When the fire rose into the sky, Ma Shaojun turned his head on the opposite side of the fire, and suddenly felt a little cold on his body. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This is not the 21st century of reinforced concrete, but the Ming Dynasty, which is basically wooden except for bricks and tiles. Compared with later generations, it is very strange that there are no dozens of fires in a city in a year. And that's not even counting arson.

Once a fire breaks out, it doesn't take much effort for the fire to spread to the entire house. And if the rescue is not timely, even the residents of the entire street will suffer from the pond fish.

Ma Shaojun finally understood why Wei Shui chose the location of the reception in the Five Immortals Residence.

There are a few alleys here, and there are not many residents. Compared with other streets and alleys in Nanchang, arson here will cause relatively small losses.

Of course, it may be ......

Ma Shaojun didn't want to think about it anymore, Wei Shui didn't look very old, and he didn't look like such a ruthless person, he shouldn't have thought that due to the small number of people, the chance of extinguishing the fire here was relatively small, right?

Since ancient times, water and fire have been ruthless, and seeing the fire, Ma Shaojun naturally would not rush to fight the fire.

Tang Ji looked at him sideways and said in a low voice, "Master Ma, go in, the second master is waiting for you inside." ”

Ma Shaojun stopped staring at the fire, turned and walked towards the house.

In the house, the candle flame had been lit, and Wei Shui heard the footsteps and got up to greet him with a smile.

"Lord Ma, it's rude to bother you to stay in that humble tavern for so long. Tonight is not a good time, another day, another day, the small one must invite the adults to Taibai Restaurant to have a few drinks! ”

Ma Shaojun arched his hand, smiled a little reluctantly, and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Tonight is indeed a little tired, I will go back to report the matter to the prince, and then rest early. ”

"This ...... I'm afraid not yet. As he spoke, Wei Shui raised his hand and pointed outward.

The courtyard gate was not closed, and the fire could clearly be seen soaring into the sky, and the smell of smoke and fire on the opposite side wafted in the wind. Someone on the street was scolding, and it sounded like the shopkeeper and buddy of the Five Immortals who had just escaped from the fire.

Wei Shui said: "The matter is not over yet, Master Ma must always see the end!" ”

Ma Shaojun wanted to say that there was no need. But after thinking about it, with the temperament of the prince, he will probably ask for it in a while. Staying a little longer now might have saved you a lot of trouble.

"Okay, then wait a little longer." Ma Shaojun nodded.

Wei Shui really calculated everything tonight, and when the fire was not under control, Wu Mu took his men and desperately began to shout and put out the fire.

After some hard work, in the end, after nearly half an hour, this self-directed and self-performed firefighting drama finally came to an end.

The Five Immortal Residences had been burned to the ground, and the shopkeeper's family was not harmed, but they were crying like something.

Ma Shaojun and Wei Shui approached the Five Immortals Residence on the ashes all over the ground, and saw a familiar person standing with Wu Mu on the street. The man's clothes were in tatters, and there were burnt marks everywhere. A good beard was also burned off by the fire, and it really didn't look good.

"Master Chen, it's not hurt, is it?" Wei Shuiqian asked with concern.

Ma Shaojun suddenly realized, it turned out that this person was Chen Deng in the house just now! If Wei Shui hadn't shouted the words 'Lord Chen', he would still be ...... I really couldn't make out for a moment.

The only thing that was most unfortunate this night was definitely the charred corpse that was carried to the door.

Ma Shaojun didn't step forward, but looking at the charred corpse's body and the uncharred remnants of his clothes, coupled with his vaguely recognizable face that had been scorched by the fire, he could know that this person was officially Sun Sui who had just been poisoned and died in the house!

"Lord Chen is really ...... Alas......" Wei Shui shook his head and sighed, "It's really careless!" If I hadn't waited for the chance to see the fire tonight and arrived in time, I'm afraid even you wouldn't have been able to escape this difficulty! ”

Chen Deng listened and was stunned for a moment.

This farce is obviously directed and acted by Wei Shui, why did it end up being blamed on his head? Can this be avoided with care? It's been planned for a long time! It's unreasonable!

Chen Deng was frightened and had not yet reacted.

But Ma Shaojun's eyes rolled, and he obviously thought of what Wei Shui meant.

At this moment, Wei Shui showed a very sad expression again, and even squeezed out a few tears, choked up and continued: "It's just that I pity Lord Sun Sui!" It's just a banquet between colleagues, why did you take your life because of that little candle flame? ”

Yes, there was no poisoned wine or arsonist tonight, only a candle that accidentally lit the curtain.

Chen Deng invited the governor to dinner, but because of the small candle, one of the two was rescued but also anxious, and the other was devoured by the raging fire.

Wonderful! In this way, the imperial court has no reason to say that it was King Ning who killed Sun Sui.

Because of this farce, I didn't have anything to do with His Royal Highness King Ning!

At this time, Ma Shaojun, who had thought it through thoroughly, immediately said: "Yes, what a pity! During his lifetime, Sun Da was loyal to the country, honest and law-abiding, and upright, and could be called an exemplary official. But today, it is a tragic disaster for no reason, it is really ...... Alas...... I will report this matter to the prince as soon as possible, and the prince will write to the court. Sun Da was bitter in life, and after he died, he hoped to enjoy the glory of mourning. ”

During this period, the most embarrassing thing is not Chen Deng, who was used as a chess piece, not the shopkeeper of the Five Immortals Residence, who was unjustly affected by the disaster, but the palanquin man and scholar who have always been controlled by Wu Mu's faction and have not been free until now.

"Wei Shui, what should they do?" Ma Shaojun glanced over there, leaned over to Wei Shui's side and asked softly.

Wei Shui glanced in the direction his eyes were pointing at, and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "These people...... It's a bit troublesome, and you still ask Master Ma to teach the little ones? ”

Ma Shaojun didn't think so, and said in his heart: You have figured out everything with your surname Wei, and now you ask me the other way? Hmph, I won't be fooled by you! What do you like, what do you do, what's the matter with me? It's also superfluous to ask this sentence!

Thinking of this, he said, "These people are the servants of Lord Sun, so they should be treated kindly!" Presumably, you've already had a break, right? Just do what you want, that's okay! ”

"Well, the little ones must be kind to these people." Wei Shui smiled and said to Tang Ji, "You take them back to the inn first, and make do with them for the night." I'll take care of the rest when I get this in order. Go ahead, take them back first. Wu Mu, send two people to escort. ”