As soon as the sky was dawn, the streets were full of people and noisy. Many people were nearby people and ran out when they heard the shouts of fires. At this time, the fire was put out very slowly, and the fire was very likely to spread, affecting many nearby houses.

Groups of armored soldiers wearing strong and sharp arms had blocked all the intersections, and the onlookers could not get close to them. Some discussions came from the crowd, "Has the fire been put out?" "I heard that it was not burning anymore. There were many water trucks in front and behind, blocking the streets there..."

The fire destroyed several nearby mansions. Fortunately, before the fire spread, people shouted and the people ran out of the house. The most powerful thing was that the mansion where Qu Neng and his son lived was almost the only one left with the earthen walls and the roofs were all burned down.

Two officials were asking a few embarrassed sergeants. At this moment, an old monk with triangular eyes walked down from a gorgeous carriage. The officials stepped forward to greet him, and the monk said, "Ask them to continue talking."

A man wearing underwear said, "We shouldn't have been on duty last night. We were sleeping soundly. We woke up when we heard the gatehouse 'bang bang' being beaten by someone. When we opened our eyes, we saw a fire outside the window! We quickly got up, and we didn't even have to wear clothes. We quickly opened the gatehouse and put down the people who covered the room into the yard.

I went to the room on duty next door to see that the brother on duty was knocked out and his chin was staggered! We went to the well to fetch water, but the fire in the house was burning strongly, so everyone sent people to go to the nearby official shop to call the water truck..."

Another soldier covered his chin and said with a sad face: "Young people deserve to die. They dozed off in the middle of the night and were knocked out in their sleep."

After hearing this, Yao Guangxiao walked into the yard without saying a word. At this time, the fire had just been put out, and the wooden beams of the collapsed house were filled with blue and white smoke and a scent of burnt charcoal.

An official in a green robe greeted him and bowed, "The lower official is the official of the Beiping Prefecture."

Yao Guangxiao nodded.

The green robe official accompanied the staff and said, "At present, the cause of this matter was that after the Jingnan Army captured the capital, Qu Neng and his son saw that the situation was hopeless and did not want to surrender, so he burned himself to death..." He pointed to the ruins and said, "The bones of Qu Neng and his son are inside."

Yao Guangxiao didn't say anything, and looked at the way he walked and walked towards the ruins.

Walking to the ruins, the green-robed official said again: "According to what the guards said, before nightfall, he locked the door of the guard Quneng. The subordinate inspected it and found that the door was burnt and the copper lock fell to the ground, and it was indeed locked.

The firewood in the kitchen was also emptied, and there were scattered plants and trees on the ground. Apart from this, no trace was found in other places.

The officials inferred that Qu Neng and his son first pried open the locked door and came out. While the soldiers on duty on the other side were asleep, they went over and knocked the two soldiers unconscious on the ground. Then they moved the firewood back to the room, piled it under the bed, and burned it."

"Where is the corpse?" Yao Guangxiao asked.

The green robe official took them into the ruins and saw a few people guarding there. Yao Guangxiao walked up and saw that there were only two piles of burnt bones left, which were crushed by the collapsed beams. He walked up to him, reached out to touch him, and immediately pinched a piece of bone into ashes.

Yao Guangxiao immediately lost interest, patted each other with his hands twice, turned around and left.

He straight out of the burned mansion, suddenly stood still, turned around and asked, "How many people are still there in this house except Qu Neng and others?"

"Reply to Master Daoyan's words, there are 13 people in total and are being questioned." An official replied.

Yao Guangxiao said: "Take them to the gates of Peking separately, and see the people who left the city, and recognize Qu Neng and his son."

The official said in confusion: "Aren't Qu Neng and his son burned into bones?"

"It's hard to identify." Yao Guangxiao said calmly, "It's okay to send someone there, it's okay to try it."

The official bowed and said, "As for orders."

...In the Zhangyi Gate in Beiping City, the sky was white and the light was hazy. Some people who got up early were waiting by the city gate, waiting to open the door so that they could leave the city.

Three horses were tied to a carriage, at the intersection of a street. Zhu Gaoxu and Qu Neng and his son were both in the carriage, while the eunuch Wang Gui was in front of the carriage.

"As soon as the city gate opens, you will leave the city and let Wang Gui take you away." Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice, "General Qu almost entered the city from Zhangyi Gate, and today he will leave from Zhangyi Gate."

Qu Neng clasped his fists and said, "King Gaoyang took the risk to save him, and his great kindness will never be forgotten!"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and nodded, "It's really risky. If my father knows that I let you go, I will not be able to explain."

Qu Neng pondered for a moment and immediately said, "King Gaoyang just don't worry. Even if Qu is caught, he will die at most. Why do you have to die so despicable? You have to betray your benefactor first?"

Qu Neng is really sensible and immediately understood what Zhu Gaoxu meant. Zhu Gaoxu immediately said, "I believe you. But I have worked so hard. I don't want to hear how General Qu dies in the future. I want to know how the lion lives!"

