Chapter 124
Thinking of this, Pei Xuanling raised his head and looked towards the southeast, and saw the fire lighting up the night sky in the southeast direction.

The originally dark night was dyed earthy yellow.

Seeing this scene, Pei Xuanling turned around and walked southeast without caring about anything else.

But he had only walked a few steps when he heard an exclamation from the direction where Jiang Si was.

"Little poem! Little poem!!!"

Pei Xuanling turned her head, and her eyes fell on the brothers and sisters not far away who had a rare reminiscence.

I saw the woman who was fine just now, but now she fell unconscious in her brother's arms.

Seeing this, Pei Xuanling first gave an order in a deep voice, "Chuan Gu orders, immediately evacuate the candidates and leave the Gongyuan safely, and at the same time, call the fire division to rush to the Gongyuan to put out the fire!"

Then, he raised his foot and walked towards the Jiang Si brothers and sisters.

Jiang Chongjin in the distance was a little at a loss. He saw the fire in the distance just now, so he asked Xiaoshi to see it too.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoshi glanced at it, and immediately wrinkled her small face, and spit out a mouthful of blood from her heart, she must have been frightened.

If he had known that Xiaoshi could not stand the scare, he would not have told her to read anything he said.

What to do now, I heard that there is an imperial doctor in the Gongyuan, he has to take Xiaoshi to see it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chongjin picked up his sister horizontally, and was going to find a guard to ask where the imperial doctors were.

However, as soon as he picked up his sister, he was surrounded by a group of people.

Pei Xuanling's gaze fell into Jiang Chongjin's arms, and he saw the woman's face was pale, her brows were tightly knitted, blood was overflowing from the corner of her mouth, and even her lips were stained red with blood.

"Jiang Juren, this is the crown prince." Huang Dechang acted as an intermediary, "The tribute courtyard is flooded, please take Jiang Meiren and go with us!"

Jiang Chongjin glanced at the crown prince, who was wearing a black brocade robe, full of majesty and nobility.

"His Royal Highness." When meeting for the first time, he wanted to salute.

But holding Xiaoshi in her arms, it is inconvenient to salute.

Seeing Jiang Chongjin's embarrassment, Pei Xuanling said indifferently: "It's urgent, it's important to take her out of the Gongyuan."

After speaking, the man stretched out his hands, intending to take the woman in Jiang Chongjin's arms.

But when he touched the woman, he withdrew his hand again.

Now Jiang Meiren is dressed as a male guard. As the crown prince, it would not be appropriate for him to walk around the palace with a guard in his arms.

The eunuchs and guards couldn't hold her even more. After thinking about it, Jiang Chongjin was the most suitable to hold her.

Pei Xuanling first asked the guards to take Jiang Chongjin out of the Gongyuan and go to a house he bought near the Gongyuan.

He himself stayed in the Tribute Academy and was responsible for the safe departure of the candidates.

**
In the dungeon of the Gongyuan, in the dark space, only a few oil lamps outside the corridor flickered faintly.

The air is full of damp and bloody smell, even, there is a smell of death.

Qiao Kun was hanged here for nearly ten days.

All these days, his body has been leaning forward, and his toes are just touching the ground.

Now his hands and feet have long been numb, and the twisted rope has been deeply embedded in his flesh.

But his body is not fixed, every time he shakes, the rope is embedded in the flesh.

Although both feet are numb, they will cramp from time to time, and the pain is excruciating.

He hadn't slept for several days. He was obviously exhausted physically and mentally, but all kinds of pain tortured him, and it was difficult for him to fall asleep.

Qiao Kun wasn't even afraid of torture. He thought he could handle this little trick, but now he couldn't handle it anymore.

At this moment, Qiao Kun's eyes were lost, his cheeks were sunken, he was suffering from both physical and mental torture, his consciousness had already become blurred and weak, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse.

Qiao Kun couldn't take it anymore, "Come on, the prince just wants me to tell the truth. I can say anything. I can say anything. I just ask you to let me go. This is really too painful."

However, no matter how he shouted, no one answered him.

However, the temperature in the dungeon suddenly rose, and there was still a choking billowing smoke spreading in the air.

Qiao Kun coughed several times, and he heard prisoners protesting in the surrounding dungeons.

"It's flooded, the Gongyuan is flooded, and if we don't come, let us go!"

Some people beat the wooden fence with their hands, some kicked it with their feet, and the whole dungeon was filled with the sound of "jingling" of iron chains colliding with each other.

Gradually, not only was the dungeon filled with thick smoke, but even the wooden fence was on fire.

The fire was like the sun, illuminating the originally dark dungeon.

Immediately, there were bursts of coughing, protesting, and screaming in the dungeon. The entire dungeon was like a hellish purgatory.

In the end, even the protests of the prisoners, as well as the secrets that were too late to be revealed, were all swallowed up by the fire
**
That night, not only the dungeon, but the entire Gongyuan was burning with raging fire.

It was not until Yinshi the next day that the fire master brought the fire under control.

It wasn't until Mao Shi that the fire in the Gongyuan was completely extinguished.

That night, Pei Xuanling not only had to evacuate the candidates, but also directed the fire masters to put out the fire, and brought the guards to put out the fire with leather bags.

After the fire was extinguished, the Fire Master and the guards went back to the Yamen to rest, and Pei Xuanling also returned to the house near the Gongyuan.

After fighting the fire all night, his clothes were dirty, and Huang Dechang was changing his clothes.

A guard with a knife came in and reported: "Your Highness, this time the tribute courtyard caught fire, burning more than a thousand rooms, burning more than [-] candidates to death, and burning more than [-] candidates."

"Other dozens of dungeon guards, prisoners, and fire masters were burned to death, and dozens of dungeon guards, prisoners, and fire masters were burned."

"." Pei Xuanling was silent for a few breaths before asking, "What about Qiao Kun who is locked in the dungeon?"

Personal guard: "It has been burned to death."

"." After hearing this, Pei Xuanling closed his eyes and leaned against the back of the chair, pursing his thin lips tightly.

The fire started near his yard, and happened to burn Qiao Kun in the dungeon to death.

This made him feel that it was a conspiracy, a conspiracy that wanted to burn him and Qiao Kun to death!

Seeing the prince with his eyes closed with exhaustion, Huang Dechang waved his hand at the guards, motioning them to back down.

"Your Highness, can you just squint for a while?" Huang Dechang asked in a low voice.

Pei Xuanling shook his head wearily, "No, I will go to court in a while, you can wait for Gu to change into court clothes."

Such a big event happened in the Tribute Court, and he was in charge of the imperial examination, so he didn't need to think about it, what kind of undercurrents would be waiting for him in the court.

Therefore, he has to cheer up!
"Yes." Huang Dechang reluctantly agreed, and while helping the crown prince to change and wash, he said, "Your Highness, fortunately Miss Jiang disappeared last night, so you took your servants to find her and escaped the fire in the courtyard. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

He heard that most of the guards in the prince's courtyard were killed or injured.

Last night he felt that Jiang Meiren was ignorant, and she didn't say hello to her brother when she went out at night, which made it difficult for him and His Royal Highness to find her.

Now that I think about it, it was fortunate that Jiang Meiren was ignorant, so His Highness escaped unharmed.

Just imagine, if His Highness didn't go to Jiang Meiren last night, but took a rest.

(End of this chapter)

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