Liu Heng didn't understand the hidden meaning of his words, but in the middle of the night, he woke up from his dream and heard the noise outside. It should still be the middle of the night, everyone is sleeping, it stands to reason that there will be no such sound, Liu Heng felt that something must have happened.

Looking out through the cell door, the flames flickered, illuminating the cell much brighter. Liu Heng immediately reacted, this should be water, and looking at it like this, the fire is quite big.

He quickly woke up the prisoners around him and told them to get ready, although there was no key to the cell door now, but if there was a chance, they would have to go out and escape together, and they would definitely not be immersed in sleep.

The fire was deliberately planted, and hay was placed all around the outside of the cell, and even the jailers on duty did not notice it. In addition, it is the middle of the night, and by the time someone finds out, the fire is already very hot.

Yifang was worried about Liu Heng's affairs at the Hongyu Inn, but the person sent out suddenly sent back the news of the fire in the cell, and she knew that Liu Heng was locked in that cell, and she immediately panicked.

"Wu Ping, where is Wu Ping?" Yi Fang didn't care that his hair was still scattered, so he rushed out and shouted loudly.

"Mother, the slave is here!" Wu Ping was worried about alarming the other people in the inn, so he hurriedly ran over.

"Quick! Go and save the emperor! I heard that the fire on the other side of the cell is already burning very big, and if it is any later, I am afraid that it will be dangerous, so go quickly! ”

"Don't worry, Niangniang, we have already contacted the magistrate here, they have sent all the people they can send to fight the fire, and it should be extinguished soon." Wu Ping comforted Yifang while giving Teng Ling a look.

Teng Ling understood, so he came forward to dress up for the Yi room, although the situation is urgent now, but he can't just run out like this, so as not to lose the bearing of the mother of a country. Yifang was so anxious that her hands involuntarily picked at the dressing box on the table, so that people could see her anxiety at a glance.

On the other side of the cell, Zhuo Yan had already arrived in a hurry. What happened tonight really frightened him, not only was the cell on fire, but the person he casually arrested turned out to be the current saint. Now even if the fire in the cell is extinguished, the fire in Liu Heng's heart cannot be extinguished, he knows that he will definitely be punished, and his legs are a little trembling.

"Hurry up, there are nobles inside, don't let people hurt." Zhuo Yan commanded eagerly, if something happened to Liu Heng here, maybe his life would not be saved.

After more than an hour of busy work, the fire in the cell was finally extinguished. At this time, Yifang had also arrived in a hurry, with endless worry and full of anger.

"The queen mother has arrived-" At this time, there was no need to hide her identity, and Yi Fang came directly to the door of the cell with the queen's honor guard.

The eunuch's sharp voice made everyone present weaken their legs, and they knelt in front of her.

"The next official sees the queen's mother, and the queen's mother is happy forever."

"Get up, have you rescued the people inside?" Yifang didn't want to punish them at this time, he was only worried about Liu Heng's safety, and it was not too late to deal with these people after he was sure that Liu Heng was safe.

"Back to the queen's mother, now the fire has only been extinguished, and the people inside have not been rescued!" Zhuo Yan saw that no one around was silent, so he had the courage to answer.

"Since the person hasn't been rescued yet, why are you still stunned here?" Yifang rebuked loudly.

"Niangniang, I have found the emperor, and it is no big deal, just choking on a few puffs of smoke." The guards sent in by Wu Ping had already come out, followed by the embarrassed Liu Heng.

"Your Majesty, is the Emperor okay?" As soon as Yifang saw Liu Heng, some tears overflowed in her eyes, and she hurriedly rushed forward, "Is there anything uncomfortable about the emperor?" ”

Liu Heng gave her a smile: "Yifang don't worry, I'm fine." ”

He patted Yifang's hand, then glanced at everyone from him, and finally landed on Zhuo Yan: "You are Zhuo Yan, the magistrate here?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the lower official is Zhuo Yan."

"Zhuo Yan, are you guilty?" Liu Heng's voice was cold to the bones, so that even if the people present had just extinguished a fire, they could feel the coldness around them.

"The lower official is guilty. The lower officials should not put the emperor in a prison cell, because the lower officials have no eyes. "Zhuo Yan, you only hold an official stand in front of others, and no one dares to disobey him, but now he is frightened, and he can only keep kowtowing and asking for guilt.

"That's it?"

Zhuo Yan thought about it carefully: "It was the improper use of people by the lower officials, so that these guards of the cell did not look long, and they actually set fire around the cell." The lower officials will teach them well in the future, and they will not let them do it again. ”

"What else?" Liu Heng continued to ask.

Zhuo Yan only knew that his subordinates had caught the wrong person and placed the charge on a person who could not be provoked, and his heart trembled at this time. But he never thought that Liu Heng had almost understood all the things he and his subordinates had done.

