Chapter 13: The Night of the Meteor Shower

Not long after Chi Hanfeng sat down, he didn't finish a glass of wine, and the chamberlain hurriedly came over and called the general out again.

This time, Hongshi, who was sitting on the main seat, also noticed that although Chi Hanfeng did not have due respect for Redstone, it was mostly limited to small-scale occasions, so it was not difficult to think that something might have happened to Dìdū when he came in and out twice in a short period of time and then thought of Chi Hanfeng's identity.

Chi Hanfeng went out and chuckled in his heart, there were two squadron leaders and two squad leaders standing outside the door, the squad leader had traces of smoke and fire on his face, according to the day's shift, these two squadron leaders and the area that the squadron leader was in charge of just now were definitely not together.

"Your Excellency, you should be damned for your humble duties! When fireworks were set off in the east of the city, they accidentally set fire to the houses of residents, and now there are two fires. More than 300 people have been assigned to extinguish the fire and evacuate residents. The person who reported the problem was Lu Tian, one of the most humble squadron leaders in his 50s.

"General, the main road in the Xicheng area I am responsible for has overturned the lights and candles, and there are open flames, and now more than 500 Praetorian Guards are all fighting the fire, and when I went out, I stopped 200 people from the mercenary group going to Nancheng, and I have sent them to the scene. Another squadron leader, Earl Hogg, followed closely.

Chi Hanfeng's brows were already tightened, and he subconsciously looked to the east and west—the lights were bright, and it was hard to see that there was a fire anywhere. In previous years, the fire was also the most serious problem during the color festival, but I didn't expect that there were three in just half an hour this year. Since the beginning of autumn, it has been crisp and cool, and there has not been much rain near dìdū, and the air is very dry, perhaps for this reason.

"According to our previous arrangement, if there is a special situation, we can transfer the Colorful Dragon Knights to maintain it, why don't you go?" Chi Hanfeng had a vague attitude of reproach in his words.

"Your Excellency General, I have already arranged for someone to invite the Deputy Commander of the Colorful Dragon Knights Toyota, it is estimated that they are on their way. Lu Tian hurriedly explained.

"Quickly, immediately send someone to transfer all the remaining soldiers of the Colorful Dragon Knights into the city to maintain law and order, and arrange for all the infantry of the Xuanqing Land Dragon Mercenary Regiment to go out on patrol. The leader of the Xuanqing mercenary group, Arminisia, is inside, and when I go in, you will immediately arrange for the chamberlain to invite him out, and say that it is my order, please ask him to work hard tonight and lead the team himself. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. ”

Ji Hanfeng rearranged his clothes, squeezed out a smile on his face, and entered the grand banquet hall again. During this period, several military department leaders took advantage of the moment he walked by and kindly asked: "General, is there something going on outside?"

"Where, where, it's just that my stomach isn't so good. Chi Hanfeng changed the topic with a smile, and then saw the questioning gaze of the Redstone Emperor from afar.

Before Chi Hanfeng's ass could sit firmly, the waiter hurriedly walked outside the door, and the general's face suddenly turned into a bitter eggplant. Unexpectedly, the chamberlain did not look for him, but walked to the position of the two other imperial dignitaries, muttered a few words, and the faces of the two envoys became ugly, and they hurriedly stood up and left the banquet hall from both sides.

Then, another chamberlain came in with a breeze, and hurriedly came to Chi Hanfeng's side and bowed his head to ask him to go out, Chi Hanfeng was just about to leave, when the chamberlain beside the Hongshi Emperor came over and stopped him: "Your Excellency General, Your Majesty wants to know what happened." ”

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that three places in the city are on fire because of the firework of the salute, and you know Your Majesty, there have been no casualties so far. The Knights of the Colorful Dragons and the clergy of the Holy Empire are in place to ensure the personal safety of the residents. Please don't worry, Your Majesty, it will affect the banquet. ”

When Chi Hanfeng arrived outside the door, he immediately realized the seriousness of the gaffe, and there were traces of fireworks on the six or seven emperors outside the banquet hall, and the two captains were all present.

