The two ends of Lishan were lit on fire, blocking the front and back roads of Li Longji and others, the wind helped the fire, and the woods next to them were also ignited, Li Longji and Gu Qing were completely surrounded by the fire, and there was no escape.

Politicians never oversimplify anything, they only think about it more and more complicated.

At this time, Li Longji's mind flashed the faces of countless people, and it was obviously man-made to set fire to the mountain, and he was thinking about who dared to murder him.

At this time, Gu Qing was actually thinking about the culprit, and he, like Li Longji, thought about this matter very complicated. He couldn't have imagined that this fire was actually made by three people who escaped from forced labor on the construction site of Lishan Xinggong.

Three evaders did such a big thing, who would dare to believe it? No one really believed it, just in time for Li Longji and the others to go up the mountain, just when Li Longji was stuck in the middle of the mountain, the timing and heat of the fire were just right, and even the strong north wind tonight happened to be the perfect weather for arson, and the time, place and people were all counted.

Zhou Yu in the Three Kingdoms burned Chibi not as perfectly as tonight.

Gu Qing felt that the person who set the fire was simply an expert among experts, who grew up playing with fire.

Admittedly, these two fires were really successful. successfully trapped Li Longji, Gu Qing and others in the middle of the raging fire, unable to move.

The first object of suspicion in Gu Qing's mind was Li Heng, the crown prince of the East Palace.

The crown prince can't wait for his father to die?

After identifying the object of suspicion and his motives, Gu Qing couldn't help but feel a deep anger in his heart.

I don't object to you killing your own father, why do you bother me?

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Li Longji was so frightened that his face was pale, he had been a prince of peace for decades, Li Longji had experienced intrigue in the court, and he had never been so close to death, even if he led his troops into the palace to kill Empress Wei forty years ago, he had never been so dangerous as this night.

Gu Qing is calmer than Li Longji, not counting his previous life, he has seen a lot of big scenes in this life, and he has fought bloody battles with people more than once, and he has gradually developed a strong psychological endurance.

"Your Majesty, even if the Yulin Guards under the mountain come, it will take a lot of time to extinguish this fire, and when they put out the fire, we will already burn to ashes, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should save himself at this time." Gu Qing spoke quickly.

Li Longji said without a master: "Such as ...... How to save myself, I, how should I be a good ......"

Gu Qing sighed, the Son of Heaven can't count on it, so let's make up my own mind.

Looking around, the fire has spread to the center of the woods, almost the entire forest is in a sea of fire, the mountain road is blocked by the fire, it is impossible to break through, Gu Qing looked around for a long time, and the more he looked, the more desperate he became.

Seem...... There is really no way back, nowhere to escape.

The fire in the woods was about to burn to the mountain road, and the space of Gu Qing and the others was getting smaller and smaller, and the fire formed an encirclement around it, and it was rapidly shrinking the living space of Gu Qing and the others at a speed visible to the naked eye.

What's more troublesome is not the fire, but the thinner and thinner air, the raging fire seems to burn the surrounding air clean, and bursts of heat waves are coming, while Gu Qing's breathing is becoming more and more difficult, mixed with billowing smoke and burnt smell, covering their mouths and noses with their sleeves has no effect.

Gao Lishi and Yu Linwei in the back were panicked, as the emperor's close attendant, Yu Linwei never lacked courage, and he also had the consciousness of sacrificing his life to protect him. But the enemy in front of them is a fire, and all the skills and courage are completely useless at this time, no matter what price they pay, the damned will eventually die, including Li Longji.

A person who looked like a general of Yulinwei suddenly saluted with a sword: "There are about 100 Yulinwei around Your Majesty, if there is no other way, the last general is willing to take the lead in rushing out of the sea of fire and rolling through the fire, and the soldiers behind will roll one by one, extinguishing the fire with flesh and blood, and creating a way out for Your Majesty." ”

When the Yulin guards heard this, they all excitedly said in unison: "I am willing to create a way to live for Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji's expression moved slightly, and he didn't squeak.

Gu Qing covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and said in a muffled voice: "At this time, the north wind is strong, and the fire in the woods has already spread to the mountain road, even if you use your flesh and blood to flow over, the fire will still be rekindled immediately, not to mention that your sacrifice is worthless, I only ask you, you were all burned to death at that time, who will give Your Majesty's safety?" ”

The general froze and hung his head silently.

Li Longji sighed in disappointment.

Gu Qing glanced at the general, endured the strong tingling sensation in his throat, and said, "You better do the hard work, don't force yourself to use your brain." ”

Li Longji covered his mouth and nose and coughed vigorously for a while, the smoke smoked him into tears, and said while coughing: "I never thought that I would fall into such a desperate situation, I really ...... Unwilling to die! ”

It could be seen that Li Longji was already very scared, Gu Qing could detect that he was trembling when he stood beside him, but because of the identity of the Son of Heaven, he didn't want to show his cowardice in front of the courtiers, so he could only force himself to calm down.

