Chapter 596: The Great Fire

After telling the Fucha clan and the Geng clan to see Lao Hongli and them, Wen Ruyan and the Guerjia clan chased out of the road together, this road does not seem to be long, but there are too many people and too chaotic, from time to time they are bumped into by the palace people or they knock over the palace people who carry water to put out the fire, it is extremely difficult to walk.

Ever since the Nine Lotus Treasure Lantern burst into flames and devoured Yinzhen inside, Ling Ruo's mind had become blank, and her only thought was to find Yinzhen and find him where, even if it was in the fire, she would find him.

With the support of such thoughts, when everyone was immersed in shock and panic, she walked towards the lampstand like a ghost, muttering the same words as she went, "It's going to be fine, the emperor will be fine, he promised me, we will be together forever." ”

When she finally walked near the lampstand, the blazing heat of the flames rushed to her face, although the water was constantly poured into it, but it only stopped the spread of the fire, the lampstand was still surrounded by raging fire, in the continuous burning, the built lampstand has been completely deformed, as for the Nine Lotus Treasure Lantern disappeared into the flames, only the outline of a red-hot wire lantern loomed in the red flames.

"Mother, you can't go any further." Sixi was the first to discover Ling Ruo, and quickly grabbed her and didn't let her get any closer.

"Let go of the palace, the palace is going to the emperor!" Ling Ruo screamed out of frustration, like an enraged lioness, her beautiful face was hideous and terrifying in the light of the fire. She only has one thought now, and that is to see Yinzhen and see him standing in front of her safely and soundly.

Sixi put down the empty bucket in his hand and said bitterly: "Niangniang, the slave knows that you are worried about the emperor, but the fire is so big, you will not only not be able to save the emperor if you go in, but also kill yourself!" ”

"Don't worry about it!" Ling Ruo struggled hard, but Sixi grabbed it too tightly, she tried her best but couldn't break free, under the anger of the heart, Ling Ruo suddenly opened her mouth and bit Sixi's arm, biting tightly, and even tasted the fishy smell in her mouth, her eyes were always staring at Sixi, watching him scream in pain because of his own bite.

Sixi didn't expect that Concubine Xi, who had always been gentle, would make such a crazy move, the sharp pain in his arm made him break out in a cold sweat, and his whole face was distorted, but even so, he still clenched Concubine Xi hard, refusing to relax at all, the emperor's life and death are unknown, how can he let Concubine Xi be in danger again.

"Sixi, the quilt is here!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came in, it was Su Peisheng, seeing Ling Ruo biting Sixi like crazy, he was startled, and quickly threw the quilt in his hand on the ground, trying to drag Ling Ruo away.

Feeling the pain in his arm ease, Sixi let out a sigh of relief, looked down, and saw that the blood was dripping down the bite wound.

"Fuck off! Get out of the way, I'm going to see the emperor! Ling Ruo screamed frantically, and that appearance made people tremble from the bottom of their hearts.

Sixi shook his head, endured the pain in his hand, and snatched a bucket of water from one of the inner supervisors who passed by him and poured it on the quilt.

Su Peisheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Sixi, you have a wound on your hand, why don't you replace me in it?" ”

"This little injury is not in the way, but you look at Concubine Lao Xi, don't let her in." Sixi wrapped the soaked quilt around his body and took the lead in rushing to the lampstand.

The steps of the lampstand were already fragile under the fire, and they broke with a "click" sound almost as soon as Sixi stepped over.

As Sixi's not-so-tall figure disappeared into the fire, everyone's hearts were lifted, and they watched with bated breath at the lampstand surrounded by flames, waiting and looking forward to seeing that figure that had placed the expectations of countless people could appear safely in the fire.

It seemed that after a long time, a figure finally appeared in the flames, because the steps had been broken, so the man could only jump from the platform with the flames surrounding him.

The lampstand was more than half a foot high from the ground, and the figure rolled on the ground in embarrassment, and before Su Peisheng, who had been nervously paying attention to this scene, commanded, a eunuch carried a bucket full of water and splashed it on the man to help him extinguish the flames.

The man threw away the burnt black quilt that had been burned out of his body and struggled to get up from the ground, his braids already burned, and he was draped behind him in a mess. When that face was raised, the people who had been staring at him showed disappointment and panic, and the person who came out was Sixi, so the emperor ...... Is it already ......

Sobbing sounded in the crowd, at first it was only low, but in the back it became louder and louder, more and more, and the female dependent, who was still able to bear it, couldn't help but cry when she heard others crying, which cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

"Don't even cry!" Seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, a clear voice suddenly sounded, but it was Yun Xi, who saw him striding up to Sixi and asking, "Have you found the emperor in the fire?" ”

Sixi shook his head gloomily, "No, I haven't found the emperor for a long time, and then I really couldn't stop the fire, so I had to retreat." ”

Ling Ruo, who had been struggling hard, heard this, and his movements suddenly froze, and two crystal tears dripped from his eyes, and before he landed, he was evaporated into nothingness by a tongue of fire brought by the occasional blowing wind.

A hint of suspicion flashed in Yun Yu's eyes, the lampstand is so big in total, and there is no barrier, how can he not find someone? And if something happened to Yinzhen, Yunxiang didn't move at all, he was Yinzhen's most loyal lackey.

Because it was very chaotic underneath, he couldn't find where Yunxiang was for a while, but when he saw the inner supervisor pushing a few water wheels in, his heart was slightly settled, and at the same time he said in a deep voice: "You go and get a quilt quickly, and this king will go in to find the emperor in person." ”

"Starling, I can't help it, this fire will kill you." Yun Lu was the first to dissuade, and Yun 21 also nodded on the side, disapproving of Yun Lu taking this risk.

Yun Yu glared at them angrily, and said: "The emperor is in trouble, as a courtier and a brother, we should all swear to save each other with all our might, how can we be afraid of a little fire and retreat." You don't have to say more, I've made up my mind, go get the quilt quickly. ”

At this time, the waterwheel has been installed, with a pipe connected to a few Taiping water tanks in the distance, several eunuchs around the waterwheel to press the water to the fire, with the help of these trains, the fire slowly decreased, and when the little eunuch took the quilt that Yun Yu wanted, the fire had been compressed in a very small range, and then used two full jars of water, and finally extinguished the fire, thanks to the large number of people, did not let the fire have a chance to spread, otherwise the lanterns hanging around were ignited, even if there was more than double the water, it was difficult to extinguish the fire.

[Author's digression]: There are three more chapters, wait a minute