In Taiyuan City, huge firelight shone throughout the snowy night, and the reflected light illuminated the entire city. Outside the city, a pillar of fire and thick smoke could be seen constantly sweeping the heavy snow in the sky.
The Shanxi Dao governor who is located in the city has Si Yamen, Taiyuan Prefecture Yamen, and Yangqu County Yamen.
Looking from a distance, it seemed as if these three government offices were covered in a huge sea of fire.
The surrounding snow had been falling all day, and it was constantly melting due to the hot flames. The snow on the road began to melt.
The melted snow flowed around and entered the ditches on both sides of the street, making a tinkling sound accompanied by the crackling sound of the sea of fire.
In the sky, not only white snow fell, but also gray-black dust began to fall.
The dust will bring sparks and fall into the snow around the three government offices. It will immediately melt into a dot, and then a large circle of snow around it will be stained black and gray.
Some of the officers who kept vigil at the government yamen were wearing thick clothes, while others were just wearing the single clothes they wore when they were hiding in the house to warm themselves by the fire. Soon a large group of people gathered on the street outside the yamen.
From time to time, there were roaring sounds coming from inside the government office.
After each roar, there will be sparks all over the sky, and air waves generated by the collapse of houses, and small firewood will be blown up into the air.
After losing power, they will fall to the surroundings one after another.
The people who came out of the government office were completely dumbfounded.
"It's... it's... it's Jia Ge Ku!"
"It's because the Jiageku has lost its water!"
The guard who was inside rushed out in disgrace, his face full of horror, and he shouted to the people outside.
Cabinet library.
It is a place where everything in the world gathers.
Everything that can be thought of or unexpected will be recorded truthfully in the books, including the number of people in the area, acres of land, taxes, corvees, soldiers, government accounts, etc., and then archived in the cabinet.
It can be said that the things stored in the cabinet are representative of a place.
If you want to understand a place, you must understand the documents and books archived in the cabinet library.
Nowadays, the Shanxi Provincial Chief Envoy Si Yamen's cabinets and the cabinets in Taiyuan Prefecture and Yangqu County have all been devoured by fire.
This means that all the detailed records and archives of Taiyuan Mansion and the entire Shanxi Province have disappeared with this fire.
When someone rushed out from inside, he said that the water was leaking out of the Jiageku. Among the crowd outside the government office, many people immediately fell to the ground.
The destruction of the cabinet library was a big deal.
Now, the emperor's grandson is outside Taiyuan City, flanked by two Beijing army guards, as well as Jinyi guards and Yulin guards.
This is the bigger deal.
Someone woke up with a start, ran through the crowd, and ran in front of everyone.
"Where are the chief envoys? And where are the governor and county chief?"
"Now go gather people and rescue as many as you can from Jiageku. We also need to prevent the fire general from setting the yamen on fire, so everyone gets moving!"
The disappearance of the Jiage Library is equivalent to the disappearance of Shanxi Road in a sense.
At this time, someone finally calmed down and started giving orders.
At first, the clerks of the Yamen and the servants rushed towards the sea of fire, trying to put out the fire.
Someone came forward and whispered: "Today my grandson came to Taiyuan City. Although he has not entered the city, the gentlemen from all the government offices are over there at Wangfen Tower..."
The eyes of those who had just learned about the whereabouts of the various government officials could not help but shrink.
Wangfen Tower is the property of the Li family. It houses countless girls who have been trained to serve others since they were young. There are endless exquisite delicacies and endless things for pleasure.
Since Wangfen Tower was taken over by the Li family, it has become the most popular place for officials in Taiyuan City.
The person who stood up first had a cold look on his face: "Go! Even if you risk being reprimanded, you have to call all the superiors back!"
"this……"
The people in front of them were immediately troubled.
They were just clerical staff in various government offices, and they didn't even have official status. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to stay in the government offices so late at night.
Asking them to enjoy themselves all night long, and then waking up the superior officials who were already drunk and sleeping on the beauty's lap, isn't this asking for trouble?
The man snorted coldly: "It's a big deal that the cabinet library was destroyed. The emperor's grandson is outside the city at this time. You can't see such a big fire outside the city? Wait until the city gate is opened tomorrow. Do you believe that His Highness Taisun will send people into the city to find out what happened? By then, the superior officials have not returned and they still don’t know what happened before and after, then there will be real trouble."
While the man was talking, when he saw that the idiots in front of him had not yet reacted, he stamped his feet angrily and shouted: "If you don't even want to go, I'll go! Those over there, follow me to Wangfen Tower!"
After ordering a few officers, the official from the Chief Envoy Si Yamen led the people and rushed towards Wangfen Tower.
