Chapter 62: Something Strange
"Brother Prince!" Chu Yongwang squatted for a while and didn't move, then raised his head: "Father, the son is fine, but he accidentally bumped his foot when he came out." ”
Chu Yuewan pounced on him in distress and hugged him.
"It's okay, it's okay."
Chu Yongwang patted her, "Yu Ning and Father go back quickly." ”
"How can you suddenly go out of the water?"
The old emperor was uneasy.
"This fire started suddenly, and it started very quickly, I am afraid that there is something strange...... Cough. ”
Chu Yongwang covered his mouth and coughed twice, just choking on the smoke.
"Okay, don't say it, hurry up and announce the imperial doctor!" When the old emperor saw that his son was fine, he let go of most of his heart, and remembered that there was another son, and when he looked up at these people, he found Chu Yongji, who was shrunk alone, and didn't say anything.
Someone quickly came to put Chu Yongwang on the soft sedan chair and carried it back to the East Palace.
Chu Youkang had already been rescued, and was waiting with a few boys to be sent back to the house by the imperial doctor.
The girls in Lan Zhiyuan were a little frightened and stunned, and some were crying, but they were all together.
Chu Yuewan looked around and hurriedly asked the people here, "Where is Miss Gu?" "Among these rescued people, there is no Gu Jianniang.
"Back to Your Highness, there is no one in the Tribute Hall."
The man said.
"But where is Miss Gu?" Chu Yuewan couldn't find her, very anxious.
This is the only sister Lan Zhiyuan she knows, so she can see that she is not there at once.
"Gu Yushi's sister-in-law?" The old emperor knew about this person and immediately sent someone to count the personnel.
Immediately, the eunuch came back after a round of inspection: "No one saw Miss Gu!" I think I haven't been rescued from the fire, and I've already sent someone to find it! But the fire is too big, and the plaques of these examination seats are burned down, so I'm afraid it's hard to find. ”
Big things are not good.
Although the layout of the tribute hall is not complicated, there are several rows of cubicles.
During the exam, there were screens to block it, so it was impossible to see who was inside, and there were inmates patrolling back and forth outside.
The lattices are all identical, with the only difference being that there is a plaque on the lintel with numbers such as "Jiazi" and "Yinchou".
Now that these plaques are burned, it is impossible to find the location simply through the test number, which will indeed consume precious time to save people.
And there is a lot of smoke and fire inside, I'm afraid that after such a long time, it has been ...... "I know where Sister Jiaojiao is!" Chu Yuewan shouted, "I watched her go in!" She's the sixth in the third row to the west! Sister Jiaojiao is weak and can't go far, she will definitely be found in this area! Quick-" Hearing such a clear positioning, the palace guards hurriedly rushed in to find it.
However, the people who had just rushed into the tribute hall came out in a hurry: "Go back to the emperor!" Your Highness! The fire inside is too big! The road to the row of houses to the west was blocked by collapsed beams! It takes at least half an hour to clean it up! "Half an hour...... Half an hour later, the people will be gone! "What can I do! Sister Jiaojiao-"The first moon night was so anxious that I was about to cry.
"Isn't there a person who is useful!" The old emperor was more afraid that the little girl would die than that the baby would be sad, and although he couldn't figure out the relationship between the two, he still scolded anxiously.
Seeing this, the Tiger Ben Zhonglang who was guarding the emperor's side knelt down and begged: "The last general is willing to go into the fire to try!" Liu Cunmao shook his head: "Jing Zhonglang is the emperor's person, and he should stay with the emperor at this time!" The old emperor felt that he was capable, so he said: "I am not in danger now, the Tiger Ben Army stays, Jing Zhonglang will go!" If it really doesn't work, it depends on the little girl's creation. ”
"Uncle Jing beware!" The first moon is late.
Jing Qi quickly got up and rushed into the fire.
...... "cough, cough, cough, cough......" Gu Jianniang sobbed while slowly moving along the path in the cubicle, the surrounding houses were burned, and she didn't dare to help her walk.
When he just came out of his cubicle, he was knocked down by another student who ran by, ripped his skirt, and broke his leg.
When she came to her senses, everyone was gone, and the fire had already destroyed several houses and blocked the passage.
No one noticed her, and no one even came to pull her when she fell.
"Daddy...... The daughter shouldn't have come to Jingwei Courtyard to humiliate herself...... "She cried, wiped her tears and continued to walk.
