Chapter 55: False alarm

For the common people. At the end of the year, only the ten-day Lantern Festival of the Lantern Festival can lift the curfew and carnival all night, but for many civil officials who abide by etiquette and religion, the Lantern Festival has always been associated with the eight words of labor, money, and customs. Not to mention that men and women will come out to see the lanterns on this day, there must be all kinds of inhumane deeds, let's just say that since the founding of the country one hundred and fifty or sixty years, there have been one or two dozen times when the Lantern Festival lamp market caught fire, the most famous is the one that scared Emperor Gaozong back to the palace. Therefore, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, the letter to ask for the rejection of the Lantern City can be filled with political envoys.

At this moment, holding on to the railing and looking at the sudden raging fire, Chen Lan couldn't help but change his face. She wouldn't think of anything as a conspiracy, but the alley of Dengshi was not very spacious in the first place, and there were many people, so if one was not good, even if it didn't burn anything, it was likely to develop into a stampede. Therefore, she subconsciously grabbed Zhang Huixin and asked anxiously: "Is there anyone down there to maintain it?" If the crowd is in a commotion, it will be a big mess in the blink of an eye! ”

Hearing Chen Lan say this, Zhang Huixin was also a little worried, and looked around for a while. Seeing that the mother and daughter who came with him didn't know where they went, Yang Jinzhou was not upstairs, so he hurriedly beckoned a mother-in-law standing at the staircase to come over: "Go and report to your mother to see if the preparations outside are complete." ”

The mother-in-law was originally waiting to go out from the Korean government, so she smiled at this time: "Miss, don't worry, there are wells everywhere in this Yong'an Building, and they are all made of bricks and stones, even if you run out of water, you can quickly pounce down, not to mention that there is a pond in front of you, and it is empty here, so you can't burn here......"

Zhang Huixin was still a little patient at first, but when she listened to it, her color changed violently, and she interrupted her words sharply: "What kind of bastard words, is it possible that you don't need to pay attention to it if you can't burn here, and other people's lives are not human lives?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Hui's face turned blue with anger, and the mother-in-law lowered her head in a daze, Chen Lan thought for a moment, and then interjected: "This mother, this light market is not a trivial matter, you must know how many people are in this entire alley, in case of a commotion and trampling, the chaos will be big." Moreover, if someone instigates him to rush here, even if there are guards from the public mansion and brocade clothes in front of him, there will be chaos! Let's take a look at the situation outside, if the servants of Shuntianfu and so on are not in place, help maintain it first. Even if you don't remember to save someone's life and build a seventh-level floating slaughter, if this kind of thing happens during the festival, it will not look good in the imperial court. ”

Compared with Zhang Huixin's angry rebuke, Chen Lan's words were reasonable and well-founded after all, and the mother-in-law listened to it, and finally couldn't help but be convinced, nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly went down the stairs. Seeing this, Zhang Hui thought about it, and said to Chen Lan with some embarrassment: "Good sister, you still have to hold your breath, if my mother hears it, you have to blame me for not being able to speak." ”

At this time, King Zhou also pulled Chen Yan over, grabbed in front of Chen Lan and shouted: "Brother Yang, Brother Yang has gone down!" ”

Chen Yan looked helplessly at his sleeves that were about to be deformed by King Zhou, and saw Chen Lan looking over again, and hurriedly explained: "Sister, I saw Commander Yang and a few people hurriedly out of Yong'an Building, and the riot on the street is fine, it shouldn't be a big incident." ”

"That's good. The joy of the big festival came out, but in the end it was forgotten that he returned in defeat, for fear that there would be death and injury. ”

Chen Lan sighed lowly, seeing that King Zhou was ignorant, but Chen Yan was thoughtful, but Zhang Huixin nodded again and again, still unstoppable worry in his heart, so he reflexively went to the railing of the corridor outside. Sure enough, loud shouts and commands came from there from time to time, and although there was chaos in the crowd, there was no big chaos, and people could be vaguely seen struggling to put out the fire. Fortunately, the wind was not strong at this time, and the fire was still under control. When she looked down further, she found that the plainclothes brocade guards she had just seen along the way were already on guard in front of the building, and at the end of the stone bridge on the pond, Yang Jinzhou was saying something loudly to a few official-looking people, but because of the constant shouting outside, she couldn't hear anything.

Seeing that there were a large number of errand soldiers on the streets, and there were many soldiers with swords, although there were constant shouts in the crowd, the fire had gradually been controlled, Chen Lan only felt that the big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, and then he remembered that although the fire had spread to the left and near the left, it didn't seem to be as out of control as imagined, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. At this time, the hearty voice of the county lord of Yixing came from behind.

