Flames!

That night, the whole Jingnan City saw the fire burning in the grain depot, the fire showed a sky-high trend, not only the grain depot was on fire, but even the nearby houses were also on fire, the wind helped the fire, and soon the fire burned in the south of the city, and the fire became bigger and bigger.

The fire reddened half of the sky, turning night into day. The sound of the gong spread far away in the night sky, and while the people caught in the fire were crying, the sound of the gong reached the palace and reached Xuan Ye's ears.

Just as he woke up from his sleep, even in the palace, when he looked out of the window, he could still see the red outside. Hurriedly stood up. After rushing out of the house, when he pulled the eunuch over and asked what was going on, the screams of the eunuch and the palace maid suddenly came from outside the palace.

"Walk the water, go ...... the water"

There was chaos in the palace in an instant, and the eunuchs and palace maids were shouting one after another. Although everyone didn't know how the fire started, they still screamed desperately, even though it couldn't be extinguished at all.

This fire is strange. It's even a little weird.

When a hot air balloon flew over the "imperial palace" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it dropped the last incendiary bomb, and even the balloon soldiers who threw the bomb did not expect that the burning shot actually hit the Fengxian Hall directly - this is the only Ming-style building in the imperial palace.

The incendiary bomb penetrated the roof tiles, and in the process of falling from the roof, the solidified grease burned into the hall, and for a time the beams and wooden pillars were ignited, and the flames swallowed the Fengxian Hall almost instantly, so that the eunuchs outside the hall had not even reacted, and the fire had already engulfed the entire palace.

Those who were still surprised by the red half of the sky outside the palace. I had to face the fire that suddenly broke out in front of me.

"There's water there, it's ...... there"

Xuan Ye, who walked out of the palace, grabbed the eunuch on the side and asked urgently.

"Back to the emperor, yes, it's Fengxian Palace!"

As soon as he heard that it was Fengxian Palace, Xuan Ye only felt dizzy, and he almost screamed out loud.

"Quick, take me over ......"

When Xuan Ye arrived at the Fengxian Palace, the main beam of the palace that was burning with a majestic fire collapsed violently, and the flames were so red that even if they were far away, they could feel the scorching heat they emitted......

"Children and grandchildren are not filial, children and grandchildren are not filial......"

Kneeling to the ground, Xuan Ye kept kowtowing to Fengxian Palace, and for a while, his face was full of tears.

The tablets of Taizu, Taizong and the first emperor are enshrined in the Fengxian Palace, and now they have all been burned down!

The eunuchs who were originally fighting the fire saw that the emperor knelt down, and they also knelt down and kowtowed, everyone knew that at this time, the fire could not be saved, and the palace had all burned down.

"Your Majesty, the ...... of condolences"

Without waiting for the eunuch to persuade him, Xuan Ye asked angrily.

"Who is on duty today, and what the hell is going on with this fire......

Soon, several eunuchs who were smoked with soot on their faces were pulled over, and as soon as they came, they kept kowtowing to save them.

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

When they kowtowed and begged for mercy, the chief eunuch on the side hurriedly said.

"Don't be in a hurry to beg for mercy first, the emperor wants to know what's going on, and you still don't tell the truth!"

"Back to the emperor, at that time, the slaves were guarding outside the palace, but who would have thought that only heard a "bang", like something hit the top of the palace, and then the top of the palace exploded and the fire burned, from the top of the palace to the palace, the fire from the sky could not be extinguished at all......"

Before the eunuch finished speaking, Xuan Ye kicked over.

"Fire from the sky, you dog minion, how dare you curse me like this......"

Xuan Ye, who was originally furious, heard their explanation. Instead, he became even more annoyed. What kind of explanation is this, it is not an explanation at all, but it is cursing the Qing Kingdom.

How could the work that came down from heaven burn down the Fengxian Temple? Isn't this cursing the Great Qing Kingdom? It's really a bunch of damn minions, and they can't do their own errands. Let Fengxian Hall go away, and now he is pushing the responsibility to the sky, isn't this saying that the Qing Kingdom does not have that fate, and now God is there to do the right thing for heaven.

