In the middle of the night, Zhou Tinggou patrolled the streets with a fire of soldiers, in fact, there is nothing to patrol, Jinling is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it has always been safe, where is there anything worth patrolling? In the middle of the night in the summer, there are still some people who are tired, and this burning man is chatting while walking, nothing more than talking about the wind and snow, talking about the family that married a beautiful daughter-in-law, and the discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Walking near Yuhuatai, I saw a husband running over in a hurry, and when he saw Zhou Tinggou and others, he hurriedly ran up a few steps and said, "Master Jun, something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong, what's going on?" Zhou Tinggou raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Over there, there is a fire in the house of the Zhou Sheren." The husband said breathlessly.

"What, there's a fire?" Zhou Tinggou raised his head and looked in the direction of Qijia Mountain, faintly, and could see a little firelight.

"Quick, go put out the fire." Zhou Tinggou was very decisive, while leading people to put out the fire, he asked people to go to find people, after all, the huge Han Mansion, this person alone is not enough. The fire in the Han Mansion, although the cause is unknown, but Han Xizai is a Zhongshu after all, has the duty of drafting edicts, can participate in secrets, and has increasingly heavy power, and belongs to His Majesty's favored ministers. Naturally, there are a lot of benefits to him.

Zhou Tinggou led people all the way to run wildly, the closer he got to the Han Mansion, he saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, at this time the Han Mansion, the flames were soaring into the sky, almost half of the sky was red, and the family in the Han Mansion was shouting loudly, carrying buckets to extinguish the fire.

Han Xizai's face was solemn, no one knew why the kitchen and bedroom suddenly caught fire, especially several fires were caused by the female dependents, and the female dependents were frightened, screaming while fleeing, which made the Han Mansion even more chaotic.

The Han Mansion was in a mess, the family members were busy putting out the fire, and Han Xizai tried his best to gather the female dependents and let them not run around.

Zhou Tinggou took his brothers to the door of the Han Mansion, saw the door of the Han Mansion open, and immediately rushed in, the Han Mansion was very chaotic, several family members saw that someone broke in, and thought it was a strong man coming in, and they all raised knives to kill, and a patrolling soldier was caught off guard and was hacked to death with a knife.

Zhou Tinggou was taken aback, and hurriedly drew his sword to defend himself, where did those family members know, and they came to kill one after another. The Han Mansion was even more chaotic, some people put out fires, some people were fighting, and when the soldiers sent by Zhou Tinggou came and saw that Pao Ze was killed, they were all furious and drew their swords to fight.

Although the family of the Han Mansion is fierce, where is the opponent of the soldiers? was killed one after another, at least more than twenty people died, and when Han Xizai got the news, it was already too late. He hurriedly asked people to appease Zhou Tinggou and others, but in the chaos, more than a dozen officers and soldiers died, even if Han Xizai personally rushed to appease, Zhou Tinggou, Zhu Yuan and others could not calm the anger in their hearts.

Han Xizai looked at the ruins in one place and couldn't help but smile bitterly twice, this time, the matter was big. He sent someone to look for the Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest didn't know where to go. Han Xizai secretly complained in his heart, and he didn't know who was plotting against him?

There was a fire in the Han Mansion, and it was impossible to hide it, not to mention that there was a conflict with the officers and soldiers, and more than 30 people died on both sides, and in Jinling City, this matter was already big enough for the Son of Heaven to know.

When Li Jing got the news, he was naturally very angry, although he was very fond of Han Xizai, but more than a dozen officers and soldiers died, and the families of the deceased cried in the military headquarters, which could be solved by not only comfort and compensity. This is a real headache.

At this time, Song Qiqiu wrote again, saying that the sudden fire in the Han Mansion was very suspicious, and suggested that His Majesty send someone to investigate the cause of the fire. Li Jing also felt strange, thought about it, and asked people to invite Xiao Yan from Langzhong in Dali Temple to investigate the matter.

Xiao Yan has always been fair, and was once demoted by Li Jing to the deputy envoy of Shuzhou, and sent someone to strictly guard him, but later Li Jing regretted it and recalled him. It is precisely because Xiao Yan is not involved in party struggle, and he is upright and upright, that Li Jing will think of him. With Xiao Yan's personality, he will definitely be able to tell the truth in this matter impartially and truthfully.

In the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Yang Lian held a cup of fragrant tea in his hand, looked at the endless boats on the Qinhuai River, and said with a smile: "I can't imagine such a simple trajectory, then Han Xizai was fooled." ”

Zeng Yiling still covered her face with a white veil, so that people couldn't see her face clearly, and said with a smile: "Some men in this world are lustful, some are greedy for money, and some are powerful, this Han Xizai was born in a poor family, but he is extremely luxurious, and he has a strong desire for power. When Li Yu was there, he was suppressed and depressed. Li Jing ascended the throne, although he was in charge of secrets, his official position was only six grades, how could Han Xizai not complain in his heart. ”

Yang Lian took a sip of tea and said, "Your plan this time successfully burned the Han Mansion and made the Han Mansion and the officers and soldiers fight each other. When Li Jing got the news, he must be very angry, but he didn't know, what punishment Han Xizai received? ”

"Han Xizai has always been Li Jing's confidant, although he made such a big mistake, the death penalty can be avoided. But I don't think I will stay in Kyonaka anymore. Zeng Yiling smiled. The two teamed up for the first time, and things went very smoothly, which made the two full of confidence.

