On a midsummer night, the heat was abnormal, and the city of Qingzhou Mansion was silent, and even the watchmen and defenders who used to patrol the night were gone.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps, and a dozen men dressed in black and gray clothes ran quickly through the street, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed into the alley and disappeared into the night.

Not far from this small alley is the Han Palace.

Hanwangfu is located in the east of Qingzhou City, not far from the original Qinglai Town General Soldier's Mansion, which is now the New Army Battalion General's Mansion, after two streets.

The moon is dark and the stars are scarce, and there are two large lanterns hanging outside the gate of the Han Wang's Mansion, illuminating the street outside the door, and the dozen or so black-clothed men poked their heads out of the alley not far away, and the first person was Wang Yang.

"Chief, is the new army deployed in place?"

"Nonsense, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, let's just do our own thing."

"Yes."

Wang Yang looked around, made sure that there was no one, so he nodded to his subordinates on the left and right, only to see that the two of them each took out a hand crossbow and aimed at the lantern at the door of the Han Wang's Mansion and shot a crossbow arrow, and with a whoosh, the two lanterns fell in response, and the candle flame instantly burned the lantern on the ground.

"Up!"

Wang Yang let out a low roar and rushed forward with more than a dozen subordinates, each holding a small clay pot in both hands, and a lot of the same small clay pot tied to his body.

"Throw!"

More than a dozen people struggled to throw small clay pots into the tall courtyard wall, and the clay pots were filled with fire oil, which fell into the Han Wang's mansion and suddenly shattered, and the fire oil flowed to the ground.

"Ignition!"

After throwing all the small clay pots, Wang Yang and his two subordinates threw the lit fire fold into it, only to hear a snort, the fire instantly ignited, and the Han Wangfu

A range of dozens of paces near the gate was lit up.

At the same time, fires also burned around the Han Palace, from front to back, from left to right, at least dozens of fire points, in the blink of an eye, the raging fire surrounded the Han Palace, and the fierce fire began to spread from the outside to the inside.

"Withdraw!"

Wang Yang shouted in a low voice, and everyone followed Wang Yang into the night not far away, and disappeared without a trace.

"It's out of the water!"

At this time, there was chaos in the Han Palace, and Zhu Youxu, the king of Han, ran to the courtyard in horror, looked at the fire around him, and shouted: "Fight the fire!" Hurry up and put out the fire! ”

Today's Han King is not the Han King Zhu Gaoxi in the Yongle period, Zhu Gaoxi conspired to die in the Xuande period, and his country was removed. The current King of Han is the peer of Emperor Chongzhen, and he is also notoriously arrogant, and he is also somewhat similar to Zhu Gaoxi back then, which shows that the title of "King of Han" also has a certain inheritance.

Many servants, palace maids, and guards around were running around in horror, and a group of subordinates surrounded Zhu Youxu, wanting to run towards the gate, but were forced back by the fierce fire.

"Lord Wang, the fire is burning in from outside, and someone wants to kill the king and assassinate him!"

Zhu Youxu immediately thought of Liu Yan and said in disbelief: "How is it possible? How dare he! ”

"Lord be careful!"

A guard roared and pushed Zhu Youxu away, and then a long-hall beam that had been burned red fell, smashing the guard underneath, and suddenly a miserable scream sounded, and the guard was pressed down and directly ignited by the fire.

Zhu Youxu watched the guards twist their bodies frantically, their faces were hideous and terrifying, and they were suddenly so frightened that they retreated again and again, and ran towards the side door regardless of it.

It's in

At this time, Zhu Youxu heard the sound of a large group of people running outside, and then heard a shout: "The new army camp is coming to the rescue!" ”

"Huh? Liu Yan's soldiers and horses are here! ”

Zhu Youxu was immediately overjoyed, it seemed that he had misunderstood Liu Yan: "This king is here, quickly put out the fire, this king is in Dongbianmen!" ”

The fire in front blocked the way, and Zhu Youxu couldn't get close to the side door at all, while the soldiers of the new army outside had already blocked the streets.

