The fire burned more and more fiercely with a crackling sound.

The red tongue of fire was like a ferocious poisonous snake, wantonly winding around the meditation room, and soon the roof of the meditation room was burning, and bursts of smoke rose into the air like a churning oolong.

With such a big fire, it was too late for rescue.

The black-clothed man guarding outside the house saw that the two people in the meditation room had no way to live, so they nodded to each other, and with a whistle, everyone dispersed, and the figure quickly disappeared into the jungle outside the temple.

After a while, the billowing smoke was finally discovered by the guards of the brocade-clothed army standing outside the temple.

The guards were shocked and hurriedly rushed to the meditation room with a shout. Everyone shouted loudly outside the meditation room, and there was no sound in the meditation room.

The crowd then rushed to the temple kitchen and the well, grabbed all the containers that could hold water, and hurriedly ran back and forth to put out the fire.

"The fire is too big, we don't have enough manpower, the county lord is still inside, quickly enter the city and call people!" One of the pro-army guards roared, and the light of the fire brightened their anxious and even desperate faces, and everyone's hearts were suffocating as if they had weighed on a boulder.

The life of the county lord of Jiangdu is their life, if the county lord dies, under the fury of the Son of Heaven, these guards, including their families, will not be able to escape a single word of death.

A fast horse galloped away into the city.

Fortunately, Nengrenji Temple is just outside the south gate of Jingshi, so it doesn't take too much time to go back and forth.

Inside the meditation room.

The roaring light of the fire had spread into the house, and the choking smoke filled the room.

Xiao Fan and the county lord hid in the water tank, soaked in water all over their bodies, and the two of them had already torn off a corner of their clothes, moistened them with water and tightly covered their mouths and noses, so that they could breathe relatively less choking air.

"Xiao Fan, will we die?" The county lord's eyes widened, and there was a light of despair and fear in his gaze.

Xiao Fan said firmly: "No, we won't!" Listen, you're going to be able to get out of danger and survive...... Having many children and watching them grow up, you will live in peace in your old age, in a warm bed, not here, not today, not like this, you know? ”

The county lord nodded vigorously, tears of emotion fell from his eyes, and he said affectionately: "Xiao Fan, you are so good, you can still say such touching words at the moment of life and death, even if I die here, I have no regrets or regrets......"

Xiao Fan snorted, and his eyes were a little moist: "Don't say it's you, I was moved by what I said just now, the lines of the Titanic are well written......"

County Lord: "............"

Outside the house, there was a faint panicked shout of the brocade-clothed soldiers, and the sound was far away, as if it was another world.

Xiao Fan knew very well in his heart that it was unrealistic to rely on others to fight the fire at this time, and such a big fire would definitely not be extinguished for a while. At the moment, the only way to save yourself is to save yourself.

Looking up, the beams on the roof made a crackling and popping sound when burning, Xiao Fan's heart sank, and if it burned like this, the beams would probably collapse, and it would be troublesome.

It was a difficult choice to be burned to death by fire or crushed by the beams of the house...... Xiao Fan soaked in the water tank, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, how beautiful life is, he soaked in a good girl, and suddenly a disaster fell from the sky, and a fire was going to burn him to death, who can stand such a psychological gap?

Coming out of the water and looking around, Xiao Fan climbed out of the water tank, while the fire had not spread to the water tank, he quickly ran to the only wooden bed in the meditation room, the wooden bed was already burning, Xiao Fan kicked it a few times, the wooden bed fell apart, and selected a few wooden bed beams that looked relatively strong, dragged them to the water tank, jumped in first, and placed a few beams at the mouth of the water tank, he and the county lord shrank their heads, only exposing their heads to the water, looking like prisoners locked in the water prison in the concentration camp.

"Xiao Fan, what are you...... Do what? The county lord was puzzled.

Xiao Fan pointed to the top of his head and said, "If the beams collapse, we have these beams on our heads, which can help us resist most of the force, so that we will be safer......"

The county lord worshipped: "You are so smart, I am not afraid of anything by your side, you are like a god who protects me......"

"County Lord......"

