When everyone outside the Juewang Mansion was almost stunned, bursts of exclamations, wails and pleas for help erupted in the palace.

"The main courtyard is on fire! The prince was drunk last night and hasn't gotten up yet! ”

"Come on, the prince is still in the main courtyard!"

"Help! Fight the fire! ”

"Save King Jue! Someone! ”

On the other side of the wall, I saw that there was fire and smoke rising up......

The servants of the Jue Wang's Mansion who originally gathered around the side gate no longer had the intention of putting pressure on the guards, and they all hurriedly turned around and shouted "fire fighting", "save King Jue", "help", "save the king's mansion", and quickly ran back to the palace to put out the fire......

Princess Dou cried and almost knelt on the ground, shouting "Wangye" and her son's name in her mouth, and ran back with her skirt up.

I only took two steps, but I didn't know what I remembered and came back.

If it weren't for the two henchmen, she would have almost knelt down to the guards.

"I'm sorry, I apologize to you. I'm not going out. I won't go to see the emperor, and I won't go to Shuntianfu to complain, please raise your noble hands, please don't kill my lord! If you want me to do anything, I can't say yes? ”

"......" The guards couldn't answer for a while. They just wanted to pull out a knife and put it on Princess Dou's neck and order her to shut up.

is clearly planted, a dignified princess, but her acting is not bad at all. The dignified princess is so unbelievable!

And behind him, the people talked about it again.

But the guards in front of everyone didn't even dare to pull out their knives, so they could only twitch the corners of their mouths and say: The cause of this fire is unknown, and it cannot be conclusive, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the guards in their palace, please Princess Jue not spread rumors in public.

And Dou Shi nodded like pounding garlic: "Yes, yes, this fire has absolutely nothing to do with you." It must be that the minions in my house are mistaken, it can't be the chief of the guard, it must be our prince himself who accidentally knocked down the candle. ”

Dou's attitude changed greatly, retreated to the threshold, and pointed to Wei Hongdao:

"This concubine also fell by herself, it was she who was careless, it was she who was useless and harmed the little emperor and grandson, and it had nothing to do with that guard. The guard had gone to the wrong place, probably trying to bathe before taking off his clothes. The result was misunderstood. The girl who threw herself into the well in our house is also self-inflicted and cannot live, and has nothing to do with your guards.

I'm going to make the facts clear in front of everyone. I promise not to enter the palace. So, can you ask the guards for a favor and put out the fire? There are many old people, children and women in the house, and this fire is so big that I am afraid that it will harm a lot of people's lives. You can't see death without salvation, I have saluted you. ”

The Dou family came down with a salute, which made the scalps of the guards tingle, and the people gathered were even more surprised.

Dou's previous insistence with full confidence to the mutation that he took the initiative to clarify at this time is strange to anyone who looks at it.

Some people who are familiar with the Jue Wang's Mansion have recognized that it is the main courtyard that is on fire at the moment, and the people who are currently locked in this high wall are all the people of the Jue Wang's Mansion. This fire is indeed not a matter of two lives.

And the fire suddenly broke out from the ground, obviously man-made, it couldn't be that the Jue Wangfu planned to set a fire to themselves and burn themselves, right?

No matter how you look at it, Princess Jue's identification is more reliable. It's very likely that the gang that just rushed in did it. After all, as soon as they went in to find King Jue, the fire arose. It can't be a coincidence, right? I'm afraid this fire is inseparable from them!

Don't...... Is it really because Princess Jue stabbed out their crimes, so they used this way to shut up the Jue Palace? Anyway, the doors were closed and they were forbidden to enter or exit, and only they knew what they were doing inside.

Tsk, it's scary to think about it.

Some people in the crowd are still helping to incite and spread all kinds of rumors, and the rumor that "the palace guards set fire to the Juewang Mansion" began to appear, and quickly became flesh and blood with details, and quickly spread as more and more people gathered around......

It has only been a short time since the rumors came out, and some people have already hinted that the palace guards are not so bold, in fact, they are all ordered by the emperor......

Here, in order to show goodwill to the guards, Princess Dou cried and ordered the servants to carry Wei Hong back.

However, the doctor who was giving Wei Hong the needle was furious, saying that this woman had just given two injections, and her life was at stake, and she must not move at will.

"I can't care so much. Otherwise? Princess Dou's tears rolled down just right. There's still a lot of life left in the house! Do you want to hurt so many people for her alone? ”

After she said that, she respectfully saluted the onlookers present, and begged everyone to enter the house to help put out the fire.

"No way!" Naturally, the guards should not, and even the doctor who asked to enter the mansion to help give Wei Hong a needle was turned away. "Acting as ordered, no one can enter or leave the Jue King's Mansion!"

