Fang Zi'an, who was wearing a wet quilt on his head, crashed headlong into the fireworks. When he stepped under the portico on the west side, everything around him turned into darkness, as if he had stepped into hell.

The dark flames burned everywhere in front of him and behind him, and the water dragon only extinguished the fire on the bright side, but in fact, under the porch, in the passage of the entrance to the Cining Palace, in the deeper side hall, the flames were still burning. Although the appearance of the thick log seems to be extinguished, it is still burning in the dark. The ground was even more rubble, the marble floor was burning apart, hot and hot, and the soles of the feet were sore through the soaked cloth boots.

Even though his whole body was drenched in water and covered with a soaked quilt, when he stepped into the entrance of the side hall, Fang Zi'an and the two people behind him immediately felt the proximity and danger of death. In fact, the flames are not the deadliest at this moment, the deadliest thing is the blazing smoke and dust that cannot be seen, and a black and pungent fog is shrouded in all around, and it is impossible to discern the direction at all.

Fang Zi'an could feel the water on the quilt and the water on his body and the soles of his shoes evaporating rapidly, and with every step he took, his ears heard the sound of sizzling hot vapor evaporating, and the sound of terrible unidentified objects breaking above his head and around him. Although the smoke does not enter the throat for the time being, the inhaled gas is becoming hot because the damp cloth wrapped around the face is drying rapidly. At this moment, Fang Zi'an really regretted making this decision.

"Two fire dragons were divided, and the fire head was suppressed by flat shot, facing the direction of the entrance. Give Master Fang the way to the entrance. The ladder truck arrived nearly ten steps, fast. Seeing Fang Zi'an and the others rushing into the smoke and fire fog at the entrance of the side hall and disappearing, Li Dalong realized the problem of identifying the direction and the problem of the fire inside the entrance, and he shouted loudly and ordered.

A ladder truck moved forward more than ten steps under the impetus of seven or eight soldiers of the defense army, and the scorching air made it almost difficult for the three water dragon men on the ladder truck to breathe, and the skin and flesh on their faces were roasted painfully. But they still followed the order, separated two water dragons, and shot into the fog at the entrance of the black hole.

This helped Fang Zi'an and them a lot, and the water dragon shot in from behind, spraying the rapidly evaporating quilt and the ground, and also dissipating a lot of the surrounding smoke and fog and scorching heat. What's more, Fang Zi'an identified the direction according to the direction of the water dragon's impact, so he roared and rushed deeper into it desperately.

Fortunately, the main structure of the entire Cining Palace is a brick and wood structure, and when this Cining Palace was built, there were too many stones dug out of the Phoenix Mountain, which could not be cleaned up. Therefore, in fact, many of the internal structures of the Imperial Palace, including Cining Palace, are made of bricks and stones, and the exterior and upper floors are log structures. Of course, this was not a prescient plan to prevent fires, but it was a haste when the Imperial City had to be completed as soon as possible, so there was such an expedient measure. In recent years, many courtiers have played to rebuild the palace hall, and the reason given is also this.

Since the emperor has no intention of recovering Bianliang in his heart, he will return to the north. Lin'an is actually already the official capital. Then the previous expediency is out of fashion. That's the deep-seated unspoken reason.

But now, this structure has allowed the side hall to not completely burn down and collapse after the fire. The exterior looks like it's burning in full swing, but the masonry inside hasn't burned down, but has survived until now. In fact, the fire inside the side hall was more of a curtain, furniture, doors, windows, porch columns, and other things.

Despite this, Fang Zi'an and the other three who rushed into the inside of the side hall still fell into the fog of billowing black smoke. The amount of smoke and dust had filled all the space, and they had no idea where the exit was, and they were completely disoriented. I thought it was an exit, but when I rushed in, I realized that it was just a room. I thought it was an exit, but when I got closer, it was a wall shrouded in black smoke.

The three of them became more and more strained, and as the damp cloth on their mouths and noses gradually dried, they were almost unable to filter the smoke. The three of them only inhaled a small amount of soot and coughed violently. They scurried like headless flies in the dark fireworks, scurrying through the labyrinthine corridors of the side hall. Overhead, the burning rafters and the burned-out wooden beams were in great danger.

In his anxiety, Fang Zi'an suddenly saw a piece of fire shining through the black smoke. The light of the fire was like the light at the end of the tunnel, which made Fang Zi'an ecstatic. He knew that the place where the fire started would be an open entrance.

"Follow me, rush out!" Fang Zi'an shouted loudly.

He led the way with the batting on his head and rushed towards the bright spot of the fire. Lei Hu and Zhao Gang had no choice but to follow Fang Zi'an to rush to the firelight. It looked like suicide, because the fire there was so big that to rush over it was to rush into the flames. But Fang Zi'an did so, and Lei Hu and Zhao Gang rushed over without hesitation.

