It was already dark, and Li Zhang was about to leave the palace, but he didn't expect someone to suddenly come to report that it was on fire in Gyeongbokgjeon, which made Li Zhang also startled, and hurriedly turned his head to look in the northeast direction, only to find that the location of Gyeongbokgjeon was indeed a fire, and half of the sky was dyed red.

Seeing this, Li Zhang also immediately pulled his legs and ran in the direction of Gyeongbok Palace, fires in the palace are too common, after all, most of the palaces in this era are wooden structures, thunder and lightning These days of fire not to mention, sometimes a careless in the palace may cause a fire, especially the palace is built very densely, as long as there is a fire, it may be burned into a piece, the previous Yuqing Zhaoying Palace was burned down in this way.

In fact, it is not only the Imperial Palace, but also a fire in the city of Tokyo almost every once in a while, and this kind of fire does not just burn down one house, but one burn is a piece, and it is strange that there are only a few houses, and at most half a street can be burned down, and it is strange that people in this era like to make houses out of wood, and because of the large number of people living in Tokyo, so many buildings are crowded together, and it is strange that there are no fires.

Li Zhang was worried that Zhao Zhen would be in danger, so he ran all the way, and on the way he also saw many attendants and palace maids running to Gyeongbok Palace, and when he came to Gyeongbok Palace, he also showed an anxious look, originally he was still hopeful, because Gyeongbok Hall was so big, maybe it didn't burn Zhao Zhen, but when he came here, he found that the area of the fire exceeded his expectations, and most of the Gyeongbok Hall fell into the sea of fire, and Zhao Zhen's bedroom was also among them.

"What about Your Majesty?" Li Zhang grabbed a waiter who ran out of Gyeongbok Hall and asked loudly, surrounded by people who were noisy to fight the fire, but he didn't see Zhao Zhen's shadow at all.

"No...... I don't know, it should ...... I guess it's in the dormitory. This little chamberlain was also frightened, his face was covered with black ash, and he replied tremblingly after being caught by Li Zhang.

Li Zhang was also very angry at this time, most of the Jingfu Hall was burning, and the dormitory seemed to be burning more vigorously, if Zhao Zhen was really there, it would be terrible, at the moment he pushed away the inner servants, and he didn't care about the surrounding fires and rushed in, the palace houses on both sides were all on fire, and the roads were full of smoke, and from time to time you could see the people inside fleeing outside, Li Zhang saw one and asked one by one, and finally finally determined that Zhao Zhen was in the dormitory.

It turned out that when the fire broke out, Zhao Zhen was resting in the dormitory, but the fire came too suddenly, and the attendants around him were also frightened and fled, and as a result, Zhao Zhen was left in the dormitory, and now the dormitory is already on fire, and Zhao Zhen probably hasn't escaped yet.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang was also more anxious, and when he came to the palace, he saw that a fire had been ignited at the palace gate, and several attendants stood outside the door and wanted to enter, but when they saw the fire, they were a little cringe, and some people even simply turned around and ran away.

Li Zhang ran forward against the thick smoke, grabbed an attendant and asked loudly again, "Is Your Majesty here?" ”

"In ...... Your Majesty is inside, but we can't get in. The chamberlain replied loudly, the hair and eyebrows on his head were burned, and he had tried several times just now but had not been able to rush in, and now he did not know what to do.

Hearing this, Li Zhang turned his head to look at the dormitory that was closed by the fire, and then glanced around, and then strode to a large vat outside the dormitory, which was filled with water, which was originally used to fight fires, and usually there were some ornamental fish in it, for example, Li Zhang's yard used this kind of tank to raise a lot of fish.

Li Zhang lifted the lid on the cylinder, and then jumped in directly and soaked his whole body, the waiter who was caught by Li Zhang for questioning saw Li Zhang's actions, and immediately reacted, only to see that he immediately ran out, and then dragged a quilt from nowhere, and then jumped in with Li Zhang to soak himself, and at the same time soaked the quilt.

Li Zhang was also a little surprised to see this waiter so clever, but this was not the time to speak, he and this waiter put the heavy quilt on their heads together, and then the two of them desperately drilled into the palace gate, although there was a wet quilt to block, Li Zhang still felt that his whole body was hot, and some places may have been burned, but at this time he couldn't take care of this.

There is smoke everywhere in the dormitory, fortunately this dormitory is wide enough, the smoke is mainly concentrated on it, Li Zhang and the chamberlain bent down and rushed in, shouting "Your Majesty" while running, although the smoke is concentrated in the upper part, but the visibility in the hall is still not high, fortunately Li Zhang often comes here, even if he closes his eyes, he can walk again.

"Ahem, cough~, I ...... I'm here! Just when Li Zhang and the others ran to the apse, they finally heard a faint voice shouting, which made the two of them hurriedly run over, and found Zhao Zhen who had fainted under a bookcase, and there was a eunuch who had fainted beside him, who was usually the most favored by him.

