Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 130: The Moment of Conferring Godhood ( Chapters)

"Zhiweitang" is a tower-shaped building, with the bottom floor having the largest area and decreasing in area as it goes up.

Under each eaves, there are strings of bamboo tube-shaped wind chimes hanging.

Wind chimes, also known as flower-protecting bells.

When the breeze blows, the wind chimes jingle, scaring away the birds and protecting the flowers and plants planted under the corridor.

"Zhiweitang" does not have an outdoor viewing corridor, but there are long strips of small flower beds outside the windows, planted with colorful flowers.

When the guests are in high spirits, they open the window and are filled with the fragrance of flowers and the sound of swaying flowers.

With the help of some sophisticated tools made by Xiao Qianyue, Yang Yuan used his hands and feet to climb up and down outside the "Zhiweitang".

Since he already had good physical skills, with the help of the machine, he could walk on flat ground as if it were flat ground.

He climbed to the top of the Zhiwei Hall and crouched there like a spine-shaped beast.

There are eight wooden barrels tied up with ropes around the spire-like building.

Yang Yuan pulled out a hand knife from his waist and stabbed it into the bottom of the wooden barrel with one fierce blow. When the knife was pulled out again, liquid began to flow out of it.

Yang Yuan followed suit, moving silently and piercing the eight barrels one by one. The sticky liquid then spread slowly along the tiles in all directions...

……

At Chunfeng Tower, the audience was fascinated.

They enjoyed an unprecedented feast of hearing and vision.
They witnessed the birth of a new and great literature and art.

From the very beginning of the story, the sounds of swords and horses, wind, rain, thunder and lightning were simulated one by one by several masters of "next door opera" invited by "Chunfenglou".

Before this, ventriloquism was ventriloquism and drama was drama. There was not so much onomatopoeia in drama.

Today's performance actually blended the two professions together, giving people an immersive feeling.

In the past, with so many troops, all they had to do was have a few extras waving small flags and making a few gestures on the stage, and everyone would understand what they were doing.

But at this moment, there were a few young officers standing in front of the stage, and behind the scenes, the sound of lifelike fighting between thousands of troops could be heard.

The few young colonels in front of the stage no longer represent the vast army, they are just a small corner of the battlefield.

Especially the scene of "seducing the Grand Tutor on a rainy night" designed by Yang Yuan for Yu Yao Nu.

Grand Tutor Yan was arranged to live in a Zen temple. He was also an old and virtuous grand tutor.

In this way, not only does the plot have a sense of taboo in "tempting the monk", which is particularly exciting, but he also uses the sound and light effects to the extreme.

The lights in the audience were already off, and when this scene was performed, all the lights on the stage were also turned off.

Then, a beam of light hit Yu Niang.

She walked slowly in the inky night, with only this beam of bright light shining on her.

She couldn't help but become the focus of everyone in the audience.

There was a sudden commotion in the audience.

For us modern people, the "chasing light" that we have been accustomed to since childhood is something that no one has ever seen in this era.

They did not have modern lighting equipment to achieve this effect, so naturally they had no way of imagining it.

But, Yang Yuan brought it to the stage.

On a high wooden beam that is invisible to the audience below the stage, a man holds a fire in one hand and a lamp in the other.

Behind him, there was another person cooperating with him.

He held a trumpet-shaped object in his hand. Inside the trumpet-shaped object, there was a circle of tin foil.

Move the large speaker covered with tin foil forward and place it over the lamp to create a beam of projected light.

The brightness of this lamp alone is not enough.

But on their left and right, there were two groups of people and three groups of light, which were projected into one beam, forming a sufficient follower light.

It was a stormy night, and the artists in the next show behind the scenes simulated the sounds of wind, rain, thunder and lightning.

The spotlight effect focused everyone's attention on Master Yan and the beautiful actress.

When the scene reached the part where Yu Niang tried to seduce the Grand Tutor, she was pushed away by the Grand Tutor and knocked over the lamp on the table.

