Fei Zhong and You Hun ran out of the city gate early in the morning and went straight to the military camp outside the city, but were blocked by soldiers at the camp gate, "Go and report to King Wucheng, please see You Hun and have important things to report." The soldiers told them to wait, and then someone went to report it.

After a short time, the soldiers came out again, and then took the two of them into the barracks, in the marshal tent in the center of the barracks, King Wu Cheng sat on the main seat in military uniform, and on both sides were a group of generals, Fei Zhong and You Hun came in, King Wu Cheng asked directly: "You two don't go to the court, what are you doing here?"

Fei Zhong saluted, and then said: "King Wucheng, the second prince wants to rebel, please send troops immediately." ”

"Huh, bold, you can say such words?" King Wu Cheng asked angrily, slapping the table.

King Wucheng was angry. You Hun saluted, and then looked at the mouth and said: "How dare we talk nonsense about this kind of thing, what kind of character is the second son? If there is no real whole army to kill us, we will not dare to come here to say this, do you think the two of us are here to find death?"

"I've been elaborated. King Wu Cheng frowned.

"Okay, a few days ago, the second son was suddenly summoned, and after the two of us went, the second son said some strange things, and the meaning of the words was to let us support him. You Hun's words were not too clear. "Fei Zhong and I are not big officials, and we usually don't attract people very well, but the second son suddenly recruited us, which made us very frightened. ”

When King Wucheng heard this, this was right, the two of them were indeed not welcome in the court, their official positions were not up or down, and they usually had no ability, but they were good at stammering, and they had no fault in themselves, and they were two people who were dispensable.

"Go on. ”

"Yes, but the two of us heard some meanings, mainly because the second prince has no support in the court, and he wants to do a big thing, and then the Manchu Dynasty has no civil and military affairs, so someone needs to come out to temporarily stabilize the situation, and the second prince didn't dare to find others, so he went to the two of us, and wanted us to help find more people. The two of us were terrified, we didn't dare to say this kind of thing without evidence, we could only be perfunctory, and these days we have been sending people to monitor the second prince's mansion, just now, the second prince's three thousand guards and hundreds of servants all went out and went straight to the palace, so we dared to come here to report the news. You Hun burst into tears when he spoke, looking aggrieved.

"Are you sure it's the direction of the palace?" King Wucheng stood up suddenly.

"It's not wrong, they also brought a lot of fire-starters, and they didn't bring anything about the siege, I don't know if this is ......" You Hun didn't directly say the conclusion.

King Wucheng raised his eyebrows, and at the same time calculated in his heart, the second prince's troops could not enter the palace at all, so the thing that ignited the fire must have been set on fire, and the palace was burned? What is the meaning of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? Isn't it obvious? Directly turning the palace into ashes, there are still 800 princes in the great court, and the power of the top level of the great merchants has been swept away.

"Someone, summons the assembly. "King Wu Cheng doesn't dare to slack off, this kind of thing can't be a little joke, can't be careless, no matter what happens in the end, it's right for him to gather troops now.

Then King Wu Cheng walked out of the big tent, and then turned back, "Look at the two of them, if the matter is fake, then the two of them will definitely die." "Fei Zhong and You Hun are not afraid, the matter is already obvious, so they are here with peace of mind, and they can add new achievements to the charge, but they think it is better not to let the second son see it now.

When King Wucheng gathered the army, Wei Zhongyan had already begun to burn the palace, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and many of the servants were already burned, but they had to keep drawing water to extinguish the fire with utensils, but this way was too backward.

Sun Ming came to the main hall with the guards, and the princes outside were not in much trouble, and they were still standing outside the hall with some ministers, although there were some discussions, but it was not chaos, which made Sun Ming look at them. His Royal Highness the Prince came down, and the surrounding princes looked at it one after another, and then commented in a low voice, at this time, His Royal Highness the six-year-old Prince dared to come here, which also surprised the princes.

Sun Ming didn't pay attention to the surrounding discussions, but strode forward, all the way into the main hall unhindered, "Father, king, mother." ”

Before Di Yi could speak, the queen couldn't wait to speak: "Why is the prince here? Go back quickly, it's dangerous here." "Is it dangerous? In fact, you can retreat, take the Manchu ministers and princes to retreat to the harem, and wait for the rescue of the army outside, but as a king, you can't retreat, the more you have to be calm at this time, and you will still be here until the last moment, not panicking.

Di Yi looked at Sun Ming with satisfaction, and then said, "Why is Wang Er here?"

"Father, the harem ladies have been gathered in the queen mother's bedroom, only the maids with them, and the guards outside the palace are handled, and all the servants in the harem have been transferred and are now participating in the firefighting. The other guards of the harem are scattered around the palace wall, and they can immediately extinguish the fire, and the harem is worry-free, so please feel at ease with the father and mother. As soon as Sun Ming finished speaking, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were quite satisfied, and the princes were also surprised, the six-year-old little prince was so calm that he had already controlled the harem.