This dog slave really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dared to say such a thing.

The angry Xuan Ye said sharply.

"Pull this dog slave out and kill him!"

In Xuan Ye's opinion, even if he beat this dog slave to death, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart. He had just been instructed here, and he reprimanded him sharply over there.

"Cut this dog slave alive."

The eunuch heard this. The whole person was immediately frightened and stupefied. So much so that he couldn't speak for half a while. It wasn't until the guards dragged him out that he came back to his senses and begged for mercy.

"The emperor spares his life, spares his life, ...... spare his life"

While the eunuch was being dragged out, there was another preacher.

"Your Majesty, the granary in the south of the city is ...... water"

What the!

The sudden news made Xuan Ye feel dizzy for a while, and the whole person almost collapsed.

"How, how could it be so coincidental......"

The Fengxian Hall was burned, and the grain depot was also burned!

Could it be that the gas of the Great Qing Kingdom is really exhausted, is this God cleaning up the Great Qing Kingdom? There is no such coincidence in the world. When the two things come together, it must be the providence in the dark.

Is it really providential?

It was destined to be thought of as it might be. Xuan Ye only felt dizzy and his head swelled.

After all, destiny cannot be violated.

Just when Xuan Ye was dizzy and didn't know why, he heard someone whispering over there.

"Behold the heavens, and what is ...... heaven?"

Heavenly......

Looking up at the sky, you can see several bright spots floating in the air from a distance, and the bright spots like lanterns are rapidly drifting away from the sky above Jingnan.

What is that?

Staring at the bright spots in the air, Xuan Ye's eyes were full of doubts. Although he didn't know what the floating objects in the air were, he was still vaguely aware that the fire in the Bongseonjeon Hall and the grain depot was most likely caused by these "lanterns".

Staring at the "lanterns" in the air, Xuan Ye's hands were clenched into fists, glaring at them angrily, and he was so angry that he only wanted to swallow those "lanterns" alive.

What providence, there has never been any providence.

It must have been done by the Ming Dynasty.

What is in the sky?

Slowly professional, I remembered a thing mentioned in the book of the Ming Dynasty that I had read.

Balloon.

It must be the hot air balloon that can send people into the sky.

How could these Han people send hot air balloons here, and also burned the Fengxian Hall and the grain depot.

"Those are the hot air balloons of the Ming Dynasty, and they used that thing to set fire from the sky."

Although the previous eunuch said that the fire fell from the sky. Now the suspension said it again. But at this time, no one would avenge the eunuch.

For Xuan Ye, now he needs to tell the big guys that the fire falling from the sky is not providential. Rather, it was set on fire by the Han people in hot air balloons.

But although he took the initiative to explain how the fire fell from the sky. But for those eunuchs, they still vaguely feel in their hearts that this must be the will of heaven, otherwise how could this job be so strange, where is it the Fengxian Palace?

Of course, even though there were all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, none of them dared to speak. Just kneeling there and listening to the emperor's orders.

In the end, he still let out a sigh of relief, and Xuan Ye, who had calmed down, asked in a deep voice.

"How's the fire going on at the grain depot? How much grain was burned? ”

Compared with those tablets in the Fengxian Hall that are not far from Manchuria to Jingshi and then to Xi'an, the grain depot is undoubtedly more important, after all, the tablet is only a few pieces of wood, but the grain depot is related to the future of Jingnan and the future of the Qing Dynasty.

The city of food is there, and the city of food is broken!

For thousands of years, for the side defending the city, food is the key to determining the length of the city, without food, everything is empty talk.

The fire burned all night.

Until the next morning, the extinguished fire was still smoking, and the smoke choked people, choking people, and today's smoke is different from the past, the usual smoke is just choking, but today's smoke has a fragrance, which is the fragrance of grain!

A large amount of grain was turned to ashes in the flames, and a lot of grain was burned in the flames, so that such an attractive fragrance rose up, but although the fragrance was very strong, no one could laugh, even the ordinary people, they were crying and mourning, they knew that these grains were their rations, and burning so much grain meant that they would starve!

