In the middle of winter in the seventh year of Tiansheng, Kaifeng Mansion in Bianjing City.

The night was dark and the wind was bone-chilling. The ban on fire in the city has long been handed down, and except for a few princely mansions outside the Suzaku Gate, there is a slight candlelight on the streets, and the streets and markets next to it are all dark and silent. The inner street of Suzaku Gate is a completely different scene, not only is it lit up, but there are also official sedan chairs coming and going. The inner street is mostly the official mansion of the Yamen, and it is also the royal street, no matter how the official family admonishes the infantry military division to control the fire ban well, the fire probe soldiers do not dare to offend the adults above. The infantry division was originally the garrison of Bianjing City, and the palace front division, the horse military division led the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army, and later because of the eaves of the buildings in the city, the wind and candles gradually increased, and the official family assigned the infantry military division to be in charge of fire fighting and fire prevention matters.

Now that the Suzaku Gate has been locked, no one can enter the inner street without a holy decree, and no matter what happens in the inner street, no one on the outer street can enter. Snow particles fell from the sky, crackling against the bronze gate of the Suzaku Tower, and it was particularly loud in the silence. A few of the guard's senior soldiers stood on the gatehouse to eat and drink to keep warm, and joked about the new junior soldiers, "I heard that you worked as an errand under General Mei?" ”

The inferior soldier straightened his waist, "The inferior officer went to the northwest to fortify the ...... under General Mei" Before the words were finished, the knee socket had been kicked hard, and the senior soldier was full of wine, "What's wrong with going to the northwest?" A few of our brothers were personally assigned by Prime Minister Lu Cheng to guard the door of the Vermilion Bird Tower! Isn't it better to eat and drink spicy food than you in the northwest? ”

Everyone laughed, and the senior soldier suddenly hooked the shoulders of the junior soldiers, squeezing his eyebrows and making his eyes look affectionate, "Whether you are from General Mei or Lu Xiang, as long as you know filial piety, we are brothers in life and death." Speaking of this, the junior soldier hurriedly took out a wine bag from his waist and said: "The Mei Mansion went on fire in front of him, and he had a meritorious role in extinguishing the fire and saving the eldest lady's nurse, General Mei was happy and rewarded him with a pot of yellow vine wine." ”

"Could it be the yellow vine wine that specializes in imperial tribute?"

"I heard that this yellow vine wine comes from Huangyi County, Jiangxi, and it has been the imperial wine of Tegong since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The year before last, the queen mother's birthday, everywhere was rewarded a lot, I accidentally got a small cup, it was really sweet and refreshing, and what is even more wonderful is that after drinking yellow vine wine, my wind and cold disease was not so painful! ”

"Liar?! I don't believe it! ”

"Hahaha......"

Everyone was gossiping, and it was when it was noisy, when the inferior soldiers suddenly saw the fire of the Jixian Hall on the inner street, and their tongues were knotted, "Catch...... It's on fire! The senior soldier was so startled that he stumbled and almost fell downstairs, and he just grabbed the wine bag in his hand. He hurried downstairs, pointed to the inferior soldiers, and said, "Hurry up, you go and beat the drum to warn, and I will go and tell Master Lu, the infantry commander." Fast! "When I ran downstairs, I saw that the Jixian Hall was like a sea of fire, and the tongue of fire was arrogantly slamming into the air, licking the entire sky, and across the street, I could also feel the heat on my face. The senior soldier raised his hand and grabbed a flying piece of paper ash into the air, his fingers trembling, and he fell to the snow.

The brass drums of the alarm circled intensively, and the officers and soldiers of the infantry division stationed in the inner street of the Suzaku Gate poured out, the fire bells rang out, and the flying leather boots trampled the thin layer of snow foam to pieces. Lu Muqing, the deputy commander of the infantry division, was the first to arrive at the Jixian Palace, and he commanded Ruoding, and in the past few years, he was in charge of the fire ban on the inner street of Suzaku Gate, and was praised by everyone for his strict military discipline and rapid fire extinguishing. The firefighting officers and men of the Neijie Infantry Military Division were all trained, each team had a strict division of labor, and they were also familiar with Lu Muqing's combat methods, so they acted tacitly and quickly entered the fire scene to rescue. Some of them slapped the fire with hemp ties, some dragged away combustible objects with hook claws, while the soldiers who drew and splashed water worked together to sprinkle water on the fire, and some fire probes pushed water wheels to various yamen to borrow water to store water. Everyone performed their duties in an orderly manner. However, the fire went against the wind, and soon the water storage was exhausted, and the fire in the Jixian Hall became bigger and bigger.