"Huh?" In the water tank, the county lord's pretty face was covered with water droplets, but his beautiful eyes blinked, bright as stars.

“…… At this time, it is ...... to talk about love and sweet words Too unsophisticated? ”

"Oh......" The county lord pouted and responded obediently.

Outside the meditation room, there was a crowd of people and the noise shook the sky.

After receiving the news from the county lord's personal army guards, the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Yamen immediately summoned all the Jinyi guards in the yamen and the officials of the Yingtianfu Yamen, and caught them quickly, and in a short period of time, Nengren Temple swarmed into thousands of people.

Jinyi Weidu commanded Cao Guogong Li Jinglong happened to be in the Yamen of Zhenfu Division, and heard that the county lord of Jiangdu was trapped in the fire scene in Nengren Temple, and his face changed color on the spot. -- Actually, it's really to put out fires.

As soon as Li Jinglong arrived outside the meditation room, he shouted anxiously: "How is it? What do you think? Is the county lord okay inside? ”

A Jinyi lieutenant said: "Commander, the county lord is trapped in the meditation room, we have been shouting for a long time, but we have not seen her respond. ”

Li Jinglong was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "What are you waiting for!" Pick up the water hook and put out the fire! You bunch of waste, if something happens to the county lord of Jiangdu, none of you can escape! ”

"Yes!"

Cao Yi, who came with Li Jinglong, was also so anxious that his face turned pale, and he stretched out his hand to grab a Jinyi lieutenant, and said, "Didn't Lord Xiao respond inside?" Didn't hear any movement? ”

"Back to the Thousand Households, there is really no movement in it......"

Li Jinglongqi said: "Lord Xiao? Which Lord Xiao? ”

Cao Yi couldn't take care of it, and said hurriedly: "It's Xiao Fan, Lord Xiao!" ”

Li Jinglong was taken aback: "Xiao Fan? He's in the meditation room too? Ah! That's even more saved! I haven't learned that trick he taught me yet......"

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly set up a water hook cart and fetch water to extinguish the fire.

When Li Jinglong was in a hurry, he suddenly felt a thrill in his mind, and gradually felt that something was wrong.

He grabbed Cao Yi, who was directing the fire extinguishing, and said, "Slow! You said that the county lord of Jiangdu and Xiao Fan were in the same meditation room? Do they stay together? ”

Cao Yi nodded.

Li Jinglong ignored the noisy firefighting scene, touched his chin and groaned: "How did the county lord of Jiangdu get involved with Xiao Fan?" Lonely men and widows stay together in the meditation room of the wild temple, this ...... This ......"

Li Jinglong smacked his lips, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

Interesting, that's kind of interesting...... With a solemn face, Li Jinglong shouted again: "What do you bastards look like in a mess!" All of them put out the fire for Lao Tzu, everyone is divided into three teams, one team to fetch water, one team to put out the fire, and one team to make water dragon cars, hurry up! The county lord of Jiangdu is inside, and Lord Xiao is also inside, if something happens to these two people, you bastards will all go to prison for Lao Tzu! ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces tightened, and they hurriedly followed Li Jinglong's instructions, quickly divided the team, and began to put out the fire in an orderly manner.

Fortunately, the Zen room of Nengren Temple is a row of bungalows built separately outside the Buddhist hall of other halls, and the materials used in the construction of the house are also very general. The materials and wood used are very inferior, simply put, this row of Zen rooms can be regarded as a model of the ancient tofu slag project, so under the rush of everyone, the fire was quickly extinguished.

Everyone dragged for a long time in the pile of scorched wood in the ruins and broken walls emitting black smoke, and finally rescued the two from a pile of scorched wood under Xiao Fan's weak shout.

Fortunately, Xiao Fan expected it accurately, and made preparations in advance, the beam of the meditation room really fell down, blocked by the wooden bed beam at the mouth of the water tank, the two escaped this fatal catastrophe, but the water tank had already been smashed, when the brocade guards rescued the two, they saw the two lying in the scorched wood, Xiao Fan's hands hugged the county lord tightly, and tried to use his shoulders against the beam, giving the county lord a space to breathe air, the two of them were wet, that posture, that demeanor, it was simply a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks who went to Huangquan together.

