A group of people carried Shu Jiuchai out and got into the carriage, and Wang Xiaolai called everyone to him and instructed them one by one.

"I sneaked out of the barracks, it won't take long for Daxing City to know, if someone comes to look for it, you just tell the matter straight, old man Feng, Iron Hammer, you two go with me, and the rest stay at home." Wang Xiaolai said.

Everyone nodded.

"Jingyu, these days, the training of the escort team is tight, don't slacken, our business is bigger, and we will definitely need more manpower in the future, Shuangyu, you and the little parrot will go back to Daxing City immediately, don't go wrong when you look at the business, understand?"

The three of them clasped their fists and nodded.

"Hongxiang, all the things at home will be handed over to you for the time being, Bantianmei senior, you have a lot of experience, and you will help with a little red fragrance. If you all have any undecided minds, you will also decide after consulting Hongxiang, I will go these days, if there is any difficulty, I will go to Daxing City to find Lao Shen for help. ”

Everyone clasped their fists and replied yes.

"What about the Lu family's father and son?" Wang Xiaolai looked up and glanced around, but he didn't see Lu Yiping and Lu Liang.

Hao Ren replied: "Before Miss Shu fell unconscious, she handed over the title deed of the Yuhe Chamber of Commerce to their father and son, saying that they would let them take care of the Yuhe Chamber of Commerce, sir, do you want me to go to Daxing City and call them over now?" ”

Wang Xiaolai lowered his head and thought about it, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, since it is the person picked by Jiuchai, there should be no problem, but Hao Ren, the best word, you still go to the Lu family's father and son, they have a lot of enemies in Daxing City, many things, it is not good to show up, do you understand?" ”

Hao Ren, who had no arrangements for himself, was still a little unhappy in his heart, but now when he heard Wang Xiaolai's words, he immediately understood what he meant.

On the surface, the relationship is to let himself help the Lu family father and son, but in fact, he let himself spy on the two of them.

Hao Ren beat his chest excitedly: "Yes, my lord." ”

After the order, Wang Xiaolai made sure that there was nothing missing, and then said: "Okay, I'll set off, you go back first." ”

As he spoke, Wang Xiaolai urged the horse to leave.

It was only the horse's hooves that stepped out, and Hongxiang next to him called out to Wang Xiaolai: "Son, wait." ”

Lerma stopped, Wang Xiaolai looked at Hongxiang curiously.

The red fragrance ran into the courtyard, and after a while, he ran out, carrying a burden in his hand.

Wang Xiaolai, who didn't understand what Hongxiang meant, looked at her like this.

Hongxiang stuffed the burden into Wang Xiaolai's hand and said, "This is some gold and silver, you can take it and use it on the road." ”

Wang Xiaolai said that he was really confused, and he patronized to find Luan Chengping, how could he forget this.

He ran out of the barracks in a hurry, he didn't have a penny on him, and he went to Merge Prefecture, separated by a road of thousands of miles from Qingzhou, and he had no money in his hand, how could he do it?

After saying thank you, Wang Xiaolai took the silver and urged the horse to leave.

Iron Hammer sat on the auxiliary carriage frame, with his head in his arms, holding the brass hammer, leaning on the carriage and falling asleep.

As for Feng Wuji, he took care of Shu Jiuchai in the carriage.

The carriage left the refugee settlement and turned in the direction of the north and the state.

···

At night, the empress was asleep in the Shou'an Palace, and when she heard a loud noise, she woke her up directly, sat up hurriedly, and shouted: "Someone is coming." ”

When the words fell, a maid walked in outside the door and said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" ”

The empress frowned and asked, "What's the matter with that loud noise outside just now?" It can't be raining, right? ”

The maid shook her head dumbly: "No, it's sunny outside, and there are a lot of stars." ”

The empress wondered: "Then how can there be thunder?" ”

When the words fell, there was another series of loud noises.

The empress hurriedly put on her shoes and walked out, and the maid hurriedly picked up the dragon robe hanging at the head of the bed and slashed it on the empress.

Going out, the empress looked directly in the direction where the sound came from.

"The Wengcheng Barracks? Is something going on? The Empress muttered in a low voice.

At this moment, another loud sound sounded that overshadowed all the previous sounds, and immediately after, the fire rose.

Even if she was in the palace, there was a distance of seventeen or eighteen miles from the urn city, and the empress felt the flames covering her eyes and the feeling of the heat wave.

