Beam.

Weiyang Palace.

The captain of the guard reported: "Your Majesty, there were no casualties in this explosion. It seems... it seems that the other party was deliberately still in the open area!?"

The captain of the guard said the last sentence bravely.

This kind of behavior is more like a warning.

However, the other party dared to warn the emperor of Daliang~!

What a bold person this is!!

"Deliberately...?" Emperor Liang looked gloomy, "Where is that bird?"

"Fly...fly away."

"Pa~!"

Emperor Liang slapped the table gum, became furious, and shouted: "Fly away?!"

The captain of the guard was immediately frightened and fell to his knees, not daring to breathe.

Emperor Liang stared at the captain of the guard coldly and asked: "Are there any clues? Or suspects?~"

The captain of the guard said: "The power of the gunpowder is very amazing. All the cloth strips have been blown into pieces. The origin cannot be found, but..."

Seeing the hesitation of the captain of the guard, Emperor Liang's eyes were cold.

"Hesitating, you want to hide it from me?!"

The captain of the guard quickly replied: "I don't dare! Your Majesty knows this~!"

"It's just that a strange stone mirror was left on the spot, which the general found strange."

Emperor Liang frowned: "Stone mirror?? What's weird about it?"

The captain of the guard said: "The power of the gunpowder was astonishing. Even the special floor tiles of the palace were blown away and shattered. However, the stone mirror was at the center of the explosion, but it was not damaged at all..."

"The general will think that there must be something weird about this matter!"

After hearing this, Emperor Liang's expression softened slightly.

"That being said, it's really strange...!"

"Bring up that stone mirror and let me have a look."

The old eunuch beside him trembled and took a step closer to Emperor Liang.

He said nervously: "Your Majesty, think twice~! The origin of this thing is unclear, maybe it is a conspiracy of thieves?!"

Emperor Liang followed his kindness and said: "Put the stone mirror a hundred steps away and show it. My dear, you can look at it for me."

The old eunuch's body shook even more violently, but he spoke without hesitation.

"My slave obeys the order~!"

The captain of the guard quickly came in holding the stone mirror and placed it at the door as ordered.

Although it was a hundred steps away, Emperor Liang could still see clearly. This stone mirror was only less than a foot long, and it didn't look special.

The old eunuch stepped forward with small steps and tremblingly picked up the stone mirror. This process made him feel very uneasy.

After looking at it for a while, the old eunuch reported in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, the shape of this mirror is octagonal on the outside, the whole body is made of stone, and there are dragon patterns engraved on the edge of the mirror... The other slaves cannot see it."

Emperor Liang was waiting to speak.

"ah……!"

"So hot~!"

The old eunuch suddenly screamed in pain, and the stone mirror immediately came out of his hand and hovered in the air.

The captain of the guard shouted: "Your Majesty, don't be surprised!"

Then, he quickly lunged forward and with a "clang" sound, he drew his sword and stood in front of Emperor Liang.

Regardless of his pain, the old eunuch screamed at the top of his lungs: "Here comes someone, protect me! Protect me~!"

"Pu Long Pu Long......!"

The sound of armor scraping against each other was heard, and dozens of guards immediately formed a human wall to block Emperor Liang.

And the stone mirror flashed with light, and a picture actually appeared.

In the picture is a tall and straight young man, dressed in black clothes and with an aloof demeanor.

A grand and distant poetic call came from the mouth of the man in Xuanyi.

"The rivers are endless, the lakes and seas are endless; the black water is surging, covering the whole world~~!"

There is someone in the mirror who can still talk.

Emperor Liang had never seen such a miraculous situation.

"This is………??"

The guards were also staring at the suspended mirror uneasily.

Fear is normal for unknown and incomprehensible things. But no matter how scared they are, the guards never forget their duties.

After all, Emperor Liang was a generation of emperors with excellent psychological quality.

He asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?!"

"What's the purpose of bombarding the palace with gunpowder?!"

On the other side, he signaled the old eunuch with his eyes.

The master and servant had known each other for many years, and the old eunuch understood what Emperor Liang meant by looking at him.

He narrowed his eyes and immediately began to memorize the face of the man in black clothes in the mirror.

Head shape, eyebrows, eyes, nose, lips, chin...

After staying with Emperor Liang for many years, the old eunuch has developed the ability to recognize people quickly, and also learned excellent painting skills. He will later draw this man in black clothes for wanted purposes.

The man in the mirror said to himself: "Those thunder and fire bombs were just a greeting gift from Mr. Hong, no one should be hurt, right?! I specially asked Yun Qiu to throw them in an open place."

"Emperor Liang, don't you want to find Mr. Hong?!"

"You don't need to send the Yulin Army to Yujian City. It's so troublesome to travel thousands of miles. I'm already at the gate of Shangjing, just outside the city on the top of the lonely mountain."

"If you have any means, just use it, and Hong will follow."

Then.

The picture twisted and disappeared, and the mirror returned to stone again.

Then, the stone mirror suddenly burst into light and escaped through the void.

"This...this..."

The guards were still surrounding Emperor Liang, and they didn't know what to do next.

Emperor Liang ordered: "Send someone to investigate the lonely mountain outside the city, and everyone else should return to their duties."

The captain of the guard said: "Yes!"

Emperor Liang rubbed his eyebrows.

The situation just now was strange. Although he was calm on the surface, he was actually frightened and did not calm down to think.

"The black water surges and covers the whole world?!"

"Humph, what a loud tone!"

"Blackwater...Blackwater...Blackwater Academy!~"

Emperor Liang's eyes suddenly flashed as he regained his composure.

"He claims his surname is Hong, which means he is the master of "Blackwater Academy" - Hong Kang!?"

"How did he know that I was going to deal with him? Did he also know that I had mobilized the Yulin Army?"

Emperor Liang's first reaction was that there was a spy beside him: "Could it be Hu Xiangquan??"

A cold light suddenly appeared in Emperor Liang's eyes, and he was filled with murderous intent.

"That's not right~!"

"I came up with this idea in the morning. The Yulin Army has not set off yet. This Hong Kang has arrived in Shangjing now. The news is not transmitted so quickly by flying pigeons!!"

"Moreover, it is no less than a thousand miles from Yujian City to Shangjing. How did he get there in such a short time?!"

"And that ancient mirror is so magical..."

Various thoughts were racing through Emperor Liang's mind.

"Your Majesty, the portrait is ready."

The old eunuch handed over a portrait of a person, which was exactly the face of Hong Kang.

Emperor Liang looked at the portrait and remained silent for a long time.
To be continued...