A green mountain that reaches straight into the sky stands at the corner of the Qin army camp. The golden light in the clouds passes through the cracks in the rocks and grass, and shines on the school ground that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses for training. Nangong Yan and Kong Hua are walking on the edge of the school ground.
, as far as the eye can see, there are armors and chariots shining with metallic luster, majestic and domineering machine beasts, emitting dazzling light in the sun, the imperial heavy armor soldiers in training are covered with more transparent light threads.
Thick layer of dark texture.
There is an urgent and clear rhythm in the ears, during which the sonorous knives are clanging, the wheels are rolling, and the machine beasts are roaring. The shouts one after another penetrate the ear holes, constantly vibrating along the blood vessels, and the mind is constantly vibrating. In that vibrant scenery, it is like a passionate and high-pitched oath to stay forever.
The Qin Empire prospered.
You cannot hear or see any dangers lurking in the darkness that are beyond the reach of light.
And in the tunnel at the foot of that high mountain, heavy armor weapons that shocked the Huns were forged and displayed.
Inside and outside the tunnel, hundreds of Golden Fire Cavalry are closely guarded. There must be five people standing in line five steps away, holding strong bows and swords. They take turns standing guard day and night. They are all full of style and their overwhelming posture is enough to scare anyone with ulterior motives.
The creature shrank.
While walking, Nangongyan's pace suddenly stopped.
Kong Hua, who was following closely behind, didn't pay attention. He pressed firmly against Nangong Yanhu's back as if he had hit a wall. The reaction of the force was so obvious that he actually shook his body and staggered back two steps, stretching his head to take a peek.
Looking at Nangong Yan's gloomy face, he nodded quickly and said "I'm sorry" sincerely.
When Nangong Yan turned around to face him, he hurriedly looked away, pretending to look around with his eyes. After a glance, he secretly marveled that there was no blind spot here that could block anything. It could be called an impregnable momentum and defense.
When his exhaustive eyes finally met Nangong Yan's burning eyes, he noticed that the other person's eyes radiated obvious thoughts and doubts. The previous questioning was like a seed rooted in the heart of the heart, and it was not completely removed.
Before, it will never fade away with explanation and time.
"What I saw last night... the sneaky you was standing at your feet." Nangong narrowed his eyes slightly, his sharp gaze seemed to shoot through the person, and he covered him from head to toe:
"What do you have to say about this?"
"This... From a medical perspective, it's either alcohol paralysis or old age that makes the eyesight. In this case, it's hard to say for General Nangong...it's hard to say." Dang Konghua nodded respectfully.
After giving the signal, Nangong Yan let the topic go for the time being, turned around and continued walking.
Kong Hua followed behind him with a respectful attitude and followed suit, saying, "I heard that this armory was built ten years ago. It was not until the Xiongnu went south half a month ago that construction work was resumed and the size of the inner room was enlarged. I heard that it was impossible before.
I didn’t expect to see any information about it with my own eyes today.”
Nangong Yan didn't speak to him, and only half of the gloomy outline he could see gradually turned scarlet.
As soon as he stepped through the door of the iron lock mechanism, a wave of heat hit his face. His skin ached slightly as he had adapted to the condensation of the outside world. When Kong Hua glanced inside, the first thing he saw was dozens of bare-armed blacksmiths in front of the furnace.
Fiddled with the semi-liquid metal, the firelight reflected their red skin of the same color. After being in such an environment for a long time, the skin on some parts of the body was so dry that it appeared chapped, and some were moistened by sweat from time to time. As they swayed every step of the way,
At that moment, the abrupt muscles reflected the beating flames, becoming sparkling and dazzling.
There are ten giant water storage projects built in the open square, connected to form the most eye-catching network of central pillars, several feet thick, directly touching the roof of the cave.
The discharged water is accumulated in each reservoir and then transferred to wherever it is needed.
