one, but it had killed many lives.

When the steward of Prince Yan's Mansion heard the news and rushed over, he saw his princess, who was very much loved by His Majesty and His Majesty, helping County Lady Mingyi and was quite happy to help.

He made a bitter face and said, "Princess, the prince wants me to take you back to the palace."

"Butler Yang, are you blind? It's so busy here, can't you see?"

"I can see it, but you are a princess, a person worth a lot of money..."

"Don't be so long-winded. If Shen Miaomiao can do it, why can't I do it?"

Chaohua told him rudely not to get in the way, so Butler Yang had no choice but to walk up to Cangheng who had just arrived with a sad face. Cangheng looked at the two busy people and gestured for him to go down.

He found Chen Su and learned the whole story. He couldn't help but frown. "It sounds like the Zhongli Bridge wasn't trampled by the crowd. It seems that they used the sound of fireworks to cover up the sound of the bridge exploding. What could be so powerful?"

Chen Su thought of some of the stories that Miao Miao had told him in his spare time, imitating the storytellers - such as huge machines that could fly in the sky and carry many people like carriages; weapons that could explode like fireworks but were so powerful that they could even raze the entire capital to the ground...

He originally thought that these were just wild ideas that Miaomiao had after reading some strange books. Now the latter seemed to be realized before his eyes, but it did not have the power to raze the capital to the ground.

They also used fire attacks during battles, tying grease, sulfur, rosin, etc. on arrows to burn enemy tents, food, etc. In recent years, some generals have tried to use catapults to throw gunpowder bags, but the power is limited.

"Fireworks and firecrackers can injure people, so why can't they collapse bridges?" He pointed to the damaged bridge. "There's a strong lingering smell of gunpowder. The place where the fireworks were set off was quite a distance away, so it definitely couldn't have come from there."

Cang Heng was startled, his expression becoming serious. "Someone used fireworks to hurt people?"

He Su shook his head. "It should have been improved. If this thing were used on the battlefield, it would definitely be a deadly weapon. Your Highness, I need to go to the palace tonight. I'm sorry I can't accompany you."

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