"This fire is getting bigger and bigger, and it is also burning inside, you stop it again, in case something happens to the princess's side, how many heads do you have? Get out of the way. Cao Cheng stepped forward again.

But the guards guarding the second gate had already been ordered, and they didn't eat his set at all, so they gave him a blank look and said: "You send someone to save the fire outside, there are people inside, there is a difference between inside and outside, if you let Xiao Xiao mix in and collide with the princess, how many heads do you have enough to cut off?" Don't add to the chaos, with this effort, it is the right thing to send more people to bring some water to extinguish the fire. ”

When the fire in the outer courtyard was completely ignited, the fire in the inner courtyard had been burned under human control, and the fire burned from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard, and it was no longer burnable, so it was slowly extinguished and basically controlled.

However, there were more and more fires in the outer courtyard, and the people led by Cao Zheng, as well as the group of guards on duty in the outer courtyard, had no intention of rushing in, and they all rushed to put out the fire.

After all, because the wind had changed, the fire began to spread into the street, and even the gate was on fire, and if they didn't save it, they would all burn to death inside.

Fortunately, there are no miscellaneous homes near the official residence, otherwise it would be really difficult to clean up.

But the flames caught the attention of the neighbors, and soon the sound of fire drums was heard, and the soldiers patrolling the city and the people from the neighboring streets rushed to put out the fire.

Standing outside, the side of the official office facing the street was already in flames, and the situation was very scary.

The soldiers patrolling the city were all veterans in dealing with such things, and the leaders sent people to get fire-extinguishing equipment, or woke up people near the official office, or borrowed wells from nearby people, and the entire fire-fighting work was carried out in an orderly manner.

Hearing the squeaky and screaming of the people in the gate, Captain Ma, who led the team over, was anxious and asked the leader of the patrol team, "Princess, have they come out?" ”

The leader of the team hurriedly said: "The fire is too big, and the people in the other courtyards have been evacuated from the corner gate, but the princess's courtyard is in the middle, and you must enter through the gate. ”

Captain Ma looked at the fire that had been suppressed, "Find some bedding and pour water, cover your head and let people rush in, and then pick some good ones, and set up a ladder from the door of the courtyard next to it to save ...... If something happens to the princess, none of us want to live. ”

At this time, Gong Dun and the others had already rushed over through the corner gate, because only Noamo could speak Datang among these people, and Dongqing's message was also passed on to him, so he stood up and asked: "The fire is together, and people have been arranged to fight the fire and evacuate, and everything is under control, why is it that the princess has Cao Zhen brought someone to help fight the fire, but the more it burns, the more it burns?" ”

Captain Ma's face sank, and he was about to ask questions, when he heard the screams of the women coming from inside, "Kill someone, come quickly, someone robbed the princess......"

Hearing the cries for help from inside, without waiting for Captain Ma to arrange, Noamo snatched the wet quilt from the hands of a guard, covered his head, and rushed in with more than a dozen Tibetan warriors.

Before leaving, the prime minister repeatedly explained that he and the people of the Tang Dynasty must cooperate to send the princess to Tubo safely.

As for Steward Cao, he originally thought that he would not be able to rush in by himself, and when those mothers-in-law came out with the bath bucket, he would be able to withdraw his troops, but he didn't expect that there was a sudden cry for help from inside, and the screams of the women made his heart beat in shock.

Didn't check it when I sent the bathtub in, there were only about a dozen daughters-in-law in the inner courtyard, and the twenty or so mothers-in-law sent in acted separately by borrowing buckets from each room and scooping water in the backyard...... has repeatedly explained that it is necessary to fight quickly, how can there be such a big movement?

I even explained in advance what to say and how to deal with any situation, why did I still make it like this?

What a bunch of idiots!

He wanted to retreat with his people, but found that at some point, his own people had already fought with the princess's guards.

Hearing the cries for help in the inner courtyard, some of the guards in the second gate rushed into the inner gate to check, and some rushed out of the second gate directly and fought with Cao Zhi's people.

"Only your people went in and robbed the princess, who else were they? Take them all down, and not a single one of them will run. The chief of the guard gave the order directly.

"Hey, hey, misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding, you guys go in and take a look, maybe there are thieves who climbed over the wall and entered......" Cao Zhi, who was carried by the back collar, explained again and again.

But the chief of the guard had already given the order, and he didn't listen to his excuses at all, and only arranged for people to attack Cao's people.

Joke, if it weren't for the fact that the princess said that she would catch turtles in the urn and take one of these people to show up on the spot, he would have led people to rush out, and with those guards in the outer courtyard, he couldn't control his people.

After rushing in, Noah Mo saw the situation and did not rush in further, but only called his men to attack Cao Zhi's people.

Attacking inside and out, those people brought by Cao Zhi were quickly captured.