Lu Muqing sat on the horse with a frown and supervised, and a soldier helped the injured Jixian Hall messenger to step forward, and said in shock: "Guan Wendian Zhou Cheng Zhou, Dai Qing Dai, and Hanlin Master Le are checking the bamboo slips left by the pre-Qin dynasty in the third floor...... There are dozens of palace people on duty everywhere, plus the entourage and servants in the mansion of the adults, thinking that there should be hundreds of people...... It's snowing cold today, and the official family has a new charcoal fire and tea and wine, and everyone is happy to eat a cup of ...... in the room."

Another subordinate rushed over and said:

- "Lord Qiyu, Lord Lu, the water storage of the various yamen has been used up!" ”

- "Lord Qiqi Lu, I'm afraid that I can't keep a single single ancient book in the Jixian Palace!" ”

- "Lord Qiqi Lu, General Mei sent a message and asked how you are doing?" ”

When Lu Muqing heard the advice of his subordinates, he scolded angrily: "If there is no water, let the water shop send a thousand barrels, even if the ancient books can't be saved, everyone must be rescued!" After finishing speaking, he turned over and dismounted, remobilized the officers and soldiers to detect the fire, and wanted to personally lead the troops into the fire to rescue.

The attendant Jia Chongjiu hurriedly stopped, "My lord, at this time, it has already passed the time of the Suzaku Gate, the Vermilion Bird Gate has already been locked, and the people in the water shop can't enter the inner street, even if they enter the palace now and ask for the key to be lowered, and wait for the palace doors to open one by one, it will be too late." My lord, Jixian Palace...... I'm afraid I can't go back. More than a dozen of our brothers have been seriously injured, who wants to go in and die again! ”

Lu Muqing was so angry that he couldn't speak, he knew that the rules set by the imperial court could not be offended, so he immediately calmed down, reformulated his strategy, and said: "Send two teams of people to immediately demolish the drum towers on both sides of the Jixian Palace, within two hundred steps, cut down all the flowers and trees, demolish all the houses, and all the people and beasts will be withdrawn to the Suzaku Gate." ”

"Yes, sir."

At this time, someone suddenly called for help on the roof of the Jixian Palace, and the sound of pain resounded in the sky, the fire was raging, and many soldiers did not dare to run into the fire, and they all stood aside and stopped and lamented. Lu Muqing thought for a moment, took off his coat, and called his subordinates, "Bring my fire suit!" Jia Chongjiu knew that he couldn't persuade him, so Ma Li untied the fire suit on his body, put it on for Lu Muqing himself, covered his nose with a wet towel, and brought a ladder to stand on the wall, and ordered someone to throw dozens of remaining water bladders next to the ladder.

The fire was very strong, and the smoke made people's faces burn red, Lu Muqing climbed the ladder and was almost engulfed in the fire several times, but fortunately, his colleagues at the bottom cooperated to rescue, and finally there was no danger, and he climbed to the second floor smoothly. Lu Muqing didn't dare to delay for a moment, let alone hesitate, he walked through the fire house, went straight to the stairs, and only then did he go up to the third floor, and saw that the entire staircase had been engulfed in flames.

The person who called upstairs was none other than Master Le Chongyangle, a scholar from Hanlin, who had already fainted at this time. Lu Muqing carried him on his shoulders, it was impossible to go down the stairs, he didn't stop or hesitate, decisively took out the hook rope, went down the rope, and slid directly to the bottom of the building. A group of soldiers hurriedly caught the two, and the medical officer also hurried up to apply the medicine, and then looked at the ladder that had been erected on the second floor, which had already been submerged in the fire and quickly burned to ashes.