When Fujiwara Tadashi came to the open space surrounded by several close retainers, he desperately discovered that several places in his residence were already on fire.
At this moment, the women and children in the mansion were crying one after another, and the retainers and warriors were also running to put out the fire.
At this time, a warrior stumbled towards this side to report that there were fires everywhere on the two streets, and the first street was not much better.
Most of the people living in this area are ministers, especially many dignitaries of the Fujiwara clan live here.
"My lord, my lord is in trouble. Emperor Shirakawa wants to take my lord's life."
"What?!" Fujiwara Tadashi's face instantly turned snow-white.
"No, it's impossible. I have already given in. I am no longer Guan Bai. He promised to let me go."
"But now there are people everywhere outside shouting that in accordance with the decree of the Shirakawa Emperor's Court, the Fujiwara clan will be killed, and they will be rewarded with the official position of Minister of Justice and ten thousand taels of gold..."
"Many thugs are coming here with weapons. Please call the lord quickly to gather troops and horses. You must not retreat again and again."
"Lord, give the order quickly. If you don't give the order, I, the Fujiwara clan, will..."
Looking at the retainers and samurai who fell to the ground one after another, and the Fujiwara clan members who came one after another, crying and asking Fujiwara Tadashi, the clan leader, to make a decision.
Fujiwara Tadashi gritted his teeth viciously and shouted at one of the retainers who had just entered, asking if there was any fire in the palace.
After knowing that the palace was safe and sound, Fujiwara Tadashi finally no longer hesitated.
"Gather the warriors, gather all the retainers and warriors, Morijiro, lead your people to protect all the female relatives immediately and withdraw from here."
"I want to enter the palace and see the emperor."
"At this time, I'm afraid I won't allow you, my lord, to enter the palace."
"If I don't enter the palace now, can I still go directly to Beozhu Temple?"
Although Fujiwara Tadashi was cowardly, he knew very well that at this time, he had to enter the palace first and control the little baby Emperor Toba who had just ascended the throne.
Only by controlling the emperor who was raised up by Emperor Shirakawa, might there be a chance.
When Fujiwara Tadashi was surrounded by retainers and samurai, he rushed towards the Shurei Gate nearest to him.
After walking not far, I noticed that the southern part of Heianjing was not much better at the moment.
It seemed as if they were already in the middle of a raging fire, but at this moment, the south wind happened to be blowing.
The burning smell mixed with unknown objects coming from the distance made Fujiwara Tadashi couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose.
If Emperor Shirakawa wanted his own life, it would be impossible for him to make up his mind to burn down the entire Heian Kyo.
But if it wasn't Emperor Shirakawa, who would be so bold? Could it be, is it that bastard Fujiwara Tadai?
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But, does he have this ability? Fujiwara Tadashi kept walking. At this moment, he also saw many ministers, all of whom were gathering towards this side from all directions in embarrassment.
After all, now, the entire Heianjing is full of fire, and the only safe place is probably the palace, which is blocked by the palace wall.
From the very beginning, it was discovered that fires began to break out in the east and west cities of Heian Kyo.
Fujiwara Nobu, the governor of the Zaemon Kyoto who was ordered to protect Heian Kyo, immediately ordered two troops to rush to check.
But as fires began to rise everywhere in Heianjing, Fujiwara Nobu became numb.
At this time, it was no longer about caring about the Heiankyo fire, but about protecting the palace and not letting anything happen to Emperor Toba.
Immediately dispatch troops and generals to guard the twelve palace gates of the palace.
But they didn't notice at all that the ground outside the palace gate was already covered with piles of stuff at some point...
In the dark night, you can't see anything strange at all.
And when Tadashi Fujiwara, the leader of the Fujiwara clan, arrived near the palace gate with a group of helpless ministers, many people felt that their feet were sticky or even slippery.
Some people also smelled a scent that sounded like bees. However, at this time, everyone was busy running for their lives. Even if a honeypot did fall nearby, you couldn't lie down on the ground and lick it, right?
At this moment, the Japanese ministers and dignitaries at the gate of the palace were roaring loudly, hoping that the defenders in the palace would open the gate and let them in to avoid trouble.
As more and more people gathered outside the palace gate, one by one the ministers who came to call the door began to reveal their identities.
Fujiwara Shinya, the governor of Zaemon, couldn't bear it anymore and could only order the palace gate to be opened.
At this moment, Yao Pingzhong, who was lurking just a stone's throw away from the palace gate, saw the Japanese screaming and squeezing towards the palace gate.
Finally, he showed a ferocious smile, gestured behind him, and lit a few torches stuck on the ground with a fire stick.
Yao Pingzhong, who had already taken the bow in his hand, lit the arrow of the rocket on the torch and began to bend the bow and set the arrow. The nine elites of the Western Army behind him also opened their bows together.
Standing at the palace gate, Fujiwara Nobu looked at the ministers and family members below who were desperately squeezing toward the palace gate. He could do nothing except shouting at everyone not to crowd.
Let those soldiers maintain order? Haha, a few big guys came calling, and I couldn't even bear it, let alone those soldiers.
At this moment, Fujiwara Nobu raised his head in awareness.
I saw a few dots of firelight, like fireflies on a summer night, flying towards this side.
However, when they were still several feet away from the palace gate, they all fell down one after another.
Fujiwara Nobu stared at the thing blankly, and a thought flashed through his mind. If my men dared to shoot a rocket and it flew out of the sky like this, I would chop off their heads to scare the monkeys.
Just as the thought flashed through his mind, he saw the ground suddenly begin to light up, and then fire began to appear from the ground.
Then, it rolled toward the palace gate slowly and quickly. From time to time, a ball of fire would explode on the ground, and then you could see the flames flying across the air and splashing down in the distance.
"Fire! Fire! Fire!" When the people standing on the outermost edge saw the flames sweeping towards this side, they subconsciously pulled out the Japanese sword at their waist and waved it, while tearing and howling.
As if this could scare away the approaching fire.
Fujiwara Tadashi was about to enter the palace gate at this moment. When he heard the screams and wailing from behind, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the light behind him.
I felt that the whole crowd was moving like crazy, and a huge force directly pushed Fujiwara Tadashi to the ground.
Then I felt like there were countless legs and feet stepping on my face, chest, abdomen...
(End of chapter)
