Sleeping until midnight was suddenly woken up by Qiu Xiang, and then he heard a quick knock at the door, Qiu Xiang immediately got up and lit the candle, and then finished dressing. I went to open the door, only to see the four King Kongs, Wang Steward and others at the door, holding lanterns in their hands, as soon as they saw me come out, the four King Kongs lifted me and quickly ran downstairs. I haven't reacted yet, what the hell is this, the third watch doesn't let people sleep in the middle of the night, and then knocks on the door, and leaves without saying a word.

When I realized a little bit of reaction, I asked aloud, "What's going on?" Qinglong gasped in his mouth and said intermittently: Shopkeeper, it's not good. There was a fire in the next building, and the fire was very big. When I arrived at the empty space downstairs, I found that the inn connected to the private house had been burned red for half a day, and the ashes in the sky kept falling. Because the window of my room was hung with a dense curtain, I didn't notice it at the time, this guy, only then did I find that the open space here was crowded, and at this time, Steward Wang, Qiu Xiang and others also came to me.

I hurriedly asked Steward Wang: Have all our people withdrawn? Steward Wang nodded breathlessly and said: It has been completely withdrawn, and the luggage and belongings are in the parking lot at the back. I hurriedly said: go find some coarse cloth to wet with water, and then give each guard a piece, this dust is very large, harmful to people, tell them to cover their mouths and noses. Tell the old and young and the women to get into the car and pull them to a place where there is no dust.

Then he looked at the green dragon beside him and asked, "Is your injury healed?" Qinglong replied: It's not in the way, it's just a small injury, the medical officer has to bandage it, in fact, it's okay at all, I'm used to it. I had no choice but to nod my head, and then said to everyone that except for the people and supplies who were escorting the evacuee, everyone else would follow me to fight the fire and save people.

After saying that, he took the lead and ran along the lane, and the people behind reacted, and I had to follow me when I ran away, and when we got to the street, my God, this fire was big enough and fierce enough, and the inn could not be seen at a glance to the north, until the corner, there were at least twenty rooms, because it was wooden, the burning crackling sound was very scary, and the guards behind handed me a wet strip of coarse cloth, so I opened my mouth and went around the back of the ears to tie it, turned around and made a demonstration to them, and pointed with my finger.

At this time, a large number of firefighting officers and soldiers (firefighters of the Great Song Dynasty) have come to the street, their main task now seems to be to save people, organize everyone according to order and evacuate, although the fire is very large, there are many people on the street, officers and soldiers, but the overall order is still okay, seeing our group of people standing here, there are defense officers and soldiers walking towards us, and when they come to the front they say: Everyone, please evacuate here immediately with me, it is dangerous here.

As soon as I heard that, I said, "We want to help put out the fire and save people." According to the Great Song Code, when a fire breaks out, only our professional defense officers and local troops are qualified to extinguish the fire, and the people do not need to participate in the firefighting, so hurry up and follow me.

As soon as I heard that there was still this regulation, I looked at the people behind me, and then followed the officers and soldiers of the defense corner to turn around and walk south, along the way I saw the officers and soldiers of the brigade constantly running to reinforce the fire scene to fight the fire, some of them held fire-fighting household (fire extinguishing equipment), and some carried large and small water storage buckets; There are also people who carry water-drawing utensils and sprinklers; The back is more of a fire extinguishing tool (two catties of loose hemp tied with an eight-foot pole and dipped in mud); Ladder, big rope, iron cat, axe saw, water bag (with horses, cattle and miscellaneous animal skins as a bag, water storage three or four stones, with a large bamboo to go to the knot, tied to the mouth of the bag), water bladder (with pig and cow cells to hold water, is a throwable fire extinguisher), pump (with a long bamboo, under the hole, to wrap the water pole, from the hole to the earliest fire pump), the back is actually a few fire truck ladders, ladders (with a large wood as a bed, under the big wheel, on the two ladders, each long two zhang, in the shaft, for high-rise fire extinguishing) ......

When I saw these things, I realized how reckless I was just now, and if this defense officer and soldier hadn't stopped me, then we would only have caused trouble for them. Then in the middle of the road, I saw a group of people hurrying to the scene of the fire, in the middle was a sedan chair, I think this was probably a local governor or something, and then there was a team of officers and soldiers running quickly to march forward, this dress is very recognizable, the same as the officer and soldier who took us away, and at this time, a heart-warming glance happened, the commander in front saw the officers and soldiers of the corner behind coming, so he took the initiative to give way to the side, let the officers and soldiers of the corner run in line.

After all, with such fire-fighting equipment, personnel, and quality, the loss of this fire will be minimized. When we arrived at the siege, we saw a fire tower more than 10 meters high, and the fire detectors on the roof of the building had been shining a lamp in the direction of the fire, which may have been pointing out the location of the fire scene to the reinforcements of the defense officers.

At the end of the street, there is a huge tile (large national entertainment center), only to see that the whole tile is full of lights at this time, it is very bright, the railing at the door has been opened, many convoys and people are going inside, there are officers and soldiers in maintaining order and directing vehicles to stop, more old people, children, and women are taken to sit in the viewing hall inside, and many small shop owners are also opening the doors one after another, providing water and food to everyone.

