Chapter 656 Hell Reincarnation

A fire broke out!

Zhu Gaochi suddenly woke up from his sleep and heard the shouts of the imperial concubine Zhang.

He even opened his eyes and immediately started coughing, a choking smell hit his mouth and nose!

The smell not only contains the smoke from the burning plants, but the most unpleasant thing is a dizzy odor.

Tung oil flavor!

Zhu Gaochi struggled to get up, and there was a smoke in front of him, and the fire flashed in the smoke.

He grabbed his clothes and covered his mouth and nose, and saw his concubine Zhang in a hazy way. The shouting just now was Zhang's voice.

Zhang looked panicked, holding Zhu Gaochi tightly with both hands, coughing, and said a simple word from time to time, probably to save the child.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't speak for a moment and hurriedly struggled to get out of bed.

But he didn't take two steps and kicked something under his feet!

Zhu Gaochi, who was already inconvenient to walk, oh, fell to the ground with a plop, feeling that he almost broke his bones!

He had been in severe pain.

At this time, it was also difficult to breathe. He kept coughing and his intuition was spinning.

He rolled and crawled towards the door.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaochi often didn't go out of the house and was very familiar with it. He walked past a partition and could vaguely see the door.

At this time, the fire had already burned to the roof, and the smoke became thicker and thicker. He choked and fainted. He covered his sleeves and vented his breath, which was no longer effective.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhang finally insisted on reaching the door.

He immediately reached out and touched the door latch and pulled it out. He opened the door with force, but it couldn't be opened!Amid the crackling sound of wood burning, Zhu Gaochi heard the sound of the copper lock shaking.

Zhu Gaochi had already felt strange when he smelled the tung oil because they didn’t use tung oil for their lighting!

But he didn't think much about it just now, until now, the door has been locked from outside!

He finally confirmed: This was not a fire at all, but a deliberate arson!

Second brother...hehe!Zhu Gaochi shouted in despair, "You can do something to your brother...!?

Zhang said: Open the door quickly and save people!

Zhu Gaochi said: It's useless.My second brother wants me to die, who can save me?

He was dizzy and uncomfortable, and sat down on the ground, tilted his head and sighed desperately.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi was so angry that he shed tears. His body was getting hotter and hotter by the fire, but his heart was already cold.In this world, even brothers can kill each other, and the world has become hell!

Help... said a faint voice.

Zhu Gaochi suddenly struggled to get up and continued to go forward and pull the wooden door desperately, but with his strength and Zhang, he could not open the locked door.This door is opened in, but it is useless to hit it!

Suddenly, a piece of wood with flames fell from it.

Zhu Gaochi shouted, quickly retreated, and fell to the ground again. When he wanted to get up, he couldn't even use his strength. He felt a dull and suffocated in his chest, and his mind became less and less awake.

Hiddenly, he heard Zhanji's cry for help, and the voice cried: Second Emperor, I was wrong, I won't burn you to death... Help!

...Near the gate of the yard, there were several eunuchs living in the main to watch over the deposed prince's family and prevent them from entering and exiting or colluding with inside and outside.

The courtyard and walls of this temporary Xiaoyao City did not have much protective effect; after all, the place was in the imperial city, with taller walls and defenders outside, and the main function of the people inside was to monitor.

The eunuchs also discovered that there was a fire. They wanted to go in and save people, but the place leading to the inner house is a hall through the corridor.There was a fire inside the hall, and people couldn't get through it!

One of the eunuchs said: Go to the warehouse to move the ladder, walk the outer wall into the inner house, and save the people first!Go to another person and ask the soldiers from the left-behind department to come in to put out the fire and bring them on the water truck!

Several eunuchs acted separately.When they rushed out of the yard, they saw that many soldiers were already running over in line!When the defenders saw a fire inside, they temporarily dispatched their troops to the imperial city.

Everyone found the ladder, and several eunuchs and generals climbed into the wall.

But the gallery and hall inside were lit up with raging fire!

Fires soar into the sky and smoke rolled.

There seemed to be firewood outside those bedrooms, and the fire was the most intense, so how could people rush in?

Seeing this, a general who was left behind the department ordered: The water truck cannot come in!Find some buckets, transport water from the large tank outside, and put out the fire at the door of the corridor before you can go in and save people!

After a while, some civil servants also came with them.In a panic, people carried buckets to the nearby large water tank to scoop water.

Large clay tanks were prepared in the imperial city, and they only have one purpose: to prevent fires!Every once in a while, someone specializes in checking and filling the water tank in case of emergency needs.

However, when everyone opened the clay tanks, they found that it was empty inside!At this time, someone discovered that the bottom of the clay tanks had been knocked out and the water had leaked out long ago!

A civil servant said: Send someone else to transport water, and then ask the soldiers to tear down all the doors and windows of nearby houses!If you are not careful, the entire imperial city will be burned out!

The general said: Now that you want to save people, you all know who lives in it?

A team of soldiers returned to the smokey inner house, and they transported a large piece of wood.

Then the soldiers carried the wood and hit the door. After a loud bang, the firewood and the door that was burning with fire were easily knocked down.

