Chapter 324: Palace Fire

The song will reach its climax after this one, and after a short rest, Qin Xiqing changed her clothes and came out again, singing two more songs. The crowd on the seat and the people squatting on the pier at the head of the bridge were fascinated, praising and applauding.

Just as Qin Xiqing was about to sing another new song by Fang Zi'an, suddenly, a noisy and noisy sound came from outside the ship hall. The direction is the direction of Guanlan Bridge Pier. The noise was loud, mixed with the sound of hurried words.

Qin Xiqing whispered to Shen Ling'er: "Go and see, what's going on"

Shen Ling'er nodded and walked quickly towards the ship hall. Before he left the ship's hall, he heard hurried footsteps to the door of the ship's hall. Someone lifted the bead curtain in the ship hall and shouted: "Master Fang Zi An Fang is here, Lord Fang Zi An Fang is here?"

Fang Zi'an stood up and said in a deep voice: "Who is looking for me for something?"

When the man heard the voice, he ran in quickly, and his armor and blades rattled, and he turned out to be a heavily armed soldier. Shen Ling'er stretched out her hand to stop it, and reprimanded sharply: "Who is trespassing in the red boat in Wanchun Garden and can't get out." ”

The man shouted: "Get out of the way, I have 100,000 urgent things to report to Lord Fang Zi Anfang." If you delay this matter, you will have to die from top to bottom of Wanchun Garden. ”

"How can it be!" Shen Ling'er's eyes were horizontal, and she was about to make a move.

Fang Zi'an hurriedly shouted in the rear: "Miss Ling'er, stop, let him say something." ”

Shen Ling'er withdrew his hand, and the man rushed to Fang Zi'an, bowed and said, "You are Master Fang Zi'an."

Fang Zi'an nodded and said, "It's exactly below, what kind of person is the honorable driver?"

The man handed over the waist card and said loudly in his mouth: "In front of the lower hall, the deputy general of the Shenwu Central Army, Qi Yue." He was ordered to come and deliver the emperor's message. There was a fire in the palace, and Lord Fang was asked to immediately assemble the submarine fire teams of the Yuyu Army to enter the palace to participate in the firefighting. 100,000 urgent, Lord Fang quickly follow us. ”

"What" Including Fang Zi'an, everyone in the ship hall was stunned.

Fang Zi'an was also stunned, he glanced at the waist card, and didn't take it. But he still has a heart.

"There is a fire in the palace, isn't there a separate submarine fire team in the palace, how can it be necessary to mobilize people from the Yamen of the Lin'an Defense Army into the palace to extinguish the fire, General Qi, what's going on," Fang Zi'an asked.

Qi Yue said loudly: "The fire is too big for the Ministry of Internal Affairs submarine fire team to extinguish." It was Yang Dianshuai who suggested to the emperor that the emperor immediately mobilize your people into the palace to extinguish the fire. Zheng Xie Zheng is on his way to your yamen. I heard Lord Shi Hao say that you were listening to the music here at Guanlan Bridge tonight, so I came directly on horseback. Lord Fang, don't talk nonsense, I can tell you, it was Cining Palace that caught fire, and the Queen Mother was trapped in the fire. The emperor was so anxious that he was about to faint. ”

Fang Zi'an no longer had any doubts at this moment, and there was no doubt about this person's words at all. It seems that there is really a fire in the palace. There is no need to delay for a moment.

Fang Zi'an turned his head to Qin Xiqing and said, "Miss Qin, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish listening to your new song, I have to enter the palace quickly." Also, Miss Ning Yue asks you to send someone to escort you back to the house. I'm leaving. ”

Qin Xiqing hurriedly wanted to speak, but before the words could be spoken, Fang Zi'an had already run more than a dozen steps quickly, and asked loudly to the general Qi of the front division of the palace, "Do you have a horse, I didn't ride a horse." ”

Qi Yue said loudly: "Yes, yes, let my entourage give you the horse to ride." ”

In a matter of moments, the two men had already galloped out of the ship's hall.

Everyone in the ship hall was still in shock, and it was only after a while that someone shouted: "It's amazing, the general said that Cining Palace was on fire, and Empress Dowager Wei was trapped, that's amazing." ”

"Yes, the emperor is the first filial person in the world. If the Queen Mother had a mistake, it would be really remarkable. ”

"Fang Zi'an is in charge of the defense army of Lin'an City, and the hidden fire team in the palace can't save it, so the defense army has to enter the palace to save it, which means that the fire is very big. Fang Zi'an is also unlucky, if he can't put out the fire when he enters the palace, the queen mother will have a mistake. The emperor is angry, I'm afraid it's going to be bad. ”

"Oh, isn't it?"

Everyone was talking nonsense, and Qin Xiqing, Shi Ningyue, and Shen Ling'er's three daughters turned pale when they heard these words. They knew that these people had a point. At this time, if the firefighter is not effective, although it is not Fang Zi'an's duty to fight fires in the palace, if the old queen mother has three long and two short, Fang Zian will definitely be punished by the emperor.

"Sister! What should I do" Shi Ningyue got up a little flustered and walked to Qin Xiqing's side, grabbed Qin Xiqing's hand and said in a low voice.

Qin Xiqing calmed down and said softly: "Don't worry, Fang Zi'an will be fine." ”

Qin Xiqing looked at the people in the ship hall who were talking about it, and said loudly: "Everyone, today's sudden situation, the palace is on fire, and the song meeting should not be continued. I'm so sorry. It will be done another day. You're free to do your bidding. ”0

In fact, everyone didn't have the heart to listen to the music, and when such a big thing happened, they still listened to the tune and said, "Understand, understand." ”

Seeing Qin Xiqing carrying Shi Ningyue up the ship, everyone immediately rushed out and ran to the shore quickly. After going ashore, everyone rushed along the Su Causeway to the north of Qixia Mountain. The terrain is high, and you can see some of the conditions in Lin'an City when you go up to the top of the mountain. You might be able to see a fire in the palace. Even if it is blocked by Phoenix Mountain, you can see the fire on the top of the mountain.