It turned out that when the fire broke out, Zhao Zhen was sitting here alone and reading, and there was no one to serve him, but the fire came too suddenly, and the eunuchs and palace maids outside all ran away at once, fortunately, Yan Shilang was still loyal, and rushed in to find Zhao Zhen and wanted to escort him out, but he was stunned, but thanks to his desperate care, Zhao Zhen was not injured.

"Your Majesty, come with us!" Li Zhang immediately pulled Zhao Zhen up and stuffed him into the quilt, while Yan Shilang was carried by the attendant who came with him.

And Zhao Zhen only saw clearly at this time that the person who came to save him turned out to be Li Zhang, which made him exclaim: "Cousin, why are you in the palace?" ”

"I had dinner at the Queen Mother's, and I was about to go back when I heard that you were on fire here." Li Zhang said while covering the quilt on the four people, to be exact, three people, Yan Shilang was carried by the inner attendant on the far left, Li Zhang was on the far right, and Zhao Zhen was protected by them in the middle, but the quilt was a little small, and most of Li Zhang and the inner attendant were exposed, but at this time, they didn't care about this, they immediately turned around and ran out along the same road.

At this time, the roof of the dormitory has been burned through the fire, and from time to time there are tiles and wood falling down, even if there is a quilt to block it, Li Zhang and the three of them are also smashed and dizzy, fortunately, the things that fall on it are not too big, otherwise if the girder or something falls, I am afraid that the three of them will be stoned to death.

In the end, Li Zhang felt that he was about to become a roast duck, and there was a hot pain all over his body, and at this time they finally rushed to the palace gate, after passing through the gate full of flames, Li Zhang immediately felt a chill all over his body, and the inner servant outside also hurriedly stepped forward to help, and lifted the quilt that had been dried and fired, and Li Zhang also sat on the ground and gasped for breath at this time, savoring the excitement of the rest of his life.

"I ...... I'm not dead! Zhao Zhen finally came to his senses at this time, only to see that he was supported by two chamberlains at this time, looking left and right to see that he screamed excitedly, when he was in the fire just now, although he was protected by Li Zhang and unknown chamberlains, he still felt that his whole body was going to be roasted, and he had never experienced danger and even felt that he was going to die, but he didn't expect to rush out in the end.

Li Zhang also regained some strength at this time, and immediately turned his head to look at the burning dormitory, and found that some places had been burned crooked, and it looked like it might collapse at any time, so he immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry to be happy, let's get out of here quickly, after all, the surrounding palaces are on fire, and if it hits us, it will be miserable." ”

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Zhao Zhen reacted, so he immediately ordered to leave here, Li Zhang and the unknown chamberlain opened the way in front, both sides of the road were all burning palaces, and the smoke of the fire was rolling in from time to time, but the danger was far less than that of the dormitory just now, so Li Zhang and they also quickly came to the outside of Gyeongbokgun.

"Oops, it seems that the place where Miao Yuan lives is also on fire!" Zhao Zhen suddenly shouted loudly at this time, and Li Zhang followed his gaze, and sure enough, he found that in the west of Gyeongbok Palace, that is, the location of Miaoyuan Temple, the flames were soaring, Miaoyuan Temple and Gyeongbok Hall were originally next to each other, and now after the fire passed, they were immediately connected.

Li Zhang was also extremely anxious when he saw this, but he couldn't let Zhao Zhen take any more risks, so he immediately asked the unknown chamberlain, "What's your name?" ”

"The slave king abides by the rules, and the deputy capital of the inner province knows that Wang Shouzhong is my brother." The chamberlain immediately replied that the main reason why he reported his brother's name was to let Li Zhang know that he was a person he could trust.

Li Zhang didn't doubt that this king was abiding by the rules, after all, there were so many people just now, and only he dared to follow him into the sea of fire to save Zhao Zhen, so this person's loyalty should be no problem, so he immediately ordered: "You immediately take Your Majesty to a palace a little farther away, and you must not get close to the fire again, and then go and inform the Queen Mother to join Your Majesty, and I will go to the princess!" ”

"Cousin, I'm going too!" Hearing that Li Zhang was going to let him leave, Zhao Zhen immediately shouted unwillingly.

"No, this matter is not negotiable, you are the Son of Heaven, and you are in danger of the world, and you must not be in danger!" Li Zhang refused very harshly, and after speaking, he no longer paid attention to Zhao Zhen, turned around and strode in the direction of Miaoyuanguan.

Looking at Li Zhang's distant back, Zhao Zhen opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, and finally could only sigh helplessly, Li Zhang was right, he was the emperor, and the first priority in case of danger was to protect himself, because if something happened to him, I am afraid that the world would be in chaos.

Miao Yuan Temple is the small Taoist temple where Miao Yuan lived, and there is only one palace gate in the middle of Gyeongbok Palace, and now Gyeongbok Hall is all burning, it just so happens that the east wind is blowing today, and the fire has also spread to Miaoyuan Temple, but when Li Zhang bypassed Gyeongbok Hall and came to the palace gate leading to Miaoyuan Temple, he found that the palace gate was locked, because of the rules of the palace, the palace gate between the palaces at night will be locked, Li Zhang was able to run from Liu E to Gyeongbokgun Hall before, mainly because the person who reported the news before had opened the palace gate.