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【471 Emergency fire at night】

Tianliang ate too many buns and glutinous rice dumplings made by Qiu Ling, so she didn't participate in the dinner. When everyone was eating, she walked around the pavilion and found that the guards in the pavilion had increased a lot. It was twice as much as before.

After the meal, she arrested Jian Shaotang for questioning.

Jian Shaotang shrugged and said: "Fan Cong reported that before we returned, some thieves from some family had taken a fancy to Luoyun Pavilion and came to attack several times during the night. Although there was no loss or loss of valuables, we should take precautions before they happen. Still stepped up our defenses."

Tianliang raised his eyebrows, "Which thief is so bold, don't you know that the gatekeepers here are all the elites of Heifengzhai?"

"I'm afraid the thief didn't recognize whose yard it was." Jian Shaotang chuckled, "He only inquired about the master's absence, so he attacked rashly."

Tianliang didn't care.

The two talked about the weapons workshop for a while, and heard the sound of horseshoes in front of the door, and then a servant shouted that the young master had returned.

As soon as the words fell, Li Tianxiao, who was busy in the world, walked over quickly. Seeing Tianliang without saying a word, he hurriedly asked: "Has the emperor issued an order?"

Tianliang turned his head sideways, "What order?"

"The big thing is bad."

Li Tianxiao looked solemn, "I'm afraid, the tragedy of the Li family many years ago will happen again."

"The tragedy... repeats itself?"

Tianliang murmured, his pupils tightened.

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Late at night, at the second watch.

In the imperial city, a group of martial arts masters were dispatched.

This group of people was quickly transferred from the imperial city, walking in neat steps, and the servants rushed to the Luoyun Pavilion in the suburbs with the imperial decree——

When everyone arrived at the door and the servant was about to take out the edict and read out the crime in a loud voice, suddenly a guard shouted, "Eunuch, it's on fire!"

"Quick—!" The waiter was anxious, and ordered, "Quick! Break in and catch the living!"

With a bang, the vermilion wooden door was kicked open, and a large number of people poured into Luoyun Pavilion like a black tide.

The Luoyun Pavilion occupies a relatively large area, and the front yard is mostly surrounded by scenery. Before everyone walked around to the inhabited water pavilion at the back, they heard the smell of anxiety and saw the raging fire burning in the sky behind!

Even if the attic is built on top of the water pavilion, it still can't stop the ferocious fire. The water burns wildly, and under the reflection of the fire, the surrounding space is reflected in a bewitching orange...

"Hurry up to put out the fire, catch the alive! The emperor wants to catch the alive!"

The father-in-law panicked and ordered sharply, but when the guards approached, the fire became more and more fierce, and it was impossible to get close at all. In the mess of the attic, the crackling burning sound became more and more obvious, and the black smoke billowed, forcing people to get close. Fighting the fire is extremely difficult.

Out of patience, the teams had no choice but to withdraw from the attic and start fighting the fire from the outside, waiting for the fire to go out.

The fire burned for nearly an hour, almost burning the attic to ashes. The eunuch hurriedly ordered people to go to the ruins to find if there were any survivors...

In the attic of the water pavilion, a total of seven corpses were found, and where the other servants lived, they naturally also found burnt black corpses, but the number of them was small, and it was probably because the fire was too intense to save them. , To save his life, he escaped.

The seven corpses were four men and three women, including a small doll. They were all burnt beyond recognition, their bodies were pitch-black, and their original appearance could not be seen clearly.

"What's going on here!" The waiter looked at the corpse, covered his nose and analyzed, "The emperor ordered thousands of times to arrest people at night, without leaking any news. Only today did someone inquire about the news of General Li's return to the capital, so we came to arrest him. How could it catch fire so precisely?"

"This subordinate smelled the smell of kerosene, maybe someone did it on purpose. I heard that Luoyun Pavilion was attacked by wild bandits several times in a row in the past two days, but it was because this Luoyun Pavilion offended those bandits that it happened at night. Did you set the fire secretly? Judging by the looks of these people's deaths, they should have lost their vigilance when they gathered for dinner."

The commander of the guards said, squatting down, "It's just... that I lost all face and couldn't recognize the corpse. How should I explain to the emperor?"

"Xuan Wuzuo!" The servant said anxiously, "Go to Xuan Wuzuo for an autopsy!"

The guard went down to invite people, but after a while, the tall Wu Zuo walked into the Luoyun Pavilion. He inspected the corpses lying sideways, and after trying the poison one by one, he couldn't help but sighed and reported, "This is Someone drugged the food, which made it impossible to escape in the fire and burned to death."

The commander of the guards asked again: "Can you guarantee that what you said is true, and the imperial majesty is also so sure?"

"The lower officials have been working as Wu Zuo for nearly ten years. When I return to my lord, I dare to vouch with my head that these people are indeed addicted to drugs." Although Wu Zuo's face is neither humble nor overbearing, his answer is respectful.

The commander of the guards stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "Eunuch, we must find a way to prove that these people are from the Li family, otherwise, we will not be able to explain to the emperor, and we will all lose our heads."

The servant was also worried, when there was a lot of noise outside, it turned out that the cavalry elite soldiers under the prince's banner who were on patrol found that there was an abnormal fire here, and rushed over.

"What happened, you..." A soldier dismounted from his horse and asked coldly. Seeing the servant holding the imperial silk, he immediately knelt down and shouted long live, his voice was much humbler, "Elder-in-law, what's wrong, it's useful!" Where are the superiors and subordinates?"

As soon as the cavalryman finished speaking, he heard the guard shout, "Elder-in-law, I found it!"

The servant walked over, only to see that the commander of the guard found out the token made by Ugin from the ruins, brushed off the dust, and handed it over with a happy face——

"General Order!"

The servant groaned, took the time to look through the room, then turned around and ordered, "The general Hussars was brutally set on fire by the poisonous bandits and slaughtered the mansion. We tried our best to put out the fire, but it was still difficult to stop the fire. No life was damaged, so we were unable to catch him and return to the palace." , matters related to life and death, have you seen clearly, have you remembered clearly?"

"Yes, this subordinate understands!"

The guards shouted together, and the elite cavalry immediately echoed: "In this way, this subordinate will testify for the father-in-law and your colleagues."

At three o'clock, the lights in the Xifeng Emperor's bedroom were lit, and after hearing the servant's report and so many testimonies, he urgently ordered several confidant ministers to discuss the matter of replying to Dongjing.

In the middle of the third watch, there was a rushing sound of horseshoes, His Royal Highness Feng Aotian broke into the dormitory without being summoned, but with a solemn expression on his face.

The lights in the dormitory are bright all night.

When the confidantes were gone in the morning, Xifeng issued a national mourning call——