Not only them, but the news spread quickly, and everyone in and out of the city seemed to have learned the news, and everyone was climbing to high places, going up to the rooftops of trees, climbing hills, just to see if it was true. It was originally a Mid-Autumn Festival to watch the lights, but now it has become a Mid-Autumn Festival to watch the fire.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace gave a banquet, and all the six officials in Beijing went to the banquet, and the monarchs and ministers congratulated the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was already a tradition of the Great Song Dynasty. Before the southern crossing, when the capital was still in Bianliang, Emperor Zhenzong, who was keen on squandering and celebrating, regarded the feasts and celebrations of various festivals as a gift to enjoy with the people.

Regardless of how much treasury money he squandered and how much he contributed to the emptiness of the treasury in the later Song Dynasty, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were indeed grateful to Emperor Zhenzong for this initiative. Because taking a holiday to celebrate the holiday is an additional benefit for officials. It is an honor to be able to meet the emperor and eat a banquet in the palace. You must know that many times, there are not many opportunities to meet the emperor, even if it is more than six Beijing officials, only a small number of them can meet the emperor. Being able to meet the emperor and be recognized by the emperor is definitely an opportunity. It is not known if it will soar because of this.

For tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Zhao Gou followed the customization. Beginning in the evening, a banquet was held in the Wenhua Palace. More than 380 officials from the sixth and higher levels in Beijing entered the palace to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When the whole country celebrates such a reunion, it is natural to invite the Empress Dowager Wei out to accept the congratulations of the ministers and share this prosperous time with herself. This is the happiest thing for Zhao Gou, who is a son. In this world, the only person worthy of Zhao Gou to share happiness and sorrow with is his mother, Empress Dowager Wei. When Zhao Gou was just an ordinary prince, he knew that no one really cared about him except his mother, including his father, Emperor Huizong. Therefore, Zhao Gou's feelings for Empress Dowager Wei are difficult for anyone to replace. This is also the reason why during the Shaoxing Peace Conference, the only additional condition put forward by Zhao Gou was to ask the Jin people to return the Empress Dowager Wei. At that time, he didn't mention any of the more important people than Empress Dowager Wei, and only asked Qin Hui to tell Jin Ren that he would return Empress Dowager Wei and make peace.

At the banquet, Empress Dowager Wei was very happy. After 14 years of humiliating suffering in the Jin Kingdom, Empress Dowager Wei cherished today's life very much. In the past ten years, how many times have I woken up in a nightmare and found that I am now in the palace of the Great Song Dynasty, and I am the queen mother respected by everyone, which makes the Empress Dowager Wei extremely grateful and happy. She had witnessed the fate of so many concubines and palace empresses who had been taken captive with her to the Jin Kingdom, and watched them being tortured to death. How could she not be grateful to God and to fate for allowing her to come back alive and to let her enjoy the glory and respect in front of her.

However, after all, she is in her seventies, and her energy is limited. After receiving the dazzling greetings from his son and his ministers, he drank two more glasses of wine, a little groggy. Therefore, she left the table early and returned to Cining Palace to rest. Because she was happy, she rewarded the palace ladies and officials who served around her with two jars of wine, so that they could also enjoy the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival together.

That's the problem. Tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace is full of lights to set off the atmosphere. Originally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reminded all palaces to pay attention to lanterns and candles, and to have special personnel to watch the palace lanterns that were temporarily hung up all night to avoid accidents. However, the two palace maids who had drunk were dozed off because they were too strong to drink. x

The candle in a palace lamp burned to the end, which would not have caused a fire with a high probability, but coincidentally, a night breeze mixed with the fragrance of osmanthus blew, and the palace lamp swayed, throwing the last trace of the wick embers out of the iron groove of the base. The palace lamp caught fire, lit the curtain, and spread rapidly. Soon, Cining Palace was filled with fireworks and sparks. x

The layout of Cining Palace is a multi-house building with a dormitory as the main hall. It was the side hall that caught fire, and it was discovered in time that the old queen mother could be transferred out immediately. However, when I found it, the hall was full of smoke, and I couldn't see anything at all. Because they didn't know where the fire started, the palace maids carried Empress Dowager Wei to the third floor of the dormitory in a panic, trying to stay away from the fire. As a result of this, all the side halls around were on fire, and the middle dormitory was besieged, and Empress Dowager Wei and more than a dozen palace maids were all trapped there.

After Zhao Gou learned the news, he rushed to Cining Palace with his ministers, and almost fainted. The Ministry of Internal Affairs' submarine fire team quickly arrived and launched a rescue operation. The Ministry of Internal Affairs' submarine fire team has more than 20 people. Coupled with the palace maids, they can deal with all kinds of fires on weekdays. But in the face of the situation in front of them, they had no choice at all. Although they tried their best to help, the rudimentary fire-fighting equipment did not work at all. The fire in the side hall was getting bigger and bigger, and the smoke was billowing to the point where it was about to become uncontrollable.

Under such circumstances, Yang Cunzhong suggested that the defense army responsible for fighting the fire in the city should be immediately summoned to extinguish the fire. In this case, Zhao Gou had no choice but to agree, send someone out of the palace quickly, and inform Fang Zi'an to bring someone into the palace to extinguish the fire. div

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