Princess Jue begged hard, but the guards were categorical.

However, the fire is getting more and more ferocious.

Everyone was dozens of feet away from the fire, and they could still feel the increasingly scorching temperature. Even if you don't listen to the shouts of the people in the Jue Wang's Mansion on the other side of the wall, just look at the fire, you can judge that the fire is spreading in the Jue Wang's Mansion.

The people inside were shouting for help, shouting for help to put out the fire, and there were many people outside, but they couldn't get in.

At this point, the position of the guards no longer matters.

In the eyes of most people, their behavior is to see death and not to save them, which naturally attracts a lot of abuse.

Especially in this neighborhood, most of the residents are also powerful, and they are all starting to get nervous at this time.

If this fire spreads, it is not they who will suffer? What should I do if it is affected and burned to my home? In case the Jue Wangfu was burned alive, many people would dare to live in this obscure place? Even if they move, will anyone still want this place? What's lost, isn't it silver?

Either way, it's still them who are unlucky.

For a while, there were more and more opinions.

Many people who had planned to help were dissatisfied when they heard that the palace guards left the Jue Mansion to fend for themselves, locking the door and not allowing them to enter or exit.

No matter how bad King Jue is, there are hundreds of people in it! It's all a living life, and it shouldn't be because of King Jue that he doesn't even have a chance to survive.

No matter who set the fire, no matter whether their guards are willing to rescue them or not, they should not stop others from saving them!

However, these guards were not only tough and domineering, but also drew their swords at this moment and began to disperse the nearby people again.

Looking at the half-dead pregnant women on the ground, you can see the viciousness of these guards!

Under the instigation of well-intentioned people, the people's anger has been raised again and again.

The guards naturally wanted to go in to put out the fire, and wanted to go in to see it clearly, but all they could do was wait anxiously for the other officers and soldiers who came to the rescue.

As everyone knows, at this time, it is just the time of the shift change, whether it is the Soldiers and Horses Division or the Jingwei, it is naturally impossible to be fast in speed.

In addition, several nearby roads had already been arranged and guided by well-intentioned people, and they had been crowded by the people who rushed to the city due to the previous noise and the stimulation of the current fire......

After a full half an hour, the officers and soldiers of Shuntianfu arrived.

At this moment, the fire has become obviously uncontrollable.

The fire has burned the sky.

This fire can no longer be controlled and extinguished by just a few teams of guards or a few officers and soldiers.

The guards in the palace had a chill on their backs, they knew that no matter what they did today, they were all wrong, they were all derelict in their duties, and they were afraid that they would all be killed.

Such a fire is destined to cause many casualties. They are all relatives of the emperor, whether they are guilty or not, they are much more valuable than them.

After officers and soldiers from all walks of life arrived at the scene, leaving some of the men to maintain order, the rest of the people threw themselves into fighting the fire. But even so, there are still far from enough people to fight the fire.

They did not dare to let the people of unknown origin enter the Juewang Mansion, and in desperation, after the officers and soldiers agreed, they could only send hundreds of people from the surrounding major families into the Juewang Mansion to fight the fire, and the various mansions and officers and soldiers supervised it......

However, whether it was the officers and soldiers or the people, they were still greatly shocked when they entered the Juewang Mansion.

Not only because of the fire, not only because of the injury, but also because they all saw King Jue climbing on the bronze pillar of the high pavilion in order to avoid the fire.

There was already a raging fire all around him, and those who were fighting the fire outside couldn't get in, and inside, except for two minions who were climbing on the copper pillar, they all became fire people who came up with it but couldn't get out.

That kind of tragedy is terrifying.

In particular, Zhu Changjue is still scolding the "guards", "father", "injustice", "in order to make me unable to prove myself", "in order to force me to give way", "in order to cover up the corruption of the court", "in order to let me die in lie...... Xu is the scene is too shocking, or Zhu Changjue's momentum is too strong, these words have entered the ears of many people word for word, causing speculation one after another.

This scene is actually not limited to those who enter the Jue Palace.

Due to the fire, all the nearby houses with pavilions and restaurants and teahouses have been filled with people. Many people have seen the tragic situation of King Jue being burned to death today.

When the wood of the base could no longer bear it, the copper pillar fell with a bang.

In the exclamations of many people, they all watched Zhu Changjue fall into the raging fire.

The Burning Man let out a terrible cry and was eventually overwhelmed by the flames......

King Jue - Gone!

This is what everyone sees. It was also recognized by the officers and soldiers of the Juewang Mansion at that time.

In fact, when the chief of the guard in the Jue King's Mansion thought of Dou's jumping or diverting the tiger from the mountain and rushing in, the fire had already been ignited.