In the past, the imperial court was able to distribute grain because there was grain in the granary, but now?

Although this is not the only grain depot in the city, it is the largest, and no one knows how much grain was burned, but everyone knows what will happen to them when this grain is reduced to ashes.

Even because they understood this, they rushed into the granary and tried their best to extinguish the fire with the guards when the fire at home had not been extinguished, although in the end, with their efforts, half of the granaries were saved, but half of the granaries were still destroyed in the fire.

The once towering granary would have been reduced to ashes, and the smoke would rise, and the burnt smell of grain would fill the air, and everyone would be weeping and mournful, and among some of the ruins, there would be many people covered in soot, trying to salvage some food from the ashes.

The people who were there last night desperately trying to extinguish the fire, this will give full play to their respective abilities, they have pulled out some food from the bottom of the barn that is still edible, even if they don't have a bag, they often just take off their pants, tie their trouser legs tightly, and then put the food into their trouser pockets, which may have a scorched smell, but it can also make ends meet.

At this time, no one cared about anything else, they just packed up as much food as they could and carried it home. For all this, the guards all turned a blind eye, and they even intentionally or unintentionally separated several granaries, where the fire was not very big, and there was more food in them.

At this time, almost everyone showed their selfishness, and they all had their own selfishness, but in fact, this selfishness was very common, nothing more than to keep their families from starving. Especially for those who lost everything in the fire, some of the grain at the bottom of the granary that has not been burned has become the foundation of their livelihood.

Soon, almost all the people living near the granary rushed to grab the remaining grain at the bottom of the barn, and although many of the grain was burned and browned, it could still be used for belly wrapping. Just as they were coaxing the grain at the bottom of the warehouse, there was a large group of imperial guards guarding the emperor's Luan.

"What's going on?"

Seeing the unkempt appearance on the ruins of the grain depot, Yue Le asked loudly. He ran into the palace before dawn to ask for guilt, but the emperor did not blame him, but ordered him to come to the granary with him. The emperor wants to see the situation here with his own eyes.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived and saw this scene, Yue Le's face immediately became ugly.

"Back to the prince, it's the people nearby who are picking up the grain at the bottom of the warehouse that is still edible......"

The official of the grain depot replied on his knees.

"Last night, most of them tried their best to help us put out the fire, which can be regarded as a credit to the imperial court, and it was useless for the lower officials to think that it was useless to keep the grain at the bottom of the burnt warehouse, so they didn't stop them, and asked the prince to punish him!"

Hearing that this person excused those people, Xuan Ye didn't say anything, just walked over with a pale face, until this time, with a "The emperor has arrived in the ......" Those soldiers and civilians who were originally coaxing the grain grabbing did they kneel down one after another, looking at the most of the granary in front of him, Xuan Ye didn't say a word, just silently walked between the burned granary and the people kneeling on the ground, and the imperial guards carefully protected him around, lest there be a Ming Dynasty spy here, and walked in front of a granary, Looking at the blackened and scorched grain at the bottom of the warehouse, and looking at the grain in the bag of the old man kneeling on the ground, most of them were like this, Xuan Ye asked.

"Can you eat this grain?"

"Back to the master, the slave's house was robbed yesterday, and all of them were burned, although this grain is burned, but it can also make a living, and it can always last until the time of the food, saving the family from starvation,......"

The old man who was kneeling on the ground replied truthfully.

"Your clothes were burned by fire yesterday?"

Seeing that the old man's clothes were burned with holes, Xuan Ye asked again.

"Back to the master, Qingfu saw the granary yesterday, so he shouted at the minions to rush over together, and put out the fire in the middle of the night with the grain guards, and was almost engulfed by the fire several times......"

Listening to the words of the kneeling slave on the side, Xuan Ye praised.

"You slave, you are also brave and loyal! Come, I'll fill it with grain......"

After that, he bent down to load the grain for the old man, and when he loaded the grain that was still a little hot, Xuan Ye's heart became heavier and heavier, although the slave looked grateful on the side, but his face looked extremely ugly.

So much grain has been burned, can this Jingnan City still be able to hold it?