Billowing smoke kept pouring up from downstairs.

Zuo Fuzi let out a fatal cough.

"The fire is about to burn, you can't stay here for a long time, Your Highness should leave quickly." The tiger guard said in an anxious tone.

Qi Xiao stood up, his eyes shot at Wang Xiu with anger, but he saw Wang Xiu smirking in a row, and kept shouting in his mouth, "Hey, hey, fire, hey, hey, fire, fire..."

I think it's a lot of fun.

It's just that after shouting a few times, due to the smoke inhalation, he burst out into a violent cough.

"Looks like he's really crazy." Qi Xiao thought in his heart, turned his head and ordered the tiger guard, "Tiger guard, quickly take Lord Zuo downstairs." ”

Then he said to Zhao Fei, who was wearing a guard uniform: "You take Wang Xiu downstairs." ”

After finishing speaking, Qi Xiao walked towards the staircase under the protection of several guards.

However, the staircase was already filled with smoke, and the road was blocked by fire.

The five floors of Qingyun Pavilion are all made of wood, and the fire spreads extremely quickly.

The crackling sound sounded terrifying.

The crowd turned to the window and ran quickly.

One of the guards swung a knife and split the window.

Qi Xiao took the lead on the windowsill and flew up.

A few vertical jumps in the air, fluttering to the ground.

Followed by the tiger guards holding Zuo Fuzi in their arms, and a group of guards who protected Qi Xiao.

The last one to come down was Zhao Fei.

At this time, Wang Xiu was carried on his shoulders by Zhao Fei.

Before going downstairs, Wang Xiu ordered Zhao Fei softly, "I pretend to be unconscious, if someone asks, you say that in order to make me quiet, you will knock me unconscious with one palm." ”

Zhao Fei was naturally full of promises.

Downstairs, there were already a large number of people carrying buckets in their hands, flying back and forth in a panic, splashing buckets of water into Qingyun Pavilion.

It's just that this water doesn't play any role in the sky-high flames at all.

A famous century-old building that is destined to be reduced to ashes.

It's time for a curtain call.

After being thrown into the carriage by Zhao Fei, Wang Xiu said with a sneer in his heart.

In this Hongmen banquet, who is the protagonist and who is the supporting role, has been decided.

…

"Good! Qi Xiao, you really did a good thing. ”

Qi Yan King's Court.

Qi Wugong, who was in his fifties, said loudly with an angry face, his face was pale, and his tone was stern.

"Hold a damn banquet, not to mention burning my Qingyun Pavilion, and almost killed Master Zuo and Wang Xiu, are you deliberately going against me and trying to plunge Qi Yanguo into the quagmire of war?"

Qi Xiao knelt on the main hall with a panicked expression.

Even if he is usually loved by the emperor's grandfather, but now that he has caused such a big disaster, Qi Xiao is also well aware of the stakes.

After all, Qingyun Pavilion was built under the personal guidance of the Emperor Taishang, and now it is gone.

And Zuo Fuzi, a famous civil official in the dynasty, is still unconscious, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

"Grandpa Huang, the grandson did it by no means, and the grandson didn't expect that someone would set fire to it in secret!" Qi Xiao hurriedly said loudly.

When he said this, his body trembled, and this incident caused the emperor to be angry and angry, and the consequences can be imagined.

"Alas!"

Qi Wugong sighed heavily, "It's also strange that I usually indulge you too much, so I caused such a catastrophe." Tell me, why did you take Wang Xiu to Qingyun Pavilion? ”

"The grandson is just... I just think Wang Xiu is pretending to be crazy, that's why..."

"Bastard!"

Qi Wugong was furious when he heard this.

"Whether he pretends to be crazy or fakes madness, what does it matter to you? Could it be that you saw that he was pretending to be crazy, and I still want to execute him!? ”

The words fell, and there was a dead silence in the hall.

Although Qi Wugong has been mediocre in recent years, he is as clear as a mirror about some things.