Everyone was left unable to move forward or retreat, and in the end they could only rush towards the fire scene.
Now the two jiage warehouses have been burned down. If even the three yamen are burned down, then Shanxi Road will really be over.
There were no bandits, there was no chaos, there were no foreign enemies in Taiyuan City, but the government office was destroyed by a fire, and the entire Shanxi Province would lose face if it were told.
All of a sudden, people from the three yamen began to call the police officers from all walks of life to put out the fire.
Taiyuan City was noisy for a while. On this snowy night, the movements here seemed particularly eye-catching and eye-catching.
The area of private houses between the Li Mansion Courtyard and the Jin Prince's Mansion in the north of the city.
Zhu Yunwen, who was standing behind the door of the house, looked at the raging fire in the south with a smile on his face.
Those people finally took action.
"Sure enough, it's pretty much what I thought."
Zhu Yunwen muttered in a low voice, looking up at a small piece of firewood that was constantly surging inside, floating to his eyes from there, and landing lightly in his yard.
There was a sizzling sound.
The moment the piece of firewood fell to the ground, the snow was melted. When the piece of firewood was soaked with snow water, the charcoal ash inside was absorbed. In the blink of an eye, a small patch of snow was dyed black.
"The fire burned down the pavilion, and the ground was covered in ashes like dust and smoke."
Zhu Yunwen muttered in a low voice and looked back at the inner room where there was no more movement. Only then did he feel a little relieved.
He stepped out of the house, turned around and closed the door gently.
Then he walked to the cellar in a few steps, took a big broom next to him, and swept away the snow on the cellar with a few strokes.
Lifting the cover, Zhu Yunwen carefully walked down the cellar, picked up a fire stick and a candle from the wall on the side, opened the fire stick and blew twice to light the candle, and finally lowered the cover.
Now there are two more stools in this cellar.
Zhu Yunwen saw no one when he entered the cellar, and he didn't say anything. He just moved a stool and placed it opposite the dark tunnel. Then he sat down on his knees and stared at the tunnel exit quietly.
There will be many people unable to sleep in Taiyuan City tonight.
Looking at the dark tunnel exit, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but think of what he said to Qiuniang outside the city during the day.
He quietly stared at the tunnel exit. Although there was no movement inside yet, he believed that it wouldn't be long before either Zhang Hui or someone else would appear in front of him.
After all, Taiyuan City is destined to be sleepless tonight.
The Prince Jin's Mansion is not too far away from Zhu Yunwen's courtyard.
Because its regulations corresponded to the construction of the Imperial City, a huge mound of rammed earth was built under the main hall, which kept the height of the palace hall at the highest position in the entire Taiyuan City.
In front of the Jin Palace at this time.
Jin Wang Zhu Fan was wearing a solid-color cloak and looking at the fire south of the palace.
Beside him is his second son, Zhu Jiye.
Zhu Fan put his hands together in front of him, holding a gold hand-warming copper stove in the middle. The light from the fire in the south passed through the dark snowy night and rushed all the way to Prince Jin's Mansion, leaving only a weak light shining on Zhu Fan's face.
He whispered: "Is that the location of the Taoist government office?"
Zhu Jiye wore a large varicolored cloak. He held the edges with his hands and wrapped them together. He nodded and said: "The Chief Envoy Si Yamen, Taiyuan Prefecture Yamen, and Yangqu County Yamen are the locations of these three Yamen."
"It's such a beautiful snowy day, why did the water disappear?"
Zhu Fan asked with a curious expression, and a little regretful.
Zhu Jiye looked sideways at his father's back, with a smile on his face: "I think it was because of the heavy snow that it chilled the servants in the yamen. Maybe they forgot to light the brazier, which led to the yamen."
Zhu Fan sighed: "It will cost a lot of money and food to repair the house."
Zhu Jiye asked curiously: "Father, if you are not curious, where will you get lost?"
"Can't we find out when it gets daylight?" Zhu Fan turned his head sideways, with a hint of mystery on his face, looking at Zhu Jiye: "No matter where the water went, this fire can be regarded as burning."
Zhu Jiye asked: "What should our Jin Palace do?"
"Learning from the past, I naturally want to warn everyone, don't try to keep warm and set our palace on fire. Tomorrow, I will buy more large water tanks in the city and move them back to the palace, and they will be filled with water."
"My son understands."
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"Your Highness, there is a flood in Taiyuan City."
Outside the North City, Sun Cheng and Tian Mai, wearing bright red cloaks, rushed outside the Chinese army's tent and spoke in a deep voice.
The lights in the originally dark Chinese army tent soon turned on.
