Nangong Xuanmu, while imagining the situation in the manor, stood in the yard and looked into the distance where the sound came from.

At this time, his personal servant came quickly from outside to the courtyard. Seeing Nangong Xuanmu in the courtyard, he came to Nangong Xuanmu tremblingly and said, "Master, Master, this... this... rumbling sound, it is coming from the direction of the villa outside the city."

As soon as the servant realized that the loud explosion was not caused by a dragon turning over, he went out to take a look. After confirming that the sound came from their villa, he hurried to tell Nangong Xuanmu.

"Really?" Nangong Xuanmu asked, and then he jumped onto the roof and observed the direction of the explosion. Sure enough, the sound of the explosion came from the direction outside the city, where they were the only one in the villa.

At this time, he was not calm anymore. He didn't know what was going on. He used his Qinggong skills to jump between the roofs and flew out of the city. The servant saw this and hurriedly chased after him. The two secret guards on the tree also followed and flew away.

The people in the main courtyard of Murong Mansion were also awakened. The prince Murong Yu was awakened from his sleep and jumped up. He could not guess what the deafening sound was. He hurriedly put on his clothes and went outside.

It seemed as if he heard the sound of an explosion, just in the direction of Nangong Villa outside the city. He thought that Nangong Xuanmu had rested there last night, so he hurried to the courtyard where Nangong Xuanmu lived, but found that the house was already empty.

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For the whole morning, the people of Shuyou City were discussing this matter. Many people even ran out of the city to see it. The people who came back to spread the news were all talking about it in a mysterious way, saying that the hill over there was occupied by the Nangong family, that the mountain god was angry, etc.

The government was also not idle. Teams of city defense troops and people from Jingzhao Prefecture quickly rushed to the Nangong Villa where the explosion had occurred. The place had been blown beyond recognition, with broken walls and many houses still engulfed in flames. The villa was probably completely destroyed.

Nangong Xuanmu rushed to the villa and saw the miserable state of the whole villa. His eyes went dark and he almost fell down. He resisted the discomfort and flew to his mother's yard. "Fortunately, his mother's yard is intact."

He had no time to comfort his mother and went to his own yard. He had a lot of important things in his study. He never expected that the yard where he lived was also bombed and was still burning. Since his yard was not far from Nangong Zehong's main yard, it was not spared.

Although Ouyang Yunyao and his men had placed bombs in the yard of the manor, they did not have the heart to kill the people in the yard. They felt that these people were just servants of the manor and were not worthy of death, so they only knocked them out and moved them out of the yard, away from the places where the explosions occurred.

The explosion at Nangong Villa injured many people in the villa, and some were unconscious, but the woman's backyard was not blown up, and there was no fire. But all the valuables were gone.

The city guards and the people of Jingzhao Prefecture felt very strange, and teams of people came here to check to see if there was anything they could find.

The yard of Nangong Zehong in the manor was bombed and caught fire. After the fire was extinguished, the city defense army picked up several strange small iron pipes here.

Those things were a few muskets that Ouyang Yunyao and the others had deliberately left behind. The wooden supports were almost burned out, leaving only the iron spear heads.

The place that was most severely bombed in the village was the small village on the back mountain. The entire village was blown beyond recognition. Nangong Zehong's secret room had long been blown away and collapsed completely.

Those evil people in the mountain village were almost blown back to their hometowns.

Murong Yu hurried over and after seeing the bombed villa, he quickly took his aunt Murong Jingyi and her daughter Murong Mianmian to the Murong Mansion. Nangong Xuanmu was looking for his father Nangong Zehong everywhere in the villa.

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in the palace

After the emperor entered the hall, the explosion sounded intermittently. The princes and ministers below were frightened by the sound and were discussing what it was.

Soon the leader of the imperial guards came to the palace gate to ask for a meeting. He reported to the emperor that the explosion came from Nangong Villa outside the city.

Murong Marquis Murong Changhua, who was in the main hall, fainted when he heard that the incident happened in Nangong Villa. Nothing could happen there, as his daughter, grandson and granddaughter were all there.

Murong Changhua was so anxious that he knelt down to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I beg for leave."

The emperor saw that he was so anxious that he almost fainted. "Okay, Lord Murong, don't be too anxious. Take care of your body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" He got up and ran away in a hurry.

In the court, everyone was only concerned with discussing this matter. In the court, the emperor ordered the crown prince and the second prince to go to the west gate at noon to welcome the marriage team. The morning court was dismissed early.

After the court was dismissed, the second prince hurried back to his palace. He wanted to send someone to investigate immediately. He had just established contact with Nangong Xuanmu yesterday and didn't want to lose this connection that was so hard to come by.

imperial study room

After the morning court session, the prince came to the imperial study

"Father, the iron mine has been found, and the bandits have been captured. The mine is now under the control of General Yun and his men, and several bandit leaders are on their way to Kyoto."

"Very good, let's hand it over to the Dali Temple for a thorough investigation. Let's find out who is behind this."

"Father, I have good news for you."

"Jun'er, what's the good news?"

"The people from our Southern Chu State who were poisoned by Gu worms were found by the Western Chu State's Prince Jing near the mine. Now they have been cured by his princess, and the Gu worms in their bodies have been removed."

"What? The poisonous insect was taken out?" The long-lost excitement finally appeared on the face of Liang Qianyuan, the Emperor of Southern Chu.

"Yes, Father, I have already talked to Prince Jing and Princess Jing and asked them to quietly enter the palace to help you get the poisonous insect out."

"Okay, okay, Jun'er will find an opportunity to let them enter the palace today."

"Yes, Father, I will make the arrangements."

"Jun'er, we need to send someone to investigate the explosion outside the city. What's in their villa that caused the ground to shake?"

"Father, don't worry, I will go now."

"Go!"

"Your son, take your leave." Crown Prince Liang Haojun left the imperial study and went out of the palace.

The emperor in the imperial study could not calm down for a long time. He heard that Chu Chenjing's princess could get the poisonous insect out of his body, and he felt mixed emotions...

He shouted to the air, "Come out!"

A man in black flew in from the window, kneeling on one leg on the ground.

"Quickly find out the cause of the explosion at Nangong Villa outside the city and the situation at Nangong Villa."

"Yes, Your Majesty." This man is the Longlin Guard, the secret guard who protects the emperor.

"Send more people to monitor the Queen and the Second Prince"

"Yes, Your Majesty," the Longlin Guard responded and quickly floated out of the window.

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