If it was an accident, the fire would not have burned so quickly, depending on the situation, it is obvious that someone in the Pingnan Hou Mansion was deliberately setting fire, and its purpose was naturally very simple, that is, he wanted to leave the capital while the chaos was in chaos.

The question is how much turmoil this fire can bring.

In ancient times, there was also a fire department.

It's hard to say about other cities, at least there are absolutely in the capital, especially near Yongle Fang, there are two water shops, and there is a yamen dedicated to extinguishing fires, called Fire Patrol Shop, in charge of more than a dozen water shops in the capital, and the chief is called the fire ban official, from the seven products.

Yongle Fang is the most important workshop in the capital, Yongle Fang burned, the fire patrol shop immediately began to move, someone is responsible for transporting water, someone is responsible for extinguishing the fire, and someone is responsible for evacuating the masses.

Qianniuwei's people were originally near the Pingnan Hou Mansion, and they were in contact with the fire faster, and they were also actively fighting the fire, if it was just an accidental fire, then it would be able to be extinguished quickly, but unfortunately, this was an arson.

The fire spread as fast as it could.

Hundreds of people in the Pingnan Hou Mansion fled in a hurry, and escaped from the portals one by one in a panic.

At this time, the Zhonglang of Qianniuwei will be a kind of balance, and he is busy closing the city gate.

He didn't get the order of the Son of Heaven at that time, and he couldn't close the city gate as quickly as possible, so he could only use the face of his own grandson and the identity of Qianniu Wei Zhonglang to forcibly close the city gate, first cut and then play.

Originally, he didn't have this authority, but the grandson of this breeder could be sure that the current Son of Heaven would definitely do this, so he decisively did it in advance.

Now this fire, Pingnan Hou Mansion must be burned clean, and even several nearby houses will be affected, if the fire is not put out in time, half of Yongle Fang will have an accident, so you can only give up Pingnan Hou Mansion, but the people who escaped from Pingnan Hou Mansion are not easy to deal with.

The one who took the idea was not there, and there were only a few captains left here in Qianniuwei, and several captains looked at each other and finally made up their minds.

"Go and transfer everyone, but whoever comes out of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, one catches one by one, and all of them look like it, as for the firefighting......"

"Let the people of the fire patrol shop go to the rescue!"

The entire Yongle Fang was burned, and it didn't matter to Qianniuwei, because it was not their responsibility, but if the people of Pingnanhou Mansion were lost in this chaos, then these Qianniuwei would not be able to eat and leave!

It has to be said that the decision made by these lieutenants on the impromptu was quite correct, but they underestimated the power of the masses.

When people are frightened, they are very flustered, especially when they encounter this kind of fire, everyone is scrambling to run out, how can they catch you one by one, in addition, there are more than two hundred parts in the Pingnan Hou Mansion, these people are strong, and hundreds of people ran out, and they scattered the team blocked by Qianniuwei.

There was chaos at the scene.

Behind was a raging fire, and everyone panicked.

At this time, it was the dry time of autumn, and the wind was strong, and after only a while, the fire began to spread to the neighborhood, and it was all wooden houses at this time, and it caught fire as soon as it hit, and after the fire spread, Qianniuwei couldn't control the situation in an instant.

That's when the decision went wrong.

If these captains of Qianniuwei were ruthless enough, they would directly draw their knives and wait at the gate of Pingnanhou's Mansion, and come out to kill one by one, and the situation would be controlled.

But now, apparently, it's too late.

When Chong Heng closed the city gate and rode back to Yongle Fang, the entire Yongle Fang was already in a mess, not only the Pingnan Hou Mansion, but also the four or five big mansions connected to the Pingnan Hou Mansion were on fire, and Yongle Street was full of people.

Chong Heng's face was extremely ugly.

He pulled a lieutenant of Qianniuwei and shouted, "What about the people from the Pingnan Hou Mansion!" ”

This lieutenant trembled.

