It was the middle of the night, and the sky outside was supposed to be pitch black. But when the crowd walked out of the hall, what they saw was a red sky shining in the southeast, and there was a fire there! And even in the courtyard of a deep house such as Tongfu, everyone can still faintly hear constant shouting coming from a distance, obviously the impact of this sudden fire is not small.

The guests were all moved and began to talk about what was going on. And the slave of the Tong family was not slow to react, and immediately stepped forward to explain: "Ladies and gentlemen, it was Changxingfang, which is still three streets away from our Ruyi Fang, that suddenly caught fire, but all the nearby fire prevention soldiers have rushed over, and the fire will soon be controlled. ”

When they heard that it was Changxingfang that caught fire, many people breathed a sigh of relief, most of the people living there were low-level people, and it was not a place where they had to go home, but it would not have any impact. So soon, the crowd was muttering for a while and then dispersed. But Sun Tu, after hearing the name Changxingfang, his expression froze, he only took someone there a few days ago to get someone, is there such a coincidence?

However, he didn't say much, and after taking care of himself out of the Tong Mansion, he rode forward. But after a journey, he became more and more puzzled in his heart, and finally shook the reins, controlled the horse under his crotch and turned his head towards Changxingfang in the southeast direction. He had to go to the scene to see how he could feel at ease.

As a result, along the way, Sun Tu saw many people who had come to the door of his house and were constantly visiting the place where the fire started, as well as the soldiers and horses in the city who were hurrying towards Changxingfang in line with his goal. Obviously, after discovering the fire, several yamen in Tokyo have reacted quickly and sent people to fight the fire.

However, when Sun Tu rode his horse to the front of Changxingfang, the fire here was not only not contained because of this, but continued to spread outward, many people were crying, holding some floating wealth in their homes were pulled out of their respective houses by soldiers, and many people were injured, and the scene was in chaos.

At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew from the southeast, causing the flames, which were not very strong, to blow upwards, and soar to the surroundings, and even set fire to several houses, which frightened the residents who were evacuating, and the soldiers who wanted to extinguish the fire with water hoses hurriedly retreated, for fear of putting themselves into the fire.

Water and fire are the most ruthless, and now the houses in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty are mostly made of wood, and the structure is the most afraid of this Zhurong, once the fire spreads, the damage caused is often incalculable. Seeing that the fire was a little bigger than just now, these shopkeepers retreated first under the command of their superiors, and at the same time gave up rescuing the row of houses where the flames were most intense, and instead turned their attention to the houses that had just been caused by the fire on the side.

However, the number of water dragons mobilized this time is really limited, and after some action, the water has been exhausted. At that moment, the official in command shouted: "Where is Fang Zheng? What about this Changxingfang? Where are your wells here, and let someone take me and fetch water?" ”

An old man stumbled up in disheveled clothes, and said hoarsely: "Official, there is a well in the Wang family in the third courtyard on the left, and there is also a well in the Qiu family diagonally in the past...... With his guidance, many soldiers have already gone straight to those houses with buckets, basins and other containers.

The owners of those dwellings had long been called out to take shelter, so it was convenient for the soldiers to enter the door, and they quickly drew water and went to extinguish the fire. It's just that in the face of the fire that is burning more and more fiercely and spreading around, this bit of water is really difficult to work, even if the soldiers have done their best, constantly pouring buckets of water at the place where the flames originated, it is still difficult to stop the momentum.

If it continues like this, the fire will be out of control, not only Changxingfang will be completely engulfed in flames, but even the next few squares will also be affected. This made Zhong Yu, who was commanding the soldiers to control the fire, so anxious that his whole body was about to burn: "Quick, you all give me something faster." Then go to the Jimin Fang and Tai'an Fang on the side to get water, and if you can't do it, go to the Bianhe River to get water, and you must control this fire for me! ”

These soldiers also knew that the situation was serious, so they quickly agreed and ran out. And Sun Tu was heavy after seeing their actions, just fetching water to fight the fire like this is afraid that it will be useless, the official headed by him obviously does not know how to fight the fire, he only knows how to force it.

At that moment, he quickly rushed up, came to Zhong Yu and said loudly: "This official, I'm afraid that this fire can't be stopped by only using water, and we have to think of another way to do it." ”

"Who are you?" Zhong Yu was jumping to his feet in a hurry, and suddenly such a young man in ordinary clothes spoke like this, naturally he was very resistant.

"Xiaguan Sun Tu is the head of Kaifeng Mansion." Sun Tu hurriedly revealed his identity, and then regardless of the other party's reaction, continued: "The fire is out of control, and it can't be solved by water alone, so the only way to stop it is to cut off the trend of the fire and let it extinguish itself." ”

"Huh?" When Zhong Yu heard this, his expression changed slightly, why didn't he think of this trick before? Indeed, as long as the place where the fire can be burned is emptied, the fire will naturally be delayed, and it will not be too difficult to put out the fire with water or wait for it to be extinguished.

The situation was urgent, and he immediately decided: "Where is Li De?" You quickly ordered everyone not to fetch water again, and to demolish all the houses around the fire, and then dig up the ground to stop the fire from spreading! ”

The low-ranking military attache named Li De was blackened by the smoke and fire at this time, but he still agreed energetically, and hurriedly shouted, so that the soldiers under his command quickly changed their firefighting strategies, rushed to the vicinity of the fire to demolish the houses and dig ditches.

Fortunately, their reaction was fast enough before, and they cleaned up all the people in the houses that had not been affected by the fire early, plus this Changxingfang was inhabited by ordinary people, and there was no big mansion, so it was quite quick to dismantle it.

However, the nearby evacuated people cried out after seeing their homes destroyed. Seeing this, Zhong Yu hurriedly went over with Fang Zheng to comfort them, patting his chest and assuring that the government would definitely help everyone rebuild their homes after the fire, which made their emotions a little more stable.

But Sun Tu could still see that the eyes of these people were full of sadness and panic, obviously not knowing what to do next. And not far from these people, there are many injured people tossing and turning there, and some people are constantly dying of injuries, and the tragic situation really makes Sun Tu a little unbearable to look at it carefully.

What's even more worrying is that in addition to these people who escaped or evacuated in time, I am afraid that there are still many people trapped in the fire, and they don't need to ask what happened at this time.

Of course, no one cares about these details now, everyone is in a hurry to control the fire and put out the fire, people are constantly coming and going, countless buckets and basins are coming in and out, and there are also many wooden planks and furniture being brought out.

Finally, thanks to the concerted efforts of thousands of people, the fire was brought under control. Although the bucket basin alone could not completely extinguish it, the fire did not spread completely because of the timely pulling out of the isolation belt, and as it burned almost everything around it, the fire gradually decreased.

By the time it was light, the terrible fire had finally been extinguished, and only wisps of black smoke continued to rise from the ruins, which made people tremble to watch.

Zhong Yu's expression relaxed a little, and he couldn't help but look at Sun Tu who helped him command people to put out the fire this night: "Sun Dutou, this time I really owe you for your advice, otherwise the loss caused by this fire will be even greater." ”

"This is what a subordinate should do." Sun Tu was also hoarse at this time, but his spirit was not bad. It was only at this time that he finally put his mind at ease, and then asked the question he had always wanted to ask: "By the way, does Si Zhengke know how this fire started?" ”

"I haven't asked this guy yet. The only thing I know is that this fire started from Maojia Lane in the west of Changxingfang! His words made Sun Tu's expression more and more solemn, could it be a coincidence?