Li Shangshu heard this roar, and immediately turned around and looked at the fire again, this time, he lowered his gaze. Sure enough, I saw a lot of guards carrying water in and out to put out the fire, and between this burning courtyard and the other courtyards, there was already a river of water, and although the fire was very strong, it did not spread to both sides

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Li Shangshu, please go to the palace again and report the news of the fire here to the emperor." Changde said slowly.

Li Shangshu turned his head and glanced at Chang De, who had been sitting there for a long time, and suddenly said angrily: "Master Chang, I am here to run errands for you today, right?" ”

Hearing this, Chang De was not annoyed, he glanced at Li Shangshu slowly. He said slowly: "Okay, I'll go into the palace, you take good care of this here, remember, this fire has the possibility of counterattacking at any time, you have to pay full attention, in addition, if the fire is extinguished, you have to take someone to search for the body of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, he may not be dead."

Li Shangshu listened to these words. Suddenly shuddering with fright, he hurriedly shook his head at Changde: "No, no, no!" You'd better stay here! I'll go into the palace to report the news to the emperor! ”

"But in this way, Master Li, you will become an errand runner, and I really don't want to go in my heart," Chang De said with a look of embarrassment.

"It's okay! It's okay! How can this be considered an errand? We are all good ministers who are wholeheartedly for the country" Li Shangshu smiled, and immediately walked out, saying as he walked, "Lord Chang, you just wait for my good news!" ”

Yes, his painstaking persuasion in front of the emperor was all in vain, and the holy decree in his hand became a piece of waste paper, and he didn't even have a chance to unfold it!

Not to mention the way back. How annoyed Li Shangshu was in his heart, just talking about Changde, he had always led people to guard in front of Qi Yan's courtyard, and there were many guards guarding there in all directions, but from beginning to end, Qi Yan did not come out of that room, not only that, not even a fly flew out of that house.

Killed the bolt with just one palm, there should be a master in the house, but why, no one came out? Changde felt very strange in his heart.

This fire shocked the whole capital.

When the emperor was still immersed in residual anger, Li Shangshu returned. The news brought this time was that Qi Yan's room was on fire! And he didn't come out, and there was more than luck.

"How so? How did the fire start? What about Changde? Hasn't he been there all the time? How could you watch that fire go on? When the emperor heard this, he immediately became angry.

When Li Shangshu heard this, he suddenly secretly complained in his heart, why was he always the one who faced the emperor's anger!

"Your Majesty, these questions, Weichen has asked Master Chang." Li Shangshu replied respectfully: "He said that when the fire started, the smoke was poisonous, and their people didn't dare to get too close, so they could only wait for the poisonous smoke to disappear before they went to save the fire." But by that time the fire was already burning so big that they couldn't get in, so they had to think of ways to put out the fire."

"You mean, Yan'er, he deliberately didn't let people in to save him?" When the emperor heard this, he was taken aback.

Li Shangshu immediately replied: "That's what Master Chang told Weichen. When Wei Chen passed, although the fire burned vigorously, it did not spread to the courtyards on both sides, and the fire would gradually decrease after waiting for it, which was all his credit. ”

When the emperor heard this, he muttered and said, "Then, the commander didn't see anyone escape from that house?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Master Li said, he has been staring, the courtyard is guarded by guards in all directions, and he didn't see a fly flying out of the house." Li Shangshu replied.

These words basically confirmed Qi Yan's death.

Even if the emperor was disgusted with this unsuccessful son, he suddenly heard the cause of his death at this moment, and he sat there stunned for a long time.

Li Shangshu lowered his head, not daring to look at the emperor's expression at all.

After a long time, the emperor sighed deeply and said: "You go, help Changde, you must find Qi Yanlai, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death!" ”

When Li Shangshu heard this, his expression was terrified, and he immediately replied respectfully: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

The emperor waved his hand and said a little decadently: "You go!" "Shape the beautiful clip.

The fire in King Xian's Mansion burned until dark, and then gradually all of them were extinguished.

A group of people led by Changde and Li Shangshu worked the charred and dirty ruins with lanterns overnight, looking for Qi Yan's body little by little, but this group of people found it for half the night and found nothing.

Changde was still looking for it there, but Li Shangshu was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, so he said hello to Chang De, and went to find a secluded place in the courtyard next to him to fall asleep.

Changde didn't care about his laziness and slippery, he only concentrated on looking for it, the emperor will definitely want the result early tomorrow morning, so he must find a result tonight!

Li Shangshu saw that he was so attentive, and he went to sleep with confidence.

As soon as he left, the guards under him also wanted to follow the lazy tricks, and as soon as they slipped back from the ruins, they were discovered by Li Shangshu, and they scolded them again.

At dawn, Changde finally pulled out two charred corpses from the rubble, and he didn't find anything else. As soon as he asked the two corpses to be carefully placed on a stretcher and carried into the carriage, Li Shangshu, who had slept comfortably for most of the night, stretched his waist and came out of the courtyard next door.

Seeing this scene, Li Shangshu's eyes suddenly lit up, he rushed over, squeezed away those guards, carefully looked at the two charred corpses, and asked Chang De excitedly: "One of these is the Seventh Prince?" ”

Chang De stayed up all night, his eyes had already turned blood-red, and after listening to Li Shangshu's words, he said concisely: "I don't know about this, I have to send it to the imperial doctor for examination to be sure." ”

Hearing this, Li Shangshu hurriedly said with a smile: "In this way, Lord Chang, you have worked hard all night, why don't you go back and have a good rest, how about these two corpses to be brought back to the emperor for you?" ”

Changde really didn't expect this Li Shangshu to be such a shameless person, he didn't work last night, but today he actually wanted to rob him of his credit, when he Changde is such a good bully?

"Master Li, thank you for your concern, Chang is not sleepy, and he can hold it up." Chang De smiled slightly and said.

Li Shangshu's face flashed with a slight embarrassment, but he still insisted on his opinion: "Master Chang, don't hold on if you're tired, look at you!" The two eyes are red like rabbits, and the emperor may be scared when he sees it! Listen to me, go home and rest early! ”

"Master Li Wanqun can rest assured, the emperor is only worried about His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince at the moment, he won't pay more attention to me, you think too much." Chang De said, smiled slightly, and said: "But Lord Li, you want to go to the emperor alone with the results of my hard work all night, it's not impossible, but have you ever thought about it, in case the emperor asks you, where did these two corpses come from, and what state was it at that time, can you explain clearly?" ”

When Li Shangshu heard this, he suddenly got stuck.

Chang De smiled slightly, ignored Li Shangshu, and ordered someone to load the carriage, pack up everything, and prepare to leave in the carriage.

When they left, Li Shangshu saw that it was not a play, gritted his teeth and got into his carriage, and then followed Changde and his party and entered the palace.

In the carriage, Li Shangshu took out the charred black charcoal he had just found from the courtyard of the ruins, and carefully drew two patches of black green under his eyes, like a panda.

Now, he was satisfied.