Then, the lights on the table and the spotlights above my head all disappeared at once.

The stage suddenly became dark.

The audience thought there was a mistake in the performance and just as they started to make a commotion, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared.

The artist from the next door behind the scenes then used his ventriloquism to make a loud thunderous sound.

On the stage, Yu Niang was dancing like a snake, and her slender waist, which she was most proud of, twisted into a wonderful rhythm at this moment.

But how long does the flash of lightning last?
The light flashes and disappears.

The problem is that thunder and lightning also exploded frequently at this time.

Flashes of lightning kept flashing.

On top of the wooden beam, the lamp holder held the lamp in one hand and the lid in the other, constantly opening and closing the trumpet mouth, shining the light intermittently, imitating the light of lightning.

As we all know, when an unscrupulous director needs a character to show off his charm, he will try his best to use the "strobe" effect.

For example, on the dance floor, as the lights flicker on and off, you can see a quasi-freeze-frame picture of a vibrant beauty dancing in different poses.

Precisely because the picture is discontinuous and incomplete, it is not only particularly impactful, but your brain will also automatically complete it in the most perfect way.

At the same time, the fleeting beautiful scenes will make you stare at them even more.

If the dance floor lights cannot be used, they will also use fast editing to vividly show the fleeting glimpse of beauty and the sudden release of spring light.

The key point here lies in the "one", the "suddenly", giving you the same picture for no more than one second.

This stroboscopic effect is a very stunning visual effect in the eyes of modern people who are accustomed to it.

What's more, not only have these dignitaries present here never seen it before, they couldn't even imagine that anyone could produce such an effect.

More importantly, precisely because of the fleeting beauty, not only does it present that beauty tenfold, but even some moralists would be unable to say anything after seeing it.

Because of that moment of amazement, apart from the feeling of amazement, you can't actually see anything specific, and you can't even describe it.

The audience in the audience held their breath, their faces flushed with excitement.

In this scene, this new drama mode was enshrined in the world!
……

Yang Yuan punctured the eight wooden barrels and allowed the liquid to leak out, flowing towards all directions of the tower-shaped building little by little.

The liquid covered the roof of the top floor, then flowed to the next floor, and continued to spread and drip.

Yang Yuan was still crouching at the highest point of "Zhiweitang" like a beast.

His eyes were empty, as if he was overlooking the lights all over the city, but it seemed as if he was seeing nothing.

What flashed through his mind again and again were the details of what had happened since he met Yang Che.

Does it matter whether you are related by blood or not?

He had long since stopped worrying about it.

Yang Che is his elder brother, his brother, the person for whom he is willing to sacrifice his life.

The liquid in the eight wooden barrels is almost empty.

That's kerosene.

Kerosene, also known as petroleum, was discovered and used by humans very early.

Its use, which we later generations are familiar with, was in war, when it was called "fierce oil".

But in fact, people of this era have used it for more than that.

Some families would use it to make lamp oil for lighting, and praised it for burning as brightly as ointment.

There are also craftsmen who use it to make ink sticks. The ink they make is as black and shiny as lacquer, which is far inferior to pine ink.

In addition, some doctors use it to prepare medicine to treat diseases such as scabies.

Therefore, it is not difficult to collect kerosene from the public.

During the conversation with Murong Yi'er, he learned that the wine and drinks for Shen He's banquet were originally provided by "Zhiweitang", and he had already planned to use kerosene on the rooftop.

In order to ensure that everything went smoothly, he used someone else's identity and sent "wine" into the building.

It was impossible to use medicine. Even if he emptied ten pharmacies, he still couldn't get enough medicine to knock out so many people.

Moreover, people drink alcohol in different ways, some drink more and some drink it early and some drink it late. If one person falls down first, it will alert everyone else and it will be difficult to seize the opportunity.

This simple and crude method is actually more effective.