The fire was fierce and whirring. A large number of flames are falling in a torrent, like a rain of fire, which is daunting. Fang Zi'an suddenly realized that this was the exit of the side hall, because it was obviously a burning tree. The branches caught fire like a blazing torch. And this large tree is apparently planted in the location of the circular garden between the side hall and the main hall. Thinking of this, Fang Zi'an didn't hesitate any longer, and rushed towards the place where the fire rain was gathering, and the fire rain fell on the quilt above his head, burning loudly. But in the next moment, Fang Zi'an's breathing was much easier, the smoke around him was much thinner, and the light was much brighter. Fang Zi'an rushed out a few steps, and Yang Tian fell into a flower bed. When he lifted the quilt, Fang Zi'an's eyes saw a scorched and withered moon flower, and a full moon in the sky in the gap between the black smoke on the side of the petals.

Ahem, ahem! Ahem, ahem! Lei Hu and Zhao Gang also fell to Fang Zi'an's side with a puff of black smoke. They coughed violently, their mouths and faces blackened.

Fang Zi'an got up and yelled loudly, "Are you all right? ”

"My lord, we're all right. What a place is this. Lei Hu said.

Fang Zi'an said: "We came in, where is the main hall?" Damn, it's all smoke, you can't see it. ”

Black smoke rolled around, and it was black more than a dozen steps away, and the main hall was actually more than twenty steps away from the three of them, but at this moment, it was all shrouded in black smoke, so they didn't see that the majestic three-story main hall was there. Soon, however, the three of them rushed to the bottom of the corridor of the main hall. At this moment, they found that the east and west sides of the main hall were already on fire, and the fire in the side hall had spread over the garden corridor of more than 30 steps and spread to both sides of the main hall. This is not surprising, the main hall has been scorched by fire all around. Not to mention the fact that there are cloister flowers and trees that can ignite a spreading fire, even if the wind blows a little spark into the main hall, the tents and the charred window paper and wood can ignite the main hall. It's just that there is a fire on both sides, which is already a blessing.

"Find someone right away. Layer by layer, look for it separately, be fast. Fang Zi'an shouted loudly.

The three of them sprang into action and rushed into the main hall, shouting in the smoke that filled the air. The smoke had already occupied the space of the main hall, and although it was not too thick, it made the hall dark and dull, and the eyes could not see anything. The three of them quickly met in the middle hall, and there were no living people on the first floor, only the bodies of two dead palace maids. Looking like that, I wanted to rush out, but I was burned by the fire and ran back, but I was too injured and died.

I've searched the second floor, but there are still no living people. Fang Zi'an was a little worried, whether Empress Dowager Wei and the people around her planned to rush out, or they didn't know how to escape here to hide, and they were all burned to death in a side hall somewhere.

The trio continued their search on the third floor. The third floor was actually the hottest place, because the fire at the top of the side hall was scorching around it. However, because it is very high, there is very little smoke, and although it is scorching, it is easy to breathe. Fang Zi'an realized that Empress Dowager Wei and they might be at this level. Sure enough, when the three of them rushed into a room, they saw that under the bright light of the fire, in that room, more than a dozen disheveled, gray-headed and black-faced palace maids were tightly surrounding an old woman. The old woman was also unkempt and frightened, but it could be seen from her dress and bun that it was Empress Dowager Wei.

"Is it the Queen Mother?" Fang Zi'an shouted at the group.

"Yes, you are here to save the mourning family?" The old woman cried out in a trembling voice.

Fang Zi'an said loudly: "The minister Fang Zi'an came to save the Queen Mother on the order of the emperor. ”

Empress Dowager Wei cried with joy when she heard this, but when she saw the three of them scorched black, she frowned and exclaimed, "How did you get in?" ”

Fang Zi'an said: "The ministers broke in from the side hall, Queen Mother, let's go quickly." ”

Empress Dowager Wei said: "But, how can we get out?" ”

Fang Zi'an said: "It's better to break out of the side hall." ”

Empress Dowager Wei shook her hand again and again: "That's not possible, that's not possible, can't you be burned to death?" ”

Fang Zi'an said: "Queen Mother, there is no other way. The sides of the main hall are already on fire, and they will soon all burn out. We can only break out immediately, otherwise we won't be able to get out. ”

Empress Dowager Wei shook her head and shouted, "The mourning family is not leaving." What about the emperor? Why didn't he find a way to put out this fire? Won't he come to the rescue? ”

Fang Zi'an said: "The fire is too big, and the emperor has no good way to extinguish the fire." The minister was sent by the emperor to save the queen mother. ”

Empress Dowager Wei said: "This can't be done, the mourning family doesn't want to be burned to death." ”

Fang Zi'an was anxious to chop his feet, not knowing what to do. This old queen mother refuses to go out, and she doesn't listen to persuasion, how can this be good?

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, smoke swept in, and a heat wave penetrated through the doors and windows. But one part of the side hall collapsed, bringing heat waves and flames. A few flames attached to the long window, and the window paper immediately burst into flames.

"Queen Mother, the minister can't help it." Fang Zi'an said loudly, stepped forward quickly, picked up the Empress Dowager Wei and carried it on her shoulder, and shouted to all the palace maids at the same time: "Follow me, soak your body, wrap your mouth and nose with a cloth, and rush out with me." ”

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