Everyone had no choice, and the desperate Li Longji couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice: "Zhuqing has a way to live, say it quickly, I will have a heavy reward!" ”

No one squeaked, the fire was already an invincible enemy, and everyone was desperate.

Gu Qing didn't say anything, he was also a little anxious at the moment, he didn't expect that he would die in a fire in less than two years, if he was unwilling, he was even more unwilling than Li Longji, no matter how stupid a screenwriter was, he couldn't write such a bloody script.

Biting the tip of his tongue hard, Gu Qing tried to calm himself down, no matter how critical the situation, calmness was the only way to survive.

The sharp pain at the tip of his tongue cleared Gu Qing's mind, and then he began to look around to observe the environment.

Everyone was helpless, but Gu Qing didn't squeak for a long time, Li Longji grabbed his sleeve in a panic, and said, "Gu Qing has a way to get out of trouble?" I know you've always been smart and quick-witted, so you have a way, right? ”

Gu Qing smiled at Li Longji, his eyes were on the edge of the fire in the woods on the left, the edge was very close to them, and a tree was planted, and the fire was slowly advancing towards this tree, and it was about to burn this tree.

If this arbor is ignited, Gu Qing and the others will basically have no way to live, even if they are not choked to death by the smoke, the fire will quickly burn out the surrounding air, and they will suffocate to death.

Gu Qing looked at this arbor, and his eyes suddenly showed a thoughtful look.

Seem...... There is a silver lining.

Squatting down, Gu Qing grabbed a handful of sand under his feet, changed the direction and slowly poured the sand in his hand from his fingers, the sand spilled with the blazing heatwave, but the direction of the sprinkling was to the south.

Li Longji and all the Yulin guards silently watched Gu Qing doing all this, and everyone was confused, not knowing why Gu Qing made this inexplicable move.

But Li Longji can't care about anything else at the moment, he just wants to live, no matter what weird moves Gu Qing does, it represents a glimmer of hope.

So Li Longji said in a trembling voice: "Gu Qing has come up with a way?" If you can get me out of trouble, I will be rewarded, and I will be rewarded! I, I ......"

Gritting his teeth, Li Longji said loudly: "I have made you the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, and everyone present today testifies that I will never break my word!" ”

Gu Qing, who was pondering, was interrupted from his train of thought, and almost wanted to laugh when he heard Li Longji's panicked words.

Big man, whether we can survive or not, it's useless to allow me to be a vice emperor at this time.

It's very strange, why did the emperors of the past and present promise any "Wanhu Hou" at every turn when they gave heavy rewards, and how valuable are these "Wanhu Hou"? I feel that the emperors of all dynasties care more about this "Marquis of Ten Thousand Households" than the person concerned.

After the sand in his hand was slowly sprinkled, Gu Qing clapped his hands, turned around and found that everyone, including Li Longji, was staring at him with a dead eye, and his eyes were full of desire for life.

Then Gu Qing remembered that it seemed that he should say thank you, no matter whether Li Longji's promise was a blank check or not, there should still be politeness.

"Well, thank Your Majesty for your grace, there is no need to be a marquis, the minister has not made an inch, and he is really ashamed."

Li Longji stomped his feet and said hurriedly: "Don't engage in this set of false etiquette, you saved my life, and it is not too much to be crowned king!" Tell me, do you have a way to get out of trouble? ”

Gu Qing said slowly: "The avenue is fifty, the sky is forty-nine, and one of the people escapes." God will not cut off all the roads, and there will be a glimmer of life in the end. ”

Li Longji was overjoyed, choked and coughed vigorously for a while, and said, "Hurry up...... Say it! ”

Gu Qing pointed to a piece of tree in the woods on the left that had not yet been burned, and said, "The minister has an idea, and he needs the soldiers of Yulin Guard to make some effort. ”

The general who was slapped in the face just now clenched his fists and said loudly: "Gu Changshi, please command, the last general is willing to go to the soup and fight the fire!" ”

Gu Qing covered his mouth and nose and took a few breaths of scorching air, and said with a reluctant smile: "Then ask this general to command his soldiers to dig a ditch from the edge of this tree that has not been burned by the fire......

"Digging a ditch?" The generals were puzzled.

"Yes, dig a ditch, dig a ditch with the weapons in your hands, whether it is a knife or a sword, anyway, use all the weapons that can be used, dig hard along the edge of the fire, the ditch does not have to be deep, one foot is enough, and the matter of digging the ditch is about thirty people." dm

Then Gu Qing pointed to the ground in the safe area where he was standing, and said, "Here, twenty people dig a big pit, enough for one person to lie into, dig with weapons, use hand planing, in short, no matter what method is used, the pit must be dug in the shortest possible time." ”

The general was full of doubts, but he still obeyed.