Yang Yuan stood up, lowered his waist, and moved down along the curved ridge that was not soaked by kerosene.

He grabbed the eaves with a small grabbing tool and flipped down easily.

The wind chimes under the eaves were wet by kerosene and their sound was no longer crisp.

As the breeze blew, the sound of the wind chimes seemed to be stagnant.

……

In "Chunfeng Tower", the story continues.

Yu Niang's beauty and charm moved all the spectators, but did not shake Master Yan's determination.

Yu Niang was even more moved by the noble character of Master Yan. She had become an actress because of the war and her family's ruin. How could she want the world to be in turmoil?

Therefore, she was moved by Master Yan and worshipped him as her adoptive father. She secretly supported and cared for him and delivered messages for the imprisoned Master Yan.

She hoped that with her help, the war could be quelled and countless families on the verge of ruin could be saved from disaster.

However, the plan ultimately failed as the secret letter was intercepted by Wang Fan, Li Xilie's adopted son who was sent to monitor her.

Seeing that there was no hope of persuading Yan to surrender, Li Xilie ordered his adopted son Wang Fan to strangle Tai Shi Yan to death.

Wang Fan, who had long coveted Yu Niang's beauty, took the opportunity to force Yu Niang to submit. Disheartened, Yu Niang pretended to agree.

When Wang Fan held a grand banquet in the Zen temple and asked Yu Niang to sing and dance in public to show off that he was going to win the beauty, Yu Niang, who had been secretly prepared, set the whole Zen temple on fire.

In the thick flames simulated by red silk, the rebel generals screamed and ran, making a very ugly scene.

Yu Niang, who had already decided to die, stood gracefully in the flames, showing her last bit of beauty.

The song rang out: "The play begins, the sleeves rise and fall, singing about sorrow and joy, separation and reunion, it has nothing to do with me..."

The sad, beautiful and extremely novel singing voice, in such a scene, immediately grabbed everyone's heart and made their hair stand on end.

"In troubled times, I can't bear to watch the flames of war burning the mountains and rivers. I dare not forget my country, even if no one knows me..."

"People walked by the stage, and the old colors were gone. People on the stage sang a heart-breaking farewell song..."

The name of the play is "Chi Ling".

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

Prince Enping, who could never stand to see human tragedies, was already in tears, but he did not slam the table or even make a sound.

……

Yuan Chengju, a soldier of the imperial city, tried many methods but was unable to return to the second floor.

How about...try hanging it outside the window?
Yuan Chengju, who was at a loss for a plan, suddenly came up with this idea, so he walked out of the "Zhiwei Tower", went around to a secluded place at the back, and raised his head.

The first floor of "Zhiweitang" has the highest elevation. It is not easy to jump up on the spot, climb the ridge of the rafters, and then do an "inverted golden hook" to flip onto the eaves without the help of tools.

He was just thinking about whether to call a subordinate to help, when suddenly a drop of "rain" dripped from the eaves and landed on his face. This smell...

Yuan Chengju felt something was wrong. He stretched out his fingers and rubbed it on his face. Then he put it under his nose and smelled it. His expression gradually changed.

He slowly raised his head and saw that under the eaves, it gradually became like a thread, like a curtain...

Yuan Chengju's hair stood on end, and he ran to the door of "Zhiweitang" while shouting, "Come out quickly, there's a fire..."

His mouth was like a light.

With a loud "boom", flames rose into the sky!

……

The private rooms on the third floor of "Zhiweitang" are all separated.
Of course, those who can be arranged in the same room are all people who have a very good relationship.

If, as a host, you arrange two people who don't get along with each other to sit at the same table, then it is a dereliction of duty on your part.

The officials Shu Wen and Chen Chusheng, the public affairs official Meng Fanxian, the supervisory official Song Shu, the clerk Guan Ning, and the dispatched official Huang Sichou, six people sat at a table in a private room, toasting each other and enjoying themselves.