Kong Hua looked at this huge project, and then at the dozens of blacksmiths who were busy here, admiration and solemnity arose spontaneously. At this time, he saw a middle-aged man with a strange appearance, which made people laugh at a glance.
He was able to distinguish him from ordinary people. He walked into the sink with a portable bucket, climbed up the stairs, and seemed to have some difficulty scooping water into the bucket, because he only used one right hand to exert force from beginning to end. Kong Hua thought that he
The other hand was disabled, and he evoked the sympathy that doctors always have towards patients. He walked over and said, "Brother, let me help you."
The man was surprised and turned to look at the strange man who had suddenly arrived. Then he looked at his plain clothes. A hint of darkness suddenly flashed across his tired face.
"I can handle this myself." As he said this, a precision machine arm that was rarely seen in his life was lifted out from the side of his body, and he used his right hand to take the bucket out of the reservoir. Konghua looked at it with a look that looked at something new.
Looking at the machine hand, as it opens and closes, outsiders are surprised by the exquisite operation of parts and the perfect three-dimensional design. What is even more surprising is the strange fusion of metal and flesh. Each metal form is in harmony with the host's body.
The co-ordination of will and heart is really difficult for ordinary people to figure out. What kind of wisdom can create such an opportunity?
"This is the helmsman of the Gongshu family. Where is Mr. Gongshu Chou himself?" Kong Hua smiled noncommittally, turned his eyes, and looked at the man carefully. He was about fifty years old, wearing light gray clothes, and his shoulders were slightly exposed.
Thin, with a slightly thin chest exposed, and under the sparse eyebrows, there is a pair of dark eyes, with a faint hatred in his eyes, which makes people realize that he is not as sick and weak as imagined, but a vague threat.
Sensual man.
"It's not him." The man paused. "The master did not follow General Meng to the battlefield. The empire had other arrangements for him."
"Oh, that's it." Konghua said with a smile: "It turns out that he is a disciple of Mr. Gongshu. To be able to appear on the main battlefield against the Xiongnu, he must be an important figure in the Gongshu family." He was complimenting, but he was thinking in his heart.
Thoughts: In a battle of this scale, Gongshu Qiu himself did not go into battle in person, so there was only one remaining place, a mirage anchored on Songhai, waiting to set sail.
Nangong Yan introduced in an indifferent tone: "His name is Gong Shuyang. Although his achievements are not as good as those of the head Gong Shuqiu, he can still be considered as someone who has achieved something in the Gongshu family. He is also familiar with the control and management of the overbearing machine beasts."
As soon as Gong Shuyang saw Nangong Yan, he immediately restrained his previous indifferent attitude, bowed deeply, and greeted with a smile: "It's still early, General Nangong is here to inspect again?"
"I have other things to take care of. Today's inspection work will be handed over to Kong Hua. You will cooperate with him to check all places. Be sure to check the entire armory carefully."
"Yes, I understand." Nangong Yan said such serious words that Gong Shuyang couldn't help but think that the man named Kong Hua beside him was a big shot sent by the superiors to inspect, and his eyes towards him softened a bit.
After Nangong Yan left, Gong Shuyang walked down step by step with the bucket, went to a blacksmith, put it down, and then said a few words before returning to Konghua's side.
Kong Hua kept staring at his machine hand and asked curiously: "Did your original hand come from misfortune or was it intentional?"
Gongshu Lang raised the mechanism and moved it, shook his head sadly, his heart seemed to evoke infinite sadness, and then said with a smile: "Every generation of outstanding disciples in the Gongshu family, if they want to reach a state that is beyond the reach of human hands,
, it is necessary to give up one hand in order to leave a proper position to install the mechanical hand, so that we can continue to make breakthroughs in mechanical achievements."
"That's it," Konghua couldn't help but sigh, "Being able to make such a sacrifice is admirable in terms of courage and courage."
Gong Shuyang looked at the machine hand with emotion as if matching Kong Hua's emotions, and gently moved the machine hand. The iron-green color was just like his face at this moment, thinking that he was recalling the one that was still there back then.
