Fire.

Khotan Yun rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion only to find that it was not only Zhang Yingu's family that caught fire.

The high-ranking families near the Prime Minister's Mansion were all caught in the fire, and the fires soon became one.

Khotan Yun hurriedly mobilized his spiritual power and summoned a large amount of sand and dust to cover the most intense part of the fire. As he was busy, columns of water fell from the sky and poured on the uncovered sand.

"Why are you here?" said Khotan Yun looked at Jiuze.

"Seeing a fire here, I came over with Senior Brother Shen to take a look. Jiu Ze stood on the fire wind, and Shen Yi beside him frowned slightly.

"It's a bit of a coincidence. "Shen Yiyi.

"That's right, and the place where the fire started was all the residence of the dignitaries of the court. Khotan Yun said.

On closer inspection, the most intense fire in each dignitary's house was in the front yard and in the middle.

According to the architectural habits of Qiyue Kingdom, these two places generally have more study rooms and main courtyards.

"Let's put out the fire first. Jiu Ze looked at the fire that was still spreading, and his feet stepped on the fire wind and moved quickly towards the various fire points.

Khotan Yun naturally agreed, so Jiu Ze began to induce the water element to turn into a water column or even a waterfall, pouring it towards the flames, and Khotan Yun isolated the place where the fire did not spread with an earthen wall, and then helped the people in the fire to escape.

But there are too many people who caught fire, and no matter how fast Khotan Yun and Jiu Ze are, they will still take care of one or the other.

"Damn, why haven't I learned the art of saving people!" Khotan Yun couldn't help but be annoyed when he found that despite his best efforts to save people, there were still people buried in the fire.

Many of the techniques he learned could be used to attack and kill on a large scale, but how could he dare to use them at this time? The people below were all ordinary people, and they couldn't bear the momentum that those moves had just condensed.

In the past, those small or non-offensive moves were useless spells in Khotan's eyes, but how much he disdained those spells at the beginning, how much he regrets them now.

There is also Jiuze who feels this way

"Let me go down. Shen Yi looked at the panicked crowd below, and a trace of determination crossed his eyes.

"Senior Brother Shen......" Jiu Ze said while putting out the fire: "It's dangerous down there, you ......"

"Let me go down," Shen Yi interrupted Jiu Ze, "Although I have no cultivation for the time being, you also said that my physique has been tempered by heavenly thunder, and it is much stronger than the people here, and I can help them." ”

Shen paused for a moment, and then said, "I want to help them." ”

Jiu Ze turned his head sideways and saw Shen Yi's eyes. Firm with a request.

Jiu Ze understands that at this time, Shen Yi needs to be sure, if he can only watch from the sidelines in the face of such a scene, then I am afraid that in his own cognition, there is really no difference between it and waste.

"Okay," Jiuze said, "be careful." ”

"Don't worry!"

Below the two men, a half-burned house had just been extinguished, the beams of the house were broken, and it was about to collapse, and a faint cry came from the house.

Jiu Ze used his spiritual power to send Shen Yi to the ground, and as soon as Shen Yi landed, he rushed into this room. Jiu Ze hurriedly spread his divine sense and followed Shen Yi.

For a time, Jiu Ze, Shen Yi and Khotan Yun each shuttled in the sea of fire.

It took half an hour for the fire in the eastern city to gradually go out. Occasional flickering of flames, crackling of cracked wood.

The mansions, surrounded by flames, were in shambles.

The situation of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was the first to catch fire, was particularly tragic. The fire started too fast, and before Khotan Yun arrived, the front yard of the Prime Minister's Mansion had been completely engulfed in flames. At this time, in a thick smoke, only the ruined walls of the Prime Minister's Mansion had long been left, only the northwest corner of the backyard, and there were no traces of burning in the isolation area drawn by Khotan Yun. All those who survived hid in this courtyard.

"Brother, big brother!" suddenly shouted Zhang Xu, who was relieved because he had survived.

"Second son, we haven't seen the eldest son. A servant replied tremblingly.

"How come, my eldest brother has always been smarter than me, he must be ......" In the middle of speaking, Zhang Xu was suddenly stunned, and then rushed out half crazy.

"Xu'er!" Zhang Xu, the prime minister's wife, hurriedly called, but Zhang Xu turned a deaf ear, and only ran to the front yard vigorously, muttering: "No, no."

Zhang Xu finally stopped in front of a small dilapidated courtyard. This is the courtyard of the eldest brother Zhang Bang, the old laurel tree in the courtyard has been burned off, the pitch-black trunk has been smashed into the soil, the stone table under the tree has also been burned black, and the table top has fallen down.

Only the dry branches and rubbles of the elegant and quiet courtyard remained, and the scorching smell accompanied by the smoke that had not yet dissipated penetrated into Zhang Xu's nose. Stimulated Zhang Xu to tears.

Zhang Xu stood at the original door, hesitating, not daring to approach.

When Khotan Yun arrived, he saw this scene.

"Why don't you go in?" said Khotan.

"Who are you!How are you here!" Zhang Xu turned his head sharply, and the words were a little hysterical.

Khotan Yun ignored Zhang Xu and walked past him and walked inside.

The room was dark and dreary, and in the distance, Khotan Yun saw a charred corpse on the collapsed bed. The charred corpse lay flat on the bed, showing no signs of struggle.

Khotan Yun turned his head and said to Zhang Xu, who finally followed up: "This is Zhang Bang, don't worry, there should be no pain when he dies." ”

Zhang Xu was originally in a trance when he saw the sentence of the scorched corpse, but when he heard Khotan Yun's words, he suddenly cried, knelt on the ground while crying, walked to the scorched corpse on his knees, and roared and cried: "Brother!"

That look was sad.

Khotan Yun sighed: "You mourn." ”

"Finally, your brother didn't suffer too much and walked peacefully. Do you know where your father is?"

Khotan Yun wanted to comfort him, but after he finished speaking, Zhang Xu's cry became louder.

Zhang Xu felt a surge of remorse in his heart at this time, almost engulfing him.

If he hadn't drugged his eldest brother and made him fall asleep, would he have been able to escape?

"Don't cry. Khotan Yun squatted down and persuaded softly.

Zhang Xu was stunned.

"Don't cry. Khotan Yun said again.

Zhang Xu carefully picked up Zhang Bang's body and cried profusely.

"Don't cry!" Khotan Yun raised his voice, saw that Zhang Xu was so frightened that his shoulders shook, and endured again: "Do you know where your father is?"

"Father ......" Zhang Xu's eyes panicked, "Father is still ......"

Because his mother was not in good health and needed to recuperate, and his father also needed to recuperate when he was asleep, Zhang Xu and Zhang Bang discussed and arranged his father Zhang Yinguo in the study.

"Father, father!" Zhang Xu put down Zhang Bang and struggled to get up.

"My father is in the study, he is in the study, please, save him!" Zhang Xu grabbed Khotan's cuffs and pleaded.

"He's not here, I've been to see it just now, and there's no one in the study. Khotan Yun said.

He, Jiu Ze, and Shen Yi found that in this fire, none of the important people survived, and the only one who didn't know life and death was Zhang Yinggu of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In the study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are only burned books, calligraphy and paintings.

"Impossible!" Zhang Xu was taken aback, then pulled out a smile and kept reading: "It's good not to be there, it's good not to be there." ”

It seems that this Zhang Xu does not know Zhang Yinggu's whereabouts, the fire in the inner city and the east city must be man-made, and only Zhang Yinggu has not died in any of the important members of the imperial court.

Khotan Yun sighed and turned to look elsewhere.