"But I don't want to die yet......"
"Help...... Help me! Is there anyone to save me! She didn't have much strength, and after shouting twice, she choked on the smoke and coughed, and soon she couldn't make a sound.
Gu Jianniang gradually despaired, and collapsed beside a piece of broken tiles waiting for the end of her life.
I was a little dizzy and couldn't see clearly.
No one will come to save them...... It was dark in front of my eyes.
"Huh?" Gu Jianniang suddenly felt that the top of her head was very heavy, and she couldn't lift her neck, and the darkness in front of her seemed to be able to touch the border.
It's not that you can't see it, it's a very thick and hard garment.
Fang Cai Jing was wearing a fire ane shirt, rushed through the obstacles blocking the passage and turned in, and after finding Gu Jianniang, immediately. put the fire ane shirt on her, said "offended", and easily lifted the slender Gu Jiaoniang from the ground, picked it up and walked outside.
Gu Jianniang was so frightened that she didn't dare to move at all, her whole person was wrapped in a roll, she couldn't see anything, and she felt like a giant holding herself.
The tall man kicked up a few steps towards the sea of fire, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed again unscathed.
He threw Gu Jianniang to the palace maid waiting in front of him, and prepared to go back to restore his life.
"This strong man!" Gu Jianniang saw him, and called him in a hoarse voice, "Xie Zhuangshi rescued, may I ask your name?" Another day, it will definitely be reciprocated! ”
"Miss Gu, don't thank me."
Jing Qi said, "Thank you, Your Highness Yuning, it was she who found out that you were not there first, and she also accurately remembered Miss Gu's location, so that I could arrive in time to rescue the girl." ”
With that, he hurried away, leaving Gu Jianniang stunned at a loss.
After the fire, the Tribute Hall was temporarily closed, and the Jingwei Temple also suspended classes.
Most of the students who took the autumn exam were fine, and a small number suffered minor injuries that could be healed within a few days of recuperation.
The cause of the fire in the tribute hall was under investigation, and the point of fire was determined to be in one of the compartments.
I don't know when the gunpowder was arranged, and the people in the room had unfortunately died in the fire.
However, it was not a student who died, but a little eunuch.
This situation also starts with the rules of the tribute hall.
Every time there is an exam, in addition to the students, some of the students' "stand-ins" will also follow in, pretending to be students and sitting in the cubicle.
And these stand-ins are generally eunuchs and palace maids arranged in the palace.
The reason for this arrangement is to prevent the families of the students who take the test from bribing the invigilators and giving the students questions during the exam.
In the case of the crown prince, before he took the exam, he had already obtained the number of many compartments alone.
Except for the one he actually entered, the rest of the exam numbers will be distributed to the eunuchs in disguise.
These eunuchs entered the cubicle and did not answer the questions, but just pretended.
In this way, even if the prince wants to cheat, after entering the examination room, even if he knows in advance which number he gets, no one knows which compartment is the real prince.
In addition to the crown prince, most of the children of other royal families also have such stand-ins.
This time, according to the invigilators of Mrs. Han and Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Yan was too old to sit for a long time, so she got up halfway to relieve herself, and Mrs. Han sat in the prison hall, and something happened at this time.
As soon as he found the smoke, Mrs. Han immediately ordered someone to go down to clean up and rescue, but the gunpowder in the house suddenly exploded, some prisoners were injured, and the students who found the fire fled one after another, and the fire became bigger and bigger in the chaos, and it was out of control.
And when Mrs. Yan was found, Mrs. Yan was still squatting in the thatched house and did not come out.
The suspicion of the two Taifu is very light, and it can almost be said that there is no problem, and the real arsonist has not yet been found.
The people in the tribute hall set fire to it, and their crimes should be punished.
What's more, the children of Shangshuguan and Lan Zhiyuan are all famous families of the emperor's relatives and country, and murdering them is comparable to rebellion.
"You're here for Wang'er?" When the old emperor heard the news, he was extremely worried.
Liu Cunmao shook his head and handed him a piece of paper.
The old emperor immediately understood, but the expression on his face was even more puzzled and worried, and he raised the paper and said, "Chuan Fuguo Gong came to see me." ”
Fuguo Gong Yunqin quickly came to the imperial study, and when he saw the old emperor, he already understood most of it.
"The one that caught fire was the one in the brocade book."
The old emperor confessed to him.
Yun Qin was silent.