"Don't worry, every year during the Lantern Festival, Shuntianfu and Daxing County, as well as the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, will send a large number of people to maintain it. In order to prevent fires, Emperor Taizu once set up wells and fire-fighting buckets every 30 zhang in the alley of Dengshi. Then the Ministry of Industry renovated the entire alley, all houses are made of bricks and stones, no big wood is allowed, and every other section of the road is opened to retreat to other alleys around, so even if there is a fire, it can generally be controlled, but now it has been a long time, and people will always forget this one when they don't use it. Besides, today's festival is a big day, and it's ...... There are naturally more people who maintain it. ”

The first half of the words of the county lord of Yixing clearly explained the various precautionary measures of the lantern market, and Chen Lan listened very much to the praise of Chu Taizu's precautions - she naturally heard from the gossip of the girls that the officials of the court and the central government were quite dissatisfied with the lantern festival, but in this era when you can't walk around the streets at night, and every move is greatly restricted, the annual ten-day lantern festival is undoubtedly a rare time to relax. If it weren't for the thoughtful system left by Taizu, I'm afraid it would have been abolished like other systems back then. However, when she heard the last half, the sudden truncation of the county lord of Yixing made her feel that something was wrong.

If it is just for King Zhou and the lord of Yixing to come out today, so many plainclothes brocade guards on the street seem to be making a fuss, could it be that there are other nobles in the lamp market today?

"Brother Yang!"

A shout pulled her back from her contemplation, and when she looked over there, she saw King Zhou holding the railing and shouting down, and the chubby man was pressed against the railing. Afraid that the wooden railing would be overwhelmed, she was about to step forward. saw Chen Yan on the side dragging the person away.

"This railing is outside, exposed to the wind and rain all year round, how can you withstand such a big man as you pressing on it, what if something happens? Lord Yang has already gone upstairs, and I want to see someone go to the staircase to see! ”

Chen Yan had long forgotten that this was the emperor's eldest son, King Zhou, because of the way King Zhou spoke, so he actually brought out a bit of old-fashioned style when he spoke, but after finishing speaking, he realized that he was not talking to a little guy or something. Seeing that Chen Lan was looking at him, and the county lord of Yixing and Zhang Huixin were also looking at him, King Zhou muttered a few words, broke free and went down the stairs. He quickly coughed dryly.

"Sister, I forgot that it was His Royal Highness King Zhou......"

"You're kind, what's the matter!" The county lord of Yixing smiled, and then said meaningfully, "People in Beijing, you have to be careful, you are not wrong to be careful, if something goes wrong, it will be annoying." However, this Yong'an Building has long been inspected from the inside out, and the railings are made of cast iron-clad wood, not to mention one King Zhou, even if ten are pressed up, nothing will happen. Besides, it's not that he really doesn't understand anything, he just sees that the person he cares about gets carried away for a while. ”

As he was talking, King Zhou and Yang Jinzhou had already gone upstairs side by side, only one was elated, and the other was as cold as ever, but somehow, Chen Lan actually felt that the hen behind him had a little warmth for the calf. After coming up, Yang Jinzhou arched his hand to the county lord of Yixing, and greeted the others with his chin bow, and then said in a deep voice: "The fire is almost over, and the people watching the lights around here have also been evacuated. Shuntianfu Yin and Daxing County Commander were originally patrolling the lamp market, and the soldiers and horses of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division had been patrolling with people, but in a hurry they actually quarreled. ”

He said it easily, and others didn't care about it, but Chen Lan saw that the county lord of Yixing was thoughtful, and then smiled, plus she just saw that Yang Jinzhou seemed very unhappy when she was arguing with a few people over there, so she felt that things would never be so simple.

King Zhou seems to be a worthless fool to some people, but as long as there is the emperor's favor, there will still be people who will come up. Thereupon. It is not surprising that the officials in charge have thrown away the lantern market that they were about to make a mess and ran here to express their duty and concern. I didn't expect that Yang Jinzhou didn't have a deep foundation in the capital, and he was a calm person, so he actually quarreled with someone just now.

"Yin Han Shimin of Shuntian Mansion is the best at drilling camps, probably because he wanted to send more people to guard here, but he refused to you, right? I haven't seen Daxingzhi County, but I guess it's about the same. As for the commander of the soldiers and horses in Dongcheng, I remember that his daughter was the wife of the king of Jin......"

The county lord of Yixing has an excellent memory, and when he said it one by one at this time, Chen Lan had gained a lot, and Yang Jinzhou was also a little surprised, but he didn't nod or shake his head, and he didn't want to explain more about the conflict downstairs before. Because of this fire, although the headlamp city is still the same, but after all, it burned the three houses in the middle of the Yong'an Building and several lanterns, King Zhou has played enough today, he is already satisfied, clamoring to go back to the palace, and the rest of the people have no heart to stay, therefore, the big guy ate a bowl of steaming Lantern Festival on the Yong'an Building, and the servants also used a lot of food below, and then dispersed.

When Chen Lan got into the carriage, she couldn't help frowning slightly when she saw that the county lord of Yixing and the king of Zhou had not yet moved, as if it was an illusion, and there seemed to be more Jinyi guards in front of the building than before. After getting into the car, she lifted the curtain and glanced back, but this time she saw Yang Jinzhou clasping his fist at a middle-aged man with an unfamiliar face next to the county lord of Yixing, and her eyelids jumped immediately.

There are still people in the building!

PS: Anyway, people have been asking about the update time, so let me preview it here. The update of the guarantee is between 10 and 12 o'clock in the morning, and if there is a change, it is mostly after 7 o'clock in the evening...... I saw that some people said that I was slow to update.,No way.,Can't get up fast.,I also hope you support the genuine version a lot-