He was confused. Was Dou's commotion to start this fire? So what is the purpose of this fire?

At that time, the fire in the main courtyard had already started.

He tried to save it, but after pouring out the well water on the pump, he found that the well water had also been passed by his hands and feet, not only could not extinguish the fire, but also supported the combustion.

They had to search for a new source of water, only to find that the water tanks around them were empty, and there was no water available. In this way, the most precious time to extinguish the fire is delayed.

The main courtyard, which was obviously combustible, burned to full swing at once.

As a result, when more and more people participated in the firefighting, even if they didn't show their faces, they believed in their hearts that the fire that spread rapidly was absolutely inseparable from these palace guards. Either they set the fire or they didn't do anything, or maybe the oil in the well water was also dumped by them to extinguish it.

Soon, the people who were looking for water in the Juewang Mansion also salvaged the bodies of two maids in two wells in the backyard.

The corpse had not yet decomposed, and although it was already swollen, the skin was still somewhat elastic, and it was clear that it had not been soaked in water for too long.

It was confirmed that these two people were the Lin'er and Tang'er that Princess Jue said in her mouth, and the two were untidy, and there were indeed traces of violation.

The doctor's face was dark, and everyone was also shocked.

Unconsciously, they all believed what Princess Jue said. Could it be that the Jue Palace, which is not treated well by the emperor, even the guards in the palace dare to run rampant in the palace?

It's not that these people don't have judgment, but under the shock of seeing is believing, they are naturally driven by that kind of misery.

The current Juewang Mansion is really miserable.

They saw lives disappear before their eyes, charred bodies being carried out, and many half-dead struggling in the fire.

Wails, cries of pain, cries of help, voices of help, voices in my ears. Life seems to be worthless in this mansion.

Even the princess was looking for life outside the fire.

Her royal son is now in the inter-courtyard that connects to the main courtyard...... But this cross-courtyard has long been engulfed by fire......

However, there are many things in the world, and what the eye sees is not necessarily true.

Since Cheng Ziyu and Li Chun deliberately opened the door crack for King Jue's Mansion, how could they really do such lax defense?

Although the defense inside King Jue's Mansion is airtight, Li Chun's secret guards can't enter. But on the periphery, he has always had a lot of secret guards.

When Dou led people to the side door this morning, the secret guard was already alarmed.

The Dou family's troubles almost attracted most of the manpower of the Jue Palace. The secret guard decided to take advantage of the hollow in the mansion to explore the palace and see what the Dou clan was doing.

Under the cover of the not-so-bright night, they searched around the palace like ghosts.

An anomaly was soon detected near the main courtyard.

They were about to find out when they noticed that someone had lit a fire.

The main courtyard burned.

As soon as the fire started, they entered the main courtyard.

found out that the protagonist in the main courtyard was not Zhu Changjue.

Instead, he was wearing Zhu Changjue's robe, a strange man with the same hairstyle, who was five or six points similar in height and temperament.

It's a stand-in!

What about the Lord?

A fire broke out.

The secret guards no longer need to know what the Dou clan is doing, because they can basically conclude that Zhu Changjue is going to escape by faking his death...... But they weren't sure if the other party had any other secret way to leave? I still want to set fire to the chaos and escape.

The task of the secret guards is only on Zhu Changjue, and now they can naturally only find someone first.

So, even though they separated several times, they began to look around for clues.

Soon they also discovered that the two little emperors and grandsons in the courtyard were not Zhu Changjue's sons, but two strange children who had been dressed up.

Since Zhu Changjue left with the child, it is obviously not the second possibility, but that he still has a way out in the house. Well, he's probably gone.

The secret guards immediately gathered and went to the general's mansion to make a report, and then separated a few groups and went straight to the various city gates, leaving only a few people still staring at the Juewang Mansion.

They knew that if Zhu Changjue wanted to escape, now was the best time.

As soon as the gates were opened, it was the time of the greatest relaxation. As long as he dresses up a little, it is easy to get out of the city with his ability.

And it would be better if he didn't go out of the city. As long as people are in the capital, they will always find him......

When Cheng Ziyu heard all of the above, she finally understood.

Therefore, this fire can not only create an opportunity for him to escape, but also burn a lot of direct and indirect evidence in his palace, and even more so that his trial can end here, and he himself has earned the pity of the people while making the emperor bear a bad reputation in a certain sense.

And since he wants to fake his death, there must be follow-ups.

Cheng Ziyu raised his eyes to look at the sky, the firelight was almost brighter than the rising sun, and with this momentum, probably the entire capital could see the firelight or black smoke.

Perhaps, this fire is still a signal for him to flee and gather forces in the shadows?

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