"Medium...... General Zhonglang and the people of the Pingnan Hou Mansion all fled from it in a panic, and most of them were stopped by the inferior ranks, but the situation was too chaotic, and many people ran away, and the situation was too chaotic at this time, and there were a lot of scattered, and it was not easy to find......"

Chong Heng gasped fiercely.

"Rubbish!"

"We have more than 3,000 people in Qianniuwei, and we can't afford a small Pingnanhou Mansion, this kind of thing happened to Qianniuwei Xinli, how to gain a foothold in the capital in the future!"

Chong Heng gasped deeply.

But fortunately, he saw the opportunity early and closed the city gate as soon as possible, even if the Pingnanhou escaped from Yongle Fang at this time, most of them were still in the capital, as long as they were still in the capital, there was room for recovery in this matter.

Just when Chong Heng lowered his head and thought, the fire patrol and fire ban officer ran over in a panic, bowed his head to Chong Heng and said: "General Chong, the fire can't be controlled, please help Qianniuwei and evacuate the people of Yongle Fang!" ”

Chong Heng came back to his senses and glanced at this fire forbidden official lightly.

"Not available."

At this time, Qianniuwei is going to start looking for people everywhere, where is there time to care about the fire.

Fires were spreading.

After the fire in Yongle Fang burned three or four houses in a row, the inner guard in red clothes finally arrived.

These guards did not come to fight fires, but to protect a four-horse carriage.

The eunuch who had an inner chamberlain sang loudly: "Your Majesty, you have arrived—"

The Qianniuwei and the people patrolling the fire shop near Yongle Fang suddenly knelt on the ground.

In the carriage, a young man came down, dressed in black, with his hands behind his back, and raised his eyes to look at the flames of the Pingnan Hou Mansion.

At this time, almost all of the Pingnan Hou Mansion had been engulfed in flames, and the wood was burning.

Taikang Tianzi put his hands behind his back, looking at this spectacular fire, and couldn't take his eyes off it.

Chong Heng was dripping in cold sweat and knelt directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the courtier's capital offense—"

Taikang Tianzi waved his hand and sighed: "What are you doing on your knees, go and put out the fire." ”

He exhaled.

"Qianniuwei and Neiwei also went to put out the fire, and if it burned again, half of Yongle Fang would be gone."

Yongle Fang is full of princes, and which one is burned is a big problem.

If this fire is allowed to burn again, it is not impossible to burn down the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

The people of the two guards came quickly because they were close to the left, and Yu Linwei was in the south of the city, and it would take more than half an hour to get here.

Chong Heng knelt in front of the Son of Heaven and bowed his head deeply.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Guilty. ”

The Son of Heaven exhaled slowly and said, "You get up and speak, this kind of thing will happen, you didn't expect it, I didn't think of it, no wonder you." ”

"It's just weird, this general of the Pillar Kingdom is too ruthless."

Taikang Tianzi withdrew his gaze from the fire, turned his head to look at Chong Heng, and his voice was calm.

"Listen, no matter what the price, you can't touch Li Shen out of Beijing."

"Catch him, dead or alive."

Chong Heng lowered his head and said loudly: "Minister, obey!" ”

……

At the same time, Mu Ying also rushed to Chen Guogong's mansion and met Old Man Ye.

Ye Sheng was secretly drinking.

After seeing Mu Ying coming, the old man took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "So anxious, for the affairs of the Pingnan Hou Mansion?" ”

Mu Ying bowed her head and said, "You know everything?" ”

"Nonsense."

Ye Sheng glanced at Mu Ying angrily.

"The old man lives in Yongle Fang, and the fire is about to burn to the old man's house, can the old man not know?"

Mu Ying bowed her head and said, "Please ask the old man for advice, what should Yu Linwei do now?" ”

"Naturally, you can do what you have to do."

Ye Sheng said indifferently: "At this time, Your Majesty will probably let you go to put out the fire, and you can just follow." ”

"This kind of thing is not something that Yu Linwei can control, you just send a trustworthy person to explain the matter to Li Xin."

Speaking of which, Ye Sheng continued.

"Remember, when you put out the fire, I helped some of my Ye family, don't let the old man's house be burned!"