According to the later history of the Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Zhenguan, a fireball soared into the sky of Chang 'an City and drifted for more than ten miles.
Qin Huaiyu and the other two were able to leave their names in history as they wished. However, at this moment, they did not feel excited at all. Instead, they felt that a great disaster was about to befall them.
According to the original script, they would first use the big black sheep to test it out. When they saw that there was no danger, they would pull down the hot air balloon.
After confirming that there was no danger, they would invite all the rich playboys of Chang 'an City to come over and fly up in front of them to show off.
Who would have thought that everything would proceed in an orderly manner? The big black sheep was also screaming energetically and full of vitality. Who would have thought that the cable would break!
The four of them stared dumbfounded at the hot air balloon that was rising higher and higher. Half of the cable was swaying. The big black sheep, sensing greater danger, screamed even more mournfully. Even at such a high altitude, its cries could be heard clearly.
"How much charcoal did you add!" Qin Huaiyu asked. The job of adding charcoal was done by Yuchi Jingde.
"It's full!" Yuchi Jingde said guiltily. In fact, in order to make the hot air balloon fly for a longer period of time, he …
Because they found that the hot air balloon was drifting towards the inner part of Chang 'an City.
"Not good!"
The three of them were shocked. They finally knew why they felt that a great disaster was about to befall them.
Although they knew that this was a hot air balloon and knew the principle behind it, the citizens of Chang 'an City did not know! Such a huge thing floating in the air, mixed with the mournful cries of the big black sheep, it was strange no matter how they thought about it!
"Chase it quickly!" Meton shouted anxiously, awakening the three of them from their stupor.
"Rumble!"
Four fast horses galloped out! They flew in the direction of the hot air balloon.
"Meh! Meh!"
The big black sheep felt that its situation was getting more and more dangerous. It was unwilling to accept its fate and screamed even louder.
"Where did the sheep's cries come from!" A peddler who sold mutton was most sensitive to this kind of sheep's cries. Every time a sheep was slaughtered, it would sound like this.
This time, although the sheep's cries were intermittent, its mournful cries were ten times louder than a sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
"It can't be a ghost sheep!" The peddler suddenly quivered and looked around guiltily.
"How can there be a ghost in broad daylight!" The peddler laughed at himself for his cowardice. He cut the mutton and handed it to the customer, but he found that the customer took the mutton unconsciously. His body suddenly froze, and he looked up at the sky.
Not only this customer, but all the other customers and peddlers were the same, all of them looking up at the sky.
"What happened?"
The mutton vendor shivered all over. He felt that this matter was getting stranger and stranger.
Following the crowd's line of sight, the peddler raised his head and saw a huge sphere flying over his head. It was accompanied by flickering flames, and the mournful cries of the sheep were particularly eerie.
"Bang bang bang!"
The mutton in the customer's hand fell to the ground.
"Clang!"
The lamb vendor's boning knife fell to the ground.
"Ding ding dang dang dang!"
A large pile of things fell to the ground, but no one felt anything. Their heads were stiff as they stared at the huge sphere in the air.
"Da da da!"
When the mutton vendor heard the mournful cries of the sheep, he only felt that the sheep's soul had ascended to the heavens. He was extremely frightened.
"Goat … Goat Immortal!"
The peddler stammered in horror.
The customer who bought the mutton was an old man in his seventies. When he heard the peddler's words, he could not help but kneel on the ground.
"Goat Immortal above, this old man just likes to eat mutton. If you want to take revenge, then take revenge on this sheep killer! Please let this old man go! "The old man in his seventies prayed hurriedly and sold the mutton vendor without hesitation.
At this moment, the mutton vendor could not be bothered to find trouble with the old man. He knelt on the ground in horror.
"Goat Immortal above, this young man usually kills sheep to make a living. I have no choice but to do so. I hope Goat Immortal can understand. In the future, I will definitely turn over a new leaf and not kill a single sheep. I will worship a Goat Immortal every day in the future."
The mutton vendor was on the verge of tears. Wasn't it just killing a sheep? Was there a need to bring out a God?
The surrounding people were also frightened. In the Tang dynasty, mutton was a precious meat. Which one of them had not eaten mutton before?
Just as he was about to apologize to the Goat Immortal, a fast horse suddenly galloped past.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. It's my Kongming Lantern in the sky. Did anyone see where it went?" A young man was riding a tall horse. He was handsome and charming, but everyone hated him. He was Qin Huaiyu.
According to Meton's method of relief, he was spreading the word that it was a Kongming Lantern to avoid causing panic among the people of Chang 'an.
"Kongming Lantern?"
The vendor was dumbfounded. So was the old man.
The people on the street were also speechless. Kongming Lanterns were not a rare thing in the Tang dynasty. Didn't the one floating in the sky look like a Kongming Lantern from a distance?
However, other people's Kongming Lanterns were only a foot long and carried a blessing note in the sky.
What was with your Kongming Lantern? It was the size of two houses and was accompanied by the shrill cry of a sheep.
"My sheep was naughty and ran up!" Qin Huaiyu laughed dryly.
"Uh, uh!"
Everyone could not help but vomit blood. This reason was too far-fetched.
Qin Huaiyu did not dare to stay for long. He quickly rode his horse in the direction of the Kongming Lantern.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. My Kongming Lantern ran away with the sheep!"
Qin Huaiyu shouted all the way and chased down the streets of Chang 'an. .
Seeing Qin Huaiyu leave like the wind, the old man and the lamb vendor looked at each other. They had just sworn to eat the lamb. Were they going to sell it or not?
Not only Qin Huaiyu, but even Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Meton, Tie An and the other guards, and even the old man Lu Ding joined in to refute the rumor.
However, this was just a drop in the bucket for the uproar they caused.
The legend of the Sheep Deity spread more and more in Chang 'an. More and more people ran out of their houses and chased after the Kongming Lantern.
When Qin Huaiyu and the other three met again, they had already chased the hot air balloon across half of Chang 'an. However, the hot air balloon showed no signs of landing.
"Don't you think this place is a little familiar?" Yuchi Baolin said, a little guilty.
Qin Huaiyu wiped his sweat and looked around. He was shocked. "Oh no, this is Taiping Square!"
"Taiping Square!" That was a place they often visited. Of course, they knew how far it was from the Imperial City. It was only two streets away.
"Stop flying!"
"Sheep Deity, I beg you! Please stop! "
Qin Huaiyu and the other two also suspected that there was a Sheep Deity and that it was deliberately messing with them.
"Amitabha, Jade Emperor, Laojun in the sky …"
Cheng Chumo even prayed to all the deities in vain in order to avoid this disaster.
However, neither the Sheep Deity nor the deities in the sky heard their prayers. The hot air balloon was still firmly floating, wobbling toward the southwest side of the Imperial City.
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