The sadness of human hands was undoubtedly revealed. He said: "Although it is not flesh and blood, it does not have the same touch as human hands, but when weighing sacrifices and achievements, the latter has more weight. Sir, I'd better show you around!"
"grown ups?"
Because Gongshuyang was cautious in his words and actions, Konghua, who was a mediocre person, was taken aback for a moment, but after hearing it, he felt very pleased with it. Moreover, the naughty-looking Gongshuo old man also paid him a lot of respect, and for a moment he became
He kept his eyebrows low and did not reveal his identity to his face.
After passing through several furnaces and weapons sharpening places, the two came to the area where the machine beasts were displayed. Kong Hua's eyes widened and he tried his best to search for various machine weapons of different shapes. The wheel-shaped beasts were just resting there, and some
With his mouth open, he raised his head proudly while staring at the firelight. His body was motionless, but his posture had a certain momentum. In the relatively dim light, the firm outline was reminiscent of a terrifying creature dormant in time, surrounded by many steel cables.
They are intertwined and connected like a spider web, as if they are afraid that they will suddenly wake up and run away in a rage. Although this is only for safekeeping, it still inadvertently makes people timid.
Kong Hua walked steadily in the jungle, and those silent momentum slightly suppressed his excited mind. With this lineup, it would be impossible to destroy it with human power. He praised in his mouth: "It's so magnificent! It's so magnificent.
!It’s so majestic!”
Gongshu Yang also laughed and echoed: "Once the Gongshu's weapons are put on the battlefield, they will be unstoppable. They have repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and cannot be stopped by any weapon of the same kind."
Similar weapons must be the Mo family's machine beasts. If they were replaced by those savage Huns, they may look like greedy wolves, but in front of such ruthless beasts, I don't know what kind of soft lambs they would turn into, serving as Konghua's patrol.
When the examiner's eyes were fixed on one person, a strange little person appeared at the corner of his mouth. It was a soldier lying on the machine beast and wiping every part of the machine beast with an oily rag. Such an indestructible soldier
Man, it was as if he was being tickled and tortured. After all, he was afraid that the air in the hole would corrode the iron, so he needed to use oil to prevent it from rusting.
Gong Shuyang glanced at his face, his eyes also had a strange color, and turned into a gloomy look, but he added with a smile: "You need to 'bathe' with oil every day, and you need to take turns to put him on the school grounds.
Operation, firstly, allows the operator to operate skillfully, and secondly, it ensures that they can operate freely and can enter combat status at any time."
As they spoke, they had walked out of the jungle of machines and came to a dark place without a fire source. There was a bridge connected to a high place, and the bridge was connected to the ground with a lifting basket device. When they walked into the basket, Kong Hua ordered: "Up above.
If you can’t see clearly, bring two live targets.”
Gongshu Yang immediately explained in a deep voice: "Sir, you must not come into contact with fire sources here."
A pair of gray eyes turned to Gong Shuyang and asked curiously: "You are so cautious, what will happen if you come into contact?"
Gongshu Yang replied seriously: "It will be blown up until there is no ashes left!"
"Oh? The amount of gunpowder up there must be astonishing." Kong Hua touched the rope of the hanging basket and slowly turned his eyes. He seemed to have thought about something in his heart. Then he smiled quietly and asked, "This place must be
It needs to be inspected carefully, but what should I do if there is no fire?"
Gongshu Yang raised his hand and pointed to a blacksmith coming from the opposite side. The blacksmith took the things as he had told him before. He held a green fluorescent white silk bag in each hand and handed it to the two of them. Kong Hua took it and weighed it with interest.
There are probably about twenty luminous pearls in this bag, and when they shake, they make a crisp friction sound between the beads, which is even more pleasing to the ear than the sound of the collision of silver.
The two of them rode the lifting basket straight up. Gong Shuyang looked at him sideways and asked seriously: "How do you feel about holding this thing?"