"What's going on, is it possible that the barracks is on fire?" The empress was shocked.

The flames alarmed all the residents of Daxing City, after all, it was the granary that caught fire, and the fire was so big that the entire Daxing City could see it clearly.

But in a quarter of an hour, Narcissus broke in from outside, staggered to his knees, and said, "Your Majesty, it's not a good thing. ”

The empress hurriedly helped Narcissus to stand up and said, "Narcissus, don't get excited, talk slowly, what's going on?" ”

Narcissus swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "The granary of Urn City is on fire." ”

In a word, the empress was stunned as if she had been struck by lightning.

The granary in the military camp of Wengcheng is enough for the food of 80,000 royal city guards for three months, nearly 500,000 stone grain and grass, and now that you are talking about fire, how can the empress not be shocked.

"Quick, Narcissus, take someone to the rescue."

The empress panicked.

Narcissus nodded: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I'll go and take someone with me." ”

"Inform all the troops near Wengcheng, whether they are officials or officers and soldiers, to come to the rescue."

"Yes."

Narcissus walked away quickly.

The empress thought for a moment and shouted again: "Someone." ”

Mulan, one of the commanders of the dark guard, came out of the shadows and knelt down in front of him and clenched his fists: "Your Majesty." ”

The empress looked at Mulan and said: "There is a fire in the city, the people must be panicked, Mulan, you immediately take people to the street now to appease the people's emotions." ”

"Yes."

···

The fire burned all night, and it was finally successfully extinguished.

However, more than half of the 500,000 stone grains and grass were burned, and the rest were also stained with the smell of fireworks, and people could no longer eat them, so they could only be used as fodder and fed to horses.

The day before, the Wengcheng military camp, which was still in order, had turned into a scorched earth today.

Starting from Lu Gongyou, all the soldiers have a black face.

"The Son of Heaven has arrived!"

A raised male duck's voice, and all the soldiers, including Lu Gongyou, threw the barrel in their hands, turned around and knelt down at the empress dragon chariot.

Walking out of the dragon chariot, the empress looked at the grain and grass that had been turned into charred ash, and her face was distressed.

"Lu Gong."

shouted, Lu Gong, who was like a cat, walked up, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, what do you command?" ”

The empress asked, "How many casualties did there be in this fire?" ”

Lu Gongyou replied: "Thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, there were no casualties, but more than half of the 3,000 war horses in the stable were burned to death, and the remaining half broke free of the reins and ran out in all directions, alarming the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the ministers have already sent people to arrest them." ”

The empress nodded, and finally felt a little relieved: "Okay, good, it's good that there are no casualties." ”

But Lu Gongyou's next sentence made the empress's heart rise again.

"It's just..."

"Just what?"

"There is no trace of Wang Xiaolai."

The empress turned her head instantly, and her voice raised a few decibels: "What? Little Laizi is gone? ”

Lu Gongyou nodded.

"Are you looking for someone else?"

"The minister has counted, no."

The empress lowered her head and whispered to herself in surprise: "Could it be that she was burned to death in the fire?" It's impossible, that kid is so excited, when he sees danger, he should run away as soon as possible. ”

Lu Gongyou stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty is not worried, the minister has checked, although Wang Xiaolai is gone, but in his residence, no remains have been found, and last night, someone below said that it seems that the first place where the fire started is Wang Xiaolai's residence, and some people have seen him run out of the place where the fire started." ”

Lu Gongyou said this, and the empress's heart finally let go: "That's good, that's good." ”

Suddenly, the empress seemed to realize something: "Lu Gong, you said that the first place where the fire started last night was Xiao Laizi's residence?" ”

Lu Gongyou nodded.

Looking at the empress's expression, Lu Gongyou also understood, and his heart was broken.

The empress immediately said, "Quick, go and take me to Xiao Laizi's residence." ”

Lu Gongyou hurriedly led the empress to the front, and when he arrived, the tent where Wang Xiaolai lived before had turned to ashes.

In the ashes, Yu Ziqing was still distressed.

Seeing the empress, Yu Ziqing hurriedly stood up and saluted.

With a wave of her hand, the empress stepped forward, squatted among the ashes, reached out and picked up a small weighing stone for silver, and held it up.

Looking back at Yu Ziqing's arms, there were piles of black and white stones.

"What is this?" The Empress asked.