Thick black smoke rose, and the flames caused the wooden houses to make crackling sounds. The Kaifeng Palace, which was rebuilt from the Zhou Palace, was very large. Although the fire spread, it was mainly concentrated in the southeast corner of the palace.
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After everyone saw the smoke rising, not only Li Laiheng realized that there was a fire in the Queen Mother's palace, but many of the defenders stationed in the city reacted faster and began to put out the fire.
After Li Guo heard the news, he immediately dragged his sick body and simply wrapped himself in a light fur coat and rushed over with the support of his own soldiers.
When he saw many topless and troublemaking soldiers gathered in front of the palace gate, his face suddenly turned ugly.
"Cough, cough..."
Li Guo was so angry that he coughed up half a mouthful of blood. Ma Chongxi moved over to support Jian Guo, but as soon as he took half a step forward, Li Guo waved his hand to stop him.
The banners of the Shun Army were still erected on both sides of the palace gate. One of them had been burned down by the fire, and the remaining flag was hanging low in the silent smoke. Li Guo looked up at the banner of the Dashun Army, and then moved his eyes to
Elsewhere, it finally stopped at the large group of troublemaking soldiers gathered in twos and threes.
At this time, a horn sounded on the city wall of Kaifeng City, and then someone rang the copper bell in the tower. After a dozen or so bangs, people in the whole city realized that something big had happened.
The rebels were startled when they caught a glimpse of Li Guo's gaze directed at them. Some people recovered from their madness and shamefully threw their swords in front of the palace gate. Some people walked towards the street in fear and panic.
He ran away, but was quickly caught by the defenders who came after him. Some people wanted to say something to contradict him, but after seeing Li Guo's sad and deep eyes, they were speechless.
"What have you done!"
A ray of sunlight shined through the gap in the clouds and was placed on the stage in front of the palace gate.
Dots of light reflected the still-burning flames, and the smell of ashes poured into everyone's mouth and nose like crazy.
"Set fire to the Queen Mother's palace...what are you doing!"
There was still blood dripping from the corner of Li Guo's mouth, and his voice was full of grief and grief. His roars and roars revealed a sense of exhaustion that made people feel unable to cheer up.
Jian Guo was indeed seriously injured. The rebels also understood this.
Someone came forward to speak:
"...I, we...we heard that Luo Yanqing is in the palace...we just want to catch him, we just want to see Luo Yanqing..."
Li Guo became even more angry. He threw the light fur coat on his body to the ground, and his eyes were full of anger. Even the old brothers from northern Shaanxi who broke into the camp had never seen the prisoner showing such an expression.
A ferocious, angry and ungrateful expression.
"Who is it! Who set the fire!"
Li Guo's questioning left the rebel soldiers speechless. No one dared to stand up and bear the terrible responsibility. Moreover, many soldiers really had no idea who set the fire.
Who set this fire?
They only remembered that the news spread in the city that Li Laiheng hid Luo Yanqing in the Queen Mother's palace. They didn't know who took the lead in fanning the flames, saying that they had to pry open the palace door and force the Queen Mother to hand over Luo Yanqing and make her explain clearly about Cao Ying's rebellion.
Things will work.
During this period of time, mutinies have continued in Kaifeng City, and the rioters have not been punished as they should be. People's psychological boundaries are gradually expanding and being exceeded in this connivance.
Forcing the Queen Mother?
Such a crazy behavior, but no one realized that there was a problem at the time. On the contrary, the person who took the lead in agitating had no idea who it was, but after being lightly instigated, the crowd immediately became angry and out of control, just like a gangster.
Aren't the people who relied on the huge crowd to open the palace gate the same group of rebels in front of Li Guo?
How can we say he is innocent?
When, when, when...
One after another, more soldiers threw their weapons to the ground. They seemed to suddenly wake up from the foolish collective fanaticism. Li Guo's sad questioning indeed made people feel deeply ashamed. In fact, it was
Even they themselves couldn't figure it out. They just came to the palace to find Luo Yanqing, but why did they suddenly start a fire?