People poured the only buckets of water brought from the nearby kitchen, but it was almost a drop in the bucket and could not completely extinguish the fire.

The general poured the remaining little water on a soldier and ordered: Go in and carry the person out!

The soldier was covered in water, looking at the fire in the smoke, his face pale.

The general shouted: Disobey the military order and behead!

The military officer said: My family is young, so I entrusted it to Mr. Li Qian.After saying that, he gritted his teeth and rushed over and jumped into the smoke and fire.

However, the soldiers waited for a while, but there was still no movement inside.The soldier may not be burned to death when he just entered, but he might be fainted from such a large amount of smoke!

When General Qianzong turned to look at other soldiers, several people took two steps back with fear.

President Qian, who had just given the order, sighed: It’s over!Maybe we all have to die!

...The next day, a messenger from Zhongdu rode a fast horse and kept changing horses at the post station. He hurriedly rushed for hundreds of miles and crossed the river. At this time, he had just arrived at night.

Before the gate of the capital was closed, the messenger entered the capital.

The urgent report did not go to the Zhengshi Department, but sent it directly to the Jinyiwei Yamen.The Zhongdu Left-behind Office has little to do with the Jinyiwei, but the secret letter was written to the Jinyiwei Yamen!

As soon as Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei and Hou Lezhi, received the secret letter, he had not opened it yet. When he saw the lacquer seal letter and the words "Eight Hundred Miles" on it, his heart skipped a beat and he had a premonition that something big happened!

Zhang Sheng tightly pinched the envelope with his fingers, and was stunned for a moment, but finally there was no paint seal.

He immediately took his things out of the yamen, walked quickly towards Chengtian Gate, entered Chengtian Gate, Duan Gate, and reached the Meridian Gate.

The army guarding the Meridian Gate was the soldiers of the Jinyiwei.Zhang Sheng went straight into the Meridian Gate, found a eunuch on duty, and asked him to inform the emperor.

Zhang Sheng was waiting outside Fengtian Gate.The commander of the Jinyiwei was allowed to enter the palace in normal times, but according to the rules, he could only move around Fengtianmen. Zhang Sheng was worried at this time and did not dare to exceed the rules.

After waiting for a long time, the eunuch Wang Gui rushed over and said hurriedly: The emperor is in the East Warehouse, come with our family.

The two walked north for a long time, entered the middle left door, the back left door, and the Ganqing Gate, and then walked through the slanting corridor to outside the East Warehouse Pavilion.

The burly eunuch Wang Gui said: No need to inform us, let’s go in directly!

They walked into the East Warehouse and passed a partition. They saw Zhu Gaoxu sitting alone on a chair in front of three maps, staring at them.

Zhang Sheng and Wang Gui knelt down and salute together.

Zhu Gaoxu said in his voice: Where is the thing?

Zhang Sheng hurriedly got up and handed the unopened secret letter on both hands.Sure enough, when Zhu Gaoxu saw the words "Baobaili" and "Baoli Qie" and his face changed immediately.

Zhu Gaoxu tore open the envelope in a few seconds, pulled out the letter paper from it and opened it.Zhang Sheng and Wang Gui both bent down and stood in front of the imperial desk, not daring to say anything.

Is he?Zhu Gaoxu cursed after seeing it.

His face looked very ugly, angry and worried, and the muscles on his cheeks moved slightly, as if he was gritting his teeth; but fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu was not immediately furious.

His eyes swept across Zhang Sheng and Wang Gui's faces and handed the secret message straight over.Zhang Sheng, who was standing closest, continued to read the content immediately.

The deposed prince who lived in Zhongdu Imperial City, his whole family was dead!

The whole family was six, and they were burned to death late last night in the bedroom.

However, eight people were burned to death, one of which was a soldier from the left-behind department. After the soldiers caught fire, they went in to save the people and died inside, and many soldiers could testify; the other was a eunuch Wu Zhong, who was responsible for the procurement of the imperial city. He did not live in Xiaoyao City, but was burned to death inside.

The general of the Jinyiwei who stayed in Zhongdu led his subordinates to block Xiaoyao City and initially confirmed that the fire last night was caused by someone setting fire!

Xiaoyao City The firewood in the firewood was moved outside the bedroom of the deposed prince and others, and through the hall; and when the fire was ignited, people smelled the smell of tung oil.

The remaining copper lock was also found outside the bedroom.

The fire-fighting water tank near Xiaoyao City was also deliberately smashed.

All signs indicate that the arsonist is from Zhongdu Imperial City and is very familiar with Xiaoyao City inside and outside.

It is suspected that the arsonist first smashed the nearby water tank; then turned into Xiaoyao City, locked several bedrooms, put firewood, poured tung oil and set fire...

After reading the content, Zhang Sheng immediately handed it to the eunuch Wang Gui.

Judging from Wang Gui's shocked expression, the eunuch had just learned about it.

At this time, Zhang Sheng could confirm one thing: this matter is really not what the emperor wants!

Because the people responsible for monitoring Xiaoyao City are the soldiers of the Jinyiwei and the eunuchs of the Silijian. If the emperor wants to do such a thing, the Jinyiwei and the Silijian will be informed of it before they can be done!