Fighting fire with fire is to create a barrier without incendiary materials in front of the spread of the fire to curb the spread of the fire. With this method, there are high requirements for wind strength and direction, and Xuanzhou now only has a light breeze, and the wind direction is also blowing to the southwest, which is suitable for fighting fire with fire.

To extinguish the fire, the method that Zhu Taishou and Ye Changshi are most familiar with is to use water. Although they had never used the method of fighting fire with fire, they felt that it was very feasible at first hearing. For the fires spreading from the mountains and forests to reach the fertile fields, they had to pass through an artificial river more than half a zhang wide, which had been dug not long ago to divert water from the river to irrigate arid farmland.

If the river is widened and extended, and the trees and weeds on the side of the mountain forest are cleared and ignited, it is indeed possible to stop the raging fire. As long as there is the slightest possibility, they will do their best to try and keep tens of thousands of acres of fertile land under the mountain.

Hearing that there was a way to put out the fire, the people inside and outside the city immediately boiled.

Under the thick smoke of the mountains and forests west of Xuanzhou City, the people are in full swing. Men took up saws, machetes, shovels and baskets and other tools to cut down trees at the front, young women used shovels to extend and widen the river, old people buried pots to cook at the edge of the fields, and half-grown children went to the front to deliver supplies and clear the weeds.

Officials, soldiers, officials, and ordinary people, regardless of each other, twisted into a rope and vowed to stop the fire on the mountain, save the farmland, and keep the food rations for the winter.

This work is a day and a night, and Lin Ruyu, as the person who came up with the idea, is also busy running up and down with Father Lin day and night.

Looking at the fire and smoke that were getting closer and closer, Lin Ruyu felt that the time was almost up, and said to Zhu Taishou and his father, "You can light the fire."

On the bank of the forest side of the artificial river, only weeds are left in the isolation zone more than three zhang wide and nearly fifteen miles long, and the big trees have been sawed off and dragged away. At this time, the wind is very small, and the fire will not be blown to the other side by the wind and damage the rice fields. On the other side of the river, countless people waited with bated breath carrying barrels, trays and scoops.

After Zhu Taishou personally threw down the first torch, countless torches were thrown into the isolation zone, igniting the almost dry grass, and the flames quickly spread to the sea of fire on the west side.

Lin Ruyu, whose face and body were covered with soot, clenched his father's sleeves tightly, nervously watching the line of fire meet the sea of fire and merge into one. After burning the engulfed mountains and forests, the sea of fire spread nowhere and the fire gradually weakened.

I don't know who let out a cheer, and then the call spread through the crowd, and the rice fields boiled with joy, and the tired people celebrated. Crying and laughter blended together, and Lin Ruyu also jumped and laughed wantonly.

It's so cool to fight the fire with the people of the city.

After a warm celebration, everyone went home to freshen up and rest. Zhu Taishou ordered people to guard the isolation zone and garrison the rice fields, and was also about to lead the team back to the city, he beckoned, "Kang Nian, Ruyu, let's go back by car."

"Okay." Father Lin, who had a charcoal black on his face, responded with a smile.

Being able to ride in the same car with Taishou is an extremely glorious and face-opening thing. Qian Caiming and Qian Lancui, who were standing in the crowd, watched Father Lin take Lin Ruyu to Taishou's side, and their eyes were red with jealousy. Especially Qian Lancui, who was eager to rush over to take Lin Ruyu's place.

Lin Ruyu sensitively noticed the unusual sight, and raised her eyes to see the Qian family brothers and sisters who seemed to be much cleaner among the gray-faced people.

In order to get more people to come out and participate in the construction of the separation zone and the digging of water ditches to extinguish the fire. The Xuanzhou Yamen announced that as long as they went out of the city to participate in the firefighting, each person could get two catties of free food. Many people who did not want to go out of the city also rushed to the city for free food.

The people who came out with it were also infected by this blood and struggled to join the firefighting team. There are only a few like the Qian brothers and sisters, who have been indiscriminately filling up the numbers from beginning to end.

Such a person makes Lin Ruyu disdain to be with him.

She was about to retract her gaze, but was shocked to see a cold light flashing behind the Qian brothers and sisters.

It's an arrow! Lin Ruyu quickly raised his hand to grab Zhu Taishou, who was already stepping on the stool, and dragged it down, "My lord, be careful of the dark arrow!"

Lin Ruyu reacted quickly, but the assassin's arrows were faster.

"Bang bang" twice, two powerful short arrows were set on the carriage, and one shot Zhu Taishou in the head. The guards were shocked and wished too

Shou and the Lin family's father and daughter surrounded them, and a team of yacha immediately rushed towards the assassins who were shooting arrows.

"Ahh

The brothers and sisters of the Qian family, who were used as cover just now and were no longer used as meat shields, were lifted by the assassin and thrown at the yacha, who caught the two and threw them aside, and the crowd immediately exploded.

"There are assassins, swords without eyes, and idlers are waiting to disperse!" The yacha yelled and told the people to retreat.

"Where did the eight lambs come from, the villagers copy the guys and protect Lord Taishou!" The people, who were celebrating the victory over the fire, came to their senses, ignored the shouts of the yacha, and angrily rushed up with their woodcutters and shovels, fighting the Assassins.

The Assassin who shot the arrow was quickly slapped to the ground with a shovel and vomited blood. Had it not been for the swiftness of the yachas, the Assassins would have been beaten to death by the angry people.

"My lord, how is Taishou-sama?"

"I saw an adult get an arrow......

"Are you alright, my lord?"

Having captured the assassin, the people began to worry about Zhu Taishou. Seeing the people who saw Zhu Taishou being shot in the head by an arrow, they felt their hearts cold at this moment.

Zhu Taishou, who was lying on the ground by Lin Ruyu, had a short arrow stuck in his head, and his eyes looked straight at everyone's heads, and the small sky in the middle of their heads.

The fire was extinguished, the smoke dispersed, revealing a clear blue sky, and Zhu Taishou felt for the first time that the sky was so optimistic. Zhu Taishou took a deep breath, raised his hand and pulled out the short arrow inserted in the official hat, looking at the sharp arrow with cold light and stained with blood, Zhu Taishou was afraid for a while, "Fortunately, the jade girl reacted quickly, otherwise the old man's life would have to be confessed here."

"It's okay if you're okay." Lin Ruyu was also afraid for a while, just now she was a little slower, and Lord Taishou was not just scratched by a sharp arrow, but was going to be pierced through the brain.

Zhu Taishou raised his leg and felt a pain in his ankle, although he escaped, but the old Taishou, who was nearly sixty years old, twisted his foot because he fell off the stool. But compared to a life, a sprained ankle is really not worth mentioning.

It is worth mentioning that Qian Lancui's ankle was also sprained, and she was directly brought back to the yamen by the yacha, and she was brought back with him, as well as her brother Qian Caiming.

Why did you bring them back to the yamen?

Naturally, because they were standing with the Assassins, they were the most suspicious, and it was necessary to find out if they were related to the Assassins.

Twelve-year-old Qian Lancui sat in the lobby in pain and anger, and finally couldn't hold back and cry loudly, "Uncle, I want to find my uncle."