Section 837 Killing in the Flames
The night wind blows, the fire is blazing, burning heaven like a blazing fire tower, and the fire of the Vientiane Shrine does not make the heavens beautiful, and the Vientiane Shrine has become a sea of fire in the blink of an eye. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Tianjin Bridge in front of the palace shines like daytime, you can watch the words!
Above those two halls the fire was raging, and when the wind blew, the fire broke out, and it was four or five hundred feet high. It's a glorious and spectacular way to float.
People everywhere in the capital of God woke up in their dreams, and they all watched the fire from afar,
When it was, Wu Zetian hung a huge Buddha statue on the Tianjin Bridge in front of the palace gate, killed the cow to get the blood of the cow, painted a large statue with the blood of the cow, the head of the statue alone was 200 feet high, quite huge, and it was auspicious.
Unexpectedly, the Mingtang caught fire that night, even if it was far away, the spark actually blew into the huge Buddha statue, which immediately ignited, and quickly curled up, unstoppable!
The spectators watching the fire shouted, "The Buddha's nose is on fire!" The fire burned the big nose of the Buddha piece by piece, which is rare to see in a hundred years, and the masses were not happy to see it, and applauded in unison: "Good fire!" ”
The smell of paint and ox blood burning was mixed with the smell of burning in the palace, and it was so strong that the clothes of the people in half the city smelled, such as burning incense in the Buddha hall for a long time, and the clothes were smoked to a burst of smell!
Some sparks flew as far as Beishi, causing several small fires, but fortunately, everyone woke up and immediately went over to put out the fire, which did not cause a major disaster.
The red light in the sky, which was as high as a mile, could be seen throughout the city, and the people were clapping their hands, while the officials of the government, large and small, were anxious like ants on a hot pot.
With such a big fire, Wu Zetian was furious with thunder, and he was afraid that a bunch of black gauze hats would be taken off.
There are even some people who watch coldly and send people to watch in front of the princess's mansion in Daodaofang.
When the flames started, Princess Taiping was awakened by the maid and got up to watch the fire.
She also has a layer of pagodas at home, and she can see it more clearly than others, and she knows that it is the two important places of the palace heaven and the Vientiane Divine Palace that are on fire, which is not trivial.
She immediately sent two of them to investigate, they went to the front of the Tianjin Bridge through the four squares of Choice, Persuasion, Jingshan and Shangshan, and saw that the fire of the Buddha statue on the other side of the bridge was very fierce, and the Luoshui bank of the Tianjin Bridge was crowded with people, and everyone watched the fire at close range, and they were very happy to see.
They squeezed into the crowd, to the shore railing, railing to watch the fire, but there were too many people to see the excitement, suddenly a stream of people came, and the two generals only felt a strong force from behind, pressing on the railing.
This railing is a bit of a cut of corners (the project contracted by the Wu family), well, it is made of cement and steel bars, and the cement is there, and I forgot to add steel bars, but I didn't expect so many people to work together on the edge of the railing, as a result.
The overwhelmed railing was made of tofu and collapsed at the touch of it, and the people who pressed on it, including the two unlucky generals, fell into the water together!
Out of this farce, people burst into laughter and were anxious to save people, but the water rushed, and at night, they couldn't see clearly, and the two families would wash away even if they knew water.
Originally, there were many people in the inland who didn't know how to water, but the training of the princess's generals had swimming, but unfortunately the manpower was difficult to beat the water power, and the night was dark, and it was not easy to go ashore, so the two families could only go downstream with the current.
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Princess Taiping waited left and right, and did not see them return, and suddenly became suspicious.
She ordered the princess's personal guards (800 people to assemble) and was about to take them to the palace to see what was going on, when Cui Qianxun came to the door.
She was startled when he appeared in front of Princess Taiping, only to see him carrying a steel knife, a few drops of blood splashed on his face, and his clothes were also stained with blood.
"What's going on?" Princess Taiping asked in surprise.
"I almost didn't see Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Cui Qianxun smiled bitterly.
It turned out that on the way to the princess's mansion, he was attacked by a mob, and the mobs, who were social outcasts, took advantage of the chaos to rise up and smash and loot, and the fire at night gave them a good opportunity, and they looked for places where the officials could not reach, and committed illegal acts.
A group of mobs rushed up, and there were four guards protecting Cui Qianxun, all of whom were veterans of the war, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they really opened the knife, and they killed indiscriminately, and they didn't know how many people they killed, so they escorted Cui Qianxun to kill them.
Cui Qianxun took a knife and killed a person with his own hands, spilling blood all over the ground and getting it on his face and body.
Hearing this, Princess Taiping was furious!
Cui Qianxun is an important person in her system, how can she lose!
It was too much for the other party to attack him.
But Cui Qianxun was not in a hurry to pay attention to this matter, and asked anxiously: "What does the princess want?" ”
"The palace sent a general to investigate the fire in the palace, but there was no return, and I plan to order five hundred troops to the palace to protect Your Majesty!" Princess Taiping said her plan.
Cui Qianxun shook his head and said, "Never! ”
"You say!" Princess Taiping didn't insist on going her own way.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, the minister dares to say that there must be countless eyes watching outside the palace!" Cui Qianxun is confident.
The military system, the use of more than 10 government soldiers, should be ordered by the emperor and the military department before it can be implemented.
And Princess Taiping's Mansion is one thousand, which belongs to the sequence of the Imperial Forest Army (their training business is controlled by the Royal Forest Army), which is controlled by Princess Taiping and can be dispatched freely, not controlled by the military department and the order of the Sixteen Guards.
This is the grace of the empress, although the concubine Wei Xi is powerful, he is only controlled by 300 royal forest troops, and the couple is the only one in the world.
"But there is ......a fire in the palace," Princess Taiping muttered.
"Don't move lightly!" Cui Qianxun said categorically: "They are waiting for Your Highness to make mistakes!" ”
"So what to do? If you don't go to this palace, someone will talk about it again! Princess Taiping calmed down and asked.
"It's okay, I'll go for a trip!" Cui Qianxun took the initiative.
He is a squire of the Ministry of Works, recognized as a princess party, and he went to check on behalf of the princess, and he can explain it.
"You have to be careful!" Princess Taiping ordered fifty strong people in the house to go out and protect Cui Qianxun with a sword and a shield.
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Seeing the gate of the princess's mansion open, a team of people escorted Cui Qianxun to Tianjin Bridge.
There were some sneaky people in the darkness, and the firelight reflected their faces from time to time, and they looked extremely eerie.
Seeing that it was Cui Qianxun and not the princess who went out, they were disappointed and did not take any action.
Cui Xingxun successfully reached the Tianjin Bridge, and they saw a fire on the other side of the bridge, and the bridge had been blocked by the forbidden army.
There are a lot of officials on his side, such as prime ministers, Shangshu, squires, etc., and everyone is anxious to know Wu Zetian's news.
In addition to them, there were also Zhijinwu and the government officials of the prefecture and county, all of whom were dispatched, and cordons were arranged everywhere, and the streets were in good order.
An officer from the forbidden army came over and informed: "The water in the palace is burning, and the heavens and the shrine are burning, but Your Majesty is safe and sound!" His Majesty instructed that the fire was chaotic at night, and there was no need to go in, and everyone should go home and see each other tomorrow morning! ”
Hearing this, Cui Qianxun left ten people to continue to inquire about the news, and if there was any different news, he would report it immediately, and he would lead the team back to the princess's mansion to inform the situation.
Because of his prudence, Princess Taiping escaped!
There are indeed big forces that want to move her, if Princess Taiping really moves, she will immediately attack her in the name of wanting to rebel!