"Master Hou, there is a fire in a house in the south of the city!"

The time is already the end of the unitary time, the autumn weather, it gets dark early, and it is almost invisible outside at this time, Chen Xu was worried because he arranged for a group of teenagers to assassinate Zhao Gao, so he did not go out of the city to Qinghe Villa, but stayed in the Hou Mansion.

At this time, he was in the study and continued to improve his military system reform in a nervous mood, and the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion hurriedly came to report.

"Seongnam? What is the house? Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and put down the pencil in his hand.

The south of the city is inhabited by princes and princesses, and there is basically no one with no name.

"Master Hou, you can see it when you stand in the courtyard with a blazing firelight, but I don't know which nobleman's mansion it is!" The butler replied.

"Let's go, go out and have a look!" Chen Xu dropped his pencil and went out.

Sure enough, just like the housekeeper said, the south direction of Xianyang City was really blazing, half of the sky was reflected in red, obviously the fire was not small, and you could also hear the shrill sirens and gongs, and the sound of kicking and tapping the forbidden army running could be heard.

"I don't know which unlucky guy it is?" Chen Xu stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back and muttered to himself.

Since ancient times, China has respected the south, so many princes and nobles like to live in the south of the city, and look at this fire, it must be very violent, I am afraid that the huge family business will be burned to the ground, because the fire-fighting equipment of this era can be called a weak chicken, not to mention that there is no fire truck, the fire-fighting all rely on the civilian bucket water basin, but also to ensure that the pond in the courtyard has water, such a big fire, and it is autumn and winter, it is estimated that the pond is scooped dry and useless.

In ancient times, large families must build ponds at home, the same in the north and south, not for the sake of good looks, but to prevent fire in the home, including Chen Xu's house, there is a big pond in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion, and there are small ponds in the backyard and even in each small yard, and the Qinghe Courtyard is even worse, not only there are ponds, but also a living water channel, and there is water flow in winter.

Whether it is Daqin or later generations, fire prevention has always been the most concerned issue in human life, every day the watchman walks on the street, while knocking on the bamboo tube and chanting loudly is the slogan of dry and dry fire prevention and theft.

There is a lot of water in the countryside and a big fire in the city, these are two disasters that human beings are completely unable to resist, and the local government and the people are very strict in their precautions.

The current place of fire is not too far away from Chen Xu's Hou Mansion, because Chen Xu's Hou Mansion is in the southeast location, so the situation of the fire seems to be relatively clear, hearing the clanging gong and a burst of piercing sirens, Chen Xu knows that the lieutenant forbidden army must have been alarmed, and this matter will soon be transmitted to the palace, and it is estimated that it will also alarm the first emperor.

"Arrange someone to take a look, which house is it?" Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Chen Xu frowned slightly.

"Master Hou, someone has been arranged to inquire!" The housekeeper hastened to answer.

Standing in the courtyard and watching for half an hour, the movement of the fire is getting bigger and bigger, but it seems that the fire is not only not decreasing, but getting bigger and bigger, which makes Chen Xu a little anxious, now he is the left minister of Daqin, although it is not his house that was burned, but he will be busy for a few days because of this matter, and it will also bring some chaos to the people, if any prince and prince are unlucky and burned to death, they will have to deal with the aftermath in the next few days, and maybe they will disrupt their plan to kill Zhao Gao.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the servant who had gone out to inquire about the situation hurriedly ran in.

"How? Which one caught fire? Chen Xu asked anxiously.

"Master Hou, it's not a nobleman's mansion, but the original CRRC Mansion that caused Zhao Gao's mansion to catch fire?" The servant replied with a strange face.

"Zhao Gao?" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and his face became solemn.

"Master Hou, Zhao Gao's house has been abandoned for several years, and it has long been uninhabited, and I heard that even a few nearby households have moved away, so the entire street is almost deserted, and it is privately called a ghost street, even if there is a fire, there will not be much loss, let alone casualties!" The housekeeper explained.

"Did you hear more about it?" Chen Xu asked the servant who came back.

"The scene is quite chaotic, I heard that the first person to arrive said that the fire was burning from the house, but I have not seen any villains set fire, but the lieutenant's office has ordered Lord Lu Huan to go, and is directing the fire fighting and investigating the cause of the fire......" The servant roughly recounted the news he had inquired about at the scene.

"Well, you guys go down and notify the house to strictly prevent fire candles!" Chen Xu waved his hand worriedly, the housekeeper and the servants said goodbye and retired, and soon the roar of fire candles sounded everywhere inside and outside the courtyard.

Today, Chen Yong and others were arranged to deal with Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao's old house caught fire at night, this matter must be somewhat related in Chen Xu's opinion, but I don't know if Chen Yong and others succeeded? Or did you escape safely after you succeeded?

With such a big fire, there must have been an accident.

There was a fire in the south of the city, and the whole Xianyang was alarmed, and there was no curfew on the night of the festival, and it was not yet late at night when the Youxu intersected, so almost everyone had not yet fallen asleep, and they flocked to the south of the city from their homes, Quyuan miscellaneous houses and commercial houses to see the excitement, and naturally many people gathered together to discuss the gossip that had begun to circulate.

Given the desolate nature of Zhao Gao's mansion, it is natural that the most talked about is haunted, but this statement has also been scoffed at by many people, believing that it is caused by the withering of plants and trees in the crisp autumn air and being ignited by wildfires.

