The sound seemed far away, yet it also felt like it was right next to my ear.
For a moment, Tuwen couldn't tell if it was his hallucination or not.
It wasn't until another loud "bang" resounded, as if the entire tunnel was trembling slightly, that he realized that everything that had happened before was not his hallucination.
He forced himself to stand up, feeling a wave of dizziness. It took him a while to regain his balance, and he tried to head towards the source of the sound.
However, he was met with another loud bang.
With a loud "boom," the entire tunnel seemed to tremble. At the same time, a series of hurried footsteps came from another tunnel separated by a wall, accompanied by exclamations and questions from the crowd.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Was that an explosion, or was there a collapse somewhere?
The guards asked anxiously.
The next second, a series of whistles echoed through the tunnel from afar.
Immediately, the guards who had been full of doubts became tense.
"Something terrible has happened. Leave a few people to continue patrolling around here. The rest of you, come with me to the place where the loud noise came from."
After saying this, the leader of the Xiliang people quickly led his men toward the source of the explosion.
Tuwen only heard the footsteps quickly receding into the distance until they disappeared completely.
But after a short while, the whistle sounded again, more urgent than before, and the sound was also a bit sharp.
In an instant, all the patrolling guards inside the tunnel hurriedly left and headed straight for the source of the explosion.
In no time, the tunnels were completely empty.
Tuwen, leaning against the wall, finally made his way to another tunnel, only to see the backs of several patrol teams hurrying away, but he found nothing else.
He merely frowned; his intuition told him that something serious must have happened in the tunnel.
Otherwise, the whistle wouldn't have sounded twice.
The second whistle signaled for all the Xiliang people inside the tunnel to assemble, and the previous loud noises were enough to prove how dangerous things were happening inside the tunnel.
Thinking it over, he quickly returned to the place where the mural was originally carved.
Halfway there, something occurred to him, and a glimmer of light rekindled in his eyes.
Is this explosion related to those two people from last night? Are they planning to attack Xiliang City?
If it really was those two who did it, does that mean they still have a chance to escape from here?
Perhaps now.
Now, most of the guards patrolling the tunnels have gone to the place where the loud noise came from, which proves that there are far fewer guards at the exits than before.
This place is very close to one of the exits of the city lord's mansion. If he takes his sister and heads towards the exit now, he might have a chance to get out through this tunnel.
Thinking about these things, his hope was rekindled.
He quickly headed towards a small room.
I opened the door and immediately saw my younger sister sleeping on a thick mattress.
He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to pick up the person on the ground and leave when he thought of Wue again.
Where did that guy go?
Could that loud noise be related to that person?
The other party specifically asked him to carve the mural today and even arranged for his sister to be nearby. Was it because they wanted him to find a chance to escape?
Upon realizing this, he paused for a moment.
He then scoffed, "How could that be? How could the explosion possibly be related to him?"
That guy is probably somewhere praising those people from Xiliang right now.
If it were the old General Wu'e, his conjecture might have been plausible, but now...
He shook his head, but then suddenly remembered what happened yesterday.
When the two strangers left, it seemed they had reached some kind of agreement with Wu'e. He was only worried about whether they would be discovered by the Xiliang people, and didn't notice what the men said at the end.
Could their scheme involve those loud noises?
Never mind, what if it really was Ue who did it? He'll go help.
He wanted to fight for a way out for the Xia people.
With that in mind, he found a worn-out basket in the pile of miscellaneous items nearby, carefully covered his sister with the basket, and then found some other miscellaneous items to cover the basket.
Only after doing all this did he breathe a sigh of relief, making sure that even if someone came in, they wouldn't immediately notice his sister, and then he hurriedly walked outside.
At this moment, inside the West Garden.
The sky outside had darkened, and the lanterns under the eaves were lit, illuminating the Xiliang guards standing in front of the main house.
Jiang Yimian opened the window and glanced at the dark sky.
But they found that the place where birds used to fly by had suddenly become empty, and the next second, a familiar white-tailed eagle flew across the sky.
Jiang Yimian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged a glance with Lu Cijian, and the two quickly split up and left Xiyuan without attracting anyone's attention.
Meanwhile, the few people who had been locked in the side courtyard also quietly left the West Garden.
Jiang Yimian dodged the guards inside the city lord's mansion without attracting much attention, and with a leap, she directly entered Junzixuan.
Xie Yang was still in the study, but he was gradually becoming uneasy.
This unease was something he had never felt before; he hadn't even felt this anxious when he planned the rebellion that day.
He didn't know how Alite planned to use Zhou Wenyi and his wife, but now he was certain that the two were fake.
Therefore, the gunpowder they brought must also be fake.
Unless those two were hopelessly stupid, why would they personally deliver such powerful gunpowder to Alite?
It's possible that not only is the gunpowder fake, but that thing could also be dangerous.
Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up from his desk and was about to call for the people outside when he felt a chill from behind.
He was immediately startled and quickly ducked to dodge the projectiles aimed at him. Then, he rolled to the side of the table to avoid the series of projectiles flying towards him.
Xie Yang looked at the hidden weapon that had plunged deep into the ground and felt a chill run down his spine.
However, he dared not make any unnecessary movements, only cautiously peeking out from the side of the desk to look into the study.
There was no one there, neither on the roof beams nor behind the bookshelves.
In an instant, he felt his palms sweating profusely, and immediately shouted outside, "Someone come here..."
Before he could finish speaking, several more hidden weapons came hurtling toward his face.
He was startled and immediately rolled over again, hiding himself under the table.
The inkstone and pen holder on the table fell to the ground with a loud crash due to his violent movements.
However, there was no movement outside.
Whether it was the words he hadn't finished saying or the noise he had just made, it was enough for the guards outside to hear.
But those people didn't make a move.
Something happened to his people.
He merely frowned, calculating how likely he was to escape from the hidden weapon if he quickly fled under the table to seek help, when he heard a familiar voice.
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