Everyone in Jinyiwei was stunned, seeing that the county lord of Jiangdu, who had already promised to marry the son of the Marquis of Changxing, was hugging each other with Lord Xiao in this posture, although it was because of the fire, there was still a strange feeling in everyone's hearts.

Everyone is in Jinyiwei, this is an institution directly under the emperor's private rule, and there is no fool who can enter Jinyiwei, seeing this situation, everyone knows the stakes, and their expressions suddenly froze, and they all turned their heads at the same time, not daring to look at it again.

Xiao Fan and the county lord of Jiangdu both had dark faces from the smoke, and their hair was wet and scattered, and they were very embarrassed.

The county lord was soaked, and her dress was tightly attached to her body, revealing her graceful figure, the first thing Xiao Fan did after being rescued was to quickly take off his robe and cover the county lord's figure, his daughter-in-law's good figure, but he couldn't let others take advantage of it, and he couldn't look through his clothes.

The fire was extinguished, and the two victims were rescued, Li Jinglong hurriedly ran over and asked urgently, "How is the county lord?" The county lord wasn't hurt, was he? ”

How could the county lord of Jiangdu ever be so embarrassed? Especially when she was seen by so many people at such an embarrassing time, Fang Xin was even more ashamed and ashamed, and she was extremely ashamed of herself.

Hearing Li Jinglong's inquiry, the county lord's figure flashed, and he hid behind Xiao Fan, silent.

As soon as Li Jinglong saw the intimate appearance of Xiao Fan and the county lord, he laughed a few times, and smiled evilly at Xiao Fan: "Xiao Tongzhi, are you okay?" ”

Xiao Fan said with a pale face: "Uh...... Thank you Grandpa Guo for your concern, and go down to the official...... Ahem, it's fine. ”

"What about the county lord? She's okay, right? ”

"County Lord......" Xiao Fan turned his head to look at the county lord who was hiding behind him with a timid look, and was about to cry with shame, and coughed dryly: "County lord...... Of course it's fine. ”

Li Jinglong smiled strangely: "It's okay, hehe, it's okay, Lao Xiao, from the root, the county lord of Jiangdu is my cousin, don't bully her......"

Li Jinglong's father, the deceased Cao Guogong (later posthumously crowned King of Qiyang) Li Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, so in terms of generation, Li Jinglong is indeed the cousin of the county lord of Jiangdu.

The county lord became more and more embarrassed when he heard this, and his whole pretty face was buried in Xiao Fan's back, and he didn't dare to move.

Xiao Fan's heart sank, and the cold sweat on his forehead flowed down.

He looked left and right with a weak heart, then pulled Li Jinglong aside, and said softly with a smile: "Grandpa Guo......"

"What?" The old god Li Jinglong is here.

"What about this...... Ahem, it's actually a misunderstanding, it's definitely not what you see in your eyes......" Xiao Fan's face was full of smiles, and he wanted to cry without tears in his heart.

Li Jinglong seemed to smile: "It's all intimate like this, and you still misunderstand?" ”

Xiao Fan nodded vigorously: "Yes!" Misunderstand! What a misunderstanding! In fact...... I am saying that I am accompanying His Royal Highness the county lord to come down...... Incense! Well, right! Come to the incense! ”

Li Jinglong raised his eyebrows: "Incense? Shangxiang went into the meditation room? Still soaking wet? ”

"If I told you that we were actually hiding in the water tank to save ourselves, you wouldn't believe it......"

Li Jinglong nodded: "That's right, I really don't believe it." ”

Xiao Fan: "............"

…………………… After a long time, Xiao Fan finally explained the whole incident clearly, Li Jinglong touched his chin and groaned for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you." ”

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't matter whether Li Jinglong believes it or not, the important thing is that if his big mouth spreads the news that he and the county lord are staying in a meditation room today, and Zhu Yuanzhang knows about it, the consequences will be ...... Xiao Fan shivered, looked at Li Jinglong pitifully, and said, "Do you really believe it?" ”

"Really believe!"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!"