We also came to the square under the guidance of the officers and soldiers, this is the most relaxed moment since my private visit to the micro-service, and it is also the happiest moment, after witnessing too much injustice and ugliness, at this time I saw the real government for the people, officers and soldiers, officials, as well as this strong human touch, as well as the love for the people everywhere, and finally the order of the people, the timely business and the free opening and use of this large-scale public entertainment facilities.

So I asked people to go to our convoy and Steward Wang, tell them our current situation, and tell them not to worry, because they thought we had gone to the fire to save people. So there were only me and the four great King Kongs and the other eight guards on the scene, and at this time I asked Qinglong, which one is better in fighting fires than Jingshi.

Qinglong thought for a while and said: In terms of the strength of the officers and soldiers, the response of the Beijing division is faster, after all, there are many people in the Beijing division, and there are many officers and soldiers in the defense area, and there is a defense team in every few streets, and almost every street is expected to be on fire, but in terms of the cooperation of the people, I feel that Handan City is doing better. More humane, more united, more friendly. The commercial flavor of Jingshi is too strong.

Although I have not seen a specific fire rescue in the capital, I can feel from Qinglong's words that the Great Song Empire still has a very sound mechanism and code for fire protection in the city. When a fire breaks out, it is stipulated that only professional firefighters are allowed to participate in firefighting, which is more humane and professional, and the fire scene does need a large number of professional equipment and personnel to rescue, and ordinary people rashly participate in it, which may be counterproductive.

After a while, I saw Steward Wang leading everyone to hurry over, followed by Erxiang, Liu Laohan's ancestors, the three eldest sisters, and the people of the Imperial City Division, who I was familiar with. As soon as the steward Wang arrived, he said: "Shopkeeper, you scared me to death just now, we really thought that you went to put out the fire, I went to prepare the coarse cloth strips, and as soon as the strips of coarse cloth came out, you were all gone." Finally, the crowd was arranged, and when the convoy was pulled into the street, officers and soldiers came to lead the way, and then we followed the officers and soldiers.

If it weren't for the guards to report, we would have been going to the fire scene to find you, so Wang Er was stunned and they also criticized the old slave fiercely. At this time, Wang Er in the back was stunned and lowered his usual high head deeply. I also hurriedly said: Tonight is indeed a bit reckless. Haha, don't take it as an example. Immediately, the atmosphere became lively, everyone greeted each other, and when I saw Xiao Liuzi standing there alone with a small wooden box in his hand, I walked over and patted him on the shoulder and said: Hard work Xiao Liuzi. Xiao Liuzi smiled at me and said: The shopkeeper is fine. It's just that this wooden box is a little heavy, can I put it down and rest with the shopkeeper? I smiled and nodded, saying something too rigid in my heart.

When I turned around, Qiu Xiang and Chun Xiang were holding my underwear soft armor in their hands at this time, and I couldn't help but shake my head and said to them: Have I gone to the battlefield, and I don't need to wear anything to fight fires, do you want me to become a roast pig? They blushed and looked at each other, followed by laughter. I didn't care about them, so I continued to walk over and greet Liu Laohan's grandson, the three eldest sisters and others.

At this time, Xiao Keai, the person in charge of the Handan branch of the Imperial City Division, ran over from a distance, and when he arrived, he saluted and said: Qiyu Huang shopkeeper, the lower official has prepared a place to stay for the shopkeeper, please come with the lower official. I thought about it, I can't spend the night here, just now because I was thinking about other things to forget about this matter, so I said to Steward Wang: Arrange the old and young first, I don't feel sleepy now anyway, and when the fire is almost over, I want to go to see the scene, and by the way to meet the local governor. Steward Wang nodded, and began to arrange for everyone to leave.

In the end, I was left with the four great King Kongs, Xiao Liuzi, Wang Ershuo, Wang Dazhuang, Xiao Keai and Erxiang, seeing that the fire over there had gradually been extinguished, I led everyone to the north towards the scene of the fire house, and people along the way saw the officers and soldiers of the defense corner retreating one after another, and occasionally saw stretchers passing by, it is estimated that the people who were injured by the fire, looking at the exhausted, filthy faces, and scattered hair of the defense officers and soldiers, I couldn't help but speed up the pace forward.

Came to the scene of the fire to see that the fire has been basically extinguished, only to hear the crackling sound of the sporadic wood that has not been completely carbonized and burned, and at this time there are also a lot of torches at the scene, many officers and soldiers are cleaning up the scene, there is a person wearing an official uniform leading a group of officials are talking to the people around, and a closer look, the Datong Inn has not been affected by the fire, which is also a great luck in misfortune. And we all walked slowly toward them.

Not far behind the officials, I could probably hear their voices clearly, and I motioned for everyone to stop, I wanted to listen carefully to what they were saying. After listening for a while, I realized that it was the government investigating the cause of the fire. In my heart, I silently gave a big thumbs up to this official.