As soon as the inn caught fire, many dead soldiers climbed the courtyard wall and tried to escape, but they faced a rain of arrows, and they were either killed or injured, so they didn't want to flee at all.

"Die unrepentant, die unrepentant." Shi Gao paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, words in his mouth.

The soldiers around the inn kept throwing dry wood into the courtyard. Flames rose and the entire guest house burned, red flames and billowing black smoke engulfing the second-floor pavilion, and the heat rolled.

At this moment, loud cursing and the clash of weapons came from the courtyard. Shi Gao was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Twelve Lang, who hesitated and said, "But infighting?" ”

Shi Gao listened for a while and nodded: "Yes, scolding the traitor." He immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare.

After a while, a group of people rushed out of the courtyard gate, raised their hands and shook them and shouted: "We are here to surrender, we have no weapons, we have come to surrender." ”

Twelve Lang looked at it and felt that these people really ran out and surrendered, called a centurion, and said, "You bring someone over to meet them." The centurion gave up his promise and went up with his soldiers. Unexpectedly, a group of people poured out of the courtyard, all holding swords, and did not speak, just chasing those people in front of them, and cutting them when they caught up.

Twelve Lang was shocked and hurriedly shouted: "Stop the people behind you, and kill them." ”

The centurion didn't have time to answer, so he led his soldiers to rush over, let go of the few empty-handed people in front, and fought with a group of people who caught up behind.

The few who had surrendered fled the danger and stumbled to the ground as if they had collapsed, gasping for air.

Shi Gao and others stepped forward to inspect them, and the people were unkempt, their clothes were ragged, their beards had been burned by the fire, and there was still green smoke on their bodies. Seeing Shi Gao and others coming, he knelt up forcefully.

Zhang Zhang whispered in Shi Gao's ear: "That person is Ren Martial Master." He suddenly found a familiar figure: "Hey, Li Jing, why are you here?" Li actually raised his eyelids and glanced at him, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Shi Gao's face was expressionless, and he said, "Tie it up." ”

The fire in the courtyard continued unabated, and after a while, the shouts inside fell silent, and only the crackling of the flames continued.

Twelve Lang said: "The people in the guest house, I'm afraid they are all stunted by the smoke. The crowd sighed. In fact, most of the victims of the fire were suffocated to death after being stunned by the thick smoke.

Suddenly, a vigorous song sounded in the fire:

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return once he is gone——, the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return once he is gone——"

The hoarse voice is accompanied by a rhythmic popping sound, sometimes mixed with the sound of a smoky cough, which seems infinitely sad.

Twelve Lang sneered: "The ancients struck and sang, playing the piano and singing at the same time, what did he tinker with?" Shoot the crockpot? ”

Martial Master Ren muttered: "It's Guan Wen, it's Guan Wen singing." "No one around pays attention to him.

The flames soared into the sky, the black smoke was filled, and the tiger soldiers were still throwing firewood into the yard. A wave of heat rushed to the face, and before long, I heard a loud bang, a puff of smoke rose from the yard, and then sparks scattered and splashed in all directions.

Twelve Lang exclaimed, "The inn has burned down." ”

The collapsed inn seemed to add another pile of firewood to the raging fire, and the fire became more and more intense. The firelight lifted the night, and it was like day. The blazing flames raged in the air carelessly, leaving a thousand fiery red scratches as if they were showing off. As the fire continued to burn, the heavens and the earth seemed to melt, only the red and yellow changing light and shadow and the suffocating hot wind.

Witnessing such a tragic purgatory-like scene, the surrounding crowd suddenly fell silent. The old couple in charge of the shopkeeper may feel pity in their hearts and whisper silently.

Scoop listened for a moment, and it seemed that everything had subsided, and the mournful song had been lost in the flames that were flying wildly. He admired these dead soldiers for their righteousness and disgrace, and he couldn't help but have wet eyes. Suddenly, he noticed that Twelve Lang was secretly looking at him, so he rubbed his eyes, wiped away his tears, and said calmly: "This smoke has burned my eyes." At this time, he found that his hands were covered in sweat.

The fire gradually went out, and a few wisps of fire burst out of the yard from time to time, and the air was filled with a smell of burning. Shi Gao looked at the guest house that had become a pile of rubble and scorched wood, sighed, called the county order, and ordered: "When the day dawns, you take people in to collect the bones and bury them." After that, he glanced at Martial Master Ren, Li Jing and the others, and said to Twelve Lang: "Go back to the camp." ”

It was night, the moonlight was like water, and the cold wind invaded people.