"What the hell happened?" Chi Hanfeng suppressed the anger in his heart and asked coldly. Even such a trivial matter cannot be handled, and there is really no need for the existence of nearly 10,000 forbidden army troops.

"General, I'm sorry to disturb you repeatedly......"

"Okay, okay, you just tell me what happened, don't beat around the bush. Chi Hanfeng's face was covered with frost.

"One of the three fires that happened just now has been extinguished, but two more have occurred in two other places one after the other, and there are too many people and it is too difficult to evacuate. I went to ask the Knights of the Colorful Dragon to send reinforcements, but more than half an hour had passed, and no one came. We've just sent two more squad leaders to inform them. Hall, the acting deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, stepped forward and reported aloud.

"And ......," the other captain, Zigya, hesitated to say something.

"Say, don't spit out. ”

"Yes, General, we need people to disperse the crowd, there are at least 100,000 inhabitants in a neighborhood, more than 1,000 forbidden troops and swordsmen to evacuate, there is no way. Zigeya put forward his opinion loudly: "We need manpower, in previous years, all the 10,000 forbidden troops were dispatched, and we also needed the cooperation of the mercenary group and the swordsman battalion. Now we have only 9,000 people, and we have to defend the palace, which is stretched. ”

"Zigea, I will assign another squad from the palace guards to you, and you will immediately arrange for people to go to the Imperial Prince and Duke's Palace, and send all the military officers to each palace to listen to the errands, and all half of them will be transferred to form a separate unit to put out the fire with all their might. Hall, you are now in charge of the security of the palace. You only have two squads of soldiers in your hands. Immediately designate a distance of 300 meters outside the palace as a forbidden area. ”

Ji Hanfeng pondered for a moment again: "Now, immediately announce that tonight's colorful supper is over, and all residents must return to their residences before 10:00 p.m., and those who are still lingering on the streets after the deadline are invited to drink kung fu tea at the Gyeonggi General Administration Office." ”

The two young squad leaders in the back subconsciously stuck out their tongues when they heard the kung fu tea. Isn't the kung fu tea of the military administration office delicious, each cup of tea is priced at 15 gold coins, each cup of hot water is priced at 5 gold coins, each hour's private room fee is priced at 5 gold coins, and each plate of small snacks is priced at 20 gold coins, once you are invited to tea, you must drink it for at least 5 days. Those who save money tighten their belts and spend a hundred gold coins in 5 days, and those who are rich can say that if they don't have enough money, they will immediately send them to dig sand in the area of the Sand River in the north of Dìdū, and only earn a silver coin by digging 100 bags of sand until they pay off their debts, and in the past few years, there have been as many as two or three years of people digging sand, and as time goes by, there are people who have broken the record of digging sand in a row.

"Yes, General!" received the order to expand the size of the army, and the two captains saluted and quickly left.

Ji Hanfeng smiled again and returned to the festive banquet hall. An inner attendant beside the emperor was already waiting on the edge of the seat, and Chi Hanfeng smiled bitterly and whispered to the inner attendant: "There are several fires outside, and someone has been arranged to extinguish the fire." Also, please inform Redstone that due to the small number of people in the dìdū army this year, the Knights of the Colorful Dragon still have to defend outside, so from 10:00 p.m., the colorful festival will end. Please prepare him. ”

Fresh food and drink are constantly being served, and most people don't even notice what is happening.

Suddenly, there was a deafening loud noise outside, and quite a few guests were shocked and the wine glasses in their hands fell to the ground and made a series of crisp sounds.

Sitting in the hall, the red light could be seen dancing directly from the south window paper, and the small cutlery and chopsticks on the table shook with a clang, and then everyone could clearly feel the earth tremble.

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