Gu Qing pointed to the arbor in front of him that had not yet been burned and said: "At the edge of the trench dug in front, all the rest of the people will cut down all the arbors on the edge and vacate a buffer zone for isolation, okay, go quickly, it's too late!" ”

More than 100 Yulin guards rushed out immediately, and even Gao Lishi hurriedly helped cut down the trees.

Gu Qing didn't move, sat cross-legged on the ground, tore off a piece of cloth from his underwear, found a soldier to ask for a little water from the leather bag they carried, wet the cloth and handed it to Li Longji, and said, "Your Majesty, it can at least be easier to cover your mouth and nose with this object." ”

Li Longji trembled and took the wet cloth to cover his mouth and nose, and said in panic: "Does Gu Qing's method work?" ”

Gu Qing also covered his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, and said in a muffled voice: "All the methods that should be used have been used, whether you can live depends on the will of heaven, Your Majesty, the minister has done his best." ”

Li Longji sighed in dispossession, turned his back, and tears suddenly poured down: "I ...... Don't want to die. ”

"Your Majesty is relieved, there is still a great probability of survival, if the speed of the Yulin Guard under the mountain is a little faster, the probability of survival will be even greater." Gu Qing said comfortingly.

Li Longji sighed: "I hope ...... The soldiers lived up to me. ”

Immediately, Li Longji looked at Gu Qing and said: "I made a promise to be a marquis just now, and I will never break my word, Gu Qing, I can see that you are a loyal minister, if you can survive tonight, I will reuse you in the future." ”

Gu Qing smiled, no matter how sincere Li Longji's words were, he didn't feel at ease, anything people said when they were trying to survive was like drunk talk, after waking up with a hangover, denial, amnesia, denial, whoever took it seriously lost.

…………

When the fire on the mountain started, the Yulinwei under the mountain had already discovered, and the Huaqing Palace suddenly rang with bells, drums and gongs, and the stationed Yulinwei was urgently mobilized, and the generals hurriedly commanded the soldiers to assemble, and the Huaqing Palace was in chaos inside and outside.

At this time, Yang Guifei and Princess Wanchun were together, the second daughter was best friends for many years, and it seemed that she had endless words, and suddenly heard the sound of bells and drums outside the hall and the footsteps of the Yulin guards, and the second daughter suddenly panicked, and quickly got up and ran outside the hall.

Yang Guifei's face was pale and trembling, at first she thought it was a mutiny in the inner palace, so she immediately asked the whereabouts of the eunuch Li Longji, and the eunuch told Yang Guifei in a trembling voice that the Son of Heaven had not returned from the mountain, and someone had maliciously set fire, and the Son of Heaven and Zuowei Gu Changshi and others were trapped in the mountain fire.

Yang Guifei's face became more and more pale when she heard this, her body was shaky, and Princess Wanchun on the side also turned pale, gritted her teeth and suddenly ran outside without saying a word.

Quickly ran to the place where the Yulinwei soldiers gathered outside the hall, Princess Wanchun saw that the generals were loudly scolding the soldiers, and ordered to set off immediately to go up the mountain to rescue the driver, Yulinwei is the personal guard of the Tang Emperor, there is no problem with loyalty, but there is no unified command, it seems very chaotic, each general is giving different orders to the soldiers under his command, many orders are contradictory, chaotic like a pot of porridge.

Princess Wanchun became more and more anxious when she saw this, her father's life could be counted on them, such a command was obviously a delay in the rescue time, and the people trapped in the mountain fire were Gu Qing......

The splitter snatched the sword from the hand of a general, Princess Wanchun raised her sword and pointed it at the sky, shouting: "This palace is Princess Wanchun!" This palace is the largest, everyone listens to the military orders of this palace, and those who violate the order are killed! ”

The hectic assembly site was instantly silent.

Princess Wanchun pointed to a general and said: "You, immediately lead your subordinates to collect all the things that store water in Huaqing Palace, whether it is a basin or a bucket, everything that can hold water is filled with water, and the water is carried up the mountain in a procession!" ”

The general bowed down to receive the order, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of Yulin guards left in a hurry.

Princess Wanchun raised her sword and pointed at another general and said, "You, collect all the tools and farm tools of Huaqing Palace, but bring all the tools for cutting and digging, and follow the queue carrying water up the mountain!" ”

The general was ordered to leave.

