Chapter 508 This is very feudal
"Transfer the order from me to put out the fire quickly! Don't hurt anyone..."
On the other side of the Beidaying in the state, Lu Benzhi's father Lu Jiawen knew something was wrong, and a fire broke up forcibly demolished! This is not a trivial matter!
Kaifeng Mansion’s streets are narrow and densely populated. In addition, commercial activities are all night long and worshiping Buddhas and incense is endless, so fires occur very frequently. In order to prevent fire and extinguish fires, there are fire towers everywhere in Kaifeng Mansion to prevent fire situations. There are also submerged fire troops specially used to extinguish fires, equipped with long ladders, pumps and other fire extinguishing tools. When encountering a large fire, the imperial guards will be mobilized to participate in extinguishing the fire.
While strengthening fire prevention and fire extinguishing, the punishment for arson is also extremely strict. If the official set up an altar at home and was discovered by Wanghuo Tower without promptly informing Kaifeng Prefecture, he may be impeached by the censor, let alone setting fire to the houses directly... Even if the fire in the northern military camp in the state of Zhou was extinguished in time, Lu Jiawen would inevitably eat a bunch of bullet stamps, and at least he would have to deduct some salary and demote a few officials to escape.
If this fire is burned out, I am afraid that people will be impeached until they have been robbed of their origins and will never be used for writing!
However, Lu Jia's order to put out the fire was useless! Because the soldiers under his command began to disband at this time and scattered.
These temporary workers are not stupid. They have all the money and have caused a fire. Why don’t they run away? If they really stay to put out the fire, they have to find someone to fight! The father and son of the Lu family are both civil servants. No matter how big the trouble is, they will be pursuing the text since their origins. They will be edited by Guan Haizhou and never use it. Not to mention beheading, it is impossible to even go to jail! The heads of these "temporary soldiers" are chopped up at random. At that time, they will be charged with arson and injuring people. Even if they don’t behead their heads, they will have to be sent to Shaman Island... If they can’t go to Shaman Island, their lives will be almost finished.
So when these smart Bianliangzi thought about it for a moment, they knew that thirty-six strategies were the best!
Of course, not every wing soldiers ran away. There are some genuine wing soldiers who can't run away. Their commander and everyone remember them! Now they ran back and set fire to the black pot and stopped running away.
However, these wing soldiers who did not run away did not go to put out the fire, but retreated from the Zhoubei Military Camp. When the wing soldiers commanded by Lu Benzhi rushed into the military camp from the back door, the "defense" in front of the military camp also collapsed at the same time, so the wing soldiers who "attacked" from the main gate succeeded and attacked the Beizhou Military Camp. However, before they could control the situation, there was no idea who ignited several dilapidated houses in the Zhoubei Military Camp. Moreover, the fire was very fierce, and several dilapidated houses instantly shot into the sky, as if they had prepared the fire-driven items in advance...
When the fire broke out, the soldiers who were attacking the northern military camp of the state, whether they were "long-term workers" or "temporary workers", their first reaction was of course to run away. If they didn't run away quickly, if they were caught by the unlucky people in the northern military camp of the state, they would not be able to clean even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
The "temporary workers" ran away, and the "long-term workers" also had a way. They all went to protect the Taifu Temple Minister Lu Jia and asked!
Now that unidentified thieves set fire to a fire, it is likely to endanger the personal safety of Lu Daguanren! Of course, they had to protect Lu Daguanren when the superiors sent someone to investigate afterwards.
They are all protecting Mr. Lu, so the setting fire has nothing to do with them, they are all done by "temporary workers"...
Lu Jia, who was "protected" by a group of soldiers, was stunned. He asked you to put out the fire. Why did you come to me? Is this official a "fire"?
"Put the fire quickly! Put the fire quickly, I will be rewarded with great rewards..."
Lu Jiawen shouted loudly, but the 200 soldiers yelled louder than him, and they were all shouting: "Protect Mr. Lu! Don't let the thieves who set fire harm Mr. Lu!"
Nowadays, those who are working as soldiers in Kaifeng Prefecture are almost becoming elites. How could they not know that Lu Jia is unlucky this time. "Rewards" and other things are impossible to fulfill... The most important thing now is to stay away from the black pot!
"Put the fire quickly! Put the fire quickly... I am an official, I am a ninth-rank court official, you can't tie me up!"
On the other side of the military camp, Lu Benzhi had already left the wings. After setting the fire, he was gone, so he left him alone to push the bar. His reaction was too slow. People were going to catch him and go to Kaifeng Mansion. He didn't know how to run away quickly, and he was still there stupidly asking people to help put out the fire. As a result, he was taken away by several burly men with green arms and took out a rope (it had been prepared long ago) and tied him up.
"I am the general Lu Benzhi! You can't tie me up!"
Lu Benzhi, who was tied up, was also anxious. Although Kaifeng Prefecture basically does not ask about officials' crimes now (the minor crimes of officials could be tried in the early days), once he was tied to Kaifeng Prefecture, this is a mountain of evidence! So many onlookers are witnesses, and Kaifeng Prefecture will immediately take them under custody (there is a place for "closing" witnesses in Kaifeng Prefecture) for officials from the Censorate to collect evidence. At that time, the charge of arson and injuring people will still be run away? He is just a ninth-rank general, and it is not qualified to be suspense. Although he will not be beheaded, he will not run away from exile on Shamen Island...
