"A fire in the East Palace?"

Qin Jin was taken aback, the crown prince is in the Taiji Palace, and the east palace is now inhabited by the princes and grandchildren, if this fire can't be controlled, if Li Longji's group of children and grandchildren can't be killed, most of them will be killed and injured!

The fire fighting cannot be done by the Chang'an private sector, which has been established for a short period of time, and the discipline is extremely poor, and it may even cause chaos when it comes to the fire. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

He turned his head to Zheng Xianli and said, "Feng Yijun's private forces have arrived today, gather them all together, take them to the East Palace, and put out the fire!"

The private sector in Fengyi County has experience in firefighting, and there was a fire in the county before, and the private sector rescued it.

Now Zheng Xianli is in charge of all private affairs, and after Qin Jin explained, he immediately rushed to the East Palace with the hundred and ten entourages beside him.

After the horse's hooves rang for a while, only Qing Xuzi and a few craftsmen were left standing in the originally lively open space.

"Qin envoy, Qin envoy, poor Dao is also willing to help......"

However, after all, without Qin Jin's order, Qing Xuzi did not dare to act without permission, from Hedong Road all the way to Chang'an, he knew that Qin and Jin's military discipline was very strict, and if anyone violated the Ming Wen military discipline, the lightest punishment was forty rods!

Forty rods, if the hands are heavy and bad luck is enough, it is enough to cripple the victim for life. Although Qing Xuzi is a Taoist priest, Qin Jin has also warned him more than once in private, and he will not tolerate any violation.

Therefore, Qing Xuzi returned to the ordnance prison with a few craftsmen with great interest.

Under the guidance of the eunuchs, Qin Jin and his entourage entered the imperial city from the Yanxi Gate, and then arrived at the East Palace through the Chongfu Gate. In fact, before entering the imperial city, he had already seen the fire above the East Palace from a distance, and judging from this alone, the fire would not be small.

At first, Qin Jin didn't think much about it, but now he couldn't help but be frightened and had all kinds of doubts. This is obviously thinking that arson, does anyone not want the princes and grandsons in the East Palace to live in the world? It is no wonder that Qin Jin is suspicious, the royal family has always been a place to hide filth and dirt, and examples of fathers, sons and brothers killing each other abound. If this fire is ......

Thinking of this, Qin Jin actually broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore. However, after entering the Chongfu Gate, my heart suddenly opened up. It could be anyone who burned the East Palace, but it would never be that one, but who was the mastermind behind the scenes? Qin Jin secretly made up his mind that he must find out this person as soon as possible, otherwise it would be enough to become his fatal place in the event of a big war.

"How many people are in the palace, how many have escaped?"

The eunuch replied:

"The East Palace is divided into two palaces in the north and south by a wall, and almost all the people in the south palace have come out, only the fire in the north palace is extremely large, and the situation is unknown for a while!"

Qin Jin was a little relieved, since half of them escaped, it was better than being trapped in it and not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

"Lead the way, go to the North Palace!"

They hadn't gone far before the palace guards stopped them, it was the prince who had arrived!

When the crown prince Li Heng saw that it was Qin Jin, he immediately didn't care about any decency, and rushed up in three or two steps.

"Qin Envoy Jun quickly go to put out the fire, Lao Zongzheng and Worm Niang are inside, and now I don't know ...... life and death."

Li Heng stomped his feet and rubbed his hands in a hurry, Qin Jin was surprised, he had rarely seen Li Heng lose his temper like this. Qin Jin felt that this name was very familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had heard it, and Li Heng kept urging, so he put away his mind and didn't think about it anymore, and followed the eunuch to the palace wall separating the East Palace.

In fact, this palace wall originally did not exist in the East Palace, and since the mutiny, Li Heng has lost his freedom, and Li Longji has built a palace wall in the East Palace in order to restrict his movements, separating it into two palaces, north and south. In the north palace where Li Heng lives, all the palace gates on three sides have been sealed with bricks and stones, but there is a palace gate on the partition wall, and there are two layers of gates inside and outside.

Because of this, Li Heng, who has always been low-key and polite, was reluctant to live in the East Palace, and easily agreed to Qin Jin's suggestion to live in the Taiji Palace. It's that he is really disgusted with this cold East Palace.

This pattern of the East Palace was originally intended to imprison Li Heng, but now it has brought great trouble to the firefighting.

When Qin Jin arrived, the eunuchs and guards hadn't even opened the door.

The heavy gate was studded with brass nails the size of a fist, and he slashed it with an axe, but he didn't move.

However, seeing that the fire is getting bigger and bigger, I don't know what year and month it will take to split it with a sharp axe. Qin Jin was anxious, and immediately ordered his entourage to tear down the house where the palace people lived under the palace wall, insert the wooden beams inside, and hit the city gate.

At the same time, Qin Jin hurriedly sent a message to Yanzheng Gate, which was the closest to here, and took dozens of thunderbolt cannons.

After the two things were explained, Qin Jin looked up at the palace wall that was nearly three zhang high, higher than the city wall of the county seat, and couldn't help but secretly scold Li Longji for being so ruthless to his own son, if he wanted to ban the construction of the wall, he would repair the wall, why did he have to build it so high?

"You guys, climb up with a rope and go inside and see how it goes!"

