In ancient times, people did not have much entertainment, and most of them worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. At this time, the sky has been brightened, the door of the workshop is open, and the Qunxian Square has begun to be lively again.

There was a lot of smoke coming out of the fire here, and naturally it was immediately noticed.

It is human nature to love to watch the excitement, and there are some pedestrians on the street, watching and whispering from a distance.

Mingyu carried the money box and took the guys and handymen in the gambling house out of the gambling house when the fire just started.

Putting the cash box at the door, Mingyu listened to the gossip of the onlookers, and watched the fire burn more and more happily.

Everyone has different attitudes towards the fire in the Hongyun Gambling House, but most of them are afraid of the forces of the Evil Tiger Gang, and they dare not speak out. Hold your arms and watch the excitement on the sidelines.

There are regretful people, a rich son, I don't know if he just got out of the brothel and didn't return all night, full of alcohol and nausea, shaking his head and sighing, "Oh, isn't this a fortune gambling house?" What's wrong with the water? It's a pity, I was going to play it later......"

There are those who applaud, but a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman feels quite relieved, "Burned? Damn it, it's good to burn! This dog's gambling house, winning or losing, caused Lao Tzu to throw a lot of money. Sooner time the damn should have been burned! ”

There are people who relieve anger, "Burn, burn, this damn fortune gambling house is black-hearted, and all the money earned is ignorant money, which has caused a lot of people to die, and it is best to burn it, God has eyes!" ”

And the "Shhhhhh Brother Xu, silence! Woe to the mouth! Later, if you hear it to the people of the Evil Tiger Gang, you will have good fruit to eat! Let's just watch from a distance, and don't get into trouble. ”

Most of the pedestrians on the street were watching the excitement, and few people participated in the firefighting. Only the servants in the nearby shops were worried that the fire would be too big and would damage their own shops, so they brought barrels and basins to fetch water to save them.

Mingyu did not stop it, these ancient buildings were all wooden buildings, plus the winter weather was dry and dry, and the north wind was howling. The fire borrows the wind, the wind borrows the fire, and the houses in the gambling house are so dense, once it burns, it is so easy to extinguish.

The fire is getting more and more intense, and it has gradually spread from the backyard to the front yard. The guys from the shops next door ran back and forth for I don't know how many times, and buckets of water were splashed into it, but they were still a drop in the bucket, and it didn't have any effect. The shopkeepers were sweating profusely, shouting hoarsely and hurriedly, not to let the fire spread and burn their shops.

Mingyu tugged at the sleeve of a shopkeeper and said, "Don't waste your effort, let's demolish the house." Tear down the house between your shop and the gambling house, and clear a separation zone, the fire will naturally not burn, and it is important to protect your own shop. ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "This, can this be done?" If the Evil Tiger Gang knows that I will not save him when I die, and calculate the general account afterwards, I am afraid that none of us will be able to escape......"

Mingyu laughed and said, "Evil Tiger Gang? The Tigers are gone! Do as I say. ”

The shopkeeper looked up at the gambling house handymen behind Mingyu, and one by one he folded his hands and ignored the fire in his gambling house, just staring at the young man in front of him with a nervous expression.

The shopkeeper nodded thoughtfully, and hurriedly found the shopkeepers of a few shops next to him to underestimate a few words. Those people took a deep look at Mingyu, saw that he looked like an old god was there, and then looked at the expressions of the guys in the gambling house, and suddenly felt that what he said should be true.

Among them, the shopkeeper of a silk shop was already in a hurry, and his goods were the least resistant to burning, and if the fire spread, everything would be in vain. I saw him stomp his foot and shout, "That's it! Burn your eyebrows and look at your eyes! Little Liuzi! Mao! Quick, demolish the gambling house next to our shop! ”

After being instructed, the guys agreed, and there were more than a dozen guys, all of whom were strong guys in their twenties. Tie the main beam of the house with a rope thick to the arm, shout the horn with "hey, hey, hey", and pull hard.

"Boom!" Dust was rising. As the main beam was pulled, the whole room collapsed by more than half. Then the guys swarmed up and cleaned up the rubble.

There were many people who could do things, but it was not very large, so a clearing was cleared at the edge of the fire area. As the fire zones were isolated, the fire did not spread to the shops next door.

With the example to take the lead, the guys in the adjacent shops also started to do the same, and the flame was limited to the scope of the Fortune gambling stall.

The guys in the shops were busy for a long time, tired hands and feet, sitting on the ground, snorting and panting.

Seeing that the fire was under control, Li Mingyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, he just thought about destroying the corpse, but he didn't take into account the ruthlessness of water and fire, if his fire spread to the entire district and implicated innocents, it would be a great crime.

At this moment, there was chaos outside the crowd of onlookers, and someone shouted "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! When you're full, there's nothing to do! What's so hilarious and beautiful! It's all flashed for me! Then, the crowd split left and right, and out of it came a group of Wuhou dressed in official clothes.

As I said before, Wuhou is also called a bad person, and his responsibilities are equivalent to the addition of the Chengguan police, and this fire protection problem is also under their jurisdiction.

During the Tang Dynasty, in order to maintain law and order in the city, there was a "Wuhou Shop" in each square, according to the scale of the number of people in the workshop, the degree of prosperity, stationed more than dozens of people, less than a few people of Wuhou.

This group of Xianfang is close to the West Market, there are a lot of buying and selling shops in the square, there are many shops, oil and water are abundant, and there are more than a dozen Wuhou stationed, who are responsible for finding the street and guarding every day, catching thieves and thieves.

Walking water was a big event at that time, the ancient buildings were mostly wooden, once the fire started, it would not affect the whole workshop, they got the information, naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurried to check the situation.