"Enter."
Zhu Yunxi's voice came from inside the tent.
Sun Cheng and Tian Mai bowed and walked into the Chinese army's tent.
When the two of them entered the tent, they found the emperor's grandson sitting on the white tiger chair in front of the Chinese army's tent, wearing the same clothes he wore today.
It was obvious that the emperor's grandson did not lie down to rest tonight.
Sun Cheng and Tian Mai looked at each other, bowed and stepped forward with fists clasped: "Your Highness."
On the table in front of Zhu Yunwen was a map of the Ming Dynasty's nine-border terrain. Hearing the two people speak, he slowly raised his head and looked at them.
"Something happened in Taiyuan City?"
Tian Mai nodded and said: "There was a sudden fire in the city. Judging from the location, it should be where the government office in the city is. However, our people have not entered the city, so we still don't know what happened."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were dark, and he leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees, and crossed his hands under his chin.
He whispered: "Where do you think the fire was lit?"
Sun Cheng said: "His Royal Highness said in front of Shanxi Tao officials today that he wanted to check the accounts. There is no such coincidence in the world, so I thought that there should be something wrong with the government's treasury in Taiyuan City."
Zhu Yunxi nodded: "It's good to burn it all away. By tomorrow, everything will be dead and there will be no evidence."
The atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent was a bit solemn and gloomy.
Zhu Yunxi stood up, with a murderous look between his eyebrows and murderous intent in his eyes.
"What a clean one!"
He sneered and looked at the two people in front of him.
Tian Mai took a step forward and whispered: "Your Highness wants to enter the city?"
"Go and have a look."
Zhu Yunxi whispered and walked towards a dark hole in the corner of the tent.
Sun Cheng hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Highness, there is still Zhang Hui, a member of the Jinyi Guards family, in the city. I want to wait for him to find out what is going on in Taiyuan City at this time. He will definitely leave the city through this tunnel and report to Your Highness."
Tian Mai also tried to dissuade him: "If His Highness doesn't enter the city now, the people in Taiyuan City will have no chance to take action. Once Your Highness enters Taiyuan City and is discovered, there is no telling what will happen. It will be King Jin's birthday in a few days, then At that time, the three guards of Jin Palace will also rush back.
If His Highness enters the city at that time, those people in Taiyuan City will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble. At that time, there were two soldiers and horses under the command of Marquis Jingchuan and three guards from the Jin Palace, totaling more than 26,000 soldiers and horses.
No matter what kind of accident occurs in Taiyuan City, I can handle it calmly. "
Zhu Yunxi looked at the two of them with a smile: "Don't you, the royal guards and the secret guards, have the ability to protect Gu's safety?"
As soon as these words came out, Sun Cheng and Tian Mai immediately clasped their fists and bent down, lowering their proud heads.
"I don't dare."
"Please ask Your Highness Rong Chen to summon the Jinyi Guards to escort Your Highness into the city."
Seeing that the two of them had to agree to his request to enter the city, Zhu Yunxi nodded and said: "Bring more gunpowder. If anything happens, we will get into the tunnel and blow it up. Then nothing will happen."
In just one cup of tea, Sun Cheng had already ordered a group of Jin Yiwei officers and soldiers.
In the Chinese army's tent, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard who were about to escort the emperor's grandson into Taiyuan City through the tunnel had serious expressions on their faces.
There are only thirty people here, and the Taiyuan City they are about to enter must have thousands of thieves waiting for the emperor's grandson to enter Taiyuan City.
Zhu Yunxi always looked calm.
Seeing that Sun Cheng and Tian Mai were ready, they nodded to indicate that they could start.
Sun Cheng took the lead and jumped into the tunnel.
After a while, light shone out from the tunnel.
Then twenty more Jin Yiwei officers and soldiers jumped into the tunnel. After that, Tian Mai followed Zhu Yunxi and jumped down from the tunnel.
The last ten Jin Yiwei officers and soldiers followed behind to hold down the formation.
The tunnels dug by Zhang Hui and the others were getting wider and wider. Even though Zhu Yunwen asked them to widen the tunnel, in order to ensure the safety of the tunnel, Zhang Hui and the others did not dare to widen the tunnel too much.
The entire tunnel can only allow two people to move side by side.
Being underground, Zhu Yunxi felt the smell of earth in the tunnel. He had no idea how long the tunnel was and how long he had walked.
In the front is the back of the Jin Yiwei people, and behind them is also the Jin Yiwei people.
After a long, long time.
The person in front stopped.
Zhu Yunxi looked up.
Between the shoulders of the crowd in front, there was already light shining through the tunnel.
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