The fire, which lit up half of the night sky in the capital, finally stopped within the towering walls. Although the people were confined to their homes, they could not stop the curious figures climbing on the thin window paper and courtyard walls, and watched the heavy soldiers who began to scatter and patrol the streets.

In the darkness of the night, although the soldiers had received orders to put their socks on their boots, the footsteps of dozens of people together were enough to wake up the people who were sleeping lightly. After a burst of footsteps, in a small wooden house on the street, the sound of slapping the head was particularly crisp, followed by a rough woman's reprimand: "Eryang, this is the window paper that your father just installed for the winter, how did you thief break it again." ”

The child's sobbing voice came: "Auntie, there haven't been so many people in this capital for a long time, is there anything lively to see?" ”

"It's lively, the thief knows it's lively, and if you look at it, these officials will dig out your eyeballs for you." The woman frightened.

"Okay, the child is, he is still a child after all, don't train any more at night, don't affect Aunt Li and their rest in the next room, I'll go and get up for the night, you guys go to bed quickly." A man's shouting voice followed suit, and he walked out of the door after speaking.

"Liu's family, what do you see falling in this courtyard?" As soon as the man walked outside the door, he saw Aunt Li's son, who was standing next door in the moonlight, holding a piece of paper full of large characters in his hand, and reciting it in his mouth: The people's hearts are unbalanced, the flames are fierce, the foundation is unstable, and the earth is on fire. …… When the first evil is punished, Fang Shi is peaceful. What does that mean? He looked up at the sky blankly, only to see countless pieces of paper of various colors falling from the sky, and even one directly covering his confused eyes.

……

At this time, the sky was not completely bright, and in the gate of the palace that was hurriedly opened, a flying horse went straight to the Huan Haihou Mansion.

Li Maofang, Marquis of Xuanfuyang, and Yu Mian, the official of Jinling, entered the palace with the order.

As soon as the early dynasty ended, the two of them had already seen the prince who was hurriedly helped over in the East Palace Palace, and the two were just about to salute, but the prince waved his sleeves and sat on the chair and looked at the two of them and said coldly: "Two Aiqing, you did a great thing last night, do you want to learn from the overlord of Western Chu to burn Afang Palace?" Even with the burning of the main hall of this Hu Hai? ”

Hearing this, the two hurriedly knelt down, touched the ground with their foreheads and said in unison: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know what this means?" ”

"Huh, what do you mean? The chamberlain came to report that after the two of you went out of the palace last night, there was still a bloodstained woman on her back. I don't know how the two Aiqing explained? "The news came so quickly.

There was a lot of chaos last night, and I never noticed that anyone was still seeing it when I left the palace. The two of them quickly glanced at each other, and they both thought of it.

"Your Royal Highness, last night Weichen told Gonggong Zhang about the situation. I don't know ...... him," Li Maofang replied.

"I heard Zhang Fuzhi's words, otherwise you two think that you can still talk leisurely with the main hall in the East Palace at this moment? I was already dragged to the prison of the Criminal Department. The prince interrupted Li Maofang.

"Then I wonder what clues Your Highness can find?"

"Don't worry, two Aiqing, first tell the main hall, where did you two go last night?"

"Your Highness, the two of us saw the fire in the palace, and we were worried that His Highness's approval would be damaged, so we hurried to the hall to put out the fire." Yu Mian hurriedly prevaricated the words that the two had discussed before.

"Oh? How come not one of the people who put out the fire has ever seen two Aiqing? The prince heard the two of them talking, and said with the cup in his hand and turning it incessantly.

"There are too many people fighting fires, so I don't have time to look left and right." The more Li Maofang answered, the more relaxed she became.

"And where did that blood-stained Zhining girl come from?" The prince asked with a frown.

"Naturally, it was snatched from the thief who set the fire, Your Highness, you should already know that there are still two corpses in the ice cellar, which are the thief who set the fire."

"The thief who set the fire? Whoever catches a thief is regarded as a thief. Do you think that if you destroy the corpses of the people inside, there will be no way to trace the main hall? Yu Mian. ”

"Your Highness, I wonder what evidence you have found?"

"Now I'm asking you two questions, Li Maofang, don't play tricks on me again, it's not you who I'm asking." As he spoke, the prince tilted his head in the direction of the crown. "Yu Mian Yu Jingzhan, you swear by your reputation as a Yu family that last night's fire prevention had nothing to do with you" The gaze stared at Yu Mian tightly.

"Uncle, if you already know, why do you have to do this." Li Maofang said with a smile.

"Who is your uncle, I am the king first, and then your maternal uncle, Li Maofang don't want to kiss me at such a time."

"Uncle, you haven't been seeing my mother for a long time......" Li Maofang's somewhat greasy voice rose again. But he was interrupted by Yu Mian stretching out his hand, and after a long exhale: "Your Highness, last night's incident was all due to Yu Mian's rescue, and I beg Your Highness not to ask the Marquis of Fuyang about the crime." Yu Mian is willing to bear this sin alone. ”

"The fire in the three halls, the work of more than 10,000 craftsmen in the past few years was destroyed, do you think you can bear it alone? Yu Mian, you are underestimating this hall too much. What is it? As he spoke, the prince had several more blank pieces of paper in his hand and threw them at the two of them.

"The people's hearts are unbalanced, and the flames are fierce...... Your Highness, what is this? The pale-faced two asked cautiously.

Overnight, the papers spread all over the capital. Can't you see the meaning of these words? ”

"This is a demagogic rumor...... The minister didn't dare to say. Even Li Maofang's tone suddenly began to become cautious.

"To understand is to understand, why don't you dare to say. Now that you've seen these two pages, what did you two do last night, can you tell your uncle now? The prince sighed, and said helplessly to Li Maofang.

"Your Royal Highness, Brother Li doesn't know about this at all, or let the minister explain, last night the minister knew that breaking into the palace at night was a capital crime, but he still couldn't rest assured that the missing Zhining girl, taking advantage of the fire to look for Zhining girl everywhere in the palace, wanting to rescue her. When he found the abandoned ice cellar, he suddenly saw a place that was firmly guarded by several guards outside, and the minister decided that there was a problem here, so he knocked down several guards outside the door and entered the room ....... ”

"That's why you dare to kill the emperor's guards?" The crown prince frowned when he heard this.

Yu Mian was about to answer. An exclamation followed.

"Alas, uncle, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Don't tempt me again. If you didn't believe the two of us from the beginning, how could you summon the two of us to this East Palace. Now that the pages have been read, you need the two of us to do whatever you ask. In other words, these brocade guards are a thorn in your side for a long time, so don't use this to scare Jingzhan again. ”。

"You little fox."