They had already toasted Zhang Gongfeng, and Zhang Gongfeng had toasted them back, so the six of them could drink to their heart's content.

"The birthday banquet hosted by Old Shen is actually quite good. Everyone knows that the dishes at Zhiweitang are quite expensive."

Mu Wen said with a smile.

Meng Fanxian raised an eyebrow and said, "Anyway, our Shen Goudang is very cunning. This place is expensive, but who owns this restaurant? It's owned by Zhang Dayangtou, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Shen Goudang is flattering our Zhang Dayangtou by hosting a banquet here."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Song Shu said, "Boy, our Shen Goudang is said to be getting promoted soon. If you tease him behind his back, be careful that he will give you a hard time."

Song Shu smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, Shen Goudang is not such a stingy person. You see, there are also Guangzhou Prefecture's Eighteen Immortals and Shaozhou Prefecture's Bone Changing Jade Spring under the corridor. They are not cheap wines. Let's finish this jar of Baiyun Spring and bring in another jar to try."

Guan Ning was drunk and blurry-eyed. He spoke with a big tongue: "Why wait... wait until this jar is finished. The Eighteen Immortals is sweet and delicious. I like it the most. I... I'll go get a jar and let's drink it now."

Huang Sichou said with a smile, "You can hardly stand. There is only one jar of wine at the door of each private room. If you break the jar, we will all be left with nothing to drink. I'll go get it."

Huang Sichou stood up, opened the door, went to the corridor to pick up a jar of "Eighteen Immortals", and hurried back excitedly.

"Ahaha, Shen Goudang!"

At this time, Huang Sichou saw Shen He coming back from downstairs and greeted him.

Shen He came over and said with a smile: "Four Ugly, you can drink a lot, please take care of the brothers for me!"

As he spoke, he looked with satisfaction at the jar of fine wine that Huang Sichou was carrying.

"Zhiweitang" is the property of eunuch Zhang Quwei. He really takes good care of his own people. The wine and drinks he prepared for me are of quite high quality.

He followed Huang Sichou to the door and was about to say hello inside when, with a loud bang, the entire "Zhiweitang" turned into a mountain of fire.

The window of the private room was not open, but outside the window there was suddenly a fiery red light, which instantly illuminated the room. Who could not see it?

The five guests in the private room were all stunned. Huang Sichou, who had just walked to the door with the jar in his hand, was stunned. The jar suddenly fell to the ground and broke into four pieces with a "click". The "wine" inside immediately spilled out.

For the two kinds of wine displayed outside, Yang Yuan also considered whether someone would bring them into the private room in advance to open the jars.

Therefore, the wine delivered directly to the wine table is real wine, and the wine jars placed outside are also two layers, the lower layer is kerosene, and after being separated in the middle, the upper layer is still wine.

Unless someone leaves the two famous wines already placed in the room undrinked, goes outside to get the wine at the beginning, and has already drunk half a jar by then, he would not notice the problem.

But when he dropped it, the kerosene, which was lighter than alcohol, floated on the surface, and the smell immediately spread out. Huang Sichou immediately realized that something was wrong.

His face suddenly changed, and just as he was about to give a warning, the window frame was knocked open with a bang, and a figure pounced in like a tiger.

The man had his face covered, revealing only a pair of fierce eyes.

He broke the window, and Huang Sichou happened to have the door open, and there was a huge space in the middle of the "Zhiweitang" pavilion, which immediately created the effect of a through wind.

Then a figure rushed in with the broken window frame, with raging flames behind him, and followed him in.

The man swung his knife with wood chips and raging flames!

The closest official, Chen Chusheng, and Li Cao Guan Ning, had their carotid arteries severed. They fell down with blood spurting out.

The man hadn't stopped yet. The mat was knocked down by him, and the other end had just been lifted up when he kicked it out and crashed head-on into Mu Wen and Meng Fanxian.

The man had already stabbed Song Shu with a knife.

These people came here today to drink and feast, and no one carried any weapons.

