Unparalleled Concubine

Even if Yongle Square is burned down, Li Shen cannot be allowed to escape in the chaos!

"Go, go to the palace immediately and tell His Majesty to order the city gates to be closed. This general will go to the eight gates himself and close the city gates first!"

Qianniuwei in Tsing Yi started to get busy.

After about a stick of incense, Qianniuwei's people knelt in Weiyang Palace, and said the matter in a trembling voice.

Emperor Taikang suddenly changed his color, and immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, and all the people in the city, including the three guards, were put out to fight the fire.

At the same time, Mu Ying, who was far away at the Habayashi Guard's Yamen, also received the news that the Habayashi Guard was on fire.

This Mu Lang made some calculations in his heart.

This matter came too urgently, it must be too late to inform Li Xin.

So Mu Ying climbed on the horse, followed Li Xin's instructions, and ran to Chen Guogong's mansion.

At this time, in Yongle Square, fireworks filled the air, and the arrogance was monstrous.

Chapter 411 The Great Fire of Yonglefang

If it was an accident, the fire would not have ignited so quickly. Judging from the situation, it was obvious that someone in Pingnanhou's mansion deliberately set the fire, and the purpose was naturally very simple, that is, to take advantage of the chaos and leave the capital.

The question is how much turmoil this fire can bring.

In ancient times, there was also a fire department.

It’s hard to say about other cities, at least there are definitely some in the capital, especially near Yonglefang, there are two water shops, and there is a yamen dedicated to fire fighting, called Huoxunpu, which is in charge of more than a dozen people in the capital. There is a water shop, and the chief is called the fire ban officer, from the seventh rank.

Yonglefang is the most important workshop in the capital. When Yonglefang burned, the fire patrol shop immediately started to move. Some people were responsible for transporting water, some were responsible for putting out the fire, and some were responsible for evacuating the masses.

The people of Qianniuwei were already near Pingnanhou's mansion, they were quicker in contact with the fire, and they were actively fighting the fire. If this was just an accidental fire, it would be able to extinguish it soon, but unfortunately, it was an arson.

The fire spread as fast as possible.

Hundreds of people from the Pingnanhou Mansion fled in a panic, escaping from one door after another in a panic.

At this moment Zhonglang Zhongheng of Qianniuwei was busy shutting the city gates.

At that time, he had not received the emperor's order, so he could not close the city gate as quickly as possible. He could only use the face of his grandson and his identity as Qianniuwei Zhonglang to forcibly close the city gate, beheading first and then playing.

He didn't have this authority originally, but the grandson of the Zhong family can be sure that the current emperor will definitely do this, so he decisively did it in advance.

With the current situation of the fire, the Pingnanhou Mansion will definitely be burnt down, and even a few houses nearby will be affected. If the fire is not put out in time, half of Yongle Square will have an accident, so we can only abandon the Pingnanhou Mansion. But those who escaped from the Pingnanhou Mansion were not easy to deal with.

Zhong Heng, who made up his mind, was not there, and there were only a few captains left in Qianniuwei, who looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally made up their minds.

"Go and transfer everyone here, but anyone who comes out of Pingnanhou's mansion will be caught one by one, and all of them will be seen. As for fighting the fire..."

"Let the people who patrol the fire shop save it!"

It doesn't matter to Qianniuwei that the whole Yongle Square is burned, because it is not their responsibility, but if the people in Pingnanhou's Mansion are lost in this chaos, then Qianniuwei will have nothing to eat gone!

It has to be said that the impromptu decisions made by these captains were correct, but they underestimated the power of the masses.

When people are frightened, they are very flustered, especially when encountering this kind of fire, everyone is scrambling to run outside. There were more than 200 steps, and these people were strong and strong. When hundreds of people ran outside, they dispersed the team blocked by Qianniuwei.

The place was in chaos.

There was raging fire behind, and everyone panicked.

It is the dry time of autumn, and the wind is strong. After a while, the fire began to spread towards the surrounding area. At the moment, there are all wooden houses, and they will catch fire as soon as they touch the fire. After the fire spread, Qianniuwei instantly I can't control the situation.

This is where the decision goes wrong.

If these captains of Qianniuwei were ruthless enough to draw their knives and wait at the gate of Pingnanhou's mansion, and come out to kill one by one, the situation would be under control.

But now, it is obviously too late.

Zhongheng closed the city gate, and when he rode back to Yonglefang, the whole Yonglefang was in a mess, not only Pingnanhou's Mansion, but also four or five big houses connected to Pingnanhou's Mansion. When the fire broke out, Yongle Street was full of people everywhere.

Zhong Heng's face was extremely ugly.

He grabbed a captain of Qianniuwei and shouted: "Where are the people from Pingnanhoufu!"

The captain was trembling.

"Zhong... General Zhonglang, all the people in Pingnanhou's Mansion fled out of it in a panic, most of them were stopped by the inferior ranks, but the situation was too chaotic, many people ran away, the situation is too chaotic right now , scattered a lot, it’s not so easy to find..."

Zhong Heng panted heavily.

"waste!"

"We have more than 3000 people in Qianniuwei, and we can't stand a small Pingnanhou's mansion. This kind of thing happened to Qianniuwei Xinli. How will we gain a foothold in the capital in the future!"

Zhong Heng took a deep breath.

But fortunately, he saw the opportunity early and closed the city gate immediately. Even if that Marquis of Pingnan escaped from Yonglefang at this moment, he is probably still in the capital. As long as he is still in the capital, this matter will happen room for recovery.

Just as Zhongheng bowed his head to think, the fire inspector of the patrol fire store ran over in a panic, bowed his head to Zhongheng and said, "General Zhong, the fire is out of control, please help Qianniuwei to evacuate the people in Yonglefang !"

Zhong Heng came back to his senses, and gave the Fire Imprisoner a faint look.

"No time."

Qianniuwei is now going to start looking for people everywhere, so he doesn't have time to manage the fire.

The fire spread.

After the fire in Yongle Square burned three or four houses in a row, the inner guards in red clothes finally arrived.

These inner guards came not to fight the fire, but to protect a four-horse carriage.

The eunuch with the inner servant sang loudly: "Your Majesty, come to—"

The people from Qianniuwei and Xunhuo shop near Yongle Square immediately knelt on the ground.

In the carriage, a young man came down, dressed in black, with his hands behind his back, and looked up at the burning Pingnanhou Mansion.

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

Emperor Taikang stared at the magnificent fire with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on it.

Zhong Heng was dripping with cold sweat, and knelt directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the subject's death penalty—"

Emperor Taikang waved his hand and sighed: "What are you doing kneeling? Go and put out the fire."