When the ministers strongly advocated the execution of Wang Xiu to vent their anger, he was always unmoved, naturally knowing that as long as Wang Xiu was still alive, the monarch of Canglan State would not find a reason to start a war for a while.

If a war is forcibly launched, it will inevitably not be supported by neighboring countries.

And once Wang Xiu is dead, the Canglan Kingdom will raise troops to fight under the banner of revenge for the crown prince, and at the same time, it can also gain the sympathy of the surrounding countries.

It may even join forces with some countries to make Qi Yanguo suffer from enemies on many sides.

This is also the reason why the monarch of Canglan sent Liu Zhong to infiltrate Haoqiu's Proton Mansion and assassinate Wang Xiu.

For the sake of a war, he didn't even want his own son.

"Grandson, grandson is just ......" Qi Xiao still wanted to quibble.

"Shut up. Recently, there is not enough manpower in the Imperial Mausoleum, and outsiders are not at ease. I see that you are idle on weekdays and spend a lot of time at will, and this errand is very suitable for you. Go to the Emperor's Mausoleum! Of course, cultivation resources are indispensable to yours, and if you don't become a martial saint, you don't have to come back. ”

The emperor waved his hand, and the eunuch beside him immediately walked towards Qi Xiao.

"Your Highness, please."

"Grandpa Huang..."Qi Xiao shouted urgently.

Qi Wugong didn't want to listen anymore and turned away.

"Your Majesty..."

Qi Xiao was helpless, and stood up after kowtowing, his face as if he was dead.

Although he escaped death, it was no different from death.

Only by becoming a martial saint can you regain your freedom.

However, even if he is extremely talented, he doesn't know how many years he will have to be trapped in the imperial tomb to become a martial saint.

Decade? Twenty years? Or fifty years?

Nobody knows.

After Qi Xiao left, the hall was unusually quiet.

Qi Wugong rubbed his eyebrows and sat on the dragon chair, extremely annoyed.

"Qi Ying."

Qi Wugong suddenly called out.

Qi Ying, director of the Shadow Chasing Division, hurriedly responded: "The minister is here." ”

"Has the arsonist found out?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it has been found out that the person who set the fire in Qingyun Pavilion was a guard of the Proton Mansion, this person has been buried in the fire, why he set the fire, it has not yet been ascertained."

"Master, tell me about it."

Qi Wugong turned his head again and asked Taishi Ji Qi.

"Your Majesty, this guard is afraid that he has been bribed and wants to use this fire to burn to death the civil ministers and military generals who participated in the banquet, but what he wants to burn to death most is Wang Xiu."

"Why did the Taishi say this?"

"What this person did, he naturally wanted to provoke a war between the Canglan Kingdom and the Qi Yan Kingdom."

"You mean, this guard was bought by the Canglan Kingdom?" Qi Wugong asked.

Taishi shook his head, "Your Majesty, now I want to see the war between Canglan Country and Qi Yan Kingdom, I'm afraid it's not just Canglan Country. ”

Qi Wugong smiled coldly, "Borrow a fire to burn dozens of Wenchen generals to death, weaken the strength of my Qi Yan Kingdom, create chaos in Haoqiu, and at the same time, let Canglan Country get the excuse to raise troops, kill three birds with one stone, this move is indeed good enough." ”

"Your Majesty, the war is approaching, please prepare early." Taishi said with a worried face.

"This is natural, Your Majesty has already arranged for the general Qi Feixiong to step up military training, as the so-called soldiers will block, water will come to cover the earth, he Wang Hurricane wants to come, it is up to him."

Speaking of this, he said to Qi Ying again: "Qi Ying, Your Majesty has a feeling that Haoqiu City has been stormy recently, you immediately send people to search the whole city, find out all the spies from all countries who sneaked into Haoqiu, and chop off their heads." ”

"Commandment."

Qi Ying said loudly.