While speaking, a woman hurriedly walked over and said, "Miss Zeng, Yang Gongzi, I just got the news from the palace, and the Son of Heaven sent Xiao Yan to the Han Mansion to investigate the cause of the fire. ”

"Good!" Yang Lian applauded and said with a smile: "Next, it depends on how Xiao Yan is." ”

Zeng Yiling nodded and said, "Xiao Yan has always been jealous and hateful, Li Jing sent him, maybe he was a little suspicious. ”

"No, Li Jing probably wants to avoid party disputes, whether it is sending Sun Sheng, Xu Xuan, or Song Qiqiu at this time, it will inevitably cause chaos. And Xiao Yan has always been fair and will never do anything that bends the law. Yang Lian objected, it was Li Jing who trusted Han Xizai and sent Xiao Yan, otherwise he sent Song Qiqiu and his party, and Han Xizai would definitely die.

Zeng Yiling was a little unconvinced, shook his head, and said, "If Sun Sheng is dispatched, how can it cause chaos?" ”

"Song Qiqiu is cunning and cunning, if Li Jing sends Sun Sheng and Xu Xuan, he will definitely try to attack, this court has just calmed down, and the Son of Heaven also wants to live a peaceful life for a few days." Yang Lian said with a smile.

"He wants to be calm, but we can't calm him, add some salt to him, and make his life enjoyable." Zeng Yiling's voice was still soft, but there was indescribable pleasure.

Yang Lian turned his head, looked at Zeng Yiling, and said: "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, even if Han Xizai is overthrown, it will only weaken Li Hongji's power, Sun Sheng is still the prime minister and holds great power, and this matter has to be done slowly." ”

"Don't worry, I know what I have to do." Zeng Yiling said.

While the two were talking, Xiao Yan had already arrived at Han Xizai's mansion, and at a glance, Han's mansion had become a ruin, and even his neighbors had been beaten, and this fire was really powerful. Xiao Yan sighed as he entered the Han Mansion.

Han Xizai greeted him with a depressed face, saw Xiao Yan, arched his hand, and said, "Xiao Langzhong." ”

Xiao Yan waved his hand and said, "Han Sheren, I heard that your mansion was on fire, and His Majesty ordered me to come and check it." This fire looks very big, I wonder if anyone was injured? ”

"Burned three people, all neighbors." Han Xizai sighed, although he was an executive, and those who were burned to death were civilians, but at the feet of the Son of Heaven, this matter could not be hidden, and there was no need to hide it, so he simply said it.

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, but did not show it, stepped into the Han Mansion, raised his eyes and looked around, only to find that the situation in the Han Mansion was even worse, the ground was full of ruins, and there were even blood stains in many places, thinking that it was caused by the fight with the officers and soldiers last night.

Xiao Yan looked around, almost all of the Han Mansion was destroyed, and after asking, he learned that because the officers and soldiers came in, the family in the house thought that the robbers took the opportunity to invade, and some people came out to resist, and there were fewer people who put out the fire.

When Han Xizai talked about this, his heart was full of anger, all of this was caused by the Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest had disappeared, and he didn't know who sent it. This matter was too strange, and Han Xizai couldn't tell the story, so he had to hide him.

Xiao Yan was a little confused when he heard it, it seemed that Han Xizai didn't know how this fire started at all. And judging from Han Xizai's description, there are many fires in Fuzhong. It's weird. Xiao Yan slowly paced on the ruins, watching, although the fire was extinguished, there were still wisps of green smoke coming out of some places.

In the huge Han Mansion, most of the places have become ruins, and there is only one place that leads the water of the Qinhuai River in, so there is no suffering. Xiao Yan asked Han Xizai to go and deal with things, he paced slowly, and when he came to a place, he stopped. This place is the same place where the Taoist priest did last night, and the case has been burned down, leaving only a shell.

Xiao Yan stopped here, there were still candle tears on the ground, he didn't understand, why was there such an abnormality here? He crouched down, only to notice that the ground was a little soft, and the traces of buried things were faintly visible. Xiao Yan stretched out his hand and dug up on the ground. A small wooden figure was revealed.

Xiao Yan's eyelids jumped, and he hurriedly pinched the little wooden figure in his palm, and when he looked at it hurriedly, his face couldn't help but change greatly. With a retraction of his hand, he tucked the little wooden figure into his sleeve, and after digging a few more times in the sand, two smaller wooden figures were revealed.

Xiao Yan's eyesight was excellent, and he immediately saw the words on the little wooden figure clearly, and this time his face changed greatly, and he quickly put things into his cuffs. Standing up slowly, Xiao Yan took two deep breaths, and his face returned to calm.

Although his face calmed down, his heart couldn't be calm no matter what, Xiao Yan couldn't have imagined that in this Han Xizai's mansion, there would be such a thing, witchcraft! It would be fine if Han Xizai cursed someone else, but the person he cursed had such a special identity that Xiao Yan didn't dare to be careless.

Hiding the little wooden man in prison, Xiao Yan resigned from the Han Mansion. Han Xizai thought that Xiao Yan came on order, just to take a look at the fire in the Han Mansion and comfort this former minister of the domain, where did he expect Xiao Yan to have another important task? Xiao Yan hurriedly left the Han Mansion, got into a carriage, and rushed towards the imperial city.

This is a big secret, he wants to tell His Majesty, and let His Majesty decide.