Everyone was ruthless, and whether they burned Luo Yanqing or Empress Dowager Gao, the outcome was something these ordinary soldiers could bear.
hiss--
Zhang Nai and Dang Shousu rushed to the palace gate first with a team of people patrolling the city. When Dang Shousu saw thick black smoke rising outside the Queen Mother's palace at the city gate, he had already felt something in his heart.
He felt an extremely strong sense of uneasiness. He immediately organized people to rush over to prepare to put out the fire, but on the way he met Zhang Nai, who had arrived earlier.
Dang Shousu's heart was immediately filled with an indescribable strong sense of uneasiness. He looked at Zhang Nai's nervous expression and could hardly imagine any consequences or possibilities. He just asked with an expression that was almost half-crying, half-laughing.
:
"Brother Shuangxi...why did you come here so quickly?"
Zhang Nai clamped the lower abdomen of the war horse, raised his chin high, looked at Dang Shousu with his nose and said:
"Yesterday and today, I was responsible for the security of Kaifeng City on behalf of Uncle Yufeng. As soon as I heard someone say that there was a fire in the palace, I quickly brought people over...Why do you look so ugly?"
"I...I'm a little nervous. Is this a fire in the Queen Mother's palace? If something happens...if something happens, I can't even imagine the consequences."
Zhang Nai frowned, patted Dang Shousu on the shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "Why are you so worried? If the Queen Mother is injured by the fire, I will twist off my head and give it to you!"
Several terrible thoughts swirled in Dang Shousu's mind, but he didn't think about it anymore. Instead, he chose to make all remedial efforts as soon as possible and followed Zhang Nai to the palace to put out the fire.
When they arrived, Li Guo had already led his men to contain the fire. The rioters who were causing trouble all dropped their weapons after the Supervisor State appeared and acted as if they were waiting to be captured.
Zhang Nai turned over and dismounted, as if he was very, very shocked to see these rebels appearing here. His dumbfounded look made even Dang Shousu find it a bit funny. Zhang Nai spread his hands and hesitated to speak, and finally just said
A word of "impossible".
Li Guo clenched his right hand into a fist. In order to make it easier to hold long-handled weapons in battle, his nails were trimmed extremely short. However, due to excessive anger, they penetrated deeply into the skin of his palm and oozed out.
of bright red blood.
Ma Chongxi, the deputy general who oversees the country, was also an old acquaintance of Zhang Nai, but he looked at Zhang Nai in an unfriendly way.
"Shuangxi, these troublemakers... do you know which army they are from?"
Zhang Nai seemed to be frightened by this question. He took two steps back in panic, but he tripped over a sword thrown by a rebel soldier and fell to the ground.
"No... I don't know you." Zhang Nai breathed several times and repeated nervously, "No... I don't know him!"
There was the sound of rushing water in the distance, and Niu Quan suddenly arrived with a group of people carrying buckets. The "little grand master" was in a hurry, and his official robe was already more than half soaked by the water. He led a large number of people to put out the fire.
Soldiers blocked the palace gate. After seeing Li Guo, Zhang Nai and others here, Niu Quan quickly knelt down with an "ah" sound.
"Jian Guo... Your Highness Jian Guo! I am late to save you... Wei Chen, Wei Chen, if anything happens to the Queen Mother and Princess Jin, I will die for my life... Your Highness! Is there something going on in the palace?
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Li Guo waved to Niu Quan and said:
"Are you the son of Niu Jinxing? Qi Weng recommended you to be Kaifeng Yin. You came here in time."
Niu Quan couldn't tell whether the tone in Li Guo's words was good or bad. He was frightened in his heart, and a large amount of sweat suddenly flowed from his head. He knew that as a Kaifeng Yin, he had not been able to do anything in the past few days.
In order to punish the rebellious soldiers, so that things have developed to the point where they are today, it is really hard to escape the blame, so I have to kneel on the ground and kowtow desperately and say:
"Wei Chen is incompetent, Wei Chen is incompetent...Wei Chen is so powerless that he has caused such a disaster..."
The Dashun Army used military force to control civil affairs. Although Niu Quan was a Yin of Kaifeng, the person who was really in charge of public security in Kaifeng was Tian Jianxiu before and Zhang Nai now. Niu Quan's power and responsibilities are really limited, and the fault does not actually lie with him.