But now he has been tied up and there are still a few unshirkable flower arms, how can he break free?
Seeing the fire in the military camp ahead getting stronger and stronger, and he was tied up by someone, Lu Benzhi even wanted to die.
I have only been an official for a few days and I am about to go to Shaman Island. What's the point of living?
When Lu Benzhi thought of dying on Shaman Island, he could no longer control his emotions and started crying with a wow.
While crying, a very loud voice suddenly came: "I am Zhou Tong, the head of the military officer in front of the palace! You and others all obeyed the command of this officer and tried their best to put out the fire!"
"Here!" someone agreed loudly.
It turned out that someone came to put out the fire!
Lu Benzhi looked over with his tears and saw an old man with gray hair, wearing a loose white short jacket and black pants, and two thick arms bare, carrying two strange-looking large pointed wooden barrels (this is a tool for practicing arm strength and endurance in the Imperial Boxing Hall). While running, water was pouring out of the wooden barrel, so strong that the old man was!
Look at the old man behind him, there are a large group of strong men carrying a big wooden barrel... Uh, there seems to be a strong girl!
It turned out that Zhou Tong brought his newly accepted disciples, the imperial soldiers who were preparing to participate in the imperial battle. At this time of day, he had to run with two wooden buckets of water, so he came to put out the fire.
This fire... can't be ignored and saved!
Seeing someone coming to put out the fire, Lu Benzhi breathed a sigh of relief. The fire burned a little less, so his own sins would be smaller. Maybe he didn't have to go to Shamen Island, so he could ask for an official to be exempted from his crime... Fortunately, he had already made a little money, so it was not a big problem to live in Haizhou.
When Zhou Tong was leading people to put out the fire, the hidden fire troops from Kaifeng Prefecture also arrived one after another, carrying long ladders, wooden barrels, pumps, and others using axes, hammers, etc. to clear the debris around the fire. After a lot of busyness, the fire was really controlled within the military camp in the northern part of the state.
After a while, another large group of troops came. This time, the Hanlin scholar Quan Fa sent Wang Fu from Kaifeng Prefecture. Wang Fu was a 66-year-old man who replaced Wen Yi (Wen Yi went to serve as deputy prime minister) in April to be the official of Quan Fa sent Kaifeng Prefecture. Although he had known that the parents of Kaifeng Prefecture were not easy to be a good official, he did not expect that less than a month after taking office, the Shangbei Military Camp caught fire.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Wang Wei didn't care about studying literature with Yan Xixi (Yan Po'er's daughter) last night until midnight. He was so dizzy that he rode a rabbit horse and took a group of staff and public officials to the northern military camp of the Zhoubei. He was the parent official of Kaifeng Prefecture and had to come in person to command the fire to put out!
When he arrived at the gate of the northern military camp in Zhoubei, he saw that a high-ranking official wearing a scree robe had arrived before him and brought a large group of soldiers.
Who is this? Why did it come faster than me? Or is it a civil servant wearing a scarlet official robe? Is it the priest who came directly from Chongzheng Hall?
Wang Wei did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly drove forward. When he approached, he found out that it was Lu Jiawen, the Minister of Taifu Temple.
The Taifu Temple Minister is still in charge of putting out the fire? Is this going to take credit for it or what?
Although he was unhappy, Wang Li still stepped forward and greeted, "So it was Wangzhi. Did you also bring people to put out the fire?"
Putting out a fire?
Lu Jia asked and smiled bitterly. It was really hard to say whether he was here to set fire or put out the fire.
Seeing Lu Jiawen not speaking, Wang Wei was a little confused. What does this person mean? After all, he was sent to Kaifeng Prefecture, and the official was no less than your Taifu Temple Minister. Why did he have this attitude?
Just when I was a little annoyed, the people around me suddenly became disturbed, and then I saw the crowd being separated. A bunch of ordinary people and Qianhuo soldiers were escorted with a quilt tied up, in a mess and in a little bit of their hats, came.
What's going on? How did you catch an official? Wang Fu was confused.
Lu Jiawen, surrounded by a group of soldiers, looked as if dead. Of course he knew something was wrong...
The commander of a leading hidden fire army hurriedly saluted when he saw Wang Wei, and then stammered and reported: "Report to the Lord of the Mansion... This, this person claimed to be the son of the Minister of Taifu Temple, and was caught by a group of people who put out the fire, saying that it was... the fire he brought to set!"
ah!?
Wang Wei was almost stunned when he heard this. He looked at Lu Benzhi, who was pale and trembling, and looked at Lu Jiawen, who looked as if he was ashamed, and thought to himself: "Who are you here to set fire?" But why? By the way, this is the military camp in the north of the Zhou Dynasty. Lu Jiawen seemed to be ordered to demolish the house here.
If you fail to demolish the house, you will set fire? Are you so dizzy as an official?
Chapter completed!