"Okay, Wang Er is doing a good job, let's go back to the harem too. Di Yi wanted Sun Ming to go back, after all, this was his most satisfactory heir, even if something happened to him, he didn't want his son to have an accident.

"Father doesn't have to worry about his son, who asks for an order to go to the front to direct the firefighting. Sun Ming clenched his fists and bent down, waiting for Di Yi's reply.

"Your Majesty, the prince is young and should not go to danger lightly, and the old minister is willing to go to the front to command. Prime Minister Shang Rong hurriedly came out of the ranks, and then the prince and brother were better than each other, and the four princes asked for war one after another.

Di Yi didn't speak, but looked at his son, still clenching his fists and waiting for a reply, one of them insisted that he see it clearly, "Okay, Wang Er will go to the front to command, and the prime minister, the younger brother Wang, and the four princes will follow, go!"

Di Yi's decision made the people below stunned, and then looked at Sun Ming in surprise for a while, this father and son really dare to think and dare to do it! Sun Ming did not hesitate, his face was flat, "Yes, father." ”

Then Sun Ming turned around and walked out directly, Shang Rong, Bi Gan, and the four princes followed all the way, everyone did not speak, Sun Ming came directly to the front line of the fire, the fire was still spreading towards the main hall, and then there was a lot of open space in the middle, but there were too many trees in the palace, and they could still spread continuously.

Sun Ming came here and saw that the casualties of the servants were very large, most of them were burned, and the other party used fire oil to start the fire, and the source was no longer visible, only a large fire was seen, "Order, take fifty steps back, uproot all the trees and fireweeds, and go quickly." ”

"Yes. A chief servant went in a hurry.

"Order the guards to dig on both sides, then concentrate, waiting for orders. "Soil and sand can keep out the air, which is better than water now, but people don't know this very well.

A pot of water is completely useless for the fire, it is better to use soil, a large amount of soil is more useful than water, and then Sun Ming stood in place and waited, now there is no need to impact the sea of fire, the servant breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went to cut down things, it is difficult to build, but it is easy to break fast, and a large number of plants are cleaned up in a short time.

"Order, concentrate all the plants twenty steps in front of the sea of fire, then set fire, and pile all the earth behind the wall of fire. "If there is time for the customer to dig a ditch to block the fire, but the time is too late, although Sun Ming directly uses soil as a partition and waters on it, it can be regarded as a partition.

"Your Royal Highness, let's set fire to it too?" Shang Rong hurriedly asked.

"Don't ask, just do it. Sun Ming's little face was unusually serious, without the slightest intention of joking, Shang Rong ran to persuade him again, but Bigan pulled him, and then shook his head. This nephew of his own should not be underestimated, he is not chaotic at all when he comes here, he commands in an orderly manner all the way, and he must be confident, at this time, it is better not to advise, take a look first, and then say, if it is not good, you can also retreat to the harem.

The plants were arranged in a piece, and then ignited, although the sound was not as strong as the sea of fire opposite, but they were also in the line of fire between each other, and the waves of fire were surging. Although the mound at the rear is not high, there is nothing to burn after splashing water on it, and even if the water evaporates, then there is only dry soil left, not to mention that there are so many servants now, it is good to sprinkle water all the time.

Tens of thousands of servants, thousands of guards are here, the small palace is completely enough, Sun Ming smiled, "Don't care, just keep sprinkling water on the mound, the guards began to move near the city wall, looking for fire, digging soil on the spot to cover." Separate the general servants to support other places, and dig directly to cover the earth, without water, understand?"

"It's His Royal Highness the Prince. "Tens of thousands of people went into action, and the number of people in front of them was reduced by half, but the fire really spread here, and after two quarters of an hour, the fire had a small trend, and the fire in other parts of the palace seemed to be under control.

"Uncle Wang. Sun Ming said at this time.

"Your Highness. ”

Uncle Wang summoned three thousand guards to rest, and the fire immediately went to support the main gate of the palace, and asked them to clean up their own neatness. Sun Ming said.

"Yes, Your Highness. "Bigan took the order and left.

Sun Ming looked at Shang Rong again, "Prime Minister." ”

"Your Highness. ”

"Gather three thousand servants to rest, and then prepare the dinner, the ingredients for the banquet of the great court are ready, and the place is not affected by the fire, and the dinner is worry-free. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

"The Four Great Princes. Sun Ming finally called the four princes.

"See Your Highness. ”

"Well, you will follow Uncle Wang for a while, go directly out of the main gate, and then go to the pavilion, where the palace guards can be transferred back, and you are responsible for the safety of the princes and their families in the pavilion, and then return after the army enters the city, there is no problem, right?" Sun Ming said the word 'safety' very seriously.

The hearts of the four princes trembled, and then they hurriedly said: "Please let go of Your Highness, the princes' families will be safe." ”