If it is an accident, the fire will not burn so quickly. Depending on the situation, it is obvious that someone in Pingnan Hou Mansion is deliberately setting fires. The purpose is naturally very simple, that is, he wants to leave the capital while the chaos is in the future.

The question is, how much unrest can this fire bring?

In ancient times, there were also fire yamen.

It is hard to say about other cities, at least there are definitely ones in the capital, especially near Yonglefang, where there are two water shops, and a yamen specializing in extinguishing fires, named Fire Shopping Shop, which is in charge of more than a dozen water shops in the capital. The chief is called Fire Ban Guan, who is from the seventh rank.

Yonglefang is the most important yard in the capital. When Yonglefang started to burn, the fire patrol shop immediately started to move. Some were responsible for transporting water, some were responsible for extinguishing fires, and some were responsible for evacuating the people.

The people from Qianniu Guard were originally near the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, and they were in contact with the fire faster and were actively putting out the fire. If this was just an accidental fire, it would be able to be put out soon, but unfortunately, it was an arson.

The fire spreads as fast as possible.

Hundreds of people from the Marquis' Mansion of Pingnan fled in panic and escaped from the gateway one by one.

At this moment, Zhong Heng, the general of Qianniu Guard, was busy closing the city gate.

He did not receive the order to summon the emperor at that time and could not close the city gate as quickly as possible. He could only use his own face as a legitimate grandson and the identity of the General of the Qianniu Guard to force the city gate, and then take action.

He originally had no such authority, but the legitimate grandson of the Zong family was sure that the emperor would do this today, so he decisively did it in advance.

Now the fire is going to be burned, and even several nearby houses will be affected. If the fire is not put out in time, something will happen to half of Yonglefang, so you can only give up the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, but the people who escaped from the Pingnan Marquis Mansion are not easy to deal with.

Zhong Heng was not there, and Qianniu Guard had only a few commanders left here. Several commanders looked at each other and finally made up their minds.

"Go and transfer everyone here. Anyone who comes from the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion will catch one, and it all seems to be putting out the fire..."

"Let the fire patrolmen go and save them!"

The entire Yonglefang was burned, which didn't matter to Qianniuwei, because this was not their responsibility, but if the people from the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion were lost in this chaos, then these Qianniuwei would be in trouble!

It has to be said that the decision made by these commanders on the temporary basis was still very correct, but they underestimated the strength of the masses.

When people are frightened, they are very panicked, especially when they encounter this kind of fire, everyone is scrambling to run out. How could they arrest you one by one? In addition, there are more than 200 members in the Marquis of Pingnan. These people are strong and hundreds of people run out, and they disperse the team blocked by Qianniu Guards.

There was a chaos in the scene.

Behind it was a surging fire, and everyone was panicked.

It was the dry autumn, and the wind was strong. In just a short while, the fire began to spread nearby. At this moment, it was all wooden houses. As soon as the fire spread, Qianniuwei could not control the situation instantly.

This is when the decision is wrong.

If these Qianniu Guards' commanders were ruthless enough, they would draw their swords and wait at the gate of Pingnan Marquis' Mansion and come out to kill one by one, and the situation would be controlled.

But now, it is obviously too late.

When Zhong Heng closed the city gate and rode back to Yonglefang on horseback, the whole Yonglefang was in chaos. Not only the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, but also the four or five large houses connected to the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, all of which caught fire. Yongle Street was full of people.

Zhongheng's face looked extremely ugly.

He pulled over a commander from Qianniu Guard and shouted in a low voice: "Where are people from the Marquis of Pingnan!"

The captain was trembling.

"Zhonglang General, the people from the Marquis of Pingnan Palace escaped from the inside in panic. Bei Zhiren stopped most of them, but the situation was too chaotic and many people ran away. The situation was too chaotic and scattered a lot, so it was not easy to find..."

Zhong Heng gasped hard.

"waste!"

"We Qianniuwei have more than 3,000 people, and we can't stand a small Pingnan Marquis Mansion. Qianniuwei Xinli has this kind of thing. How can we gain a foothold in the capital in the future!"

Zhong Heng breathed deeply.

Fortunately, he saw the opportunity early and closed the city gate as soon as possible. Even if the Marquis of Pingnan escaped from Yonglefang, he would probably still be in the capital. As long as he was still in the capital, there would be room for recovery for this matter.

Just as Zhong Heng lowered his head and thought, the fire ban officer of the fire patrol shop ran over in a panic, lowered his head to Zhong Heng and said, "General Zhong, the fire cannot be controlled anymore. Please help from Qianniuwei to evacuate the people of Yonglefang!"

Zhong Heng came to his senses and glanced at the Fire Forbidden Official indifferently.

“Not available.”

Qianniuwei is now starting to look for people everywhere, so there is no time to care about the fire.

The fire filled the air.

After the fire in Yonglefang burned three or four houses in a row, the inner guards in Dahong's clothes finally arrived.

These inner guards did not come to put out the fire, but protected a four-horse carriage.

There was a eunuch who was in charge of the eunuch and sang loudly: "Your Majesty, you're here."

Qianniuwei and the people patrolling the fire shop near Yonglefang immediately knelt on the ground.

In the carriage, a young man came down, wearing black clothes, carrying his hands on his back, and looked up at the fire-ridden Marquis Mansion of Pingnan.

At this moment, the Pingnan Marquis Mansion was almost completely engulfed by the fire, and the wood was burning.

Emperor Taikang carried his hands on his back and looked at the spectacular fire without blinking his eyes.

Zhongheng was sweating in cold sweat and knelt directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I'm guilty of death"

Emperor Taikang waved his hand and sighed: "What do I do? Go and put out the fire quickly."

He let out a breath.

"Qianniuwei and the inner guard will also go to put out the fire. If you continue to burn it, half of the Yonglefang will be gone."

There are kings and princes everywhere in Yonglefang, and it is a big problem to burn any house.

If the fire is allowed to continue burning, it is not impossible to burn the Jing'an Marquis Mansion.

The two guards came quickly because they were close to each other, while the Yulin Guard was in the south of the city, and it would take more than half an hour to get here.

Zhong Heng knelt in front of the emperor and lowered his head deeply.

"Your Majesty, I... am guilty."

The emperor slowly breathed and said, "You get up and talk, this kind of thing will happen. You didn't expect it, nor did I expect it. No wonder you."

"It's just a strange thing. This general of the Zhu Kingdom is so cruel."

Emperor Taikang withdrew his gaze from looking at the fire, turned to look at Zhong Heng, his voice calm.

"Listen, no matter what the price is, you can't touch Li Shen to leave Beijing."

"Catch him, life or death."

Zhong Heng lowered his head and shouted: "My minister, obey the order!"

...

At the same time, Mu Ying barely rushed to Duke Chen's mansion and met Mr. Ye.

Ye Sheng was drinking secretly.

After seeing Mu Ying coming, the old man took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "I'm so anxious, for the affairs of the Marquis of Pingnan?"

Mu Ying lowered her head and said, "Do you know everything?"

"nonsense."

Ye Sheng looked at Mu Ying with annoyance.

"I live in Yonglefang. The fire is almost on the way to my house. How can I not know?"

Mu Ying lowered her head and said, "Please give me advice, what should Yulinwei do now?"

"Of course you can do whatever you want."

Ye Sheng said calmly: "Your Majesty will most likely ask you to put out the fire now, just follow us."

"This kind of thing is not something that Yu Linwei can control. Just send someone who can trust and explain it to Li Xin clearly."

Speaking of this, Ye Sheng continued.
Chapter completed!