Li Jinglong said solemnly: "Xiao Tongzhi is a righteous gentleman and a Jinshi background, what you say is what it is, of course the Duke of China believes it." ”

Xiao Fan was relieved, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and muttered easily: "Now I know how important it is to be a gentleman, I didn't pretend to be in vain before......"

Li Jinglong patted Xiao Fan's shoulder and said with a smile: "My lord has always admired the righteous man and gentleman, Xiao Tongzhi is one of the people I admire, now the county lord is frightened, and you are also very embarrassed, hurry up and send the county lord back to the palace, here we will take care of it." ”

Xiao Fan gratefully bowed his hand to him and said: "Thank you for the care of Grandpa Guo, the next official will go back, today it is said that the grace of saving each other, the great grace is not grateful, and the next official will repay it later." ”

After speaking, Xiao Fan turned around and politely invited the county lord of Jiangdu to the car.

The county lord shook his body and glanced at Xiao Fan nostalgically, although she was a little naïve and simple, she was not stupid, she understood that it was not appropriate to say anything to Xiao Fan at this moment, and there could be no intimate actions, otherwise the consequences would be very serious.

Xiao Fan met her nostalgic gaze and showed a comforting smile to her, the county lord looked at Xiao Fan's smile, like a warm sunshine, illuminating the heavy corner of her heart, the county lord's heart warmed, and he also showed a sweet smile to him.

The county lord's car started slowly, Xiao Fan turned his head, and arched his hand towards Li Jinglong: "The lower official has also resigned, thank you Grandpa Guo." ”

Li Jinglong smiled as peacefully and harmlessly as a blessing from a heavenly official: "Xiao Tongzhi, it's good to go, it's good to go, it's ......."

After Xiao Fan gave the salute, he turned around, and the Jinyi lieutenant on the side hurriedly supported him, preparing to board another carriage.

Li Jinglong stood behind Xiao Fan and said with a smile: "Go all the way, pay attention to safety...... Cousin-in-law! ”

"Plop!"

Xiao Fan planted an upside-down onion and planted it under the wheels of the carriage.

sent the county lord of Jiangdu all the way to Chengtianmen, and it was not until the county lord's car drove into the imperial city gate that Xiao Fan walked back.

When he turned around, Xiao Fan's handsome face full of smiles had turned iron-blue.

Zhu Di, you dog! Two or three times is not enough, how many times are you going to kill Lao Tzu?

There were also a few brocade-clothed lieutenants who were accompanying Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan turned his face sideways and asked in a cold voice, "How many people are there in the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division?" ”

"My lord, the brothers who just put out the fire have all returned to the yamen one after another, and there should be hundreds of them."

Xiao Fan's eyes were gloomy, and he said, "Tell two hundred households to bring their brothers and follow me!" ”

"My lord, where are you going?"

"Yanwang Courtyard!"

Jingshi is the world of Jinyiwei, and Xiao Tongzhi, the second person in Jinyiwei, gave an order, and the two hundred households led the Jinyi lieutenant under his command to arrive.

Xiao Fan had a gloomy face, and without saying a word, he led everyone to the Yanwang Courtyard.

So, on the streets of the Beijing Division, one or two hundred brocade guards swaggered through the city, showing off their might along the way, chickens and dogs jumping, everyone was murderous, and they went straight to the Yanwang Courtyard, and everywhere they passed brought up a burst of dust, after everyone passed, the streets were left in a mess, and the people looked at each other in horror.

In front of the Yanwang Courtyard.

The guards guarding the door had just yawned boredly, when they saw a burst of dust in front of them, and the guards didn't close their mouths, and looked at a group of tall men wearing brocade guards flying fish suits in surprise.

The guards were shocked, quickly pulled out their waist knives, pointed at the Jinyi guards and shouted: "His Royal Highness Prince Yanwang's other courtyard, who dares to trespass, stop me ......"

Before the words fell, there was a bang, and the guard was knocked away.

Xiao Fan was not polite this time, waved his hand, and ordered angrily: "If you see someone, you will beat it, no need to show mercy!" ”

"Yes!" All the brocade guards responded excitedly in unison.

