Since I met you, people are dying every day

A meal of noodles is not very satisfying, so they went downstairs to eat later.Downstairs changed from the usual quiet to noisy and noisy.The busiest time of the year in Zhuangyuan Building is before and after the provincial and general examinations. Those who are still preparing for the general examinations hold their own identities and refuse to make noise. Now that it is almost winter, few businessmen choose to come to Beijing at this time.

Feeling puzzled, Ye Sirui sat down with the two of them and asked Chaming to inquire about the news.As soon as Chaming left, they heard the truth from the conversations of the people around them:

"Scared me to death! I happened to be next to it when I walked into the water, why don't I run for my life?"

"You're better than me! My house is right there. Even if I escaped, wouldn't there be nothing left of the house?"

"It's good to save a life! The lords of the yamen will definitely put out the fire, maybe even save your house too?"

"I don't even dare to embrace those plans. It's because of the pity of the shopkeeper of Zhuangyuan Building that we have a place to hide. Otherwise, where else can we hide?"

"It's strange to say that I have lived in the capital for more than ten years. In previous years, the water would be closed every year, during the Lantern Festival, or when the dry things were dry in midsummer. This is the first time I have seen it burn in late autumn and early winter."

"Who knows then?"

A fire broke out somewhere in the capital, and it was next to a certain yamen.Since it was the shopkeeper of Zhuangyuan Building who accepted these people, they must not be far away.Ye Sirui originally had the attitude of watching a play, but unexpectedly, he broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this.He was about to strike up a conversation, when Chaming made a way out of the crowd and bravely squeezed over, "Master, it's bad! Your yamen is on fire!"

Chaming said that he would not mention the name of the procuratorate, so he had to use "your yamen" as an abbreviation.He squeezed through the crowd, and the murmur that caused people's dissatisfaction was so loud this time. Such an abbreviation instead attracted the attention of the people around him. The hall was quiet for a while, and there was a discussion that was noisier than before:

"It turns out that the Zhuangyuan building still lives with the official?"

"Isn't it? To be able to live in the Zhuangyuan building is still a big official!"

"I don't know where the silver came from."

"Then who knows!"

"I don't ask for anything else, if you can give me a tenth of the silver, I will be satisfied in my life."

"Go ahead and dream about the blue sky! Which official master will give you money for no reason! It's good if you don't take your money away!"

"Isn't the yamen on fire? Why is he still sitting here?"

The voices talking from all directions were like ten thousand bugs, drilling into Ye Sirui's mind, he really couldn't stay any longer, his brain was about to explode.He also looked like tea tea, pushed aside the crowd and squeezed out.Ma Lu seemed to run to the front to clear the way for him, but he didn't pay attention, he just felt that the crowd dispersed consciously, with doubts and suspicions written all over their blurred faces.Finally squeezed out of the restaurant, the evening wind mixed with a bit of chill woke him up.The sun has set, the sky in the east is gray and black, but the sky in the west is bright red like fire.To the west, the Division of Prosecutors and Envoys is to the west of the Zhuangyuan Building.

Ye Sirui didn't hesitate any longer, grabbed a horse from the second-hand shopkeeper, got on the horse and flicked the whip desperately to urge it to move forward.As for who owns the horse, what the waiter in the shop thinks, he doesn't care about it, and he can't control it anymore.

After a while, there was the sound of horseshoes behind him.Both Xia Shu and Ma Lu urged their horses to catch up.

The surrounding area of ​​the procuratorate has been separated by firemen and yamen servants.Ye Sirui ignored them at all and urged the horse forward again.A burly man with a black face raised his head, and stabbed at the mount under Ye Sirui.Ye Sirui quickly reined in his horse, but he still couldn't dodge in time. The horse suffered from pain, and his knees gave way, and he was about to throw Ye Sirui off.Fortunately, Ye Sirui practiced riding and shooting with He Ying, turned over and landed safely.As soon as he landed, Xia Shu behind Xia Shu chased him up. Without saying a word, he held the rein with one hand, and pulled out the sword on his back with the other hand, and stabbed at the big man.

"Stop!" The black-faced man shouted.

"Tianshu stop!" Ye Sirui also shouted.

Hearing Ye Sirui's voice, Xia Shu finally put the sword away, even if it was so, he had already cut the strong man's clothes.Yamen servants had already surrounded the three of them.

"Who are you? How dare you be so rude to me!" The strong man asked aggressively, his clothes were cut by the sword wind, but he remained motionless.

Xia Shu grabbed the bridle and did not put away the sword. Instead, he glanced at the servants around him, showing disdain, "Who hit the unarmed man first?"

Ye Sirui, an unarmed man, fell off his horse and became a living target. The surrounding government servants aimed at him with bows and arrows.

The strong man waved his hand and told those people to put away their bows and arrows, "Who are you, dare to trespass on the fire?"

"Improve punishment and procuratorial envoy, Ye Sirui!" Ye Sirui had no stronger inner strength than the two of them, his voice would ring like a bronze bell without using any strength, he just shouted as hard as he could.

The strong man's face was serious, he got off his horse and saluted, "Xiaguan Shuntian Mansion policeman Cui Tong has seen Mr. Ye!"