In a hurry, Song Shu picked up a tin wine jug and was about to hit the man.

The man's blade arrived first, and the sharp blade instantly cut off four of his fingers, causing him to scream in pain.

Before he could pull his hand back, the man's knife had already cut into his arm.

"puff!"

A good man's head flew up and fell towards Shen He.

Shen He subconsciously stretched out his hand and a bloody head fell into his arms. He was so scared that his body jolted and his crotch suddenly felt a little cold.

The man cut off Song Shu's head with a knife and pounced on Mu Wen and Meng Fanxian.

Meng Fanxian was hit in the face by the table, his head was bleeding and his nose was crooked, so he had no strength to resist.

He was stabbed in the heart by Yang Yuan. Yang Yuan twisted his wrist and pulled it outwards, leaving a huge hook-shaped wound that almost pulled his heart out.

At the same time, Yang Yuan's fist also arrived in front of Mu Wen.

Mu Wen was more skilled and had a quicker reaction. When the table was hit, he quickly used his arms to block it, so his face was not broken, but he still fell backwards.

There was a chair at the back. Mu Wen's knees hit the chair and he sat down involuntarily. With the remaining strength, he fell backwards.

Yang Yuan's punch missed, and then he kicked, causing the chair and the man to fall into the corner of the wall. The back of his head hit the wall and he fainted immediately.

Huang Sichou at the door shouted strangely, "Shen Goudang, run!" Then he turned around and ran away.

While running, his feet, which were soaked in kerosene, slipped and knocked over a jar of wine at the door of another private room. The kerosene that flowed out of it immediately got all over him.

At this time, the flames downstairs were already rushing fiercely upwards.

Yang Yuan was about to pounce on the unconscious Mu Wen, but suddenly he heard Huang Sichou shouting the word "Shen". He immediately pounced on Shen He at the door.

Shen He let out a strange cry and smashed the head in his hand towards Yang Yuan.

As Yang Yuan bent down, Shen He felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and suddenly he had trouble breathing.

But Yang Yuan hurriedly hit his diaphragm with the handle of the knife.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Yuan threw him to the ground and hit Shen He with a few heavy punches, causing his skin to be torn and he fainted from the pain.

Yang Yuan was also hit by several punches from Shen He, but fortunately his injuries were not serious.

He jumped up, picked up Shen He, kicked the broken table top, and hit it against the window, knocking the burning window frame out.

Yang Yuan carried Shen He and rushed to the broken window.

Yang Yuan threw the unconscious Shen He to the ground, took out a piece of rope from his arms, and quickly wrapped it around his body several times, leaving the iron tail hook on the end of the rope exposed.

Then he threw a cloth bag on his shoulder to his chest and took out a strange-looking iron tool from it.

Yang Yuan glanced into the distance. This location faced the back street of Jinzi Lane, which was the quietest and most deserted place.

Yang Yuan aimed at a position and suddenly pulled the buckle. The thing made a "clang" sound, and an arrow flew out with an iron chain.

The ring on the iron tool kept spinning, and the arrow shot into the night, and suddenly stopped after hitting something unknown.

Yang Yuan pulled the iron chain, then hooked it to the window sill, then picked up Shen He and hung the iron hook of the rope on his body on the iron chain.

With the effect of gravity from high to low, Shen He's body slid quickly away.

As the fire broke out in Zhiweitang, the diners and waiters on the first floor started screaming and making noise.

Some people wanted to go upstairs to put out the fire, but the fire instantly turned the entire building into a torch, so how could it be put out?

Some of them carried buckets. How much ground could be wetted by the water drawn from the lotus pond?
Everyone had no choice but to flee outside. Even though they were on the first floor and escaped quickly, some people were doused with kerosene and their clothes were set on fire.

Fortunately, with the help of other people who escaped, they finally put out the fire.

The officials and servants of the National Information Office on the second and third floors were in a miserable situation.

