sbdcsierra Chapter 111 Collapse
Chapter 111 Collapse
The "intelligence" that Xiao Mingyi said made Ge Pumu stunned for a moment, and then he chuckled.
"How did Your Highness know about this?"
The playful expression on Ge Pumu's face was impossible to ignore, but since Xiao Mingyi had decided to be in the same boat with him, he was ready to not hide it.
He asked, and he answered.
"This news naturally came from over there. As for other matters, don't worry about it. How about this news? Do you like it?"
Ge Pumu's eyes lit up. It was not just what he wanted, it was what he wanted so much!
It's like someone offers you a pillow whenever you feel sleepy, and you can't refuse!
Ge Pu Mu cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness is truly a man who keeps his true colors to himself. I, Huanying Tower, have accepted this information. Your Highness has also paid the balance. In this case, I, the owner of this tower, look forward to working with Your Highness again."
"Of course, if I need you, I will find you. But..."
Xiao Mingyi changed the subject, "Who was it that was here? And why did you ask me to come here? I don't believe you are such a boring person!"
"Hey, Second Prince, you're too serious. The thief has been executed on the spot, but this place has been exposed. Naturally, Second Prince needs to keep his promise and clear the obstacles for me and solve my worries."
At this time, Xiao Mingyi finally realized that he had been fooled!
"You're really great!!!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness." Ge Pu Mu bowed again, his attitude very humble.
Xiao Mingyi laughed in anger, "Go away, leave the rest to me, but you."
He took two steps closer to Ge Pu Mu, stretched out his finger and tapped Ge Pu Mu's shoulder a few times, "I can help you, but you owe me a favor."
There is a price to pay for cheating others, and Xiao Mingyi is not an easy person to get along with.
Even if he was cheated, he would tear a piece of flesh from the cheater!
Ge Pu Mu smiled, slightly turned sideways to reveal the courtyard door, and stretched out his hand to gesture for someone to come in.
"Your Highness, please."
Xiao Mingyi snorted coldly and waved his hand to gather his guards.
"Enter."
"Walk."
The creaking of the puppets' joints and the friction of the guards' armor were particularly harsh in the night.
The strange noise stimulated the guards. Some of them dared not make a sound, and some of them were silent to begin with.
The two groups came in and out, passing each other.
Then, an hour later, a huge fire shot up into the sky, and the flames illuminated the morning light.
The fire started from the underground palace and when it spread out of the courtyard, the sky was already turning a little pale.
The people around were woken up by the heat.
The fire burned through the deserted yard and gradually spread to the two uninhabited courtyards on the left and right.
As the temperature gradually rose, the fire could no longer be controlled.
The people were awakened by the high temperature and were stunned by the rapidly spreading fire.
Someone murmured: "Heaven...punishment..."
But soon someone shouted: "The fire is coming! The fire is coming!"
The people rushed to tell each other, some reported the fire to the authorities, and some put out the fire.
The person who actually set the fire has long since disappeared.
......
In the Regent's Palace, Jinyou and his party have been safely withdrawn.
But this operation was a complete failure, and even suffered heavy losses.
Zhao Wuming died and the account book disappeared.
The shadow guards suffered casualties, and even Jinyou himself was hit by a poisoned dart.
Although Pei Qingfan hastily fed him an antidote pill on the way back, Jinyou still fell into a coma and showed no signs of waking up.
It happened that at this moment the sky was just getting light and flames shot up into the sky in the city.
Someone investigated and found that the entire alley along the deserted courtyard was burned to ashes. The prefect of Jingzhao and a group of officials were arranging people to put out the fire.
Afterwards, the eldest prince Xiao Mingcheng, who was not far from the palace, and the third prince Xiao Mingli, who was "sharing the worries of the people", arrived outside the fire scene one after another.
"This humble official greets the two Your Highnesses!"
"No need to be so polite. How did you start such a big fire? What's going on?"
Xiao Mingli frowned so tightly that it looked like he could squeeze a fly to death.
Song Muran, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, was sweating profusely, even his shirt was soaked. He was anxious and hot. The fire was so fierce and fierce that even the surrounding civilians and the officials and soldiers from the yamen could not put it out.
At this moment, Xiao Mingli asked him the source of the fire, how did he know?
Song Muran wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve and bowed in panic, "Your Highness, please forgive me. This fire... I don't know what started it. I just inferred that the fire started in that direction."
Xiao Mingli looked in the direction Song Muran pointed and saw that the house there had become ruins, with only broken tiles left on the ground.
"How do you see it?"
This question was not asked by the third prince but by the eldest prince Xiao Mingcheng, who had been standing behind like a foil.
Song Muran bent even lower, touched his sweaty head, and chose his words carefully.
"Your Highness, you may not know this. I've observed that such a large fire must have taken more than a moment to ignite, so the fire must have started at dawn. But two quarters of an hour ago, an easterly wind suddenly blew up, so the fire in the west naturally died down, while the fire in the east became increasingly fierce. The fire's starting point must have burned at least twice, so the burning point must be the most intense. But..."
Song Muran frowned and spoke hesitantly.
"But it doesn't matter."
Even though Xiao Mingcheng said this, Song Muran's brows did not relax.
He just murmured, "Your Highness, if that's where the fire started, I think there should be something there that can support the fire..."
Xiao Mingcheng understood that a small deserted courtyard might not be able to start such a big fire even with the help of the east wind. Song Muran suspected that there was something unusual about the courtyard.
Xiao Mingli secretly withdrew his gaze from the two of them, and looked at the gradually weakening fire, wondering what he was thinking.
The three of them were all thinking about their own things and did not speak anymore.
Just at this moment, there was a loud bang.
The location where Song Muran pointed to the fire suddenly sank, and several courtyards that were burned by the fire also collapsed.
Suddenly, a large square pit appeared in front of everyone, and the road surface was even sinking, extending all the way to the gate of the deserted courtyard.
"This... Your Highnesses, this..." Song Muran was so anxious that he couldn't speak clearly.
With such a major incident happening under his rule, it will be difficult for him to keep his official hat!
Xiao Mingcheng raised his hand to let him calm down, then called his personal guards, "Yue Zhi, Su Feng, take someone to check it out."
The fire has been brought under control at this time.
The alley was not too long, and several households facing the street had already been relocated. The fire completely devoured the last house, leaving nothing flammable.
The deserted courtyard that served as the starting point of the fire was no longer on fire, but only had broken tiles and bricks burning with sparks and the remaining heat from the fire.
The two men took orders and led their men carefully into the ruins of the deserted courtyard.
Xiao Mingli was not willing to be outdone, so he naturally sent out his own personal guards immediately afterwards.
Since both princes had made their attitudes clear, Song Muran wanted to follow suit, so he also sent the officers and soldiers from the yamen over.
However, the officers and soldiers had just put out the fire, and now their faces and bodies were covered in gray and had a pungent smell of smoke.
About a hundred people explored the ruins together. At the same time, in the Regent's Palace, Qing Fei slowly explained the reason why Jinyou was unconscious.