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On the second day of the court meeting, the monarchs and ministers gathered in the main hall of Weiyang Palace At noon, the deliberations were over, Liu Xun was a little tired, and quietly yawned. Seeing this, Xu Sang was about to announce his retirement from the dynasty, and Prime Minister Si Zhi Min Shitong came out of the queue with a reb, and said: "Chen Shitong has something to do. ”

Liu Xun frowned slightly, and said, "Si Zhi, please speak." ”

"The minister is dead. The minister impeached the court lieutenant Yu Dingguo. ”

Liu Xun was stunned, his sleepiness disappeared, and he asked with some disbelief: "Si Zhi is impeaching Ting Wei?" ”

The ministers sitting on both sides of the main hall were originally waiting to retreat from the court, and they were all a little slack, but when they heard the impeachment of the court lieutenant, they all came to their senses at once, and the whole hall was restless.

Yu Dingguo, as a court lieutenant, acted impartially, so he naturally offended many people. However, he is a minister trusted by the emperor, and others can't help it. Now that someone is impeaching him in court, the atmosphere in the hall is suddenly lively, the ministers are listening to each other, whispering, and some people are even showing happy smiles.

Yu Dingguo was confused, he couldn't think of any mistakes that would lead to impeachment.

Imperial Doctor Bingji was also stunned. The imperial historian supervised the hundred officials, and if the court lieutenant was at fault, he was responsible for negligence, so he turned his head to look at Prime Minister Wei Xiang, with confusion in his eyes.

Wei Xiang didn't know what Min Shitong was going to say, so he had to quietly spread his hands to Bingji and grin bitterly.

Yu Dingguo's recent trial of the big case, that is, Jingzhao Yin Zhao Guanghan was beheaded for dereliction of duty. But this case was approved by the emperor, and although Min Shitong was stubborn, he would not go against the emperor. Besides, Min Shitong has no relationship with Zhao Guanghan, so he can't stand up for him. The ministers were curious about why Min Shitong was impeached in Dingguo, and all eyes were on him.

"The minister was negligent in his duties and neglected to supervise the case of the ten prisoners of Shuo Fang, and impeached the court captain." Min Shitong arched his hand in his hand, did not squint, and said solemnly.

"Shuo Fang's Ten Prisoners?" Liu Xun was taken aback.

If the trial is unclear and the judgment is unfair, it is reasonable to be impeached. However, Min Shitong suddenly mentioned the Shuofang Ten Prisoners case, but Liu Xun did not expect it.

Liu Xun had high expectations for Shuo Fang's imprisonment, and originally wanted to wait and see what kind of scene would appear on September 15. Therefore, even if Zhao was killed for no reason and Chun Yu was attacked several times, he did not investigate it deeply. Now that Min Shitong has shaken out the case, it will soon be known to the world, will the outcome of this case be disturbed because of this?

"Zhao was killed for no reason, and Chun Yu was also in danger. This Min Shitong came out like this again, lest the world be chaotic. He was angry in his heart, and was about to accuse Min Shitong, when he accidentally found Bingji's eyes looking directly at him, with a worried look on his face. He suddenly remembered what Bingji had said: "If the court is reasonable, the Son of Heaven must not take it by force." So he also glanced back at Bingji and grinned helplessly.

He quietly glanced at His Highness's ministers again, and thought for a moment: "Fortunately, today is September 13, and the day after tomorrow will be visible, so there shouldn't be any more chaos." He didn't show his face, and Min Shitong continued.

Huo Yu, Huo Shan, Huo Yun, as well as Wei Xiang, Bingji, and Yu Dingguo also showed surprise on their faces. Huo Yu was even more flustered when he heard the "Shuofang Ten Prisoners", thinking that the inside story of the previous plot against Zhao Wushu and Chun Yuji was known to Min Shitong, and he glared at Huo Yun fiercely by impeaching Tingwei to pursue the matter.

Huo Yun guessed Huo Yu's thoughts, turned sideways slightly, his eyes were still looking at the center of the hall, and said softly: "His impeachment of Ting Wei has nothing to do with us." ”

Huo Yu recalled this sentence for a while, and felt that it made sense, "Yes, if Min Shitong knew the inside story, he would definitely point the finger at the Huo family, but it was Tingwei who he impeached now." It seems that he heard about Zhao's unexplained murder and thought that Tingwei was negligent, so he brought up impeachment. After thinking about it, his mood relaxed suddenly, and he looked at Min Shitong with a smile, thinking to himself, these two people are not people who are friendly with the Huo family, and the fight between them is also interesting.

The ministers in the main hall didn't know, "Shuo Fang's ten prisoners, what's going on?" Many people looked at the left and right with blank faces.