This is Chang'an City, the majestic capital of the Zhou Dynasty and the most important city in the Zhou Dynasty.
Moreover, the city's permanent population exceeds one million.
This does not include foreign businessmen and other temporary residents.
But now, this big city with a population of more than one million has been razed to the ground in a matter of seconds.
At this time, Mr. Di Renjie and Di Ge, who remained unchanged even if Mount Tai collapsed, began to doubt life.
He staggered and lost his balance for a moment.
Li Yuanfang saw this and quickly supported him.
"Sir, it's useless for us to think about it here. We should go back and take a look!"
"That's right, go quickly, everything must be fine."
The three of them were eager to find out, but Ye Yuan was not in a hurry, but followed the three of them leisurely, with a serious look on his face.
He is not worried about Wu Ling'er's safety, the defense power of the Qiankun Cauldron is trustworthy.
However, this attack was too sudden, with no warning at all.
Not many people have the ability to do this.
Among them, the most suspect...
No, it should be said that the only ones most likely to be able to do this are Taoism, Buddhism and the Li family.
But, they don’t have to do this!
Doing this kind of thing will be harmful to all three but not beneficial.
They have no such motive.
So, who else could it be besides them?
Is it the old master of Snake Spirit...Yuan Tiangang?
It's also impossible.
Yuan Tiangang is a man of great depth, erudition, astronomy, geography, and arithmetic, and he is also extremely crazy.
However, Yuan Tiangang's purpose was to establish a new dynasty and make himself emperor.
Destroying Chang'an is not what he wants, and it may even run counter to his goal.
Therefore, Yuan Tiangang did not have this motive.
Where is Xiao Qingfang, the current leader of Snake Spirit?
This woman has motivation and courage, and she has great ambitions and talents.
It's impossible for her, not because she doesn't have the motivation, but because she doesn't have the ability.
Of course, although these forces above have no explicit motives, they cannot rule out suspicion.
Maybe there is something that Ye Yuan doesn't know either.
As for, who did it?
Ye Yuan was also confused at this time and could only sigh.
"It would be great if I could tell fortunes."
Of course, this is just a thought, Ye Yuan will never learn it in his life.
Actually, it’s not impossible to learn.
However, Ye Yuan is an outsider after all, and spying on the secrets is undoubtedly seeking death. It is not advisable, and he does not dare to do so.
While thinking, the four of them had arrived at the city gate.
The once majestic city wall has now collapsed to varying degrees in many sections.
There were many civilians, officers and soldiers lying outside the city. They were all shocked to the point of bleeding, and all of them were unconscious. Many of them even died unfortunately.
At this time, Di Pangpang, who loved the people like his own son, no longer bothered to heal them.
Although he couldn't bear it, he knew it clearly.
At this time, only confirming the queen's safety is the most important thing.
In the event that Wu Zetian dies, the Great Zhou Dynasty will immediately repeat the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Jin Dynasty, and the land of China will fall into civil war again.
When the time comes, the powerful enemy Turks will definitely take advantage of the situation. At that time, the Chinese people will most likely return to the era of the dark "two-legged sheep".
This is absolutely not allowed.
As soon as they entered the city, the four well-informed people were shocked by the scene in front of them. As far as they could see, the city was a vast expanse of land, with not a single building still standing.
The land was filled with mourning, and the dead and wounded were everywhere.
The further you go in, the quieter it becomes.
Di Pangpang suppressed the sadness in his heart, made a visual estimate, and said with a shocked look on his face.
"No, the center of the explosion is in the palace!"
The Queen is in danger!
Ye Yuan didn't care, he already knew it.
He remembered this street. Before leaving the city, he went shopping here and bought fifty-two sugar-coated haws and a straw stick from an old man. Unfortunately...
Ye Yuan walked to a crouched corpse and squatted down, closing his white eyes.
"This is the tragedy of having no power. You can't control life or death, let alone other things."
The three people who were running so fast turned around and glanced at Ye Yuan strangely. Without thinking, they continued to rush towards the palace at full speed.
Ye Yuan did not go with them. He followed the induction and rushed in the direction of Princess Taiping's Mansion.
Suddenly, Ye Yuan arrived at a familiar place.
A wooden wheel covered with scratches was turning gurglingly on the ground. This wheel Ye knew from afar, it belonged to Widow Wang who set up a stall selling tofu. The scratches were carved by her naughty son.
On the other side, a spoon was broken into two parts and stuck on two piles of stones.
Ye Yuan remembered that this was Uncle Qi who bought breakfast. His son and grandson had all gone to war, and there was no news. The family mainly relied on his breakfast stall to support themselves.
…
Ye Yuan looked at the mutilated and unrecognizable corpse on the ground with extremely complicated emotions.
These are all people he knows.
After all, he has lived here for ten years. No matter how much he doesn't want to communicate with people, he will still know a lot of people when he comes in and out every day.
Ye Yuan walked through this street expressionlessly, but finally couldn't help but look back and murmured to himself.
"It seems that hard-heartedness is not so easy to cultivate. For the sake of getting to know each other, I will give you a ride."
Ye Yuan raised his hand and flipped it gently. The ground shook and all the corpses were buried deep underground.
"Life is so unpredictable!"
It's just a sigh. As for the rest, Ye Yuan can't guarantee anything.
The closer you get to the palace, the stronger the explosion will be, and the slimmer the chance of survival for ordinary people, it can even be said that... there is no chance of survival at all.
However, the same cannot be said for those princes and ministers.
"This is it!"
The former noble and luxurious Princess Taiping Mansion is now in ruins, no different from the houses of ordinary people.
Ye Yuan walked to a pool of mud and stretched out his hand.
"Gululu..."
The mud seemed to be boiling, bubbling more and more.
Finally, a small cauldron flew out.
The small tripod was gray, but not stained with a trace of muddy water.
Before Ye Yuan could continue his action, the two people flew out of the small cauldron.
"You're back."
"Um."
Ye Yuan nodded and looked at the woman leaning on Wu Ling'er's shoulder...Princess Taiping.
Wu Ling'er placed the unconscious Princess Taiping on the ground and said.
"I was practicing calligraphy in the pavilion, and suddenly a heat wave hit me. I felt a burst of panic, and I had a premonition of a life-or-death crisis, so I quickly knocked her out and took her into the Qiankun Cauldron. Only then did I escape."
Ye Yuan asked in surprise.
"Can't even handle your cultivation?"
Wu Ling'er replied decisively.
"Can't bear it!"
Ye Yuan was shocked and sighed.
"It seems that there are not many princes and ministers left in Chang'an City."
Wu Ling'er said with a solemn expression.
"There may not be one left, and even...she may not survive."
Ye Yuan's expression changed and he asked.
"What happened that I don't know about?"
Wu Ling'er said with a strange look.
"Due to the mission case, the Holy One summoned all important figures in Chang'an City today..."
Ye Yuan's eyes widened and he confirmed.
"You mean that when the explosion occurred, all the princes and ministers were in the palace, at the very center of the explosion."
Wu Ling'er nodded solemnly and replied.
"That's right."
She made seals with her hands, and a stream of light rushed into Princess Taiping's sea of consciousness.
The next moment, Princess Taiping opened her big eyes, and the two mountains could not stop undulating.