Wan Chun pointed to the third general and said, "You, command the soldiers under your command to stand by at the bottom of the mountain, and immediately mobilize all the water crane carts to fill them with water and move them to the bottom of the mountain road. ”

In the end, Wan Chun turned to a eunuch and said: "The general who will go to the middle of the mountain immediately will be the supervisor, tell the officials, all the craftsmen, miscellaneous servants and officers and soldiers who built the palace are all mobilized, put out the fire from the direction of the construction site, and move to the mountain road, who can save the father and emperor, there is a heavy reward!" ”

The eunuch took the order in a panic and left.

After giving a series of orders, Wan Chun's body seemed to collapse, his body shook a few times, and then he gritted his teeth and followed the Yulin guards up the mountain together.

…………

On the mountain road.

The fire became more and more fierce, and the ditch dug by the Yulin guards was almost formed, and everyone's faces and bodies were blackened and red by the fire, and the felled trees were piled up on the edge of the long ditch dug into a mountain.

The potential of people in survival is limitless, and the speed at which everyone digs ditches and cuts down trees is much faster than Gu Qing expected.

On the mountain road, the soldiers in charge of digging the pit also worked hard to dig it, but the time was pressing, and the pit was not dug deep, barely enough for a person to lie in.

Seeing that the fire was getting closer and closer to everyone, and the air was getting thinner and thinner, Li Longji and Gu Qing covered their mouths and noses with damp cloths and breathed hard.

After Gu Qing took a few breaths, he coughed and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Please forgive the minister's sin, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty...... Lie down in this pit, and cover your majesty's body and face with sand, leaving only a little space to breathe. ”

Li Longji was stunned for a moment, and the Yulin guards next to him were also stunned.

It is taboo to bury a person in the soil before he dies, especially if the person who wants to be buried is still today.

Gu Qing couldn't care so much, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, in order to survive, you can't take care of much, lie down quickly." ”

Li Longji no longer hesitated, and immediately lay down in the big pit, and the soldiers next to him hesitated for a while, but still filled Li Longji's body with soil according to Gu Qing's instructions.

Li Longji was lying in the pit with a gloomy face, his eyes closed tightly and he didn't make a sound, he was buried for the first time in his life, and he actually had to thank the person who was going to bury him, Li Longji only felt full of anger and resentment, and he couldn't blame Gu Qing, so he had to silently make up his mind, after escaping, he must strictly investigate the person who set the fire, no matter who was involved, he must raid his family and exterminate the family!

The soldiers quickly covered Li Longji with thick sand, and even built up the old high, which looked like a new grave had been placed in the middle of the mountain road, which made people feel particularly sad.

Above Li Longji's mouth and nose, the soldiers deliberately left a hole for him to breathe.

In fact, the air is getting thinner and thinner, and it is unfathomable whether Li Longji can breathe the air, but at least it is better than burning him alive.

There is no choice to save Li Longji, after all, the world is his, if Gu Qing doesn't save him, even if he survives this fire, he won't be able to live in the future.

Now that Li Longji's safety has been temporarily preserved, Gu Qing naturally wants to save his life.

Pointing to the back of Li Longji's new grave, Gu Qing said to the Yulin guards: "Please work harder, dig a pit for me, I will lie in and cover the soil as it is, everyone should not be idle, dig more pits, and lie down in them after digging, how many people can be saved, everyone will have their destiny." ”

The Yulin Guard hurriedly moved.

Gao Lishi was also frightened, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to dig a pit for him, then looked at Gu Qing and sighed: "Gu Changshi, will we just lie in the pit and do nothing?" ”

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "There is one last thing to do, this matter is more important than digging a pit." ”

"What?"

"Send a few people to pile the cut trees on the edge of the fire near the south side, and then set the trees on fire."

Colliers and the soldiers next to him looked at him in amazement. Gao Lishi lost his voice and said: "The fire has not been extinguished, you still have to take the initiative to light the fire, are you crazy?" ”

Gu Qing sighed: "General Gao, believe me, this matter is very important, it must be done, this is fighting fire with fire, I have tried the wind direction at this time, it is just right, if it changes the wind direction later, it will be dangerous, go quickly." ”

Colliers shook his head, unwilling to carry out this crazy order.

Gu Qing said: "General Gao, I am also in the fire, and I will not joke with my life." ”

Everyone looked at each other and hesitated for a long time, but Gao Lishi finally gritted his teeth and gestured to the general, who sighed and silently carried out Gu Qing's order.

Gu Qing didn't have time to explain, the method of fighting fire with fire was actually learned from a foreign movie in his previous life, including digging ditches, digging pits, isolating buffer zones, etc., all of which were learned from movies, and he didn't know if it had any effect, so in order to survive, he simply risked his life to give it a try.

The pit belonging to Gu Qing on the mountain road was quickly dug, and Gu Qing also looked gloomy when he lay in.

I'm good at digging pits in my life, but I didn't expect that one day I actually dug a pit for myself, is this retribution?