King Yan returned to Beijing, naturally he would not bring too many guards, so the Jinyi guards beat up a happy one this time, drove all the way in, saw people and surrounded them and beat them up, and after beating them, they happily continued to look for the next target.

Xiao Fan had a calm face, ignoring the shouts of his father and mother outside, surrounded by all his subordinates, he went all the way into the inner courtyard of Yanwang's courtyard, and there were many female dependents in the inner courtyard.

"Bang!"

Xiao Fan kicked open the wing room in the middle of the inner courtyard.

Zhu Di was sitting upright on the Taishi chair facing the door of the wing, holding a teacup in his hand and leisurely sipping tea, when he saw Xiao Fan breaking in, Zhu Di couldn't help but be stunned, and then exclaimed: "It's you?" Why are you still ......?"

Xiao Fan sneered: "Your Highness, is it strange why I haven't died yet?" ”

Zhu Di was stunned, snorted weakly, and stopped talking.

Xiao Fan waved his sleeves and said, "How does Your Highness look at my outfit?" Xiaguan came to visit His Highness as soon as he came out of the fire, should you be moved? ”

Zhu Di was still silent, but his face gradually became a little pale.

Xiao Fan sighed secretly in his heart, such three times and two assassinations, if Zhu Di was not Zhu Yuanzhang's son, Xiao Fan would have pinched him to death long ago.

It's a pity, but he is the prince, he can't be beaten, he can't be killed, but ...... Do you still have to be dumb today?

Turning a deaf ear to the earth-shattering screams outside the door, Xiao Fan looked directly at Zhu Di and said in a gloomy tone: "Does Your Highness know what happened to me visiting today?" ”

Zhu Di just wanted to shake his head and deny it, raised his eyes to see Xiao Fan Tieqing's face, and suddenly his heart trembled, the matter has been done, if he pretends to be stupid again, I am afraid that Xiao Fan will make trouble in the Golden Palace, his father is already suspicious of himself now, if something happens again, then wouldn't it be far away for him to return to Beiping?

At that moment, Zhu Di nodded very honorably and said, "I know." ”

"What is Your Highness going to do?"

"That's up to you."

Xiao Fan laughed, then slapped the table hard, and shouted: "Okay, I only mean two words......"

Zhu Di was overjoyed, and said carefully: "Which two words?" ”

"Lose money!"

Zhu Di wiped his sweat: "...... How much to lose? ”

"Twenty thousand taels! Cash, no money! ”

Zhu Di looked straight and exclaimed: "So much? ”

"The price has risen, thirty thousand!"

Zhu Di immediately said happily: "Okay! 30,000 is 30,000! ”

"Two hours later, they will be sent to my house. I won't mention it. ”

"Good!"

Xiao Fan turned around and waved his hand neatly at the brocade guards: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

The brocade guards poured into the courtyard like a tide, and after beating the Yan Wang guards unscrupulously, they quickly retreated like a tide. Only a group of guards were left in the courtyard lying on the ground and wailing in pain.

Zhu Di stood in the front yard, staring at the gate, his face became more and more blue, the teeth in his mouth rattled loudly, and after a while, he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "This guy ...... Is it a cockroach that can't be killed? Why did he survive every time? ”

As soon as the words fell, the captains of the brocade-clothed guards swarmed in again, scrambling into the gate of the Yanwang Courtyard one by one.

Zhu Di, who was standing in the front yard, was shocked and said, "Jinyi Wei is so powerful? You know as soon as this king finishes speaking? ”

At this time, surrounded by all the captains, Xiao Fan strode in again.

"You...... What else are you going to do? Zhu Di was shocked and angry, and stammered.

Xiao Fan said with a calm face: "Lord Wang, I thought about it just now and felt ...... puzzled."

"That'...... What more do you want? ”

"Add another 10,000 taels!"

"Deal!"

Xiao Fan smiled with satisfaction, and then waved his hand at the captains in brocade: "Retreat again!" ”

"You...... Won't come again, will it? ”

"It depends on the mood."

Zhu Di: "............"

(To be continued)