Ye Sirui waved his hand, told him to get up, and signaled Xia Shu and Ma Lu to dismount as well.Xia Shu was still wary of this man, but put down the sword in his hand.

"The fire is dangerous, why does your lord insist on entering?" Cui Tong asked the servants to disperse, and continued to busily fetch water to fight the fire, but he still had no intention of letting him go.

Ye Sirui looked at the flames in front of him, and thought, "I have some important items left in the mansion."

Cui Tong must have thought that he was still thinking about the gold and silver treasures in the yamen, so it was inevitable that he would look disdainful and speak impolitely. "My lord, don't take any risks. The fire is serious. No matter how important it is, it seems that there is nothing left. My lord should still worry about my own life."

Ye Sirui didn't have time to argue with him, "Where are the other lords? Were the lords in the house still there when the water disappeared? Are there any casualties?"

He asked so many questions in one breath, but Cui Tong couldn't help but answer. "It's past the unitary hour of the water, and the office has been dispersed. All the adults have returned to the mansion. The rest of the door and the people around them ran out when they saw the fire, so there were no casualties. The Lord Fu Yin is still on the way. .”

After the time of You, they heard the news from the Zhuangyuan Building that the fire had been burning for a while, so they hurried here, and the governor is still on the way? "That official is the highest official here, hurry up and get out of the way!" Ye Sirui raised his horsewhip bluffing.

He did show his horsemanship just now, Cui Tong subconsciously flashed back.Xia Shu immediately got on the horse, urged the horse forward, threw away the rein with both hands, hugged Ye Sirui, and lifted his horse.Ma Lu also urged the horse to follow, passing Cui Tong directly.

The forward air was hotter and the flames brighter.The horse can no longer be ridden.The horse was afraid of the flames, no matter how hard Xia Shu's whip was whipped, he dared not move forward, not to mention the firemen and servants coming and going here, it is inevitable to hurt people.Xia Shu grabbed the reins and helped Ye Sirui get down.But he was leading the horse to move forward, but the horse still hung its head down and refused to take a step.

"The adults go first, leave it to the young ones." Ma Lu dismounted, took the reins from Xia Shu, and told Xia Shu: "Mr. Xia must protect the adults!"

They can already see the blazing fire of the Procuratorate of the Procuratorate.The fire on the outer wall has been extinguished, leaving only a few collapsed black painted bricks and tiles.

Ye Sirui stopped a person and asked, "Where's the yamen? Has the fire in the wing gone out?"

The man didn't seem to know anything, and when he asked him, he trembled all over.The fireman next to him rescued him. "It's still burning!"

More than 20 papers for the provincial examination are still in his yamen.No matter how hard he gritted his silver teeth, he couldn't change this fact. "I'll go." Xia Shu pressed his shoulders, "Maybe I can grab a few papers."

"No!" Ye Sirui held his hand. "You can't go!"

"With such a delay, I don't know how much will be burned!" Xia Shunan sternly said.

"That won't work either!" Ye Sirui firmly held his hand.Those papers are very important, but for the papers to make Xia Xia feel comfortable

Danger, he can't do this kind of thing no matter what!He just pinched Xia Shu so tightly, regardless of whether it hurt him or not.

They stood there for a quarter of an hour, while the fireman dragged the water up and down with an empty bucket.Fortunately, no injured or dead have been found.

When the fire gradually subsided, Li Changrui, governor of Shuntian Prefecture, came late.

When Ye Sirui saw him coming in a sedan chair, he became very angry.He squeezed Xia Shu's hand, told him to join the ranks of firefighters fighting the fire, and led Ma Lu over to salute, "I'm really sorry for disturbing Mr. Fu Yin."

The Fu Yin didn't seem to hear the sarcasm at all, and helped him up with his own hands, "Hey, how do you say such things, this is the official's duty."

The smile on Ye Sirui's face became a little stiff.

"Are there any casualties in the official office?" Li Changrui raised his voice to ask his subordinates as soon as he stood still. Cui Tong didn't know when he appeared, so he stepped forward to report: "My lord, there are no casualties at present."

"Oh, it's good that there are no casualties."

The more Ye Sirui listened to it, the more blocked he became, and the remaining rationality reminded him not to mention publicly when the test papers were burned, but he forced a smile and said: "Even so, all the paperwork files in the mansion were burned."

"Those are all dead things, what's the big deal? At worst, borrow a copy from the imperial court and copy it." Li Changrui said indifferently, "Could it be possible that Mr. Ye left something important in the official office?"

Ye Sirui quickly made up a lie, "It's a bit ashamed to say it, and it's not a big deal. It's just that I left a purse in the yamen two days ago while resting in the official office. The purse is not expensive, but the embroidery is outstanding. It’s been a while since I’ve worn it with me, so it’s a pity to think about it.”

Li Changrui really understood as he expected, "It seems that it is a gift from a beautiful woman, which is indeed a pity. But Master Ye is very personable, if you want a beautiful woman, you don't mind making another purse, right?"

Even though the occasion was not suitable, Ye Sirui still imagined the scene of Shu embroidering a purse in Xia Tian, ​​and almost laughed out loud.His hands are still holding the sword.