There is no phoenix

When all the fires in the alleyway where Li Xun lived near Chang'an Street had subsided, it was nearly ten hours.

At this time, Shui Ruoyang in the Ruyi Garden in the palace was about to go to the morning court when Dai Quan came in and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Prince Ying and the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Forest Army have something important to report!"

Shui Ruoyang was surprised when he heard this and said: "What, why are the three of them together? What's the big deal so early? Dai Quan, let them go to Chengde Hall, I will go right away."

When Shui Ruoyang heard that a house fire broke out in a laneway of Chang'an Street at midnight last night, the belongings of more than ten families were burnt to pieces, three people were burned to death, and more than 30 people were burned. Li Lei and Li Xun, the first-class guards of the palace, Shui Ruoyang was also seriously injured because of fighting the fire, and Shui Ruoyang was very surprised.

King Ying said: "Father, the most important thing right now is to appease the homeless and treat the injured. If it weren't for the two Li guards who led the people to fight the fire last night, and Commander Lin led many imperial guards , I’m afraid that Chang’an Avenue will be set on fire. This time the fire was man-made, so I ask Father to investigate the person who set the fire.”

Shui Ruoyang said angrily: "Did someone set the fire? Who is so bold?"

King Zhongshun said: "Your Majesty, I don't know who the person who set the fire is yet, but I can say for sure that it is not difficult to find out and catch him. However, the person who set the fire escaped into a place, and the servants of my brother could not find it." Go in and capture."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang patted the table angrily, and said angrily, "Which man's house is it? How dare you be so bold?"

Lin Changfa stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, a witness has been caught now. He knows the person who set the fire, and he is outside right now. I don't dare to be self-reliant, so I brought him to see the Emperor!"

Shui Ruoyang hurriedly said: "Let him in, I don't care who's house it is, I will go and find out today! Dai Quan, bring him in!"

After a while, Li Afa was brought in, knelt down tremblingly and said to Shui Ruoyang: "Your Majesty, the person who set the fire was called Wang Liuer, and he is a close friend of the hereditary Grand Master of the Rongguo Mansion. Although I didn't see him set the fire with my own eyes, I saw it with my own eyes yesterday. He bought a load of firewood, and I felt a little strange at the time. Last night I saw him running from the place where the fire broke out. I stopped him and asked him, but he pushed me away and ran away."

King Zhongshun said again: "Your Majesty, the servant of my brother's mansion was going to put out the fire, and when he heard this person yelling to catch the arsonist, he chased after him, but the person who set the fire entered the side door of Rongguo Mansion, and then my servant had no choice but to come back. Tell my brother."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang said angrily: "This Rongguo Mansion is really lawless! Dai Quan, draw up the decree, King Zhongshun, King Ying, and Commander Lin will lead people to search Rongguo Mansion now!"

King Ying hurriedly said: "Father, Commander Lin led the Imperial Forest Army to save the fire all night last night. It is better to let them rest first, it is better to replace them."

Shui Ruoyang thought for a while and said, "Then let Liu Xianglian lead the [-] Imperial Forest Army to accompany you to King Zhongshun to Jia's mansion. Commander Lin, you go and call Commander Liu first, he should have come by this time!"

After hearing this, Lin Changfa hurriedly took orders to leave.

After a while, Dai Quan had already drawn up a decree.Shui Ruoyang said to King Zhongshun and King Ying again: "The old matriarch of the Rongguo Mansion and one of her personal maids, she is old, and for the sake of Princess Lin and the former Duke, they are sent to the ancestral hall of the Jia Mansion. Take them to the prison of the Criminal Ministry first! All property will be confiscated and sent to the officials, and then the refugees who have burned property will be compensated for their losses. Now the homeless residents are asked to live in the Grand View Garden of Jia Mansion first.”

After a while, Liu Xianglian came in, and Shui Ruoyang said the will again, Liu Xianglian was shocked when he heard it, and could only accept the order.

Shui Ruoyang then handed over the imperial decree to Prince Zhongshun, and solemnly said: "This time there will be Emperor Lao, Commander Liu, King Ying, you go immediately. Also, the person who set the fire must be found out, and the reason must be found out! "

King Zhongshun and King Ying Liu Xianglian took orders to go out.

In the Jinluan Hall, all the ministers felt strange seeing today's emperor's delay in coming. After waiting for nearly half an hour, Shui Ruoyang walked up to the court hall with Dai Quan and sat down with a gloomy face.

Shui Ruoyang glanced at the civil and military ministers of the second class, and said sharply: "My dear friends, do you know why I came to the court so late today? Last night, at midnight, someone set fire to Chang'an Avenue, killing more than ten households. The people are now homeless, all their belongings have been burnt down, and the house of Li Xun, the first-class guard in the palace, has also been completely burned. Three people were killed in this fire, and one of them was a child under five years old. Tell me, this way Such a big event happened in the capital of our Celestial Dynasty, how should we deal with it?"