In their chaotic escape, they kicked and smashed almost all the wine jars in the corridor. There were only sporadic flames in the hall, which suddenly spread into a sea of ​​fire.

The fire spread too quickly, and was filled with thick smoke. The first floor of "Zhiweitang" was very high, just like a Buddhist temple. The first floor was even higher than an ordinary two-story building.

Many soldiers of the Guoxin Office who were startled by the fire and fled their seats could not find the stairs in the flames and smoke, and had no time to find them, so they jumped down from the upper floors in desperation.

The building is nearly two and a half stories high, and one cannot clearly see what is happening below, so few people who fall from it can escape unharmed.

Those soldiers of the Guoxin Office who were only bumped and bruised got up and ran out, without even bothering to rescue their colleagues.

Those who accidentally broke their legs could only scream and struggle, trying to crawl out.

The people on the third floor were all officials from the National Security Bureau, and they were arranged in private rooms.

By the time they escaped, there was thick smoke and fire everywhere, making it difficult to identify the road.

In the chaos, some kerosene cans placed under the corridor were kicked and knocked over, resulting in the fire under the corridor being no less intense than the fire outside.

People who were on fire were running around shouting in the sea of ​​fire and smoke.

Many people fainted from the thick smoke before the fire even reached their bodies.

Yang Yuan was covering his face with a wet towel. With this thing blocking his face, the impact of the thick smoke and fire on him was relatively small, allowing him to hold on for longer.

He originally wanted to let Shen He go, then chase him down and kill him before leaving.

But even he did not expect that the fire would burn so quickly and so big.

Although he covered his face with a wet towel, which temporarily protected him from the thick smoke, he could not withstand the burning pain on his face when the fire started.

Yang Yuan immediately gave up this plan. Seeing Shen He slipping into the darkness, he waited for two or three breaths, then jumped out. His hand holding the tiger claw also grabbed the iron chain and slid towards the darkness of the back street.

At the "Chunfeng Tower", the flames had burned out, leaving only the faintest light, revealing the hazy outline of Yuyao Nu on the stage.

All the accompanying instruments stopped, leaving only the gentle and sad singing of Yu Yao Nu, who sang the last lyrics in an almost whisper.

"Love is hard to write, she must sing it with blood."

"When the curtain rises, when the curtain falls, you are always the guest..."

The guests on the first floor of Chunfeng Tower had been alarmed by the sudden fire in the "Zhiweitang" next door. They rushed out of the building and looked in horror at the...big torch.

Guo Xuzhi was originally waiting to be ordered to support the actions of his brothers in "Zhiweitang" in the name of maintaining order in "Chunfengtang".

When they saw the fire, not knowing what was happening over there, they immediately shouted loudly, and left some people to quickly go upstairs to protect Deputy Commander Liu. He himself took out the uniform of the Imperial City Officer and led a group of Imperial City soldiers, shouting and rushing towards "Zhiweitang".

On the side of "Zhiweitang", Yuan Chengju and several imperial soldiers disguised as bartenders and waiters had already fled to the yard.

Suddenly, Yuan Chengju noticed some movement above his head. He looked up and saw a streak of sparks flashing in the night sky and sliding into the distance.

Those were the sparks produced by the friction between the tiger claws in Yang Yuan's hand and the iron chain.

Faintly, it seemed to be a human outline, but it looked more like a bat flying at night.

Yuan Chengju was invigorated, and immediately showed his hidden weapon, shouting, "Go in that direction! Follow him!"

Several plainclothes imperial guards drew their weapons and started to chase after the streak of sparks in the air.

The scene of displaying weapons was seen by a dozen frightened soldiers of Guo Xin who had just escaped from "Zhiweitang" like little devils.

"They are here, don't let the bad guys get away!"

The soldiers of the National Information Office had no weapons, so they snatched buckets, brooms and other things from the waiters and bartenders who had given up on putting out the fire, and rushed towards several plainclothes imperial guards.

(End of this chapter)