Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Flames at night fascinate Feng Que

"Go to the water!"

"Quick, bring the water!"

"My lord, the fire is too fierce! We don't have enough manpower!"

"Go, beat the gongs and drums to call the surrounding shops and private houses to put out the fire together!"

"But... it's a curfew right now, and it's a felony to gather the people without an order."

The battalion commander of the patrol battalion heard his subordinates say this, kicked him to the ground angrily, and roared: "Do you know who lives here? When he was a first-rank official in the dynasty, Qi Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Master Jun Qi! He is the son-in-law of Princess Zhen Zhen’s mansion, if something happens to him, we have to be buried with him, do you understand?!”

That young soldier was ignorant, and Nangong Rang had been ill for several years so that he forgot how honorable and favored a princess Nangong Jingnv was, but the battalion commander of the patrol battalion knew it.

The man crawled to the ground, found a broken gong from nowhere, rode on his horse and beat it along the street: "It's water, everyone, come out and put out the fire."

"It's flooded, the commander of the patrol battalion asked everyone to come out and fight the fire."

The red fire burned half the sky red, and many people were awakened by the flames, but they didn't come out because of the curfew. After hearing the shouts, one or two people finally walked out of the house with buckets.With the first wave of people, the rest of the people became more courageous, and they picked up their own firefighters and rushed towards the Prince Consort's Mansion.

Although there was a torrential rain before, it was followed by two months of sunny days, and the water vapor had long been evaporated. In addition, most of the buildings in Wei State were made of wood, and the fire was so intense that even if hundreds of people united It is still not enough for the government to fight the fire together.

The sound of "beep boo" was heard endlessly, and the flames sprang up for more than ten feet, raging and spreading... The whole consort's mansion was shrouded in a red light, in a sea of ​​flames.

Many officers and soldiers tried to rush in with quilts soaked in water. Some were forced out by the thick smoke and fire, while others screamed and died in the sea of ​​flames. After several trials, no one dared to go in again. Even if the person trapped inside is a first-rank official of the imperial court...

The chief of the patrol battalion knelt on the ground in despair with a scorched face, and the people around him continued to fight the fire, but the buckets of water poured on them had no effect at all.

There was another rush of gongs, and the common people heard that this was the drumbeat of the guard of honor to open the way, and they all stopped their movements and stepped back to avoid it.

Wei State has a very strict system in terms of etiquette, and there is a crime called: evasion crime.

It refers to: after hearing the gong of the guard of honor, it is considered a crime not to evade.

There was a voice in the sedan chair: "Who allowed you to beat the gong to open the way? Stop quickly!"

The servant Chen Chuansi asked for instructions: "Your Highness, the scene of the fire is right in front of you..."

Nangong Jingnu: "Hurry up and pass the order, saying that I will spare all the firefighters from avoiding and let them put out the fire with all their strength."

Chen Chuansi clamped his horse's belly, galloped and shouted: "His Royal Highness Zhenzhen has an order, don't avoid it, and put out the fire with all your strength."

Nangong Jingnv lifted the curtain of the car, saw the red eyes full of white teeth biting her lower lip, her body trembling.

She remembered that when she and Qi Yan were just married, she followed Sheng Jia to worship the ancestors, and it was the same when she was in the other courtyard of the palace... That time she rushed to Qi Yan's side as fast as she could, and took his hand He got to safety.

The sedan chair stopped, and Nangong Jingnv almost fell down seeing the scene in front of her.

The fire burned half the sky red, and the entire Prince Consort's Mansion was engulfed by the fire. The courtyard wall in the distance had collapsed, and sparks were scattered in all directions.

Qiu Ju tied a cloak on Nangong Jingnv and helped her get off the sedan chair. Officials from the Patrol Battalion and Yingtian Mansion went up to pay homage: "See Your Highness."

Nangong Jingnu: "How long has the fire been burning? Where is the son-in-law?"

The commander of the patrol battalion knocked his head on the ground: "Return to Your Highness, the fire... The fire has been burning for an hour, and the son-in-law is still inside."

Nangong Jingnv clenched her fists and said angrily: "Why don't you save people first? So what if a mere mansion burns down? Why don't you save the son-in-law first?"

The battalion commander of the patrol battalion almost burst into tears, and replied: "Your Highness, it is clear! Many brothers in quilts tried to rush into the fire to save people, but the fire was so fierce that none of the brothers who went in came out. Your Highness, it is clear!"

Nangong Jingnv took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down: "Where's the waterwheel?"

There are only a few wells in the capital of the Wei State, and more than half of the people in the capital rely on the water trucks of the government for water supply. On the first night, someone will go outside the city to fetch mountain spring water. The route delivers water to households who are inconvenient to get water. Each household is approved to have two barrels of water per day. If it is not enough, they can buy it from the government at a price of one penny per barrel.

The chief of the patrol battalion showed embarrassment: "The water truck is under the jurisdiction of the household department, and the villain can't talk about it."

Nangong Jingnv raised her chin, and Chen Chuansi came to the commander of the patrol battalion: "I pass on the command of this palace to bring all twelve water trucks here, hurry up!"

The two got on their horses and ran to the south of the city.

Nangong Jingnv glanced at Yin Tianfu Yin: "You come with me."

Ying Tian Fu Yin: "Yes."

When the two came to the back of the sedan chair, Nangong Jingnv ordered everyone except Qiu Ju to fight the fire, and asked, "I ask you, how did this fire start?" Jing Nu smelled an unusual breath: this fire is not like one or two fires can be caused by it!