"Such an arsonist should of course be sentenced to death!" A minister stepped forward and said.

All the ministers also agreed.

Shui Ruoyang said: "I'll tell you again, the person who set the fire is now in a mansion with a distinguished ancestor. I have now ordered Commander Liu to lead the Imperial Forest Army to cooperate with King Zhongshun and King Ying to search their house. If their belongings cannot make up for the losses caused by the fire, I will never forgive all the men, women and children in their house!"

But at this time, the Rongguo Mansion is still peaceful.

King Zhongshun, the fifth prince, King Ying, and the Imperial Forest Army led by Liu Xianglian have not yet arrived. Mother Jia asked Amber to send 3000 taels of silver to Jia She because she had a good time shopping in Jia She's other courtyard yesterday.But Jia Amnesty generously rewarded each of Wang Liuer and Huo San with 100 taels of silver because they already knew that the arson attack went well with Wang Liuer and Huo San.

Wang Liuer thought of the thrilling experience last night, so naturally she didn't dare to tell Jia She these reasons.Now that I have this white 100 taels of silver, I am so happy that my heart is jumping. I decided to go to Jinxiang Pavilion to enjoy it first, so I asked Jia She for leave: "My lord, I didn't sleep well last night. I want to ask for leave." Go to rest and come back to serve at night."

Jia Amnesty was in a good mood, so he readily agreed: "Go, you and Huo San will go back and have a good rest. I won't go out today, so I will sleep well to make up for last night's exhaustion."

After hearing this, Wang Liuer and Huo San hurriedly kowtowed to Jia Amnesty, and walked out happily.

Just as Wang Liuer and Huo San arrived outside the second gate, they saw a few servants running in in a panic and said, "It's not good, the imperial army is here, and there are still a few princes!"

Wang Liu'er and Huo San were just in a daze when they heard this, but Lai Da also ran in and said, "Tell the old man and the old lady quickly, King Zhongshun and Prince Ying are here too, what a disaster! What a disaster!"

Wang Liuer remembered what happened last night, and ran back: it is impossible to get out of the gate, and there is a small gate!

Seeing Wang Liu'er running inside, Huo San quickly understood, turned around and ran away too.

Wang Liu'er just ran to the side door, only to see dozens of imperial guards had come in, and some were guarding the side door, she knew in her heart that everything was over, this Rongguo Mansion was going to be over, so she turned around and ran around again.

After a while, I saw that the whole Rongguo Mansion was in a frenzy, with maids, women, servants, servants and servants running around, as well as men and women who were crying and screaming.

When Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, who was recuperating from the cold, heard that King Zhongshun and King Ying had arrived, they groaned inwardly, so they had to straighten their clothes and go out.

King Zhongshun, King Ying, and Liu Xianglian all came on horseback today, and they got off their horses when they saw Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng coming out.

King Zhongshun sneered and stepped forward two steps: "Jia Amnesty of Rongguo Mansion takes over Jia Zheng's order!"

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng hurriedly knelt down tremblingly and said, "I accept the order!"

King Zhongshun arrogantly unfolded the imperial decree and said: "Following the emperor's edict, the Rongguo Mansion Jia pardoned the traffic officials, bullied the weak according to the situation, bullied men and women, bullied the king and ignored them, and killed people like nothing. Huge casualties among the officials and civilians. Jia Amnesty failed my kindness. He had the ancestral virtues and dismissed him. Jia Zheng was not strict with his family and taught his children, which led to repeated violations of laws and regulations in the government. The king confiscated all the properties of the Rongguo Mansion!"

After Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng heard the imperial decree, they felt that the five thunders were hitting their heads, and they fell to the ground immediately.

King Zhongshun turned his head to Liu Xianglian and King Ying and said: "King Ying, Commander Liu, I know that there is no separate family in their house, why don't you bring your fellow servants to search and record the accounts separately, and I will go to check the Grand View Garden."

Liu Xianglian saw that King Zhongshun had already spoken like this, and King Ying was young, so naturally he wouldn't say much, so he had to agree.

Seeing that King Zhongshun had taken people to the Grand View Garden, Liu Xianglian said: "King Ying, the emperor said that the old matriarch can bring a personal maid to the ancestral hall of Jia's mansion. Why don't you tell them to send the old matriarch away first?"

King Ying nodded and said: "Commander Liu is right, my father has always remembered the kindness of the ancestors of the Jia family, so let this old lady go to the ancestral hall of the Jia family first."

Liu Xianglian approached Jia Zheng and said, "Lord Jia, let someone reliable go in to spread the message. The old lady is old, and the emperor still takes pity on her. If you don't send her away first, she might not be able to bear it for a while."