The leader of the team was not handsome, and he opened his mouth to the miscellaneous guys in the gambling house and asked, "What's the matter!" Why is this gambling house so good? What about Duan Hu? Why didn't you see him come out when there was a big event here? ”

As soon as those gambling house guys saw Wuhou coming, they didn't dare to tell the truth in front of Mingyu, and they didn't have any accurate words, and their eyes were looking at him.

The leader of Wuhou frowned and shouted, "Why don't you go to put out the fire?" What are you doing here? Didn't you see the gambling house being burned to the ground? You, you, and you, what do you eat? Hurry up and have someone put out the fire for me! ”

"What to save, let him burn it, anyway, this gambling house has also harmed many people, and it will be burned down." Mingyu said.

"Huh?" The leader of the Marquis of Nawu also saw Mingyu at this time, thinking that he was the new manager of the gambling house. With his mouth turned to the sky, he asked in a tone of voice, "What are you doing?" Do you have to speak this round? ”

Mingyu felt a little disgusted when he heard his tone, looked up, and snorted with joy.

I saw this person, in his early thirties, born dark, short and fat, with a hollow face, Fang Haikou, his face was full of pimples, and a pair of bull's eyes and beads were gurgling around, like a toad. Mingyu said in his heart, there are still such ugly people in this world? Or a martial artist? Do you want the face of the damn Datang "chengguan" anymore?

When he smiled, the leader of the martial arts couldn't hold it on his face, his face sank, his eyes widened, and he scolded angrily, "What the hell are you laughing at!" Lao Tzu asks you! ”

Mingyu smiled, this look was given by his parents, and it was inappropriate to laugh at other people's shortcomings after all. He replied, "It's nothing, but I suddenly felt an itch on my body." I'm not from the gambling house, I'm here to see the excitement. ”

"Fuck! You kid dare laugh at me! I think you're sneaky, isn't it related to the fire in this gambling house? Come! Tie up this kid for me and bring him back to the shop for questioning! "The leader of Wuhou hates people to laugh at his appearance the most, and when he sees this, he is immediately angry, and he wants to let his subordinates come and take people.

Mingyu saw that this guy was not even an official, and his score was not small, so he didn't bother to take care of him. Calculating the time, the person who delivered the letter has already walked a long time, and he should have seen my note in the palace of King Qin, if he came on a fast horse, he should have almost arrived.

The leader of the martial arts saw Li Mingyu's ignorance of his answers, and his heart became nameless, on weekdays, he yelled at this group of virtuous people, and he was used to being majestic, how could anyone dare to give him such a face? The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and as soon as I put my hand on my waist, I was about to draw my sword.

The old man at the gambling house took two steps and whispered in his ear. The leader of the Wuhou was also shocked after hearing this, his face turned white, and his attitude immediately turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and he said with a sneer: "Xiao Langjun, I have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, and my words are reckless, don't blame it!" ”

"Hmm. You're busy. I'm going to wait. Mingyu snorted in his nose, and he didn't want to meet him in general.

At this time, the leader of the Wuhou had already heard the old man tell him about Mingyu's backer, and secretly screamed in his heart that he was lucky. Wait for others, you must be waiting for the people of the Qin Palace, fortunately, I didn't completely offend him, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat and walk around.

After this delay, what should have been burned in this Hongyun gambling house is almost burned, and the fire is gradually weakening. Only a few sporadic fires were still burning in the backyard.

When the leader of the Marquis of Nawu saw that the fire in the gambling house had weakened, he wanted to take a few people in to check the situation. They are responsible for the security and fire protection in the workshop, and this fire is also a major incident, and it must be checked clearly and reported truthfully.

"Wait! Are you sure you really want to go in? I advise you not to get into trouble. Mingyu saw that the leader of the martial arts was going to go in to check the situation, so he hurriedly said something to stop him. The drum beat in his heart, damn it, before the second uncle sent someone, he couldn't let him in. There are so many corpses in it, I don't know what it burned into, and whether the cause of death can be seen.

The leader of Wuhou is ugly and ugly, but he is not stupid. Listening to Mingyu's implication, this matter is very important, and it is not something that a small Wuhou can mix. nodded gratefully, and instructed his subordinates to surround the gambling house, disperse the crowd watching the excitement, and protect the scene.

At this time, a crisp sound of horses' hooves came from "stamping and stomping", and there were still many people listening to the sound.

As the sound of horses' hooves drew nearer, twenty or thirty knights dressed in black galloped towards them.

Immediately, the knights are all powerful, with horizontal swords at their waists, and they have a fierce spirit when they look at them.

The horses under the crotch are also one of the best horses in a hundred, fat and strong, with long and wide hooves.

The leader was a knight dressed in purple, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, born with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, a majestic weapon, and a white dragon horse without a single stray hair in his crotch.

When he came to the door of the gambling house, the knight pulled the reins, and the horses screamed violently, and the man stood up, kicked twice with his front legs, and stopped his body.

When Mingyu saw the visitor, it was Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and he was overjoyed, "Second uncle!" Why did you come here yourself?! ”

Li Shimin looked Mingyu up and down, and when he saw that he was not injured, he was also relieved. Then, with a wave of his hand, dozens of knights rode their horses to protect the two of them and the group on the scene, looking nervous, as if they were on guard against something.

Li Shimin said with a stern face, "Since you had an accident, Chang'an has been in chaos, and all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have appeared in their original forms, and even I, the Qin Palace, have come to the uninvited guest." After seeing your note, I didn't feel comfortable handing it over to someone else to lead the team, so I came to pick you up in person. ”