The houses where the victims were resettled were in the south of the city, far away from the warehouses and the city center.
There were not many residents there, but there were many abandoned houses, so they cleaned them up and took care of the victims. At least compared to Liuxingtai, this was a place that could shelter from the wind and rain. However, the warehouse where the grain was stored was in the north of Nanye City, and the distance between the south and the north was very different. Fortunately, there were still a few horses on the horse tie stone at the door of the warehouse, and Le Yan deliberately picked a horse that looked smart and chased after it.
Wan Ning rode his horse at full speed, the sound of horse hooves echoing through the streets, and it took a long time to get halfway through the journey. Looking up wearily, he could see the smoke from the fire, the black clouds that gathered and drifted in the wind, and the faint smell of burning wood filled the air.
"How come these two places are so far away? We have been walking for so long but still haven't reached them." Wan Ning was extremely anxious, but then she changed her mind and comforted herself, "Fortunately, they are separated so far, otherwise it would be too late to regret if a fire broke out and the food was set on fire. It's a good arrangement, a wonderful arrangement. Little Pony, little pony, let's go quickly."
Panting, I rushed to the fire scene, where there were several houses clustered together, with red flames and thick smoke coming out of some of the rooms. Soldiers busy putting out the fire and disaster victims who were helping were scattered everywhere, some carrying water into the houses, some running out with things inside, and some wounded people lying on the street near the gate, wailing, the scene was very chaotic.
However, black smoke continued to billow out from the sky above these houses, and the fire showed no sign of abating.
Looking around in panic, I saw several injured soldiers lying at the door of the house. They were tied with bandages and their faces were blackened by smoke so I couldn't see their appearance clearly. Wan Ning rushed over and asked, "How are you? Are your injuries serious? You can't wrap up the burns. Go and use cold water to cool them down."
"Ouch, it hurts so much. Thank you for your concern, Princess. We have already dealt with it simply. Ouch, it just hurts too much." The injured person lying in the first position groaned and thanked Le Yan for her concern.
"Now that it has been treated, you lie down and rest first. The doctor will be here soon, and you can ask him to take another look then. Have you seen Lord Fang Xiong and the other young lord? They should have just arrived not long ago." Wan Ning looked around but couldn't find the two of them, so she asked them.
"Ouch, it hurts - you saw it. When I was carried out from inside just now, I saw Lord Fang and that lord going towards the room where the fire was the most serious. Ouch, it hurts -" The young man was half lying down, and he barely raised his head to answer Wan Ning's words.
In the room with the worst fire, looking at the miserable state of the young man who was rescued, Wan Ning immediately thought of Ziheng's burns. She was very worried, and her adrenaline surged. She complained in her heart: "How can there be an emperor running to such a dangerous place every day? What does he need to do personally? Is he the emperor or a war correspondent?"
He did not hesitate at all, tore a piece of cloth from his clothes, wet it in the bucket beside him, covered his mouth and nose, and rushed into the yard. He saw thick smoke coming out of all the houses in the yard, and the one facing him was the heaviest, so he ran in without hesitation.
"Ziheng-Ziheng--, Fang Xiong, is anyone there? Are you in there?"
Strangely enough, this was the room that was most seriously burned, but when Wan Ning rushed in, she was choked by the smoke and burst into tears, but she didn't see anyone inside. There were no wounded soldiers, no rescue, and no victims.
She shouted in fear: "Ziheng, Fangxiong, can you hear me?"
Her calls and shouts went unanswered. The only sounds in the room were the crackling of burning wood and the choking smoke that filled the air. She was almost crying, so she stopped and rubbed her eyes and looked around. She saw that the house itself was not on fire at all. It was four large iron pots in the main hall. Something in the pots was burning fiercely, emitting flames and thick smoke.
Wan Ning suddenly realized that it was all a trick. Wan Ning also saw clearly that the people who were hiding in the dark were the creators of the fire. They were ordered by their superiors to set a fire here to disrupt the handling of the disaster in Sangcheng. This was an easy thing to do. They secretly hid in the dark, sprinkled the accelerant and released the rocket, and the fire appeared in front of them in an instant.
Everything was handled well, how could it become like this? So when they saw the truth from the door that Wan Ning pushed open, they couldn't help but feel panicked.
"Brother, what's going on?" One of the younger men in black asked nervously to the leading brother.
The eldest brother was also confused at the moment, and answered unhappily: "What's going on? Don't you have eyes? You fell into the trap."
After being scolded by the eldest brother, the young man in black panicked, fearing that he would say or do something wrong and anger the eldest brother, so he simply stood there motionless and dared not move. Another experienced subordinate next to the eldest brother saw that the situation was very different from what he expected and said to the eldest brother: "Brother, they have already taken precautions, shall we retreat?"
The eldest brother was naturally aware of the current situation, but he had not completed the task assigned by his superiors. If he went back now, not only would he lose the reward money, but he would even be severely punished. He could not even recover the cost of setting the fire this time. He really took out a loan to do something bad!
The person next to him seemed to understand what Big Brother was thinking, so he persuaded him, "Big Brother, the order we received is to disrupt the investigation, not to set fire to it." He signaled to Wan Ning with his eyes, "I will shoot this man in the chaos later, and it will definitely disrupt them."
Unexpectedly, the eldest brother glared at this suggestion and rejected it, saying, "No, do you know who this person is? How dare you do this? Isn't this openly opposing the court? No, no, forget about losing some money. Inform the brothers to prepare for retreat. The officers and soldiers are all here, so we must keep quiet."
"Yes." There were five people in total, and they all retreated from the dark places where they were hiding.
However, they were hiding in the dark and were not easy to be noticed. The noise they made when they retreated exposed their position. So the mantis stalked the cicada while the oriole was behind. After they took a few steps, they were caught by Fang Xiong and his men behind them without even fighting.
Several people knelt dejectedly in the yard. Next to each of them stood a soldier with a knife at their necks. They did not dare to act rashly and knelt down waiting to hear the emperor's decision.
Wan Ning saw that there was no real fire in the room, so she felt relieved. At least there was no danger at this time. But because the smoke was choking, she retreated from the room. When she turned around, she ran into Fang Xiong who was leading several men in black to the yard.
Wan Ning walked over quickly and asked, "Fang Xiong, what's going on? Where is the emperor?"
"Good luck, Princess. The Emperor had anticipated that someone would come to sabotage, so he set a trap to catch the thieves. As expected, he successfully caught these thieves. Princess, don't worry, the Emperor is safe in the dark room."
Wan Ning nodded and walked around the men in black to look at them carefully. They were dark and thin and looked as if they had not eaten enough. Several of them lowered their heads when they saw her look.
"Are we mobilizing so many forces today just to capture these four? They don't look like powerful people." Wan Ning asked puzzled.
"Four, why only four?"
The eyes of several men in black suddenly widened, and they looked around to see who were arrested around them.
After counting twice, there were indeed four. The young man in black who was scolded just now and was on his first mission was not among them. The eldest brother was happy and thought to himself: "This kid is a little stupid but he is quite smart. He was the only one who ran away."
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but burst into laughter.
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