Suddenly, Zhu Youxu thought of a question: Why did the soldiers and horses stationed in Qingzhou Middle Guard, which was near the left side of the palace, not move, but were farther away, and the new army middle battalion stationed in the military camp in the city arrived first?

Where did the soldiers and horses of the Central Guard go?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxu suddenly sweated profusely, as if washed in water, tremblingly pulled the subordinates left and right, and said with a bitter face: "How is this good!" ”

Outside the Han Palace, Shen Tuo, the general of the Central Battalion, looked at the palace that had been shrouded in fire, and this time Shen Tuo brought more than 3,000 soldiers in the middle of the Central Camp to surround the Han Palace.

Teng Jianghe, the guerrilla general in the central part of the country, was evacuating the people around the palace with his soldiers and horses, and the rest of the soldiers were blocking the gates of the palace and constantly patrolling along the walls of the palace, but no one was going to put out the fire!

Half an hour later, Teng Jianghe rode over and said, "General, within the three streets around the palace, hundreds of families have been relocated, and the subordinates have arranged for soldiers to guard the street entrances everywhere, and no one will come." ”

"What about the firefighters?"

"It's arranged, people keep sending water in from the periphery, and then the subordinates arrange for people to pour it next to the palace, and outsiders can't see the clue."

"Hmm,

Very good. ”

Shen Tuo said coldly: "Dare to go against the governor, look for death!" ”

Teng Jianghe said in a low voice: "I heard that Zhu Gaoxi, the king of Han during the Xuande period, rebelled and was roasted to death by Emperor Xuande, I don't know if it's true." Now this Han King is also the same fate, there is really a providence in the dark! ”

"Providence of fart!"

Shen Tuo glared at Teng Jianghe and said, "Here in Shandong, the meaning of the governor is the will of heaven!" ”

"Hey, hey."

Teng Jianghe nodded with a smile, and then said, "Huh? The heat should be almost there! ”

Shen Tuo immediately remembered that he was eating barbecue at night, and suddenly his stomach churned, and he couldn't help glaring at Teng Jianghe again.

At this time, the fire was soaring, almost half of the Qingzhou Mansion was illuminated by the firelight, and the soldiers of the new army around the Han Wangfu were forced to retreat a little, and the scorching heat wave continued to hit, and the cheeks of the roasted soldiers were hot.

"Order all the soldiers to prepare to put out the fire!"

Shen Tuo saw that it was almost over, so he ordered all the departments to start hoarding water, Teng Jianghe said: "Don't wait any longer? ”

"Wait?"

Shen Tuo said: "If you wait any longer, the fire will be uncontrollable, what if the fire spreads?" ”

"Yes."

A moment later, the soldiers of the new army of the brigade carried buckets to the fire, and Shen Tuo also transferred more than a dozen water crane trucks to spray water on the places where the fire was large.

After a night of fighting, the fire in the Han Wangfu was finally extinguished at three poles on the second day, but at this time, the gorgeous Han Wangfu had become scorched earth all over the ground, and there were broken walls and ruins everywhere.

In the palace, up to Zhu Youxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, down to the palace maids, eunuchs, and guards, there was no one alive.

When Shen Tuo led the brigade

When the soldiers and horses entered the ruins of the Han Palace, they saw countless collapsed houses, wood burned into charcoal everywhere, and burned corpses everywhere.

"Search now, you must find His Royal Highness King Han!"

Shen Tuo gave an order to the surrounding soldiers of the new army, and then said to himself: "I hope it's still too late!" ”

The officers and men of the new battalion of the brigade began to rummage through the rubble, carrying out a charred corpse and then trying to identify it. Of course, most of the charred corpses are no longer able to identify their specific identities, and it is not easy to tell whether they are men or women.

"General, I found it!"