Qin Jin's entourage guards were all skilled, and after finding the rope, they easily climbed up, and in a moment, good news came out.

"The fire spread to about half of the houses, and many people gathered in the open space of the palace......"

Li Heng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said silently, hoping that Lao Zongzheng and the insect mother were fine. Zong Zhengqing Li Xuan is what he values, if there is no such person, the children of the royal family have always been difficult to manage, and I am afraid it will be even more difficult to restrain them. And the insect girl has been serving Li Longji since she was a child, so she often meets Li Heng, although the age difference between the two brothers and sisters is nearly 30 years old, but the relationship is very good. In this indifferent royal family, it was the insect mother who made him feel the family affection he had never felt before.

On the one hand, Qin Jin ordered the entourage who turned into it to appease people's hearts inside, and on the other hand, he urged people to break open the palace door as soon as possible.

"The wooden beams are too thin, not thick enough, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break open the palace gate......"

Glancing at the wooden beam that could be easily embraced by one person, Qin Jin sighed heavily, it was indeed difficult to knock the palace gate open.

"Dodge, dodge, the thunderbolt is coming, the thunderbolt is coming!"

Hearing this, Qin Jin was overjoyed!

After dispersing the people inside and outside the gate, the Shenwu army, who arrived with thunderbolt cannons, piled dozens of thunderbolt cannons under the gate in one go, and at the same time covered them with bricks and stones.

Li Heng was surprised to see it, so he asked:

"Qin Envoy Jun, why is this? Pile up the bricks and stones to open the palace door?"

Due to the noisy voice, Qin Jin didn't hear what he said clearly.

"Everyone spread out to both sides of the palace gate, forty paces away!"

The Shenwu soldiers began shouting loudly warnings, while driving away the people who tried to come in to watch the commotion. Li Heng was even more strange, and asked loudly:

"Why is this ......?"

He was only halfway through his words, but he suddenly felt that the ground under his feet was trembling violently, and thunder exploded. Li Heng was unsteady on his feet and almost fell, but fortunately Qin Jin was able to hold him up.

Looking at the palace gate again, I saw thick white smoke under the firelight, and I couldn't see the situation inside.

But Qin Jin waved his hand:

"The palace gate is open, and everyone rushes in to save people and put out the fire!"

The guards and eunuchs of the East Palace were suspicious, but when they saw that the Shenwu Army rushed in desperately, and even the Qin envoy rushed in, who would dare to stay outside anymore?

Rushing into the palace gate, Qin Jin immediately felt that the heat wave was hitting his face, the fire was still spreading, and many disheveled men and women had gathered in the open space in front of him.

"Why are you stunned?

Qin Jin could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, more than half of these people were young and strong men, they would rather huddle together and tremble than find a way to put out the fire. Aren't those trapped in the fire their relatives?

"Bastard, I'm the king of the county, what are you, dare to ......"

There was an extra blood mark on the county king's face, and Qin Jin was so angry that he whipped it down with a horsewhip.

"If you can move, you will give Lao Tzu to fight the fire and save people, whoever dares to escape will be dealt with by military law!"

This county king, Ping Suri, was obviously majestic, and when he was whipped up, he immediately became angry and wanted to go up and fight hard, but was soon stopped by his own brothers and nephews.

"Don't be stupid, this, this person is Qin Jin!"

Someone kindly reminded him.

Qin Jin led people to rush into the third courtyard, only to find that more than a dozen people were methodically drawing water to put out the fire, although it did not contribute to the overall trend of the fire, but the miraculous fire failed to burn into the courtyard. In fact, the most important thing is that although the houses in the courtyards of the palace are next to each other, they all have independent firewalls, so although the fire is large, it does not spread quickly.

"Is there anyone else in there?"

Qin Jin's throat tightened with smoke.

"It should be gone, most people are concentrated in the open space in front of the palace gate, this is the place where grain and rice are stored, hey, don't be stunned, come and help put out the fire!"

The person who answered him had a crisp voice, a female voice.

"Qin Envoy, is that you? The old man is Zong Zhengqing Li Xuan!"

Qin Jin looked closely, and saw that Li Xuan was standing among the dozen or so people, but the clothes on his body had been burned all the holes, and most of the original gray hair was burned, looking embarrassed.

"The palace gate has been opened, Lao Zong is leaving quickly, just leave it to us here!"

……

After nearly two hours of fighting, the inexplicable fire in the East Palace was finally extinguished, fortunately, only two palace people died in the fire, and although many of the rest were burned, their lives were always safe.

Qin Jin had long since lost the heart to sleep, and he had to find out the person who set the fire in order to feel at ease. When he asked Lao Zongzheng Li Xuan's opinion on the fire, Li Xuan insisted:

"It must be Princess Lecheng, there is no doubt that it is the old man's discipline mistake!"

Qin Jin was surprised, seeing Li Xuan's words flickering, he just wanted to ask carefully, but suddenly someone hurriedly reported.

"Report! Several traces of rebels have been found outside the city, General Zheng asks the envoy to move to the meeting!"

Hearing the military report, even if Qin Jindang entrusts the responsibility of investigating the mastermind behind the fire to Li Xuan, Li Xuan is a man with an iron face, and I believe that this person will be able to deal with it properly. And the time of the rebels' arrival was half a day earlier than just expected!