By this time, the fire had been completely contained.

Except for a few who were slightly injured on Li Yuntong's side, none of them had an accident, but the people led by Cao Zheng were smashed by the burned pillars, some were burned by the flames, and some were stunned by the smoke...... As for those who burned their clothes and lifted their hair, and those who splashed sparks on their bodies, there were more than a dozen.

Who told them not to prepare in advance, and when the fire burned, they couldn't run, they couldn't get in, and they were forced to turn around by the fire.

When Captain Ma came in and asked for the reason, he immediately understood that there must be something wrong with Cao Zhan, and with a wave of his hand, he asked the guards to tie up Cao Zhan and all the people he brought, and put them in the prison of the government for careful interrogation.

Cao Cheng had previously said that it was a misunderstanding, saying that he had just brought someone to put out the fire, and when he found the fire fold from his person and found the tung oil for ignition, he immediately had nothing to say.

When the twenty or so mothers-in-law who entered the inner courtyard were taken out, the square-faced mother-in-law and the others looked dejected, but when the thin mother-in-law was pulled out, the cloth stuffed in her mouth fell out, and she pulled her throat and said: "Don't move, I'll go by myself, anyway, even if we go to prison, it won't be long before we have to be released." ”

When Cao Zhen heard this, he scolded her, "Shut your mouth, is this the place where you talk nonsense?" ”

After that, no matter how he asked or beat, not only the thin woman, but also the others did not say a word.

When the thin woman's words reached Li Yuntong's ears, she sneered: "According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, anyone who sets fire to official and private houses or property will be imprisoned for three years; If the value of the loss reaches five horses of silk, she will be exiled for 2,000 miles, and this woman actually has the confidence to say such a thing, which is obviously not groundless. It seems that the person who instructed Cao to engage in it is not small, is it possible that Li Tingshi will still shield them? ”

The news reached the ears of Li Yanzhi, the assassin of Weizhou, and he roared angrily, "Check, give me a good check, check overnight, who instructed them to rob Her Royal Highness the princess!" also took advantage of the time when the prince of the county and the prince of the world went to the military camp with me to watch the drill, this must be an internal thief, Cao Ziwen is still out of reach of these military planes in a small engagement, and he must find out who is their backstage, so that they dare to do this. ”

But no matter how he was tortured, Cao Ziwen always insisted that no one instructed him, he just wanted to set the fire and rescue the princess again, and take the opportunity to make a great contribution...... No matter how he was tried, he was only willing to admit that he had set the fire and resolutely denied the charge of robbing the princess.

And those mothers-in-law and guards said that they had received money from Cao Zheng, as for why they didn't know, although the thin mother-in-law seemed to know something inside, but since Cao Ziwen told her to shut up, she didn't say a word.

However, it was found out that some of the guards were bandits in the mountains, and the square-faced woman and the thin woman came down from the bandits' den.

"I'm afraid that other people really don't know the inside story, and they don't say a word when they know, what are they relying on? Why is it so sure that it won't take long for them to be released? The next day, when he heard the results of the interrogation, Li Yuntong was puzzled.

Li Jingheng was indignant, "It doesn't matter what they rely on, when they take down those bandits, they will be sentenced to death together, and see who dares to let them out." ”

"Brother, do you think it will have something to do with that Li Yanzhi? After all, that day he invited his father and you to the barracks to watch the Weizhou soldiers drill...... It just so happened that something happened, if you want to let those people go, he has so much right to wait for us to leave, and turn around to let people out. In this Weizhou Mansion, it's not just him who has the final say. ”

"Impossible, even if we leave, if we have the heart, we can always find out the results, he Li Yanzhi dares to release people, and go back to his father to join him, not to mention the black gauze hat, he can't even keep his head, what is he trying to do? Unless he has a lot of wealth, it's not worth it for him to do it. Li Jingheng flatly denied it.

Li Daozong also said: "Your brother is right, there is no wealth and nobility, even if Li Yanzhi has the courage, he will not do such a thing, and if he can achieve the position of assassin history, he will not be a stupid person, and he will not do a loss-making business." Right now, I'm afraid that he wants to find out the mastermind behind the scenes more than we want to clear his suspicions. ”

"If Cao Zhen has been denied it, can't this matter be found out?" Li Yuntong said angrily, "If I hadn't wanted to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, I would have directly ordered someone to arrest them last night, and I wouldn't have tossed those things. ”

"Of course not, since they're coming for you, they'll definitely make a move before we leave." Li Daozong smiled and comforted, "Don't worry, let's just wait and see what happens." ”

Li Jingheng said suddenly: "Sister, do you remember?" The Taoist priest said, if we don't leave Weizhou yesterday, we will be killed...... It seems that the Taoist priest does have some ability. ”