After a full hour, a new army general shouted loudly, and Shen Tuo and Teng Jianghe hurriedly went over to check. I saw that under several charred corpses, a half-burnt corpse was lying on the ground, and the prince's four-clawed dragon pattern could still be seen on the corpse's body.

In addition, the soldiers of the new army also found a seal on the waist of this corpse, which was the seal of the King of Han, and after Shen Tuo checked it, he nodded and said, "Sure enough, it is the King of Han!" ”

Then Shen Tuo said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Put the King of Han in the funeral and send it to the barracks to stop the coffin." ”

"Yes!"

"Immediately report to the governor: the Han Wangfu was on fire in the middle of the night, and the rescue of the middle camp was ineffective, so that the Han Wang's family was killed!"

"Yes!"

Teng Jianghe asked, "General, what should I do with Qingzhou Zhongwei?" Guo Rong is still guarding over there with people. ”

Shen Tuo said: "King Han is gone, is there still a need for Qingzhou Zhongwei to exist?" Send someone over and let Guo Rong reorganize the Qingzhou Central Guard on the spot. ”

"Yes."

"At the same time, I ordered the right guerrilla general Yu Qian to lead his troops to block the city and arrest the arsonists in the city!"

Teng Jianghe said with a smile

Said: "Order! ”

For two days in a row, the entire Qingzhou capital city was only allowed to enter and exit, and the officers and men of the New Army began to search for "arsonists" from house to house, arresting more than 190 people within two days, and all of them were imprisoned in the city prison.

Qingzhou prefect Wang Congyi and others did not dare to make a sound, although everyone knew that the more than 190 people were all in contact with the Han Dynasty, and even many of them were still members of the Han Dynasty's clan, but they were labeled as "arson suspects" by Shen Tuo, a general in the middle battalion of the new army.

The reason for this can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, but no one dares to say it.

Two days later, Shen Tuo summoned the prefect of Qingzhou and other civil and military officials in the city to discuss matters in the general's mansion, preparing to explain the fire in the Han Palace, and at the same time discuss with everyone the matter of transferring the suspects to be escorted.

Soon everyone arrived, and after Wang Congyi saw Shen Tuo, he said: "General, something so big happened, how can we be good!" ”

According to the economic system of the imperial court, if the vassal king is lost, it will kill a circle of people!

Shen Tuo looked at Wang Congyi, who was in a panic, sighed, and said, "I have already reported this matter to the governor, and now I can only wait for the governor's order." ”

"But early this morning, King Heng has already sent someone to question, although I have already prevaricated, but there must be an explanation for this matter after all."

"Say?"

Shen Tuo said with a smile: "Didn't General Ben already give an explanation?" Those prisoners in prison will be escorted to Jinan Mansion City in a few days and handed over to the Shogunate Intelligence Department for interrogation, and the truth will definitely be revealed at that time. ”

Wang Congyi didn't dare to speak anymore, and the rest of the people didn't dare to speak.

When Shen Tuo saw this, he wanted to speak, but he saw the guerrillas

General Yu Qian strode over, clasped his fists and said: "General Qiyu, I just received the news that the prisoners detained in the temporary prison in the military camp have an accident, the temporary prison is on fire, and none of the prisoners have been spared. ”

Wang Congyi and other officials of Qingzhou Mansion suddenly stood up in fright, everyone's face was full of fear, and it seemed that everyone would be in a different place next.

"General, this, this ......"

Wang Congyi looked at Shen Tuo with a sneer on his face, he didn't know what to say for a while, his heart was beating violently, and he wished that he would pass out immediately at this moment, it would be better than experiencing such a big case!

Shen Tuo sighed and said, "Are they all dead?" That's a shame! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think is going to be like this?"

Everyone was speechless, and Wang Congyi was even more bloody, what you did, ask us how to be good, isn't this a pit?

"Since you don't have any ideas, then I'll take care of the aftermath. But you should remember not to talk or do anything when you go back. At present, the weather is dry and dry, and it is difficult to ensure that the water is carried out again, so it is better for everyone to be careful. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.