"Hehehehe!" Konghua confessed cheerfully without any secret, "I'm trying my best to suppress the urge to steal one."
"Haha, although this thing is valuable in the outside world, in this bitter cold battlefield, it is only used for lighting."
Looking down from the hanging basket, it is like the gods and Buddhas looking at all living beings. The entire empty armory has a panoramic view. Kong Hua raises his head and looks up again. The top of the cave is more like a sky beyond the sky, as if it can never be touched.
After the surrounding area was so dark that only the fluorescent light of night pearls remained, Kong Hua found a topic and asked: "Does the gunpowder magazine also undergo routine inspections every day?"
"Well, check twice a day."
"Who's responsible?"
"Except for me and General Nangong, no one else is allowed to approach."
Are there just the two of them? Kong Hua thought to himself again and asked: "Besides these people, are there other creatures here?"
"It's impossible. It's so tightly guarded that not even a fly can get in," Gong Shuyang replied resolutely.
After the lifting basket stopped, they stepped onto the bridge. After carefully avoiding several traps, they finally arrived at the gunpowder magazine at the top that looked like a hidden compartment. Gradually, the pungent smell of gunpowder filled their noses. In the darkness,
Konghua and Gongshuyang held up the bags, and the light of the luminous pearl shone through the small area visible in the surrounding area, so the entire space became bright green and magical.
Walking around the wall cabinets, there are all shaped ammunition loaded in huge boxes. The weight is really amazing. If it ignites, the burst of energy may not even escape the machine beast below.
"No?" Konghua murmured in a low voice: "Sure enough, there isn't."
"What are you specifically looking for, sir?"
"Um!"
"Perhaps I can help. What are you looking for?"
"I do not know yet".
Gong Shuyang was confused: "You are looking for something, but you don't know what you are looking for?"
"I really don't know, nor am I sure, whether it is alive or inanimate. It should probably be a living thing."
"If that's the case, then I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Apart from these sixty-eight living men, there will never be any living things here," Gong Shuyang replied resolutely again.
Kong Hua shook his head in despair and sighed helplessly: "It seems that this is all we can do today, but I'm lucky that I didn't find anything here."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of water droplets falling to the ground echoed in Konghua's ears. His ears twitched in surprise. He hurriedly turned around to look at it with a luminous pearl. As expected, he saw a drop of water appearing on the ground.
Spreads slowly on dry ground.
"Why is there water?" Gongshuyang just stretched out his hand to touch it, but Konghua immediately grabbed his wrist. Gongshuyang looked up and saw that Konghua looked suspicious and hesitant, and his eyes were going back and forth between the ground and the ceiling of the cave.
Youyou, as if aware of something, asked hurriedly: "Is there any problem?"
"Shouldn't gunpowder be placed in the driest place? Why is there water dripping here?"
"Perhaps it was accidental. If the dripping becomes severe later, all the gunpowder will have to be transferred."
"Has this never happened before?"
"At least not during the half month I was here."
Kong Hua's eyes were cautious, obviously unwilling to give up this doubt: "What if this is not water?"
Gongshu Yang was startled and his eyes widened: "What else could be here besides water?"
Kong Hua was worried, so he took out a silver needle and tried it, but he couldn't find anything strange. Just when he was about to reach out and touch it, his hand suddenly stopped. He suddenly looked up at Gong Shuyang and solemnly confessed: "If I die from poisoning,
Please be sure to tell General Meng how I died."
"It's so serious... maybe you're too worried!" Gong Shuyang met his serious eyes in disbelief, and seeing that he was still joking, he nodded sadly.
"Oh, I'm really overthinking it." He licked the cool liquid with his tongue, and his tense nerves were relieved.
Gong Shuyang squinted his eyes and looked at him. The suspicious man in front of him was either too full to hold on, or something unknown happened in the camp, so he arranged for such a person to come to the armory to check. What would happen?