In addition to the people, the palace was also alarmed.

Today, the emperor ran to pamper Concubine Yun in broad daylight, and then fell ill, at this time he was still resting in bed in Concubine Yun's dormitory, and he was very angry when he heard the noise outside, and called someone to come in and ask, only to know that there was a fire in the south of the city, and the fire was not small, and half of the sky was dyed red.

"Quickly arrange for someone to go out of the palace to inquire, where is the fire?" The emperor got up in a depressed garment, and after drinking a bowl of medicine in the evening, he felt much better at this time.

Soon there was news from the forbidden army guarding the palace gate that there was a fire in the abandoned Zhao Gao Mansion in the south of the city, and the Lieutenant's Mansion had arranged for the forbidden army and the people to put out the fire and investigate the cause of the fire.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, the Zhao Gao Mansion has been abandoned for several years, and there is no one living in it, even if there is a fire, there will be no casualties!" Concubine Yun supported Qin Shi Huang and whispered comfort.

"What Concubine Ai said is that if there are no casualties, well, why is there no fragrance on Concubine Ai's body......" Qin Shi Huang suddenly looked at Concubine Yun with some surprise.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the Yun Clan for the crime of disrespect!" Concubine Yun hurriedly knelt on the ground in a panic and begged for sin.

"What are you guilty of?" Qin Shi Huang's brows furrowed slightly.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the perfume that the woman applied on the body to increase the fragrance, it was offered by a businessman, the woman was happy to accept it and apply it on the body, I didn't expect Your Majesty to like it too, but Your Majesty came to spoil the woman for four consecutive days because of the fragrance, resulting in physical damage, the imperial doctor told Your Majesty to control the pleasure, and the woman was afraid to use it to confuse Your Majesty......" Yun's face was pale and he saluted a small porcelain vase with both hands.

"Perfume?" Qin Shi Huang took the porcelain vase and opened it, and sure enough, there was an elegant fragrance emanating from it.

"Well, yes, it's this kind of fragrance, the smell is refreshing, I like it very much......" Qin Shi Huang gently played with the bottle and then closed the bottle, helped Concubine Yun up with both hands and said: "Concubine Ai don't be frightened, this thing is indeed magical, but I don't know where it was made?" ”

Concubine Yun saw that the First Emperor was not angry, and replied softly with a sigh of relief in her heart: "Your Majesty, I heard that Shang Jia said that this perfume came out of the hands of the Marquis of Qinghe, and I heard that the fragrance of the flowers was refined by immortal art, called the floral essential oil, the quantity is scarce and extremely precious, a drop of floral essential oil will fill the house with fragrance, this perfume is made of floral essential oil, as for more details, the woman does not know!" ”

"It turned out that it was done by Zuo Xiang again, and tomorrow I asked him for some, so fragrant and shocking, I also want to apply some ...... every day"

Qin Shi Huang's health has improved and he has been able to stay, and his interest has quickly shifted from the fire in the south of the city to the perfume, and his mood has slowly calmed down, so whether it is the palace concubines who are serving, or the imperial doctors who are on duty to take care of them, they are all relieved, and soon send the good news back to the imperial medical office, and the group of imperial doctors who are still on duty all let out a long breath.

"It's not strange for you to say that Fang Sheng has a good relationship with Imperial Doctor Xu on weekdays, but I heard that he is still a fellow villager, why did he have a dispute today?" Several imperial physicians who were drinking tea together gathered to discuss.

"Fang Sheng is extremely arrogant, and he has offended more than one person in the Imperial Medical Department and the Tai Hospital, and today's matter is still because His Majesty's condition is too complicated......"

"Shhh, the Imperial Doctor ordered that this matter should not be discussed!"

"Alas, whether it is discussed or not, this thorny matter will have to be resolved sooner or later, and the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it will be......"

"yes, it's still going to be ...... in the end. Hey, it's strange, why didn't you see that Miao Wu today? ”

"You really didn't think about it if you didn't say it, what about that Miao Wu?"

"I saw him go to the backyard around the time, and then I didn't see ......"

"Ignore him first, I don't know which princely mansion the fire just now, if there are too many casualties, it is estimated that the health center will be busy again tomorrow, since Your Majesty has improved, I will also go back to rest......"

"Yes, these days of the Mid-Autumn Festival, outside is lively to watch the floats and guess the lantern riddles, only I have to be on duty in the palace, I am really depressed, go back early to rest......"

In the midst of muttering and complaining, a group of imperial doctors on duty returned to their respective rooms to blow out the lamps and pull out the wax to sleep, and the entire palace quickly quieted down as the emperor's condition improved, and the lights in each dormitory were extinguished one by one.

Although the palace is quiet, it is more lively outside.

Under the organization of the Lieutenant's Mansion, tens of thousands of people participated in the firefighting, because of the lack of water in the autumn and winter dry season, a bucket of water needs to be brought from the ditch hundreds of meters away, plus running and splashing along the road, and when it arrived at the Zhao Mansion, it was found that only a small half bucket was left, and then it was poured down, which basically did not play a big role, the most important thing is that the Zhao Mansion was abandoned for too long, and there were thorns and dead grass several feet deep and a large number of trees and wooden houses, so this fire burned more and more, and the wind helped the fire to roll around the hula, Soon the two houses adjacent to Zhao Gao were also set on fire.