After the witchcraft case, Nangong Jingnv knew the blood and darkness of politics, and she also knew what outrageous things civil servants and military generals throughout the ages would do for power...

Ying Tianfu Yin raised his hand to wipe away the sweat that had been evaporated by the heat wave, and replied truthfully: "The guards watching the night reported that a fire suddenly broke out in the son-in-law's mansion an hour ago, and the fire had already started when they ran close. It was multiple fires at the same time..."

Nangong Jingnv's body swayed, and with Qiu Ju's support, she managed to stand still: How many fires? !really!In the end... I still killed him!

Nangong Jingnv pulled off her cloak and walked towards the fire scene. Qiu Ju took her by the arm and shouted, "Your Highness! Dangerous!"

Nangong Jingnv turned to look at Qiu Ju: "You also come with me to put out the fire."

The complicated and wide-mouthed palace dress sleeves are not suitable for rough work, so Nangong Jingnv used a hairpin to cut through the skirt and forcibly tore off two pieces of cloth to tie the cuffs. She couldn't lift the bucket so she took a wooden basin and put Water was poured on the fire again and again.

Qiu Ju was frightened out of her wits, and while fighting the fire, she guarded Nangong Jingnv.

At this time of the fire, many palaces have been burned to the ground, and they will collapse at some point, throwing out thousands of sparks, but Nangong Jingnv doesn't care at all, in fact, the possibility of Qi Yan's survival is already very high It's low, but she just doesn't want to give up, and she will never give up until she sees Qi Yan or the fire is extinguished.

Just like Qi Yan said to her many years ago: until the last moment, no one knows how it will end.

Seeing that Her Royal Highness the Princess had come down in person, the common people worked harder and harder to rescue her.

Another quarter of an hour later, Chen Chuansi and the battalion commander of the patrol battalion arrived first with two water trucks full of water.Nangong Jingnv dropped the wooden basin in her hand and said loudly: "Everyone in the capital, the fire was so fierce that we had to call the water truck for emergency response. I promise that everyone will finish the new water truck within three days."

After finishing speaking, Nangong Jingnv directed the two guards to drenched themselves completely, and then covered their bodies with soaked quilts: "Someone poked a few holes out of the water tank! You two, drive a water truck and drive in!"

"Yes!"

The guards raised their weapons and made the water tank into a honeycomb, and the two guards rushed towards the fire in a carriage.

The horse kept neighing and refused to move forward.Nangong Jingnv ordered again: "Pierce the horse's ass with a dagger! Let Bengong rush in! You follow this method and drive the water truck to Bengong from different directions to the fire scene!"

"Yes!"

Most of the walls of the Prince Consort's Mansion had collapsed. As water trucks rushed into the fire site one after another, the palaces collapsed one after another, but the fire was effectively controlled.

There is no water, this is the last available water in the capital, if it doesn't work, Nangong Jingnv doesn't know what to do...

After another quarter of an hour, the open flames in the consort's mansion were basically brought under control, leaving only some red charcoal flickering and glowing red.

Ying Tianfu Yin and the patrol battalion commander each carried a bucket of water and led the officers and soldiers to rush in.

Qi Yan heard the voice, and said to Qian Tong beside him: "Write down everything I told you?"

Qian Tong: "Yes."

Qi Yan closed her eyes and fell into Qian Tong's arms.

Qian Tong: "Is anyone there!? Help!"

The guards not far away heard the voice and ran over one after another, and saw the boy soaking in the lotus pond, hugging Qi Yan and the son-in-law whose chest was blurred and unconscious.

"Come quickly! The son-in-law has been found, hurry up and notify His Highness!"

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The fire was set by Qi Yan.

There is a lotus pond on the central axis of the son-in-law's mansion, which is located in a relatively wide yard, surrounded by some rockery that cannot be burned.

She ordered her confidantes to set fire at multiple points at the same time according to the terrain of the son-in-law's mansion, so as to ensure that the son-in-law's mansion would be burned into ruins without hurting her and Qian Tong.

The totem on the chest was burnt by Qi Yan in advance. Even if the plan was right, the billowing smoke almost killed the two of them. Fortunately, when the lotus pond was low-lying and the smoke was raging, the two of them dived into the water holding their breath, which saved their lives.

However, the burn on Qi Yan's chest was soaked in water, and the pain was unbearable.She felt the pain but kept silent, thinking: This may be God's punishment for herself.

When the conscience is unbearable, we can only hope to share the mental pain with sex.

Qi Yan knew that her actions this time were very risky, but she believed that Nangong Jingnv would definitely cure herself at all costs.

In order to short Yutian in the Gyeonggi area, Qi Yan sold out the treasury, which was full of rare treasures given to her by Nangong Jingnv.

And the totem on my chest can no longer be delayed, the most important thing is: I want to take this opportunity to destroy the money bag of the third prince, and deal a heavy blow to the Taiwei Mansion.

Nangong Jingnv: "Yuanjun!" She threw herself on the stretcher, Qian Tong knelt down in front of Nangong Jingnv, crying, "Damn the villain! He didn't protect the son-in-law, and suddenly fires broke out in the house, and the son-in-law was charcoaled." A lump hit his chest, and the villain jumped into the lotus pond with his son-in-law on his back and managed to escape the fire, but... the son-in-law, he..."

Only then did Nangong Jingnv see Qi Yan's carbonized skirt and blood-soaked chest, and Qi Yan's face was pale and unconscious.

He was nearly exhausted due to fighting the fire before and was so frightened that his eyes darkened and he passed out.