The two of them immediately looked at each other and smiled.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "General Qu used to be the commander-in-chief in Sichuan. He was temporarily transferred back to the capital before the Jingnan Campaign and had family members in Chengdu Prefecture? You'd better not go and ask for it for the time being, so as not to be waited for by others."

The smile on Qu Neng's face stopped and nodded slightly.

Zhu Gaoxu picked up a cloth bag and handed it over. When the cloth bag moved, the sound of metal collisions came from inside, "There are some gold and silver here, General Qu is holding it."

Qu Neng did not refuse and went straight to it.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "It is better to go south. Last year, I walked around from Huguang back to Peiping. I thought Jingzhou was a good place to go west, and there was the Wushan Mountains there. The eastern barrier of the Sichuan Basin is high and steep, densely packed with mountains and forests, and the road is not far away, very close to the Central Plains."

Qu Neng said: "King Gaoyang's words are reasonable."

At this moment, a shout came from the city tower not far away: "Transfer official documents, guards change their defenses. When the hour arrives, open the city gate!" Then the drum sounded "dong dong dong..." and it rang out loud.

Zhu Gaoxu reached out and pulled Qu Neng's chest, "General Qu doesn't fit in this Northern Army uniform... Let's go!"

Qu Neng said: "I will make friends with King Gaoyang between life and death. I will never thank you for your kindness. I hope you will be useful in the future and say goodbye!"

Qu Liangcai also held a ritual and said, "King Gaoyang, there will be a date later!"

"There will be a time later." Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and stared at Qu Neng's face.

The three of them were wearing Northern Army uniforms and led their horses to the city gate. Zhu Gaoxu sat in the carriage, lifted the curtains and watched their backs go out of the city gate, and then got out of the car and walked to the car seat in front.

He drove the carriage and turned around slowly. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw a group of people running towards Zhangyi Gate. Zhu Gaoxu sat in front of the carriage, turned his head and watched for a while, and saw them standing at the city gate, looking at the people who were going out one after another.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu breathed a breath, threw a whip, and drove away in the carriage.

He rushed back to the Prince's Mansion and opened the door lock of the gatehouse in the back garden. It was not yet dawn at this time.

The door leading to the back garden was left, so he pushed open the door and walked into the inner hall, heading straight to his bedroom. After a while, Du Qianrui knocked on the door and came in and said, "Prince, I'll go cook for you."

"I'm really hungry." Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the door and said, "I slept in the inner hall last night and just got up. Does Miss Du understand?"

Du Qianrui's eyes were displaced, and she nodded slightly at him and said softly: "I'll ask her to help the person you bought back by the prince?"

"Okay." Zhu Gaoxu said casually. Before and after the garden was closed, Miaojin was blocked, and he forbidden the ordinary slaves from the mansion to enter the inner hall, but now there are not many secrets in the county prince's mansion, so it doesn't matter... The secrets are all in people's hearts.

Zhu Gaoxu quickly found a copper brazier burning with charcoal fire, first took out the things that could not be burned in the cloth bag, and then threw the entire cloth bag, the green gauze scarf, towel and incense ash into the brazier, and the fire rushed upwards.

He then threw the big hat on his head in, took off his blue shirt and threw it in. After a while, when the things in the brazier were almost burning, he simply took off all the linings of his body and threw them into the brazier.

Zhu Gaoxu stared at the burning flames, but his mood still couldn't calm down. He was still recalling the whole process of last night in his mind. Too many details touched his thinking. The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't calm down, for fear of missing a clue.

In a trance, he seemed to see himself struggling in the burning flames, struggling with pain, he could feel the endless unwillingness, anger, and grievances. There was someone next to him watching him struggling with the flames on his body, and the man's face was full of a successful smile, hahahahahaha...

Zhu Gaoxu felt that his temperament still had the shadow of his previous life, that was when he was doing things, he was brave and calm; when he finished doing it, he would remember fear and nervousness... For example, when he was placing heavy bets, and before, he was very brave. Only when the money was gone, he was afraid and so nervous that he couldn't breathe!

He also has a habit, that the more he is afraid and nervous he will feel more excited.

Just like this now, he stared at the flames, feeling scared and nervous, and his whole body reacted inexplicably. There are only two ways to relieve this emotion: crazy "repairing the car" or overeating!

At this moment, a sudden "ah" exclaimed, and then something fell to the ground with a "clang". Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and saw the woman who had just brought back yesterday, with a blushing face and staring at him.

At this time, the blue veins on Zhu Gaoxu's forehead were bulging, and his muscles were tense. He swallowed and walked slowly towards the woman. The woman trembled and took a step back half a step, standing there with difficulty breathing.

Zhu Gaoxu walked over, reached out and grabbed her shoulder, both of them silently.

At this moment, Du Qianrui's voice said, "Prince...ah!"
Chapter completed!