"The lower officials don't know what else they have done, please make it clear to the emperor." Zhuo Yan said this carefully, he always had a feeling of impending disaster.

"Do you know why your men captured me here?"

"I heard...... I heard that they mistakenly took the emperor for the prisoner who killed Zhao Wu. ”

Liu Heng chuckled: "You know this very well. Do you know why they treat me as a prisoner? ”

"This ...... Now the official doesn't know. The sweat on Zhuo Yan's forehead couldn't stop pouring out, he didn't know why Liu Heng asked these questions, and he didn't know the bottom in his heart.

"It's because I clashed with Zhao Wu on the street yesterday." Liu Heng approached Zhuo Yan and looked at him condescendingly, "As for what conflict there is, you should know very well in your heart." ”

"Xia Guan really doesn't know!" Zhuo Yan didn't lie, he really didn't know.

"Really? You connived at these people under your command to rob the people's daughters, and naturally you knew that they would clash with the righteous people. Although Liu Heng was covered in dust by the fire, the temperament exuded by the whole person was still undoubted.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials have been wronged!" Zhuo Yan hurriedly put the responsibility on others, "These are all things they did behind their backs, and the lower officials were also kept in the dark!" ”

"It's also your sin that your majesty is not strict." Liu Heng didn't bother to say more to him, so he raised his hand, "Come on, pull down this corrupt magistrate, behead him at noon tomorrow, and let the people see his fate." ”

Zhuo Yan still wanted to beg for mercy, so one of the guards quickly stuffed a rag in his mouth, and the whole world was quiet. Liu Heng didn't think of a suitable person to replace his position for a while, so he asked Wu Ping to send a message to Ouyang Ziqian, asking him to choose a suitable candidate to take Zhuo Yan's place.

Although the matter was resolved, it only restored order to this place a little, and maybe the same thing is happening elsewhere. Such things emerge one after another, and only by fundamentally solving them can we truly sit back and relax.

Liu Heng was really tired this day, and the plan to investigate the case in Weifu didn't work, so he asked people to block his news from the people as much as possible, and went back to the inn to rest for a day. Yifang was quietly by his side, with a kind of joy for the rest of his life. As long as she thought that the fire might kill him, she couldn't help but be afraid, but fortunately, fortunately, he was safe.

After Liu Heng rested for a day, someone came to visit Hongyu Inn.

"Why did you come here?" Liu Heng looked at Deng Tong, who was carrying two large jars of wine, and felt that his news was really well-informed.

Deng Tong handed the wine to Yifang, and then leaned against the door: "I heard that you were in danger yesterday, of course I want to come and see this brother who is swaggering and deceiving in Chang'an under my name." ”

Liu Heng couldn't help but smile, he didn't expect that he could even hear this kind of detail. The two of them have always been used to talking casually, and Liu Heng has never been respectful and humble with Deng Tong, but can be more comfortable when talking to him.

"It's really hard to act without your name, I have to say that your prestige in Chang'an is much stronger than mine." Liu Heng couldn't help but sigh.

"I've been in Chang'an for so many years, and you've only been here for more than two years, although you're the emperor, it's not easy to surpass me in a short period of time." Deng Tong is not modest.

When they said this, Yifang brought in the wine warm: "Deng Tong, why don't you want to enter the court as an official?" ”

Yifang had discussed this issue with Liu Heng, if Deng Tong was willing to enter the court as an official, it would be great, Liu Heng could also have a strong assistant, but he was always unwilling.

"Once I enter the court as an official, I have to be bound by the rules of the court, can I still stay in the Zuichun Building so freely?" Deng Tong flicked his sleeves, "Besides, those court clothes are really not good-looking, if they are worn on me, won't it be a waste of my appearance." ”

This is indeed like Deng Tong would say it, Yifang couldn't help but laugh, and Liu Heng also shook his head with a smile: "If you don't like the court clothes, I will tell the weaving room to do it in the style you like, these are trivial things." ”

"When you enter the court as an official, you have to go to the court every day, how can I sleep in the drunken spring building until I wake up naturally?" Deng Tong's determination to be reluctant to enter the court was very firm, "Besides, if I become an official, I will still be in the Zuichun Building day and night, and I will definitely be involved by those old ministers." When the time comes, the folds that participate in me will be piled up slowly, and it will be you who will be annoyed. ”

Liu Heng nodded: "It's really like your temperament." Since you don't want to, then that's it, in the future, we will continue as usual, and you will be responsible for being my eyes to the people. ”

"That's nature, my eyes are always open." Deng Tong raised his glass to Liu Heng, this is the almost twenty years they have known each other, and they have supported each other all the way to the present, and others cannot know the love and righteousness.